Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Activate!"

After glancing at the treasure map, Reina confirmed its authenticity, as the system had already prompted him to activate treasure hunting mode.

If the treasure map is fake, the system will not issue a warning.

Without hesitation, Reina immediately started treasure hunting mode.

Lately, he's also needed the treasure hunt mode to help him with some of his work time, because his proficiency in basic physical skills and swordsmanship... is maxed out!

Yes, after improving his physical skills and swordsmanship to the advanced level, although there were still a whopping 100,000 points of proficiency to improve, Reina managed to max them out through years of continuous training.

In Reina's view, these two basic skills are the foundation of his existence. Whether it is Haki or Hyōrinmaru, they both need the support of physical skills and swordsmanship to unleash their maximum power.

So once his proficiency level was maxed out, he planned to buy an advancement scroll to advance as soon as possible.

However, the system is ridiculous; the cost of advanced advancement scrolls for physical skills and swordsmanship is a whopping 200,000 points each.

You should know that Hyōrinmaru's Bankai scroll only cost 100,000 points, and his current Sharingan upgrade scroll only costs 200,000 points. Although upgrading to the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan requires two such scrolls, taijutsu and swordsmanship are just basic skills!

It's completely different from the Sharingan, which has special bloodline abilities, but I never expected that they would have something in common now... they're both so expensive!

Looking at his meager points of less than 300,000, which he had been saving to advance to the Eternal Kaleidoscope level, he realized that...

Finally, after careful consideration, Reina decided to purchase the advanced physical skills advancement scroll first, because compared to swordsmanship, Reina felt that physical skills would be more helpful to him.

Swordsmanship can only affect Hyōrinmaru, but taijutsu can not only influence his Haki, stamina, and Sharingan, but also enhance his ability to use Hyōrinmaru.

Because using these abilities is all tied to his physical strength, he chose to advance to advanced physical techniques on a limited basis.

After purchasing the scroll, Reina was almost in tears as he watched his points shrink again.

What left him speechless was that after the advanced physical technique was upgraded, it only became a special-grade physical technique, but the proficiency increased tenfold!

That's right, it went from 100,000 to 1 million!

However, as his physical skills became stronger, his proficiency also increased much faster; otherwise, he probably would never have been able to reach the maximum proficiency level in his entire life.

Next, he calculated the points he needed. In addition to the 400,000 points needed to advance to the Eternal Kaleidoscope, he also needed 200,000 points for advanced swordsmanship.

In addition, Black Emperor's abilities are now somewhat lagging behind, and he also needs to advance. At his current level, another advancement would require 150,000 points.

In other words, excluding everything else, he is still short 750,000 points.

The thought of this enormous number made Reina feel dizzy, and he even felt a deep resentment towards himself for spending too many points over the years!

Otherwise, we wouldn't have ended up with only a mere 80,000 points after purchasing all the advanced physical skills upgrade scrolls!

As long as he clocks in without interruption, his perfect attendance points for a month will be 4,650, and for a year they will be 55,800.

But now he's short 750,000...

It would take at least a decade of continuous work to collect them all.

The thought of these numbers fills Reina with unbearable pain.

"Hey~~ Reina, the amount of liquor stored in the warehouse is running low. We haven't had any liquor to use for the last few banquets. Could you take out some more?" Just as Reina was feeling the pinch of his points and reflecting on how much he had spent over the years, Sachi, the captain and chef of the fourth team, came over and said to Reina.

Reina slowly turned around to look at Sachi, startling Sachi.

"You... what's wrong with you?" Sachi swallowed hard, looking at Reina with some confusion, and asked.

“From now on… there will be no more baijiu!” Reina said in a deep voice.

"Wh...what?" Sachi asked Reina with a surprised expression, whether out of disbelief or because he hadn't heard clearly.

“I said… there will be no more baijiu in the future! At least not for the next ten years!” Reina shook his head and said again.

"Why...why?" Sachi was still a little confused and asked blankly.

