Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

The captains of each squad also led their squad members to set off to collect supplies.

As for whether they were buying or robbing... Whitebeard didn't care, and neither did Reina. As long as they didn't harm civilians, that was fine.

Many forces and pirate crews close to the Whitebeard Pirates, upon learning that the Whitebeard Pirates needed construction materials, sent a lot of materials from afar.

So Whitebeard's job came up: to receive those allied forces. When they brought supplies, Whitebeard would drink and chat with them to pass the time. The other party was very happy to have spoken with Whitebeard, and both sides were very satisfied.

Riding in the hard-shelled Reina, they slowly made their way towards Wano Country.

Meanwhile, a major event is taking place in Wano Country.

On this day, General Orochi arrived in Kuri, and Oden, as the daimyo of Kuri, greeted him outside.

"I want to build a new factory here, Oden. I'll need your help with this!" Kurozumi Orochi said arrogantly.

"Ah~ General, this is the fifth year already. How's the ship situation going? We made an agreement with Kaido back then!" Oden asked with a forced smile.

"What did you say?" Kurozumi Orochi immediately turned hostile, stomping on Oden's face and saying, "This place is going to become a weapons-producing nation! By the way, that guy called Hyogoro... I really can't handle him anymore, I've already handed him over to Kaido, and I estimate... he's already dead by now!"

Oden was stunned. After hearing Orochi's words, he had a feeling... a feeling that he had been deceived.

"Oh, right, that old woman begged us for mercy, but we just beat her to death. 'The wife of a hero'? What a disgrace!" Kurozumi Orochi said disdainfully.

At this moment, Oden finally shed tears of regret. He knew that Kaido and Orochi would deceive him, but he still fell for it.

Upon returning to Kuri, Oden didn't say much, only addressing his samurai with the words, "Get ready! Let's defeat Kaido!"

"We've been waiting for this for so long!" Kin'emon and the others couldn't help but shout excitedly.

That evening, Oden led the Nine Red Scabbards toward Kaido's location, but they encountered Kaido and his well-prepared forces shortly after setting out.

"So you're on high alert? How did you know? I was planning to storm that deserted island and, while you were drunk, just cut off your head! I didn't expect to face so many troops!" Oden said calmly.

"Perhaps I have a spy on your side? Hehehehe... I just built a house on the island, so I came out to greet you!" Kaido, transformed into a giant dragon, said with a laugh.

"Kaido... those words you said back then, were they really just nonsense you made up?" Oden took a deep breath and asked.

“Of course! Hehehehe... The situation wasn’t good back then. Although you had just returned, you had a great reputation in Wano Country. If you had joined forces with Hyogoro at that time, we would have had to go through a tough battle since we didn’t have many subordinates yet!” Kaido nodded, explaining to Oden.

After listening, Oden chuckled softly and said, "So I really am a fool? Reina clearly warned me! But... even now... I don't think I've lost!"

"Hehehehe... After you set sail, you joined Newgate and Roger's ship, right? Although they are very powerful pirates, they are still too naive in some ways! You are just like them, a fool who keeps dancing! When you became a laughing stock for not wearing clothes, you had already lost the dignity of the Kozuki family!" Kaido said with a loud laugh.

“Is that so? Let bygones be bygones! Now we can talk about the future!” Oden drew his weapon and said softly.

"The future? Hmm... I don't think there's any future to talk about with you! Newgate and Reina wanted to come and help you back then, but they left empty-handed!" Kaido said with a loud laugh.

“Bai Xiaoji… Lei Jilang…” Upon suddenly hearing a familiar name, Oden seemed lost in memories. After a long while, he stared at Kaido and asked, “What did you do to them?”

"Hehehehe... They're just a bunch of idiots. I could easily dismiss them with a few words... Oh, right! I almost forgot, it was that old woman from the Kurozumi family who transformed into your appearance and tricked them away! Hehehehe..." Kaido said with a loud laugh, seemingly very proud of himself.

"Hoo~ Since that's how it is... then... prepare to die!" Oden, wielding two swords, charged directly at Kaido. Although there were many of them on the other side, Oden acted as if he didn't see them and charged straight at them.

"Bai Xiaoji... Raijiro... So you guys came to Wano Country before... I'm sorry, I was too willful, but it's okay, after I defeat Kaido and open Wano Country to the world, I'll come find you guys for a drink and a good time!" Oden thought to himself as he walked forward.

"Follow Lord Oden! Charge!" Kin'emon brandished his weapon, and the Nine Red Scabbards followed suit.

Including Shinobu who joined them midway, a total of eleven people fought against Kaido's thousands of subordinates. The battle was quite fierce, but Oden's strength was still beyond Kaido and the others' expectations.

However, the final result was the same as in the original story: the old woman Kurozumi Higurashi, who possessed the Imitation Fruit ability, used her power to transform into Momonosuke, distracting Oden during the battle and causing him to be hit by Kaido, resulting in his direct defeat.

