Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

“Idiot, that’s a Devil Fruit! I just don’t know what your ability is. It seems to be related to fire. You can ask our captain about that. He’s a Paramecia-type Tremor-Tremor Fruit user. I’m different from you. My ability comes from my bloodline!” Reina said with a smile.

Marco was taken aback and looked at Whitebeard, who was at the helm. Whitebeard nodded slightly to Marco, indicating that this was indeed the case.

"I...I'm really not some kind of demon?" Marco said, somewhat agitated.

"If all demons were as weak as you, how would they manage Hell?" Reina said dismissively, curling his lip.

“I’m not weak at all. My abilities are amazing. I can heal any injury!” Marco immediately retorted upon hearing Reina’s words.

"Oh? A flame with healing abilities? I don't think I've ever heard of such a fruit! It doesn't seem to be a Logia type either, could it be a Paramecia type?" Reina said, pretending to guess.

"No, I think it's a Zoan-type!" The white-bearded man shook his head and suddenly interjected.

"Huh? Why do you say that, brother?" Reina asked in surprise.

Could Whitebeard really know Marco's abilities just by glancing at him before he fully transformed? That's too exaggerated.

“Look closely, your body changed when you used your ability. Although it didn’t change completely, I guess that’s why he can’t use it skillfully. This kind of ability that changes the shape of the body itself is very likely a Zoan type!” Whitebeard shook his head and said.

"Kid, give it your all and see!" Reina said to Marco. "Focus your attention and feel the changes in your body!"

Upon hearing this, Marco took a deep breath and then slowly closed his eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Marco's body began to change. His hands turned into wings, his legs into the claws of some kind of bird, and his head into the head of a bird. Moreover, his entire body was burning with blue flames, but these flames did not have the burning characteristics of ordinary flames, which was very strange.

“It really is a Zoan type! But this kind of flame… could it be a phoenix? But that doesn’t make sense! Although phoenixes do have the ability to rise from the ashes, they don’t have this kind of healing ability!” Reina stroked his chin, pretending to guess.

"It's the Phoenix! Zoan type, Bird-Bird Fruit, Phoenix form, belonging to the Mythical Zoan type, an extremely rare fruit!" Whitebeard, as expected of a knowledgeable and powerful figure, immediately recognized Marco's fruit.

"What... how did I become like this?" Marco looked at his hands and feet and asked in a somewhat frightened manner.

"Alright, big brother, it's your turn to finish the rest of the lessons. I'm not as familiar with Devil Fruits as you are!" Reina smiled, ran over to take over Whitebeard's helm, and told him to explain to Marco.

Whitebeard's explanation was very hardcore: he simply took a Devil Fruit encyclopedia from the cabin, tossed it to Marco to look at, and then left it at that.

“Brother…isn’t this a bit too casual? You should at least teach him how to use his abilities!” Reina said to Newgate, somewhat speechless, as he watched Marco watching with great interest.

“No one is a master because they were taught by others. Everything depends on yourself. When you first joined the ship, you were not even as good as Marco. And now? You are a pirate with a bounty of 30 million! Did anyone teach you?” Newgate shook his head and said.

“That’s true, but the effect of having someone to teach you and not having someone to teach you is very different. At least you’ll avoid a lot of detours!” Reina shook his head and said.

“Gurararar… Kid, are you a Zoan type or am I? Since neither of us are, how can we teach him? The only thing we can teach him is physical skills and training methods. Don’t you know these?” Newgate asked, glancing sideways at Reina.

"I understand...but..."

“There’s no such thing as ‘but’ or ‘no’…Are you the captain or am I the captain…?” Newgate said directly, mimicking what Reina usually said to Marco.

Reina rolled his eyes, dropped the rudder, and walked toward Marco. Having suffered a loss in front of the old man, he naturally wanted to get revenge on the younger one.

"Marco... your injuries have already healed, haven't they? Keep training!" Reina said with a dark face, choosing to continue massaging Marco.

Newgate sat at the ship's wheel with a broad smile, watching Reina teach Marco a lesson while sipping his drink, feeling that this was the kind of happiness life could offer.

A few days later, Marco gradually mastered his abilities, and with the characteristics of the phoenix, he was now able to fight Reina to a standstill.

Of course, Marco is usually the one who falls in the end. Although Reina doesn't have Armament Haki and his attacks aren't very effective against Marco, Marco isn't familiar with using his abilities yet, so he can only passively use the effects of fire healing to fight a tug-of-war with Reina.

With his Black Emperor abilities and Sharingan powers, Reina can often quickly lock down the battle and beat Marco to a pulp.

"This won't do! This kid is getting more and more skilled at controlling his abilities. I'll be at a huge disadvantage if I fight him without Armament Haki!" After finishing training for the day, Reina felt a deep sadness as he looked at Marco lying on the deck, unable to get up.

He truly deserves to be a world-renowned pirate; his potential and talent are indeed formidable.

