Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

The ocean is so vast, if Shark Star manages to escape, where will they find him?

And the eldest prince who lost Fishman Island will definitely not be spared by Reina when he returns.

Moreover, they also knew that the eldest prince was the next king of Fishman Island, and if he were to be left here, they would not be able to explain it to Neptune.

Although Shark Star was very fast, fortunately, everyone had dispersed from this point in order to search for clues, so they quickly surrounded him again.

"His speed and strength have increased significantly, and he seems to be immune to damage. This is troublesome!" Namur, who had just arrived, frowned as he watched Shark Star darting around in the encirclement.

"Ocean Current - One-Handed Over-the-Shoulder Throw!" At this moment, a stream of water struck Shark Star, who was surrounded. It was Jinbe who made the move.

"Splash!" Although it was in the ocean, Shark Star was hit by a stream of water thrown by Jinbe, and he staggered a few times.

Seeing this, the surrounding pirates rushed over, trying to suppress Shark Star.

"Boom!" Shark Star, who was at the bottom, bounced all the fishmen away, glanced at Jinbe, and then prepared to leave.

"Fishman Karate - Five Thousand Tiles Straight Punch!" Namuel, who had appeared behind Shark Star at some point, delivered a punch that sent Shark Star flying as he turned around.

"Fishman Judo Technique - Lock!" Upon seeing this, Jinbe stepped forward before Shark Star even landed, locking Shark Star's hands and feet in place, preventing him from escaping no matter how much he struggled.

"Bang!" The arriving Namuer delivered a chop to Shark Star's neck, knocking him unconscious.

Chapter 434 Reina is on the move

After Shark Star was stunned by Namur, in the cave outside the underwater ruins city, the merman's shadowy figure swayed slightly, then looked towards the center of the city and said, "Hehehe...you...can't save him! This merman prince...is mine! Hehehe..."

Although her tone was a little strange, her voice was very pleasant.

"So... you went down together, and you didn't know anything, and Shark Star was controlled by someone?" Reina asked, somewhat amused and exasperated, after Jinbe and Namuel brought the unconscious Shark Star back to the Moby Dick.

"Um... they said he was suddenly enveloped by a black mist, and then he turned into this!" Jinbe said, scratching his head somewhat embarrassedly.

After all, they really didn't do a good enough job.

"Didn't you search the surrounding area carefully? That black mist couldn't have appeared out of nowhere, and it didn't appear near you, but only next to Shark Star? I absolutely don't believe that no one was targeting you!" Reina shook his head and said.

The two exchanged a glance. In the heat of the moment, after knocking Shark Star unconscious, they rushed to bring him back, so they didn't bother to survey the surrounding area.

Seeing their expressions, Reina knew they hadn't considered this. He sighed and said, "You're not new to the high seas; you should know this!"

"Yes! Mr. Reina... We were a bit flustered at the time, mainly because we were afraid something might happen to Prince Shark Star!" Jinbe said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Alright, you two can go now. Shark Star, stay here! Although my Sharingan has a certain suppressive effect, it's not enough to break through the opponent's control techniques. So, if we want to save people, we'll still have to rely on you two!" Reina shook his head and said to the two of them.

"Okay!" The two nodded, and without saying a word, they jumped into the sea and swam towards the place where Shark Star had the accident.

"What happened? Did something happen to Neptune's son?" Whitebeard asked, coming up behind Reiner.

He had just seen Shark Star bound and gagged and left on the deck, and he knew something must have happened.

"Hmm!" Reina recounted the events, saying, "It seems the other party recognized Shark Star and knew his identity, which is why they attacked him! But seeing our Whitebeard Pirates, they didn't even run away, so they seem quite confident in their abilities!"

"Oh? You think it's an ability user? Not a Naga?" Whitebeard asked, a slight smirk playing on his lips.

"It's hard to say, but Naga... I really can't believe it!" Reina shook his head and said, "Rather than Naga, I believe she's an ability user!"

"Gurararara... No matter what he is, we can't let him leave now! Otherwise, we won't be able to explain it to Neptune!" Whitebeard said with a smile.

“Yes!” Reina glanced at Shark Star lying on the deck. He had arrived with great style, but now he was tied to the deck like a dead fish.

"Hopefully Jinbe and the others can handle it! Otherwise, we're not good at underwater combat, which is a bit bad!" Reina sighed and said.

"Do you want to go down and take a look?" the white-bearded man asked with a slight smile.

"No!" Reina quickly shook his head and said.

He wasn't a power user, so he was fine in the ocean, but compared to fish-men, he was just a punching bag underwater.

However, neither he nor Whitebeard were 100% certain of escaping from the seabed, so they had no fear of the fish-men at all.

Meanwhile, Jinbe and Namuri, who had returned to the seabed, searched the surrounding area thoroughly but found no clues whatsoever.

"What do we do now? If we go back like this... Mr. Reina probably won't let us off easily!" Jinbe said to Namuel with a wry smile.

"How about we expand the scope?" Namur suggested after thinking for a moment.

"The problem is we don't have any leads. Even if we expand the search area, we don't have enough manpower!" Jinbe sighed and replied.

“Then go back to Reina and ask him what to do!” Namur said directly.

"Huh? Aren't you going to give it a try?" Jinbe asked in surprise.

"Are you smarter than him? Or more cunning?" Namur asked Jinbe.

After thinking for a moment, Jinbe shook his head and said, "I probably can't compare to him in any of these areas!"

“Isn’t that it!?” Namuel said directly.

“But…” Jinbe wanted to say that this was not good, but he didn’t know how to refute Namuel. For a moment, he felt that he might have made a mistake somewhere.

Before he could think it through, Miu had already swum toward the sea, so he had no choice but to follow.

