Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Hmph, they actually came out at this time... It seems... they received some news! What's the situation with the Seven Warlords of the Sea right now?" Sengoku asked, squinting his eyes.

"Aside from Gecko Moria, whom we haven't been able to contact, of the others, only Tyrant Kuma has confirmed his participation; the others haven't agreed!" Vice Admiral Tsuru shook his head and said, "Furthermore, considering the relationship between Jinbe and the Whitebeard Pirates, we haven't informed him!"

"Hmph, I knew these people couldn't be trusted. I told you so..."

"Alright, ignore them!" Sengoku waved his hand, interrupting Aokiji, and said, "Our primary objective this time is Reina! I reckon they might guess that our attack is a probing one, so... I plan to feign an attack to make it real!"

"You intend to... solve this once and for all!?" Lieutenant General Tsuru asked with some surprise. "That won't be easy! If you use too many troops, they probably won't fight you to the death so easily!"

“That’s right, that’s why I’m planning to take this opportunity!” Sengoku said, a glint of light in his eyes.

"So what do you plan to do?" Lieutenant General Tsuru asked, somewhat uneasy.

When Sengoku revealed his plan, everyone present was somewhat surprised, as this did not seem to be in Sengoku's usual style.

Meanwhile, after Reyner and Whitebeard left, Frank secretly began contacting all the captains under Whitebeard's command. Although his actions were discreet, they were quickly discovered by the captains who remained behind.

Left with no other choice, Frank revealed their plan, and the excited captains all chose to join in, even the doctor in the laboratory was alarmed by them.

It wasn't that they disturbed the doctor's experiment, but rather that Olga, upon learning of the matter, joined in.

"Frank... Although this matter is very important, the transformation of Xuan Yue Island cannot be delayed, understand?" The doctor neither objected nor joined in. He still had a lot of experiments to do and simply did not have time to pay attention to them.

"Don't worry, Doctor, I know how to do it!" Frank said with a smile.

So once everyone knew, Frank no longer needed to hide anything and began openly preparing their things on Crescent Moon Island.

Meanwhile, Marco and Vista, who were sailing with Ace, encountered an unexpected person.

“Hawkeye… what do you mean by this?” Bistan stepped forward and asked, looking at Hawkeye Mihawk who was blocking their way.

As a fellow swordsman, he greatly admired Mihawk, but if the other party, as a Shichibukai, tried to take advantage of Ace, Vista swore he would never let him succeed.

“I didn’t mean to cause you any trouble, I just happened to run into you!” Mihawk said calmly.

"Really? Then why are you blocking our way...?" Marco asked, puzzled.

"Since we've met, let me tell you something... The Navy summoned the Seven Warlords of the Sea... seemingly to target your Whitebeard Pirates!" Mihawk said, then prepared to row his coffin ship away.

After exchanging glances, Ace and the other two asked, "When did this happen?"

“Yesterday!” Mihawk replied softly.

"Oh no! Frank said that Dad and Reina went out to sea yesterday!" Marco said, his expression changing.

"So... the Navy knows their movements? But... shouldn't they be more interested in capturing Ace? Why are they targeting Uncle and the others?" Vista asked, puzzled.

"Even if they don't defeat our Whitebeard Pirates... we'll still go to rescue Ace even if they capture him!" Marco said with a light laugh.

“Uh…that makes sense!” Vista nodded in agreement.

"I'm sorry... It's all my fault for causing trouble for everyone!" But Ace, standing to the side, said with a grim expression.

That's just his personality; he doesn't like to bother others.

"What nonsense are you talking about... If Reina hears this, he'll teach you a lesson again!" Marco chuckled and said, "So what do we do now?"

Upon hearing this, Vista also looked at Ace, as the two of them had originally accompanied Ace on his voyage!

“Let’s go! The Navy’s ultimate target is me! It wouldn’t make sense if I, the protagonist, wasn’t there.” Ace replied firmly.

“Then… let’s go!” Marco and Vista smiled slightly and nodded.

On the other hand, in the first half of the Grand Line, in the Devil's Triangle, Nami and the others who met Perona successfully reunited with Luffy and his crew.

"Huh? What brings you here? Did Reina send you?" Perona asked in surprise upon seeing Robin.

"No, this is my captain!" Robin said, pointing at Luffy.

"Him?" Perona looked disdainful, seemingly looking down on Luffy.

