Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Let's go check out the tavern!" After looking around, Reina decided to go to the tavern first, as it was the easiest place to gather information.

But when the two pushed open the tavern door, the sight of the entire room full of navy personnel startled them, and Perona's legs even began to tremble.

"Huh? This... isn't a tavern?" Reina looked at the room full of marines, patted Perona, and asked, feigning surprise.

"Hey~ This is a tavern. What would you like, sir?" At that moment, a woman with short, dark green hair and a headscarf came out and asked with a smile.

She was none other than Makino, the tavern owner.

"Do you have any drinks? We're just passing through and are thinking of taking a break!" Reina replied with a smile.

“Yes, please come in and sit down!” Makino nodded and pointed to an empty seat in the corner.

“By the way…madam, why are there so many navy personnel here? When I first came in, I thought I had arrived at a naval base!” Reina asked with a smile as he walked toward an empty table.

"Ah~ they're here to drink too!" Makino covered her mouth and replied with a laugh.

Chapter 244 Rematch with Garp

Seeing the naval soldiers chatting and drinking in the tavern, Reina and Perona wisely kept quiet.

"Ray...Rayna...Should...Should we leave?" Perona, feeling surrounded, said to Rayna with a trembling voice.

"Stay calm, don't panic! The most dangerous place is the safest place. They won't think we're pirates, let alone me. After all, how could any great pirate come to a place like this?" Reina said confidently.

"I didn't expect that the Red-Haired Pirates would have stayed here before. If we had known, we would have come a few days earlier and maybe we would have run into them!"

"Yeah! It's really surprising that such a powerful pirate, who has a place even in the New World, would appear here!"

"Hahaha... You're right. Even if the Whitebeard Pirates appeared in front of me now, I probably wouldn't be surprised!"

Just after Reina finished speaking, the conversation between the naval officers at the next table came over.

Upon hearing the Navy's words, Reina's face immediately darkened, while Perona covered her mouth, almost bursting out laughing.

What does it mean to be slapped in the face? It happened incredibly fast.

However, those naval soldiers probably never dreamed that the person sitting next to them was the vice-captain of the Whitebeard Pirates.

After sitting in the corner for a while without hearing any useful information, Reina decided to leave first and then find an opportunity to find out where Luffy's house was.

But just as the two were about to leave, the tavern door opened again, and a burly man carrying a child walked in.

It was Garp and Luffy, grandfather and grandson.

"Let me go! I will definitely become a great pirate in the future!" Luffy, who was being held by Garpti, struggled and shouted loudly.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't train you so hard to make you a pirate!" Garp threw Luffy onto the table and then shouted at the tavern owner, "Makino, give me a glass of ale!"

"Hmph! Anyway, I've already made up my mind. I will definitely become a pirate, find the legendary One Piece, and become the Pirate King!" Little Luffy stood on the table and said with a serious expression.

"Ah~~ Ah~~~" But the consequence of saying this in front of Garp was that he was beaten up by him.

The appearance of the two men made Reina abandon his thoughts of leaving.

"What do we do? Reina...that guy...is..."

"Alright, let's drink and not talk!" Reina interrupted Perona. Who knew if mentioning her name here would alert Garp? Now was not a good time to fight Garp.

"Mr. Garp, this is your beer, and Luffy, this is your juice!" Soon, Makino came to Garp and Luffy with two glasses and said with a smile.

"Thanks, Makino!" Garp nodded to Makino before raising his glass and downing the beer in one gulp.

Luffy, standing to the side, had a bunch of tangle of tangle on his head and was drinking juice from a cup.

After the grandfather and grandson chatted with Makino for a while, Garp finally left with Luffy.

After the two left, Perona wiped the sweat from her brow and asked Reina, "That terrifying guy... was that Garp? I never imagined he'd be so horrifying to his own grandson. Poor kid!"

