Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

He is currently certain that the one using the summoning scroll was neither Marco nor Robin, but he is not yet sure who it is.

After waiting for a while, he felt his body recover slightly, and then immediately notified Frank, Marco, and Ace to come over.

"Hey~ which Trial Tower did you go to again? You always end up all bruised and battered, is it really necessary?" Marco immediately knew from Reina's condition that he had gone to the Trial Grounds.

“That’s not the point! I just sensed someone using a necromancy scroll!” Reina shook his head and said.

"A summoning scroll?" Frank and Ace looked at Reina in confusion, as they knew nothing about summoning scrolls.

"Do you know who it is?" Marco asked, his face darkening.

Unlike Frank, he was an insider who knew about the psychic scrolls, and he even carried them with him all the time.

“I don’t know! Not many people possess summoning scrolls. Besides you and Robin, I only gave one each to my older brother, Jozu, and Rakuyo!” Reina first explained the significance of the summoning scrolls to Ace and Frank before speaking.

“Robin just defeated Kaido in Wano Country, so she shouldn’t be in any danger right now! Besides, you said that Robin also has her own summoning beast! So… is something wrong with Father?” Marco said, frowning.

“I don’t know!” Reina shook his head and said, “I’ll know after I summon them! But I’m not in the best condition right now, which is why I called you over!”

"But... what exactly is going on... why does Dad need either the slippery or the hard shell?" Frank asked, puzzled.

"Dad and the others went to Fishman Island, right? Did they encounter some powerful Sea King? Or did something happen on Fishman Island?" Ace asked, frowning.

“Let’s go! We’ll go to the port first, and then I’ll summon them!” Reina shook his head and replied.

He could only sense that someone had used a summoning scroll, since it was his summoned beast that was being summoned, which was why he was able to detect it!

But he had no idea who it was, which spirit it had communicated with, or where it was. He didn't even know if communicating with Liuliu or Yingke would affect the person using the scroll.

He had absolutely no idea what the situation was like on the other side.

Soon, Reina and his group arrived at the port.

"Will there be any problems if we use a summoning technique now?" Ace asked hesitantly, looking at Reina who was preparing to use a summoning technique.

After all, Whitebeard and the others should be at the bottom of the ocean at a depth of 10,000 meters. If they were to summon Slug or Hardshell to save them, and now Reina has summoned them again, wouldn't that be terrible?

“This…” Everyone, including Reina, hesitated. Ace’s concerns were not unfounded. If things went wrong, it would be terrible.

But now they can only find out what happened by having Liu Liu and Hard Shell communicate with them.

“Alright… Frank, you immediately notify the Doctor to have Crescent Moon Island head towards Fishman Island. As for us… we’ll try to communicate with them later, give them some time!” Marco said after thinking for a moment.

"Okay, I'll go inform the doctor right away!" Frank glanced at Reina, nodded, and ran towards the doctor's location.

“If we go to Xuan Yue Island… it will be too late to get there! How about this, I’ll summon Hard Shell first. If he doesn’t know what’s going on, I’ll set off first with Hard Shell and head towards Fishman Island. You guys bring Xuan Yue Island here slowly! I’ll contact you again after I’ve had a little bit of my summoned food, okay?” Reina said after Frank left.

“That works too!” Marco and Ace exchanged a glance, nodded, and replied.

"Summoning (Hard Shell)!" After the three confirmed, Reina immediately used the summoning spell on Hard Shell without saying a word.

"Boom!" After a puff of smoke, the massive, hard shell appeared directly in the port of Xuan Yue Island.

"Roar~~"

Upon seeing Reina, Hardshell immediately lowered his head and let out a soft growl.

Reina was taken aback, then walked towards the hard shell's back.

"What's going on?" Marco and Ace didn't understand Hard Shell's roar and asked Reina.

“Hardshell said… Sachi just summoned it and left a letter on its back!” Reina said as he walked.

Marco and Ace were both taken aback when they heard this, before walking towards the hard shell on its back.

Reina just said that he only gave the scrolls to Whitebeard, Jozu, and Lacjou, and that Thatch's name wasn't on them.

However, after arriving on the hard shell, the three quickly saw the letter left by Sachi. After reading it, they were immediately shocked and their expressions changed drastically.

