Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"You know them and still dare to rob us? You don't have some kind of misconception about your own strength, do you?" Reina asked in surprise.

"No...no! The latest news came yesterday that the Whitebeard Pirates defeated three Navy warships in the Radle Sea, causing a sensation around the world. But when we saw you today, we thought you were imposters...I didn't expect you to be so powerful!" the pirate captain said painfully.

"Yeah...yes! You guys are all so powerful, why are you still impersonating the Whitebeard Pirates?" The pirates around them also started to complain.

They initially thought the Whitebeard Pirates were easy targets, which is why they impersonated them. However, they were surprised to find that Reina was a tough opponent, as he single-handedly defeated them all.

Reina froze for a moment, then punched the pirate captain on the head, saying, "Who told you I was an imposter? Humph!"

Reina ignored the pirates and helped Olga carry their treasures and supplies back to his ship while pondering Whitebeard's victory over the Marines.

"Rainer...look! They still have so much good wine! They've struck it rich!" Olga said with a grin, carrying a wine barrel almost as big as herself.

"Alright, we're off. Zephyr might be nearby! That guy's not easy to deal with!" Reina said as he went over to help Olga carry the barrels away.

After everything was ready, they left immediately, and soon after, a naval warship approached.

"My lord, it really was that kid Akame who did it. According to the information, he should also know about what happened to Whitebeard in the Radle Sea!" Karadan reported to Zephyr after interrogating the group of unfortunate pirates.

"It seems that kid is planning to join forces with the Whitebeard Pirates! Speed ​​things up, we must capture him before he joins Whitebeard!" Zephyr said directly.

After learning the exact location of the Whitebeard Pirates, Reina began to think about how to reunite with them.

Going directly there would definitely lead to an ambush by Zephyr, so Reina planned to take a detour to avoid conflict with Zephyr as much as possible. After all, with his current strength, he didn't have any good options besides running away from Zephyr.

Unexpectedly, this detour led him astray and he got lost.

"Hey Reina! Where are we? We haven't seen an island in over a week, and we're almost out of food. If we keep sailing like this, we're doomed!" Olga shouted weakly to Reina.

Reina had no choice. Although there was a Log Pose, if he followed it, he would inevitably be ambushed by Zephyr. So Reina had to rely on his nautical knowledge to navigate. However, this was indeed the Grand Line, where the weather, climate, and currents were unpredictable.

Now, not only can Zefa not find them, but they themselves don't even know where they've gone.

"Same as always, starting tomorrow you'll be in charge of fishing! If all else fails, we'll just have to eat fish!" Reina's lips twitched involuntarily. He really didn't want to eat fish anymore. He had survived several food crises by eating fish, which had improved his fish-grilling skills considerably.

"Fish again? No way! I want meat! Meat!" Olga's face was full of rejection.

“Then you’d better pray we find an island before tomorrow, otherwise… we’ll really only be able to eat fish!” Reina shrugged, indicating that there was nothing he could do about it.

Ignoring Olga's resistance, Reina began his sword practice for the day. His proficiency in basic swordsmanship was almost maxed out, thanks to the increased practice time he had recently spent. Otherwise, he really didn't know when he would have reached the maximum level.

The main reason is that he has focused all his energy on physical training. If it weren't for the recent opening of his inventory, which allows him to take out weapons unexpectedly for a sneak attack, he might not have bothered to practice swordsmanship.

"Your beginner swordsmanship has been successfully upgraded!" After using the beginner skill scroll he had exchanged, Reina's beginner swordsmanship was successfully upgraded to intermediate level.

"Rena~~ Come and see! I see the island!" Rena had just sheathed his longsword when he heard Olga's shout from the mast.

"An island?" Reina's spirits lifted, and he immediately leaped onto the mast.

"Look, isn't there a small island over there!" Olga excitedly shouted, handing the binoculars to Reina.

Reina took the binoculars and looked in the direction Olga was pointing. There was indeed a small black dot, which was undoubtedly an island.

"Dr. Assie! Turn left, ten o'clock!" Reina looked in the direction of the island and shouted down.

"Okay!" came the reply from below.

"Hahaha... We finally don't have to eat fish anymore! This time we must buy a lot of meat and fill the kitchen to the brim!" Olga shouted.

“Idiot, we don’t have a refrigerator that big. Meat can’t be preserved for long!” Reina tapped Olga on the head and said.