After Oden's defeat, the Nine Red Scabbards also suffered successive defeats, and all ten were eventually captured. Only Shinobu was spared because Oden denied being his subordinate.

Oden and the fate of Wano Country did not change because of Reina's warning, and at this time, Reina, who was completely unaware of this, was heading towards Wano Country.

A few days later, Oden and his group were sentenced to be boiled alive in a cauldron. As a result, Oden made a bet with Kaido that if they could survive in the boiling oil for an hour, he would let them go.

Oden himself jumped into the oil cauldron first, and his retainers were to share the suffering with him and jump into the cauldron as well. In order to protect his retainers from harm, Oden raised a wooden plank to catch them, and endured the high temperature of the oil in the cauldron, which was over 700 degrees Celsius, all by himself.

At this moment, Shinobu, who was outside the execution ground, revealed the truth of what happened back then. The people of Wano Country understood Oden's intentions and turned to support him, but it was too late.

Finally, Oden survived an hour in the boiling oil. The onlookers and his nine retainers cheered, but Orochi changed his mind and decided to shoot Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards.

"Kin'emon, remember, you must open Wano Country! If possible... please apologize to Hakujiro and Raijiro for me! I have let them down! Farewell, everyone!" Oden knew that he was doomed today, so he entrusted his last dream to his most trusted retainer.

"Your dream is our dream!" Raizo replied loudly, tears welling in his eyes.

"Well said! Everyone, prepare to escape!" Just as the execution was over, Oden also anticipated his own death.

After he finished speaking, he used his last bit of strength to help his nine retainers escape, while his own body was also exhausted.

Before his death, Oden cried out, "I wish to become a laughing stock, for people to drink with; I ask for nothing more. What can boiling oil and scalding soup do to me? The more I am boiled and simmered, the more flavorful I become!"

He was then shot and killed by Kaido, Oden still wearing an arrogant smile when he died.

Everyone present wept for him. A legend had come to an end.

Meanwhile, the Nine Red Swordsmen who had escaped were also heading towards Jiuli, determined to preserve Yutian's bloodline no matter what.

Even when companions fell behind along the way, they didn't care and focused on advancing towards Jiuli.

At this time, Reina had just entered Wano Country and was also heading towards Kuri. However, looking at the factories that still existed in Wano Country, Reina had a bad feeling.

"That bastard...didn't he say he'd go straight to defeat Kaido back then? Did he still fail?" Suspecting that Wano Country might not be what he expected, Reina changed his approach from open and aboveboard to sneaking in.

At this time, Tenshiki, who was in Oden Castle, also received Oden's obituary. She then returned to her room and opened the letter left by Oden. In the letter, Oden told her that Wano Country would face a harsh winter and that in twenty years, someone would appear to defeat Kaido and open Wano Country to the world. At that time, the world would be plunged into a great war.

So she had already made preparations to send Kozuki Momonosuke and Kozuki Hiyori to twenty years in the future.

When Kin'emon and the others who had fled from the capital arrived in Kuri, only Kin'emon, Raizo, Kappa, and Kanjuro remained.

Meanwhile, Kaido had defeated all the guards and planned to set fire to Oden Castle, along with Tenshige, Momonosuke, and Hiyori.

“That’s… Kaido? That idiot Oden…” Reina, who had just arrived in Kuri, saw Kaido in his dragon form preparing to leave. How could he not know that things had become just like in the original story?

"Hyōrinmaru... Bankai!" Reina didn't have time to think and immediately activated Hyōrinmaru's Bankai state.

"Everyone...please come over here, I have something to say to you!" Tenshiki said to Kin'emon and the other three, holding Hiyori and Momonosuke in her arms.

"What? Go to the future?" Kin'emon and the others asked in surprise.

“That’s right, you’ll take Momonosuke to the future, twenty years from now. Someone who will defeat Kaido will appear there. As for the kappa… I’ll leave Hiyori to you!” Originally, Tenshi Yue had planned to send Momonosuke and Hiyori away together, but the appearance of Kin’emon and the others gave her hope.

With the help of the kappa, Hiyori was able to escape successfully, but compared to Momonosuke and the others, she was bound to be in more danger. However, there was no other way; Momonosuke, being a man, was more suitable to inherit the Kozuki family.

However, by having the kappa protect Hiyori as she left, she managed to leave behind some hope.

But at that moment, a dragon's roar suddenly came from outside.

The group, who were about to proceed with their plan, looked at each other in bewilderment and then looked outside. They saw a giant ice dragon fighting against Kaido in his dragon form.

Chapter 166 Reina VS Beast Pirates

"Kaido!!!" Reina, having activated Hyōrinmaru Bankai, shouted and slashed straight at Kaido in the air.

"Crack..." Kaido, who was suddenly ambushed, was struck by Reina's sword, and the dragon's body began to freeze.

"Reina?" Kaido, turning around, was startled to see Reina with wings on his back.

"Very well, you actually dared to use such despicable means to deceive me! Where is my second brother Oden?" In the air, Reina held the Hyōrinmaru and pointed it at Kaido, asking.

