Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

If BIGMOM wants to unify the North Sea, Reina will definitely not agree.

It wasn't that there was a conflict of interest between the two sides, but rather that after their research, they discovered that the whole world underestimated the strength of those extraterrestrial visitors. If the other side were to really get serious, even the navy wouldn't be able to withstand them.

Only by uniting the whole world can we truly defeat the enemy.

"Heh... Just as we guessed, Reina immediately fell out with Bigom after arriving on the island!" Sengoku chuckled as he looked at the intelligence report in his hand. "That old woman has no idea what kind of enemy she's facing!"

"So, should we contact Reina?" Staff Officer Tsuru tapped the table and said, "With our strength alone, we simply cannot launch a counterattack unless Sakazuki commits all of the Navy's forces to the North Blue. Otherwise, with our current strength, we can only defend ourselves!"

"So you're even going to team up with Reina?" Sengoku was taken aback, looked at Advisor Tsuru, and asked, "After receiving Garp's message, I think Whitebeard should already be on his way to the North Blue! With their strength, there's no need for them to team up with us!"

"It's not an alliance, it's just a rule that we won't fight each other!" Advisor He said with a smile. "Right now, we still need to learn more about the power of destiny and those extraterrestrial visitors. It's one thing for Big Mom to cause trouble here, but if the Whitebeard Pirates also target us, then our situation in the North Blue will be very bad!"

"So, we'll reach a non-interference treaty with them?" Sengoku's eyes flashed with a sharp light. After thinking carefully for a while, he looked at Fujitora and asked, "General Fujitora, what do you think? After all, you're the one in charge here!"

Fujitora smiled and said, "You two are far more capable than me, so you can discuss these matters yourselves. However, once you've made a decision, you need to inform me, and then I will carry it out!"

Chapter 705 The Gatekeeper

"Seriously...where exactly did we get exposed?" Reina said with some annoyance, riding on the back of the hard shell and looking at the extraterrestrial visitors who were on high alert on the island not far away.

He approached from underwater in a hard-shell vehicle, but when he surfaced, he found that the other party seemed to have been waiting there for a long time.

Therefore, he had no intention of going to the island at all.

Given the speed of the enemy's reinforcements, he will likely be surrounded as soon as he gets ashore.

After circling the island, before the enemy's naval forces arrived, Reina had Hard Shell submerge again, disappearing from the sight of the extraterrestrial visitors.

"How exactly did they detect me?" On the way back, Reina was still puzzled. He had used his Observation Haki to confirm that there was no other life force around him except for the fish, which left him completely baffled.

Back on the island, Reina recounted what had happened, leaving Ace and the others somewhat surprised.

“They must have some methods we don’t know about!” Fosa said with a serious expression.

"Nonsense!" Reina rolled his eyes and said, "The last time I heard such an idiotic statement was when..."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. What a brilliant piece of nonsense!

Even Fossa himself, after realizing what had happened, burst into embarrassed laughter.

"In short, we must figure out what kind of ability the other side has, otherwise we will be too passive in terms of intelligence in the future!" Reina continued after everyone had finished laughing.

“That’s right, no wonder they can always launch large-scale team operations, but it’s as if they know our plans. As soon as a strong person appears, their people will immediately come to our aid!” Ace nodded and said.

This is also why they find it difficult to kill opponents above level 30, because they are rarely alone and will not give them an opportunity to ambush. It seems that any strong person who appears in front of them is constantly being watched by them.

If they don't figure out how they obtained the intelligence, they will be at a significant disadvantage in future battles, especially since they are not a united front.

“They don’t seem to care about people who haven’t shown up before. How about we try disguising ourselves?” another captain suggested.

“That works too. Let’s come up with a few more ideas and try them out one by one. We’ll eventually find a way. Maybe we’ll find out what methods they used without even realizing it!” Reina nodded and replied.

“When it comes to intelligence capabilities, the Big Mom Pirates are still better, but unfortunately they are not on our side!” Ace shook his head and said.

“There’s no point in talking about this now. We don’t need to worry about Big Mom. But what about the Navy? Have they been quiet lately? Surely the Navy knew about Big Mom’s invitation to everyone!” Reina said, frowning.

The captain of the Sixth Division, Bramank, shook his head and said, "The Navy has been very quiet lately. Apart from repelling extraterrestrial visitors as usual, they don't seem to be taking any action!"

"Heh... If it were before, the Navy's behavior would be considered normal, but since Sengoku and the others arrived, it's still like this, which is a bit abnormal! They must be planning something!" Reina stroked his chin and said, "Give the order that everyone be on high alert. Our enemies are not just extraterrestrial visitors!"

"Understood!" The team leaders all nodded, indicating that they understood.

After the meeting ended, Reina returned to his room alone.

I opened my attribute interface and checked my points. I had finally saved up 10,000 points to buy the Trial Scroll.

After gaining points for killing extraterrestrial visitors here, he rarely climbed the Tower of Trials again, so he spent all the points he had accumulated on the Tower of Trials.

However, because he didn't keep climbing repeatedly, his tower-climbing speed increased considerably. He has now passed the forty-ninth floor, and the next time he enters, he will face the guardian of the fiftieth floor.

He planned to defeat the gatekeeper of the fiftieth floor and then climb it again from the beginning, to gain some points and also to train himself.

