Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"No need!" Before the waiter could speak, an old man wearing a tall chef's hat came down from the second floor and said to Reina, "If the guests are not satisfied today, they can take back the Baileys here, and even the Baileys from before!"

Reina turned his head and saw the owner, Zeff, walking over with a smile, saying, "I wonder if the guest is satisfied with my suggestion?"

"You know me?" Reina immediately knew that the other party must have recognized him.

“I recognize the Whitebeard Pirates’ symbol! If I’m not mistaken…you must be Benedict D. Reina, the vice-captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, the great pirate known as the Red-Eyed One?” Zeff said softly.

Reina nodded, glanced at the Whitebeard Pirates insignia peeking out from his arm, and said with a smile, "Not bad, I didn't expect there would still be people who recognize me in the East Blue. I accept your suggestion! I hope your dishes will satisfy me!"

"Of course... if it's not good... you don't have to pay!" Zhefu smiled slightly and led the waiter towards the kitchen.

On the way, the waiters kept asking Reina about his identity, but Zeff ignored them completely and started cooking himself as soon as he arrived in the kitchen.

Reina's identity forced him to be vigilant; otherwise, if he angered the other party, Barrati might become a thing of the past.

Soon, Zeff arrived at Reina's table with several waiters.

"Not bad, time flies! I hope the taste won't disappoint me!" Reina smiled slightly, downed the wine in his glass in one gulp, and said.

The commotion naturally attracted the attention of the surrounding diners, who were all discussing it, wondering what Barradi Restaurant was up to.

"Thump!" But Zhefu ignored them and waved his hand, signaling the chefs and waiters behind him to place all the dishes on the table.

"Hahahaha... As expected of Red-Leg Zeff! Hahaha... No need to eat anymore, you win this time!" Reina laughed loudly before even tasting it.

Upon hearing Reina's words, the surrounding chefs and waiters immediately cheered.

It turns out that the dishes Zeff served this time were neither expensive nor particularly delicious. Instead, they were the pirates' favorite meat and bone sticks, along with some very ordinary barley wine.

Zeff smiled slightly, plopped down opposite Reina, and asked, "Why would someone as important as you come to the East China Sea?"

"Ah~ I just happened to be passing by and remembered that Sanji said his cooking skills came from a floating restaurant in the East Blue, so I came to check it out! To see if you guys are really that good!" Reina said with a smile.

"Sanji?" Everyone, including Zeff, was taken aback when they heard the name Reina utter.

“Yes! It’s that… Black Leg Sanji!” Reina nodded, pointing to Sanji’s wanted poster in the middle of the restaurant.

"I really didn't expect... that brat... to be able to get in touch with someone as important as you now?" Zeff said in disbelief.

“Their captain, Straw Hat Luffy, is the younger brother of the second division commander of our pirate crew! Also… my daughter is in that pirate crew too!” Reina replied with a smile.

But as soon as Reina finished speaking, he noticed that all the chefs and waiters, including Zeff, were somewhat frightened.

They knew Sanji all too well; that bastard couldn't resist beautiful women, so they were terrified that Reina was there to cause trouble.

"Hahaha... Don't worry! Sanji is very gentle with ladies, and my daughter speaks very highly of him!" Reina said with a smile.

"Phew~" Zeff breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that his education of Sanji over the years has been quite successful.

Reina and Zeff ate something together and chatted for a while before getting up to say goodbye. Reina told them that Sanji was doing well on the Grand Line and that they didn't need to worry. He even took a photo with Zeff, saying that if Zeff wasn't afraid of trouble from the Navy and the World Government, he could put the photo in the middle of the restaurant in the future.

After leaving the Baratie floating restaurant, Reina thought for a moment and decided not to go to the windmill village, but instead went to Cocosia Village again.

"Why are you here again?" When he saw Reina again, A-Jian was stunned. Are all the big shots this leisurely now?

"The way you're saying that... it seems you don't really welcome me!" Reina rolled his eyes and replied.

"No, that's not it..." Ah Jian said somewhat embarrassedly, "But didn't you say you were going to that bridge to look for your daughter? Didn't you find her?"

“Yes! She left a little ahead of schedule!” Reina nodded and said, “Our pirate crew’s annual grand banquet is coming up soon, so I have to rush back! But… I still wanted to ask Nojiko if she wanted to come with me to Crescent Moon Island. I can bring her back then! Of course, you and Bellemere can come along if you’d like!”

Ah Jian was taken aback, not expecting Reina to say that, so for a moment he didn't know how to respond.

