Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"What do you care about? What is it?" Jinbe felt like he couldn't keep up with Reina's pace at all. He didn't understand what Reina's basis for making such a judgment was.

“Alright, you don’t need to worry about that! Namur, that sea beast you just hit… did you see its eyes?” Reina smiled slightly, without explaining anything, and asked Namur who had returned.

“Yes! I see it, it’s red!” Namuel nodded and replied.

“Very good, now follow me!” Reina nodded confidently, and Jinbe gathered everyone together.

"Now we'll start from here and head towards the location of that building. Everyone, go ahead and wreak havoc! Destroy whatever you can find!" Reina said to all the fishmen with a slight smirk.

"Yes!" Although somewhat puzzled, everyone followed Reina's orders since he had said so.

"As expected of the Whitebeard Pirates! They found a way to force me to show myself so quickly!" But before they could even begin, a giant sea king approached them from afar.

"A sea king? It can actually talk?" A fish-man looked at the other party in astonishment. He had never seen a talking sea king before.

"Idiot, there's someone above the Sea Kings!" Jinbe said, squinting his eyes.

He noticed the other person the moment they started speaking.

"Heh...you really can't hold back! Showing up so quickly? I thought you'd wait until we were about to destroy the altar before showing up!" Reina chuckled and replied.

"How did you find out?" the figure standing on the sea king's head asked softly.

"Discovered? No, I didn't discover anything, I was just trying it out! Anyway, it doesn't matter if I'm wrong, if I'm right... you'll just come out like you are now, right?" Reina said casually.

"I see..." The figure was taken aback. She thought that Reina had discovered something and was deliberately forcing her to come out. She didn't expect that the other party was just trying it out. Just as Reina said, she became a little anxious.

“I’m not particularly interested in you, but Shark Star came here at the invitation of our Whitebeard Pirates, so he absolutely cannot be allowed to get into trouble here! Release him from your control, and I’ll let you leave, how about that?” Reina glanced around and noticed that many sea beasts and unfamiliar fish-men had quietly surrounded them.

"Let me go? Hehehe... Are you mistaken? I admit these two fishmen are powerful... but that's not a problem. You must be an important member of the Whitebeard Pirates, right?! Once we capture you... we can resolve this situation!" The shadowy figure pointed at Reina and said with a light laugh.

“You’re right. If you can catch me, they’ll be under pressure and will definitely let you go!” Reina nodded and said, “But are you really that confident you can catch me?”

"Hehehe... This is the seabed! Ask the fish people around you if they are afraid of humans at the bottom of the sea, hehehe..." The dark figure seemed to have heard a joke and laughed loudly.

"Judging from your appearance, you seem to be a member of the merfolk... Why would you want to capture Shark Star?" Reina wasn't in a hurry; as long as the other party showed up, he would be at ease.

"Mermaids... I'm not a mermaid!" the shadowy figure said, slowly emerging from behind the sea king and landing directly on its head.

Upon seeing the other party emerge, Jin Ping and the others immediately shone their lamps upon them.

The other party was very similar to a mermaid in general, but was taller than a normal mermaid. The upper body was human-shaped, while the lower body was a fish tail. He held a trident in his hand, and his dark green hair was floating in the seawater. He wore a crown that looked more like a princess's crown.

"A mermaid?" Reina looked at Jinbe and asked, "Isn't this a mermaid?"

“No… he’s not a mermaid. Look at his ears, they’re completely different from a mermaid’s, and his tail is different from a normal mermaid’s too!” Jinbe shook his head and said, “Who exactly are you?”

“That’s right, I’ve never seen a mermaid like this before!” Namuel nodded and said.

"Huh? They're different? I thought they were the same! Um... what race are you? A mutated fishman? So you're discriminated against by the guys on Fishman Island, and you're hiding here waiting for a chance to take revenge?" Reina immediately imagined a whole drama.

"Hehehe... It seems you've all forgotten! Fishman Island... What a disgusting place!" The other party chuckled, then waved his hand, and instantly all the sea beasts and the controlled Tiger-type fishmen came out, surrounding Reina and the others.

"Oh my gosh~ it seems it really is!" Reina quickly took a step back, waved his hand at the strange merman, and said, "This is a matter for your Fishman Island, I won't get involved!"

Jinbe and Namuel's faces darkened as they looked at Reina, who was retreating, as if asking Reina if he was serious.

“Don’t look at me like that! If she were an enemy, I would naturally help you, but this is a matter between your Mermaid Island and you might even be the ones bullying her! So you should resolve this yourselves!” Reina shrugged and replied.

