Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

They should be quite confident in their ability to cooperate with the Naga when they return this time.

Not long after the Sun Pirates left, Crescent Moon Island received news that the person to replace Jinbe in the Seven Warlords of the Sea had been chosen: Trafalgar Law, one of the Supernovas.

It is said that he used the hearts of one hundred pirates to obtain the position of Shichibukai.

"Tsk tsk tsk... These are really some terrifying guys!" Reina said with a light laugh as he looked at the intelligence report in his hand.

“Young people these days really know how to get things done!” Lacou nodded in agreement.

Reina had just finished training and was on his way back when he happened to see Lacjo and the others looking at the latest intelligence, so he came over.

"By the way, why hasn't the guy who exchanged the money come back yet? He usually comes back in a day or two, right?" After chatting for a while, Laco turned to Reina and asked.

"Huh? They're not back yet?" Reina asked, surprised.

"Isn't this what you're doing? Why are you asking me?" Laqué replied with a wry smile.

"Reina, you're not thinking of taking it all for yourself, are you?" Jingudo raised an eyebrow, gave Lakyo a look, and said to Reina.

"Don't try to trap me. I haven't paid attention to this matter for the past few days. I'll go ask around and see what's going on!" Reina immediately saw through Jin Gudo's intentions and replied directly.

"Hahaha... This is a perfectly legitimate scheme! If you don't buy us a drink, we'll go to our fathers and complain right now!" Jin Guduo said with a loud laugh.

He knew perfectly well that Reina couldn't possibly keep it all for himself; he was just exploiting Reina's weakness to blackmail him.

Reina looked like he'd swallowed a fly and said, "Fine, fine... Go to the cafeteria and order your own food. Dinner's on me! Is that okay?"

The cafeteria has a fixed menu. If anyone is not satisfied with the food, they can tell the chef in advance and order food at their own expense.

"Wow~~~" Upon hearing Reina's agreement, the group cheered and ran towards the cafeteria.

It's not that they can't afford a nice meal, but... being treated by someone else and paying for it yourself are two completely different feelings.

After Laco and the others left, Reina didn't go back. Instead, he went to the intelligence office to ask why the guy who went to exchange money hadn't returned yet.

In the world of pirates, apart from those bounty posters that say "life or death," all other bounty posters require the person to be captured alive. If the person is dead, the reward is only about 50% to 70%.

As for those targets whose bounties state they can only be captured alive, if you kill them, you won't get that one bet.

However, to avoid trouble, the Whitebeard Pirates usually exchanged heads for money. Although this would yield less money, it would prevent any problems.

Soon, Reina arrived at the intelligence office, but before he could go in, someone rushed out and bumped into him.

"First...first mate? You've come at the perfect time! I was just about to look for you!" The intelligence officer said with a hint of surprise upon seeing Reina.

"What happened?" Reina asked, frowning.

"First mate, the men we sent to collect the money have been robbed!" the intelligence officer said anxiously.

"What?" Reina was taken aback and asked, "Our people... were robbed? Who? Who did it? Didn't they fly our pirate flag?"

"They're gone! But the ones who robbed us weren't pirates. According to the intelligence... it should be... it should be some underground force!" the intelligence officer said sheepishly.

Because up to this point, they still haven't figured out who the other party is.

"I don't care who he is, find him and sink them all to the bottom of the sea!" Reina said with a grim expression and an unfriendly tone.

"Yes, First Mate! We are currently tracking their location with all our might, and will report back to you immediately once we find them!" the intelligence officer replied after saluting.

"Well, let's tell Big Brother about this, and then we'll see who to send! I reckon all the captains will be vying to go! Hmm... let's not send Lakyo and Jingudo!" Reina said with a slight smile.

Those guys were the ones who extorted him earlier, so of course they can't have this kind of good deal now.

After leaving the intelligence department, Reina wondered who these people were who dared to rob them.

Not far from Xuan Yue Island, Gibson, one of the dark emperors of the new world and a veteran in the warehouse industry known as "The Concealer," was receiving goods delivered by his underlings.

"Oh? Not bad! I didn't expect you to receive so much stuff, very good!" Gibson looked at the boxes of gold being delivered to his large ship and beamed with joy.

"Thanks, boss. We didn't originally have this much, but when we came here yesterday, we encountered a pirate ship. Not only was the ship small and the crew small, but they just put treasure chests on the deck like that. Wasn't that like inviting us to rob them? So we just took them back." The underling said with a smile after hearing Gibson's praise.

