Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Chapter 486 Hit and Run

Marco blocked most of Kizaru's attacks. Although some were missed, the Whitebeard Pirates had more than just him, so Kizaru's special attack did not have the desired effect.

However, Kizaru was not the only one chasing the Whitebeard Pirates.

Just as Marco was blocking Kizaru, Akainu, Aokiji, and a group of vice admirals rushed towards the Moby Dick.

"Phew~ As expected of the Marine Headquarters, even with our sneak attack, their reaction speed is not slow!" Reina swung the Hyōrinmaru in his hand, ready to attack again, but was stopped by Whitebeard.

Whitebeard placed his naginata aside, grabbed the space in front of him with both hands, and with a force that seemed to rip the space itself apart.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Damn it, Whitebeard has made his move!" Sengoku and Garp, who had been watching the situation on the battlefield closely, shouted at the same time.

"Go!" Garp didn't say a word, took a step, and attacked directly in Whitebeard's direction.

"Boom boom boom..." The distorted space made contact with Garp's fist, and a huge booming sound rang out, causing the entire Marineford to shake.

"Not good!" Sengoku's expression changed, and he shouted, "Everyone, evacuate immediately!"

Everyone, including the three admirals who were chasing the Whitebeard Pirates, took steps to avoid the conflict. Even Reina had to temporarily evade the clash between Garp and Whitebeard's power.

"Is this what a top-tier powerhouse is?" Naga, escorted away by the New Sun Pirates, exclaimed in shock.

“That’s right! But this isn’t even their full strength. When Dad’s angry, he can destroy an entire island with a single blow!” Jinbe nodded and said.

Naga swallowed hard and asked, "Then that Marine can too? Judging from his uniform, he... seems to be just a Vice Admiral?"

“That man is Garp! A naval hero who has cornered the Pirate King Roger several times! If you really think he’s just an ordinary vice admiral, you’re sorely mistaken! He was good enough to be promoted to admiral decades ago, but he just didn’t want to! First mate Reina even called him… the ceiling of naval power!” Jinbe said with a wry smile.

"Ceiling? What do you mean?" Naga asked in surprise.

"In a room, where is the highest point?" Aladdin said with a laugh. "So it's understandable that we can't beat him! Besides, Dad isn't an ordinary person; he's known as the strongest man in the world!"

"Phew~" Naga breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little more at ease, and said, "I thought there were many people like that in the Navy! If that's the case... then our Fishman Island... might really have no chance of rising up!"

“You know the strength of my father’s side. Not to mention my father himself, the strength of the sixteen captains is comparable to that of the captains of ordinary pirate crews, not to mention the vice-captain Reina! So their title of the world’s number one pirate crew is not just for show!” Aladdin shook his head and said.

"But even so, if the Whitebeard Pirates were to truly face the Navy, they would still be no match!" Jinbe shook his head and said, "In this world, the Navy is the number one fighting force!"

Naga sighed and said, "So, it seems we've offended the Navy this time, haven't we..."

"It's alright. The main force this time is the Whitebeard Pirates. To be honest, we didn't really help much!" Jinbe said with a smile. "So the World Government probably won't care about us. It's just that the Navy might be a little unhappy with us! However, Fleet Admiral Sengoku isn't a warmonger, so it's unlikely they'll target us directly!"

"Why didn't you tell me when we were negotiating?" Naga asked somewhat embarrassedly.

After receiving the legacy of the Naga Queen, she did indeed underestimate the world.

“It’s time for us Fishman Island to make our voices heard! And this time, it was Reina who approached us first!” Jinbe said with a light laugh.

Naga suddenly realized that they couldn't escape the Navy's blame, but the Whitebeard Pirates could. Therefore, the Navy would not attack Fishman Island before destroying the Whitebeard Pirates. On the contrary, they could make an appearance in this battle, at least letting the whole world know that mermaids can fight too.

“Let’s go, Dad and the others have started to retreat. Let’s clean up the mess! Aladdin… Reina mentioned before that there are some gifts from the seabed that they’re giving us. Take some men and go get them!” Jinbe said, looking at the Moby Dick, which had already retreated some distance.

"Don't worry, I already had those cannons taken away! The navy doesn't care about them, but they're a treasure for us!" Aladdin said with a laugh.

Leaving aside the Fish-Man tribe's arrangements, after Whitebeard and Garp clashed, the entire Marineford was shaken. Under Sengoku's orders, the Marine soldiers scrambled to find safe places to take cover.