"Who exactly are you? Explain yourself..." Jinbe absolutely did not believe that Fishman Island would do anything to harm its own people.

"Who am I? You'll know when I catch you! Attack!" The strange mermaid roared, brandishing his trident.

Instantly, all the sea beasts and tiger-like fishmen around them rushed towards them.

“These fishmen are all controlled by him. I’ll hold them off, you go and take care of him!” Jinbe said after quickly looking around.

“Okay!” Namuel nodded, and then immediately rushed toward the strange mermaid, with Jinbe and his companions intercepting any obstacles in his path.

Reina simply watched from the sidelines without making a move. Apart from Jinbe and the vice-captain Aladdin, the rest of the crew members showed signs of being no match for the Tiger Fishman. As for the Sea King's warriors, they could only huddle together to barely protect themselves.

“Their strength has increased so much after being controlled…” Reina stood at the back observing the controlled fishmen and sea beasts, and found that their strength had increased a lot after being controlled. One of the sea beasts with a rabbit head was even able to suppress Aladdin.

You should know that ordinary sea creatures are just food to fishmen of Aladdin's caliber.

But now, the rabbit-sea monster he was fighting not only ignored most of Aladdin's attacks, but even suppressed him at times during the battle.

"Roar~~" Just as Reina was leisurely observing his opponent, a sea beast with a giraffe's neck and head suddenly appeared behind him and attacked him directly.

"Huh? Didn't I already say? You fish-man islanders should handle your own affairs! Don't drag me into this!" Reina said while dodging the other party's attacks.

However, neither the strange mermaid nor the sea monster that attacked him paid any attention to him.

"Damn it~ I'll fight back if you hit me again!" Reina, who was dodging left and right, began to realize that the ocean currents on the seabed were hindering his movements, making it difficult for him to continuously dodge the sea monster's attacks.

"Oh!"

Reina punched the giraffe-like sea monster in the head, sending it flying.

“I told you not to cause me any trouble! You’re such a disobedient guy!” Reina said, waving his hand.

Over there, seeing that Reina had casually sent the Giraffe Sea Beast flying, the strange mermaid was clearly surprised. You see, the strongest sea beast she controlled was the Giraffe Sea Beast, which was only slightly weaker than the Sea King under her. That's why she sent the Giraffe Sea Beast to ambush Reina. She didn't expect it to end like this.

"Fishman Karate - Five Thousand Tiles Straight Fist!" At this moment, Namuel, who had already arrived beside the strange fishman, threw a punch at the strange fishman.

However, the opponent swung his trident and directly blocked Namur's attack.

Seeing that his attack had been blocked, Namur was clearly surprised.

In his view, the opponent who possesses the means of control should not be very strong.

But to his surprise, the opponent was able to block his attack with a trident held in one hand.

"Don't think I'm one of those weak mermaids! I've said it before... I'm not like them!" The strange mermaid slapped its tail and attacked directly at Namur.

However, Namur was also a battle-hardened warrior. He faced the enemy's attacks head-on and engaged in battle with them directly.

"Roar~~~" After the strange mermaid and Namuer clashed, the sea king, which had been silent until now, also roared and its huge body began to awaken, seemingly intending to join the battle.

"Damn it!" After knocking a Tiger Clan fishman away with a single punch, Jinbe immediately sensed that something was seriously wrong.

If the sea kings were to grow at the same rate as these controlled fish-men, then even he might not be able to defeat them.

"Oh my gosh~~ A big guy is about to be deployed!" Reina said with a laugh as he walked over.

Upon seeing Reina, Jinbe secretly breathed a sigh of relief. With Reina here, there shouldn't be any problems.

Chapter 436 Naga

"Whoa~~~~" The giant sea king roared, causing Jinbe and the others to freeze in their tracks.

"Hey~ that's quite a loud shout!" Reina slowly stepped forward, and Hyōrinmaru appeared in his hand at some point. He slashed directly at the Sea King.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

Before Reina's slash even touched the Sea King, it began to freeze it, and then the sword energy sliced ​​the frozen Sea King in two.

"Boom~~~"

After the giant sea king's carcass was cut in half, it fell to the seabed, stirring up mud and muddying the surrounding seawater.

"Huh?" Reina was taken aback. Judging from the amplification of the fish-men and sea beasts, his move shouldn't have killed the sea king so easily.

Seeing Reina kill the giant Sea King with a single move, everyone, from the Fishman Pirates brought by Jinbe to the Sea King Army brought by Shark Star, and even Namur and the strange mermaid who were fighting, looked at Reina with some surprise and uncertainty.

