Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

She had seen this kind of thing far too many times. So-called partners or subordinates were nothing more than pawns that could be discarded at any time.

After she relayed the order, she set off for the port. She needed to meet with the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, who should have brought her news of her father.

Thinking of this, Robin couldn't help but smile slightly.

The years she spent with Reina were the happiest time of her life.

She had already met the group of people her father had mentioned. Although they were somewhat interesting, they didn't seem any different from what she had imagined. If nothing unexpected happened, she planned to go back and continue living with her father after things were settled here.

The only thing she's still interested in is the hidden historical text of the Alabasta Kingdom. She's already found the one in the desert; now all that's left is the one hidden by the kingdom.

At this moment, the port city seems to be in turmoil because of Luffy's appearance and Smoker leading all the marines to hunt down the Straw Hat crew.

"You can't escape, Straw Hat Boy! White Fist!" Smoker's right arm materialized into an element and reached out to grab Luffy.

"Sunfire!" Suddenly, a ball of flame appeared, blocking all of Smoker's smoke.

"Hey...didn't I already tell you? He's my brother. What you're doing is putting me in a very difficult position! White Hunter!" Ace stood between Luffy and Smoker and said softly.

“Fire Fist Ace…” Smoker looked at Ace in front of him and his expression became serious. The other party was the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, which was different from Luffy, a rookie who had just entered the fray.

"Oh~~~ It's Ace! What are you doing here?" Luffy exclaimed excitedly upon seeing Ace.

“You haven’t changed at all, Luffy…” Ace turned around and said with a smile, “But now is not the time to talk. You go first, and I will catch up with you later!”

"Wait..." Just as Luffy and the others continued running, Zoro suddenly stopped and looked up at the rooftop next to him, where a person was standing.

"Hawkeye..." Zoro looked at the man who was standing there, exuding sword intent, and his fighting spirit ignited again.

However, he also knew that he was no match for him at the moment, so he forcefully suppressed his fighting spirit.

"Who is it this time?" Nami asked in surprise, looking at the man on the roof.

"That person? He is my ultimate goal! The world's greatest swordsman!" Zoro replied softly.

"Ah~~ It's him again...? He... isn't he the guy who slashed Zoro at the Baratie?" Usopp clearly recognized him and said with a hint of fear.

“Hey… Moss Head, now is not the time for you to challenge him!” Sanji said solemnly from the side.

I'm afraid Zoro might get carried away and rush up to challenge his opponent again.

Judging from the strength the opponent displayed last time, they were simply not someone they could contend with.

"Hey... Mihawk, stop those pirates! Aren't you one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea? You have an obligation to help our Navy capture pirates!" Smoker, who had also noticed Hawkeye's presence, immediately shouted.

"One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?" Luffy and his crew were all stunned when they heard Smoker's words.

"Another Shichibukai? Why... why do you all have to come to Alabasta?" Hearing that there was yet another Shichibukai like Crocodile, he shouted with a slight sense of collapse.

"So he's also one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea? Phew~ If all the Seven Warlords of the Sea are this strong... we'll have to be even more careful with our next move!" Sanji exhaled a smoke ring and said softly.

Those in the Straw Hat crew who had witnessed Hawkeye's strength knew just how powerful he was; they had underestimated the Seven Warlords of the Sea before.

“You have no right to order me around! I’m only here to accompany Fire Fist Ace to meet someone, and I’m not interested in your conflict!” Mihawk shook his head and said.

"Phew~ Thank goodness. If we had another enemy like that, things would have really gotten out of hand!" Usopp wiped the sweat from his brow and breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Mihawk's words.

However, this delay allowed Smoker's adjutant, the Marine Sergeant Tashigi who looks exactly like Zoro's childhood friend, to lead the Marines to surround them.

"Luffy, what do we do now?" Nami asked Luffy as they were surrounded.

"There's no other way but to fight!" Seeing this, Luffy was already prepared for battle.

"Hey...aren't you guys ignoring my existence too much?" At this moment, flames rose from Ace's body, turning him into a human torch, as he spoke to Smoker.

