Chapter 38: Some Time Before The World-Shocking Live Broadcast! The next day.

Isshiki who got an assignment from Ars was currently at the beach in the area where the residents lived. This area is also used as a place for the Tenryuubito who are hung on wood. Isshiki is currently arranging the placement of the camera which will later be used to take screenshots during the live broadcast.

Apart from Isshiki, Hashirama was also there to help Isshiki and was also waiting for the arrival of the people from the Ryugu Kingdom.

"Hashirama, help me to make a seat and table that will be used by me later"

Hashirama nodded and immediately helped Isshiki make a small table along with a seat there using his wood elemental ability.

Simultaneously, Hashirama's gaze immediately turned towards the ocean and his face revealed a smile, "Finally they arrived..."

"Arrive?" Isshiki raised his eyebrows.

"The people of the Ryugu Kingdom have finally arrived," Hashirama said calmly.

Following the words of Hashirama. Seen Neptune riding a large satisfied with a look full of seriousness while behind Neptune is followed by a ship that is quite large. On the ship were Otohime, Jinbei, three princes, and also some troops from the Ryuhu Kingdom. While behind the ship there is also a small ship containing a cargo of food ingredients ordered by the Fortis Kingdom to the Ryugu Kingdom.

"That…" Neptune's gaze was immediately taken aback by the appearance of the Tenryuubito hanging from wood with their bodies currently covered in wounds.

It wasn't just Neptnus who was surprised but Otohime, Jinbei, and everyone who saw this were shocked.

Although they had heard of this directly from Ars. However, they were still surprised to see this scene in person.

Hashirama and Isshiki immediately walked towards the beach area as Neptune and the others slowly started to approach them. Arriving at the beach area, Neptune immediately got down from the satisfaction he was using at this time and looked at Hashirama, "Hello, are you Hashirama Senju?"

Hashirama immediately recognized Hashirama Senju because Hashirama himself was already quite famous in this world even though he currently did not have a bounty. However, his achievements so far were enough to make Hashirama one of the most famous people in the world.

"That's right" Hashirama smiled kindly and continued, "Welcome to the Kingdom of Fortis, King Neptune. I am Hashirama Senju. Head of the Fortis Kingdom's Intelligence Department and has been ordered by His Majesty to welcome you."

Hashirama then looked to the side, "This is my friend, Isshiki. He is one of the higher-ups of the Fortis Kingdom"

Isshiki immediately came forward with a smile, "Hello. My name is Ishiki. I am the Deputy Head of the Fortis Kingdom's Agriculture Department. Nice to meet you"

"Nice to meet you too," King Neptune said with a smile.

Hashirama's gaze then turned to the three princes, "Those three..."

"The three of them are princes of the Ryugu Kingdom, Lord Hashirama" Neptune then turned to look at the three princes, "You guys go ahead and introduce yourselves"

"Okay, Dad"

The three princes immediately stepped forward and stood before Hashirama smiling.

"Hello, Mr. Hashirama. Introducing my name as Fukaboshi. I hope we can have a good relationship"

"Nice to meet you too" Hashirama immediately returned the greeting shown by Fukaboshi.

"My name is Ryuboshi, du-re-mi-fa-so"

"Musical scale?" Hashirama asked in confusion.

"That is the nature of the younger brother, Mr. Hashirama. He likes to sing and nowadays that tone has become his nature whenever he speaks," explained Fukaboshi.

"Oh, I see. Nice to meet you too" Hashirama shook Ryuboshi's greeting with a smile.

"I'm Manboshi. Greetings hope we can be good friends, Mr. Hashirama. I have expertise in dancing. If Mr. Hashirama comes to Fish-Man Island, I will definitely take Mr. Hashirama to visit the interesting places there."

"I'm waiting for him" Hashirama smiled as he returned the greeting.

After Hashirama introduced himself to the three princes, Isshiki then introduced themselves to the three of them.

"Sir Hashirama… They…" Otohime who was there suddenly spoke with his face still showing shock upon seeing the Tenryuubito who was currently hanging.

"They are the Tenryuubito we kidnapped last night in Marijoa. At the time of the live broadcast later, they will be displayed to show the seriousness of the statement His Majesty will say." Hashirama said calmly, "If it weren't for them they still have value. I believe His Majesty must have asked me to kill them outright."

"Use value?" Jinbei asked in confusion.

"His Majesty said that the World Government will definitely not allow the Tenryuubito to be humiliated or killed by someone. They will definitely do whatever it takes to save them. Therefore, His Majesty will threaten the World Government. As long as they do not obey the orders that will be given by His Majesty. His Majesty will embarrass these Tenryuubito and it will be spread throughout the world."

Everyone who was there immediately fell silent when they heard this.

"Oh yes. Are those the ingredients we ordered?" Hashirama suddenly changed the subject.

Everyone immediately woke up in their shock.

Queen Otohime nodded, "That's right. The ingredients in the back of the ship are the ingredients for your orders."

Hashirama nodded and immediately jumped towards the ship. Hashirama immediately took out the storage capsule that was below him and immediately put all the food ingredients inside.

