Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Oh~~~"

This time, apart from those who were completely drunk, everyone else loudly echoed the white-bearded man's words, and the banquet square became lively again.

When Tiger found Reina at the banquet, it really surprised him.

It turns out that Fishman Island, upon hearing the news of the attack on Crescent Moon Island, specially dispatched a team of reinforcements to help the Whitebeard Pirates, and Tiger was the leader.

Besides Fishman Island, many other pirate crews under the Whitebeard Pirates also sent people over, which is why Whitebeard was able to send a massive force of ten combat squads to support Marco when he received Marco's request for help.

Three days later, in the conference room of the Xuan Yue Island Master's building, all the captains and officers of the Whitebeard Pirates were sitting.

"Then it's clear: Teach betrayed us, which is why we suffered this defeat!" Marco concluded directly after recounting the events of the battle.

“This was indeed my mistake. I didn’t expect him to betray me so soon. It was my fault. Now that my brother has accepted him, I shouldn’t keep looking at him with such prejudice!” After Marco finished speaking, Reina stood up and said.

Reina's words silenced everyone. In the end, Reina did bear some responsibility for Teach's betrayal. As Teach himself said, he was treated like a traitor by Reina before he even thought of betraying Teach, which must have made Teach feel terrible.

“Since it’s all in the past, there’s no need to bring it up again. We need to respond to the Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates’ opportunistic attack on Xuan Yue Island, otherwise people will think that our Whitebeard Pirates are afraid of them!” Lakyo slammed his hand on the table and said.

It's pointless to blame Reina for a traitor who has already betrayed us.

“No, neither the Big Mom Pirates nor the Beasts Pirates are easy opponents, but Teach is different! I caused this mess, so I'll take care of Teach!” Reina shook his head, declining Rakuyo's offer.

When the captains heard what Reina said, they all looked at Whitebeard, as they needed his approval.

“Since that’s the case…then…Rena, I’ll have you bring Teach back. Is there a problem?” Whitebeard pondered for a moment before asking.

“No problem!” Reina grinned and said.

“Wait… I have a question!” At this moment, Hansen, who was sitting at the end, suddenly stood up and said.

"Hansen..." The captains looked at Hansen. Although he had been rescued, he had not only lost an eye, but his strength and physical condition were also much worse than before. The strength he could exert now was not much stronger than that of an average combat team member.

To accommodate him, Whitebeard had already removed him from his position as captain of the guard. The entire guard even went to Whitebeard to ask him to rescind the order.

Blake from the second team also indicated that he could join the guard as Hansen's second-in-command and help him with combat issues.

Finally, Whitebeard issued an order to reinstate Hansen as captain of the guard and appoint Black as vice-captain to assist Hansen in handling the guard's affairs.

“Dad, I’m in this state because of Teach! This can’t be left for Reina to do alone! Besides, I’m more like a mascot in the guard now. One more or one less won’t make a difference, so I want to go with Reina to capture Teach!” Hansen said calmly.

"Hansen...your current physical condition..."

"Are you disgusted with me?"

Before Reina could finish speaking, Hansen stared at Reina and asked.

Faced with Hansen's questioning, Reina was speechless. He was not disgusted by Hansen, but worried. He believed that Hansen himself knew this, but he used such words to express his determination, so Reina kept silent.

“Okay! Reina, take good care of Hansen on the way!” Whitebeard nodded, agreeing to Hansen’s request.

Chapter 196 Heading to Mary Geoise

After confirming Teach's situation, Reina discussed the future development of the Whitebeard Pirates with everyone. The current size of the Whitebeard Pirates is already similar to its peak size in the original work. Of course, this only refers to the size of the main force, not including the pirate crews that have joined the Whitebeard Pirates.

These are all changes brought about by Reina, and he also knows that the Whitebeard Pirates will only grow larger and larger, with more and more pirate crews joining them in the future.

Therefore, regarding future development, Reina felt it was necessary to set a tone.

However, Whitebeard felt it was unnecessary, believing that living freely on the sea was enough. Therefore, Reyna's original plan had to be abandoned before it even began, since Whitebeard was the captain after all!

