Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Huh?" Reina was taken aback. So it wasn't from that place after all.

Hearing Olga's words, Reina secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Haven't you tried how to get out?"

"Nonsense, if I tried, would you still be able to find me here?"

"So what do we do now? Just wait for this Lantern Lord to vomit?"

Mischina Asie watched Reina and Olga discussing how to get out, then suddenly laughed and said, "If you want to vomit, the best thing is a bloated stomach!"

"Stomach bloating?" Reina and Olga looked at Mischina Asie at the same time and asked.

"That's right, bloating is the easiest way to vomit!"

"How can we make Lord Lantern feel bloated?"

The three of them looked at each other and fell silent.

It's very difficult for such a huge lanternfish to feel bloated.

“How about I try attacking its stomach?” Reina suggested.

Mischna Assie and Olga exchanged glances and could only nod, letting Reina give it a try, since they really had no other choice.

"Phew~ You guys sit on the water lizards first. If you make too much noise later, remember to protect yourselves." Reina said as he started warming up, and then began to frantically attack the surrounding stomach walls.

While attacking, Reina also absorbed the recoil force from the stomach wall. When he reached his limit, Reina took a deep breath and kicked the stomach wall that he had hit multiple times.

"Boom boom boom..." After being hit by Reina, the lanternfish's entire stomach began to shake.

"It's here! The acid is starting to reflux!" Olga, who had been observing the flow of the stomach acid, suddenly shouted to Reina.

Reina quickly leaped over Olga and rode with her on Elizabeth, following the backflow of acidic water as they ran outside.

"No, it's too slow! We won't make it in time!" Mischina Asie shouted worriedly after observing carefully for a while.

"Watch this!" As he passed a damaged ship, Reina jumped up and kicked the hull, sending pieces of wood flying everywhere.

"Quick, get the water lizards up there! We'll ride the planks and let the acid carry us out!" Reina shouted as he gathered a few planks in mid-air and tossed them to Olga.

Olga immediately understood what Reina meant, caught the plank, and then directed Elizabeth to go up.

Chapter 38 Reina's Way to Make Money

"Ah~~ I'm finally out!" Olga, sitting on Elizabeth's lap, looked at the boundless sea and shouted excitedly.

Reina also breathed a sigh of relief. They almost missed it, but now it was all over. They finally got out, but they didn't know where they were now or how far they were from the nearest island.

"Look, it's Lord Lantern!" Mischina Asie exclaimed, looking at the giant lanternfish behind her.

“Wait… the lantern on the lanternfish’s head…” Reina turned around and saw the huge lanternfish’s entire body, and was immediately attracted by the huge lantern that was emitting light.

“Did you notice? That’s right, Lord Lantern extracted all the pure gold it swallowed into its lantern. The lantern on its head… is a huge piece of pure gold!” Mischina Asie nodded in confirmation.

Reina swallowed hard. How much money could he make if he sold this?

"So never take out pure gold at the beach, or Lord Lantern will find it and devour it!" Mischina Asie warned.

He gave the last piece of pure gold he made to Reina and vowed never to make pure gold again. Now, Olga wears a ring with a small piece of pure gold in it, enough to prolong her life.

"By the way, are you guys going to board the ship? My pirate crew... the Whitebeard Pirates!" Reina asked with a smile.

To be honest, Olga hadn't considered this issue before coming out. Her mother died at the hands of pirates, so she was very disgusted with them. However, Reina had made a good impression on her, so she hesitated.

As for Mischna Asie, he didn't care about any of that; wherever Olga was, he was there too!

“Of course, there’s no need to make a decision now. Let’s head to the first half of the Grand Line to find that medical superpower and see if we can cure Olga’s condition!” Reina said with a smile when he saw Olga’s hesitation.

“They think our first priority right now is to find food and an island, otherwise even with the water lizards, we’ll probably die at sea!” Olga said after looking around.

"Anyway, let's choose a direction to move forward!" After driving Mischna Asie off the water lizard Chabes and letting the father and daughter ride on Elizabeth together, Reina finally got his wish and gained control of Chabes.

"Dr. A-Sie, can't you really give me Chabes?" Reina couldn't help but ask again as they walked forward.

“I’m so sorry, Chabes isn’t my pet. It’s just helping me get to Alkemi. If it wants to come with you on its own, I have no problem with that!” Asie said apologetically.

