Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Hey...hey...I say...these tattoos on your bodies look familiar? You guys...you wouldn't happen to be from the Whitebeard Pirates, would you? Hehehe..."

Chapter 307 Each with Their Own Glory

"Hey...hey...I say...these tattoos on your bodies look familiar? You...you wouldn't happen to be from the Whitebeard Pirates, would you? Hehehe..." The Blackbeard Pirates, who were retreating westward towards the Santo River, happened to run into the Falak Pirates who had come to help Reina.

As the two groups passed each other, Teach noticed their newly applied tattoos and asked if they were from the Whitebeard Pirates.

"Hahaha... You have a good eye, buddy! We are one of the pirate crews under Whitebeard!" Falak winked at his underling, who immediately took out the Whitebeard Pirates' flag.

"I really didn't expect to run into the Whitebeard Pirates here! You came all the way from the New World? I saw your Second Division Captain Fire Fist Ace and First Vice-Captain Akame Reina in Albana before!" Teach said with a smile.

"Oh? You've met our vice-captain too? Hahaha... We're not a pirate crew from the New World, but Lord Reina's newly recruited pirate crew!" Farak replied proudly.

"Hehehe... Is that so? Then have you heard of my name?" Teach and the others slowly approached the other party and said.

"Your name? Who are you?" Frank asked, frowning.

"Blackbeard Pirates Captain... Marshall D. Teach!"

"The Blackbeard Pirates? Never heard of them! Dude... in this world... do you really think there's any pirate crew that can rival our Whitebeard Pirates?" Frank thought for a moment, then shook his head and said with disdain.

“Hahahaha…” Teach burst into exaggerated laughter upon hearing the other person’s words.

"Hehe... Captain, it seems we've been underestimated!" Gamenio chuckled from the side.

“It’s okay…because…I’ll replace the Whitebeard Pirates sooner or later! Zhehahaha…” Teach said with a loud laugh.

"Hey... buddy... do you know what you're saying?" Frank's face darkened, and he immediately looked at the other person with displeasure.

"Wait... Captain... Blackbeard... It's them! Blackbeard Teach!" Just then, a member of the Franky Pirates suddenly pointed at Teach with a look of horror and shouted, "Captain, he's the traitor of the Whitebeard Pirates, Blackbeard Teach!"

"What?" Frank turned around in surprise and asked.

"There's no mistake! Captain, he's the traitor the Whitebeard Pirates are after... Blackbeard Marshall D. Teach!" the crew member shouted.

"Hehehe... Not bad! Some of you still recognize me, so you're a decent member of the Whitebeard Pirates!" Tidehunter chuckled as he approached them, then asked Frank, "So now, are you planning to run away or capture me? Hehehe..."

Frank's expression became uncertain, as if he couldn't make up his mind.

"Captain... we might not be able to beat them!" a crew member said, swallowing hard.

"Damn it... Have you forgotten? After getting this tattoo, we will also bear the honor of the Whitebeard Pirates! Running away without a fight is not the honor of the Whitebeard Pirates!" Frank pointed to the Whitebeard Pirates tattoo on his back and shouted.

His words hardened the expressions of all the crew members, who drew their weapons, ready to fight to the death.

"Zehahaha... This is really interesting... How about this! Hand over the pirate flag, and I'll spare your lives! Zehahaha..." Teach said mockingly.

Upon hearing Teach's words, Frank's eyes narrowed, and he stared at Teach, saying, "Pirate flag...? Are you dreaming? Men... will you agree? Hand over the pirate flag or... fight to the death?"

"We swear to fight to the death!"

"Captain...give the order! The honor of the Whitebeard Pirates...is to be protected by us!"

All the crew members responded in unison.

"Hahaha... Alright! Everyone, let's go!" Frank laughed loudly, winked at the crew member carrying the pirate flag, and then charged straight at Teach.

“None of you should interfere…Leave it to me!” Teach smiled slightly and said softly, “I will bring them glory!”