Once the shaking stopped and the dust settled, the Moby Dick had already turned around and was heading away into the distance.

"Hmph! Damn pirates!" Akainu cursed angrily as he watched the Whitebeard Pirates retreat, but the Navy was powerless to pursue them.

It wasn't that they didn't dare to pursue, but the Whitebeard Pirates had destroyed all the warships in the port the moment they attacked Marineford. Now, even if they wanted to pursue, they had no warships to set sail, and could only watch the Whitebeard Pirates sail away.

Meanwhile, the soldiers sent by the Warring States period had returned.

"Marshal!" The soldier hesitated for a moment before speaking, "I just went to Lord Zephyr's house, but he wasn't home!"

"What?" Before Sengoku could speak, Garp stepped forward and asked, "Are there any signs of a battle nearby?"

The soldier nodded and said, "The surrounding houses have all been damaged, including Lord Zephyr's room!"

Garp glanced at Sengoku, then at Tsuru beside him, and said, "What do you think about this?"

Ah-He hesitated for a moment, then said, "If the surrounding houses hadn't been destroyed, it would prove that the Whitebeard Pirates were after him, but now... it's a bit hard to say!"

"No matter what, we still need to investigate!" Zhan Guo shook his head and said.

His point was that regardless of who leaked the information or whether the Whitebeard Pirates accidentally ran into Zephyr, they had to investigate who knew about Zephyr back then, so that they would have some confidence in their future actions.

And it's not necessarily because it was leaked by spies.

It's important to know that Zephyr was the chief instructor of the Navy before, and many of the current admirals were personally trained by Zephyr. Perhaps someone couldn't bear to see their former mentor become a prisoner, which is why they gave the Whitebeard Pirates the information.

Meanwhile, the Whitebeard Pirates, who had successfully retreated, were all staring in disbelief at the one-armed old man sitting on the deck drinking with Whitebeard.

"I never expected to see you here! Weren't you dead?" Whitebeard took a big gulp of wine and asked Zephyr across from him.

“The old Zephyr… is indeed dead!” Zephyr, who only had one arm left, nodded bitterly and replied.

After he was imprisoned by the Navy, they removed his prosthetic arm, so he now only has one arm left.

“Old man Zepha, I clearly saw you being killed by the Navy that day, why…” Reina asked, puzzled.

Zephyr shook his head and said, "I was seriously injured that day and almost died! But I was later saved by the Navy!"

“So that’s how it is. When I saw you, you were still alive. I never thought the Navy could save you! How about coming back to Xuan Yue Island with me? Your two disciples would be overjoyed if they knew you were alive!” Reina said with a smile as he sat to the side.

“No!” Zephyr shook his head and said, “I’m not going back with you!”

"Huh? Why?" Reina asked in surprise, "If you're not coming back with me now, where are you going? Are you going to take revenge?"

Zefa shook his head and said with a smile, "In my current state... revenge?"

"Then why don't you come back with me? It doesn't matter where you stay, is it? Are you being treated badly on my Xuan Yue Island?" Reina said angrily.

“I am a Marine!” Zephyr said softly.

"Bullshit! You were discharged from the Navy a long time ago!" Reina said dismissively.

"Hahaha..." Zephyr laughed loudly upon hearing this, "Ah~ that's right! I'm no longer a Marine!"

He raised his glass and drank with the white-bearded man again.

Seeing this, Reina pursed his lips and said nothing more, then left to find Lacjo.

"How was it? How was the harvest?" Reina asked as he approached Lacoyol, who was still tallying up his spoils.

"Not bad, but... most of it is supplies, not much treasure!" Lakyo said with some disappointment.

The main problem was that there wasn't enough time; we didn't have enough time to take more things with us.

"Come on! What we want are supplies. If we take the treasure, we'll just have to exchange it for supplies anyway. Wouldn't it be better to take the supplies directly now?" Reina patted Lakyo on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"That's true! But... it's just not fun! Shouldn't we pirates be robbing treasure?" Laco said with a wry smile.

"By the way, how did you find old man Zepha?" Reina asked curiously.

"He wasn't found, he was rescued!" Laqué said with a strange expression. "A shell hit his wall and almost killed the old man. We happened to be there when we went to loot the warehouse and found him trapped under the collapsed beams, so we rescued him!"