"Fire Fist Ace... why do you insist on helping these pirates? I don't want to get entangled with you anymore. Leave now, and I can pretend I didn't see anything!" Smoker, with a cigar in his mouth, said to Ace.

"Hahaha...Didn't I already say? He's my brother...Enjo-Gan!" Ace said, waving his hand, and a ring of flames appeared, directly blocking the path between the Marines and Luffy.

"Luffy, you guys go first!" Ace turned his head and said to Luffy.

After saying that, he charged straight at Smoker.

Seeing this, Luffy nodded, and together with his crew, they defeated the remaining marines and ran towards the port.

As Zoro ran, he kept glancing at Hawkeye on the roof. When he saw that Hawkeye was indeed just standing there watching the show and had no intention of making a move, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, he immediately felt a little ashamed of his act of fleeing without a fight.

"Luffy, who was that person just now? Is he really your brother?" Nami asked as she ran.

She felt that the tattoo on Ace's back looked familiar.

"Yes, he's my brother, Ace!" Luffy nodded and replied with a smile.

"I didn't expect you to have an older brother, and that you two brothers both ate Devil Fruits!" Sanji said with some surprise.

It's important to know that Devil Fruits aren't something just anyone can see, especially in the East Blue, where very few people have even heard of them.

"By the way, Vivi, which way do we go now? Where are we going?" Usopp suddenly asked Vivi.

“We can follow the river inland and then reach the desert! We’re only stopping here to replenish our supplies for the rest of the journey! We might not have this many opportunities to replenish our supplies again during the rest of the trip!” Weiwei said as she ran.

"understand!"

"What a pity that such a great shopping opportunity was ruined by some jerk!" Sanji glanced at Luffy beside him and said angrily.

"Huh? Really? I want to eat something else!" Luffy said nonchalantly, completely oblivious to the situation.

Fortunately, everyone has gotten used to Luffy, so they've stopped bothering with him.

The group ran and jogged until they finally reached the shore, where the Going Merry was docked.

Chapter 283 Related

"Karu! Wait a minute!" Weiwei stopped Karu, who was about to board the ship, and said, "I have an important matter for you to handle! You will depart from here and go directly to Albana to deliver this letter to my father! It contains my and Ikaram's investigation into Baroque Works, as well as all the conspiracies of Crocodile!"

And I've also assured you that I'm alive and will return with a group of the best of friends! Can you do it? Cross the desert alone and reach Albana!

"Quack quack!!" Karu gave a salute, indicating that he would definitely complete the mission.

When Weiwei saw Karu setting off, she breathed a sigh of relief, then rallied and returned to her strong self.

In fact, Princess Weiwei is portrayed in great detail in the original work. She is a very formidable character, not in terms of strength, but in terms of intelligence.

Even as a child, Weiwei knew how to consider the nation's interests and remained calm in the face of the Drum King's rudeness, which shows that she was deeply influenced by her father from a young age. Moreover, all the evidence suggests that she is a wise general who is good at analyzing situations.

When Nami fell seriously ill just after leaving Little Garden, she decided to have the ship find a place to treat Nami first, and then head to Alabasta. Did she value Nami more than her own people?

Why didn't she choose to go to Alabasta first and then treat Nami? This is precisely where Vivi's intelligence lies; in this respect, she is far more capable than her father, King Cobra.

Luffy and his crew are her only bargaining chip to save the kingdom, and she has witnessed Luffy and Zoro's strength. These people are important pieces in Vivi's hands, and none of them can be missing.

Moreover, she and Luffy's crew had only recently met, and she absolutely couldn't let her cause discord within the team. When you're under someone else's roof, you have to endure the humiliation.

It would be absolutely unacceptable for Vivi to be abandoned by Luffy and his crew because of her excessive demands, so she chose to follow the opinion of the majority of the crew.

Therefore, in the original work, Weiwei is a very powerful strategist.

After Karu left, Luffy and the others set sail inland, where they discussed Luffy's brother.

