Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Finally, unable to resist Reina's persistent requests, Rayleigh agreed to help take care of Robin and Olga. He then led the two to a high vantage point to watch the upcoming battle.

“They’ve already made their move over there!” Marco, standing next to Reina, said softly after seeing the commotion that had begun on the Sabaody Archipelago.

"The pirates you contacted are alright, right? Did you tell them how to retreat?" Reina nodded and asked.

His Observation Haki had also detected that unrest was indeed beginning to occur on the island.

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems!" Marco's words had barely left his lips when a group of pirates appeared in the distance, fleeing for their lives as if some monster was chasing them.

However, Reina and the others, who were hiding, ignored them and waited for the reinforcements sent by the Navy.

"They're here!" Not long after the group of pirates passed by, Reina raised his head slightly. He could feel a powerful life force rapidly approaching.

"As expected of the place closest to Marine Headquarters, they arrived very quickly!" Marco also looked up and said.

"It must be Kizaru. Only his Glint-Glint Fruit would give him such speed!" Reina confirmed.

"Then leave it to me!" Marco said, spreading his arms, which had transformed into wings, and kicked towards a beam of light chasing after the fleeing pirate.

"boom!"

"Oh? This is... a trap?" Kizaru muttered, having been suddenly ambushed by Marco but still managing to block Marco's kick with his arm.

“A trap? I wouldn’t call it a trap!” Marco said with a smile, looking at Kizaru who had just been kicked away.

"Marco, the first division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, the Phoenix...? Why are you here?" Kizaru, who had transformed into a beam of light and reformed into human form, asked with a puzzled expression.

Chapter 216 Ice VS Ice

"Bang bang bang..." Although Kizaru was puzzled and didn't understand why Marco suddenly appeared here, Marco didn't explain at all and directly attacked him.

“Curiel, Harta, go help Marco! This is a rare opportunity!” Reina smiled slightly and said to the captains of the 10th and 12th teams behind him.

"Leave it to us!" The two exchanged a glance and charged out from their ambush.

"Oh~ I was really startled! It turns out to be the second division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates. It seems that things are not simple today!" Kizaru was surprised to see Curiel and Harta suddenly appear, but he did not panic. His Observation Haki had already sensed that there was a group of powerful people there.

"Not simple? There's something even more complicated!" The captain of the 14th Division, Spido Gil, jumped out right after the two, blocking Kizaru's retreat route.

Upon seeing Marco and the other three captains emerge, Kizaru's expression finally changed. No matter how confident he was, he didn't believe he could leave easily today, because his Observation Haki told him that there were at least ten more powerful individuals who hadn't come out yet. If they were all of this caliber, he wouldn't be able to defeat them, and he might even have difficulty escaping.

"Hahaha... That guy is getting nervous. As a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, especially with the speed-enhancing Glint Fruit, he's always invincible. He can leave whenever he wants and fight whomever he wants. But once he's surrounded by the captains, he might not be able to escape!" Rayleigh, who was watching the battle, burst into laughter after seeing Kizaru's expression.

"Why? I saw him turn into a flash of light, right? Although Marco and the others are very powerful, they shouldn't have any problem leaving if the other party wants to!" Olga asked, puzzled.

"Hahaha... You underestimate that Marine too much. He's known as a super monster that only appears once in a century in the Marines! He's one of the three great monsters of the Marines, along with Akainu and Aokiji! He must have already noticed Reina and the others, which is why he's so nervous! Let alone him, even if Sengoku himself came, he wouldn't dare say he could escape from Reina and the Whitebeard Pirates' captains!" Rayleigh explained with a laugh.

"Huh? They've already been discovered, so why are Reina and the others hiding?" Olga asked, puzzled.

“They’re not here for this guy… If I’m not mistaken… They’re here!” Before Rayleigh could finish speaking, he suddenly looked up and gazed into the distance.

"Borsalino! What are you doing?" A red beam shot straight toward Marco, who was besieging them, followed by Akainu's voice.

"Oh!"

"Your opponents are here, so don't disturb their battle!" Vista jumped out from the side and blocked Akainu's attack with his sword.

"Huh? Vista, the third division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates?" Akainu was taken aback, startled by Vista's sudden appearance.

As soon as he finished speaking, Jozu, Lakshmi, Kingdo, and Fossa surrounded Akainu.

"It seems you came prepared today... Whitebeard Pirates!" Akainu was not intimidated by them, but said in a deep voice.

"Protruding beak!"

Before Vista and the others could answer, an ice bird formed from ice flew straight towards Marco, intending to rescue Kizaru who was trapped. The person who came was Aokiji.

The appearance of Aokiji caused Robin, who was watching the battle, to tremble involuntarily, and the fear from her childhood resurfaced in her heart.