Reina glanced at Perona with a slight smile. This was the unlucky kid who later led a group of companions to defeat Gecko Moria, whom Perona respected the most. He wondered what Perona would think if she knew.

"Let's go, let's follow them!" After staring for a while, Reina took out Berry, placed it on the table, and said to Perona.

"Follow them? Why? If we're discovered, we're dead!" Perona looked at Reina in surprise and asked.

"It's alright, let's go!" With that, Reina left the tavern first, and Perona had no choice but to follow him.

Soon, following Garp and his grandson, Reina and Perona arrived at the back mountain and witnessed Garp handing Luffy over to the bandit Dadan.

"Perona, use your ghost to monitor that child!" Reina said to Perona beside him, pointing to Ace, who was watching Luffy from a tree in the distance.

But just as Perona used her power, Garp seemed to notice something and turned to look at the place where Reina and Perona were hiding.

"Damn it!" Reina immediately felt a wave of Observation Haki sweep over him, realizing that Garp had discovered them.

"What's wrong?" Perona, who had just released the ghost, asked in surprise.

“We’ve been discovered by Karp!” Reina said with a serious expression.

"What?" Perona was startled, and the ghost that had just appeared vanished instantly.

“I thought it was someone else, but it’s you… Benedict D. Reina!” Karp appeared not far away and said to Reina.

"Ha...haha...um...if I said I was just passing by...would you believe me?" Reina asked, slightly embarrassed.

"What do you think?" Karp took a step forward and attacked Reina directly.

"Boom~~~"

"Hey... can you not fight?" Reina said helplessly, dodging Garp's attack.

Perona, standing to the side, was stunned. Garp's punch had created a large crater in the ground, which had terrified her.

Meanwhile, the bandits Dadan and Luffy had also arrived, and Ace, who was in the tree, noticed the commotion and ran over.

"Oh!"

Reina, unable to avoid it, had no choice but to exchange a blow with Garp before the two separated slightly.

"Hey~ Garp! I'm not here to fight you today!" Reina gestured for Garp to stop and said.

"Huh? Who's that? Why is Grandpa attacking him?" Luffy tilted his head and asked, puzzled, as he saw Reina confronting Garp.

"He must be some kind of bad guy! But someone who can go toe-to-toe with Garp... isn't exactly a simple character either!" said the bandit Dadan, frowning.

“Speak! Why are you here? This is not a place you should be!” Karp asked Reina with a serious expression.

During the clash just now, he sensed the Conqueror's Haki emanating from Reina. Although it was not as powerful as Whitebeard and the others, it had already reached a preliminary level.

"Didn't I tell you? I was just passing by, and when I saw your warship, I thought I'd come over and say hello. I didn't expect such a big reaction from you!" Reina rolled his eyes and said.

"Just passing by? What are you doing in the East China Sea?" Karp looked at Reina and didn't seem to be lying.

“Then I can’t tell you! But I didn’t expect… you’re also in the East China Sea! Did your navy also receive that message?” Reina’s eyes darted around as he deliberately asked.

Sure enough, upon hearing Reina's words, Garp's expression shifted, but he said aloud, "News? What news? Our Navy hasn't received any news!"

"Tch~ Old fox!" Reina immediately understood Karp's intentions. He was just trying to trick him into revealing information, but there was no such information at all. It was just something Reina had made up on the spot.

At this moment, Reina realized that, in addition to Luffy and Dadan, Ace had also surrounded them.

Seeing Reina's gaze sweep over Luffy and Ace, Garp subtly shifted his position, placing himself in front of Luffy and Ace.

“Kapu, I didn’t come here with any intention of fighting you. I’m leaving now… What do you think?” After a while, Reina waved to Perona, who had already come to her senses, and then spoke.

“Tell me your purpose for coming to the East Blue, and I can let you leave!” Garp glanced at Luffy and Ace behind him, then at Perona who had already walked up to Reina, before speaking.

"Hahaha... Garp, as expected, you Marines didn't know! Let me give you a hint! I came here with Shanks!" Reina said deliberately, a thought flashing through his mind.