Gibson was taken aback, then frowned and asked, "A small pirate crew? Did you even see their pirate flag? This is the waters around Xuan Yue Island. As long as you don't rob any members of the Whitebeard Pirates, you should be fine!"

"Sir, you're joking. Even if they were a pirate crew under the Whitebeard Pirates, we wouldn't be able to beat them! Aren't they all famous pirates who have made a name for themselves on the sea?" the underling said with a smile.

Gibson nodded, realizing he had been overthinking things. If the other party had any connection with the Whitebeard Pirates, they would definitely be flying the Whitebeard Pirates' flag. Even if his subordinates were clueless, they couldn't possibly not recognize the Whitebeard Pirates' flag!

Chapter 461 The Emperor of the Underworld

Upon learning that his property had been robbed, Whitebeard's expression was exactly the same as Reina's. How could someone dare to pay attention to the Whitebeard Pirates right at their doorstep?

Even the navy... wouldn't dare to be so blatant!

With Whitebeard's command, the entire Whitebeard Pirates began to operate at high speed, intercepting and inspecting all ships still in the waters around Crescent Moon Island.

Upon learning that someone had robbed the Whitebeard Pirates, the ships that had been stopped all expressed their understanding and even offered to help search for the loot.

Since this area is all within the Whitebeard Pirates' territory, and everyone here is close to the Whitebeard Pirates, they were all extremely shocked that someone dared to rob the Whitebeard Pirates here.

On the other side, Gibson, who was preparing to leave, suddenly noticed that there were many more ships on the sea, including quite a few pirate ships flying the Whitebeard Pirates' flag, and he immediately became puzzled.

"Sir, we've spotted the Whitebeard Pirates' ship ahead! They seem to have blocked a merchant ship, and we don't know what they're doing!" At that moment, the lookout on the mast suddenly shouted down.

"Hmm... I understand. Let's raise our flag too!" Gibson said after thinking for a moment.

He originally came here to secretly receive some goods, so he usually didn't fly a flag, just like an ordinary merchant ship. But now, something has obviously happened, and his flag, that of one of the Dark Emperors, can help him solve a lot of trouble at this time.

Even the Whitebeard Pirates, who have some business dealings with them, generally wouldn't attack them.

"Sir! The Whitebeard Pirates ahead have given us a signal to come over for inspection! What should we do?" Not long after, the lookout on the mast shouted to Gibson again.

“Do as they say!” Gibson replied after thinking for a moment.

In other places, he might not have stopped the ship, since he wasn't sure if the other party was really the Whitebeard Pirates before getting close. But this was the waters of Xuan Yue Island, and he didn't think anyone would dare to impersonate the Whitebeard Pirates here.

As he drew nearer, he saw the flag flying on the other ship and Vista aboard. It was indeed the Whitebeard Pirates.

"Captain Vista? What happened? You actually came out in person?" Gibson asked with a smile.

“Oh, it’s Mr. Gibson! What brings you here? You didn’t even let us know. This would have allowed us to show you proper hospitality!” Vista recognized Gibson and replied with a smile.

Gibson waved his hand and said with a smile, "We've come here to receive an important shipment of supplies. We chose this location because it's the safest place in the New World! As long as we follow your rules, there won't be any problems!"

As the saying goes, "Many hands make light work," and the Whitebeard Pirates are one of the few relatively ethical pirate crews. As long as you pay protection money, there will be absolutely no problem trading in their waters, and you don't have to worry about the Whitebeard Pirates cheating you.

However, after hearing Gibson's words, Vista's smile faded, and he said, "Although most people wouldn't dare to cause trouble in our waters, you still need to be careful! We're currently searching the entire sea area because a small boat that was out shopping has been robbed by some unknown person. If you find any strange boats, remember to notify us immediately!"

"What?" Gibson exclaimed in surprise, looking at Vista and asking, "Someone stole your things here? Who has the nerve to do that? Are they out of their mind?"

He was indeed somewhat skeptical. Even the other four emperors wouldn't do such a thing. If they were going to fight, they would fight head-on and would never do something so contemptible.

Just like Shanks before, after they occupied Kaido's island, they didn't leave, but waited for Kaido to come and solve the problem.

If they really stole Whitebeard's goods, they would have done it openly and honestly, instead of doing it secretly like this.

“So I’ll trouble you, Mr. Gibson, to have my men search the area and see if they have anything of ours!” Vista said with a smile.

“Well… Captain Bistan, it’s not that I’m not giving you face, but this shipment is a bit special and it’s not convenient to disclose it, so… could you do me a favor?” Gibson said, frowning.