Standing next to Robin, Rayleigh keenly sensed Robin's fear and frowned slightly.

While Aokiji is indeed powerful, Reina, as his daughter, has absolutely no reason to fear him.

"It's alright, watch how Reina avenges you!" Olga, who was standing nearby, noticed the trembling Robin, stepped forward, and gently hugged Robin, saying this.

"Hmm?" After hearing Olga's words, Rayleigh seemed to understand something. It seemed that today's situation was set up by Reina for Aokiji, and it must be related to his daughter.

"Freeze for a Thousand Miles!" Sure enough, after Aokiji made his move, Reina followed suit and blocked Aokiji's attack.

"Red-eyed Reina!? Looks like your Whitebeard Pirates are planning something big today!" Aokiji, slowly returning from his icy form to human shape, exhaled a breath of cold air and said.

"Little Ice Bird! I've been waiting for you! Marco, Vista, you two keep an eye on the Yellow Monkey and Red Dog! If they dare to bother me, take them down! Little Ice Bird... come on... I'll play with you!" Reina, holding the Hyōrinmaru, said arrogantly to Aokiji.

"Don't worry, First Mate, I guarantee no one will bother you!" Marco said, showing considerable respect.

"You've come for Kuzan?" Akainu frowned and asked in surprise.

Aokiji was also taken aback by Reina's words. He hadn't done anything recently, so how could he have offended Reina?

"Why didn't Reina get the other captains to help? He could have just gone up and beaten them up! But the names he came up with are really funny, Ice Bird... Hahaha... Yellow Monkey, Red Dog... It's hilarious!" Olga, who was watching the battle, also heard Reina's words and laughed while clutching her stomach.

Rayleigh glanced at Robin thoughtfully, and sure enough, gratitude was evident in her eyes. She knew that her father had done this specifically for her sake.

"A mere bunch of pirates, yet they dare to spout such nonsense?" Kizaru, surrounded by Marco and the others, curled his lip and said disdainfully after hearing Reina's words.

"Yellow monkey... if you keep babbling, I'll kill you first!" Reina, who had already activated his Sharingan, turned his head to look at Kizaru and said.

Kizaru's expression changed as he thought of Reina's strange ability. Now that the enemy outnumbered him, if Reina were to launch a sneak attack, he might actually get injured.

“Red eyes…is that why Father is called Akame?” Robin said softly, looking at Reina after he activated his Sharingan.

"Ah~ You don't know yet? This is one of Reina's abilities. He calls it the Sharingan! It's a bloodline ability. You're Reina's daughter. I wonder if you've inherited this ability. If you have it, that would be so cool!" Olga explained with a smile.

"Sitting upright in the frost! Hyōrinmaru!" Facing Aokiji, Reina was not careless. He not only activated his Sharingan, but also directly released the Hyōrinmaru in his hand.

"It seems that a battle is inevitable today! So... fight! Two thorny spears!" As Aokiji finished speaking, two tridents made of ice appeared beside him and shot directly at Reina.

At the same time, Kizaru and Akainu also acted simultaneously, but the captains over there were no pushovers either. Marco kicked Kizaru out of his elemental state.

Vista, who was facing Akainu, blocked Akainu's magma attack with his twin swords.

"Ice Dragon Tail!" Where the tip of Reina's Hyōrinmaru sword pointed, a slender water dragon shot straight toward Aokiji's trident.

"Hmph! I am the Ice-Ice Fruit user!" Aokiji clenched his fists and began to fight Reina for control of the ice.

"Is that so? Then today I'll show you what the strongest ice-type Zanpakuto is! Six-Cloth Ice Formation!" Reina, wielding Hyōrinmaru, not only fought with Kuzan for control of the ice, but also began to rapidly approach Aokiji. At the same time, with Aokiji as the center point, a formation of six ice nodes appeared, attempting to freeze Aokiji.

"Frozen Moment!" Just as Hyōrinmaru's ice was about to freeze Aokiji, Aokiji suddenly released a powerful icy aura, directly freezing Reina's ice array.

Both sides were powerful ice users, and after only a preliminary exchange, the surrounding area was already heavily affected by the ice, forcing Akainu and Kizaru, who were fighting on the other two sides, to keep their distance.

Marco and Vista seemed genuinely just to prevent Kizaru and Akainu from interfering with Reina and Aokiji's battle, so they didn't stop Akainu and Kizaru as they retreated.

"This is too strange, Sakazuki. Should we call headquarters for help?" Kizaru, who had stepped back, took the opportunity to transform into a beam of light and arrived directly beside Akainu, asking softly.

Meanwhile, Marco and the others joined Vista, putting pressure on Akainu and Kizaru.

"You're asking for help just like that? What kind of justice is that? Scorching River - Great Fire Blast!" Akainu had no intention of asking headquarters for help and directly punched Marco and the others.

