Hearing Neptune's words, Ye Yang turned around and waved his hand, signaling Ulchiola to stop.
Then, he stared at Neptune and said indifferently,"How do you want to apologize?"
The flash on Ulchiola's fingertip dissipated, and he stood there calmly.
Neptune let out a sigh of relief. Then, a hesitant expression appeared on his face, as if he was thinking hard about something.
After a while, he raised his head and said,"As long as it's within the capabilities of Fishmen Island, I'll do my best."”
He wasn't sure what he should use to apologize to Ye Yang. Experts like him usually liked different things.
Some people liked wealth, some people liked power, and some people liked weapons.
Therefore, he directly opened his mouth and promised to compensate Ye Yang as much as the Fishmen Island could.
"In that case," Ye Yang squinted at Neptune, a faint smile appearing on his face." Then I want five Devil Fruits. This price isn't too much, right?"”
The Demon Fruit had always been the thing he wanted the most, so when it came to compensation, the first thing he thought of was the Demon Fruit.
Five Devil Fruits in exchange for the lives of everyone on Fishmen Island? Was that too much?
It was not excessive. On the contrary, it was worth it.
However, Neptune's expression changed slightly when he heard this.
The sharp-eyed Ye Yang saw the change in his expression and grinned dangerously."What, you don't want to?"
With the Murloc Kingdom's foundation, he would definitely not believe that there were no five Demon Fruits.
The only explanation was that the other party was unwilling to take out these Demon Fruits as an apology.
If that was really the case, he would directly destroy the Fishmen Island and retrieve the Demon Fruit.
"It's not that I'm unwilling." Neptune revealed a bitter smile and helplessly explained,""Mr. Yeyang, I'll be honest with you. There are indeed six Devil Fruits on Fishmen Island, but I can't give them to you because…they are tributes from Fishmen Island to the White Beard Pirates.”
Hearing this, Ye Yang's face revealed an interested expression.
He remembered that the original novel did mention that Fishmen Island was White Beard's territory and had always been protected by him. That was why the poachers and pirates did not dare to cause trouble on the island openly.
And this tribute was equivalent to the protection fee given to White Beard by Fishmen Island.
The reason was simple. White Beard protected Fishmen Island, so relatively speaking, Fishmen Island had to pay this protection fee on time every year. Otherwise, their protection would be revoked.
And these six Devil Fruits were obviously the protection fees that he had to hand over to White Beard this time.
Otherwise, Neptune wouldn't be in such a difficult position.
After all, White Beard, who was known as the strongest man in the world, led the White Beard Pirates under him to roam the New World. If they lost their protection, the entire Fishmen Island would be destroyed.
Poachers were no longer sneaking around, but openly capturing mermaids. As for the pirates passing by, once they saw a mermaid that was good-looking, they might not be able to resist capturing them for fun.
All of this was something that Fishmen Island could not stop with its own power.
However, on the other side was Ye Yang, who could easily destroy Fishmen Island. If they didn't pay enough compensation, Fishmen Island might not be able to see the sun every day.
This was the reason why he was in a difficult position. The future of the entire Fishmen Island was in his hands!
At the same time, Neptune also hoped that using the name of the White Beard Pirates would be able to suppress Ye Yang and make him give up the Devil Fruit and choose other items as compensation.
Unfortunately, his plan obviously failed.
Ye Yang glanced at him and said,""White Beard's tribute is your own business, it has nothing to do with me. I'm only asking one last time, five Devil Fruits…Are you going to hand them over or not?”
Scaring him with White Beard's name? Hehe, what a daydream.
He didn't even give any face to Karp of the Warring States Period, let alone a mere four emperors.
What would happen to Fishmen Island?
What did that have to do with him? If Neptune and Shark Star hadn't come to provoke him, would this have happened?
If this had not happened, he and Ulchiola might have already eaten a delicious meal and left Fishmen Island.
Since she had done something wrong, she had to pay the price. She was not worthy of his sympathy and forgiveness!
Hearing this, Neptune lowered his head with a complicated expression, as if he was trying hard to think about the consequences.
After a long time, he nodded helplessly and said slowly,"I understand. The Fishmen Island will compensate you with five Demon Fruits. In addition…I would like to invite you to stay for a meal.”
After saying that, he turned his head and shouted at Shark Star, who was staring blankly at all of this,"Shark Star, go to the national treasury and get five Demon Fruits!”
Ye Yang looked at Neptune thoughtfully.
He naturally knew what Neptune wanted to do. He reckoned that today was the day to hand over the tribute to the White Beard Pirates, and keeping the two of them here was nominally to apologize to them and to fulfill their duties as hosts.
However, in reality, it was to make them stay and let the White Beard Pirates handle them.
In order not to arouse Ye Yang's suspicion, he even told Sha Xing to immediately retrieve the Demon Fruit to show his sincerity.
As expected, those who could become kings were all scheming bitches!
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