"Ace didn't eat any Devil Fruits before, but he was still very strong. I always lost when we fought! In short, he was a very powerful person!" Luffy explained to everyone with a smile.

"You've never won even once? Was he just an ordinary person back then?" Nami asked in surprise upon hearing Luffy's words.

"As expected, the monster's brother is a monster!" Usopp said enviously.

He wanted to have great strength and become a brave sea warrior.

"Yeah! But right now... I'll definitely win! Hahaha..." Luffy said with a loud laugh.

"Who do you think you'll beat?" Suddenly, Ace appeared behind Luffy, standing on the gunwale of the Going Merry, and asked with a smile.

"Ace...!!" Luffy shouted excitedly upon seeing Ace.

Ace smiled, then greeted Luffy's crew, saying, "Hello, thank you all for taking care of my brother! This guy is a bit of a handful; he's caused you a lot of trouble, hasn't he?"

"That's right!" Everyone except Luffy quickly returned the greeting.

"Hahaha..." Luffy, on the other hand, was completely oblivious and was laughing happily to the side.

"Luffy, I didn't expect to meet you here! You still look the same!" Ace said with a smile.

"Hehehe... I've become even stronger! By the way, Ace, what brings you to this country?!" Luffy asked curiously.

"I'm here on some business, mainly on the orders of the first mate, so I have no choice..." Ace shrugged and said, "By the way, would you like to join our Whitebeard Pirates? Of course, your crewmates can come along too!"

"No!" Luffy replied firmly.

"Pfft, haha... I knew you'd answer like that. Oh well, I was just mentioning it casually anyway!" Ace said with a laugh.

"The Whitebeard Pirates?" Nami and Vivi exclaimed in surprise at the same time as Ace finished speaking.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Ace and Luffy both looked at the two of them, seemingly not understanding why they reacted so strongly to the Whitebeard Pirates.

"Um... which Whitebeard Pirates crew are you talking about?" Nami hesitated for a moment before asking.

"There should only be one Whitebeard Pirates crew on this vast sea!" Ace chuckled, pointing to the tattoo on his back. "This is our glory!"

Nami swallowed hard and asked, "Do you know Reina? Benedict D. Reina!"

"Huh? You know our vice-captain?" Ace was taken aback, not expecting Luffy's crewmate to use Reina's full name. Although Reina's full name was now on the bounty poster, most people still called him Reina.

Luffy and the others looked at Nami in confusion, as they had never heard of the name.

"Hey...hey...no way? The Reina you're talking about, you wouldn't happen to be that Reina, would you?" At this moment, Usopp suddenly remembered something and asked with a hint of surprise.

"What's with all this Reina and that Reina?" Luffy and the others were completely confused and didn't understand at all.

"I remember hearing this name from Nami's sister and mother back in Cocoyasi Village. It seems that Nami's navigation skills were taught by that person, and he seemed to be a pirate. I never expected him to be such a big shot!" Usopp recalled.

“Yes! When I was little, he came to Cocoyasi Village. It seems he was just passing through, and there was an annoying girl with him! He was the one who gave me books on seafaring and left some of his own nautical diaries, which is why I am so familiar with the waters of the Grand Line!” Nami nodded and said.

"I see..." Everyone nodded in understanding.

"Ah~ you're not talking about eleven years ago, are you?" Ace asked in surprise, startled.

After thinking for a moment, Nami nodded and said, "That's right, it was at that time!"

"Hahaha... Fate is truly amazing! Luffy, do you remember when we first met? The old man who tried to steal your straw hat!" Ace said with a smile.

"Ah! I remember now, that incredibly powerful but annoying guy! He's the one who tried to steal the hat Shanks gave me!" Upon hearing Ace's words, Luffy immediately remembered.

“That’s right. Mr. Reina was chasing Shanks to the East Blue that time, and he must have passed through your hometown on the way! Later, he met me and Luffy in Windmill Village, and after learning that Shanks had left, he returned to Crescent Moon Island!” Ace nodded and said.

"So, Mr. Reina... is he... is he alright?" Nami asked with a hint of trepidation.