Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"I can hear you, don't be so loud..." Reina picked at his ear and whispered as he watched Doflamingo slowly descend onto the deck.

"Fufufufu... I don't know where I offended Lord Reina, that he took advantage of my absence to injure all my family members and steal Sugar?" Doflamingo glanced at Sugar hanging on the mast, suppressing his anger, and asked Reina.

"Oh? You want to play dumb with me? Believe me or not, I'll make you a real idiot," Reina said with a beckoning gesture and a light laugh.

As soon as he finished speaking, Doflamingo noticed a man with long, dark green hair and a cracked cross-shaped scar on his face, holding a long sword to Sugar's neck.

"Young Master...save me!" Sugar was so scared she was almost crying.

"State your conditions! How can you let my men go?" Doflamingo looked at Reina and asked in a low voice.

At this point, his anger had reached its peak, and he was on the verge of losing control.

“Sure, then Jinbe will come in exchange!” Reina said with a slight smile.

"That's impossible! He's already been imprisoned by the Navy in the Deep Sea Impel Down. With my strength, I'm not capable of rescuing him!" Doflamingo shook his head and refused without even thinking.

"So quick to refuse?"

"That's because I simply can't do it!" Doflamingo said directly.

"Really? Even someone like you, a Celestial Dragon, can't do that?" Reina asked, frowning.

"Celestial Dragons?" Doflamingo exclaimed in surprise, then feigned composure and said, "I am no longer a Celestial Dragon. Our Donquixote Family was expelled from the Celestial Dragons long ago!"

"Really? But why did I hear... that you have private dealings with the Celestial Dragons? Is it just a rumor?" Reina asked with a smile.

"I don't know where you got this information, but I'm truly powerless to do anything about it right now!" Doflamingo said with a light laugh.

"Hahaha... Donquixote Doflamingo! You still want to play dumb in front of me? I know everything about you! Including what you used to threaten the Celestial Dragons... I know all of that!" Reina said with a sneer.

Upon hearing Reina's words, not only Sugar, who was tied up there, but even Doflamingo himself was dumbfounded.

When he didn't have any start-up capital, he did indeed rob the Celestial Dragons of their Celestial Gold. Because he knew the Celestial Dragons' secrets, they couldn't deal with him. After he promised not to do it again, the two sides started to cooperate.

However, apart from the cadres who had followed him from the early years, no one should know about these things.

Now, like Sugar, he has begun to suspect Señor, because he knows all of these things.

"How about it? Can you trade Jinbe for it?" Reina asked with a smile.

"Okay! I promise you, but you must promise you will never hurt Sugar. He's family!" Doflamingo said after a moment of silence.

Sugar, who was tied to the mast, was so moved that she almost cried. She never expected that the young master would agree to such harsh conditions from Reina in order to save her.

But Reina knew that Doflamingo wasn't after Sugar as a person, but rather because of her abilities.

“Alright! Then I’ll wait for your news here! I’ll release your people whenever I receive news from the World Government that Jinbe has been released!” Reina nodded and gestured for him to proceed.

Doflamingo glanced at Sugar and said, "You stay here for now, I'll get you out as soon as possible!"

"Don't worry, young master, I will hold on!" Sugar understood what Doflamingo meant by his last words, so she nodded and replied firmly.

Chapter 455 The Decision About Fishman Island

After separating from Doflamingo, Reina did not put Sugar down. He thought she was too noisy, so he kept her hanging on the mast. However, food and water were not lacking, so she did not show any signs of fainting for the time being.

When Doflamingo returned to Dressrosa, he found that his officers had all regained consciousness, but they were all severely injured and would not be able to fight for a while.

"Young Master!" Everyone shouted to Doflamingo as he returned.

"Dover... has he found the sugar?" Torrepol asked quickly.

As the highest-ranking official in charge of protecting the sugar, he was largely responsible for its theft.

“Reina is waiting for me in the sea not far away! Sugar is still in his hands…” Doflamingo recounted what had just happened.

"Wait... Young Master! You mean... Reina knows all about us?" Torrebol asked incredulously.

“It must be Señor! I knew it was him, otherwise how could Reina know us so well and take us all down before we could even react!” Pica said angrily in a shrill voice.

Pica was particularly bothered by the fact that Reina had ambushed and knocked him down.

“At the moment… we have no evidence to prove that Señor betrayed us! So let’s put that aside for now! The most important thing right now is to rescue Sugar, otherwise if she can’t hold on and falls unconscious, it will be really bad!” Doflamingo sat back in his seat, shook his head and said.

