Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"boom!"

The spiked club smashed a large crater in the ground.

You're finished!

Taking advantage of the dust rising from the ground, Reina, emanating a chilling aura, suddenly rushed out and charged straight at Kaido, but King spotted him in advance and kicked Reina in the head.

"boom!"

"Splash splash splash..."

Reina, who was kicked in the head by Jhin, suddenly turned into ice and shattered on the ground, leaving Jhin stunned.

This is the Stand that Reina created using Hyōrinmaru.

"So... who's really done for?!" At this moment, Reina's true form appeared behind Jin, and Hyōrinmaru pierced straight towards his back.

"Thunderous Eight Trigrams!"

"puff!"

"boom!"

Just as Reina stabbed King, Kaido's spiked club arrived, striking Reina's body and sending him flying.

"Cough cough..." Reina, who struggled to his feet, was now covered in blood.

Meanwhile, Kaido was unharmed. Although King had just been stabbed by Reina, Hyōrinmaru hadn't even had a chance to pierce his heart before Kaido knocked Reina away.

"That's enough..." Kaido looked at the heavily injured Reina and said softly, "You're still the first person to survive two of my Thunder Bagua attacks. You can be proud of that!"

"Just...just this kind of...tickling...attack?...cough cough..." Although Reina was already swaying, he still refused to admit defeat.

If Kaido's attack hadn't absorbed a significant amount of the impact energy, and if Hyōrinmaru hadn't created some ice walls to block it, Reina wouldn't have been able to maintain his senses.

"Reina, for the sake of our past comrades... I'll give you one more chance... Join my pirate crew, and I might spare your life!" Kaido and King had stopped fighting at this point, because it was completely unnecessary.

"Phew~~" Reina let out a breath, seemingly feeling a bit better than before.

"You...?" After a while, Reina slowly raised his head, a haughty smile on his lips, and said softly.

"Since that's the case... then I'll send you on your way!" Kaido wasn't angry at Reiner's attitude; he simply said calmly.

"That red-eyed bastard... get out here, I'm going to kill you!" Just as Kaido was about to make his move, Queen's angry roar came from afar.

Quinn, who had taken Reina's full-force attack, was knocked unconscious on the spot and only slowly regained consciousness just now, so he roared and charged over.

It was his roar that interrupted Kaido's actions, causing him to hesitate for a moment.

In that instant, Tian Shiyue, who had been unconscious, suddenly appeared behind Reina and said, "Relax, don't resist, I'll send you to the future three days from now!"

Before Reina could speak, he felt a bright light before his eyes, and then the whole world turned pure white, and he could see nothing but himself.

However, he could feel an energy protecting him around his body.

It might have been a moment, or it might have been a long time. He didn't know how long he had been in this pure white place where time seemed to stand still. When Reina could see his surroundings clearly again, Kaido and the others were gone, as was Tenshiyue.

Judging from the scene, the traces left after their battle are still there, proving that not long ago that day.

"Madam Shi...cough cough..." Knowing that he had been saved by Tian Shiyue, but at this moment fatigue and pain struck, making Reina's body seem to be on the verge of collapse.

But he knew he couldn't fall. If he collapsed here and Kaido's men found him, he would be truly doomed.

So Reina dragged his tired body toward the sea. Once he reached the beach, he could summon his hard shell and heal his injuries himself without having to worry about Kaido chasing after him.

Chapter 168 An Encounter

"Spirit Spell!"

"Oh!"

A plume of smoke rose, and the massive, hard-shelled body appeared before Reina.

"Phew~~ Let's go back..." He only managed to say a few words before Reina fainted in the front yard on the back of the hard shell.

Upon receiving Reina's command, the shell slowly sank into the water, leaving only its outer shell above the surface, and began to swim towards the outer sea of ​​Wano Country.

Just as the hard shell carried Reina away, the members of the Beast Pirates, who were monitoring the outer seas of Wano, immediately discovered Reina's whereabouts and reported it to Kaido.

"Hmm? Found a small boat? And it's flying the Whitebeard Pirates' flag? Go, sink it!" On Onigashima, Kaido took a big gulp of sake and said to the communicator.

