Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

He didn't expose Teach because he knew that the real user of the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit) should still be wandering around the Devil's Triangle at this time.

After leaving Teach, Reina went straight to Whitebeard.

"Big brother... be careful of Teach, that guy... might already be plotting something!" Reina said with a hint of seriousness.

"Huh? What happened? Didn't you go to clear up the misunderstanding with him? How did it get worse?" the white-bearded man asked, puzzled.

“Because he didn’t want a Devil Fruit!” Reina shook his head and said.

Whitebeard was taken aback, even more confused, and asked, "Why doesn't he want it? Does he look down on Zoan-type Devil Fruits? And even if he doesn't want a Devil Fruit, that's not enough to prove he's plotting against us, is it?"

“His excuse was that he had already eaten a Devil Fruit, so he couldn’t have another one, but I know he hadn’t! The real reason he refused was that he already had the Devil Fruit he wanted, so he wouldn’t eat any other Devil Fruit except for that one!” Reina said softly.

"Why don't you believe he really ate a Devil Fruit? Since he dared to say that, he should be able to tell immediately if he used his ability!"

“He said he ate the Fruit of the Underworld!” Reina said calmly.

"The Yomi Yomi no Mi (Fruit of the Underworld)?" Whitebeard had never heard of this fruit, so he didn't know anything about it.

“That’s right, the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Fruit of the Underworld). After eating it, you’ll become like an ordinary person except for losing your ability to swim. However, after death, your soul can return to the human world from the underworld and be resurrected!” Reina nodded and said.

"There's such a fruit? I wouldn't have known if you hadn't told me! Is it because he can't demonstrate his abilities that you don't trust him?" Whitebeard said, frowning.

“No, because I know who ate the real Yomi Yomi no Mi!” Reina shook his head and said.

"Huh? Are you so sure?"

“That’s right!” Reina grinned and said, “Because he’s currently… in a skeletal state!”

Reina recounted Brook's story in general. Due to the fog, Brook's soul got lost, so when he returned to his body, his body had turned into a skeleton, and he has been living in the Devil's Triangle as a skeleton ever since.

"I never expected something like this to happen... Alright, stop interfering in Teach's affairs! Even if Teach hadn't been injured, your Devil Fruit was originally meant for him, wasn't it?" Reina had already made it so clear; if Whitebeard still hadn't realized it, he wouldn't be Whitebeard.

“Since you know what’s going on, that’s for the best! No matter what, I will never allow anyone to destroy the Whitebeard Pirates! Because… this is also my home…” Reina finished speaking and turned to leave.

Watching Reina leave, the white-bearded man's lips curled up slightly, as if he had thought of something happy.

The current Reina is very different from the one before. Although he has brought more changes to the Whitebeard Pirates, the old Reina would never have said such things.

Whitebeard was very satisfied with his abilities. Only by truly integrating into this family could he become like this; this was his greatest ability.

Therefore, he also believed in himself and that he could make Teach change and become a true family member.

Chapter 164 The Changes Brought by Reina

"By the way, big brother! Do you know the location of Devil's Island?" That day, the Whitebeard Pirates were sailing normally on the sea when Reina suddenly approached Whitebeard and asked him.

"Why are you suddenly asking about this?" Whitebeard looked at Reina and asked curiously.

“I’ve wanted to go see it for a long time. I’ve run into their people quite a few times, and they’re basically all involved in human trafficking, so I’m quite interested and want to go see it!” Reina said truthfully.

"Human trafficking? So you're thinking of...?"

“Eliminate them! Although I know it’s impossible to completely stop this kind of thing, since we’ve discovered it, let’s take them out first!” Reina nodded and said.

"They're like a bunch of rats, not so easy to wipe out!" To Reina's surprise, Whitebeard said that Devil's Island was not easy to attack.

"Do they have some particularly powerful expert among them?" Reina asked in surprise.

"I don't know how powerful they are, but they are involved with many powerful forces. If you destroy them, wouldn't you be cutting off their source of income? That will inevitably cause resentment among others!" The white-bearded man chuckled and replied.

"I see... But aren't we the strongest force on this vast ocean?"

"Gurararara... That's right, so after we placed our flag on Fishman Island, no one dared to go there to capture fishmen anymore! That's their way of survival. Before they offend us, we can't take the initiative to attack them!" Whitebeard laughed heartily at Reiner's words.

"Reina, are you going to Devil's Island? Take me with you! I've wanted to go for ages. I've heard it's a paradise for bad guys!" Rakuyo, who was passing by, overheard Whitebeard and Reina's conversation and quickly said.

