Chapter 139: The Birth of a New Eve, Resentment Towards Wano Country
Compared to when they headed to Wano Country, Hermes's size had expanded quite a bit more. Besides having several more people on his back, his belly was also filled with carp fry caught from the outer sea.
"I thought the fry of these carp would be huge too. I didn't expect them to be this small."
"Marine creatures are inherently very special. Besides, compared to ordinary carp, they are already big enough."
Because his structure was inherently made of clouds, as long as he wanted to, Hermes could leave an observation port on his back. Right now, several fist-sized koi could be seen swimming back and forth inside.
Due to its unique bubble film structure, the Ryugu Palace was essentially independent. Because of living habits, ever since Nereus took power, the interior of the Ryugu Palace had remained a waterless environment.
However, seawater still existed within the layers of the outer bubble film, where some ornamental fish were kept. Nanamo planned to demarcate an area inside there to raise these carp first.
Grumble...
But just as Nanamo was planning how to house these koi, a strange sound reached her ears.
Soon, Nanamo discovered the source of the sound was exactly Nekomamushi's stomach, and she even saw drool leaking from the corner of his mouth.
"Hey, hey, hey! These are not for you to eat! Reign in that expression of yours, you're even drooling! Don't scare these fish!"
"Sorry about that..."
Being called out like this, Nekomamushi noticed the drool at the corner of his mouth. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve and controlled himself to stop looking at those fish.
It wasn't because he was a feline Mink that he was more interested in fish. Accurately speaking, fish were the primary meat source for the entire Mink Tribe.
Because the Mokomo Dukedom was situated on Zunesha's back, it naturally lacked places like pastures. But every time Zunesha sprayed water onto its back, it would bring up massive schools of fish. Over the years, the Mink Tribe had long developed fixed dietary habits.
Earlier, they were first drifting on the sea, and then almost caught and burned to death, so they hadn't cared about their stomachs at all.
When they first got on Hermes's back, they were captivated by the novelty of flying through the sky for the first time. Once everything settled down, a pang of hunger immediately struck their stomachs.
"If you're hungry, just say so. Make do with some dry rations first. Fish-man Island's biscuits are considered a rare delicacy globally."
Nekomamushi's growling stomach was only the trigger; Inuarashi and Kawamatsu and his mother weren't doing much better. After Nanamo patted Big Pan's leg, Big Pan took out a large bag of food from his backpack. Although it was just some dry rations, it was enough to fill their stomachs.
They encountered no accidents along the way. Over in Dressrosa, Nereus smoothly received the Eve sapling cultivated by the Tontatta Tribe.
"Fortunately, we didn't fail our mission! Nereus-land, this seed of yours was truly difficult to cultivate. To use an analogy, it's our first time seeing such a delicate infant.
It shouldn't have originally taken this long, but if we handed it directly to you, it might not have survived. Therefore, we spent some extra time.
Now, as long as this sapling is planted in a suitable area, it will be able to grow naturally!"
The Tontatta Tribe brought out a large flowerpot as if presenting a treasure. Given the size of the Tontatta Tribe, crafting this flowerpot had taken no small amount of effort.
At this moment, Gambo was pacing back and forth on the flowerpot, emphasizing to Nereus the details to pay attention to during transplantation.
"Thank you, Gambo. This sapling is very important to the Ryugu Kingdom. But... just this one is not enough for us.
I hope the Tontatta Tribe can cultivate a few more of these tree seeds for us.
Of course, the last time was help between friends; this time, it is communication between nations. Whatever price is required to cultivate these saplings, feel free to propose it."
"Is it very important to you? Then we definitely should help with this favor."
The nature of the Tontatta Tribe made Gambo directly believe Nereus without the slightest suspicion.
"It is indeed troublesome to cultivate, but that was because it was our first time interacting with it. Doing similar things later will be easier.
It seems we don't need any compensation... How about this! We really want to know how Noland's descendants are doing!
If there's a chance, could you bring his descendants here so we can get acquainted?
After all, they are the descendants of a hero, and we also want to know how they are doing now."
"Noland's descendants... I understand. It will take some time. If he is willing, I will bring the person here. Consider this a favor I owe you. If there is anywhere you need help in the future, just say the word."
When it came to cultivating Eve, the Dwarves were the best people to rely on. Compared to individual Devil Fruit users, almost every citizen of the Tontatta Tribe could accomplish this, making it a much more stable cultivation base.
As for their desire to meet Noland's descendants, this wasn't really troublesome. It wasn't as if Noland didn't have living descendants, and the country they lived in was widely known.
When he had time to go over there, he could just have someone ask if the other party wanted to come over.
For now, Nereus planned to temporarily plant this sapling on Delta Island. There were many deep blue holes near that island. Once the root system of this new Eve extended and grew downwards, further development could be carried out underwater.
Inuarashi and Nekomamushi were also brought here. Nereus also contacted Fish-man Island and called Luna over.
During this period, her relationship with Rachel had been very close. Because both their attack methods involved electrical currents, they had exchanged quite a bit of knowledge and experience.
"Inuarashi? Nekomamushi? Your Majesty Nereus, where did you pick these two up from?"
"Wano Country. Just like you back then, they also set out to sea out of curiosity."
"Wano Country? I remember hearing people say before that Zou and Wano Country had a brotherhood pact..."
Their age difference wasn't too great, and Zou didn't have a large population, so Luna knew them and had even played together with them back in the day.
Hearing the name Wano Country, Luna felt she had heard it somewhere before. After recalling for a moment, she remembered the words the adults used to say.
"Those were all lies!"
"That's right! Duke Hitsugis Khan was speaking falsehoods! What brotherhood pact?! The people there only screamed 'yokai' when they saw us and tried to burn us to death!"
In the original timeline, because they were saved by Oden, they were fiercely loyal to Kozuki Oden.
But now, however loyal they were in the original timeline, that was exactly how much they hated Wano Country. The first impression Wano Country left on them was simply too poor.
So much so that upon hearing Luna mention the name of this country, they immediately started complaining.
"You're all Minks, so you're a bit more familiar with each other. For this period, you can take them around Delta Island for a while."
If she wasn't still in the training phase, Luna wouldn't have stayed on Fish-man Island all this time. Once she grew up, her station would definitely be on those islands on the surface.
However, while Nereus was still arranging matters here, news that couldn't be considered good arrived from Fish-man Island not far away...
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