Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Phew~ Perfect opportunity to test my skills on you!" Reina smiled slightly and launched another attack on his opponent.

"Foolish! Knowing I'm an ability user, you still dare to fight me in close combat!" Sharinger said disdainfully when he saw Reina step forward to fight him in close combat.

"Bang!" Charlinger's spinning wheel collided with Reina's fist. Contrary to his expectations, Reina was not knocked away, nor was his fist crushed by the wheel. Moreover, his wheel inexplicably stopped spinning.

"Hehe... Isn't it strange? There's something even stranger!" Reina ignored the other party and, taking advantage of Xialinger's stunned moment, delivered a low elbow strike, hitting Xialinger directly in the stomach and sending him flying.

"Cough cough... I really underestimated you, but... that's enough!" Xia Linger coughed a few times, slowly stood up, patted his belly which had turned into a wheel, and said.

Just now, at the critical moment, Charlinger turned the spot where Reina attacked into a wheel, unloading most of the force, so he didn't suffer much damage.

Moreover, Reina's attack just now did not release the absorbed energy; it was merely relying on his own power.

Charlinger, who had stood up again, began to fight Reina seriously, but the more he fought, the more alarmed he became. He felt that his attacks were being absorbed by Reina and had not hit Reina's body at all.

Moreover, the large amount of kinetic energy generated by the rotation of his wheels is absorbed, causing his wheels to be forced to stop every time he attacks.

"Bang!" The two exchanged another punch. This was intentional on Reina's part, just like when he tricked Shanks. He planned to use the same trick again and see if he could trick his opponent.

After striking Reina, Charlinger's eyes lit up. He sensed that Reina had absorbed enough energy, so he smiled and said, "Kid, your abilities are indeed quite good, but... I've already found your weakness!"

"???" Reina was completely dumbfounded. He hadn't even finished setting the trap yet! How did you know? He hadn't even released his energy!

Seeing Charlinger rushing straight towards him, Reina didn't bother with him anymore and released all the absorbed energy with a kick.

"boom!"

"Pfft~~~"

Reina kicked Charlinger's left arm, which had turned into a wheel, and the man flew in a parabola, spitting blood as he fell into the sea.

"Captain Charinger!" The naval soldiers shouted loudly towards the spot where Charinger had fallen into the sea, keeping an eye on Reina.

“He’s an ability user. If he falls into the sea, he’s doomed. If you go down now to save him, you still have a chance! Once he sinks to the bottom of the sea, you might not even have a chance to collect his body!” Reina didn’t continue to attack the naval soldiers, but stood there and said coolly.

Chapter 26 Marco

"Brother...do you have any crew members you'd like to recruit?" After successfully seizing the warship, Reina and Newgate had been sailing on the high seas for three days.

Reina easily completed his daily work over the past three days, gradually increasing his consecutive attendance record.

His identity has also changed; he has gone from being an apprentice crew member of Rocks to a member of the Whitebeard Pirates.

As for his work, he has a lot more to do, because he not only takes on the role of navigator, but also cook, helmsman, sailor and so on.

Newgate initially thought that with just the two of them, some work could be skipped, but Reina wouldn't agree to that.

Now that he no longer has to clean all the time, his new identity has given him more options for his work. In addition to the two hours of cultivation time he used to have, he can now include things like sailing, cooking, and recording navigation coordinates in his work hours.

Compared to cleaning, doing these things made him more satisfied, so no matter what Newgate said, Reina meticulously did everything he could every day.

“The crew… I want to find some talented kids and train them myself, that way we’ll feel like we’re at home!” Newgate said after thinking for a moment.

Reina recalled that the members of the Whitebeard Pirates' ship were indeed very young, which seemed to be something Newgate had done on purpose.

“Alright then! When we reach the next island, I’ll replace this warship. You can go to town and look for suitable members!” Reina nodded and said, “After all, a pirate crew can’t consist of just the two of us!”

Newgate nodded and asked, "How far is it to the next island?"

“I don’t know either! John gave me this record pointer!” Reina shook his head and said.

But before he could finish speaking, he screamed and rushed toward the helm, seemingly intending to change the ship's direction.

"What happened?" Newgate asked in surprise.

