Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Fufufufu... I didn't expect that even with Vice Admirals Aokiji, Kizaru, and Doberman deployed, they still lost to the Whitebeard Pirates. Has the Navy's strength weakened to this extent?" Doflamingo said with a strange laugh after receiving the news.

"Hmph~~ That's only natural! Given the situation at the time, the Navy's first priority wasn't to defeat the Whitebeard Pirates, but to clarify the facts! If this were confirmed, the Navy's reputation would be completely ruined!" Crocodile exhaled a smoke ring and said with a light laugh.

"Hehehehe... Anyway, can we go back now?! I don't want to face a monster like Whitebeard right now!" Gecko Moria chuckled and prepared to leave.

However, his words seemed to displease Boa Hancock. She was saved by Reina, who also helped her become the emperor of Kuja and conceal the existence of the "Emperor's Hoofprint." Therefore, she still had some goodwill towards the Whitebeard Pirates.

"So it really was Reina and the others who won? Then they should be back on Crescent Moon Island by now!" Jinbe, standing alone to the side, looked at the distant sea and wondered if he should go to Crescent Moon Island to see Reina. After all, he was one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and Reina was the one who helped him become one. Maybe Reina had some other intention.

Hawkeye Mihawk and Tyrant Bartholomew Kuma, however, left the G1 division without saying a word after receiving the news.

As time went on, the Navy not only immediately blocked the news, but also gave a blatant excuse, saying that the Whitebeard Pirates deliberately created a false impression to frame the Navy, so what happened at the G10 branch was all fake.

Although this message, which was clearly an excuse, was not taken seriously by the major powers, it gave the civilians who trusted the navy a reason and an excuse.

This is also why Reina didn't go too far. The world still needs the navy, and if the navy's credibility collapses, the consequences would be far too severe.

As for the truth, it doesn't really matter to them. What matters is always just one thing: strength!

After the Whitebeard Pirates wiped out the Marine G10 branch, the reputation and danger level of the entire Whitebeard Pirates were quietly raised several levels again by everyone.

In particular, the kind of deceptive plan and the sudden surprise attack were the biggest reasons why the Whitebeard Pirates were able to completely destroy a Marine branch without paying much price.

Reina, who had arranged all of this, was once again taken seriously by everyone.

"Hahahaha... As expected of Reina! I knew back then that kid was capable, and now he's grown to this level! A thousand-mile raid... What a grand gesture!" The Golden Lion looked at the intelligence report in his hand, puffing on his cigar and laughing loudly.

“Kalka... Captain... Before we take action... do you really have a way to get him to help us?” Indigo asked curiously from the side.

"Of course, that kid owes me a huge favor back then! He wouldn't refuse if I stepped in! He's just like Newgate... so naive!" Shiki the Golden Lion said with a glint in his eyes.

Little did people know that when Reyna learned that he was attacking Marineford alone, he had said that Reyna was a bit dim-witted.

A new world, on a small island.

"We've been completely fooled! That guy just made us misunderstand and then helped him hold back the Navy!" Shanks said with a wry smile as he looked at the intelligence report in his hand.

"What a brilliant move! Not only did they take advantage of us, but they also left us without any favors! They're really something!" Raki Lu nodded, looking as if the other party was indeed very capable, and said.

Jesus, standing to the side with a black line on his forehead, said, "Alright, shut up already. Aren't we embarrassed enough already?"

"Hahaha... Don't worry about it, it didn't delay us at all. Now... let's just do our own thing!" Shanks said with a big laugh.

The vice-captain, Ben Beckman, stood to the side, a cigarette dangling from his lips, deep in thought as he considered their chances of winning if they were to fight the Whitebeard Pirates.

On a certain island in the first half of the Grand Line.

"Hahaha... No wonder it's Old Man and Reyna! They've completely outmaneuvered the Navy! But... their weaknesses are still so obvious. I really look forward to seeing them again!" Blackbeard Teach sat on a rooftop, eating while looking at the intelligence report in front of him, and said with a laugh.