"But...but...sir, we didn't see anyone on that ship, and it looked like a house, moving incredibly fast, and it's already far away! Our ship chased after it, but we couldn't catch up at all!" Kaido's subordinate said somewhat fearfully on the other end of the communication conch.

"Nobody's here...? Never mind then!" Kaido hung up the phone after saying that.

That day, Reina disappeared right in front of him, which surprised him greatly.

But before he could even ask Tenshiyue, Tenshiyue pulled out a dagger and committed suicide. Helpless, Kaido had no choice but to return with the injured King and Queen.

Not long after they left, Denjiro arrived, but he only found Tenshiki's body. Overwhelmed with grief, Denjiro collected Tenshiki's body and hid in the deep mountains, waiting for the counterattack that Tenshiki had mentioned twenty years later.

On the other side, Reina, who was lying on the hard shell, slowly regained consciousness and felt pain all over his body.

"As expected... my consecutive check-in has been interrupted again? It's been four days already? Tian Shiyue said she would teleport me to three days in the future, which means I've been lying here for a day already!?" Reina slowly got up, checking the time in his system while sitting on the ground to rest.

Although his consecutive check-in attempts were interrupted again, it hadn't been long since the last one, so Reina wasn't too upset.

This injury is quite serious, and it will probably take some time to recover.

After resting for a while, Reina went inside. He first took a shower, then applied some medicine to his wounds, and finally changed into a new set of clothes.

"Luckily I prepared some food in advance, otherwise I wouldn't have the energy to cook!" When he arrived at the kitchen, Reina took out some food that he had stored in the refrigerator, heated it up a little, and started eating.

After eating, his body finally recovered somewhat, so he went up to the second floor and used his knowledge of navigation to determine his location and see how far he was from the Whitebeard Pirates' headquarters.

But after he checked carefully, he realized that he was not only not heading towards the Whitebeard Pirates' territory, but was actually going further and further away.

“This idiot…” Reina put a hand to his forehead, finally understanding what was going on.

Before he fainted, he gave the turtle shell the order to go back. However, the turtle shell did not consider the Whitebeard Pirates' headquarters to be home, so it naturally swam back to where it originally lived, which made Reina get further and further away from home.

"You stupid turtle, this isn't the way!" After arriving at the front yard and replanning the route for Hardshell, Reina went back to his room to rest. Since he had already missed a few days of his check-in routine, there was no rush to finish it today.

So Reina plans to rest today to allow his body to recover.

The next morning, when Reina got up, his body had indeed recovered somewhat. Although he still couldn't fight with people, he could walk without any problems.

His consistent training over the years has significantly improved his physique. Although he hasn't reached the level of the strongest people in this world, he's already comparable to most anime characters.

After getting up, Reina first checked the direction of the voyage and found that the tortoise shell had deviated from the course again. After correcting it, he began to complete some work.

He's already missed a few days of continuous check-ins, and he can't afford to stop any longer. This is the essence of his becoming stronger, and we must take it seriously.

Fortunately, Dr. Assie made the last modification with the aim of ensuring comfort, so even though he is now seriously injured, Reina is doing quite well on the hard shell's back.

A few days later, he came across the first small island.

“This place…it looks familiar!” Reina said, stroking his chin as he looked at the small island in the distance.

He seemed to have been here before, but he didn't have much of an impression of it, and according to the location on the nautical chart, he didn't realize that he had been to this area before.

Although he had some doubts, this was the first island he had encountered, so he couldn't miss it. He had to buy some naval supplies, including water and food.

Commanding the hard-shelled creature to the harbor, after dismounting from its back, Reina opened the protective shield and let it go out into the sea to find food, while Reina leisurely boarded the small island.

After wandering around the island for a while, Reina suddenly realized why the place looked familiar. He had indeed been here before; this was the very Devil's Island he had visited with the Rocks Pirates.

The headquarters of an underground organization specializing in human trafficking and intelligence selling.

"So this is it! It's a place that brings back so many memories!" Reina said with a slight smile as he looked at the flag of the Devil's Island faction hanging on the shop.

Little did he know that he had already been discovered by the people of Devil's Island before he even landed, but since he didn't do anything after arriving on the island, they pretended not to know.

