Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Reina covered his face and retreated...

Talking to those born monsters is too risky; you're likely to get hurt.

So far, Reina has been training on his own without any guidance.

As evening approached, Reina used the island's transportation to return to the island.

When he went up, he found that Marco and A-Jian were already there waiting for them.

"Hey~ You're still waiting for me?" Reina asked with a smile, looking at the two chatting and laughing. "You two seem to be getting along well!"

Marco ignored Reina's teasing and said directly, "Let's go, dinner over there is ready."

"it is good!"

Reina nodded, and the three of them walked together toward Nami's hut. But as soon as they reached the door, Reina's expression suddenly changed, and he looked in one direction.

"What's wrong?" Ah Jian asked in surprise.

“Something is approaching this way, Marco. You stay here and protect them. I’m going to find Haredas!” Reina said, frowning.

Because Nami had mentioned before that giant birds occasionally attack this place, Reina assumed that they had encountered them again.

“Okay!” Marco nodded in reply.

He had just activated his Observation Haki and sensed the anomaly that Reina had mentioned.

"Why aren't you coming in yet? Dinner's getting cold!" Nami shouted as she came out of the house and saw Marco and Ken standing there motionless.

"Mr. Jian, please have them stay inside and not come out. I'll stay outside!" Marco ignored Nami and turned to Jian instead.

"Okay, I understand!" A-Jian nodded, walked towards the cabin with a serious expression, and took Nami inside as well.

"What's wrong?" Nami asked, puzzled, after being brought back to the house by A-Jian.

“Reina just said something seems to be approaching this way, so he went to find Haredas! Marco is worried about potential danger, so he told us not to leave for the time being!” A-Jian recounted what had just happened.

Nami was a little confused after hearing what Ken said. Only she knew that what she said in the morning was just to give Marco a way out, and it wasn't true.

As a weather island, the small sky island of Visalia is generally unlikely to encounter any birds in the air, because they can use their knowledge of meteorology to keep surrounding birds at bay.

Therefore, Nami is certain that what approached Visalia this time was not a bird at all.

"But... if it's not a bird... then what could it be?" Nami was also puzzled, because although this world was strange, the only creatures that could fly were birds.

However, at this moment she saw Marco standing outside the door and wondered if there was someone like Marco who had eaten the Bird-Bird Fruit and was just passing by.

While the Bird-Bird Fruit is rare, it does exist. For example, the lieutenant of the Alabasta Kingdom's guard seems to be a user of the Bird-Bird Fruit.

Meanwhile, Reina, who had found Haredas, also told him that something was approaching.

“That shouldn’t be possible, right? We’ve already used meteorology to conceal the area around our Visalia Island. Under normal circumstances, even birds wouldn’t come here. Apart from special creatures like the newsbird, nothing should be coming,” Haredas said in surprise.

“There’s no mistake, I sensed it… and… it seems the other side has already discovered this place!” Reina shook his head and said.

“Well, it seems we have some guests!” Haredas said with a smile.

He wasn't worried about anything. First of all, the people here were all old men who possessed extremely important knowledge, but it was unknown to others.

However, despite saying that, Reina was not at ease. He was afraid that his presence might attract someone, and if that broke the peace of the small sky island, Reina would feel guilty.

So after informing Haredas, Reina went to the edge of the island to see what was coming.

"Golden Lion... Shiki?" When Reina saw who it was, he was really surprised. He didn't expect Shiki to have found this place.

Reina knew that the other party had been looking for a powerful navigator, but... according to the plot, he shouldn't be here either.

"Hehehehehe... Look... Look... Who is this? Reina! What are you doing here, kid?" Shiki asked, laughing loudly as he descended from the sky.

"Shouldn't I be asking you that? Brother Shiki... it's been a long time!" Reina greeted him with a slight smile.

"Heh heh heh heh... You're really not being fair... You knew about this place but didn't tell me before! Were you afraid I'd come here for something?" Shiki asked as he slowly walked towards Reina, a cigar dangling from his lips.

“No, that’s not it… it’s just that… the person you’re looking for isn’t here!” Reina replied calmly to the aggressive Skeeter.

"Whether it's true or not... that's not up to you to say!" Shiki said softly, squinting his eyes.

Reina shrugged and said, "Sure~ then let me introduce you to Brother Shiki!"

Just then, Haredas arrived with his men, also wanting to see who had come to the small sky island.

"Hmm?" Shiki was slightly taken aback when he saw a group of old men approaching, a dangerous glint flashing in his eyes.

“Mr. Haredas… what brings you here?” Reina quickly stepped forward and asked.

"Let me see what kind of guests have arrived!" Haredas said with a smile.

“This is no ordinary man… He’s a great pirate who’s on par with my big brother Whitebeard… He once roamed the seas and was known as Shiki the Golden Lion!” Reina introduced, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Huh? A great pirate on par with Whitebeard?" Haredas tilted his head, thought carefully for a moment, and then said, "Never heard of him!"

"Puhahaha..."

"Hehehehe..."

Upon hearing Haredas's answer, Reiner and Shiki burst into laughter simultaneously.

“Brother Shiki, please don’t mind… Mr. Haredas and his partner are meteorologists; they’ve dedicated their lives to meteorology. Not to mention you… I reckon they wouldn’t even know about Whitebeard if it weren’t for me!” Reina shrugged and explained with a smile.

"Hehehehe... Oh? A meteorology expert? Just what I need! But... are these the only old men?" Shiki asked with a slight smile.

“I’m sorry, we in Visalia don’t share our meteorological knowledge, so I won’t teach you, because it’s too dangerous!” Haredas assumed that the Golden Lion had come to learn meteorology, so he directly refused.

