Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Well... cough cough... our country is small and our population is small, so naturally we can't compare to Your Majesty's Whitebeard Pirates, which are full of powerful figures!" the king said with a smile.

"Bastard... I'll kill you!" But at this moment, Xikou Hua, who had been sent flying, roared and his entire body began to swell, slowly transforming into a giant crocodile.

"A Zoan-type Devil Fruit user? Interesting... That's more like it!" Reina smiled slightly, looking at Nishiguchi Hana who was striding towards him, and said.

"Eighth Brother! Why aren't you backing down?" But before Xikou Hua could attack, the king, who was standing there, shouted loudly, and Xikou Hua, who was running, actually stopped slowly, and even his transformation was canceled.

"Please excuse my rudeness, I will take you to the treasury!" The king smiled slightly at Reina and said.

Reina's lips curled slightly; things seemed to be getting interesting, and the king didn't seem as simple as he appeared.

However, Reina wasn't curious about their affairs; all he wanted now was to get the treasure, find Lakyo, and leave.

So, led by the king, Reina followed them to a basement. After opening the heavy iron door, Reina entered the palace's treasury.

"This contains the treasures of the past kings of our Western Kingdom. Your Excellency Reina, you are welcome to go in and take a look!" the king said, gesturing for him to enter.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony!" Reina nodded and went straight inside.

After Reina entered the treasure vault, Nishiguchi Hana, who was following behind the king, asked with some confusion, "Brother... why be so polite to him? We don't even know if he's a member of the Whitebeard Pirates!"

The king glanced at Xikou Hua and said, "Whether he is or not, we have only lost some treasure. Didn't you realize it when you fought him just now? You were no match for him at all!"

"That's because I wasn't serious. Once I use my Devil Fruit power, he definitely won't be a match for me!" Nishiguchi Hana said defiantly.

"Idiot, you think you're the only one with Devil Fruit powers? Maybe he is too? If you have nothing else to do, go find his companions. They've already infiltrated the palace, and you can't even find a trace of them. It's utterly shameful!" the king said in a deep voice.

"I don't even know if what he said is true! If he really had any companions, how could they not be found? The guards have practically turned the entire palace upside down!" Xikou Hua muttered to himself.

"Are you going or not?" the king asked, glancing at him.

"Go, go, go... I'll go right away!" Xikou Hua didn't dare to say another word and immediately left with his guards, leaving the king there to wait for Reina.

Upon entering the treasure vault, Reina did not examine the treasures carefully. Instead, he quickly touched each one. If it was a treasure from the treasure map, the system would naturally react.

However, after Reina touched all the treasures, the system did not react at all.

"So it really isn't here? Did they hide it somewhere else... or did they really not find the treasure?" Reina stroked his chin, starting to think.

If he and Lakyo had found this place last night, he might have thought that the king had not found the treasure. However, after observing the king of Xikou today, he felt that there was a very high possibility that the other party had already obtained the treasure.

In other words, the other party may have other treasure locations, and Lakyo... may very well be there.

So now all he has to do is find that place.

"Well? Has Your Excellency found what you need?" the king asked with a smile as he saw Reina emerge.

Reina, carrying a bag, said with a grin, "We've found them! Now... as long as we find my companion... we can leave!"

"Is that so? But... we've practically turned the entire palace upside down, and we still haven't found anyone. Could it be that your companions have already gone back?" the king said with a smile.

“Hmm…you’re right…very likely, then I’ll go back and take a look!” Reina pretended to think for a moment and then nodded.

"No need to rush. Since you're here, let's have lunch together before you go back! It'll be good for me, the host, to entertain you!" the king said with a smile.

"Is that so? Then I'll gladly accept!" Reina nodded in satisfaction and agreed.

So the group returned to the palace, had a sumptuous lunch, and then Reina took his leave.

After Reina left, the king immediately ordered the treasures to be opened and an inventory to check what was missing.

"Your Majesty! A guard just reported that some gold ornaments are missing; they must have been taken by the other party!" the head guard reported to the king.

"Did they just take some gold?" the king asked, frowning.