"How about we temporarily recall all the toys, just in case?" Diamanti, who hadn't spoken until now, stepped forward and said.

“I think it’s a good idea!” Torrepol nodded and said.

"Alright! Trebol, I'll leave this to you. Don't mess it up again!" Doflamingo nodded and said, "I'll set off for Mary Geoise right now!"

"Yes, young master!" the crowd immediately bowed and replied.

Given Doflamingo's relationship with the Celestial Dragons, he could surely release Jinbe by paying a price, which would be a way for Reina to kill two birds with one stone.

However, after this incident, Jinbe will likely lose his title as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Sure enough, a few days later, Reina learned from intelligence that Jinbe had been released and stripped of his title as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Upon receiving the message, Reina set sail again towards Dressrosa in his small boat.

Before he even reached the shore, the entire Don Quixote family was already on high alert, waiting for him.

"Hey...doesn't this require such a big fuss? I'm just here to return your hostages!" Reina pointed to Sugar on the mast and said with a smile.

However, when the Don Quixote family executives saw Sugar's condition, they almost couldn't resist attacking Reina. Sugar, hanging on the mast, was basically holding on by sheer willpower, and looked like she could die at any moment.

"Reina! The young master has already done what he promised you, why aren't you letting go of Sugar now?" Torrebol shouted, pointing at Reina with his cane bearing the plum blossom symbol.

"Try pointing at me again? Believe me or not, I'll kill you!" Reina curled his lip and said, "No matter what, I, Reina, am not a nobody. Don't worry... I won't go back on my word!"

After saying that, Reina summoned the hard shell in front of the other party and left without even landing in Dressrosa.

After Reyner left, the Don Quixote family members immediately boarded the ship and rescued Sugar.

"A doctor? Quick, call a doctor! Sugar, good job, hang in there a little longer, don't faint! Otherwise we really won't be able to explain to the young master!" Torebol hugged Sugar and said softly.

Sugar was speechless at this moment, but she nodded stubbornly. She still remembered that the young master had agreed to Reina's harsh conditions in order to save her, so even for the sake of the young master, she would never allow herself to faint.

"Phew~ It's nothing, just a bit too frightened and her blood circulation is poor. Let her rest more and eat something, and she'll be fine!" The doctor said with a sigh of relief after examining Sugar.

As a member of the Don Quixote family, he naturally knew the importance of sugar. Now that sugar was safe, their biggest crisis had passed.

However, among this group of officials, one person showed disappointment: Violet, the former princess of Dressrosa!

As a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user with the ability to read minds, Doflamingo took her under his wing and gave her the treatment of an ordinary officer.

But whether it was herself or the other cadres, everyone knew that she wasn't truly one of them.

When Reina defeated all the Donquixote Family executives, Violet was ecstatic. She thought the time to overthrow Doflamingo had finally come. But before she could contact Reina, the family had already taken Sugar and left.

Although she tried to find Reina, Dressrosa became so tense that she couldn't find a chance to contact him. She could only pray in her heart. Sugar couldn't hold on any longer and then fainted.

Unfortunately, in the end, Sugar held on, much to Violet's disappointment.

When Doflamingo returned to Dressrosa, he was relieved to learn that Sugar was alright. He had paid a heavy price to get the World Government to intervene and release Jinbe, who was imprisoned in Impel Down.

Reina was extremely happy to have taught Doflamingo a lesson and also managed to save Jinbe.

Moreover, he believed that the impression he gave Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family was that Señor had betrayed them, which could be considered as foreshadowing for the future.

After contacting Crescent Island and confirming the location of the Moby Dick, Reina originally planned to go directly there. However, Marco asked him to return to Crescent Island first, so Reina had no choice but to change course and head towards Crescent Island.

On the other side, Jinbe, who had been released, did not know why the Navy had released him, but he received news that his title of Shichibukai had been stripped.

What he wanted to do most right now was to contact Reina immediately and warn him to be careful not to give the Navy any opportunity.

Because if Reina is captured, a war that will sweep the world will definitely break out.

Moreover, his position as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea was something Tiger had given to him after Reina had secured it for him. Therefore, he felt it necessary to inform Reina that he was no longer a Warlord of the Sea.

However, after he returned to Fishman Island and contacted Crescent Moon Island, he learned that it was Reina who had saved him.

