Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

But just as Reina was preparing to set off with Marco, Laco finally received intelligence about the naval operation.

"Dad, we've figured it out! It was Alcatraz! The Navy's target this time was Alcatraz. Admiral Sengoku led five warships and conquered Alcatraz in one fell swoop, eliminating the largest criminal organization in the underworld!" Rakuyo said, holding the intelligence in his hand as he approached Whitebeard.

"What? The Navy actually dared to attack Devil's Island? Aren't they afraid the Celestial Dragons will cause them trouble?" Reina asked in surprise.

It's important to know that Devil's Island does a lot of business with the Celestial Dragons; at least, the large number of slaves they capture are traded with the Celestial Dragons and nobles from other kingdoms.

“That’s right. According to intelligence, it was indeed the Navy that breached Devil’s Island. This place is now history!” Laco nodded, confirming once again.

"Did your intelligence mention a pirate crew called the Donquixote Family?" Reina asked after thinking for a moment.

According to Reina's estimation, Devil's Island would probably become Doflamingo's spoils of war, but unexpectedly, it was taken down by the Navy first.

"The Donquixote Family?" Rakuyo was taken aback, then thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "There's no information about this pirate crew. What's wrong? Did you find something?"

Reina shook his head, stroked his chin, and fell into thought.

He thought of something: Stussy, who would later become the Queen of Pleasure Street, was an intelligence agent for the World Government.

Did the World Government start planting spies in the underworld so long ago?

Keep in mind that there are about sixteen to seventeen years between now and the start of the story.

"Hey~ Reina, are we still going to Impel Down?" Marco, who was waiting to depart, asked directly.

"They've already finished their business, what are they going to do? Go and get themselves killed?" Reina rolled his eyes and replied irritably.

Marco, his eyes drooping, shrugged to show his innocence, then turned and went to rest on the deck.

Indeed, missing such a good opportunity annoyed Reina, which is why his tone was a bit harsh. Marco knew what was going on, so he didn't argue with Reina.

A few days later, Reina finally learned why the Navy had suddenly attacked Alcatraz.

Because there are already rumors that Fleet Admiral Kong intends to step down and hand over the position to Sengoku, the Navy is currently trying to boost Sengoku's achievements, which is why they have set their sights on Devil's Island.

It's likely that the Navy had already consulted with the World Government, or rather the Celestial Dragons, before taking action. While destroying Devil's Island, they also had the World Government plant spies in the underworld. The benefits of doing so were numerous.

However, none of this mattered to Reina. What annoyed him most was that he hadn't known in advance, thus missing a great opportunity to attack Impel Down.

"Dad, I think Impel Down is becoming a real worry for Reina. How about we find an opportunity to go and fight it?" Inside the cabin, in Whitebeard's room, Marco, Jozu, Vista, Laco, and other captains were gathered together, but Reina was nowhere to be seen.

"This kind of thing can't be solved by fighting once!" Whitebeard shook his head and said.

"But this can't go on forever!" Lakyo said with some concern.

This time, it was a few of their captains who came to see Whitebeard without Reina's knowledge, just wanting to make a trip to Impel Down and vent Reina's anger.

“Since you all think this way… then… Rakuyo, find out when Sengoku will be promoted to Fleet Admiral, and we’ll give him a big gift then! You’re right, whether we can take Impel Down or not, it’ll be good to vent that kid’s anger!” Whitebeard thought for a moment and nodded.

"Okay~ I'll go find out right away!" Lakyo said excitedly upon hearing this.

"As for you guys, quietly prepare for battle, and don't let Reina find out. Give him a surprise!" The white-bearded man said with a slight smirk, "That kid is very perceptive, so don't get caught!"

"Dad, don't worry, leave it to us! We're ready to fight anytime, no preparation needed!" the captains assured them.

Meanwhile, Reina was still working diligently on the deck. Although he had completed his basic work hours for the day, he was still short of overtime pay, so he didn't notice that the captains were not on the deck. Otherwise, he would have definitely noticed something was amiss.

Just as the world was shocked by the Navy's major operation, at the Donquixote Family's residence in the North Blue, Donquixote Doflamingo angrily smashed everything in the room.

"Those bastards! I finally managed to get in touch with Alcatraz, and now they've ruined it all!" Doflamingo said angrily.

"Hehehehe... Nehe~ I said... Doflamingo, don't be angry, getting angry won't solve anything! Although the Navy's actions disrupted our plans, don't you think this is also our opportunity?" Trebol said with a strange laugh.

"An opportunity?" Doflamingo turned his head and looked at Trebol.