“Brother Newgate, we’ve suffered a huge loss! John didn’t betray Captain Rocks before, which means he’s the only one who knows where the Rocks Pirates’ treasure is! That bastard sent us all away; he’s definitely planning to keep the treasure for himself!” Reina said with a sorrowful expression.

"Gurrahrah..." Newgate burst into laughter as he looked at the grief-stricken Reina.

"Brother Newgate, you're still laughing? Seriously, how could I have forgotten something so important?" Reina regretted it so much he wanted to smash his head in.

"Don't worry... It's just some treasure. We'll have many adventures in the future. We'll find what we want ourselves. As for the Rocks Pirates' treasure, we don't need it!" Newgate said without any concern.

"Well... alright, since you don't mind, Brother Newgate, then let's just forget about it!" Reina said somewhat awkwardly, his lips twitching.

"Alright, little brother! Don't be so discouraged. Don't you trust your big brother?" Newgate patted Reina on the back with a smile and said cheerfully.

It was four days later when the two arrived at the island marked by the log pointer.

“Alright, brother, you go and see if you can find a suitable child. I’ll finish writing the last bit of the logbook and then contact a buyer to dispose of this warship! We’ll meet at the biggest hotel then!” Reina took out a stack of Berry and handed it to Newgate, saying.

Newgate nodded, picked up the Berry Reina had given him, and left immediately.

It wasn't that Reina insisted on writing the logbook at this time, but rather that he hadn't finished his basic work for the day, so he had to wait until the work was done.

He didn't plan to sell the warship directly, but instead planned to find a merchant to exchange it for, so that he could seamlessly connect and not delay his daily check-in. As for the price, he might suffer a slight loss, but he didn't mind.

After his work was finished, Reina disembarked to look for nearby shops and inquire whether there were any wealthy people on the island who could afford to buy the warship.

After several twists and turns, they finally found a bold guy who was willing to exchange another medium-sized dhow plus three million Berries for this naval warship.

In terms of price, Reina lost at least half of the Berry, but he was in a hurry! Besides, it was a naval warship, and most people wouldn't dare to buy it, so he didn't haggle too much over the price.

With three million Berries in hand, Reina packed up his belongings on the warship and moved everything to the new triangular sailboat. By then it was already dark, so Reina decided to continue working on the new ship and earn his overtime pay for the day.

The next morning, Reina got up early, finished his work for the day, and then disembarked with a box containing three million Berries.

Although he has now solved the ship problem, he still needs to buy some food and fruit, as well as the drinks that pirates like.

Fortunately, he still had three million Berries on hand, which was enough for Reina to replenish the ship's food and drinks. He just didn't know if Newgate could find a satisfactory crew.

"Huh~" Reina was walking along when he suddenly realized that a group of people were secretly following him.

This left Reina somewhat bewildered. He hadn't done anything after arriving on the island; he'd simply changed ships...

As for how he, a complete novice, discovered someone was following him? Please... the other party's behavior couldn't be more obvious; anyone could have noticed!

Reina looked down at the box containing three million Berries in his hand, and seemed to understand why the other party had come to find him.

"They really are... a lot of troublemakers!" Reina said in a low voice, his face dark.

They actually dared to rob him of his money; they're courting death.

Reina deliberately walked into a small alley, and sure enough, he was immediately surrounded by those people.

"What do you all mean by this?" Reina asked, feigning concern, while protecting the money box.

"Hehe... You must be the rookie pirate Akame Reina, right? As expected, you're just a newbie! I didn't expect you to be worth 30 million!" The leading bounty hunter took out a stack of bounty posters, looked at Reina with a strange smile, and said with a look of having made a profit.

"Red-Eyed Reina? A newbie? Thirty million?" Reina was a little confused, but when he saw the bounty poster in the other party's hand, Reina became a little excited.

"Finally...finally a bounty has been placed on my head?" Reina excitedly flashed to the lead bounty hunter and snatched the bounty poster from his hand.

"So fast!" The bounty hunter's expression changed as the bounty poster was snatched from his hand. He immediately retreated and put some distance between himself and Reina.

He knew they had met their match today, and they might all be doomed here.

