Chapter 197: Camie to the Rescue

Chapter 197: Camie to the Rescue



Cherry was about to grab whoever she could and bring them to the surface, when she happened to lock eyes with a group of mermaids that were passing by.

One of the mermaids was familiar to her. It was Camie, whom she had met two years ago.

"Ahhhhh! I forgot to escort them here! I thought it was next month?!" Camie panicked, dropping her groceries.

"Are those illegal immigrants friends of yours, Camie? Should we help them? It looks like they're about to drown..." Another mermaid said.

"Of course, please help me save them, girls!" Camie rushed over to grab Luffy.

"I'll take you somewhere dry, okay?" A mermaid spoke to Cherry.

"I'm fine, thanks. You can help one of the others." Cherry answered clearly.

"Huh? Are you part fishman? You speak so clearly underwater..." The mermaid said, before turning her attention to Chopper and swimming away with him.

Everyone was brought back to Camie's home, with the exception of Franky who was a bit too big. He was able to get along underwater just fine without assistance, so he went off on his own for now.

Only Cherry, Robin, Zoro, Nami, and Brook were conscious in Camie's home at the moment. Luffy, Chopper, Merry, Sanji, Usopp, and Cabernet were sleeping soundly in a big clamshell.

"I'm so sorry for not being there to meet you. I'm such a scatterbrain sometimes." Camie smiled awkwardly, scratching the back of her head.

"That's alright, Camie. We made it here just fine." Nami said, drying off with a towel.

"Something is missing..." Cherry said, looking at each person in the room.

"Franky went off on his own," Camie said.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"No, no not him." Cherry said, rubbing her chin in thought. Then she snapped her fingers and looked enlightened. "Where's our barrel creep?"

"Barrel creep?" Camie asked, confused.

"Right, Caribou. You should tell your friends to be on the lookout for him. An ugly guy stuffed into a barrel with just his head poking out. Who knows what he'll do if he gets let out." Nami warned.

"Probably kidnap mermaids, he seemed the type." Robin said, having caught her breath.

"Okay, I'll go spread the word. Mermaid traffickers are the last thing we need right now." Camie said, jumping back into the pool she used as an entrance.

"Look how scary she is!" "She's scary!" "No she isn't!" "I think she's scary?" "So what if she's scary?" Five tiny mermaids poked their little heads inside from the pool entrance.

Naturally they were talking about Cherry.

"Surely you have scarier fishmen here? With sharks and eels and what not?" Cherry asked.

"Nope, not even close! "Not even close!" "Very close!" "I think it's not close?" "So what if it's not close?" They answered.

"Do you do that every time you talk?" Cherry asked. "Or are you just messing with us?" They all look to their top right and whistle nonchalantly like they didn't hear the question. Camie came up from the entrance and grabbed one of her bubbles to float on.

"Would you like something to eat? I can have something whipped up in about half an hour." Camie offered.

"I see. I suppose it is better to deliver it personally since it's Jimbe, jamon." King Neptune

answered.

Prince Fukaboshi responded. "Of course, Fa-"

They all froze in place. The air around them suddenly felt ten times heavier than the water

outside fishman island.

The guards in the room had directly fallen unconscious.

"What is this Haki, jamon?!" Neptune wondered aloud.

He and the three princes turned in the direction of its source. Each of them saw an illusion

appear in their mind's eye.

Two hawk-like red eyes burned into their minds. A cold fury dwelt in those eyes as they

seemed to judge them.

Then the pressure was gone.

"W-what was that, Father? So la ti do..." Prince Ryuboshi asked.

"Why do I feel so guilty, Akkamanbo..." Prince Manboshi spoke. The other three knew what he

meant by that.

"Those eyes... Did we do something to upset Hawkeye, jamon?" King Neptune wondered. Hawkeye was the only one he could think of with eyes like that, that could also pressure them

so much.

The minister of the right rushed inside with more guards. "Your Majesties, are you alright?!" "We're fine, tend to the guards that passed out." Prince Fukaboshi said.

"Send some royal guards to look for the Shichibukai Hawkeye and invite him to the palace, jamon. Perhaps we can avoid violence, but if not then it's better to face him here where civilians won't be hurt in the battle, jamon." King Neptune ordered.

The Minister of the Right wanted to argue but held his tongue. His majesty was right, a man

like Hawkeye couldn't be underestimated. "Yes, your majesty!"

...

Meanwhile, inside the Ryugu Palace's dungeon.

"Hey Borke, did you just feel like Cherry was really angry at us for some reason?" Slenk asked.

Borke shrugged his shoulders.

"Did I just imagine it?" Slenk wondered aloud.