Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Luffy and Hancock, standing to the side, were completely bewildered and didn't understand what the two were talking about, but they could tell that Reina had left in a rather unpleasant mood.

"Uncle Rayleigh, is it because Uncle Reina doesn't want to lend me that thing to train? It's okay, I believe in myself!" Although Luffy is an idiot, he is quite perceptive in some ways.

Rayleigh just shook his head with a wry smile, offering no further explanation, since not many people probably knew about this yet.

Hancock, who was standing to the side, watched Reyner leave thoughtfully, and then said to Luffy, "Luffy-kun, I'll head back now for today, and I'll come see you again tomorrow!"

"Hancock... Luffy is training right now. If you really care about him, then don't come over every day... It will disturb him!" Rayleigh said helplessly.

"Mind your own business? You old geezer...you're really bad! Humph!" Hancock gave a haughty snort, then followed her away.

Chapter 409 Trip to the East China Sea

"Rayna... wait!" Just as Rayna was about to leave in the hard-shell, he was stopped by Hancock who came from behind.

"What? Something's wrong?" Reina turned around, saw it was Hancock, and smiled helplessly, saying, "Don't worry, I won't lay a hand on your Luffy!"

"No... um... could you lend Luffy that thing Rayleigh mentioned earlier? Since Rayleigh asked, it must be something useful to Luffy! I hope you can lend it to Luffy. If there's any price to pay... Amazon Lily will cover it all!" Hancock hesitated for a moment before speaking.

That's only because of Reina; if it were anyone else, she would have already tried to snatch it.

Moreover, she knew that what Rayleigh couldn't borrow must be extremely valuable, which is why she said that whatever the price was, their Women's Kingdom could bear it!

“That kind of thing won’t help Luffy at all. Don’t listen to Rayleigh’s nonsense. If I really got my hands on it, Luffy would be taken down in a minute… you know?” Reina shook his head and said, “Besides, even your Amazon Lily couldn’t afford the price… so don’t even think about it!”

Hancock frowned immediately upon hearing this, thinking that Reina was reluctant to part with her.

"What is this? How dare you say that our Kingdom of Women can't afford it? Tell me... and see if I can afford it or not!" Hancock sneered.

“Fine, if you insist, you can… trade me Magellan’s head, the deputy warden of Impel Down! If you can get his head, I can help you! Of course, Sengoku’s head or any of the three admirals will do!” Reina chuckled and said.

"Hmm?" Hancock looked at Reina with a skeptical expression and asked, "What is it that can be compared to these people?"

"You'd better not know, because... our Whitebeard Pirates were almost wiped out by the Navy, are you sure your Amazon Lily can afford to take that responsibility?" Reina chuckled and said.

Hancock's expression changed upon hearing this.

She wasn't worried that Reina was lying to her, but rather she didn't expect Reina to say something like that.

Even the Whitebeard Pirates almost couldn't withstand it, let alone Amazon Lily. If what Reina said is true, she might become the sinner of the entire Amazon Lily!

Seeing that Hancock remained silent, Reina ordered Hardshell to leave and head towards the East China Sea.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Grand Line, on a sky island formed by islands, Shiki laughed as he looked at the intelligence report in his hand and said to his subordinate Indigo, "Has the experiment been successful?"

“That’s right! According to the analysis... it should be successful. Now it’s up to you how you use it!” Indigo replied with a smile.

“Very good. Now go and find enough wild beasts for me, inject them with this drug, and then tame them!” Shiki the Golden Lion said to Indigo, his eyes gleaming with ambition.

"Yes, Captain!" Indigo replied loudly, also inexplicably excited.

They have been waiting for this moment for far too long.

However, after Indigo left, Shiki the Golden Lion fell into deep thought... He felt that something was still missing.

After a long while, feeling the half-finished rudder above his head, the Golden Lion suddenly realized that in order to prevent the tragedy from repeating itself, he seemed to be missing a navigator.

When it comes to navigators, he feels that he must find a satisfactory navigator before he can take any action.

However, he felt he wouldn't be able to find a satisfactory navigator in the first half of the Grand Line, so he decided to head to the New World to look for one!

After all, most of the stronger pirate crews went to the New World, leaving behind those who weren't strong enough in the first half of the Grand Line.