"Big brother... I want to learn Armament Haki and Observation Haki!" After the battle, Reina sent Marco to train in physical skills, but he went to Whitebeard to ask about the training methods of Haki.

“The training of Armament Haki requires a strong body, and you can indeed start training Observation Haki now. Originally, I wanted to wait until your physical fitness was stronger before starting to train your Armament Haki and Observation Haki. After all, with your Sharingan, whether you have Observation Haki or not is not very meaningful in battle!” Newgate seemed to have known that Reina would come to ask, and said directly.

"Does Big Brother mean that my physical strength is not enough right now, so it's a bit of a stretch for me to practice Armament Haki?" Reina asked, taken aback.

“No, with your physical abilities, you can indeed start training Armament Haki now, but… I still hope you can wait a bit longer and let your body become stronger before you begin!” Whitebeard said after considering it for a moment.

“I understand, thank you, brother!” Reina nodded and said.

He understood what Newgate meant. His physical fitness had just met the standard, which was why Newgate wanted him to wait so that he wouldn't injure his body during training.

So, in the following days, Reina devoted all his time outside of work to physical training, and even Marco, who was training alongside him, began to feel the strain.

"Idiot, don't compare yourself to him. He started training physical skills before you. You have to take things one step at a time. If you force yourself to train with him like this, you'll only hurt your body!" Finally, Newgate, unable to bear it any longer, stopped Marco from continuing to train with Reina.

Chapter 29 Naval Zephyr

"Island sighted ahead!" Marco shouted excitedly from the mast.

"Okay, I understand. You come down and take the helm. I need to go and record the nautical log!" Reina, who was usually at the helm, nodded and replied to Marco.

After a period of sailing, they finally arrived at the next island.

"Brother, this is the food list we need to buy. Once we get to the island, I'll trouble you and Marco to buy it!" Back in the cabin, Reina handed Newgate a slip of paper and said.

"Hmm? Aren't you going to get off the ship and take a look around?" Newgate asked, turning his head to the side.

"No, there's still some work to be done on the ship. Also... kid, this is for you!" Reina shook his head and tossed a weighted suit to Marco.

Marco, who was at the helm, was immediately delighted to see the load-bearing suit and quickly stepped forward to catch it.

"Thank you... First mate!" After hesitating for a moment, Marco still didn't say the two words that Reina was expecting.

Although Reina calls Newgate "Big Brother," he is actually about the same age as Marco, practically the same age. So Marco simply can't bring himself to call him "Uncle."

However, Marco knew that Reina usually did the work on the ship, and he still needed to train on his own. So, Reina made this weighted suit for Marco himself in the cabin every night after they had all gone to sleep.

Newgate told Marco all of this after he discovered it, so he was very moved. He had been an orphan since childhood and was ostracized because of his Devil Fruit, so he had never experienced the feeling of being cared for.

"Alright, try it on and see if it fits. If there's anything wrong, I'll make some alterations!" Reina waved his hand and said with a smile.

This weighted suit was naturally one he had redeemed again; he had thrown away the previous one, so he redeemed a new one a few days ago.

However, this weighted suit was made based on his body shape and did not fit Marco's body shape, so after he redeemed it, he needed to modify it himself, otherwise Marco would not be able to wear it at all.

Newgate discovered it when Reyner was reworking the weighted suit, and then secretly told Marco.

"Perfect! Perfect! Perfect!" Marco nodded and said even before putting them on.

"You know it fits without even putting it on?" Reina ignored him, forced Marco to put it on, and then made him do a few movements to see if it hindered his movements.

"It looks pretty good. How do you feel about it? If there's anything that doesn't fit, you have to say it. This is no joke! The weights in the weighted suit are designed with specific weights in mind. If it doesn't fit properly, it will cause your muscles to become uncoordinated, and wearing it for a long time will have a huge impact on you in the future. So you have to speak up, understand?" Reina said seriously.

“Well… okay, my left arm seems a bit tight, making it a little inconvenient for me to swing my arm!” Marco pointed to a clearly altered area on his left arm and said.

“Okay, don’t move. Let me measure it again. Since this is the first time I’ve made one for someone else, it’s not perfect. Okay, take it off. I’ll alter it for you tonight!” Reina said after marking the weighted suit.

Marco reluctantly took off his weighted suit and handed it to Reina.

“Alright, once we reach the shore, you and the captain go buy food and drinks. Don’t waste money! We haven’t encountered a single pirate ship in the past few days, and we haven’t made a single penny. Captain, shouldn’t we think of something?” Reina took out a stack of Berries from his pocket, handed them to Newgate, and said.

Marco, standing to the side, looked like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare, his face turning red from holding it in.

Seeing this, Newgate punched Marco directly in the head, and a large bump immediately swelled up on Marco's head.

Unfortunately, Reina was in charge of everything on the ship, including the Berry, since the two of them had nothing when they set sail and the Berry was Reina's own.