"Father! Although Fishman Island is now protected by the name of Father and the Whitebeard Pirates, the lack of Jinbe's power as a Shichibukai is still somewhat disadvantageous to us!" Prince Shark Star said to King Neptune with some concern.

Since Shark Star and Naga got engaged, Neptune has been intentionally getting Shark Star more involved in politics and grooming him to be the next king of Fishman Island.

Neptune, who was still in his prime, didn't need to start training Shark Star so early, but he had a feeling that the situation would change drastically in the next few years, so he had to make arrangements early to avoid chaos on Fishman Island when no one was there to lead it.

"So what? What do you plan to do?" Neptune asked, looking at Shark Star.

"Can we announce the existence of the Naga to the people now? Just tell them that the Naga have the ability to control sea monsters. That way... we'll have another deterrent force!" Shark Star said directly.

"Hahaha... Prince Shark Star, don't worry, there's no need to rush things with Naga. If it's just about revealing her ability to control sea monsters, I believe everyone will accept her quickly!" Jinbe thought Shark Star was speaking up for Naga, so he said with a smile.

“No, Boss Jinbe! I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but since the beginning of this year, both the Four Emperors and the Navy… have been making constant moves. You know, normally, let alone seeing a battle between Four Emperors’ pirate crews, it would be difficult to even see them on the high seas!” Shark Star shook his head and said.

He was referring to the recent conflict between the Red-Haired Pirates and the Beasts Pirates. In the end, due to the intervention of the Whitebeard Pirates and the addition of Big Mom, the two sides had no choice but to make peace. Otherwise, if a war between the Four Emperors had actually broken out, it would have been quite a spectacle.

“That’s right!” Jinbe’s smile vanished as he thought about why he was stripped of his title as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. He nodded seriously and replied.

He wouldn't have been arrested for opposing the major operation the navy was preparing.

Therefore, Jinbe still agrees with what Shark Star said earlier.

"That's why I suggested bringing Naga into the public eye! Actually, personally... I don't want Naga to be exposed so early, it's a bit dangerous for her! I'd rather she appear when we get married, that way... I can divert some of everyone's attention!" Shark Star sighed and said.

“Fool… what nonsense are you talking about? Your Majesty Neptune… now is the perfect opportunity for my Naga race to make a comeback. As long as I don’t reveal my ability to control mermaids or fishmen, there will be no problem!” At this moment, the Naga walked in through the side door and spoke directly.

"Have you made up your mind, Naga?" Neptune looked at Naga and asked seriously, "Although I'm pretty sure that there's no one on Fishman Island who knows about your Naga clan right now, but... you know, many mermaids possess strange abilities, so who knows who might recognize you... for example... Shirley's divination skills, which are abilities that even Reina would admire!"

"Phew~ It's even better if someone remembers my Naga race!" the Naga said with a chuckle. "Then at least it proves they haven't forgotten our Naga race!"

Neptune glanced at Naga, then smiled slightly and said, "Alright! Let's do it your way! Shark Star... if any of the people recognize Naga... then we'll announce your wedding to Naga in public! Do you have any objections?"

"I am willing to follow my father's arrangements!" Shark Star smiled slightly and replied without any hesitation.

“Your Majesty…” Naga was taken aback and looked at Jinbe’s Shark Star and Neptune with surprise.

At this moment, she finally understood why the Queen had made the decision to have her entire clan commit suicide on Fishman Island. Such a royal family was indeed worthy of being followed by the Naga clan.

Neptune's meaning was clear: if she were recognized, Shark Star would be used to vouch for all the residents of Fishman Island, because if she were to be controlled, Shark Star, as her husband, would inevitably be the first to be targeted.

Chapter 456 Jinbe's Decision

After everything was discussed, Neptune quickly found an opportunity to gather all the residents of Fishman Island together.

When he announced the Naga's return to Fishman Island, everyone was as bewildered as he had expected.

"The Naga race has lived on Fishman Island since ancient times and is an inseparable part of our Fishman Island! However, many years ago, for certain reasons, the Naga race migrated as a whole for the safety of Fishman Island. While drawing away our enemies, they also suffered heavy casualties!"

"Fortunately, the sea god protected them, and they left behind descendants. Some time ago, the eldest prince, Shark Star, personally went out to welcome the Naga clan back! Perhaps you don't know much about the Naga clan, but that's okay. I'm sure you've all heard the legend of the sea monster, right?"

Neptune stood on the platform and addressed everyone.