Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

“Oh…right! I still have Van Gufried! The Elephant Sword!” Spandam, who was retreating, suddenly remembered the Elephant Sword Van Gufried at his waist. It was the only memento of his son Spandam after his death, which CP9 had returned to him.

"Roar~" The longsword that had transformed into an elephant rushed straight towards Reina. Normally, Reina wouldn't even glance at it, but now, his body was becoming increasingly heavy, and he could no longer dodge the elephant sword's attack.

"boom!"

The elephant sword struck Reina, sending him flying.

"Ha...hahaha...so you're finished too, Reina...go to hell!" Seeing that Reina couldn't resist the elephant sword in his hand, Spandam became smug again. He quickly got up from the ground, walked towards the fallen Reina, and shouted loudly, "I am the longsword of my son Spandam. Today, this longsword will end you. Prepare to die!"

"Cough cough cough..." He spat out a mouthful of blood, but his body seemed to feel much better. However, looking at Spandam's elephant sword slashing at him, he felt helpless because he knew he couldn't dodge it. His hands and feet were already starting to lose their control.

"I was the one who kidnapped that crazy woman Olvia back then, but that bastard Garp protected her, making all my credit go to waste. Now... it's your turn to make up for it!" Spandam shouted at Reina, seemingly to vent his hatred.

"Reina!" Just then, Marco noticed the situation and charged over.

"Fool, even if you kill me now, you won't escape! The entire Whitebeard Pirates won't let you go! But if you leave now... you still have a chance to escape!" Reina smiled slightly. If Spandam were discovered, the best outcome for him would be to be buried with him.

Sure enough, upon noticing Marco's approach, Spandam's hands trembled slightly as he held the sword. The sword was already pressed against Reina's neck; with just a little force, he could kill Reina.

But Reina's words just now reminded him that it was obvious that if he made a move now, he would definitely be torn to shreds by the enraged Whitebeard Pirates.

So Spandane decided to take Reina hostage. He didn't want any credit anymore; he just wanted to get out of there as soon as possible.

"Get all the pirates off the ship! I want this ship, or I'll kill him right now!" Spandam said, blocking Reina in front of him as he began negotiating with Marco, who had arrived at the scene.

"Marco, agree to his demands!" Reina, who had been captured by Spandam, said directly.

Marco looked at Spandam with a strange expression, then nodded and, in front of him, called all the sailors off the ship and handed the pirate ship over to Spandam.

The navy on the other side also noticed the situation. They initially thought that Spandam of the World Government had become a lone hero and managed to capture and kill Reina on his own. However, when they saw Spandam using Reina as a hostage and trying to escape, they were all dumbfounded.

"That idiot... does he think he can get away?" Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan, with a cigar in his mouth, said with an expression that looked at him as if he were a fool.

"Ignore him, take advantage of this moment and attack! As long as we get ahead of the Whitebeard Pirates, Reina is doomed!" Vice Admiral Momonga said, squinting. "After all, Reina has completely lost his ability to fight. Even that idiot in the World Government could do it, so there's no reason why we can't!"

Chapter 397 General Aokiji

Spandam smiled triumphantly as he boarded the pirate ship; in the end, he was the victor.

Little did he know, everyone was looking at him like he was some kind of monster!

"Phew~ Now that you've fulfilled all my requests... can you let me leave now?" Reina asked, lying on the deck of the pirate ship.

"Hahaha... Let you go? When did I say I was going to let you go? You don't know how much your head is worth now, do you? The Navy made such a big fuss just for you! If I take you back... wouldn't that be better?" Spandam said with a loud laugh.

"Just kill me already! I'd rather die now than be humiliated by those idiots in the World Government!" Reina seemed extremely indignant, but helpless.

“Hahaha… Fool… How could I possibly kill you! Just wait to spend the rest of your life in prison! Hahaha… This is the greatest punishment for you!” Spandam replied with a loud laugh.

Reina turned his head away, trying hard not to laugh out loud. He had never seen such a confident guy before. Did he think that he wouldn't kill him after he recovered?

"Oh, right, just in case, I need to put these on you first!" Spandane put the sea stone handcuffs on Reina and said with a smile, "Although you can't move now, don't blame me, because only in this way can I feel more at ease!"

Reina remained silent, seemingly resigned to his fate, though he did not show the disdain in his heart.

"Click!" After handcuffing Reina, Spandam finally felt completely relieved, but then he realized that there weren't enough sailors to hold the pirate ship in place.

With his own abilities, he had absolutely no way of piloting the pirate ship back to Mary Geoise on his own.