“Then let’s buy a bigger refrigerator! They don’t want to eat fish!” Olga shook her head and said with a look of refusal.

“A refrigerator is out of the question, because there simply isn’t one big enough. But if we convert the cabin into a freezer… that’s not impossible!” Reina said, stroking his chin.

He was also terrified by several food crises, so having a cold storage facility wasn't entirely unnecessary.

"Let's upgrade! Let's upgrade! Didn't we get a lot of treasure last time? That should be enough to pay for it!" Olga's eyes gleamed as she asked Reina with anticipation.

“Berry’s words should be enough, but I don’t know if that island has the technology! If it does, we’ll modify it!” Reina nodded and said.

"Yay! This time I'm going to pile the whole cabin full of meat!" Olga's mouth was practically watering.

They finally arrived at the island in the evening, but to their surprise, there was no shipwright to modify the cabin, and not even a single person to be found, as it seemed to be an uninhabited island.

"Wh...what?! I was so looking forward to it..." Olga was almost in tears. The freezer she was looking forward to was gone, the food she was looking forward to was gone, and even her wish to get a bigger refrigerator couldn't be fulfilled.

"Forget it, we're lucky to have found an island. Let's go up and see if there are any animals, and catch some to eat first!" Reina sighed and said.

Actually, he was also looking forward to renovating a cold storage room, since not only Olga, but even he himself didn't want to eat fish anymore.

"I must eat all the meat on the island!" After her expectations were dashed, Olga vowed to eat meat until she was sick of it before setting sail again, so that at least she wouldn't miss eating meat so much when faced with a food crisis.

There was no way around it; while she was inside the lanternfish's belly, she ate fruits and vegetables for over 170 years, so she has an almost obsessive craving for meat.

After mooring the boat, the three of them disembarked and headed towards the island.

Because the island has been uninhabited for a long time, the vegetation is quite lush, with countless towering trees.

Walking from the coast, you'll find yourself in a forest. Once you pass through the forest, the scenery on the island will be breathtaking.

The island is not large, with a small mountain in the middle. From their perspective, there seems to be a large lake at the foot of the mountain, where many small animals are drinking water. Under the setting sun, the lake water sparkles, appearing very peaceful and beautiful.

“Let’s go, we’ll spend the night by the lake. I’ll go catch some game, and we’ll get a good rest!” Reina had a camping tent in his backpack; they hadn’t planned to spend the night on the boat anyway.

The three arrived at the lakeside, where the animals were surprisingly unafraid of people. Many of the rabbits and squirrels did not run away when they saw them coming.

"We haven't found any large predators around here, so it should be relatively safe!" Reina saw that the small animals weren't afraid of them, so he knew that there were probably no natural predators around, which explained their behavior.

Of the three, only Reina was truly strong. Although Olga had trained in some physical techniques with Reina, she didn't take it seriously, so her strength was limited. She could handle ordinary pirates or marines, but she couldn't deal with anyone with even a little bit of strength.

So Reina checked the surroundings before setting up camp.

"Alright, Reina! Leave this to us, you go hunt! Catch as many as you can, I'm so hungry I could eat a whole dinosaur!" Olga said as soon as she saw Reina still setting up the tent.

Reina looked at Olga, somewhat skeptical, and asked, "You know how to pitch a tent?"

"Don't underestimate her! She's lived alone for over 170 years!" Olga said with a touch of arrogance.

Reina thought about it and agreed, since setting up a tent wasn't a difficult task. So he handed the tools to Olga and went hunting to prepare dinner.

But when Reina returned to the camp, not only were the tents gone, but even Olga and Dr. Assie were nowhere to be found.

“Olga… Dr. Assie…” Reina checked the surroundings and found no signs of a struggle. Although the footsteps on the ground were somewhat disordered, it seemed more like Olga was running around and playing here on her own.

Following the footprints on the ground, Reina arrived at the lake, where the footprints disappeared.

"Could they have both fallen into the lake?" Reina wondered, stroking his chin.

Chapter 47 Remains Under the Lake

Let's go back to when Reina left to go hunting.

"Father... how do I set this up?" Olga fiddled with it for a while, but realized she had no idea how to set up a tent, so she had to ask her father, who was preparing a grill, for help.

