Chapter 60: Honorary President of the Fan Club, Shadows in the Misty Sea
Amphelite's own foundation wasn't bad. The growth potential of the Lunarian race was there; she simply lacked a qualified teacher.
Although Rayleigh had the reputation of being a "mediocre teacher" on the sea, Luffy's strength indeed increased tremendously after Rayleigh's special training.
Amphelite's foundation was solid enough. Under Nereus's own guidance, her Haki became increasingly proficient. Compared to her previous self, Amphelite had become more than just a tier stronger.
Once she became more proficient with Haki and paired it with a powerful Devil Fruit, she would be considered a powerhouse even in the New World.
Currently, time was on her side, and she still had a sufficient growth period.
As Amphelite's sparring partner, Nanamo could clearly feel this.
However, compared to this, Nanamo was more curious about who the accompanist Nereus mentioned was.
"You'll know when you see them. It's definitely someone you wouldn't expect."
Nereus kept Nanamo in suspense. But indeed, a normal person would find it hard to guess this answer. After all, the accompanist Nereus spoke of was a skeleton man.
Kuma wasn't someone who could stay idle. The day they set sail, he joined the ranks of the sailors. Even though he had returned to his child form, the monstrous strength of the Buccaneer bloodline was exceptionally prominent, even greater than some Fish-men.
However, this situation didn't last long. Nereus didn't let Kuma continue working on the ship but threw him into the ship's classroom instead.
Nereus's ship always had teachers, but the children who usually attended classes were currently staying on Fish-man Island or on Delta Island in the New World, where others were settled.
Now that there were new young people, the teacher had work again.
Even Shark was here taking general knowledge classes together.
Conventional curriculum wasn't suitable for the current stage. The classes mainly taught practical subjects like the distribution of powers on the sea and response measures when encountering crises.
Having been a slave for several years and somewhat disconnected from reality, Shark could use this to reacquaint himself with the world.
Since there were no complex courses, no poor students had appeared for the time being. However, after their study ended, a cloud floated in.
"Yo, rookies. Was class enjoyable?"
"It was okay, Mr. Cloud. We learned a lot of things we hadn't heard before."
Ginny and Shark were still wondering why a cloud could talk, but Kuma had already politely given an answer.
"Mr. Cloud? Actually, I have no gender, but that's not important.
Let me introduce myself. I am Hermes, the Honorary President of Princess Nanamo's Fan Club. Would you like to join Princess Nanamo's Fan Club? When concerts are held in the future, you can get front-row seats for free."
Hermes familiarly rested on Kuma's shoulder and even pulled out a few glow sticks from its body. Its body was like Doraemon's pocket, always able to produce some strange little things.
However, the capacity was related to its own size; there was no space compression technology involved.
"They should have told you during class just now. Princess Nanamo is Lord Nereus's only daughter. At least for the foreseeable future, this fact won't be broken.
There's no harm in joining the Fan Club. You just have to act as the atmosphere team~"
As a loyal cloud, Hermes was also fulfilling its duties, such as recruiting people for the Fan Club.
Nanamo's concerts could only be considered internal events right now. That is, Nereus's subordinates would cheer for her. There was still a very long way to go before reaching the big stage.
The members of the Fan Club could be considered the fixed audience for performances.
In fact, almost everyone on the ship was a member of this Fan Club. After all, she was the Big Bro's daughter; playing along with her had no negative impact.
Kuma and the others eventually joined the Fan Club under Hermes's MLM-like persuasion. Everyone received a set of support shirts.
Because they had the ability to traverse the Calm Belt freely, Nereus and his group didn't take Reverse Mountain even to enter the first half of the Grand Line.
The return journey was more peaceful than the way there, with basically not much trouble encountered. Kuma and Ginny also got a glimpse of how the Fish-man race conducted naval warfare.
"Fish-man Karate · Uchimizu!" (Gun Wave)
"Fish-man Karate · Kairyu Ipponzeoi!" (Seawater Shoulder Throw)
The executives on the ship didn't make a move, nor did Nereus himself act. Facing a provocative pirate ship, a team of combatants dived into the sea.
Water bullets pierced the enemy's hull, and the waves raised by the combined Seawater Shoulder Throw of several people directly unbalanced the enemy ship, capsizing it on the sea surface.
From beginning to end, the opponents didn't even see the shadow of a Fish-man.
Approaching the surface and boarding the deck were actions Fish-men would only take when they wanted to seize a ship. If they just wanted to destroy a ship, it was very simple for this race.
Stronger executives could do it alone, while weaker ones acted in teams. After gathering a group of strong individuals and training a batch of qualified warriors under Nereus, this became even easier.
The return trip was generally peaceful, encountering only one pirate crew that initiated an attack.
And the ship of Nereus and his group gradually approached a sea area filled with thick fog.
The sea fog here never dispersed year-round, making ships sailing here feel as if they were in darkness.
Unfortunately, this fog blocked the unavoidable path of this route; it couldn't be bypassed. Because the area was roughly triangular, it was also known as the Florian Triangle (Devil's Triangle).
"Hey! Ship ahead! Don't go in! There are ghosts! There are ghosts in this sea area!"
As Nereus and the others were advancing into the dense fog, a somewhat dilapidated ship sailed out from it. The people on board were shouting words like "Stop."
They had no intention of stopping at all, rushing straight past Nereus's ship.
Naturally, this wouldn't make Nereus and the others stop. On the contrary, what Nereus was looking for were the "ghosts."
However, after sailing in the misty sea for a while, Sebastian sensed something strange.
"Big Bro, that didn't seem to be a pirate ship just now. It looked like a merchant ship scared out of its wits. Is there really some monster in this fog?"
Fragments of ships floated on the nearby sea surface, looking as if they had been destroyed by some external force.
"I don't know if there are monsters, but there really is a giant."
Sebastian followed Nereus's gaze. In the mist, a massive shadow was gradually emerging.
Obscured by the thick fog, it looked like some kind of bull-headed monster.
But in fact, that was just the prow of a ship.
Sebastian was just about to move, but Nereus stopped him.
"You can't handle this. Let me."
As he spoke, wings popped out from Nereus's back, and in an instant, he disappeared from the deck.
"Harald! Why are you here?!"
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