"What the heck~ Robin, who is this person?" Seeing Perona's expression, Luffy immediately asked, displeased.

“This is Miss Perona, who served my father for a time!” Robin said with a smile.

"Hmph, don't get me wrong, I'm not his subordinate. My captain is Lord Gecko Moria, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea! He's also the owner of this Thriller Bark!" Perona said proudly.

"Oh? So he's the one who stole the skeleton's shadow? Make him give it back... or beat him up!" Luffy said angrily.

"Hehehehe... Who's trying to knock me out? Let me see!" A huge man with a devilish appearance, wearing a shirt with a bat-like collar and Gothic-style clothing, walked over and asked, "I heard Reina's daughter is here?"

“Lord Moria! This is Reina’s daughter, Benedict D. Robin!” Perona flew to Moria’s side and pointed at Robin.

"Ah~ So what brings you here?" Moria asked, looking at Robin.

"I came here with my captain!" Robin looked at Luffy, smiled slightly, and said, "It has nothing to do with my father!"

"Is he the Straw Hat Pirate who stormed Enies Lobby and declared war on the World Government? Hehehe... Kid, you're lucky! You have Reina to help you... But what are you doing here?" Moria looked down on Luffy. In his opinion, the Straw Hat crew's attack on Enies Lobby should have been Reina's doing.

"Hey, you big scallion! Did you steal Brook's shadow? Hand it over right now!" Luffy, completely oblivious to the sarcasm in Moria's words, addressed him directly.

"Big Onion? Who? Kid...you're not calling me, are you?" Moria asked, squinting.

"Is this guy an idiot? He doesn't even know when you talk to him. Is there someone else here who looks like a big onion?" Luffy said to Zoro beside him, as if the other person was an idiot.

He wasn't deliberately trying to anger Moria; he genuinely believed it.

Nami and the others standing nearby almost burst out laughing. They had been a little annoyed when Moria had implied that he looked down on Luffy, but they hadn't said much. Now, for the first time, they felt that what Luffy said was... so satisfying!

"You bastard... how dare you speak to Lord Moria like that?" Perona immediately flew out from the side, hands on her hips, and yelled at Luffy.

"What? Is that how you talk? He's the one who can't understand!" Luffy said, as if his master were an idiot.

"Damn it... Negative Ghost!" Perona couldn't hold back any longer and decided to teach Luffy a lesson. However, since Luffy had Reina backing him up, she only used Negative Ghost.

"I'm sorry... If there's an afterlife... I want to be a seashell... What a failure!" Sure enough, after the negative ghost passed through Luffy's body, Luffy immediately knelt on the ground and said dejectedly.

"Luffy... what the hell are you doing? Is this the time to talk about this?" Sanji and Zoro were both stunned. The guy who kept shouting that he wanted to be the Pirate King actually only wanted to be a seashell. It was really strange.

"Hmph! This guy is so easily defeated by these random attacks because he's got nothing better to do!" Zoro said with a look of disdain.

"Horo horo horo..." But at this moment, a negative ghost also passed through Zoro's body.

"I'm sorry... I shouldn't have been born into this world!" Zoro knelt on the ground, making the biggest prayer of his life.

"Damn it!" Zoro and Luffy, now fully awake, glared angrily at Perona, ready to take her down at any moment.

"Puhahaha..." Although it wasn't the time to laugh, Sanji couldn't help but burst into laughter after seeing Zoro's reaction.

"Alright, Perona, Brook is our friend. Can't you ask your captain to release his shadow? We have no intention of fighting!" Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Nami quickly stepped forward and said.

Since she knew Nami, Perona hesitated for a moment, then put away her Negative Ghost and said to them, "I'm sorry, Lord Moria's affairs are not something I can decide! Since he hasn't made a move against you, you should leave now!"

"That won't do. I promised Brook I'd help him get his shadow back!" Luffy immediately refused.

"Hmph! Straw Hat kid... I think... you should learn to respect your seniors first! I'll let it slide for Reina's sake! By the way... Bellini D. Robin! The World Government has issued a summons to me, and it seems they're planning to take action against the Whitebeard Pirates. If you can contact your father... please let him know!" Moria glanced at Robin, then left.

"Stop! You can't leave yet!" Luffy's arm suddenly grew longer, trying to stop Moria, but before he could even touch Moria, his arm was bounced away as if it had hit something.