The moment he saw Kaido, he knew that the Oden he had met back then was probably not the real Oden, because he knew that the current owner of the Imitation Fruit was in Wano Country and was a member of the Kurozumi family.

"Hehehehe... Reina, I didn't expect you to dare come to Wano Country alone, looking for Oden? I can send you to see him!" Kaido, twisting his body in the air, directly broke through Reina's ice and said with a smile.

"Is it too late after all! Then prepare to die! Ice Dragon Whirlwind Tail - Skybreaker!" Reina took a deep breath and swung his sword at Kaido.

Reina's slash is accompanied by a powerful freezing attack; wherever the blade tip cuts, it freezes up, and as the blade tip points, more ice blocks will extend from the frozen area to attack again.

Kaido, who was in the air, did not dare to be careless and opened his mouth to spit a large mouthful of flames at Reina.

At this moment, the battle between the two in the air finally attracted the attention of Tenshigetsu and others in Oden Castle.

"Who is that? Why is he fighting Kaido?" Kin'emon had never seen Reyner in this state before, so he didn't recognize him.

"That's... Reina?" Tian Shiyue felt a sense of familiarity, after all, she had stayed on Whitebeard's ship for a while, so she was somewhat familiar with Reina's aura.

"Reina? Is this the Raijiro that Lord Oden mentioned? Lady Toki, is the Whitebeard Pirates coming?" Kin'emon paused for a moment after hearing Tenji's words and asked.

“No, it must have been Reina who came alone, otherwise it would have been Captain Newgate who made the move! Without further ado, while Reina is holding Kaido back, Kappa, you take Hiyori and go first! Kin'emon, you guys get ready, I'm sending you to twenty years in the future!” After seeing Reina, Tenshi Yue sighed and then said with a determined look in his eyes.

If Reina had arrived sooner, the outcome might have been different, but since it has already happened, there's no point in thinking about it anymore!

After seeing off Kin'emon and the others, Tenshiyue changed her clothes and fled out of the city.

"Someone has escaped! Go after them!"

Just as Reina and Kaido were fighting to the death, the commotion of Tenshi-gi's escape also caught the attention of Kaido and Reina.

"Are there any survivors?" Kaido glanced at Tenshiki, who was fleeing on horseback, and then prepared to go forward and finish her off.

"Kaido, aren't you underestimating me? Back then... we were both apprentices!" Reina stood in front of Kaido and said coldly.

He had already guessed that it was Tian Shiyue who had escaped.

Since we couldn't save Oden, we must save Tenshiki, otherwise we'll have no face to show when we go back to Whitebeard.

“Reina, I told you before that following Whitebeard wasn’t the best choice for you… and I was right! Now I’m giving you a chance. If you’re willing to follow me, I can forgive and forget!” Kaido in his dragon form looked at Reina and said in a deep voice.

"Are you out of your mind? Follow you? What's in it for you? You even steal other people's territory! Kaido, I'm giving you a chance now. Leave Wano Country immediately, or when Big Brother comes, it will be your death day!" Reina looked at Kaido as if he were an idiot and said.

"Since that's the case, then you can stay and be buried with Oden! Dragon's Breath!" Kaido opened his mouth and directly spewed a flame at Reina.

"Give me back my Dragon Breath, Kaido. Do you think I don't know what kind of Devil Fruit you have? You're just a worthless fish, yet you dare to be so arrogant?" Reina said mockingly.

However, despite saying that, he still took Kaido's attack very seriously. With a wave of his Hyōrinmaru, an ice dragon directly neutralized Kaido's flames.

Kaido was taken aback. He had never told anyone about his Devil Fruit, except for Charlotte Linlin, who gave him the fruit. There shouldn't be anyone else who knew.

Kaido, whose secret had been exposed by Reina, seemed to be getting angry, and his attacks became much more intense.

However, to be honest, Reina didn't take Kaido in his dragon form seriously at all, as he had no other abilities besides breathing flames.

On the other side, Tenshi Yue, who was on the run, glanced gratefully at Reina. If it weren't for Reina holding Kaido back, she might not have had time to complete her plan. With Reina's help, she was much more confident.

Just as Reina used Hyōrinmaru to suppress Kaido in his dragon form, a black dot appeared in the sky not far away, rapidly approaching.

"King the Flame?" Reina naturally spotted him immediately and quickly distanced himself from Kaido to avoid being surrounded by the two of them.

"Lord Kaido, what happened?" King, in his pterosaur form, approached Kaido and asked.

"We have a guest, let's give him a good welcome!" Kaido said with a smile to Reina after seeing his reinforcements arrive.

"Kaido... you're a well-known figure, you're not planning to gang up on us, are you?" Upon seeing the other's expression, Reina immediately thought of the time when he was besieged by the entire Big Mom Pirates in Whole Cake Island.

"Hehehehe... Reina, we are pirates! Do you know what pirates are?" Kaido seemed to have heard a funny joke and burst into maniacal laughter.