After everything was over, Reina began preparing supplies for the voyage. There was still no news of Teach, but he had asked all the forces under the Whitebeard Pirates to notify him immediately if anyone had any news of Teach.

“Brother Reina!” Reina had just come out of the conference room when he met Tiger of the fishman race.

"You guys... are you going back already? Why not stay a few more days?" Even Whitebeard was very happy that the fish-men had come to help them, as it proved that humans and fish-men could be friends.

“No, there are still things to take care of on Fishman Island, and…” Tiger hesitated for a moment and didn’t continue.

"Are you planning to make a move?" Reina immediately knew what Tiger was trying to say.

Tiger nodded and said, "If it weren't for what happened here, I would have already made my move! So I plan to work with King Neptune to implement our plan after I return to Fishman Island!"

After thinking for a moment, Reina nodded and said, "Alright, in that case, I'll go with you!"

“No need. You have a lot to do here, especially since you just went through a major battle. You should rest for a while longer!” Tiger shook his head and said.

"Hahaha... This time, your Fishman Island has come all the way to help, so I have to help out! Wait a minute, let me talk to my brother about this, and then we'll set off!" Reina said with a smile and a wave of his hand.

Upon learning of this, Whitebeard did not agree as easily as Reyna had imagined. Instead, he said to Reyna, "Mary Geoise is the Celestial Dragons' stronghold, with many powerful individuals, and it's also very close to Marine Headquarters. Going there would be too dangerous for you!"

"Don't worry, brother, I guarantee everything will go perfectly this time!" Reina said with a smile.

"Hmm? What guarantees do you have?" the white-bearded man asked, frowning.

Reina pointed to his eyes and said, "I foresaw how this would end the first time I met Tiger!"

"In that case, you decide for yourself!" Whitebeard said no more after hearing this.

“Well, I want to go to Fishman Island first to help Tiger finish this task. They came all the way from afar to support us, and we have to repay that favor. Also, I suspect that Teach may have gone to the first half of the Grand Line, because he is too easy for us to find in the New World. Only by staying away from us can he ensure his safety!” Reina nodded and put away his smile.

"If possible, spare his life and bring him back. I still have questions for him!" the white-bearded man said, nodding.

"What does elder brother want to ask?"

"He's a bit special..."

Whitebeard didn't say anything specific, and Reina didn't press further. However, from Whitebeard's words, he finally understood why Whitebeard had insisted on letting Teach join the crew.

He pays special attention to anyone who strikes him as special, such as Roger back then, Oden later, and... Reina!

After leaving Whitebeard, Reina led Hansen and Tiger all the way to Fishman Island. Once they arrived, Reina and Hansen secretly left.

Shortly thereafter, news reports surfaced that a major event had occurred on Fishman Island: the island's renowned explorer, Fisher Tiger, had attempted to overthrow the island's royal family and was expelled from the island by King Neptune, who refused to acknowledge his status as a Fishman Island resident.

"Alright, it seems the matter is settled. Now we just have to wait for him to arrive!" Reina said with a smile, holding the newspaper and looking at the report.

“I still think what you’re doing is too dangerous. The future you see can be changed. What if something unexpected happens that you don’t know about? That would be terrible!” Hansen said with a hint of worry.

"Don't worry! Everything will be fine! You just wait here to meet us!" Reina said with a smile, patting Hansen on the shoulder.

But after waiting for two days, they still hadn't seen Tiger, which made Reina feel a little strange.

"He came from Fishman Island, it shouldn't have taken this long! Could something have happened?"

"See! I told you, when you saw this future, it was many years ago, and things may have changed in between!"

Hansen was very worried about this unexpected turn of events.

“No, this kind of thing shouldn’t go wrong!” Reina shook his head and fell into deep thought.

After a while, Reina raised his head and looked at the red earth continent not far in front of him. This red earth continent, composed of red stones, seemed to have no end from where he was.

“That idiot…” Reina used his Observation Haki to sense that a life force was climbing upwards on the Red Line.

"Hansen, wait for me here, I'm off!" After finding Tiger, Reina jumped off the hard shell's back and was carried by Liuliu towards the Red Line.

