Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Hmm? It tastes the same! Perona... yours and mine are the same!" Olga said in confusion.

"Impossible... Yours is clearly delicious food, but Reina gave me such awful food. He did it on purpose!" Perona simply didn't believe it and glared angrily at Reina.

“It’s true, try some of mine if you don’t believe me!” Olga said, handing her food to Perona.

Perona took Olga's food with some skepticism, then smelled it.

"Ugh~~~"

"Olga...you...you actually said this is delicious food?" Perona looked at Olga, who was eating her food, with a shocked expression and asked in disbelief.

"Hahaha……"

"Puhahaha..."

Upon seeing Perona's appearance, Whitebeard and the others finally couldn't help but laugh.

Even Binz and Ein, who had always been expressionless, couldn't help but secretly smile.

"Do you know what this is?" Reina asked, pointing to the food on the plate.

Perona and Olga shook their heads simultaneously and said, "We don't know!"

"This is called stinky tofu! People who like it can't get enough of it, while people who don't can't even stand the smell!" Reina said with a smile. "But the thing about stinky tofu is that it smells bad, but tastes delicious!"

"That's right, that's right, it tastes delicious and smells wonderful too!" Olga nodded as she continued eating.

Perona, standing to the side, looked utterly disgusted, perfectly illustrating what Reina had just said.

"Alright, you've got the food. Now you can go, we're discussing something!" Reina waved, signaling them to leave.

"That's it? Nothing else? Sachi said you took all the top-quality ingredients!" Olga said to Reina with a look that said, "Don't try to fool me."

Reina rolled his eyes and said, "Do you think I have time to prepare this stuff when I'm so busy at a big banquet?"

Olga agreed with Reina, so she told Reina to inform her when he was handling the ingredients, and then she and Perona skipped away together.

After the two had left, Dr. Assie smiled and said, "My daughter has caused you all trouble!"

"Gurararara... Doctor, you're being too polite! We're all family!" the white-bearded man said with a smile.

"Oh right... where were we?" Reina smiled, looked at Binz and Ain, and said, "Right, we were talking about that old man Zephyr, weren't we? We still haven't found his whereabouts. As you all saw, during the Grand Feast, all the pirate crews returned to Crescent Moon Island, so we simply don't have the manpower to do this right now!"

“Lord Reina, you misunderstand. We are not urging you... we are just... just a little worried about our teacher!” Ain said, bowing her head.

"Don't worry, with his strength, as long as he doesn't cause trouble, he'll be fine in this new world!" Reina said with a smile.

However, the two were not relieved by Reina's reaction and remained somewhat downcast.

"Your teacher... didn't give you any instructions, did he?" Whitebeard glanced at the two of them and asked directly.

Binz and Ein were taken aback, looking at Whitebeard with some surprise, and asked, "How did you know? Did our teacher mention it to you?"

Whitebeard chuckled and said, "Does he even need to tell me? We've been dealing with each other for most of our lives! Didn't he tell you? From the very beginning of our Whitebeard Pirates, he's been in charge of capturing us!"

“This…” Binz and Ein looked at each other, clearly unaware of this matter.

"It seems that old man Zefa really is capable of doing this!" Reina said with a wry smile.

"Did Lord Reina guess it too?" After a moment of silence, Ain sighed and said.

“I knew his plan from the way you were caught so easily that day! But you never said anything, so I didn’t ask. After all, you were both in the Navy! If you didn’t have this idea, it would be pointless for me to say it!” Reina shook his head and said.

Upon hearing Reina mention that they had previously been in the navy, Bellemere immediately became interested and whispered to Reina, "Were they navy personnel captured by you?"

"To be precise, they were the trouble their teacher threw at them! I don't know if you've ever heard of the name Zefa?" Reina nodded and said with a wry smile.

"Lord Zephyr? You mean the former Marine Admiral, Black Arm Zephyr?" Bellemere asked in surprise.

“That’s right, they are both disciples of Zefa!” Reina nodded and said.

"But...didn't I hear that Lord Zephyr is no longer in charge of capturing pirates?" Bellemere asked, utterly puzzled.

“That’s right. Back then, Zephyr was known as the ‘Unkillable Admiral,’ and he often clashed with our Whitebeard Pirates! But you should know that he later left the front lines to become a Marine instructor, right?” Reina nodded, sighed, and replied.