"Get lost, I'm in a good mood today, so I won't bother you! Akame... hehehe... not bad! The photos are pretty good too!" Reina, holding the bounty poster, glanced at the leading bounty hunter and then started chuckling to himself.

“This guy…we might not necessarily lose! We outnumber him, let’s all attack together!” Looking at the grinning Reina, the leading bounty hunter suddenly thought that maybe he had just imagined it.

"I told you to get lost but you wouldn't listen... Humph!" After putting away his bounty poster, Reina dodged an attack from a bounty hunter while carrying the box, and then casually punched the man in the face.

"What a waste of time!" Less than five minutes later, Reina emerged from the alley, followed by a pile of bounty hunters lying on the ground.

When Reyner arrived at the largest hotel, Newgate was preparing to leave with a child.

“Brother Newgate!” Reina quickly stepped forward to greet him.

"Reina, you're finally here! Is the ship thing all sorted out?" Newgate nodded to Reina as a greeting.

"It's all settled. We've replaced it with a medium-sized triangular sailboat. These sailboats are very easy to operate; you just need to control the rudder. We also have three million Berries, which is enough for us to buy some food and drinks!" Reina said with a smile.

“Okay, let’s eat something first!” Newgate nodded and said.

The hotel had a restaurant that served food, so the three of them went there, ordered some food, and started eating.

"Is this our first new crew member?" Reina looked curiously at the child next to Newgate, his heart filled with admiration for fate.

That's right, Reina recognized the boy the moment he saw him – "Phoenix" Marco!

The first mate of the Whitebeard Pirates, the first division commander, and also the ship's doctor.

“His name is Marco, and he’s currently an apprentice crew member. I’m planning to adopt him as my godson!” Newgate said with a smile.

"Godson?" Although he was prepared, when Newgate said he was going to adopt Marco as his godson, Reina still had the feeling of a eunuch from the Eastern Depot going around adopting godsons.

"What? It won't work?" Newgate noticed that Reina's gaze was a little strange, so he asked with some doubt.

“No, my brother’s dream is to have his own family and build his own clan. There’s nothing wrong with that, but… then he’ll have to call me uncle?” Reina asked with a strange laugh.

"I don't want to!" With a punk pineapple hairstyle and half-asleep eyes, Marco sensed Reina's ill intentions and immediately refused.

"You brat! What do you mean? Am I not qualified to be your uncle? Look... I am Red-Eyed Reina!" Reina took out the wanted poster on his body, slammed it on the table, and said with feigned anger but a smile.

"Oh?" Sure enough, Newgate was also drawn in by Reiner's words and looked at the bounty poster on the table.

The photo on the wanted poster showed Reyna standing there talking to the naval soldiers after he had knocked away Navy Lieutenant Charinger.

The fearful look on the surrounding navy made Reina appear somewhat sinister.

"This isn't you at all! The person up there has red eyes!" Sure enough, young Marco couldn't resist the temptation and was now staring intently at the bounty poster.

"Hehe...you don't know this, watch out, kid! Sharingan...activate!" Reina chuckled and activated his Sharingan.

"Oh~~" Marco exclaimed in surprise, looking at Reina with astonishment and pointing at his eyes, "You... your eyes have really turned red! How beautiful..."

"Alright, Reina, turn off your Sharingan. Marco is still young, he won't be able to handle it!" Newgate, seeing this, patted the somewhat bewildered Marco and said to Reina.

"Hehe!" Reina closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, they had returned to their normal black color.

Marco is still young and may not even have obtained a Devil Fruit yet, so it's normal that he can't withstand the Sharingan with two tomoe.

While the Sharingan with two tomoe cannot use genjutsu, it has some innate ability to confuse people. However, it is only capable of confusing. Reina has tested it, and even without anyone reminding them, normal people will only be momentarily distracted, which is completely useless in battle.

Chapter 27 The Whitebeard Pirates are Formed

After dinner, the three of them went to buy food and drinks for their voyage. Reina was mostly busy, while Marco helped carry things.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that the three of them returned to the new ship.

"Brother, what do you think of the new ship?" Reina asked with a smile as he saw Newgate examining the new ship closely.

Newgate nodded and smiled, but didn't say anything.