One Piece: I wield thunder and lightning

While Neptune was dining with Nicholas, a guard from the Ryugu Palace hurriedly entered. Originally intending to report directly to Neptune, the guard hesitated upon seeing Nicholas there.

"What's happening?" Neptune asked, his brow furrowed.

"The Nalo Pirates have breached the border defenses of the Communication Corridor, and the losses are severe! Captain Nalo, one of this year's Supernovas, with a bounty of 150 million, along with twelve crew members, is a small but powerful elite pirate crew!"

The guard from the Ryugu Palace spoke anxiously. For them, dealing with a pirate crew with such a high bounty would certainly come at a great cost. Every time a high-bounty pirate crew attacked Fish-Man Island, it was a crisis.

"What are the details?"

"Besides Captain Nalo, Vice Captain Blood Hand has a bounty of 110 million, and three other combatants have bounties exceeding 50 million! The total bounty for the pirate crew is approximately 500 million!"

Upon hearing this, Neptune's expression became grave. It seemed like it would be a fierce battle.

"As compensation for the meal you invited me to, I'll take care of them later," Nicholas casually remarked. Unbeknownst to him, his strength had skyrocketed. These so-called Supernova pirate crews were no longer on the same level as him. His opponents were the monsters at the very top of the world!

On the Nalo pirate ship in the Communication Corridor:

"These fish-men and merfolk are really weak," a crew member said with a light laugh.

"Heh heh, the disdainful look from that fish-man earlier was pathetic. He boasted all day about fish-men being dozens of times stronger than humans, only to be punched to death."

Nalo listened to his comrade's words and chuckled. "The New World is getting more chaotic. This time, let's return to the West Sea to avoid trouble. We'll capture more merfolk later. Besides selling them at a high price, our days in the West Sea won't be so lonely. I've heard about the beauty of mermaids for a long time."

The other crew members smiled knowingly. These pirates were quite confident. As pirates who had seen the world in the New World, they had considerable confidence.

It's understandable. In the original work, when Luffy and other Supernova pirate crews arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago, they considered challenging the Four Emperors once they entered the New World, and even believed that reaching the summit was only a matter of time.

Until they encountered a certain creepy old man who gave them a harsh lesson.

The Nalo pirate crew, having stayed in the New World, had the same understanding of the first half of the Grand Line and even the Four Seas as other pirates in the New World—that it was paradise.

"The guards from Fish-Man Island seem to have received some kind of message; they've surrounded us but haven't shown any intention of attacking," a navigator on Nalo's ship suddenly said.

Hearing this, Nalo, who had originally planned to return to his hometown to avoid trouble, felt a bit uneasy. He had a vague sense of foreboding.

"Thanks for the meal," Nicholas said as he stood up. His belly was bulging comically, and Neptune was dumbfounded. He knew that Nicholas had just consumed almost a mountain of food.

However, his astonishment turned into shock as he saw Nicholas casually pat his abdomen with both hands. In an instant, Nicholas's entire abdomen twisted strangely a few times, then returned to normal in the astonished eyes of Neptune and the others.