"That's right. Devil's Island has always ruled over all the underground forces in the Grand Line, but now that it's been eliminated by the Navy, a lot of resources have been freed up. You can imagine how chaotic the underground world of the Grand Line must be right now! It's the perfect opportunity for us to show off our skills! Hehehehe..."

“You’re right! Gather the troops… let’s go… to the Grand Line!” Doflamingo was a very decisive leader, so after a little thought, he immediately made up his mind.

Meanwhile, in the West Blue near Reverse Mountain, Nico Robin was working as a pirate on a pirate ship.

He chose this pirate crew because they were preparing to enter the Grand Line.

"Captain, we've spotted Reverse Mountain ahead! Just like Robin said, the seawater is indeed flowing backwards, heading towards Reverse Mountain!" a pirate shouted excitedly to the captain.

The pirate captain, wearing a one-eyed eyepatch, smiled happily. Thanks to Robin's intelligence, they had made ample preparations and were confident that they could cross the Reverse Mountain in one go and enter the Grand Line.

When Nico Robin is mentioned, the pirate captain is very proud. When this little girl said on the island that she could help him enter the Grand Line, no one believed her. Only he saw the seriousness in her eyes and accepted Nico Robin.

Unexpectedly, the other party really brought him a surprise. If it weren't for Nicole Robin's information, they really wouldn't have been able to say for sure.

Robin, on the other hand, stood there with a smile on her face, showing no sign that she was the one who provided the information to the pirate crew.

This information wasn't something she'd heard from somewhere; it was something she'd experienced firsthand. The last pirate crew she'd been with had perished here when their ship crashed into Reverse Mountain. If she hadn't been lucky enough to be rescued, she would have been lost at sea by now.

"The Grand Line?... I'm finally going there! Father..." Robin looked at the Reverse Mountain not far away, and her heart trembled slightly.

Meanwhile, on Fishman Island, located underwater, Fisher Tiger was chatting with Queen Otohime, sharing his thoughts with her.

"Tiger, I can feel the sorrow in your heart, but believe me! It won't work!" Otohime said with a sad expression.

She was born with powerful Observation Haki, which allows her to hear people's inner voices, sense their thoughts and emotions, and convey her own consciousness to others, influencing their minds and thoughts and creating a strong resonance. She can even change their values ​​and ideology.

This highest level of Observation Haki cannot be obtained through training. Instead, it is innate, like Conqueror's Haki, and is even rarer than Conqueror's Haki. Among all the characters who have appeared in the One Piece world, only Otohime possesses this level of Observation Haki.

However, her physical condition is not commensurate with her Observation Haki. She is in poor health; even slapping someone can cause an open fracture. She is an extremely fragile goldfish mermaid.

“I know, a human friend of mine told me that many things happen because we know they are useless, so we don’t do them, and as a result, everyone becomes like that, and things will never change.”

"So what if we make a change? At least starting with myself. Even if I know it won't work, if you do it, and others do it, and eventually everyone in the world does it together, then the world... will change!" Tiger said with a smile.

Otohime was taken aback. She could sense Tiger's feelings when he said those words—a very serious and joyful feeling.

"Who said that?" Otohime asked in surprise.

“He’s a pirate! The vice-captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, Akame Reina!” Tiger said with a smile.

"So it was him!" Otohime had long heard of Reiner's name. Fishman Island was able to enjoy a period of peace only because it was under the protection of the Whitebeard Pirates. Moreover, her husband, the Great Knight Neptune, was also a very good friend of Whitebeard, Reiner, and others.

"So please don't stop me, okay? I've already discussed it with Reina. I'm worried that if my operation fails, it will implicate Fishman Island. He gave me an idea: break with Fishman Island in advance. That way, even if we fail, the World Government won't be able to deal with Fishman Island openly!" Tiger said softly.

“Alright! In that case, how do you need us to cooperate with you?!” Otohime wanted to say something more, but Neptune, who walked in from outside, immediately agreed to Tiger’s request.

“Neptune!” Otohime turned around and looked at her husband with some displeasure.

“Otohime… Fishman Island needs to make its voice heard in the world! I can’t stop you from doing what you want to do, but… it is my duty to protect Fishman Island and all our fellow fishermen!” Neptune shook his head and said.

Otohime opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

Chapter 179 On the Verge of Eruption

Two years later, in the year 1505 of the Haiyuan calendar.

Xuan Yue Island, the headquarters of the Whitebeard Pirates.

"Dad!" Rakuyo arrived at Whitebeard's residence excitedly, knocking on the door and shouting loudly.