Fortunately, they occasionally received some Berry in their daily overtime pay; otherwise, they would have starved to death sooner or later because they couldn't afford food.

"Didn't we get three million Berries for the warships we sold before?" Newgate said after thinking for a moment.

“Brother… what can three million do? We’ve already spent almost all of it on food and drinks before we even set off!” Reina said helplessly.

There's no way around it, Newgate likes to drink, and now Reina likes to drink too. But it's not cost-effective to exchange liquor from the store, so naturally he has to use Berries to buy some good liquor.

Most of the three million Berries last time were spent on fine wine.

"Alright, I'll see how it goes!" Newgate said with a hint of helplessness.

Upon arriving at the island, Newgate took Marco ashore, while Reina remained on the boat. Although he had finished his work for the day, he still had some overtime to finish, so he simply didn't bother to disembark.

Last month's attendance check-in was interrupted for a few days due to the God Valley Battle, so he didn't get the full attendance gift. This month, Reina is determined not to let the interruption happen again, otherwise he really would be tempted to kill someone.

Little did Reina know that not long after Newgate and Marcodon Island, a naval warship appeared on the distant sea.

"Lord Zephyr, I heard that Marshal Kong intends to promote you to admiral?" On the deck of the warship, a naval officer asked with a smile next to Vice Admiral Zephyr.

"It's best not to make any statements that aren't certain!" Zefa shook his head and said.

Zephyr joined the Navy at the age of 14 in order to become a hero, and entered the Naval Academy at the same time as Garp, Sengoku, Tsuru and others.

At the age of 34, he earned the nickname "Black Arm" due to his powerful Armament Haki, and was a very strong Vice Admiral in the Navy.

Some time ago, Garp defeated the Rocks Pirates and was hailed as a hero of the Navy. After the Navy's assessment at the end of the year, it is estimated that both he and Garp will be promoted to Admiral. As for Sengoku, who is on par with the two of them, he is slightly inferior in terms of battle record and will probably have to wait until he has enough achievements before he can be promoted.

"Report! Island spotted ahead! Shall we dock?" At that moment, a soldier ran over and asked.

"Hmm... Let's dock! We don't have much supplies left on the ship, let's dock and replenish them!" Zefa thought for a moment and then nodded.

Soon, Zefa's warships arrived at the island and docked in the harbor.

"Lord Zephyr, look! It's a pirate ship!" As soon as they entered the port, they spotted a triangular sailing ship, arrogantly flying a pirate flag and brazenly docked in the harbor.

“I’ve never seen this flag before! Is this some kind of prank? What kind of pirates would just openly dock in a port like this? And look, there’s no sign of the port being attacked at all!” Zephyr’s lieutenant said with a smile after looking around.

Actually, this was Reina's mistake. His understanding of the One Piece world came more from the anime world in his memory, a world that was already in the Great Pirate Era.

He didn't know that pirates in this era would put away their pirate flags before entering a port unless they were attacking a small island. Although they wouldn't change the mainsail, the mainsails were also put away when they docked, and most people wouldn't notice the pattern on them unless they looked closely.

After he came to this world, he basically stayed with the Rocks Pirates. The Rocks Pirates never lowered their flags when they entered a port because they were powerful enough, which gave Reina the illusion that this was always the case.

As for Whitebeard Newgate, he was used to everything Reina had arranged, so he forgot about this unwritten rule. In addition, he disdained to lower his pirate flag, so even if he had seen it, he wouldn't have reminded Reina.

The other navy officers unanimously agreed with Lieutenant Zephyr's words, all believing it to be a prank and therefore not intending to pay any attention to it.

Just then, Reina finished writing his logbook and was about to go out to practice his physical skills when he saw a naval warship parked not far away.

"That's... Black Arm Zephyr?" Reina recognized Zephyr at first glance. After all, he was one of the Navy's three major combat forces, and Zephyr was easily recognizable.

"Hmm? Little guy, are you a pirate?" Zephyr was about to leave, but his second-in-command teased him with a smile after seeing Reina.

Reina couldn't laugh when he heard the question, because he didn't dare to deny it. This was the strange rule set by the system. If he denied his identity as a pirate, it would mean that he had given up his pirate career. So, not to mention anything else, he would definitely miss the day's sign-in.

If this had happened a few days earlier, Reina would have denied it without a second thought!

But the new month has only just begun, and it's already cut off? And then I won't get my perfect attendance bonus for the month?

The thought of the perfect attendance bonus made Reina furious, and he shouted at the other side, "Who said that? I'm a pirate!"

After shouting, Reina regretted it immediately; he deserved to die! Judging from what had just happened, the Navy had clearly misunderstood something and therefore did not consider him a pirate.

If he just pretends, he has a good chance of getting away with it. But if he shouts like this now, it will definitely attract the attention of the navy. If he is recognized, it will be terrible.