Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Chapter 155 Reina VS Katakuri

"It's not over yet! Hot Wind Fist!" Although Owen sensed something strange, he didn't pay attention to it because he was already enraged by Reina's attitude.

Sensing Irving's anger, and even feeling the temperature rise around him, Reina felt as if he were being continuously harmed.

"Frozen for a Thousand Miles!" Hyōrinmaru was drawn directly, and a slash carrying the aura of ice was slashed toward Owen.

"Watch me melt you!" Irving ignored everything and continued to raise the temperature, melting away all the icy energy carried by Reina's slash.

"Hmm? Interesting!" Seeing Owen dodge his attack at the last moment, Reina took a step and disappeared from his spot.

"Finger Gun!" Reina pointed at Owen from close range. This was a skill fragment he had drawn that he had synthesized. Although he hadn't practiced like this before, he was still able to learn and use it thanks to the power of the system.

"Bang!" This time, Owen didn't dodge, but instead threw a punch to clash with Reina.

However, Reina was not harmed at all, because he absorbed the opponent's energy while attacking him.

This is something Reina only gradually mastered after the Black Emperor's abilities were upgraded.

Originally, he couldn't launch an attack himself if he wanted to absorb the attack energy of others, but now he has overcome this weakness, making his Black Emperor ability even more perfect.

"Is this all you've got?" Owen asked Reina, his face grim, as he took a few steps back.

He had already experienced that strange feeling twice before; if he still couldn't figure it out, he wouldn't have gotten to where he is now.

"That's not all! Now I'll get a little more serious! Focused Strike - Tempest Kick!" Reina smiled slightly, then used the energy he had just absorbed to unleash a slash with Tempest Kick, heading straight for Owen.

Owen's expression changed, and he immediately ducked, narrowly dodging Reina's Tempest Kick. The flying Tempest Kick struck the castle gate of Cake City, slicing it in two.

"It's too early to lie down now!" Reina, who had somehow appeared on top of Owen, stepped on his head and stomped it into the ground.

"Irving!"

"Fourth Brother!"

Bigom's children all stepped forward, seemingly ready to come to his aid.

"How about... you all come at me together?" Reina said with a slight smile.

"Hmph!" An elongated arm struck out at Reina, trying to force him to dodge, but Reina did not dodge and instead blocked the opponent's fist.

"Hmm?" Looking at the fist stuck to his arm, Reina turned his head to look at the young man who had thrown the punch.

"Charlotte Katakuri of the Big Mom Pirates!" A tall, muscular young man with short, amaranth-red hair, long legs, and a scarf covering his mouth with stitching marks on the sides stepped forward and said softly.

"Ah~ Ah~ It's you! Katakuri, so, is it your turn to fight me this time?" Reina asked with a smile.

He had never actually met Katakuri, even though Katakuri was older than him. Charlotte Linlin hadn't brought her children with her when they were on the Rocks ship.

"He's my brother!" Katakuri said angrily, looking at Owen who had been stomped into the ground by Reina.

"Since that's the case... then you can take him away!" Reina kicked Oven, who was on the ground, toward Katakuri. Katakuri quickly withdrew his fist, which was stuck to Reina's hand, and caught Oven with both hands.

"Be careful... Katakuri, his ability is strange, he can really absorb damage!" Oven, his face covered in wounds, said to Katakuri with half-closed eyes.

Katakuri nodded, handed Owen to Daifuku who had rushed over, and then looked at Reina.

"Are you really going to make a move? I don't want to break your invincible record!" Reina shrugged, seemingly unwilling to continue the fight.

Katakuri glanced at Charlotte Linlin and, seeing that she was just smiling and didn't come out to stop him, he understood what his mother meant.

"Horned Rice Cake!" Katakuri's hand transformed into a rice cake and struck Reina directly.

"Hehe... The future vice-president of the Emperor? Then let's give it a try! Sharingan... activate!" Reina said softly.

Having awakened his three-tomoe Sharingan, Reina could now see Katakuri's moves clearly, making it very easy for him to dodge.