"Captain... our plan is about to begin, isn't it! The world stage! I really want to go and see it soon!" Sitting next to Blackbeard Teach was a burly man, none other than Idael, the captain of the Hunter Pirates who had fought Marco in the New World because of Skypiea!

“Zehahahaha… Don’t be in a hurry. Although I don’t have the ability to see the future, I do know… it’s not the right time yet. We need to slowly gather our strength! Also… the fruit I most want to obtain has not yet appeared!” Blackbeard Teach said mysteriously.

"I really don't understand, Captain, what kind of fruit do you need? We've been searching for so long without any clues... Do we have to go to the New World?" At this moment, a man shrouded in a black robe said softly.

“No, now is not the time to go to the New World. If we are discovered, we don’t have enough strength to resist the Whitebeard Pirates!” Teach shook his head, looked at the distant sea, and said.

"Cough cough cough... Could it be that the Whitebeard Pirates... are they really that powerful? Cough cough..." A slightly aged man, speaking weakly and appearing very frail, asked.

“Doc Q, you’d better not get your hopes up! The New World and this place... are completely incomparable!” Hidal glanced at his companion beside him and said softly.

The opponent's strength is lacking, but his skill in using poison is considerable; otherwise, Idar wouldn't have acknowledged him.

Chapter 262 The Death of Fisher Tiger

"Finally back! Why is it that every time I come back, I never want to leave again? But after a few days, I start thinking about going out to sea again?"

"Hahaha... You're finally back! Dad, shall we have a banquet tonight?"

When the Sky Island landed on Crescent Moon Island, everyone cheered.

"Dad! How did things go? We saw the news!" Blenheim, along with the members who remained on Crescent Moon Island, came up to Whitebeard and called out.

"Gurararara... Everyone must be tired. Go back and rest now. We'll have a banquet in the banquet square tonight! Blenheim, I'm leaving the preparations for this banquet to you. We can talk about anything else at the banquet!" Whitebeard said to Blenheim with a big laugh as he walked.

That evening, a grand banquet was held again, and the banquet square was once again filled with people. Everyone happily drank and talked about the war they had launched, how brave they had been in battle, and how many enemies they had defeated.

The captains raised their glasses in celebration. This moment belonged to the entire Whitebeard Pirates, for they had won and destroyed a branch of the Marines.

At this moment, the Navy had no time to deal with the Whitebeard Pirates. They had to clean up the mess that was about to happen. The failures of Aokiji and Kizaru had served as a wake-up call for the Navy. There were still some troublesome entities on the high seas, such as... the Whitebeard Pirates.

Two years later, aboard the Moby Dick, Reiner looked at the newspaper article about Mr. Tom's execution and sighed deeply.

The man known as the world's greatest craftsman still died. Iceberg didn't understand what Reina had said back then, or rather, he understood but couldn't find a way to change Mr. Tom's fate.

Unlike in the original story, the excuse used by the World Government, or rather Spandam, the head of CP5, this time is even more absurd.

Thanks to Reina's warning, Carter Flam, who would later become Franky, did not continue to manufacture offensive weapons. However, when faced with the rogue Spandam, he couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks. These remarks were used by Spandam as an excuse to accuse him of insulting World Government officials and to execute him.

In the end, Mr. Tom's contribution to building the Sea Train offset Carter Form's guilt, while he himself was taken away by CP5 and eventually executed.

Iceberg only understood Reina's meaning at the very end: if the World Government wanted to, they could find thousands of excuses to deal with them. Once he understood, Iceberg, carrying the Pluton blueprints that Mr. Tom had given him before his death, began to make the same choice as in the original story.

Just like in the original story, Carter Formam was seriously injured while trying to stop the sea train that was taking Tom away. Fortunately, he used a large amount of steel from a nearby wrecked ship to transform himself into a cyborg fueled by cola and survived.

"Master, it's time for your training today!" Just as Reina was looking at the newspaper and lost in thought, a man with long dark green hair, blue eyes, and a cross-shaped scar on his face covered with a thin layer of ice appeared beside him and said softly.