"What do we do now?" Spandam was in a dilemma. He was currently at the very rear of the Whitebeard Pirates, while the Marines were directly in front of them. He and the Marines were completely separated by the Whitebeard Pirates.

Just as Spandam was standing at the bow of the ship trying to figure out what to do, he suddenly heard the sound of chains. He turned around abruptly and found that several pirates had appeared on the deck from nowhere.

"First mate, are you alright?" A member of the Whitebeard Pirates helped Reina up and asked.

“It’s alright, take him down first, and remember to find a key for the handcuffs… Also, don’t kill him, leave him to me!” Reina said with a light laugh.

"You...you...how did you get up here?" Spandam asked in fear as he looked at the pirates approaching him.

"Are you an idiot? We... are pirates! If we didn't even know how to board a ship, we would have died at sea long ago! Idiot!" A member of the Whitebeard Pirates said with a strange laugh.

"Watch out for that elephant sword in his hand, it's a weapon made from someone who ate the Elephant-Elephant Fruit!" Reina frowned and said, "Stop talking nonsense, finish him off quickly!"

"Don't worry, First mate, nothing will go wrong!" Several pirates rushed forward and tackled Spandam to the ground before he could even use his elephant sword.

"Click... thud!" After getting the key from Spandane, the members unlocked Reina's handcuffs.

“You guys go help, don’t worry about me!” Reina said to the members around him as he sat on the deck.

"That won't do. Captain Marco specifically asked us to stay with you before he left!"

They were all combat members of the Whitebeard Pirates, the cornerstone of the Whitebeard Pirates' fighting force, which is why Reina sent them back to the battlefield.

“I’m not a cripple, just go get me some food!” Reina shook his head and said.

Although he had just been shot again, he was now able to move his body and had already passed the period of weakness that followed exhaustion.

So now, although his injuries are more severe, he is actually safer.

"Food? Wait a minute...we'll go get it right away!"

"Damn it, weren't we telling you to go fight? You can leave the food-gathering to others!" Reina said helplessly.

But they acted as if they hadn't heard a thing.

"First mate, please calm down. Let me bandage your wound!" A ship's doctor came to Reina's side and began to re-bandage his wound.

"How's the battle going? Big Brother is all alone. He'll be at a disadvantage against Aokiji and Garp!" Reina asked with a frown as he had the ship's doctor bandage him.

"Don't worry, First Mate, Captain Marco, Captain Ace, and Captain Vista have arrived, so the situation is basically evenly matched! However, the Navy outnumbers us, so if we continue fighting, our chances of winning are slim!" the ship's doctor said, shaking his head.

"Then why doesn't Big Brother retreat?" Reina wasn't angry because the ship's doctor said the Whitebeard Pirates would lose. He had said more than once that one should not blindly believe that one is invincible. Only by recognizing oneself and the situation can one make the right choices.

“Dad said we have to teach the navy a lesson, so…” The ship’s doctor didn’t finish his sentence, but Reina already understood what he meant.

If Reyner were to slink away after being beaten so badly this time, Whitebeard would lose face!

"Send someone to inform my elder brother that I'm alright and we can retreat. This battle was unfair to begin with, and our defeat was only natural!" Reina said after a moment of contemplation.

Their original purpose for this trip was to lure out the navy, and now that they have achieved that goal, there is no point in continuing the fight.

He believed that Whitebeard would understand his meaning after hearing his words.

Since Reina didn't summon the Nine-Tails in such an emergency, the Navy and the World Government should be able to rest assured.

However, before the members who conveyed Reiner's message could reach Whitebeard, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed.

The high-ranking naval officers who were fighting suddenly abandoned their opponents and rushed towards Fire Fist Ace, the second division commander of Whitebeard's army, except for Garp, who was fighting Whitebeard.

Aokiji then decisively defeated Ace, freezing him completely in ice.

"Ace...!" After exchanging a blow with Garp, Whitebeard immediately noticed the change over there.

"Damn it... let go of Ace!" Marco was the first to rush over and kicked Aokiji, trying to rescue Ace. However, Aokiji did not give him a chance. While blocking Marco, he also created an opportunity for Vice Admiral Momonga to take the frozen Ace away.

"Flying Squirrel! Shatter Fire Fist!" Onigumo, who was trying to get past, clashed with Vista, who was also rushing to the rescue, and neither gave the other a chance to get through.

"Ace!" Upon hearing Onigumo's words, Garp's expression immediately tensed up. Although he knew that the current situation did not allow him to act recklessly, he was still somewhat nervous after hearing Onigumo's words, fearing that Momonga would really attack Ace.

