Chapter 620

The royal guards tumble from the broken corridor and ride coral-made bubbles to safety, the Minister of the Left fretting over leaving Neptune alone while the Minister of the Right orders a regroup at Gyoverly Hills. Across the island, Jones' officers terrorize the towns, demanding citizens trample a fumi-e of Queen Otohime to prove their loyalty. Ikaros Much, Daruma, Hyouzou, and Zeo each deliver the same ultimatum: submit, leave, or be cut down. At Water Wheel Village, Prince Fukaboshi strikes Dosun down and confronts him over the cruelty. In the Sea Forest, Jinbe comforts a tearful Shirahoshi, then turns to face questions about why he once released Arlong into East Blue.

Sanji presses Jinbe to explain himself, warning that Nami suffered terribly under Arlong's rule, and Nami's memories of Bell-mere's death and her years of forced map-making surface again. Jinbe begins the fish-men's story: two centuries earlier the Ryugu Kingdom joined the World Government, yet human hatred never faded, and the dawn of the pirate era brought horror until Edward Newgate offered protection. Hatchan reveals that Sabaody Park inspired the layout of Arlong Park. Jinbe names two figures who stood against discrimination, Queen Otohime, who preached coexistence, and Fisher Tiger, the slave-freeing hero who stormed Mary Geoise alone and founded the Sun Pirates.

The chapter confirms that Arlong and Hatchan once sailed under Fisher Tiger alongside Jinbe. A flashback set fifteen years prior introduces Tiger's face properly, with Hatchan bursting into the captain's quarters to report a Marine problem. Caribou reappears, eyeing Shirahoshi's value on the slave market. The cover continues From the Decks of the World, introducing Sarfunkel, a barrel-bound woman now keeping Gaimon company. Silhouettes of Boa Hancock and her sisters hide in the Mary Geoise flashback panel.