"Because brewing liquor...it bankrupted me!" Reina roared, causing Sachi to fall to the ground with a thud.

He had just sensed Reina's grief and indignation, an anger tinged with despair that completely terrified Sachi.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Whether it was Reina's shout or the aura he had unintentionally released earlier, many crew members gathered around, and even some of the captains came out.

"What's going on?" Marco shrugged, scratched his pineapple-shaped head, and walked over to ask.

“There’s no more liquor coming out; the current stock is all we have!” Reina sighed softly.

"why?"

"What? There's no more baijiu?"

"Holy crap~~~ I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die~~ How am I supposed to live without baijiu?!"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding crew members all turned pale and began to wail.

Reina's face darkened. He had considered reducing the supply of liquor before, but once there was no liquor, these guys acted as if their first mate had died, forcing him to keep supplying it and causing a large amount of his points to be consumed on liquor.

It's also because the amount of points required to buy baijiu is too small, otherwise he wouldn't have been willing to buy it. But even though baijiu doesn't seem to cost many points, over time he has spent a lot of points.

Even the stingy system has started offering discounts, with larger discounts for larger purchases, which is one of the reasons why Reina got hooked.

In any case, Reina was determined this time that, apart from occasionally exchanging for liquor, he would never buy large quantities of liquor like before.

"Reina, what happened? Why did you suddenly say there's no more liquor?" Sachi, who had just realized what was going on, asked curiously.

Hearing Sachi's question, everyone quieted down, wanting to hear Reina's explanation.

“Okay…you’ve probably already noticed, the liquor I brought out was something I got at a price! Before, I always thought that my losses weren’t a big deal, as long as everyone was happy! But…I’ve only recently realized…these things have started to affect me! That’s why I had to say this.” Reina said after exhaling.

In fact, all the liquor he produced was obtained through exchanges, so everyone had already guessed that the liquor produced by the liquor processing plant on Xuan Yue Island tasted completely different from the liquor that Reina brought out.

They usually drink Reina's own water, while the water produced on Xuan Yue Island is sold or exchanged for other resources.

The price of baijiu in the underground world has not come down, and it has even been dubbed "liquid gold." However, they have no idea that what is circulating is actually inferior baijiu produced by themselves. They keep the real premium baijiu for themselves.

So everyone had their own guesses about where Reina got the liquor, but Reina had never mentioned it, so no one said anything. Now that Reina had revealed it, everyone was a little surprised, but they also thought it was perfectly reasonable.

"You idiot... If that's the case, why didn't you say so sooner!? From now on, no one is allowed to ask Reina for baijiu! That's my order!" Whitebeard had also appeared on the deck at some point.

"Yes, Father!" Everyone nodded in response.

But Reina knew that Whitebeard must have misunderstood something.

Judging from Whitebeard's serious expression, he must believe that Reina must have exchanged his lifespan or something important for the liquor, otherwise he wouldn't be acting this way.

"Brother... it's not that serious, we just need to produce less of it in the future!" Reina said somewhat awkwardly.

"Alright, I said it's decided. Everyone, including me, will finish the stock of liquor. You're not allowed to bring any more out!" Whitebeard glared at Reina and said.

In his view, the price of producing these liquors must have been high, even if it wasn't lifespan, it was still related to vitality, otherwise Reina wouldn't have started using pure gold several years ago.

In his opinion, it wouldn't be too late for Reina to use pure gold when he was in his forties or fifties, but in fact Reina had already started using it when he was twenty-seven or twenty-eight.

When he asked Reina back then, the other person said something about wanting to stay young and handsome, but now it seems that's not the case at all.

At this moment, Reina knew that Whitebeard had misunderstood something, but he couldn't refute it, so he could only awkwardly touch his nose, indicating that he would obey Whitebeard's orders.

After the incident, although everyone felt it was a bit of a pity, for the sake of Reina's health, they all unanimously agreed that it would be fine to drink the white wine produced on Xuan Yue Island from now on.