After giving instructions to his subordinates, Shiki the Golden Lion set off alone towards the New World, where he was to find a navigator who could bring him good luck.

As for Reina, who was heading towards the East Sea, he had long forgotten about Shiki the Golden Lion. After all, this guy had been hiding for so long that many people in the world had forgotten his existence, so Reina naturally forgot about him as well.

But soon, Shiki believed that everyone in the world would remember him and the fear of being dominated by him.

After arriving in the East Sea, Reina didn't rush to the Bridge of Connection. Instead, he went to Cocoyasi Village first. He hadn't seen Bellemere, Nojiko, and Ken for a long time, and as old friends, it was only right to see them first, especially since it was on the way.

"Reina~~ What brings you here?" Sure enough, everyone was happy to see Reina.

"Ah~ I came to the East China Sea on some business, so I came to see you all! How are you all doing?" Reina said with a smile.

"Hahaha... We've all gotten so much older! But you haven't changed at all!" Ah Jian laughed and replied.

"These wounds on his body...were they inflicted by Ah Long and his gang?" Looking at the wounds on Ah Jian's face, although they had scabbed over, it was still clear that he must have been seriously injured back then.

"You knew all along?" Ah Jian asked, taken aback.

"You met Nami, didn't you?" Bellemere hesitated for a moment before asking, "I saw in the newspaper that they attacked Enies Lobby, and the newspaper said that you were the one who gave the orders."

"Hahaha! I met them on the Grand Line! Our Second Division Captain, who is Nami's captain and Straw Hat Luffy's brother! And my daughter is on their ship too!" Reina recounted his encounter with Nami.

"Hahaha... What a coincidence! But it's better for them to have you around. At least you can help them with things like Enies Lobby. Otherwise, with their impulsiveness, who knows what the World Government would do to them!" Bellemere said with a smile after hearing Reina's explanation.

"Hahaha... those guys, now they know they need to improve their strength!" Reina told them the latest news about the Straw Hat crew with a laugh.

Hearing that they had been scattered, Bellemere and the others were still a little worried, but they were somewhat relieved when Reina said that everyone had been found.

"Nojiko! How about it? Do you still want to stay here? If you're willing... I can take you out to sea to Crescent Moon Island!" Reina said with a smile, looking at the now very mature Nojiko.

"No need, I'll stay here with Bellemere and A-Jian!" Nojiko hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said.

She did envy Nami a little, being able to travel everywhere. She believed that when she saw Nami again, Nami would have many more stories to tell.

But she is different from Nami. She has no talent and is just an ordinary person. Even if she goes to sea with Reina, it will only be a change of place to live. In that case, it would be better to stay here with Bellemere.

Reina's plan stemmed from the fact that there were too many bachelors in the Whitebeard Pirates... These heroes who sailed the seas were all unrestrained and had no intention of settling down. As they got older, Reina began looking for suitable candidates for them.

Whether it will work out in the end depends on whether the two parties are compatible.

However, this was also the thought that Reina had after meeting Nojiko, so when he heard Nojiko say that she didn't want to go, he didn't say anything more.

That day, Reina stayed in Cocoyasi Village for a whole day. The next morning, he set off for the Bridge of Connection. However, when he arrived at the Bridge of Connection, apart from the people of the World Government and the Navy, not only Robin, but even the slaves who worked there were nowhere to be found.

"What's going on here?" Reina jumped off the hard shell and landed on a bridge pier that was still under construction, asking the World Government members who were treating the wounded.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Instead of answering his question, the other person frowned and asked Reina.

The commotion quickly alerted the others, who all turned to look in their direction.

“I’m asking you what happened here, just answer me!” Reina said expressionlessly.

However, the World Government personnel and the surrounding naval soldiers did not actually answer Reina. Instead, they surrounded him, pointing their guns at him, as if they also considered him an intruder.

"Wait..." Just then, a naval officer looked at Reina with some fear and said, "You...you are...the great pirate...Akame Reina?"

"What? Akame? He's Akame? Why is he here?"

"Red Eyes? That great pirate with a bounty of two billion Berries?"

After being recognized, even without Reina making any move, the surrounding Marines and World Government members couldn't help but back away in fear.

"Red-Eyed Reina! Why would someone as important as you come here?" Finally, a naval officer stepped forward with a stern face and asked Reina.