"Yes, don't pirates all love gold? They use treasure maps as an excuse, but all they want is treasure!" the captain of the guard replied with a hint of disdain.

"No... something still doesn't seem right... If they were really just after some gold, with their strength, regardless of whether they were the Whitebeard Pirates or not, they could have come and robbed them openly. Why would they do something so unnecessary?" The king tilted his head and pondered.

"Could it be that they don't have enough manpower, so they don't dare to attack us at all?" the captain of the guards speculated.

"That's possible... but... that treasure map... no, I'm still a little uneasy! Strengthen the guards, I need to go check the secret chamber!" the king said after thinking for a moment.

Chapter 352 Treasure Hunt Ends

After leaving the palace, Reina secretly met with the members waiting at the kingdom's gate. Upon learning that Lakyo had still not returned, Reina decided to sneak back into the palace.

However, when he re-entered the palace, he found that there were many more guards than before, which made him feel that his plan to alert the enemy might have worked.

He carefully made his way to the palace where he had been received earlier, and there he saw the king rushing off somewhere. So Reina followed him without hesitation.

"Huh... this is... a prison cell?" Reina was stunned when he saw the king enter the prison cell alone.

He had been here several times, but had not found anything unusual.

But now that Nishiguchi II has come here, it proves that something is definitely different here.

However, there were quite a few guards at the entrance, making it virtually impossible to sneak in unnoticed.

"This is the only way... Sharingan... Activate!" Reina looked directly at the Mangekyou Sharingan, and then a red light flashed in his left eye. Instantly, all the guards stood there, frozen in place.

This is the eye technique "Pressure Manipulation" attached to his left eye, which releases pressure similar to Conqueror's Haki, allowing him to easily control those weak guards.

After seeing that all the guards had fallen victim to the trap, Reina quickly passed them and followed them into the prison.

"Click!" But when he entered, he only heard the sound of a mechanism moving from the back of the prison. By the time he got there, everything had returned to normal.

“It seems there are still some mechanisms…” Reina searched carefully around the spot, but did not find any mechanisms.

Just as he was considering whether to flick the head on the head, the ground beneath his feet suddenly began to shake.

Immediately afterwards, he seemed to sense that a battle was taking place underground.

“It’s Lakyo…” Reina immediately deduced that Lakyo must have fought with King Nishiko II, who had just gone down.

"Thump thump thump..." After finding out where Laco was, Reina began to tap the ground to see where it was hollow.

"Found it!" When Reina tapped the ground, the hollow sound immediately confirmed the location for him.

"Boom!" A punch blasted open the ground, revealing a staircase in front of Reina.

After walking down the stairs for a while, he saw Nishiguchi II lying on the ground, and Lakyo, who was wielding a meteor hammer and acting quite arrogantly.

"Yo~ you've finally arrived! If you hadn't come... I would have starved to death here!" Lacjoo said with a smile as soon as he saw Reina.

"By the way... did you kill him?" Reina asked, glancing at Nishiguchi II lying on the ground.

"Who is this guy? He's got some strength..." Laqué shook his head and said, "He's probably not dead yet, but if he stays lying here... well, who knows!"

“He is the king of this country, Nishiko II!” Reina shrugged and said.

"What? The king? No way?" Lakyo was stunned; he really hadn't expected it to be the king.

"Where is this place?" Reina asked after looking around.

As for Nishiguchi II... Reina said he didn't care.

“This should be their kingdom’s treasure vault. After we parted ways that day, I didn’t find any clues, so I came back to wait for you. I accidentally discovered the entrance here, but after entering, I found that I couldn’t get out! So I’ve been waiting here for you to come and save me!” Lakyo said with a smile.

"Are you an idiot? Don't you know how to break through the wall to get out? It's just a regular wall... it shouldn't be difficult for you, right?" Reina said helplessly.

"Isn't it because I was worried about not being able to take all the treasures here? Anyway, I can still hold on. If you're really too stupid to find me, I can always leave at the last minute!" Lakyo said with a smile. "See, now you're here."

While talking to Lacjo, Reina began to examine the treasures here. He soon discovered that these were the treasures on the treasure map, because the system had already notified him that he had completed the task and that the reward would be distributed along with his daily wages that evening.