In Albana, in the square in front of the palace, after hearing the whole story, everyone stared in disbelief at Crocodile lying on the ground, never expecting that this man was the one who did it all.

"We... made an irreparable mistake!" Kosa said dejectedly as he sat down on the ground in front of the square.

"Regret is inevitable, sadness and frustration are unavoidable. We've lost so much, yet gained nothing..." King Cobra said as he walked.

"But we must still move forward. It doesn't matter who the enemy is, because the war is over! No one can change the past, so what we need to do now is... to live better... better... and rebuild a beautiful and peaceful Alabasta Kingdom together!"

"king!"

"His Majesty!"

Kobra, standing in front of the square, connected everyone with a single sentence. There were no longer any so-called rebels or royal troops; they all had only one name: the people of the Kingdom of Alabasta.

"What an amazing guy!" Reina said to Robin beside him, standing on a high floor of a building.

"Isn't that amazing? If Father wanted to, he could probably do it too, right?" Robin said with a smile, covering her mouth.

“No… in this respect… I am not as good as him!” Reina shook his head and replied.

His words surprised Ace and Robin, who were standing nearby.

“He is a qualified king, and I would like to have a chat with him sometime!” Reina said with a smile.

"First mate...you don't mean to..." Ace asked, somewhat surprised.

Reina shook his head and said, "You don't understand the Nefertari family. They were one of the twenty royal families that founded the World Government."

"What?" Reina's words shocked Ace and Robin, especially Robin. The World Government and the Void Century were closely related, and the Celestial Dragons, as the highest beings in the World Government, controlled everything in this world.

"But...but...they..."

"Why aren't they Celestial Dragons? Right?"

Before Robin could finish speaking, Reina said with a smile, "Perhaps their ancestors were quite farsighted, so to prevent their descendants from becoming like the Celestial Dragons, they didn't stay in Mary Geoise!"

"Is that so? That's certainly a wise choice!" Ace chuckled and said.

At this moment, Robin also thought of what King Cobra had said before, that his family had always protected the historical texts. Now it seemed that Alabasta was indeed quite different from those people in the World Government.

"Let's go, this matter has been resolved! As for the Navy... let's ignore them!" Reina said with a smile after seeing that the originally dejected Alabasta citizens had become enthusiastic.

Upon hearing this, Ace and Robin followed Reina away.

Meanwhile, at the port, Garp and Aokiji were resting on Smoker's ship, while Smoker himself was comforting his subordinate Tashigi.

"What a nuisance..." Smoker walked into the lounge with a disgruntled look, plopped down, and said.

"We should be more tolerant of young marines... Smoker!" Aokiji said with a light laugh.

“It’s just that she hasn’t experienced enough. This incident has made her doubt her sense of justice, so… Mr. Garp… I can only ask you for help! Tashigi… come in!” Smoker said, calling out to the door.

"Admiral Aokiji! Vice Admiral Garp... I'm sorry to bother you!" Tashigi greeted them immediately upon entering.

"Little girl... what's wrong? Smoker said... you're having doubts about your own sense of justice?" Garp asked with a light laugh after seeing Tashigi's dejected expression.

After a moment of silence, Tashigi gritted her teeth and said, "Yes! Vice Admiral Garp! As righteous Marines, we learned of Crocodile's plot, yet we were unable to take action against him! Our... our justice... is even less than that of a bunch of pirates..."

After saying that, Tashigi was already in tears.

"Hahaha..." But after hearing this, Garp burst into laughter and asked, "Then... what is your sense of justice? Why did you join the Navy?"

Tashigi looked at Garp, who was laughing loudly, somewhat confused, but still shouted back, "My justice... my justice is to personally arrest all the criminals and bring them to justice, and to restore peace to the world!"

"Oh? Is that so? So, in this Alabasta incident... what did you do? Did you act according to your own sense of justice?" Garp asked, his smile fading.