He got addicted after robbing the Big Mom Pirates last time. Only robbing those big powers is satisfying, and the income from one robbery is more than ten times that of robbing an ordinary pirate.

"Go away, kid, go play somewhere else. Who wants to drag you along as a burden?" Reina said rudely, glancing sideways at Lacjo.

"Damn Reina... I'm a burden? You really dare to say that!" Lacjoo was furious and rolled up his sleeves, ready to fight Reina.

"You still say you're not a burden? I'll go myself. I'll just throw the looted treasure onto the hard shell and leave when it's full! What would I take you for? To carry the treasure for me? Sorry, there are plenty of people there, it's not your turn!" Reina said with a sneer.

Hard Shell is the name Reina gave to the giant turtle after the contract, which Olga and Laco have been complaining about for days, so Reina is now getting his revenge.

"You damned bastard! Prepare to die!" Laqué yelled and charged at Reina.

Seeing that there was something to watch, the surrounding crew members dropped their chess pieces and gathered around to cheer the two on.

The fight only ended after the two of them had beaten each other so badly their heads were turned into pig heads.

A few days later, Dr. Asie told Reiner that his tortoise had been modified and asked him to come and see it.

When Reina saw his tortoise, he almost didn't recognize it.

Behind the tortoise shell is a two-story house. In front of the house is an open space with a table and chairs in the middle and a parasol. On both sides are some plants, which, according to Dr. Assie, are fruit trees so that Reina can get vitamins at any time.

Behind the house is a semi-circular swimming pool designed to allow the turtle to slide down its shell. After the turtle submerges slightly, it becomes a natural swimming pool. In addition to swimming, you can also temporarily release any fish you catch into it. There is a mechanism at the bottom of the pool that can be opened when not in use and closed when needed.

What surprised Reina the most was that Dr. Assie designed a transparent semi-circular cover for the turtle's shell. When Reina wasn't summoning the turtle, he would cover the top of the shell with the cover so that it wouldn't affect its movement.

Once Reina gets up there, he can control the turtle to move on the surface of the sea, and the cover will naturally retract.

The entire design lacked any offensive or defensive elements; instead, it focused heavily on comfort, as Reina had requested. The two-story wooden house had everything one could need: a training room, kitchen, workshop, study, bedroom, and so on, all built to Reina's specifications.

"Excellent, that's wonderful! Thank you, Doctor, you've worked so hard!" Reina shook Dr. Asie's hand, expressing his deepest gratitude.

Now he won't have to worry about not having a place to sign in anymore.

"Tsk tsk tsk... How luxurious! Look at the fur on this recliner, I guarantee it's better than the one on my dad's recliner!" Laco said with a hint of envy as he toured the place.

"Bullshit! I clearly use the same kind of fur as my brother!" Reina rolled his eyes and replied.

"Dad, something bad has happened~~~ Reina is going to take your spot! He even uses the same fur as you to make a recliner! Quickly... make his turtle a shared one! That way it will be more convenient for everyone when we go out!" Upon hearing this, Lakyo immediately ran towards Whitebeard while shouting loudly.

"You bastard! You don't have enough fur in your room? Don't think I don't know, all those tigers and bears I kept on the Sky Island, you ate their meat and skinned them!" When Reina heard Lakyo's words, how could he not know what he was up to?

After driving everyone away from the hard shell and activating the shield, let the hard shell leave immediately, so that these bastards won't be envious.

A few days later, just as the crew members on board were getting bored, the ship's communication point's dedicated Den Den Mushi rang.

"Dad... we've received a message from the liaison point that one of the islands we're protecting has been attacked!" Jozu reported to Whitebeard with a hint of excitement.

"Huh? Who's so bold as to dare to attack our island?" Marco asked, squinting in disbelief.

"I don't know, they didn't say. They just said they were under attack and requested backup!" Joz shook his head and said.

"Marco, why don't you take some men and go check it out?" Whitebeard said after thinking for a moment.

“Okay, Dad!” Marco nodded and began to gather his first squad members to find the navigator and retrieve the log pointer, following the coordinates Joz had given him.

Thanks to the nautical charts created by Reiner, every place they went was recorded, so the map room managed by the navigator has now become one of the important places in their Whitebeard Pirates crew.

Furthermore, Reiner created permanent GPS markers for all the islands under the Whitebeard Pirates' control, making it convenient for them to visit them at any time.

When Marco arrived at the map room, he saw Reina, the navigator, the shipwright, and others making something, so he asked curiously, "What are you all doing now?"