“Yes, it was because of the revenge of those shameless pirates that Lord Zephyr’s family was attacked and killed! I still remember how furious everyone in our branch was when we heard the news!” Bellemere nodded and said.

"A branch office? You're also in the Navy?" Binz and Ein asked in surprise after hearing Bellemere's words.

“No, I’m no longer in the Navy. When I was young, I was a member of a Navy branch, but during a war, all my comrades were killed, and I was the only one who survived the battlefield! So after I came back, I left the Navy and returned to my hometown!” Bellemere replied simply.

Upon hearing Bellemere's words, Binz and Ein remained silent.

Reina smiled slightly and said, "That's right, the Navy can be dark sometimes. That stupid old man Zephyr is clearly not suited to live there!"

“Our teacher… isn’t stupid!” Binz couldn’t help but retort to Reina’s words.

“Okay, he’s not an idiot…” Reina shrugged and said, “His whole family was killed, and the Navy didn’t help him find the murderers. They put bounties on those pirates and then ignored them. You’re telling me… he actually helps the Navy? Isn’t that stupid?!”

"He painstakingly trained a group of disciples, only to have them ambushed and killed by pirates as soon as they set sail. Not only did he lose an arm, but of all his disciples, only the two of you survived. He couldn't even avenge his disciples. Isn't that idiotic?!"

"Even better now! The pirate who broke his arm and killed his disciple has transformed into one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea! And all he can do is dump the two of you on me! Isn't that stupid?"

Hearing Reina's words, Binz and Ain gritted their teeth, lowered their heads, and the veins on their arms were about to bulge out.

Bellemere and Ken looked at each other in bewilderment. They had no idea that Zephyr, a naval admiral, had such an experience.

"Phew~ Teacher said he was very grateful to you!" After a moment of silence, Ain seemed to have figured it out, and her whole body relaxed. She said, "You helped capture the pirate who killed his whole family. You also severely injured the pirate who broke his arm and killed his fellow disciples! That's why he made us join you! He didn't want us to follow in his footsteps!"

"What's the use? He'll never escape that vicious cycle in his life, so he deserves to die!" Reina snorted coldly, quite displeased.

“Teacher…shouldn’t have died!” Upon hearing Reiner’s words, Binz suddenly stood up, tears streaming down his face, and shouted at Reiner, “He just wanted there to be no war in this world, he didn’t want anyone to die! What did he do wrong?”

“His biggest mistake was his naiveté!” Reina looked at Binz and said softly, “There are so many people here, pirates, people from the World Government, and I even believe there are Marines! Go ask them… ask anyone! See what they say! No deaths? Even without war, it’s impossible for people not to die!”

Hearing Reiner's words, Binz wanted to object, but before he could speak, Ain grabbed him and said, "We know! But this is our teacher's will, and we will carry it on! To bring an end to war in the world, and to ensure that no innocent civilian dies! Even if it costs me my life, this will be my lifelong pursuit!"

“Gurararara…” Reina was about to retort when Whitebeard suddenly burst into laughter, saying, “Zeffa has good judgment! Since you have inherited his will… don’t be so muddle-headed as you are now… whether you find Zeffa or not, your will should not change!”

Binz, Ein, Bellemere, and A-Jen all looked at Whitebeard with some surprise, and from the tone of his words, he seemed to agree with the two's idea.

"Big brother..." Reina called out helplessly.

"You brat... a person's dream... never ends!" Whitebeard glanced at Reiner and said with a smile, "There will always be someone who inherits the ideals of those great heroes and fights for them their whole life! Gurarara..."

Whitebeard's words jolted everyone except Reyner and the Doctor, and their gazes toward Whitebeard changed.

"Be my son! Bear my name, Whitebeard... and turn this sea upside down!" Whitebeard stretched out his palm and laughed as he spoke to Binz and Ain.

Reina rubbed his forehead. He knew things would turn out this way. Their ideals were completely different from those of the pirates, but Whitebeard didn't care about that at all, and didn't even want to change them.

Reina, on the other hand, is different. He uses all sorts of sophistry to persuade the other party to overlap with his own goals, thereby achieving integration.

Not only Binz and Ein were shocked, but even Bellemere and Ken were captivated by Whitebeard's divine demeanor.