"Shanks?" Before Garp could react to Reina's words, Luffy exclaimed in surprise.

"Oh? Kid, you've met Shanks before? Wait... speaking of which... that straw hat on your head... looks familiar!" Reina squinted at Luffy and said.

"Wh...what? I...I've never met Shanks...this straw hat...wasn't given to me by Shanks!" Luffy pursed his lips and said haltingly upon hearing Reina's words.

His appearance speaks for itself; anyone can tell he's lying.

"Hahaha... It seems Shanks is really bold! He actually ignored my words! Kid, hand over your hat now, and I'll spare your life! Otherwise..." Reina suddenly became violent, and his aura surged.

"This is a hat Shanks gave me, an important one. I'm not giving it to you! Humph!" Facing Reina, whose aura had surged, Luffy suddenly changed his attitude and started arguing with Reina directly.

"Alright, alright... then don't blame me for taking action! After I take your head, I'll go and kill Shanks! That's what we agreed on back then!" Reina said "alright" three times in a row, then took a step and charged straight at Luffy.

Perona, standing to the side, was stunned by Reina's current state; she had never seen Reina at full power before.

Luffy was also stunned; he hadn't expected the other party to actually attack him.

"Reina! I'm not dead yet!" But at this moment, Garp rushed out and stood in front of Reina.

"Boom!" The two exchanged a punch, and the powerful shockwave knocked over the little guys.

"As expected, it's Conqueror's Haki! I didn't expect you to have hidden it so well!" Garp withdrew his fist and looked at Reina with a serious expression.

This wasn't the first time he had fought against an opponent with Conqueror's Haki. Back in the West Blue, he had encountered Chingjao, a pillar of the Flower Country's Eight Treasures Navy, who was a master in this area and had the ability to wrap Conqueror's Haki around his body.

However, after training, Garp still managed to defeat his opponent.

However, the situation is different now. Reina, who has never used Conqueror's Haki before, already possessed considerable strength. Now that he can use Conqueror's Haki skillfully, his strength will inevitably increase again, and he will be far more troublesome than Chinjao.

Chapter 245 Portgas D. Ace

"Reina, with me here today, you won't hurt Luffy!" Garp stood in front of Luffy and said to Reina.

"Hmph! Garp, don't think that just because I couldn't beat you before, I can't beat you now! You can't stop me from taking the life of a mere child!" Reina sneered.

"Dadan, take Ace and Luffy away from here first!" Garp knew that Reina was right. Even in the past, although Reina could not beat Garp, he could not stop Reina if he was determined to kill Luffy!

"Ace...wait...you said Ace? Who? Who has that name?" Reina asked, feigning shock and a hint of anxiety, upon hearing Garp's words.

His previous attack on Luffy was not only a show, but his main purpose was to lure out Ace. Of course, he also wanted to annoy Shanks. When he returned to the New World, he would have an excuse to cause trouble for Shanks. If Shanks didn't offer some compensation, he wouldn't let it go.

As expected, Reina's acting skills immediately stunned Garp and the others.

Ace, in particular, felt quite bewildered. Why would the other party react so strongly upon hearing his name?

"You know?" Garp suddenly realized something and asked with a grim expression.

"Hmph! My guess was right after all! After Roger returned from Laugh Tale, he disappeared for almost a year, and I knew exactly what that guy was up to! I knew exactly what he was planning to do, otherwise do you think I would use my reputation to cooperate with him? Look at what those guys in the World Government are making of me now!"

Speaking of this, Reina was furious.

Originally, he planned to ride on the coattails of Roger's popularity, since Roger's dying words in the original work can be said to run through the entire plot, which is why Reina went to Loguetown to cooperate with Roger in performing that play.

However, due to the World Government's propaganda, Reina's image changed, and he became the demon who wanted to obtain Roger's treasure, ultimately triggering the Great Pirate Era.