“Let’s go! This matter… I think in the end, it will have to be Bellemere’s decision! You have no say in it!” Reina shook his head with a smile and walked towards Bellemere’s orange grove.

"Hey? Wait... wait for me!" Jian only realized what was happening after seeing Reina walk away.

"So... now it's up to you to decide!" After Reina and A-Jen arrived at Bellemere's house, they told her and Nokigo what they meant.

"This...this is too sudden..." Nojiko said, somewhat at a loss.

Reina looked at Bellemere, knowing she was a decisive woman who wouldn't hesitate.

"Why do you want to invite us over?" Bellemere, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, asked after a moment of contemplation.

"It was somewhat by chance. I happened to be in the East Blue and met you all, so this idea came to me! It wasn't something I had been thinking about for a while, but rather it came to me after I met Nojiko!" Reina said directly, "She and Nami are sisters, but... Nami is now on her own adventure, but what about Nojiko? Forget the Grand Line, she hasn't even finished exploring the East Blue, has she?"

Reina's words struck Bellemere like a bullet. She nodded and said, "You're right. Nojiko should go out and see the world. I owe her that!"

“Bellmere!” Nojiko looked at Bellmere in astonishment. She didn’t feel that Bellmere owed her anything, and staying in Cocoyasi Village was her own choice. She liked it here, and there was no other reason.

Bellemere patted Nochiko on the head and said with a smile, "I know you don't feel like I owe you anything, but that's your business! Anyway, I think it's fine! According to Reina, just treat it as a trip, there's nothing wrong with that! A big shot like him wouldn't lie to us!"

“This…” Nojiko hesitated for a moment before looking at Reina and saying, “Alright! Then… I’ll trouble you!”

Actually, she still had a certain longing for going to sea, to see what the world was like, to see different worlds.

“Alright then, you guys pack some clothes, and I’ll go to town to buy some supplies with A-Jian! I don’t have enough supplies for all of us sailing together!” Reina said with a smile.

"Okay, okay... Let's go! I'll take you!" Ah Jian nodded and took Reina to town to shop.

None of them asked Ah Jian what he thought, and even Ah Jian himself had forgotten. In any case, he was definitely going to stay by Belleme's side.

Chapter 411 Return to Xuan Yue Island

"Is this the Calm Belt?" Nojiko stood on the back of the hard shell, looking at the calm sea around her with a look of surprise!

“That’s right, this is the Calm Belt, the lair of the Sea Kings. There are super-large Sea Kings here, some hundreds of meters long. However, they rarely come to the surface unless a ship comes and disturbs them!” Reina said with a smile as he and Bellemere lay on the deck chairs drinking fine wine.

"Then...then we can just come in openly like this...is...is that okay?" Ah Jian asked, his voice trembling slightly.

"Don't worry, although the hard-shelled creature isn't a sea king, it's still a sea beast, so it's generally fine if it's just passing by!" Reina said with a smile.

"Under normal circumstances?" Ah Jian was taken aback, then plopped down on the ground, pointed to the sea not far away, and asked, "Is this considered a normal situation?"

Reina and Bellemere looked at the same time and saw a zebra-like head protruding from the sea, its neck and head, which were tens of meters long, blocking their view.

"Huh? I've walked through the Calm Belt many times, and I rarely encounter Sea Kings coming out to hunt for food. I didn't expect to run into one this time!" Reina said with a wry smile.

"Foraging for food?" The other three looked at Reina with some panic and asked, "So what do we do now? Run away?"

“Run away? There’s no way to escape!” Reina shook his head and said, “This is the lair of sea kings. Running away will only attract more predators!”

Seeing Reina get up and come to the front, the three of them unconsciously stepped back and stood behind Reina.

A wave of Conqueror's Haki emanated from Reina. The Sea King in front of him hesitated for a moment before slowly sinking into the seabed, while Hard Shell took the opportunity to move forward quickly.

"Phew~~~" Seeing that they had safely passed through the area, the three of them let out a slight breath.

"Uncle Reina, why did that Sea King leave just now?!" After the panic just now, Nojiko, who was seeing such a huge Sea King for the first time, asked Reina with some excitement.

"That's because I used Haki just now! To put it another way... it learned that I'm not someone to be trifled with, not some weak prey, so after weighing the pros and cons, it left," Reina explained with a smile.

"I see, I never imagined that Sea Kings could communicate like this!" Nojiko said with a look of sudden realization.

“This isn’t about communication… In this world, whether it’s humans or sea kings… there’s only one principle: strength reigns supreme!” Reina said with a slight smile.

Nojiko nodded thoughtfully, indicating that she understood.