"Why don't you prepare the grill, and I'll set up the tent?" Dr. Assie said with a smile.

Because of a previous misunderstanding with his daughter Olga, he now dotes on her exceptionally much, and he will never refuse any of her requests as long as he can fulfill them.

"Thank you, Father!" Olga cheered, immediately putting down her tools and running to install the grill.

Before long, Olga had skillfully prepared everything, but Dr. Assie had set up a tent.

Olga, who originally intended to help her father, saw a little rabbit at that moment, and the restless Olga decided to catch the cute rabbit herself.

Surprisingly, although the rabbit had no offensive capabilities, it was quite fast. After realizing that Olga wanted to catch it, the little rabbit hopped away.

Unwilling to give up, Olga followed after them, and Dr. Asie, who was setting up a tent, was also worried and followed.

By the time Olga caught the rabbit, they had unknowingly arrived at the lakeside.

"Huh~ what's this?" Olga, who was carrying the rabbit, suddenly noticed something in the lake not far away.

"Olga, don't go there! We'll check it out when Reina comes back!" Assie shouted as soon as she saw Olga walking towards the lake.

“It’s alright, Father, I’ll go take a look!” Olga waved her hand, indicating that there was no problem.

Dr. Assie was worried, so he followed her. But when Olga grabbed the dark thing at the bottom of the lake, a big hole suddenly appeared in the lakebed, and the two of them fell in with the lake water without warning.

After the two fell in, the opening closed again, and apart from the lake water level dropping slightly, there was no trace of it.

So when Reina tracked them down here, he couldn't find a single trace.

"That's strange! How could two grown people just disappear like that?" Reina searched the surrounding area again and found no trace other than some footprints by the lake, indicating that the two had disappeared here.

Or perhaps the two entered the lake from here, which is why there were no traces left.

Left with no other option, Reina used the tools at hand to make a simple raft and paddled towards the center of the lake. However, after searching the entire lake, he still couldn't find the two people, which left Reina completely baffled.

"Where did those two guys go?" Reina asked helplessly, looking at the sky, which had become completely dark.

He didn't have much time left; he had to get back to the ship by tomorrow morning, or he wouldn't be able to work tomorrow. So he had to find the two of them tonight, and the longer he waited, the more dangerous it would be for their safety.

But when Reina had thoroughly explored the entire island and still hadn't found any clues, he started to get frustrated.

How could two perfectly healthy people suddenly disappear?

"Could they have sunk to the bottom of the lake?" Reina returned to the lakeside where the two had disappeared, stroking his chin as he speculated.

"Boom boom boom..." Regardless of the consequences, since Reina had no other choice, he simply bombarded the lakeside. Unexpectedly, this casual action revealed the metal wall hidden beneath the lake.

"After searching for so long, it turned out to be here!" Reina breathed a sigh of relief, finally feeling at ease.

As long as the location is found, that's good. What he fears most is having no clues and no way to start.

But after several attempts, he found that the metal was very hard and he couldn't break it at all. So Reina had no choice but to use the most rudimentary method: follow the metal walls to find the entrance.

He quickly found the hole where Olga and Dr. Assie had fallen, gently pulled the lever, and the hole opened, sucking Reina in as well.

After falling through the hole, there was a small pool of water below. Since Reina was prepared, he was not injured at all.

"So this is it after all?" After Reina got out of the pool, he indeed found some traces of humans, which should have been left by Olga and Dr. Asie.

So Reina followed the trail to the only passage. There was no lighting in the passage, so he had to exchange his money for a flashlight from the shop to get some light.

In the past, Reina would have definitely used his Sharingan to move forward and wouldn't have exchanged for a flashlight. But now that he has an inventory, it doesn't matter if he exchanges for these daily necessities. Anyway, there's a place to store them, and he might need them in the future.

After passing through a long passage, Reina came to an open stone door. He didn't know if the door had always been open or if Olga and the others had opened it.

“These are…” Looking at the carvings on the stone gate, it seemed to record something, but Reina couldn’t understand them.

Entering through the stone gate, there was a small, square house inside. Like the stone gate, the walls were carved with murals. Looking at the little figures in the murals, Reina suddenly thought of Sky Island.

Because the little figures in the mural also have wings on their backs, which are very similar to the people on the Sky Island.

So Reina didn't rush to leave, but instead examined the area carefully.