"No!" Tashigi replied, head bowed.

"No? Then what caused this? Was it because of your superior's orders? Or because you weren't strong enough to deal with those bad guys? Why do you feel that the Navy's way of doing things is different from your sense of justice? Isn't your justice to personally arrest all the bad guys and bring them to justice?" Garp continued to ask.

Tashigi looked up at Garp, as if she understood something.

"Hey...hey...Mr. Garp...is it really okay to say that?" Aokiji, who was already wearing an eye mask and preparing to sleep, lifted the eye mask and looked at Kakashi and asked.

"Question? What question? Kuzan... do you remember why you joined the Navy?" Garp chuckled and asked.

Aokiji froze on the spot. Since when had his respected Mr. Garp become a problematic lieutenant general in his eyes? Had Garp changed? No… it was him who had changed!

Putting his eye mask back on, Aokiji decided that sleeping was more suitable for him.

“Little girl… don’t be confused! Stick to your own sense of justice. If your superiors don’t allow it, then become your superior. If you can’t beat the bad guys, then make yourself stronger until you can beat all the bad guys… that way… wouldn’t that solve the problem?” Garp looked at Tashigi and said with a big laugh.

Tashigi's eyes shone brightly, and even Smoker, who was sitting there, smiled. Garp's words were very much to his liking.

"I understand! Vice Admiral Garp!" Tashigi roused herself and replied loudly.

"Hahahaha... You understand now? I haven't said anything yet!" Garp laughed heartily, completely disregarding the impact his words had had on Tashigi and Smoker.

Only after Aokiji sighed did he slowly fall asleep.

Chapter 308 Reina's Plans

"Lord Bell, someone is looking for you, saying they are an old friend of yours!" An Alabasta soldier approached Bell, who was speaking with Jaka, and reported.

"My old friend?" Bell was taken aback. He didn't have any old friends!

"Where is he?" Bell suddenly remembered something, his spirits lifted, and he asked.

“Right in front of the palace gates!” the soldier replied.

"Please hurry... never mind, I'll go by myself!" Bell shook his head and strode towards the main gate of the palace.

"Who is it?" Jaka asked curiously from the side.

However, Bell did not answer, but instead hurried towards the main gate of the palace.

That day, before the bomb exploded, Reina made him release it. Even so, he was still caught in the aftershocks of the explosion and thrown away.

When he regained consciousness, it was all over. When he returned to the palace, everyone who thought he was dead was overjoyed.

So after the soldier's report, he immediately thought of Reina. Currently, the only person in Alabasta who fits the description of an "old friend" is Reina.

Sure enough, when Bell arrived at the main gate of the palace, he saw Reina and Ace.

“Mr. Reina…it really is you! I’m so glad you haven’t left!” Bell said happily.

"Hehe... I came to see you because I hope I can ask you for a favor!" Reina replied with a smile.

"Please give your instructions. If it is within my power, I will do my utmost!" Bell immediately bowed and said.

"I want to see King Cobra, but I don't want anyone to know!"

“This… I wonder what Mr. Reina’s purpose is in meeting the King?” Bell hesitated for a moment before asking, “Although it is somewhat inappropriate and unnecessary, I hope Mr. Reina will allow the guards to be present!”

"Hahaha... Don't worry, it's nothing important. It's just that you know my identity. If others find out... it might not be good for your country! So, the matter of the guards is completely fine!" Reina said with a smile.

“In that case… please come with me, I will report to the King immediately!” Bell secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said.

Soon, led by Bell, Reina and Ace arrived at the king's study. Shortly after, the king, accompanied by Jackal Jaka and Icarus, also entered the study.

"Lord Reina, we meet again! Thank you once again for saving Bell's life!" King Cobra expressed his gratitude to Reina as soon as they met.

“You’re welcome, Your Majesty!” Reina returned the greeting.

"I wonder if Lord Reina has come to see me this time... is there anything I can help you with?" Cobra asked without beating around the bush.