Chapter 390 Robin's Trump Card

Although Luffy and his crew were able to talk to Gecko Moria from the start because of Reina, they still ended up fighting each other in the end.

And because of Moria's underestimation, he was ultimately defeated by Luffy.

All of this was witnessed by Bartholomew Kuma, who had come to deliver orders to Moria.

However, by this time he already knew that Luffy was the son of Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, so as a Revolutionary Army spy within the Navy, it was impossible for him to harm Luffy.

Moreover, the fact that two Shichibukai had fallen to the Straw Hat Pirates in succession piqued his interest in the entire Straw Hat crew.

"If you were to travel... where would you like to go?" Tyrant Bear asked, looking at the little girl Perona in front of him.

"Damn it...who are you?" Perona, in her anxiety, raised her hand and sent several Negative Ghosts flying towards the bear.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The bear swung its paws, and Perona's invincible ghost was knocked to the ground and disappeared.

"Who...who exactly are you?" Perona asked with some fear at this moment, "No...you are...Bartholomew Kuma, the tyrant of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!"

However, the bear ignored her. After hesitating for a moment, he slapped Perona, and Perona immediately disappeared from the spot.

From Perona and Nami's previous conversation, she already knew that Perona and Reyna knew each other, and it was very likely that Moria and the Whitebeard Pirates had some kind of cooperation.

As Perona was sent flying, Tyrant Kuma continued toward the Thriller Bark.

All of this was witnessed by Nami, who was searching for Perona.

Because of her relationship with Perona, Nami went to find her, only to unexpectedly witness this scene.

In the courtyard at dawn, Moonlight Moria lay on the ground, his willpower unable to withstand too many shadows.

Luffy, who had defeated him, collapsed to the ground after seeing the shadows leave.

At this time, the morning sun rises, and the people whose bodies had begun to disappear because of the loss of their shadows find that their bodies have actually been restored.

"This is really interesting! I thought I was doomed!" Zoro said with a chuckle.

Robin, standing to the side, smiled slightly. Because of Reina, Moria hadn't attacked her, so her shadow remained.

“Oh right… I forgot something… On this island… besides Moria… there is another Shichibukai!” Just as everyone was celebrating, Nami suddenly remembered the scene she had witnessed when Bartholomew Kuma knocked Perona away.

"What?" Everyone was shocked and looked at Nami in surprise.

"Yes! Gecko Moria has been defeated!" On the high city wall, a burly man wearing a bear-colored hat sat there, holding a Den Den Mushi in his hand, and said.

"Damn it, we've only just found Crocodile's successor, and Moria has already caused this mess!" A somewhat exasperated voice came through the Den Den Mushi, saying, "Forget it, now's not the time to talk about this. Go check if he's still alive. If he's not completely dead, let him recover and continue sitting in this position. I don't have time to deal with him right now!"

“Understood!” Bartholomew Bear nodded and said softly.

"By the way, you just said who defeated Moria? Never mind, whoever it was, the news of Gecko Moria's defeat cannot be leaked. Kill all the witnesses on the island! I hereby issue you a special elimination order on behalf of the World Government!"

Bartholomew Bear nodded and said, "I understand!"

"A total...total annihilation order...? How is that possible? We just finally gained our freedom!" Lola and her crew, who had helped Luffy defeat Moria, roared in grief and indignation.

"Everyone be careful, this person is very strong. He should be a Devil Fruit user. I saw it with my own eyes... Perona disappeared just from being touched!" Nami said solemnly.

"You guys step back, I'll handle this guy!" Zoro had four weapons hanging from his waist at this moment.

After defeating the zombie that possessed Brook's shadow, he obtained a very powerful weapon, which was said to be the sword that the samurai once used to slay a dragon—Shusui.

So now that Zoro has four weapons, he replaced Sandai Kitetsu with Shusui, because Muramasa, which Reina gave him, is obviously more powerful than the other cursed sword.

This trip on Thriller Bark marked his first time using Muramasa. The sheer sharpness of it, capable of cutting through anything with a single strike, even made the resolute Zoro waver. However, after honing his skills through battle, he has now fully mastered Muramasa.

However, after Bartholomew Kuma truly revealed his strength, Zoro realized that even with Muramasa, he was still somewhat vulnerable in the face of true power.