"Creak..." Reina pushed open the tavern door and casually found a seat.

"Huh? What's he doing here?" Just as Reina was drinking and listening to the people around him chatting, he suddenly saw someone he didn't expect.

However, he then thought of this person's future identity, so it was reasonable for him to be here now.

"Should I go over and say hello? Heavenly Demon... Donquixote Doflamingo!" Reina thought to himself as he drank.

However, before he could make a decision, this seemingly very young future Shichibukai led his men over to Reina and plopped down next to him.

"Fufufufu... The vice-captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, the great pirate with a bounty of over one billion, Lord Akame Reina, why would you grace Devil's Island with your presence? This is truly unexpected!" Doflamingo didn't waste any words and directly revealed Reina's identity.

"Who are you?" Reina, holding his wine glass, did not show any sign of looking down on his opponent. After all, Doflamingo was just a famous pirate in the North Blue, and he was not on the same level as Reina at all.

"I am Donquixote Doflamingo, captain of the Donquixote Pirates! I am also currently the partner of Lord Eli Cook, the chief steward of Devil's Island, in the North Blue!" Doflamingo introduced himself.

"Don Quixote? That name... sounds familiar! Where have I heard it before?" Reina pretended to recognize the name, turning to Doflamingo and saying, "But... since you're a partner in the North Blue of Devil's Island, what are you doing here?"

"Fufufufu... Since we're partners, I naturally have some businesses here, so I just came to take a look! Lord Cook was quite surprised to hear of Lord Reina's arrival, but he was afraid of disturbing your enjoyment, so he didn't send anyone to make contact!" Doflamingo, wearing red sunglasses, laughed extraordinarily.

What he really meant was to tell Reina that Alcatraz already knew about his trip to the island, and that he should be careful if he wanted to do anything.

Little did he know that Reina was just passing by and had no intention of doing anything.

If he did have the idea of ​​destroying Devil's Island before, after talking with Whitebeard, he was no longer in such a hurry. In addition, he was seriously injured and could not fight anyone.

"By the way... why are you wearing glasses in a dimly lit place like a tavern? Is it to look cool?" After staring at Doflamingo for a long time, Reina finally asked a question that had been puzzling him for a long time.

From the moment Doflamingo appeared until he was defeated by Luffy, he never took off his glasses. Reina was really curious about what kind of person was behind those red sunglasses.

When Reina asked the question, not only was Doflamingo stunned, but all of his subordinates were also stunned.

"Fufufufu... It's just a habit!" This time, Doflamingo's smile was very forced, and even Reina could feel that he was trying his best to suppress his anger.

"Ah~ I'm sorry! I didn't know you didn't like being asked that, please don't mind! I'm just here to have a drink and replenish my supplies, I don't have any designs on Devil's Island, so you don't need to worry!" Reina chuckled and said lazily.

When he met Doflamingo, he already knew the fate of the leaders of Devil Island. This future king of the underworld was not so easy to deal with. If you were not strong enough, cooperating with him would be like asking a tiger for its skin.

Therefore, Reina had even less interest in taking action against Alcatraz, because someone else would do it for him. Although this successor was no saint either, at least he wasn't as blatant as the guys on Alcatraz now.

They're capturing slaves all over the world now; Reina has encountered this more than once!

"So you're just passing by? Hmph hmph hmph... That's a real shame! If the Whitebeard Pirates need anything, please don't hesitate to ask!" Hearing Reina's words, Doflamingo's mood finally improved, and he said with a smile.

"No need! But... Don Quixote... I'll remember that name! We'll meet again someday!" Reina seemed to want to say something, but in the end he shook his head and didn't continue.

Moreover, after he finished speaking, he got up and left without giving Doflamingo any time to continue talking to him.

"Hehehe... I'll talk... I'll talk... Doflamingo! You're not trying to get in touch with the Whitebeard Pirates through him, are you?" Behind Doflamingo, a man holding a cane with a swastika symbol, wearing small sunglasses, and with half a snot hanging from his nose said to Doflamingo.

"Well, who knows? Anyway, it won't hurt to make contact! The Whitebeard Pirates are now known as the world's number one pirate crew! Fufufufufu..." Doflamingo said, laughing as he watched Reina leave.