"Amazing technology…" Neptune said with a surprised face and a compliment at the same time.

"Too bad. If our kingdom has that kind of technology. We can transport things easily" Otohime said with a sigh.

After putting all the food ingredients into the storage capsule. Hashirama immediately returned to his place and looked at Otohime, "For the payment. We will complete the payment when we finish the live broadcast."

"I see"

"Okay. Then, let's go. Right now His Majesty, as well as the King of Prodance, are waiting for your presence there" Hashirama's gaze then looked at Isshiki, "I leave it here to you"

"Okay," Isshiki nodded.

Hashirama immediately led to the royal palace. During the trip, Hashirama explained a lot about the Kingdom of Fortis to King Neptune and the three princes. Because this is the first time the princes came to the mainland. They have a high curiosity.

The arrival of King Neptune was also immediately greeted by the construction workers who are currently working. They paused their work for a moment and greeted King Neptune and the others.

It didn't take long for them to finally arrive in front of the royal palace. They all immediately walked into the royal palace and then continued their journey to the guest room where Ars and Elizabello II were currently waiting for their arrival.

"Oh? King Neptune. Finally you have arrived" Elizabello II said excitedly looking at Neptune who was already there.

"We haven't seen each other for a long time, King of Prodance" Neptune also said excitedly, "I am quite surprised to hear that your kingdom has succeeded in establishing cooperation with the Fortis Kingdom"

"Hahaha… Same, me too. I am surprised that your kingdom has also established cooperation. By the way, how about your kingdom's affiliation with the World Government?" Elizabello II asked in confusion.

"I already have plans to cancel the affiliation. Our kingdom can barely get anything while establishing cooperative relations with them. I have plans to announce the cancellation of the affiliation at the time of the live broadcast later" Neptune said seriously then continued, "What happened to you was quite a shock to me"

"Incident? Wait, how did you find out?" Elizabello II asked in confusion.

"King Fortis told me about it" Neptune replied calmly.

"I see" Elizabello II suddenly remembered that Ars was there. He immediately turned to look at Ars with an embarrassed look, "Hahaha… I'm sorry, King Fortis. I'm too cool to meet King Neptune. We can be considered old acquaintances."

"No problem. I understand that too" Ars smiled then walked towards the front of King Neptune, "First meeting. I'm Ars. I am the King of the Fortis Kingdom. Nice to meet you, King Neptune."

"Nice to meet you too, King Fortis" Neptune immediately returned a greeting from Ars then continued, "I want to thank you for allowing our people to have the same rights as your kingdom"

"No need to thank me. After all, we both benefit." Ars paused and continued, "Besides… It's not only this kingdom that will free your people to build a business in the human kingdom. However, the Kingdom of Prodence would also do so. Isn't that so, King of Prodance?"

Elizabello II nodded and looked at Nepnutus, "As King Fortis said. Our kingdom will also later give access to build businesses in our kingdom and also later the citizens of your kingdom will get the same rights as the citizens of our kingdom. However, the citizens of your kingdom will have to follow the policies set by our kingdom."

Neptune, Otohime, Jinbei, and the three princes who heard this were very surprised, and also suddenly a feeling of joy immediately appeared in their heart. They didn't expect that just by establishing cooperative relations with the Fortis Kingdom they could slowly build cooperative relationships with other Human Empires.

"If I may know, what policy should we follow?" Otohime immediately asked.

"The policy set by our kingdom is the policy used by the Fortis Kingdom. I will later manage business policy matters in our kingdom like the policies used by this kingdom."

"That's good" Otohime nodded, "If that's the case. We will definitely follow the policy."

"King of Prodance, thank you," Neptune said seriously as he lowered his head slightly.

"If King Neptune wants to thank you. Give thanks to King Fortis. It was he who advised me to establish a cooperative relationship with your kingdom. If not for the advice of King Fortis. I probably wouldn't have thought about establishing such a cooperative relationship. Besides that, I also won't be able to get any ideas on how to convince the citizens of my kingdom to be able to establish a cooperative relationship with you guys."

Neptune's eyes immediately looked at Ars and immediately bowed slightly, "Thank you"

"You're welcome. That's what collaboration is for. We will help each other in terms of development and not bring each other down." Ars said with a smile, "Besides, if you really want to build a cooperative relationship. You better prepare what kind of cooperation you want to build. We can talk about it when the fellowship building is finished. In addition to discussing the problem of cooperative relations. If you have any problems you are having in your kingdom. You can convey it there so that we can jointly look for problems in solving these problems."

"We understand." Elizabello II and Neptune nodded simultaneously.

Ars' gaze then turned to the three princes, "Are the three of them just coming? How about the princess?" Ars asked in confusion.

"Does King Fortis know Shirahoshi?" Otohime asked with a surprised face.

"I know him quite well" Ars nodded and continued, "Where is she? Why can't she come here? I'm sure she'll be delighted to be brought up to the mainland."

Neptune sighed, "We really wanted to take him even Shirohoshi herself wanted so badly. However, currently, Shirahoshi is often terrorized by someone we don't know about."