Reina chuckled softly, turned to face the other person, and asked, "Answer me... what happened here? Why are you the only ones here?"

"The Revolutionary Army attacked this place and arrested all the staff!" After a moment of silence, the Navy commander finally spoke.

“The Revolutionary Army?” Reina frowned and said, “You’re saying they rescued the slaves here?”

Reina's words startled the naval officer, who then nodded somewhat awkwardly.

Although they meant the same thing, they were actually two completely different ways of saying it.

"What...what do those guys want?" Reina stroked his chin, wondering why the Revolutionary Army had taken Robin away, though he also knew they shouldn't harm her.

Since he couldn't find Robin here, Reina decided to wander around and see if this so-called link was actually useful.

As Reina left, the surrounding soldiers unconsciously made way for him.

"By the way... where does this connecting bridge begin?" Reina suddenly turned around and asked the World Government representative as he approached Hard Shell.

"Gulp..." Upon hearing Reina's question, the World Government personnel exchanged glances. One of the soldiers, holding a long spear, swallowed hard and pointed to a small island not far away.

Reina could hardly believe his eyes and asked in astonishment, "Eight hundred years... and this is all the distance you've built? The number of slaves you send here every year, even just the ones you kill, would be longer than this, wouldn't they?"

"Well... because the bridge piers need to be built underwater, we simply don't have that many fish-men slaves... workers!" a member of the World Government said somewhat awkwardly.

Reina shook his head and turned to leave.

It seems the World Government really doesn't take the connecting bridge seriously. Otherwise, with the World Government's capabilities and resources, they should have already solved the problem by building underwater bridge piers.

Chapter 410 Reina's Persuasion

After leaving the Bridge of Connection, Reina went to the Baratie, a sea restaurant. The owner, Red-Leg Zeff, had been to the Grand Line and was Sanji's teacher, a father figure to him.

"What would you like to order, sir?" A waiter came up to greet Reina as soon as he sat down.

He recognized the man, but couldn't remember his name. However, he wasn't there to cause trouble; he just wanted something to eat.

"Bring up some of your signature dishes, and some good wine!" Reina said with a smile, without even looking at the menu.

"Okay, then we'll offer you our signature set meal. How does that sound?" Upon hearing this, the waiter immediately knew he was a big customer and smiled even more broadly.

"No problem, you can handle it!"

"Okay, that'll be 100,000 Berries in total!" the waiter said with a smile.

"Oh? One hundred thousand? That's not cheap!" Reina smiled and took out one hundred thousand Berries, tossing it to the waiter.

"Thank you, sir. Our dishes are all very innovative and taste quite good. However, they are not very expensive. But you just ordered some good wine. Now, even a slightly better wine costs 100,000 Berries!" The waiter explained with a smile after collecting the money.

“I see… By the way, is your boss here? I’ve heard he’s a good cook. I wonder if I’ll have the chance to try his food?” Reina asked with a smile.

"I'm sorry, sir, our boss rarely cooks himself anymore. Unless there's a special reason, he usually doesn't cook!" The waiter nodded to Reina and then left to take orders.

Reina didn't necessarily want to eat Zeff's cooking, so he didn't insist.

A short while later, several very exquisite plates were brought out. Although they looked delicious, there were not many of them. This should be the menu of the so-called nobles, not the menu of pirates.

After trying some, Reina nodded in satisfaction. The taste was generally quite good, and the restaurant had a certain ambiance. With the drinks included, 100,000 Berries wasn't too expensive. However, this didn't mean he was completely satisfied.

After calling the waiter over, Reina took out a stack of pelies, didn't even count them, and threw them on the table, saying, "The food and drinks are not bad, but they don't satisfy me... If your restaurant makes a dish that satisfies me today, then these are all yours! But if they don't... then I'll take these pelies back. Do you want to try them?"

After hesitating for a moment, the waiter said, "Whether we are satisfied or not depends entirely on what the customer says. Even if they are satisfied, they can still say they are not. Wouldn't that mean we are bound to lose?"

"Are you suspecting I'm here to freeload?" Reina asked with a slight smile.

Although the waiter didn't say it explicitly, it seemed like that was what he meant.

“Well then… whether I’m satisfied or not, all the peles here are yours, but if you can satisfy me, I’ll double the amount? How about that?” Reina said with a light laugh.