He wasn't in a hurry to rescue Aokiji; he was simply annoyed with Marco and the others.

"Hey... I can't let you interrupt Reina's battle, otherwise we won't have a good time later!" Lakyo's flail was covered with Armament Haki and he hurled it at Akainu's magma.

"Hahaha...you're right!" Curiel also took out a rocket launcher from his back and fired two shots at Kizaru.

On the other side, Reina, who had already approached Aokiji, slashed at Aokiji's neck with Hyōrinmaru. However, Aokiji, with his arms crossed, created an ice wall in front of him, blocking Reina's attack.

"Trying to run?" Reina's lips curled slightly, and a slash cut through the ice wall, hurtling towards Aokiji.

The slash struck Aokiji directly, cleaving the half-frozen Aokiji in two. However, after the slash, the two halves of ice reassembled and transformed back into human form.

However, Reina's attacks came one after another, and Aokiji had to use a longsword made of ice to defend against Reina.

"Wow~ Reina is really amazing, he's been dominating that guy the whole time!" Olga, who was watching the match, clapped her hands and said with a smile.

“While those three are indeed rare powerhouses in the Navy, Reina is no ordinary man either! That guy is their teacher… a powerhouse from the same era!” Rayleigh, who was standing to the side, seemed to understand something and said with a smile.

"Their teacher?" Sure enough, upon hearing Rayleigh's words, Robin stirred slightly and asked.

“That’s right, they are all trained by the same person, the Navy Admiral known as Black Arm, Zephyr!” Rayleigh nodded and said.

"Ah~ that guy! I know him, the one who was chasing Reina back then was that guy named Zephyr! Later, it seems that his family was all killed by pirates, and I rarely saw him after that!" Olga nodded and said in recollection.

Rayleigh was taken aback. This girl, who looked even younger than Robin, actually knew about Zephyr, and knew it in such detail, as if she had experienced it herself. This made Rayleigh somewhat suspicious.

Chapter 217 Reina at Full Power

"What is your purpose?" Aokiji blocked Reina's Hyōrinmaru with the ice blade in his hand, and then asked with a solemn expression.

"Purpose? Hahaha... That's your head!" Reina kicked Aokiji, shattering the ice form into pieces.

"It seems we can't reach an agreement!" Aokiji said to Reina, his face grim as he reconstituted ice into human form from another spot.

"When have you navy and us pirates ever resolved things through conversation?" Reina smiled contemptuously and launched another attack on Aokiji.

"Oh dear~ Something's strange! The Whitebeard Pirates don't seem to be fighting to the death!" Just as Aokiji and Reyna continued their battle, Kizaru came to Akainu's side and said softly.

"Don't be misled by them. If you're careless, they won't hold back!" Akainu said, punching Vista away.

Although he said that, he also sensed that the Whitebeard Pirates' captains really just wanted to stop him and Kizaru from interfering with Reina and Aokiji's battle.

"Could it be... that Aokiji did something recently that made the Whitebeard Pirates target him so much?" Even Akainu couldn't help but think this way, because judging from the attitude they were showing now, they were really only targeting Aokiji.

News of the battle in the Sabaody Archipelago was quickly relayed to Marineford, the Marine Headquarters.

"What did you say? Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji were stopped? It's just a pirate crew, how could the three of them not succeed?" When Sengoku heard his subordinates report that Aokiji and the other two had been stopped and that a battle had taken place in the Sabaody Archipelago, his first reaction was disbelief.

"Yes, Marshal, according to my report, it seems that the ones fighting them are the Whitebeard Pirates!" an officer replied after saluting.

"The Whitebeard Pirates? What are those guys up to?" Sengoku frowned and asked, "Who have appeared so far?"

"The currently known members include First Vice-Captain Akame Reina, First Division Captain Marco the Phoenix, Third Division Captain Diamond Jozu, Fifth Division Captain Vista the Flower Sword, and ten others!" the officer reported.

"They actually dispatched ten captains, including Reina. Could it be that the Whitebeard Pirates are planning something big recently?" Sengoku pondered for a moment before saying, "Send Doberman, Onigumo, and Vice Admiral Momonga to support Akainu and the other two!"

"Yes!"

After the sergeant saluted, he was about to turn and leave when a soldier suddenly pushed open the door and walked in with a panicked expression, shouting, "Marshal, in the waters near the Sabaody Archipelago... we've... spotted the Whitebeard Pirates' flagship... the Moby Dick!"

"What?" Sengoku stood up abruptly and asked, "Is the news true? Are you sure it's the Whitebeard Pirates' flagship?"

"It's confirmed, and we've located their captain... Edward Newgate the Whitebeard!" the soldier shouted back.

"This is really troublesome... What are those bastards trying to do? Can't they just have a few days of peace?" Sengoku said with a grim expression.