"They really are eerie eyes!" The members of the Big Mom Pirates around them were all amazed when they saw Reina's eyes turn red.

Although they already knew from intelligence, they were still somewhat shocked when they actually saw Reina's eyes.

"Slash!" After getting close to Katakuri, Reina slashed at him with his sword.

"Clang!" A trident suddenly appeared, blocking Reina's Hyōrinmaru.

"Hehe, this is more interesting, let's continue..." Seeing that the other party had already taken out the "Earth Dragon", Reina also began to get serious.

The two fought with lightning speed. Although Reina seemed to have the advantage, Katakuri used his abilities to make up for his disadvantage in physical combat.

"when!"

"Seated atop the frosty sky! Hyōrinmaru!"

After the two clashed again, Reina stepped back slightly and activated the Shikai of Hyōrinmaru.

"Mochi Blade Bullet!" Katakuri's eyes narrowed. He raised his index finger and thumb while retracting his other fingers, turning his hand into a mochi ball. He then fired the mochi ball from his index finger, shooting it at Reina like a bullet.

"This kind of attack... is useless!" As Reina's blade danced, a slender, azure dragon appeared, swallowing the rice ball that was aimed at Reina and turning it into an ice block.

Seeing this, Katakuri jumped away to avoid the dragon's attack.

"Crack, crack, crack..." The water dragon that hit the ground turned into ice, freezing everything around it.

"What exactly is his ability? How can one person possess two abilities?" Charlotte Cracker, standing to the side, couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment upon seeing that Reina could not only absorb damage but also wield the power of ice.

"Not two, but three. Don't overlook his eyes!" Dafu said solemnly.

“Moreover, his physical skills and swordsmanship are not weak either. Katakuri doesn’t have the upper hand at all! Lick lick… He really is a monster! No wonder he’s on the same boat as his mother!” Perospero nodded and said.

Although he was older than Katakuri, he was no match for Katakuri in terms of strength, so he greatly admired Reina for being able to suppress Katakuri.

"Grilled rice cake!" Katakuri transformed the upper part of his hand into a rice cake and compressed it, while simultaneously unleashing a burst of hot air like a rocket launcher, firing it directly at Reina.

"Powerful Strike - Ice Dragon Tail!" Reina was not to be outdone, and the direction in which the tip of his blade sliced ​​through directly turned into a frozen area, colliding directly with Katakuri's mochi.

"boom!!!"

A huge explosion rang out, and the square in front of Cake City was filled with smoke and a chill.

Before the smoke cleared, Reina and Katakuri burst out of the smoke at the same time, and the trident and Hyōrinmaru collided and sparked again.

The two seemed evenly matched, but only Katakuri knew that he could sense that Reina wasn't going all out.

"Take this, Mochi Thrust!" Katakuri, no longer holding back, transformed his arm into mochi, wrapped it around the trident, and began to spin as he attacked Reina.

"Prism Ice Array!" Reina controlled the ice wall formed by the condensation of moisture in the air to block Katakuri, but the opponent broke through it quickly. Just as the spinning trident was about to hit Reina, Katakuri suddenly stopped and stopped the trident in his hand.

"Huh? Why not continue the attack?" Reina asked, somewhat surprised.

Could Katakuri's Observation Haki now see into the future? Did he know that Katakuri planned to use the impact of the trident to gather energy?

“I can sense that if I continue attacking… I will lose!” Katakuri said very calmly.

"Such a powerful intuition, but... even if you don't let me absorb the energy, you will still lose! Ice Dragon Whirlwind Tail - Skybreaker!" Reina launched another attack, with large amounts of ice constantly approaching Katakuri.

"Bird Rice Cake!" A strand of glutinous rice stretched out from his arm, transforming into a whip that pierced through the ice and struck Reina. Katakuri hoped this would force Reina to interrupt his attack.

"Snapped!"

Hyōrinmaru blocked the rice whip. Although his attack was interrupted, he absorbed the impact energy. After gathering the energy in his body again, Reina took a step and began to quickly approach Katakuri.