"Ah~ it's Hyōrinmaru! Thank you for your help!" Reina replied with a slight smile.

This person is actually Hyōrinmaru, whom he obtained from a treasure chest after signing in for five consecutive years.

Of course, it didn't directly reveal a person, but rather a scroll—a special weapon anthropomorphic scroll! It's worth 500,000 points, and it's now unlocked in the shop. As long as he has 500,000 points, he can buy another one.

However, he doesn't even have 100,000 points now, let alone 500,000. He hasn't stopped signing in for the past two years and has earned a total of 111,600 points. With his usual overtime pay and other miscellaneous items, he has accumulated about 115,000 points in the past two years.

Adding his remaining points, he barely reached 200,000 points.

He originally wanted to buy a high-level swordsmanship advancement scroll so that his swordsmanship could break through to the advanced level and become a special-level swordsmanship.

However, after communicating with Hyōrinmaru and obtaining his permission, he still chose to purchase a special weapon evolution scroll and a special weapon super evolution scroll, allowing Senbonzakura to also unlock her Bankai state.

The anthropomorphized Hyōrinmaru is not as aloof as his original personality; instead, he is quite a warm person. After discussing with Reina, he gained Hyōrinmaru's approval. Now, Reina is basically always wearing Senbonzakura (a type of cherry blossom) around his waist, while Hyōrinmaru is in a humanized state for most of the time.

He chose to enhance Senbonzakura for two reasons: firstly, it would make his attack methods more diverse; secondly, buying two scrolls would only cost 150,000 points, which would allow him to keep some points on hand just in case.

In other words, in the past two years, he not only failed to accumulate points, but also had to spend more points in some other areas.

However, with the addition of Senbonzakura, Reina's attack methods have become more comprehensive. If he were to face Aokiji now, he could use Senbonzakura instead of Hyōrinmaru.

“Then let’s go! I’ll leave today’s sword practice to you as well!” Reina smiled slightly and walked with Hyōrinmaru to the stern of the Moby Dick.

Although his swordsmanship proficiency is already at its peak and training will not increase it, Reina has not given up on training. He still sets aside some time each day to practice swordsmanship with Hyōrinmaru.

A few days later, while Reina was doing his regular physical training, a crew member came and interrupted his training.

"First mate, Dad wants you to come over here!"

"Hmm? Did something happen?" Reina wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked with a smile.

Generally, everyone knows that he doesn't like to be disturbed during his workout time, so unless it's something important, people usually won't bother him.

"I don't know, it seems to be related to murlocs. I saw a murloc come to my father with a letter, and then my father asked you to go over there!" The crew member shook his head and replied.

"Fishmen? Did something happen on Fishman Island?" Reina frowned slightly, walked out of the training room, and headed towards the deck in front.

Over the years, Fishman Island has been peaceful because it flies the flag of the Whitebeard Pirates. In fact, the relationship between Fishman Island and the World Government has become more harmonious because of Jinbe, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Reina occasionally received letters from Tiger, usually thanking him for his decision to make Jinbe a Shichibukai, and mostly about trivial matters. Reina often replied to him, and the two maintained contact.

They also knew that Tiger would occasionally return to Fishman Island. Although he had been officially expelled from Fishman Island, that was not actually the case. The residents of Fishman Island regarded him as a hero.

Neptune and Queen Otohime treated him as an honored guest, but their meetings usually had to be done secretly, which Tiger made fun of himself about several times.

"Big brother, what happened?" When Reina came to the deck, he found that all the captains had already arrived. Namuer looked like he had been crying, and his eyes were still red.

"Mr. Reina!" A fishman with a topknot and a trident immediately bowed and greeted Reina upon seeing him.

"Aladdin? What brings you here? Why didn't Tiger come? It's been a long time since we last saw each other, hasn't it?" Reina greeted him with a smile.

"The captain... he's dead!" Aladdin couldn't help but lower his head and sob when he heard Reina mention Tiger.

"Dead?" Reina's smile froze on his face, then he slowly looked at Aladdin and asked, "How did he die?"