This has indirectly led to another increase in the price of baijiu, and many merchants have even started to imitate baijiu, but they do not know the brewing method, so the baijiu they produce does not taste right at all.

With the huge expense of the liquor gone, Reina threw himself back into physical training. And because of his advancement in physical skills, his stamina and physical fitness improved again. However, all of this was seen by Whitebeard, who became even more certain that Reina had made the liquor in exchange for his body.

Otherwise, why would his physical fitness start to improve as soon as he stopped exchanging liquor?

Whitebeard felt quite guilty about this, because it was his gluttony that had caused Reina to harm him all these years. Every time he thought of this, the liquor in his gourd lost its flavor, because he always felt that he was not drinking liquor, but Reina's blood.

Finally, Whitebeard took out all the liquor he had stored and distributed it to all the crew members. He also gave another order that no one was allowed to ask Reiner for liquor privately!

Although Reina didn't understand why Whitebeard was suddenly acting this way, he did need points and couldn't afford to waste them, so he didn't object.

Chapter 249 The Piltovers

"So... you're planning to use this to get a promise from that brat Shanks?" Whitebeard asked after listening to Reiner's explanation and thinking for a moment.

“That’s right!” Reina nodded and said, “That’s one of the reasons I went to the East China Sea!”

Actually, he had another main purpose in going to the East Blue, which was to find out Shanks' purpose and background. Unfortunately, he went too late, so he had to settle for second best.

“But we don’t seem to need his help anywhere, do we? Although he is indeed quite strong now!” Lakyo said with a shrug.

“You can’t say that. We don’t need it right now, but nobody knows what the future holds. Using something so insignificant to gain a powerful ally will be a safeguard for us in any future conflicts with the Navy or other pirates!” Reina shook his head and said.

"Gurarararar... That brat actually lost an arm in the East Blue. You should know that his strength is now no weaker than yours!" Whitebeard said to Reina with a smile.

Reina nodded and replied, "According to him, he gambled his arm on the future, but even with one arm gone, he is still Red-Haired Shanks, the captain of the Red-Haired Pirates, a force that we cannot ignore!"

Whitebeard nodded, indicating his approval, and said, "Since you've thought it all through, then let's do it your way!"

Reina nodded and said, "Since my elder brother doesn't object, then I'll have someone send a message to him! There's no need for me to make the trip myself!"

"Island spotted ahead!" Just as they finished their discussion, the lookout shouted, and the officers all came out of the cabin and onto the deck.

"Father, the island indicated by the treasure map should be just ahead!" The navigator said to Whitebeard with great excitement, holding the treasure map.

"Gurararar... My little ones, speed up!" the white-bearded man said with a loud laugh.

So the Moby Dick sailed straight up the waves towards the island.

Soon, the Moby Dick arrived at the island.

“It looks like a deserted island!” Marco said, standing on the deck and gazing at the island.

"Aren't treasures usually buried on deserted islands? What's so strange about this?" Laco, who was standing to the side, was already quite impatient.

After everyone disembarked, except for Thatch who led a group of crew members to prepare food and watch the ship on the shore, the other captains followed Whitebeard toward the center of the island.

"According to the treasure map, the treasure should be in...that location...at the foot of that mountain!" Reina said, pointing to a small mountain range not far away after carefully examining the treasure map.

"Let's go... let's go dig for treasure!" Jin Gudu, a tall, dark-skinned man with short blond hair, shouted loudly while carrying a shovel.

"Hopefully, this time they'll come out with something good!" Reina said quietly, with a hint of anticipation.

"Haha... This treasure map is quite valuable! It should yield some good stuff!" said Namur, the fishman captain of the Eighth Division, with a laugh.

He retrieved this treasure map from the seabed, so he was very much looking forward to it.

However, what Reina was referring to was not the treasure itself, but the treasure gift pack given by the system after the treasure was unearthed.

However, before they even reached the small mountain, they found themselves surrounded by a group of strangely dressed people.

"This...they're not planning to rob us, are they?" Joz looked at the guys surrounding them with a ridiculous expression and said in a muffled voice.