"Pfft~ Hahaha... I never thought this old man would have a moment like this, it's hilarious!" Upon hearing this, Reina couldn't help but burst into laughter.

This gave them one more thing to make fun of Pharaoh Zephyr.

Before long, the New Sun Pirates and the Naga, who were responsible for covering the rear, also caught up. This was because the Moby Dick slowed down after getting far away from Marineford; otherwise, even though the New Sun Pirates were fish-men, it would have been difficult for them to catch up.

Chapter 487 Unexpected News

When Jinbe and his crew boarded the Moby Dick, they happened to see Zephyr drinking with Whitebeard.

"This attack on Marineford... was it all for him?" Looking at Zephyr, who was chatting and laughing with Whitebeard, Jinbe suddenly understood.

But how did Dad and the others know that Zephyr wasn't dead and was being held at Marine Headquarters?

Jinbe was extremely puzzled by this, but he didn't ask.

"It's Jinbe! How are things? Did you suffer any losses?" Whitebeard asked with a smile upon seeing Jinbe and the others.

"Don't worry, Father, there's no problem. The navy's warships were all destroyed before, so they didn't chase after us!" Jinbe shook his head and replied seriously, "Besides, thanks to Mr. Torena, we've acquired quite a few weapons!"

"Gurararar... When did this kid find you guys? He didn't even tell me! At first I was wondering why we threw the cannons into the sea, turns out it was for you guys!" Whitebeard laughed as he finished speaking.

"Hehe... Mr. Reina originally assigned us to cover the rear, but things went so smoothly that we didn't even need to use it!" Jinbe said with a sheepish smile, scratching his head sheepishly.

"Hahaha... That kid always calculates defeat before he even counts the victory! But this time... the Marine Headquarters has really lost face! Not only did you break through Marineford, but you also managed to evacuate safely!" Zephyr shook his head, took a big gulp of wine, and said with a laugh.

Upon hearing Zephyr speak, Naga couldn't help but whisper to Jinbe beside her, "Who is this old man?"

She was just a little curious; the other person didn't seem like a strong person at all, so why could he drink and chat with someone like Whitebeard?

“He is former Marine Admiral Zephyr! The three Marine Admirals you just met were all his disciples! He was a Marine from the same era as the current Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Garp!” Jinbe said softly.

Upon hearing Jinbe's words, Naga's eyes widened in surprise as she looked at Zephyr in astonishment. She couldn't sense any aura of strength from him at all.

Unlike a powerful figure like Whitebeard, he looked like an ordinary person!

And given their status, why would they be here? Just moments ago, the Whitebeard Pirates attacked Marine Headquarters!

Why would a high-ranking officer in the Navy be drinking and chatting with the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates here?

Even if the other party's title has the word "former" in it, Naga doesn't believe that the Navy would allow such a veteran to contact the Whitebeard Pirates.

Zephyr glanced at Jinbe with a grin, clearly having overheard what he had just said, but when he saw Naga, he still showed a surprised expression.

"Mermaids?" Zephyr asked tentatively after carefully examining the Naga.

"I am a Naga! I am the queen of the Naga, a branch of the Merfolk! And the last Naga in the world!" Naga took a deep breath and replied.

She wanted to appear tougher, but having just witnessed the power of a world-class expert, she didn't really have the confidence to be assertive in front of Zephyr.

Because if such a powerful person were to attack her, she might not even have a chance to escape to the sea.

"Naga?" Zephyr was taken aback upon hearing the Naga's self-introduction, then seemed to remember something and said, "The legendary Naga race? Really?"

"Of course, you must have seen the sea beast I summoned just now, right? That's the power of our Naga race, which only the queen can use—the Banshee's Call!" the Naga said, head held high.

"Huh? You summoned those sea monsters? I thought they were little minions that Reina sent with Liu Liu!" Rakuyo, who happened to be with Reina, asked in surprise after hearing Naga's words.

"Huh? Mr. Reina can also summon sea beasts?" Naga asked in surprise.

Then she remembered that when she first met Shark Star, there seemed to be a sea king with a crocodile head following him. Shark Star had told her that it was Reina's partner, named Liu Liu!

“He is no match for you! The abilities of your Naga race are the true summoning of sea beasts!” Zefa said after a moment of contemplation.

"You know the Naga?" Naga's eyes narrowed as she looked at Zephyr and asked.