"Oh? Danger? Didn't you say you'd never heard of me? Then why do you feel threatened?" Shiki the Golden Lion asked, squinting.

“Because no matter who it is… it’s dangerous to use if they don’t have a thorough grasp of meteorology!” Haredas replied earnestly.

Reina, who was standing to the side, did not interrupt. He knew that Haredas and the others were right, and that Shiki would not bring these old people along because they could not help him.

Chapter 423 The Arrival of Shiki the Golden Lion

"If you don't mind... could you show me around here?" Shiki the Golden Lion asked after thinking for a moment.

Reina did not answer, but looked directly at Haredas.

“If you promise not to damage the island… no problem!” Haredas nodded and said.

"Hahahaha... If I wanted to make a move... this kid probably wouldn't agree, would he?" Shiki pointed at Reina and laughed loudly.

“That’s right, Mr. Haredas and I are very good friends! If Brother Shiki wants to take action against them... I certainly won’t stand idly by!” Reina nodded and said seriously.

"Hehehehe...you kid, you didn't learn your navigation skills here, did you?" Shiki asked with a strange laugh.

“Mr. Reina has a wealth of nautical knowledge. Although we have indeed exchanged ideas, we have not taught him meteorology!” Haredas shook his head and said before Reina could answer.

“Yes! Haredas and his team specialize in meteorology, not navigation! Although they have something in common, they are not the same!” Reina nodded and said.

“I see… Then take me to visit this Weather Island!” Shiki said after a moment of contemplation.

“Then you should go with Haredas and the others! Otherwise, Brother Shiki might not believe what I’m about to say!” Reina shook his head at this moment, refusing, “Besides, I have friends here, so I won’t bother them any longer!”

"Oh? I wonder who else is on this little floating island besides us?" Shiki suddenly asked, squinting his eyes.

"If Brother Shiki wants to know, why don't we have dinner together?" Reina suggested.

Golden Lion Shiki was completely confused about what Reina was up to.

When he extended the invitation at this time, Shiki suspected that he wanted to prevent him from visiting the little sky island.

But if Reina and these old men weren't lying... then this island really doesn't have much value for him to visit, and there might be other surprises at Reina's place.

After considering it for a moment, Shiki the Golden Lion smiled and said, "Since you've invited me, I'll gladly accept!"

Reina was taken aback. He really hadn't expected Shiki to accept his invitation. After all, his primary goal was to find a suitable navigator, and the people on Weather Island were his first target.

However, getting Shiki to accompany him instead of having Haredas take him on the tour was also one of Reyner's goals. Although Weather Island is small, many of the records and meteorological knowledge here are quite important.

Haredas and the island's meteorologists are not the type to lie, so having them as guides would be quite dangerous.

As for why Reina himself didn't follow along, he could have interrupted Haredas and the others at crucial moments.

Please... Golden Lion isn't stupid. If Reina really did that, it would definitely make Golden Lion misunderstand and think that there's some bigger secret hidden here, which would be counterproductive.

"Hehehehe... Let's go, brother!" Seeing that Reina was clearly stunned for a moment, Shiki the Golden Lion appeared extremely smug.

Seeing this, Reina could only shrug and say, "Then, Mr. Haredas, Mr. Shiki, I'll entertain you on your behalf!"

"Hehehe...then I'll trouble you, Reina!" Haredas said with a smile.

He trusted Reina quite a bit, and they really weren't good at handling these kinds of troublesome matters.

Soon, Reina, accompanied by Shiki the Golden Lion, arrived at Nami's hut. Marco spotted Shiki the Golden Lion beside Reina from afar.

"How could it be him?" Marco muttered to himself after seeing Shiki.

"Who is that?" Nami and the others inside the house naturally saw the Golden Lion following behind Reina and couldn't help but ask Marco in a low voice.

“That’s the great pirate who’s on par with my father… Shiki the Golden Lion!” Marco replied softly.

"Is that Shiki the Golden Lion? The first and only great pirate in history to escape from Impel Down, the deep-sea prison?" Nami exclaimed immediately.

As a legitimate pirate, Nami had naturally heard of Shiki the Golden Lion.

Besides her, Bellemere had also heard of Shiki's name; when she was in the Navy, it was during Shiki's active period.

"Yo~ Marco... I didn't expect to see you here too!" Shiki greeted Marco with a smile when he saw him standing outside.

“Golden Lion… Shiki! Why are you here?” Unlike Reina, Marco didn’t have a good impression of Shiki.

"Don't be like that, I was invited here by Reina! Hehehehe..." Shiki said with a loud laugh when he saw Marco's displeasure.

Reina shrugged and joked, "He's looking for a navigator! You know, his pirate crew doesn't have a single navigator he's satisfied with! So he found out about Weather Island and planned to come and capture someone! But he found out the island is full of old men... Hehe!"

Reina's words explained why Shiki was there, and also conveyed a message to Nami and the others in the room, telling them what Shiki's purpose was.

"Creak..." Ah Jian opened the door, walked out with a smile, and said, "Since you're Mr. Reina's friend, if you don't mind... come and have some food with us!"

"This is Mr. Ken, a friend I met in the East Blue, but he's not a pirate!" Reina quickly introduced to Shiki.

Upon hearing Reina's words, the Golden Lion frowned immediately. In his view, the strong can only make friends with other strong people. Strong people like him and Reina should not make friends with those ants!

However, this was Reina's own business, so although he was somewhat unhappy, he didn't say anything. But anyone with eyes could see from his expression that he was quite unhappy.

Only Reina and Marco knew why they were upset.

"Let's go, what are you doing standing here?" Reina said with a smile, seeing that Golden Lion Shiki was standing at the door and didn't want to go in.