"Terror?" Dagama asked in confusion.

"Can't you solve that, Jinbei?" Hashirama asked in confusion.

"No" Jinbei shook his head, "I can't find the whereabouts of the person who terrorized Shirahoshi"

"Was that act of terror perpetrated on Shirahoshi an ax moving to attack him?" Ars asked casually.

"How did King Fortis find out?!" Neptunus and the others were surprised by this again.

"Didn't I already say? I know him quite well and also there are more things I know about this world than you know" Ars paused and continued, "If you want to know who terrorized Shirahoshi. That person's name is Vander Decken."

"Vander Decken" Neptune, Otohime, and also Jinbei immediately frowned.

"Does King Neptune know him?" Elizabeth II asked.

"Yes. He was one of my former troops. I didn't expect that he was the one behind Shirahoshi's attack" Neptune said as he clenched his fists tightly.

"Your Majesty, please calm down." Jinbei said seriously, "Just let me take care of this matter. After we came back. I will definitely take care of Vander Decken"

"I'm counting on you, Jinbei" Neptune nodded seriously.

Red Line, Marijoa, Pangeau Castle, Gorosei Office.

"Stop messing with us, Morgans! Quickly tell me who carried out the attack on Marijoa!" Masato shouted angrily at Morgans through the den-den mushi.

"I'm not playing games, Masato-sama. I just want to get paid through that information. As long as you pay me the money I asked you for before. I will definitely share that information with you." Without any fear Morgans said calmly.

"Bastard!" Masato shouted again angrily.

"No need to be angry," Ogata said calmly, "Just give him what he wants. Only 10 billion berries can we get information about who was behind last night's attack."

"Give him what he wants. We'd better get the information immediately so that we can find the person who kidnapped the Tenryuubito and also we can find that person immediately" Noda said coldly.

Masato slowly took a breath and continued, "Alright, Morgans. We will give you the money you want. We will send it directly to your branch office on Saboundy Island. Say! Who carried out the attack on Marijoa last night?!"

"Hahaha… Good. That's what I've been waiting for. The one who carried out the attack last night was Hashirama Senju— No, it was the Fortis Kingdom that attacked Marijoa last night. Right now they have even kidnapped the Tenryuubito and will be doing a live broadcast at 10 o'clock later."

"WHAT?!"

The Gorosei shouted with a face full of shock.

News of the live broadcast itself did not spread. Only the people on Saboundy Island knew that there would be a live broadcast going on because Morgans only put up a live broadcast on Saboundy Island and later the news would be passed on using newspapers so that he could make big profits from the sale of the newspaper.

However, the moves made by the Morgans themselves were known to the World Government. Because the movement made by Morgans coincided with the disappearance of 10 Tenryuubito along with the disappearance of all the treasures owned by the five Tenryuubito families.

The news of Tenryuubito's disappearance is currently being suppressed by the World Government. Apart from the Tenryuubito and the people from the World Government especially CP-0. No one knows about the disappearance of the Tenryuubito and the attack on Marijoa last night even the Navy doesn't know the current situation.

"Morgan! Stop the live broadcast now!" Masato shouted furiously.

"That's impossible, Masato-sama" Morgans said without any fear, "I have promised King Fortis to broadcast this live broadcast. I don't want to get into trouble with them, especially with Hashirama Senju's presence on their side. I also don't know how scary their kingdom is. Besides, even if you try to stop the live broadcast on Saboundy Island from happening, news of it will definitely spread as soon as the live broadcast happens."

Morgans face smirked excitedly, "No one can stop him this time!"

"God damn it!" Ogata shouted angrily, "Do you dare to declare war on us?!"

"War? I don't want to go to war against you guys" Morgans said with a smirk, "Also if you guys dare to aim at me. I'm sure the Fortis Kingdom won't let you go especially— Right now all over the Marijoa area there are Bombs that are ready to be detonated. As long as you make the move now to stop the live broadcast. The Fortis Kingdom will activate the bombs they have planted all over Marijoa"

"WHAT?!" The Gorosei were again shocked by the news. Their faces were now filled with fear as well as gloomy expressions.

"I advise you guys to stay still for now and wait for the live broadcast to happen. Because right now people from the Fortis Kingdom have sneaked into your territory. They can know your every move, even our current conversation they can know." Morgans laughed excitedly, "Hahahaha… This will be something very interesting. The great news of all history will soon be published by me!"

"Unlucky!"

The faces of all the current Gorosei looked very ugly. They are currently unable to move. Because if the thing Morgans said was great. Currently, they have been monitored for their movements by the people of the Fortis Kingdom.

"Looks like we underestimated this kingdom" Yasunori said gloomily.

"Never in our history have we been humiliated like this" Sonoda said cheaply.

"Should we tell Imu-sama about this?" Ask Noda.

"Wait a minute" Masato suddenly said, "We'll wait and see what the live broadcast will be. Later after the live broadcast, we will inform Imu-sama about this. Besides that… Bombs are still being planted in our area. They haven't activated it either. Of course, there is a request that must be asked by them. We are waiting for what request the kingdom wants to make."