"No, we have to notify Dad immediately! If Dad doesn't show up, Sachi and the others won't be in danger, but once Dad shows up, the Navy will immediately take action against Sachi and the others!" Marco said in a deep voice after reading the report.

"Damn it, what are those marines trying to do?" Ace said, his face also grim.

"Phew~ Our plan remains unchanged. Marco, you and Ace take Crescent Moon Island to meet up with Big Brother! I'll go ahead and meet up with Sachi and the others!" Reina said without hesitation. "Also, inform Big Brother's side and ask them to cooperate and try to delay the Navy's actions!"

"First mate, let me go with you!" Ace stepped forward and said.

“That’s right, with the Doctor and me here on Xuan Yue Island, there won’t be any problems!” Marco nodded and said.

"Alright, let's not delay! Let's set off immediately!" Reina nodded without further ado and rode with Ace in the hard-shell car towards the direction where Sachi and the others were trapped.

On the other side, the sea area was surrounded by the navy.

"Wow..."

After slowly rising to the surface, Sachi quietly poked his head out to confirm his location before quickly swimming towards the pirate ship.

"Knock knock knock..." After Sachi arrived at the pirate ship, he gently knocked on the ship to signal his companions.

Chapter 629 Acting Skills

"Sachi! How is it?" After secretly pulling Sachi onto the pirate ship, the officers immediately stepped forward to ask.

They were already relieved that Sachi was able to return safely.

“No problem! I just summoned the hard shell!” Sachi replied with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the surrounding officials all laughed; their plan had succeeded.

"Then why didn't you leave while the shell was still hard?" But Laqué stared at Sachi and questioned him.

“I’ve already told Hardshell about it, and he’s promised to go back and inform Reina!” Sachi said calmly.

"But do you know how long it will take by the time Hardshell finds Reina? Maybe Dad and the others will have already set off, and Hardshell still won't be able to find Reina! Going directly to Fishman Island while Hardshell was there was the right thing to do! Who told you to come back?" Laco shouted angrily.

He understood Sachi's thoughts. As the commander, if he ran away and everyone else died here, he would never be able to forgive himself. But since everyone else was dead here, Lakyo would rather Sachi leave alive.

"Don't worry! I've asked around, and Hard Shell isn't far from Crescent Moon Island! That's why I came back!" Sachi naturally knew this, so he didn't blame Lakyo for his bad attitude.

"Damn it! You know that's not what I meant! Who told you to come back? We can let one escape if we can, but what makes you think you're coming back? To die with us?" Lakyo stepped forward, grabbed Sachi by the collar, and roared.

"If you were to carry out this plan, would you leave?!" Sachi asked with a light laugh.

“Of course, I have a much better grasp of the big picture than you!” Lakyo’s eyes flickered, and he replied with an air of self-righteousness.

But the surrounding officials were suppressing their laughter. They knew that whoever went would definitely come back in the end, without a doubt.

"Alright, let's discuss what to do next! If we don't take any action, the Navy might start to suspect something!" King said with a smile.

“That’s right. Our plan just now has probably already attracted the Navy’s attention. If we do nothing… they’ll probably be even more suspicious!” Sachi nodded and said.

"Then what should we do? Send someone to launch an attack?" Jin Guduo said, frowning.

“That’s pointless; it’ll only lead to our deaths! We should forget about the previous plan and think about what we should do if it fails. That way, we can better confuse the Navy!” Laco shook his head and said.

“That’s right! If we haven’t been able to notify Dad, we’ll definitely be very anxious right now. But we won’t fight to the death with the Navy until we’re sure of their intentions. So… now we should try to find out what the Navy’s purpose is!” Sachi said, a glint of light in his eyes.

"Alright, let's launch another surprise attack tonight and test the Navy's attitude!" Everyone nodded in agreement.

Nothing happened that night. Just before dawn, an alarm suddenly blared throughout the land. All the marines rushed out of their beds and immediately took up their battle posts. It turned out that the Whitebeard Pirates, whom they had surrounded, had launched a surprise attack just before daybreak.

"Quickly, quickly... everyone, to your combat positions!" Koby stood at the bow of the ship, and Ike could only shout loudly to the soldiers behind him, facing the menacing pirate ship.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

"Boom boom boom..." Before they even got close, the two sides engaged in a cannon battle, but neither side gained much. After both sides suffered some damage, the pirate ship suddenly stopped its attack.