"Alright!" Reina has no intention of subduing Chabes for the time being. Right now, he still needs Chabes's abilities on the high seas. If he fails to subdue him, he can't exactly swim forward!

So Reina didn't make a move until they found the island.

During this period, his working hours have been consistently below the required standard, so his attendance tracking has completely stopped. What he needs to do now is find a ship and experiment with how to continue his attendance tracking.

He saw from his character interface that his identity was still the vice-captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, who also served as navigator, helmsman, ship's doctor, cook, sailor, and so on.

So now he needs to know if his work hours count as time if he's not on the Whitebeard Pirates' ship, or if he flies the Whitebeard Pirates' flag himself, then the ship can be considered part of the Whitebeard Pirates' crew.

These are things he urgently needs to know, because they are related to whether he can grow quickly.

Right after Reina was eaten by the lanternfish, the Whitebeard Pirates and Sengoku Zephyr, who had stopped fighting, also separated.

Because they couldn't find Reina, the crew members on board were somewhat worried.

"Gurrah... Don't worry! That kid Reina isn't that easy to kill! He probably had some kind of accident. Don't fret, he'll come looking for us once he's sorted things out. Now... let's move on!" Newgate said with a laugh, seeing that the atmosphere on the ship wasn't good.

“Dad is right. He’s not a superhuman, so he won’t be in any trouble if he falls into the sea! On the contrary, we are more worried about our side. We not only lack a cook and a ship’s doctor, but we also lack the most important navigator. How we will sail in the future is a big problem!” Marco shook his head with a smile and said.

Meanwhile, after repairing the warship, on the ship returning to headquarters, Zephyr sat in the captain's cabin and said to Sengoku, "That kid probably won't be defeated so easily. The Navy will have another opponent from now on!"

"Don't worry! There won't be any problems! By the way, I heard that you're going back this time for an award ceremony, to be promoted to general!?" Sengoku said with a smile.

“Yes, that’s true. But I heard that Garp apparently refused to be promoted to Admiral?” Zephyr asked curiously.

"That bastard said he didn't want to be a dog of the Celestial Dragons, so he refused to become an admiral!" Sengoku said with a headache.

"Hmm? A Celestial Dragon?" Zephyr sighed upon hearing Garp's reason for refusing.

One of the main tasks of the Navy's admirals is to serve the Celestial Dragons. Although this has brought the Navy a lot of military funding, it has also made many people like Garp somewhat resentful of the Navy.

“That’s right, as you know, the God Valley incident was to save the Celestial Dragons, but… well, even Garp himself doesn’t want to talk about it, so let’s not say any more about it!” Sengoku shook his head helplessly and said.

Three days later, Reina and Olga finally found a small island. The first thing the three of them did after landing on the island was to find a restaurant and have a big meal.

"Ah~~ I'm finally full!" Reina patted his bulging belly and said contentedly, "We'll find a hotel later. Everyone's worked hard these past few days. You guys take a shower and get some sleep first. I'll go buy a ship and head straight to the first half of the Grand Line!"

“Thank you for the treat!” Unlike Olga, who was sprawled out and didn’t want to move at all, her father, Mischna Asie, expressed his gratitude to Reina.

Reina smiled and nodded. He was currently living off his savings and didn't know if he would have enough Berries to buy a ship later. If all else failed, he was even considering robbing the rich to help the poor.

After finding a hotel, Mischina and his daughter went straight to bed, while Reina took the newspaper he had just bought and headed to the port to see if there were any suitable ships.

"That bastard Zephyr... he's already been promoted to admiral? Looks like I won't have many chances to run into him again!" Reina muttered to himself as he looked at the newspaper article about Vice Admiral Black Arm Zephyr's promotion to admiral.

As the ultimate fighting force of the navy, the admiral generally does not go to sea unless necessary, so the chances of him encountering the enemy are much smaller.

Aside from news about Zephyr, there was no news about Whitebeard in the newspapers. However, Reina wasn't worried. Newgate was going to become one of the Four Emperors, so he was more concerned about himself than about him.

After spending a large sum of Berry to buy a small boat and nautical supplies, Reina knew where he was now.

If you want to go to the first half of the Grand Line, the usual route is to go through Fish-Man Island and then the Sabaody Archipelago. Of course, if you are confident in yourself, you can also go through the Calm Belt, but that is the lair of the Sea Kings, and no one who goes in has ever come out.