"This is the move! Peerless Glutinous Rice Ball Thrust!" Katakuri's eyes flashed red, and his body shifted rapidly as he charged towards Reina.

"Powerful Strike - Vacuum Ice Blade!" A long, icy blade appeared at the tip of Hyōrinmaru's sword, forming a vacuum ice blade in the gaps of the ice, which pierced straight towards Katakuri.

"Oh!"

"Crash..."

Katakuri's trident shattered Reyner's vacuum ice layer, but the spinning trident also stopped because the ice carried by Hyōrinmaru froze it.

"I didn't expect your Observation Haki to be so powerful!" Seeing that Katakuri had already used his ability to dodge the attack, Reina couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"I have lost!" Katakuri shook his arm, shattering the ice on the trident and putting it back.

“We didn’t win!” Reina also sheathed Hyōrinmaru.

Although he still had trump cards up his sleeve, he could sense that Katakuri probably still had some strength left.

"Mama~ What a wonderful battle! Reina, I didn't expect you to have grown to this extent in just a few years!" Charlotte Linlin said with a big laugh after seeing the two stop fighting.

"Although my strength has increased a lot, I'm still not as good as Sister Lingling!" Reina shook his head with a smile and said.

"Hahaha... Ladies, let the banquet begin!" Charlotte Linlin didn't even look at the injured Owen, but directly announced the start of the banquet.

Although the tea party isn't until tomorrow, today's banquet is a special welcome for Reina.

After the banquet, Reina insisted on returning to his small boat. Although he had completed his basic work for the day, he hadn't yet earned his overtime pay.

When Charlotte Linlin found out, she just smiled and didn't insist that Reina stay overnight in Cake City.

The next morning, a group of soldiers, led by Perospero, came to the coast to invite Reina to a tea party. Reina hesitated for a moment and asked, "How long will the tea party last?"

Chapter 156 The Tea Party Begins

“Well… the time is uncertain. Sometimes if Mom is in a good mood, it might last for two or three days, but usually it’s a whole day.” In response to Reina’s question, Perospero thought for a moment and then replied.

"So long? You guys go ahead, I'll come over this afternoon!" Upon hearing this, Reina immediately returned to his small boat, indicating that he would not be attending the tea party now.

"???" Perospero looked at Reina, who had turned around and returned to the small boat, and was so surprised that he didn't know what to say.

There was no other way, and Reina didn't want to either. If it took a whole day, he wouldn't be able to finish his basic work, and his continuous sign-in time would be interrupted again. He didn't want that!

Since his sign-in streak was interrupted due to his capture by the Navy, Reina has only missed one sign-in streak so far. He is about to sign in for five consecutive years. According to his guess, there should be a big gift package this time, and the gifts for consecutive sign-ins are usually pretty good.

"Lord Reina, we've already come this far, why aren't we attending the tea party? Is there some misunderstanding? Lick lick..." Pelos Pero had no choice but to ask helplessly.

“I still have work to finish today, and this work has to be finished today!” Reina shook his head and said.

"Work? What kind of work? I can send someone to do it for you!" Perospero said quickly upon hearing this.

"No, I have to do this kind of work myself!"

"What can we do then? We can't expect everyone to wait for you, can we?" Perospero was also getting a little angry. He felt that Reina just didn't want to attend the tea party, so he came up with this excuse.

“How about this, you go ask Sister Lingling. I’m going to the tea party now, but I have to get back to my ship by noon! If possible, I’ll go with you!” After thinking for a moment, Reina also felt that he would seem a bit strange, so he said to Perospero.

Looking at Reina's serious face, Perospero felt an urge to curse.

However, since Reina was unwilling to go, he couldn't force him to go. Besides, given the fighting strength Reina displayed yesterday, he couldn't possibly defeat him!

So, with no other choice, Perospero had to leave the soldiers there while he quickly returned to the castle to report the situation to his mother.

Sure enough, Charlotte Linlin flew into a rage upon hearing Perospero's words.

The members of the Big Mom Pirates had long been dissatisfied with Reina and were all clamoring to teach him a lesson.