“Let’s pick out some easy-to-carry, valuable things! That king must have been a Devil Fruit user too, right? They probably took the most valuable Devil Fruits here, and there’s not much left!” Reina said after picking and choosing a few things.

"Hey... these things aren't trash! If we take all the treasure here, we could at least build half of Crescent Moon Island!" Lakyo immediately objected. "Besides, we worked hard to find this, why shouldn't we take it?"

"Then tell me... how do I take it away!?" Reina asked speechlessly.

“Isn’t he here?” Lakio pointed at the fallen Nishiguchi II and said, “Since he’s the king, why not just have him send someone to smuggle him out?”

Do you think he would agree?

"Why shouldn't I? This is someone I finally found. If I don't want to... I'll kill him!" Lakyo said with a thuggish air.

“Then King of Xikou…you tell me…are you willing?” Reina asked the fallen King of Xikou II.

When he came in, he already realized that the other person was not unconscious, or rather, had already regained consciousness.

"Aren't you going a bit too far? You came to my country, robbed our treasures, and yet you speak with such self-righteousness?" Nishiguchi II said slowly as he stood up, seeing that his pretense had been exposed.

“I think I’ve told you my purpose before, haven’t I? It’s not that we’re incapable of taking all the treasure here, but that it’s unnecessary. So, you’d better agree to our demands, otherwise my companions might really come and take all your treasure… You know… we’re pirates!” Reina said with a light laugh.

"Alright, I agree! I'll have everything here sent to the port!" After a moment of silence, Nishiguchi II finally gave in, since treasure was not as important as his own life.

"Don't shortchange me. I've memorized everything here!" Lakyo said to Nishiguchi II before leaving.

Nishiguchi II did not answer. Right now, he just wanted these two killing gods to leave as soon as possible. His injuries were very serious. Although he had barely pulled himself back from the brink of death thanks to the powerful regenerative abilities of his Zoan-type, he still needed to receive the necessary treatment.

Soon, Reina and Laco brought King Nishiko II out of the basement. When the guards saw the king's appearance, they immediately drew their weapons and pointed them at Reina and Laco, demanding that they release the king.

"Then... don't forget our promise!" After patting Nishiguchi II's face, Lakyo and Reina laughed and left.

The two who left went directly to meet up with Kingdo, and then the whole group returned to the pirate ship. If the other party broke the agreement, they would launch an attack immediately.

Fortunately, Nishiguchi II did not do that, but instead actually sent all the treasure over.

"Please take stock and see if anything is missing!" The person in charge of the transport was Nishikoku II's younger brother, Nishikoku Hana, who was known as the strongest warrior in the entire kingdom.

Lacjo didn't stand on ceremony with him and started the examination right in front of him.

“That’s right, the numbers match!” After checking, Laco nodded to Reina.

"Then let's leave as agreed!" Reina ordered immediately upon seeing this.

So the pirate ship set sail again and left the island.

"That guy is really arrogant. He's obviously weak, yet he still dares to be so presumptuous!" Lakyo said with a disdainful look, looking at Nishiguchi Hana who was still standing on the beach.

“Alright, this country is a bit strange, but... it has nothing to do with us... we've already gotten what we wanted!” Reina shook his head and said.

Standing at the harbor, watching the departing pirate ship, Nishiguchi Hana sneered and asked the guard beside him, "Did you do as I said?"

"Yes, sir, I have done exactly as you instructed!" the guard replied immediately.

"Very well... Just a bunch of pirates, yet they dare to rob us! Hmph, they're asking for death!" Xikou Hua said with a sneer.

But after watching the pirate ship sail away until it was almost out of sight, and still nothing happened, he turned his head and asked, "Are you sure the things are in place? Why didn't it explode?"

"This... sir... we really did put the bomb inside the treasure as you instructed!" the guard said, trembling.

Just then, a flash of fire appeared before Xikou Hua's eyes, followed by an explosion and a huge impact that sent him flying.

"What idiots, trying to tamper with things right in front of us... If they couldn't even detect the bomb... we would have been wiped out long ago!" Laco said mockingly, looking at the explosion coming from the port.