"Huh? Marco? What are you doing here?" After carefully comparing the nautical charts, Reina realized that Marco had come in at some point.

"I've come to find the permanent pointer; one of the islands we're protecting has been attacked!" Marco said with a smile.

"Ah~ then hurry up and go! Remember to kill them all. Don't be soft on them. If you don't want to kill them, just capture them and throw them over to the Navy!" Reina waved his hand, urging Marco to leave quickly.

"What are you doing?" Marco asked, even more curious when he saw Reina getting back to work. He walked over to take a look.

“Making a sand table!” Reina smiled smugly, pointing to what they were making, and said, “We’re making a sand table based on the scale of this world, turning our nautical charts into something easier to understand. See? These are the oceans, these are the islands, and these flags represent whose territory this island belongs to!”

“Now that you put it that way…it really does seem much simpler! And it’s very descriptive, it’s a really good thing!” Marco nodded immediately and said.

He can understand the things on the sand table with just one glance, which is much clearer than looking at a nautical chart.

Actually, Reina's idea to make a sand table came from Whitebeard. Yesterday, Reina and the navigator found Whitebeard and hoped that he would select an uninhabited island in the sea area they controlled as the base of their Whitebeard Pirates.

However, Whitebeard had no interest in the thick stack of nautical charts and told Reyna to choose one himself.

So Reina thought, if these nautical charts could be visualized, wouldn't they look much clearer?

So he came up with the idea of ​​a sand table. He figured that if he could just create a map of the seas controlled by the Whitebeard Pirates, it would be easier for Whitebeard to choose.

However, when he shared his idea, the navigator became very interested and suggested that all the seas they knew be created, which is why Reina, the navigator, and the shipwright were all gathered together.

A week later, the first sand table was completed. This sand table included all the sea areas controlled by Whitebeard, because this was the sea area they were most familiar with.

When Reyner brought Whitebeard and the others to see the sand table, everyone was shocked.

"Big brother...doesn't it look much better this way?" Reina asked with a smile.

"Great, this sand table is amazing! Tell me, what do these parts represent?" Whitebeard was clearly very interested in the sand table as well.

Reina explained things like the ocean, islands, and so on to Whitebeard, and also told him that the islands were divided into different colors because of their different sizes and populations.

“Here…here…and here…these are the places we’ve chosen as our base. There are many populated islands around them, which will make it easy for us to procure supplies. And these islands are also quite large, which is perfect for us!” Reina pointed out the uninhabited islands that he had chosen as the base to Whitebeard.

"Not bad, the location is indeed good. Where are we now?" Whitebeard nodded after looking around and said.

At this moment, Reina took out a small Moby Dick and placed it on the sand table, saying with a smile, "We are right here now. The island that Marco went to a few days ago is right here!"

"Gurararara... In that case, let's make this our base camp!" Whitebeard said with a smile, pointing to the nearest uninhabited island.

“Brother, after our base is built, I plan to set up a map room on the island and put the sand table in there. What do you think?” Reina asked with a smile, seeing that Whitebeard had already chosen a location.

"Sure! But building a small island must require a lot of resources and money, right?" Building Skypiea almost emptied the entire Whitebeard Pirates' coffers. Building a real island now will only cost even more.

"Don't worry, brother. Didn't we get a lot of treasure from the Big Mom Pirates last time? And we're not going to build the island all at once! Let's design the blueprints first, then build the houses, and we can do the rest slowly!" Reina said with a smile.

Even Whitebeard didn't realize that they had been unknowingly influenced by Reyna, and their pursuit of a better life had become much higher.

When have pirates ever needed to build anything on an island they've conquered? They can just build some houses to sleep in.

But when Reina suggested finding a small island as their base, they would subconsciously start thinking about what the island should look like and what they would need on it.

Chapter 165 The Death of Oden

“Then, Doctor, I’ll leave this to you!” Reina said to Dr. Asie, who had come to see him off, standing on the back of the hard shell.

After Whitebeard decided on the island, the entire Whitebeard Pirates came here and began to build it.

After completing the design drawings, Reina planned to go to Wano Country because the craftsmen there were the best in the world, and some of his items required the craftsmen of Wano Country to make them perfectly.

The construction of the small island was handed over to Whitebeard and Dr. Asie, while the Sky Island remained above the small island, with everyone except the daily management personnel coming down to help with the construction.

Dr. Assie was in charge of the construction of Skypiea, so the construction of this island is also mainly the responsibility of Dr. Assie, with Whitebeard playing only a symbolic role.