To be honest, Reina himself was a bit dumbfounded. His main idea was to freeze the opponent, and he didn't expect to kill it instantly. Who knew that this sea king was so weak and was actually cut in half by the slash.

However, this did not diminish the shock that Reina's attack caused to everyone.

Seeing Reina standing there posing (actually because he was somewhat surprised) without moving, the strange mermaid who had just separated from Namur turned around and planned to run away.

Reina posed too great a threat to her. Her strongest Sea King had been killed just like that. She had completely underestimated Reina's strength, so running away was the best option now.

But just as she turned around, Namuel noticed her movement and blocked her way.

"Do you really intend to wipe them all out?" The strange mermaid gritted its teeth as it looked at Namuel, who was blocking its way.

"We're going to wipe them out? It seems you provoked us first, didn't you?" Namur said softly. "Look at these Tiger-Ben fishmen you control, they're all my compatriots!"

"So what? How did your Fishman Island treat our Naga race back then? You haven't forgotten that history, have you?" the strange mermaid asked in a cold voice.

"The Naga race?" His words stunned Namur and the arriving Reina and Jinbe.

"Are you really a member of the Naga race?" Reina asked curiously.

"Absolutely the real deal! I should be the last Naga in this world!" The mermaid, who claimed to be a Naga, shook her head and said with a hint of melancholy.

"There really is a Naga race? That's so strange. By the way, were you really driven out of Fishman Island? I heard that you could control merfolk in battle and didn't value their lives, which is why you were driven out by the Fishmen and Merfolk! Is that true?" Reina asked curiously.

"Bullshit! That's just their side of the story! It's not true at all!" The mermaid who called herself a Naga immediately retorted excitedly, "If we really did that, would they still have a chance to fight back?"

“Hmm!” Reina nodded in agreement, saying, “I just find it strange. If you had that kind of ability, wouldn’t you already be royalty on Fishman Island? How could you possibly be subservient to others? If it were me… I wouldn’t give them a chance to rebel!”

"No! Back then, our Naga race was just like the current Merfolk race, only living on Fishman Island. The position of Grand Knight of Fishman Island was always held by a Naga from our race! We were the shield of Fishman Island! But they... those so-called royal families of Fishman Island, fearing our abilities, used fabricated charges to exterminate us!"

"Apart from some of our clansmen who were traveling elsewhere and escaped because they weren't on Fishman Island, all the Naga on Fishman Island perished in battle! This is the root cause of our race's extinction!" The merman who called himself a Naga said viciously, looking at Jinbe and Namur.

"So that's why you attacked Shark Star the moment you saw him?" Reina asked again.

“That’s right, I can smell the foul blood of the Fishman Island royal family on him no matter how far away I am!” The mermaid who called herself a Naga nodded and replied.

“But I have a question: why were you Naga, the strongest warrior race on Fishman Island, defeated by the combined forces of Fishmen and Mermaids?” Reina asked again.

"That's because of that despicable mermaid princess back then! She ambushed our queen! After killing our queen, the control spells of us ordinary Naga were no match for the mermaid princess's singing!" The mermaid who called herself a Naga shook her head and said, "The only thing that can rival the mermaid princess's singing is our queen's ability—the Siren's Call!"

"The Little Mermaid's song? What does that mean?" Reina was slightly startled, guessing that the other party was referring to the previous generations of Sea King "Poseidon".

"The mermaid princess's song has the power to control all sea kings, while our Naga queen's call can control all sea beasts!" Sure enough, the mermaid who called herself Naga spoke up directly.

Reina, Jinbe, and Namur exchanged glances. They couldn't tell if what the other was saying was true. After all, it had been too long ago, and the Naga race was a legend to them. They had no idea of ​​the race's existence.

“I’m sorry, I can’t confirm if what you’re saying is true right now! But I can let you go… first, release them from control!” Reina said, pointing to the sea beasts and tiger-like fishmen.

The mermaid who called herself a Naga struggled for a moment, then sighed and began chanting a spell. Soon, the frantically fighting tiger-like mermaids and sea beasts slowly stopped their movements and stood still.

"This is where?"

Why are we here?

"Father? Mother? What happened to us?"

Unlike the sea beasts that fled immediately upon regaining consciousness, the fish-men of the Tiger Clan seemed to have no memory of what had happened before, which surprised everyone.

"They don't know they're under my control; they think they just live in this area. I occasionally need to use them, so I use sea monsters and sea kings to mislead them!" The mermaid who called herself a Naga explained upon seeing the scene before her.

“Jinbe, they’re in your hands now. Calm them down! And you… by the way, what should I call you?” Reina looked at the other person and asked.