So Reina honestly chose to take the Fishman Island route.

After purchasing two Log Pose, Reina's Berries were finally depleted. There was no other way; if he wanted to go to Fish-Man Island, buying a permanent Log Pose from Fish-Man Island would be the most convenient option.

"Looks like we need to think of something, otherwise we probably won't even have enough money to buy supplies for the next island!" Reina was a bit of a headache; he never thought he would be troubled by Berry.

"Ha~ I didn't expect to run into such a big fish this time... This is a pirate with a bounty of 16 million! I never thought we would run into him!" Just then, the words of a group of bounty hunters next to him reached Reina's ears.

"Sixteen million? Catching pirates is definitely the fastest way to make money!" Reina stroked his chin and nodded, then walked towards the group of bounty hunters.

A moment later, the group of bounty hunters all fell to the ground. Not only were their bounty posters stolen, but the original easy prey was now in Reina's hands.

"Hmm... As expected, pirates need to rob!" Looking at the stack of the latest bounty posters in his arms and the unconscious pirate in his hands, Reina was filled with gratitude!

These are such good people! Knowing that they had no money, they not only offered them ways to make money, but also sent them their first large sum of money.

So, a smug Reina brazenly walked into the Marine headquarters with the pirate in his arms to collect his bounty.

He forgot that compared to pirates with bounties of 16 million, his 30 million bounty would make him much easier for the Navy to recognize.

So when he entered the naval branch, the naval personnel he encountered along the way all turned their heads to look at him. However, his eyes were no longer red, and his attire had changed, so the naval personnel were not sure if he was a real man.

There was no other way; his clothes were already torn before, and he was wearing new clothes he had bought after landing on the island. His weighted suit had also been damaged in the battle with Zephyr.

"Report! Rear Admiral Franco, a pirate resembling Akame Reyna has been spotted entering the naval base!" a naval soldier reported to Rear Admiral Franco, the base's highest-ranking officer.

“Red-Eyed Reina? Why would he come to the branch base? And what does ‘seemingly’ mean? Can’t we be sure?” Major General Franco asked, sitting at his desk.

“Um… he’s here to collect the bounty! And his eyes aren’t red, so we can’t be sure right now!” the soldier said hesitantly.

"Headquarters has already relayed the latest information: Akame Reina's eyes are his ability; normally, they're just like an ordinary person's eyes! They only turn red when he uses his ability! Let's go, let's go see! Let's see what Akame is up to!" Franco's expression changed, and he stood up and said.

Chapter 39 Setting Sail Again

"I have to say, isn't your navy's efficiency a bit too low?" Reina said somewhat boredly, sitting in the office where bounty redemption was being conducted.

It wasn't that he was deliberately causing trouble, but rather that the navy was indeed too slow.

"Sir, I'm truly sorry, but there are simply too many pirates with bounties on their heads, and dealing with pirates with just one bounty is quite difficult. Therefore, we have to be cautious. If we make a mistake, the amount of Berries we give is a small matter, but it would be terrible to have an innocent person imprisoned!" the naval soldier replied very politely.

Reina nodded, thinking of the bounty poster for Sanji in the original work. Didn't it just change the entire life of a small-time thug who had nothing to do with him?

So even though he had been waiting for quite some time, Reina was still not impatient!

But as time went on, Reina gradually sensed something was wrong.

"Oh!"

The door to the bounty redemption office was flung open, and countless naval soldiers rushed in, surrounding Reina.

"???" Reina looked at the Navy rushing in, completely bewildered, not understanding what was going on.

"Red-Eyed Reina! Are you still going to play dumb? Since you dared to come to the Navy branch and walk right into our trap, don't blame us! Attack him and arrest him!" Rear Admiral Franco led a large group of Navy personnel to surround Reina and said menacingly.

"Ah~ Ah~ This is terrible! I forgot that I'm a wanted criminal too! Why don't you pretend I was never here?" Reina was taken aback, then grinned and said with a smile.

However, it was clear that the navy did not listen to his explanation and instead swarmed forward.

Left with no other choice, Reina had to launch a counterattack. Although the navy had deceived him earlier, he was impressed by their serious attitude and did not go for the kill.

"Bang!" After kicking another naval soldier away, Reina finally ran out of the cramped room and onto the open ground of the naval base.

"Oh dear, this is really a big problem!" Looking at the countless naval soldiers around him, Reina felt that he might have gone too far.