Along the way, Nojiko saw many things she had never seen before, or even found unbelievable, which made Bellemere realize that bringing Nojiko along this time was a very wise choice.

When they arrived at Fishman Island after passing through the Sabaody Archipelago, Nojiko and the others had completely transformed into two different people.

They didn't originally need to go to Fishman Island, but after hearing about its existence, Nojiko and Bellemere both expressed a desire to visit it, so Reina made a special detour to Fishman Island.

Furthermore, Reina had originally planned to take them to see Luffy, but upon learning that Luffy was training, they decided not to go.

After a full day of exploring the underwater Fishman Island, Reina and his companions had to set off again for Crescent Moon Island due to time constraints.

As the first mate, he had to arrive at Xuan Yue Island a few days before the grand banquet, because Xuan Yue Island would inevitably be quite busy at that time, and Frank, who had only become the person in charge of Xuan Yue Island this year, might not be able to keep the scene in check.

"Hey~ Reina, why do there seem to be more ships around us after we entered this sea area?" Nojiko asked Reina, who was training, curiously.

“Because… we have already entered the waters where Xuan Yue Island is located! The grand banquet is about to begin, and naturally many ships will be coming!” Reina wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile.

Ah Jian, who was standing nearby, stopped what he was doing, took a big gulp of water, and said, "So...we're about to reach our destination?"

After sailing with Reina, Ah Jian saw how strong Reina was and how he trained every day. So Ah Jian also started training with Reina every day. Although he wouldn't become a strongman immediately, it was clear that with Reina's guidance, the results were remarkable.

"Rena! Ships are approaching!" At this moment, Bellemere noticed that several ships seemed to have spotted them and were approaching.

After looking at it, Reina smiled and said, "It's alright! Did you see their first sail? It has the Whitebeard Pirates' emblem on it, which means it's one of our pirate crews."

"Huh? Your pirate crew has a pirate crew under its command?" Nojiko asked in surprise.

She really didn't know anything about these things, so she thought the Whitebeard Pirates were a super powerful and incredibly strong pirate crew.

"Of course! Our Whitebeard Pirates have sixteen combat squads, each with 100 members, plus a captain! This is the standard configuration of the Moby Dick! In addition, we have Crescent Island as our base, where non-combat personnel live, numbering nearly a thousand!"

Reina introduced with a smile:

"Besides Crescent Moon Island, there is another sky island. Dr. Asie is in charge of the island, and his scientific research team is stationed there. There aren't many people, but in addition to the researchers, there is also a sky island guard team. Their strength is slightly weaker than the combat team on the Moby Dick. Currently, the position of captain is vacant!"

"So, your Whitebeard Pirates alone have around three thousand people?" Nojiko and the other two swallowed hard and asked.

"Ah~ more or less! Besides our Whitebeard Pirates, we currently have forty-five other pirate crews under our command, varying in size and number of members! So we haven't really done a detailed count!" Reina nodded and said.

"No wonder you're called the world's number one pirate crew. With military strength like that, conquering a country would be a piece of cake, right? Not to mention you have so many powerful members!" A-Jian shook his head and said with some trepidation.

“From the Navy’s perspective, you guys are really a headache! Even if they have the power to eliminate you, they wouldn’t dare to act rashly, would they?” Bellemere said with a somber expression.

"Reina...is that you?" Just then, a guy with a lightning bolt mustache shouted towards Reina from the approaching pirate ship.

"Oh, it's Makugay! Why are you so late?" Reina greeted him with a smile.

"Ah~~ I was delayed by some things on the way. As for you, where have you been?" Makugay asked curiously.

"Just dealing with some personal matters!" Reina waved his hand and said.

"I heard you were injured? It doesn't look serious! They made it sound like it was a big deal!" Makugay looked Reina up and down carefully, then said with a smile.

"It's alright, I won't die!" Reina smiled and didn't say anything more.

While Reina and Markuguei were chatting, Bellemere and the other two remained silent, simply standing there quietly.

"Rayner, I'm here!"

"I've arrived, Reina!"

At that moment, on the other pirate ship that was approaching, two identical twin brothers, whose only difference was the scars on their faces, shouted at Reina.

"Hey~ it's the Decarban brothers! Let's go, it's not convenient to talk here, let's go back to Xuan Yue Island and talk!" Reina waved his hand, urging Hard Shell to speed up and head directly towards Xuan Yue Island's defenses.

"Huh? Aren't we with them? Aren't they your people?" Bellemere asked curiously.

"Those two brothers always say the same thing, one says it the right way and the other says it the opposite way. It's really speechless!" Reina said, shrugging his shoulders with a hint of helplessness.