"Tiger!" When Reina arrived at the edge of the Red Line, he indeed saw Tiger, who had already climbed quite a distance.

"Rayner, you wait for me here. It's too dangerous up there. You shouldn't come up with me!" Tiger, who was climbing, waved to Rayner and shouted loudly.

Reina ignored him and instead leaped up, following Tiger's example as he began to climb the red earth.

This was something they had planned long ago. Originally, Reina intended to use the ice wings after Hyōrinmaru's Bankai to fly up, but that would make too much noise and be easily noticed. So climbing up with his bare hands like this was the safest method.

When Reina caught up with Tiger, Tiger said helplessly, "Why did you have to chase after me? I have severed ties with Fishman Island, but why did you have to drag the Whitebeard Pirates into this?"

"Hmph! We can use this to retaliate against the Navy after what happened last time, so you don't need to worry about this!" Reina snorted and said with a smile.

"Thanks!" Tiger knew perfectly well that Reina was saying this on purpose. It was precisely because he knew this that he had come secretly alone, but he didn't expect that Reina would still see through him.

“Let’s go, let’s turn this upside down!” Reina grinned and said.

Soon after, when Reyner and Tiger climbed up from the Red Line, they found it to be nothing like the heavily guarded place they had imagined. It was a forest, and there wasn't a soul in sight.

Reina carefully inspected the area and found no monitoring devices whatsoever, meaning there were no defenses in place at all.

Tiger and Reina exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

“Although I knew this trip would go smoothly, I didn’t expect it to go this smoothly. If I had known, I would have taken you flying up here! Why did we have to climb so hard?” Reina said with a wry smile.

“Let’s go! I know where the slaves are being held! Let’s go rescue them first!” Tiger nodded and said.

“Okay, I’ll go with you!” Reina nodded and said.

So the two of them continued along the forest toward the castle where the Celestial Dragons lived, but there was an open space between the castle and the forest, and they would inevitably be discovered if they went out like this.

"What do we do now?" Reina asked, frowning.

"It's alright, watch me!" Tiger smiled slightly; he was prepared.

Tiger took some clothes from the bundle behind him and put them on, then said to Reina, "You wait here, I'll try to get you a set of guard armor!"

Seeing Tiger dressed up as a slave, Reina gave him a thumbs up and said, "You're really something!"

After dressing himself up as a slave, Tiger walked out confidently and soon found a guard. He then pointed to the woods and said something.

Soon, the guard followed Tiger toward the woods. Reina quickly hid himself and waited until the two entered the woods before suddenly appearing and knocking the guard unconscious.

"Let's go!" After dealing with the stripped guards and burying their bodies, Reina, disguised as a guard, was led by Tiger towards the slave quarters.

As expected, no guards asked any questions along the way. When the two arrived at the place where the slaves were imprisoned, Reina said in a muffled voice to the gatekeeper, "This is new here, just lock him up!"

The gatekeeper nodded and asked, "Whose toy is this?"

The guard's question made Tiger nervous; the gate wasn't open yet, and they had to wait until it did.

However, Reina shouldn't know the Celestial Dragons' names. If he says something wrong, they'll definitely be exposed.

“This is Charles Saint’s new toy, don’t break it!” Reina said expressionlessly.

This is the Celestial Dragon he remembers being knocked unconscious by Luffy in the Sabaody Archipelago. He doesn't know if this person has been born yet, but that's all he remembers. And this guy seems to have a younger sister.

"Saint Charles?" Sure enough, the guard looked at Reina with some confusion after hearing this.

“This was prepared for him by Saint Charles’ father, don’t ask any more questions!” Reina quickly said.

"Oh, oh, so he's Saint Roswald's son? I see!" Upon hearing this, the guard nodded and said, "Then I'll imprison him in Saint Roswald's place!"

Reina nodded and waited for the guard to open the door.

"Bang!" Just as the guard opened the door, Reina walked over and punched him in the stomach. Then, pretending to hug him, he carried him inside. The other guard was blocked by his companion, so he didn't see Reina's actions. Once Reina was inside, he easily dealt with the other guard.

Tiger nodded to Reina, took the key from the guard, and rushed into the cell.

The two split up and quickly freed all the slaves.