However, before Vice Admiral Momonga could make a move, a wisp of flame shot into the sky, completely melting the ice, and Ace broke out of the ice, panting heavily.

"Ace!" The Whitebeard Pirates' captains rushed towards Ace, desperate to rescue him from the Marines' encirclement.

"Stop them!" Lieutenant General Momonga immediately ordered the surrounding officers to block them, while he himself rushed towards Ace, hoping to take the opportunity to subdue him.

Because of Ace, the Whitebeard Pirates began to attack the Navy recklessly, but their original formation began to collapse as the Navy began to compress their space.

"You young men are truly formidable! However... we are not so easily defeated by you!" Whitebeard saw through the Navy's purpose at a glance; they captured Ace to throw the Whitebeard Pirates into disarray.

"Heh... Newgate... We're all getting old!" After also discovering Aokiji's plan, Garp quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Aokiji was trying to kill Ace, which would have put him in a real dilemma.

"Hey...that's not necessarily true!" Whitebeard gathered power in his naginata and then swung it at the marines surrounding them.

"Boom!" Whitebeard sent countless marines flying with a single blow, but before he could launch another attack, Garp attacked, not giving him a chance to continue attacking the marines.

"Vesta, we can't go on like this! Blenheim, you take the lead, Vista and Kingdo will guard the flanks, and I'll wait in the middle for an opportunity to strike. Maintain formation and launch an attack on Ace! Rescue Ace in one fell swoop!" Marco naturally realized that the situation was unfavorable to them, so he immediately gave the order.

"Alright!" Blenheim, Kingdo, and Vista nodded in unison and began to act according to Marco's command, finally stopping the Whitebeard Pirates' defeat.

However, soon after, when Aokiji stood in front of them, he directly blocked the passage between them and Ace.

Meanwhile, Ace, surrounded by the Navy, tried to break through, but was unable to do so.

Moreover, seeing many of his comrades killed by the Navy while trying to come to his rescue made Ace anxious and remorseful, which distracted him and caused him to be hit several times by Onigumo and Kasakatsuyama, resulting in serious injuries.

"The situation is getting worse!" Whitebeard, who had been observing the situation, was secretly getting anxious. He was tied up by Garp and couldn't go to Ace's aid. Although Marco's retreat had been temporarily halted by his command, he could only hold on and couldn't immediately go to Ace's aid.

“Garp…” Whitebeard glanced at the Marine admiral in front of him, a Marine admiral from the same era as him, chuckled, then inserted his naginata into the space beside him, grabbed it with both hands, and the space in front of him seemed to solidify, which he directly grasped.

"Newgate!" Garp was immediately startled when he saw Whitebeard's action. Having dealt with Whitebeard before, Garp naturally knew what this meant.

So he rushed over without thinking, trying to interrupt Whitebeard's attack.

"Hey!" Whitebeard roared, and with a flick of his wrists, the entire space, including the sea, seemed to tilt and distort.

The pirates and marines who were fighting immediately became unsteady and could not even stand up.

"A great opportunity!" Marco's eyes lit up, and with a flick of his arms, they instantly transformed into wings, allowing him to fly directly towards Ace.

"Delusion!" Upon seeing this, Aokiji immediately prepared to intercept him, but Kingo and Vista, as if they had practiced beforehand, attacked Aokiji simultaneously, interrupting his actions.

"Ace, let's go!" After breaking through Aokiji's defenses, Marco left and arrived above Ace, then shouted: "Phoenix - Phoenix Falling Flame!"

Countless blue flames fell from Marco's body, causing the surrounding marines to scatter and dare not make contact.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ace leaped and flew towards Marco.

"Trying to run?" Onigumo and Kashoyama immediately took off and chased after Ace.

With "Firefly Fire Daruma," Ace grabbed Marco's foot with one hand and turned around, unleashing countless fireflies at the two who were chasing after him.

"Fire Fist, you can't escape! Moon Step: Lotus!" Lieutenant General Fire Mountain tapped his feet in the air, chasing after him directly on the air.

"Explode!" As Ace finished speaking, all the fireflies in the air exploded, directly blasting the pursuing Fire Mountain Admiral into the air.

"Hey~ Don't underestimate the commander of the Whitebeard Pirates! You bastard!"

"Watch out... Ace, Marco!!"

Ace had barely finished speaking when he heard Vista's warning from the other side. But before he could turn around to look, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and his entire body was pierced by an ice spear.

Chapter 398 Target Reina

"Watch out... Ace, Marco!!"