Because he had been in the world of One Piece for so long, Reina had almost forgotten some of the less important plot points from the original work. Moreover, since he and Tiger had gone to Mary Geoise together, the World Government always believed that he was the mastermind and didn't take Tiger seriously. As a result, Reina gradually forgot about Tiger's death.

Aladdin, fighting back tears, recounted what had happened. They had escorted Clark, a human girl enslaved, back to her hometown, but were betrayed by the locals and ambushed by the navy. Tiger was seriously injured in the battle and was rescued by Jinbe and others and taken to a warship they had seized from the navy.

However, the only blood stored on the navy ships was human blood, and Tiger, who loathed human blood, refused a transfusion. Before dying, he told Jinbe, Arlong, and the others that he had once been a slave and that he could no longer love humans.

He also pointed out that only Queen Otohime's peace policy is the fundamental solution to the future of fish-men and humans. Tiger believes that only by ensuring that the ignorant next generation is not influenced by hatred and discrimination can humans and fish-men truly achieve reconciliation and coexistence.

And in the end, he still had some regrets. He couldn't drink and chat with Reina anymore. He wanted Jinbe to lead the Fishman Pirates to join the Whitebeard Pirates after his death. This was something he had wanted to do for a long time. Originally, he planned to find Whitebeard and join the Whitebeard Pirates after settling all the slaves. He never expected it to turn out like this.

Ultimately, Tiger, who refused a blood transfusion, died from excessive blood loss. Jinbe originally planned to bring the rest of the crew to the Whitebeard Pirates and join them according to Tiger's last wish. However, the anti-human faction, led by Arlong, believed that humans had killed Tiger and insisted on avenging Tiger first, no matter what.

Jinbe, having failed to persuade him, could only watch as Arlong led his men back to Forsythe Island. Unexpectedly, Kizaru, who had come to deal with the matter, had not yet left when Arlong and his crew were captured by Kizaru.

As one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Jinbe had no choice but to go and rescue Arlong himself, and sent Aladdin ahead of him to tell Reina and Whitebeard about Tiger's death.

"So, Tiger died from blood loss in the end?" Reina sighed and said, "That idiot... what's the point of different races when blood leaves the body? It's precisely because the distinctions are so clear that there's always been a gap between fish and humans! Is there anything more terrifying than death? If you're not afraid of death, what are you afraid of when it comes to blood transfusions! You idiots... couldn't you just force him to have a blood transfusion first?"

When confronted with Reina's questioning, Aladdin did not refute it. It wasn't that he thought so too, but rather that he knew Reina said that because he regretted Tiger's death.

"So where is that brat Jinbe now?" Reina asked after calming down a bit.

"Before I set off, he went to see Kizaru and said that he was one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and that Arlong was one of our crew members. The Navy has no right to arrest him, and I don't know if we can communicate with him properly!" Aladdin said with a hint of worry.

"It's better if they're dead! They're all idiots! Where's Tiger's body now?" Reina said angrily.

“We’ve already arranged for someone to send him back to Fishman Island!” Aladdin said, head down, not daring to argue with Reina.

“Namuer, you and Aladdin go and bring Jinbe over. If that guy Kizaru dares to stop you, tell him to wash his neck and wait! Big brother... is this arrangement okay?” Reina said after thinking for a while.

Whitebeard nodded, indicating that there was no problem. Although his body hadn't changed much in the past two years due to the pure gold, he never interfered in such matters, so he didn't ask how Reina arranged things.

Chapter 263 The Challenge from Kaido

After receiving news of his friend Fisher Tiger's death, Reyner's mood soured, and he became much more irritable during his usual training. Whitebeard noticed the problem and found a deserted island to fight Reyner.

Finally, the deserted island disappeared, and Reina returned with a bruised and swollen face. To celebrate, everyone brought out some liquor and started a banquet.

Of course, their liquor wasn't obtained through exchange with Reina, but rather produced by Xuan Yue Island itself.

With Reina's exchange, everyone worked together to push Reina to reform the distillery, and finally, the white wine produced on Xuan Yue Island had some of the flavor of Earth's white wine.