"Lakuyo! Just come in!" Whitebeard's slightly weak voice rang out.

"Dad, you didn't come back drinking again last night, did you? If Reina finds out, he'll start nagging again!" As soon as Lakyo heard Whitebeard's voice, he knew that Whitebeard must have had a hangover last night.

"Enough with the nonsense, what do you want?" the white-bearded man slowly sat up from the bed and asked.

"We've received news from over there that it's coming soon!" Lakyo said mysteriously.

"Where did the news come from? When?" Whitebeard didn't understand what Rakuyo was saying for a moment and asked in confusion.

"It's over there!" Laqué gestured with a bird's hand, sounding a little anxious.

Whitebeard paused, thought for a moment, and then said, "To be clear, there are no outsiders here!"

"It's the Navy! Sengoku's promotion ceremony has been finalized, it should be soon!" Rakuyo whispered as he approached Whitebeard.

"Oh? I see. I've been waiting for you! Then gather the men and prepare to set sail!" Whitebeard immediately perked up and said at the meeting.

"But... Dad, how are we going to tell Reina? If he knew we all came out of our way just to help him, he definitely wouldn't agree!" Laqué said worriedly. "That guy won't let us do something like this!"

“Simple. Find an excuse to send him away, and then have him come to meet us once we get to the vicinity of Impel Down. As long as we time it right, there won’t be any problems!” Whitebeard said with a smile.

"As expected of my father, that's settled then. I'll leave the task of getting Reina out of the way to you!" Laco said with a beaming smile, flattering him.

In fact, they all had this idea, but they just didn't dare to say it. If Reina came after them to settle scores, they wouldn't be able to handle it.

After receiving Whitebeard's orders, the entire crew began preparing for war. Only Reina was assigned by Whitebeard to go to a small island near the Calm Belt to carry out a secret mission.

"Seriously, not only Big Brother, but Marco and Laco are getting weirder and weirder!" Reina rode on the tortoise shell, heading towards the Calm Belt.

Whitebeard's method of getting Reyner out of the way was very simple and brutal: he gave Reyner a letter and told him to open it only after he went to a small island near the Calm Belt, and not to open it before he arrived at his destination.

Although Reina was very curious, this was a task given to him by Whitebeard, so even though he was very curious, he still did not intend to open it halfway.

But Laco and Marco were very strange. Although they tried their best to act normal, they weren't curious at all about Reina receiving such a strange order, which was already very strange in itself.

Under Reina's relentless questioning, even the most honest Joz was showing suicidal tendencies, forcing Reina to stop asking questions. Otherwise, the honest Joz might have really been driven to bite his tongue and commit suicide.

After Reina left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began preparing for battle. However, Teach in the crowd gave Reina a strange look before letting out a cold laugh and leaving.

The second combat squad and Hansen's Sky Island guard team were left behind to guard the base camp, which made Hansen extremely dissatisfied, even though he really wanted to be involved in this matter.

He met Reiner first before joining the Whitebeard Pirates.

Olga shared his dissatisfaction. As a companion who had gone through many adventures with Reyna, Olga, now a beautiful young woman, also wanted to go to Impel Down, but Whitebeard refused, saying that war was a man's business and women should not participate.

This reason almost made Olga lose her temper, but Dr. Asie managed to calm her down, because it was an unwritten rule of the Whitebeard Pirates that women were not allowed to participate in battles, and it wasn't just targeting her personally.

So in the end, Olga had no choice but to stay with Hansen and guard the base camp together.

Marineford, the headquarters of the Navy at this time.

"Is it certain?" Sengoku asked softly.

"It's not certain, but now that we have the intelligence, it's best to make some arrangements!" Lieutenant General Tsuru shook his head and said.

“In that case… let Sakazuki go over there! As for this side… let Garp go!” Sengoku said after thinking for a moment.

Lieutenant General He nodded and said, "How are your preparations going? It's best to clarify things with Marshal Kong first!"

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems. I'll be there in a bit!" Zhan Guo smiled slightly, then casually tossed a document to a goat beside him.

After bleating once, the goat began to slowly eat the document.

Meanwhile, in the heart of World of Tottoland, in Cake City.

"Mom~ This is a great opportunity for revenge. The other side is willing to be an inside agent, so we can completely break through their defenses. Then the whole world will know that we are stronger than the Whitebeard Pirates... lick lick~~" Charlotte Perospero said loudly, sticking out her long tongue.

"Mmm, is this reliable? What if it's a trap? That would be terrible!" Charlotte Linlin rarely showed such a serious expression as she said, "Newgate is not a simple person!"