"I am Thatch, the fourth division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates. May I ask which naval officer is currently in command of the fleet?" Thatch shouted from the bow of the ship.

"Sniper...ready! Can you hit the enemy?" Onigumo, one of the Navy Headquarters Vice Admirals, squinted and asked his adjutant beside him.

"It's probably difficult; the other party is no ordinary person!" the adjutant shook his head and said.

"Hmph!" Onigumo snorted coldly and said no more.

Not long after, a warship moved forward slightly, and standing at the bow was Vice Admiral Momonga, a vice admiral from the Navy Headquarters.

"So it's Captain Thatch. I am Vice Admiral Momonga from the Marine Headquarters!" Vice Admiral Momonga replied with a smile, "You are one of the commanders of this battle. I wonder if Captain Thatch has anything to say?"

"I just want to ask, what exactly do you want? It's perfectly normal for us to fight each other when we're enemies! But what do you mean by surrounding us without annihilating us? If you want to force us to surrender, then don't bother! The Whitebeard Pirates have no precedent for surrendering!" Thatch said with a righteous and awe-inspiring expression.

The numerous vice admirals replied with smiles, "Heh... how would we know if we didn't try? To be honest, as the world's number one pirate crew, the Whitebeard Pirates don't want to fight to the death with you, as the casualties would be too great! If Captain Thatch is thinking about his comrades, it would be better to surrender sooner rather than later!"

"Notify the rest of the warships to prepare. If the enemy tries to break through, destroy them!" Vice Admiral Squirrel secretly gave a hand gesture to his subordinate behind his back, then whispered to his adjutant beside him.

"Yes, Lieutenant General!" The adjutant nodded and quietly disappeared behind Lieutenant General Squirrel, pretending not to care.

Meanwhile, Vice Admirals including Onigumo and Coby received messages from Vice Admiral Momonga and prepared for battle.

"Sachi, something's not right!" Laqué stood beside Sachi, having already noticed the unusual activity on the naval warship.

“I know, they’re afraid we’ll launch a sudden attack at this moment and create an opening to escape!” Sachi whispered back.

However, on the surface, he maintained a smile and negotiated with Vice Admiral Momonga.

"It seems Captain Sachi isn't planning to surrender? But that's alright, I believe you'll reconsider when you run out of supplies!" Lieutenant General Momonga said with a confident expression.

Sachi, on the other hand, looked shocked, as if he finally understood why the navy had surrounded them without annihilating them!

“You won’t succeed. My father is on Fishman Island. Do you want to start a world war?” Sachi said with an incredulous look on his face.

"Hahaha... Don't worry, Fishman Island is currently preoccupied with worldly affairs, so news of your siege won't reach them!" Vice Admiral Squirrel said with a loud laugh.

"Damn it...you won't succeed! Retreat!" Seeing that they had achieved their goal, Sachi immediately led the pirates in retreat.

Seeing this, the navy did not pursue them, but simply continued to surround them.

"That's really strange! Vice Admiral Momonga said that when they run out of ammunition and food, that's when they'll be defeated. Why don't they take advantage of the fact that they still have the strength to fight and launch a breakout?" Coby stood at the bow of the ship, watching the retreating pirates, and said in confusion.

“Maybe they don’t want to make such a pointless sacrifice! Didn’t you hear? They’re still waiting for Whitebeard to come and save them!” Helmeppo whispered back.

"Oh~" Koby nodded, as if this was the only explanation.

Chapter 630 Whitebeard's Domineering Aura

"How's it going? Any movement from the other side?" On the naval warship surrounding the Whitebeard Pirates, Coby frowned and asked the soldiers monitoring them.

"No, apart from some probing attacks, they haven't made much of a move!" the soldier shook his head and replied.

"So, is there any news about the main force of the Whitebeard Pirates?" Coby breathed a sigh of relief and asked.

"Yes, the surveillance ship has sent back a message. The Moby Dick has departed from Fishman Island. Although it's a bit later than we expected, they're on Fishman Island underwater, so they probably received the news a little later!" The soldier nodded and replied.

Koby nodded, indicating that he understood.