When the two returned to the Moby Dick, Reina seemed to have been waiting for them.

"No useful information at all?"

“No!” Namur shook his head and said, “In the building that Shark Star discovered, although there are some murals, I have looked at them carefully, and they should all be human murals, and have nothing to do with the Naga!”

“Who told you that the other side is definitely a Naga? Don’t jump to conclusions so quickly, or you’ll miss a lot of clues!” Reina shook his head and said, “Never mind… wait a minute, I’ll go get some foam and go down with you!”

Reina originally didn't want to go down there himself, since it would be troublesome for him if the bubble burst. However, it was clear that Jinbe and Namur were not capable of completing this task.

Compared to Jinbe's embarrassment, Namur showed no remorse whatsoever, as if such things were commonplace in his eyes.

"Um... Namuel! Is this how you usually are?" Jinbe couldn't help but ask while waiting for Reina.

"What does it look like?" Namuel asked Jinbe, looking at him with some confusion.

"Is this what it means to ask Mr. Reina for help? We could have tried harder ourselves, right?" Jinbe asked somewhat uneasily.

“But our search efficiency is clearly not as fast as Reina’s! So why should we waste time? Perhaps it is this wasted time that allowed the other side to escape,” Namur said matter-of-factly.

Upon hearing Namur's words, Jinbe fell into deep thought. He hadn't expected the Whitebeard Pirates' daily behavior to be like this.

In a typical pirate crew, don't people usually try to do more things themselves rather than bothering others? Why is it so natural for everyone here to ask Reina for help?

After thinking for a long time, Jinbe still couldn't figure it out. It wasn't until Reyna came out that he cheered up and went back into the sea with Reyna and Namur.

"You two must protect me! I don't feel safe in this bubble membrane!" Reina said to the two with a smile after descending to the seabed.

"Don't worry, I won't let you die here!" Namuel said casually.

"Pah, pah, pah... What unlucky things are you saying? I'm not a man who dies easily!" Reina said, pursing his lips.

As the three talked, they arrived at the place where Shark Star had an accident. Reina carefully looked at the murals on the wall and then groped his way forward.

"Jinbe, move these rocks!" Reina pointed to a huge rock on the ground and said to Jinbe beside him.

"This...can I destroy it?" Jinbe hesitated for a moment before asking, looking at the rock that was several times larger than himself.

Such a large rock would be very difficult for him to break without being damaged!

“Okay, but be careful not to damage the floor!” Reina nodded after looking around.

"Then there's no problem! Muir, could you help me out? If there are any loose rocks later, could you hold them off for me?" Jinbe said with a smile.

"Oh!"

"boom!"

With a single, flat punch, Jinbe shattered the boulder into pieces.

After cleaning up the debris, Reina went straight forward to examine it.

“This place… is a bit strange! It looks like some kind of altar!” Reina carefully examined the marks on the ground, then stroked his chin and said softly.

"An altar? You really didn't notice?" Jinbe asked, puzzled.

“I told you, but you still don’t know! What exactly is this altar for? And why do they cover it up?” Reina didn’t explain to Jinbe, but continued to think!

"Cover it up? Who? You're saying someone deliberately put that stone here? That's impossible, isn't it?" Jinbe asked with some doubt.

“Nonsense, did you see any moss on the stone just now? Look at the ground and walls around you, that’s obviously normal! But the stone you broke just now doesn’t fit in here at all, it’s obviously someone put it here later!” Reina shook his head and said.

“But such a large rock, an ordinary person couldn’t possibly move it, could he?” Jinbe said, frowning.

“Ordinary humans, or even fish-men, won’t work, but what about sea beasts or sea kings? Don’t forget, the other side can control them!” Reina said with a light laugh.

Jinbe suddenly realized, nodded, and said, "Mr. Reina is right! So the other side is doing this because they don't want us to see this altar?"

“That’s right! But… I can’t see anything different about this altar!” Reina circled the altar again and said, “Moreover, this altar doesn’t seem to be related to the surrounding murals! These murals should have been left by the humans who lived in this city a long time ago! But this altar… shouldn’t be!”

"How...how did you figure that out?" Jinbe asked, puzzled.

“Style! The style of the murals is completely different from that of the altar. They shouldn’t be products of the same person or the same period!” Reina explained.

However, after looking at it carefully, Jinbe still couldn't see anything different.

“I’ve already explained it to you, but you still don’t understand! You just keep asking…” Reina rolled his eyes and said to Jinbe.

Jinbe looked somewhat awkwardly at Namur beside him. The other man hadn't asked any questions at all; he just did whatever Reina said.

"What do we do now?" Namur asked after Reina finished his survey.

“If I were the other party… I should have left by now!” Reina said after thinking for a moment.

"Why?" Jinbe and Namur asked at the same time this time.

“Although I don’t know why he didn’t leave when he saw us, he should have recognized Shark Star’s identity when he saw him. Now that he has Shark Star under control, there is no need for him to risk meeting us. He just needs to find a way to follow us, or rather, follow Shark Star, and then find an opportunity to get Shark Star out of our surveillance. Then he will have achieved his goal!”

Reina looked up and around, then smiled and said:

"However, there is another possibility... that he is still nearby, because there is something here that he cannot give up! So he must stay in the vicinity to prevent us from taking away what he values!"

Chapter 435 The Strange Mermaid

No sooner had Reina finished speaking than Miu swooped down and charged in one direction, then threw a straight punch at the outside of the building.

"boom!"

"Mwah~~" A sea beast with a goat's head was knocked away by Namuel and ran away without looking back!

"Alright, Namur, don't chase after them!" Reina called out to Namur, who was about to run after them, and said with a smile, "Now I'm almost certain that they haven't left! It seems there's something here that they care about, which is why they haven't left!"