"As expected of Whitebeard... he's really... so imposing!" A-Jian couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Forget about it. Even if you join us, you won't make it into a combat squad!" Reina couldn't help but say, trying to discourage him.

However, Ah Jian didn't mind. Instead, he smiled and said, "So what? To be able to meet such a great hero in this lifetime, to be able to drink with him... that's enough!"

Chapter 418 Negative Ghosts

Although they were intimidated by Whitebeard, Binz and Ain did not immediately submit. They had not yet figured out what to do, and since Zephyr was not dead, they would rather return to Zephyr's side than stay here.

However, these were just minor incidents during the grand banquet. As time went on, the atmosphere of the banquet gradually reached its climax. As darkness fell, bonfires were lit in the banquet square, where countless pirates sang, danced, and had a great time.

"Hooray hooray hooray... This is what a banquet should be like! It's so much fun!" Perona said loudly, holding a small bottle of wine and drinking as she did so.

"Is this enough for you? This banquet is going on for three days and three nights straight!" Olga said smugly from the side.

"Three days and three nights?" Perona was so surprised she couldn't close her mouth.

"Otherwise what? The drinks and ingredients consumed during this period alone cost a lot of money. Otherwise, why do you think Reina is so distressed?" Olga said with a smile.

"Hooray hooray hooray... Does that mean we can have this crazy fun for three days? That's awesome!" Perona was so happy she almost jumped for joy.

"By the way, I remember you said your ghost was called the Negative Ghost, right?" Olga suddenly looked at Perona and asked with a mischievous grin.

“That’s right, anyone touched by my ghost will become extremely negative!” Perona nodded and replied, “But why are you asking this now?”

"How negative is 'extremely negative'?" Olga tilted her head and asked carefully, "Can it be resisted?"

"Of course it can! Otherwise, wouldn't I be invincible? My domineering aura can block it!" Perona said helplessly.

"No, what I mean is, if someone is affected by your ghost, no one should be able to resist, right?!" Olga quickly waved her hand and asked.

“That was when…” Perona was about to boast, but then she immediately thought of the long-nosed member of the Straw Hat crew, the only person she had ever met who had resisted the negative spirits through sheer willpower!

“Unless he is inherently very negative, even more negative than my negative ghost, then… I can withstand it!” Perona said through gritted teeth.

“There shouldn’t be such a person, right? Who would be so pessimistic?” Olga shook her head and said.

Perona remained silent and did not answer, because she knew that such people really existed.

“How about this, you use your ghost to sneak up on those guys and embarrass them?” Olga whispered in Perona’s ear.

Upon hearing Olga's plan, Perona raised an eyebrow, excited and eager to carry it out immediately. However, remembering where they were, she quickly shook her head and said, "No, what if... what if... we'll be killed!"

“This… is indeed a bit inappropriate…” Olga thought about it carefully and realized that this approach wouldn’t work. So, after thinking for a moment, she said, “I’ve got it! We can get them to do it voluntarily!”

"Voluntary? How could they possibly volunteer?!" Perona asked, puzzled.

"Watch me, come with me!" Olga laughed and ran towards a group of pirates who were drinking. When Perona arrived, one of the pirates patted his chest and said, "Is that her? Let him come at us!"

Perona looked at the pirate with surprise and asked Olga, puzzled, "What does he mean?"

"Him? He said he doesn't believe in your abilities, and thinks that as long as you have a strong will, how could you be influenced by external things?" Olga said with feigned sigh.

"Is that so? I understand. Then let's give it a try! Negative Ghost... Go!" Seeing Olga wink at her, Perona immediately understood, released a Negative Ghost, and sent it flying toward the pirate.

"I'm sorry, I've failed this world by being born. If I could... please let me drown in the sea!" The pirate, struck by a pessimistic spirit, suddenly knelt on the ground, looking as if he didn't want to live anymore.

"Forehead?"

"Puhahaha..."

"Hahahaha...drowned...drowned in the sea? Hahaha...I'm dying of laughter! This is so funny!"

Everyone around, including Olga, was stunned for a moment, and then they all burst into laughter.

The pirate who was struck by the negative spirit quickly recovered and clearly remembered what he had just said.

"Laugh, laugh, laugh... what are you laughing at! If you were to go up there, wouldn't the result be the same!" the pirate roared, somewhat embarrassed and angry.

"Hahaha... How could that be? Even in the most negative mood, I would never say something like that!"