"Hmm? Mr. Gibson, I'm only speaking to you politely because of our past cooperation. If you're not going to cooperate... then I'll have no choice but to resort to force!" When Bistan heard that Gibson was unwilling, he immediately waved to the people behind him, and all the Whitebeard Pirates members immediately prepared for battle.

“Then Mr. Bista… I’d like to make this clear! If what you’re looking for isn’t on my ship, then whatever you see, you must not tell anyone, and you must let us leave!” Gibson said helplessly.

Vista nodded and said, "Of course! All we want is what's ours! No one can take our things away from us here, not even a single piece!"

“Alright! Then please come over, Mr. Bistan, and I'll show you our goods!” Gibson nodded and replied.

“You guys wait here, I’ll go check it out!” Vista said to his companions.

"Captain! Let us go with you! We can just not go into the cabin! If they try anything, we can come to their rescue in time!" a combatant from the Fifth Division said with some concern.

“Alright, everyone, come and rest here for a while. You can go back after Captain Vista has finished looking at it!” Vista was about to say no, but Gibson spoke first, seemingly trying to prove that they really hadn’t taken anything from the Whitebeard Pirates.

Seeing this, Vista didn't say much and led his men over. The other party's words were interesting; he was one of the underground emperors of the new world, so he had only intended to take a symbolic look.

"Let's go. Although you probably wouldn't do something like this, it's just routine!" After boarding the ship, as expected, Vista's attitude improved a lot because of Gibson's sensibility.

"I hope you'll still feel the same way after you see my goods!" Gibson said with a wry smile.

"You're not accepting some kind of contraband, are you?" Vista asked, startled, looking at Gibson with surprise.

“In this day and age, is there any way for people to make a living doing legitimate business? Otherwise, why would we be called the emperors of the underworld? It’s because most of our businesses are shady!” Gibson shook his head and said.

Vista was silent for a moment before saying, "In the future... don't come to our waters to do this kind of thing. If Reina catches you, he won't let you off the hook! As for this time... I won't pursue it!"

"Yes! Thank you, Captain Vista!" Gibson replied with a smile.

Soon, the two arrived at the innermost part of the cabin, where Gibson stored his belongings.

"How dare you...do such a thing!?" After opening the door, Vista immediately roared angrily at Gibson.

“Captain Vista…we had an agreement beforehand! Otherwise…I wouldn’t have dared to let you check!” Gibson immediately took a few steps back and stared at Vista as he spoke.

“Hmph~ I can let you leave, but release all these people!” Vista said to Gibson, pointing at the slaves in the room.

“That’s impossible! Captain Vista, I won’t hide it from you, these people have already been reserved. If we let them go, I’ll be in big trouble!” Gibson shook his head and refused.

“But if you don’t let them go, I can kill you right now!” Bistan said in a deep voice.

"Captain Vista...are you going back on your word?" Gibson took a few steps back again, asking with a resentful expression.

He wasn't without a backup plan, but using it would only guarantee his own life; he definitely wouldn't be able to take the cargo. In that case, it would be better to follow Vista's arrangement and release the slaves!

"Hmph~ Get out of here right now, and if I see you again... I won't let you leave so easily!" Vista took a few deep breaths, suppressing his anger, and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, yes, yes... Thank you, Captain Vista!" Gibson was overjoyed and immediately nodded and bowed.

“Hmph!” Vista snorted coldly and said, “Wait, open all the cabins, I want to check them all!”

He didn't discover anything; he just disliked the other person and wanted to pick a fight.

Gibson, of course, knew this, so he ordered his crew to open all the cabins and let the Whitebeard Pirates members on deck check them, while he stayed by Vista's side, hoping that Vista would calm down.

After all, trading around Xuan Yue Island is the safest option.

After waiting a while, just as Vista was about to return to his ship, a member of the Whitebeard Pirates suddenly ran out and excitedly shouted to Vista, "Captain! We found it!"

"Found it?" Bistan was stunned, seemingly unable to believe it.

"What did you find?" Gibson asked, equally surprised.

“We’ve found what belongs to us, the thing they stole!” the fifth squad combatant said, pointing at Gibson.

"That's impossible! How could I possibly rob you? Captain Vista, is there some misunderstanding? I came out here to receive the cargo in the hold, that's the most important thing! I would never take the cargo and rob you in the waters near Crescent Moon Island!" Gibson was almost in tears.

Vista was also somewhat incredulous. Gibson, as the emperor of the underworld, would never dare to offend the Whitebeard Pirates for such a small thing!