"The child's parents' hometown is very far from here. We wanted to try to send her back, but with our capabilities and these few small boats, we simply cannot cross this dangerous sea."
Could you please take her back to her hometown?
Tiger freed a large number of slaves, involving people of different races and ages.
The giants returned to the land of giants using their own abilities, and most of the fishmen followed Tiger.
However, like Hancock, not many people have someone to meet them and return to their hometown safely. Most people choose to live in seclusion on nearby habitable islands.
Adults don't care, but children still miss home, and Kella's mental state isn't very good right now.
The Celestial Dragons don't care about the age of their slaves; in their eyes, slaves are equivalent to consumables.
If they are unhappy, dissatisfied, or feel worthless, then kill them and replace them with new ones.
To survive, to live, and to see her family again one day, Kerla dared not cry or make a sound.
No matter how badly she was beaten, she would just smile and continue working.
Crying equals death. This was the understanding she gained as a child in slavery. Whether she was lazy or not, the result was being ruthlessly eliminated.
She is eleven years old this year. She was only eight when she was rescued from the Celestial Dragons. As for how many years she was a slave, that remains unknown.
"Yes, leave it to me. I'll take her back to her hometown."
Tiger did not refuse; instead, he agreed.
The current Ah Long has at least worked for a mining company for a while, and although he has a negative attitude towards humans, he is not as extreme as he was in the original timeline.
However, the long-term experience of being on the same ship as humans still disgusted him.
"Hey big brother, shouldn't we just leave this brat to the older brother? He's in more contact with humans over there, so it'd be safer to send this brat back."
"Brother Tai, I think Arlong is right. It's not appropriate for us to send this kid back. After all, we're pirates now."
Jinbe, unusually, agreed with Arlong's opinion, but Tiger didn't think so.
"Brother Shaq is still the leader of the Sea King Army. The Dragon Palace Kingdom is also in contact with the human kings. Let's not cause them any trouble at this time. She's just a kid. We'll send her back ourselves."
Tiger ultimately made the decision, and during the voyage, he realized just how bad Kella's condition really was.
Finally, Tiger covered Koala's Sky Dragon Hoof mark with the mark of the Sun Pirates, pulling her out of that terrifying world with excruciating pain.
As time went by, Koala quickly integrated into the Sun Pirates. Apart from Arlong, most of the crew members had accepted Koala's presence.
Haircuts, new clothes, games—the extra human child seems to have created a bond among the Sun Pirates.
The Sun Pirates' voyage continued, and they also found the Eternal Log Pose leading to Koala's hometown, Forshat Island, and followed the Eternal Log Pose to her homeland.
Danger was also looming at that moment.
After Tiger escorted Kera back to her village, they were surrounded by the navy on their way back.
"I am Rear Admiral Strawberry of the Marine Headquarters. We received a tip from someone on an island that you would be coming here."
The adults in the village you just visited betrayed your whereabouts in exchange for us letting go of that Celestial Dragon's possessions.
Assault and flight—these are your two charges, and you should be well aware of them.
Whether they were just passing through, or people from the village of Kerla, or whether it was a trap from the very beginning.
Tiger can no longer verify this. Although the navy surrounded him on land, with the help of others, Tiger eventually managed to escape to the sea.
Their original ship was completely abandoned, and the entire crew boarded another warship that Ah Long had stolen and embarked on a new escape route.
Tiger suffered severe blood loss, and because of his rare blood type, no other fish-man shares his blood type.
The warship had usable blood plasma, but Tiger refused to donate human blood.
"Wait! Aladdin, bring that thing here!"
As Tiger began to give his last words, Jinbe suddenly remembered what Shaq had given them, something they had carried with them even after changing ships.
Shaq told Jinbe that this thing could save lives.
When the fishmen busily unwrapped the tarpaulin, they found a huge book instead.
"Jinbe! Are you kidding me at a time like this?!"
Seeing that Jinbe was carrying something like this, Arlong didn't even want to call him "Big Brother" anymore, and even seemed ready to take action.
"Get out of here! Don't waste your time. Time is paused in the book. As long as we put Brother Tai into the book, we can hold out until we return to Fishman Island!"
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