"Purchasing a Trial Scroll requires 1 points. Do you wish to purchase?"

Without hesitation, Reina purchased a Trial Scroll, bringing his points back to double digits.

"Phew~" Taking a deep breath, Reina opened the Trial Scroll directly.

"Shh!"

Reina's body vanished from the spot.

When he opened his eyes again, he had already arrived at the Trial Grounds.

After choosing to continue the challenge, Reina went straight to the fiftieth floor.

A gatekeeper who looked exactly like him appeared before him.

Seeing the Mangekyou Sharingan in the other person's eye sockets when they opened their eyes, Reina breathed a slight sigh of relief, but his body also began to tense up.

Each time you encounter a gatekeeper, you gain or improve one of their abilities compared to the last time you encountered one.

The gatekeeper of the fortieth floor already possesses the Mangekyou Sharingan, and the fact that the opponent still has the Mangekyou Sharingan makes Reina breathe a sigh of relief. If the opponent were to evolve into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, then his own suppression of the Sharingan would become useless.

Just as Reina was trying to figure out what ability the other party had evolved, the other party gave him the answer directly!

"Bankai!" The gatekeeper unleashed the Bankai on Hyōrinmaru, causing Reina's lips to twitch involuntarily.

The guardian of the 40th floor possesses abilities such as the Mangekyou Sharingan, Shikai Hyōrinmaru, the Six Powers of the Navy, and all three types of Haki. However, the guardian of the 50th floor has now directly used Bankai Hyōrinmaru.

In other words, the opponent's Hyōrinmaru's abilities have been enhanced.

"If that's all the changes... then I won't hold back!" A glint flashed in Reina's eyes, and he twirled his fine iron longsword before launching a direct attack on his opponent.

However, the moment Reina's longsword made contact with the opponent's Hyōrinmaru, he immediately changed his expression and retreated.

“The Black Emperor’s power!” Reina said with a wry smile.

During the contact just now, he had already felt that the impact of his attack had completely disappeared, which was obviously absorbed by the other party.

As someone who possesses the Black Emperor's abilities, this power is all too familiar to him.

It was the Black Emperor's power that gave him the foundation to stand on; otherwise, he would have died countless times.

"Phew~" He took another deep breath and knew that the fiftieth level would not be easy to pass, but he would not back down now.

"when!"

When the two clashed again, even though they both possessed the Black Emperor's abilities, the overflowing energy still swept across the entire fiftieth floor.

Chapter 706 Fierce Battle

"Hey...it seems you're not yet proficient in using the Black Emperor's abilities!" Through their brief exchange, Reina immediately grasped the limits of his opponent's absorption.

"Crack crack..." But the other party did not answer Reina, and the icy energy released by Hyōrinmaru directly froze him slowly.

"Hyōrinmaru, that's not how you use it!" Just as Reina was completely frozen, another Reina appeared behind the gatekeeper, his longsword aimed at the other's back.

It turns out that what was frozen just now was only his clone.

However, Reina's sneak attack missed its mark.

To the gatekeeper, who possesses the Mangekyou Sharingan, such a trick could not fool him at all.

"So the Sharingan is the most troublesome after all? Then... Sharingan, activate!" Reina also activated the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan directly.

Although the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan is more advanced than the Mangekyou Sharingan, they are essentially on the same level. Therefore, Reina's initial wish to suppress the opponent's Mangekyou Sharingan with the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan failed.

Moreover, although the opponent only possesses the Mangekyou Sharingan, it is clear that the opponent will not overuse the Sharingan because of this battle.

Once Reina leaves the Tower of Trials, all of his opponent's injuries, including his Sharingan, will be fully restored. Therefore, it is simply unrealistic to try to wear him down by competing in eye power.

However, he didn't want to compete in eye power, but his opponent wouldn't leave the Sharingan unused. When Reina felt a sharp pain in his brain, he realized that his opponent had launched an attack on him with eye power.

"Hey... Although the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan is still considered a Mangekyou Sharingan, he'll get angry if you underestimate him like this!" The pattern in Reina's Sharingan began to spin wildly, and finally the gatekeeper groaned as blood began to flow from the corner of his eye.

"What an idiot! There's a much better Hyōrinmaru, isn't there?" Reina reappeared beside the other party at some point, and taking advantage of the Sharingan's backlash, he pierced the other party's body with his special longsword.

"Well, it seems it's not that easy after all!" The gatekeeper in front of him disappeared, but when he reappeared, he was unharmed behind him and launched another attack.

"Clang clang clang..."

Both sides fought quickly, and the opponent, relying on Hyōrinmaru in Bankai form, quickly suppressed Reina.

"Roar..." An ice dragon descended from the sky, engulfing Reina completely and sealing off his space to dodge.

"What a formidable opponent... but I'm not so easily defeated! Ninjutsu: Rasengan!" A spinning energy ball appeared in Reina's hand, the very Rasengan most frequently used by Naruto Uzumaki, the protagonist of Naruto.

This is a ninjutsu that Reina recently redeemed. It was from the A-rank ninjutsu selection box that the system gave him after he completed a system-issued mission.

"Boom!"

As expected of an A-rank ninjutsu, the Rasengan shattered the ice dragon, giving Reina ample room to dodge.

However, the gatekeeper did not give up the attack because of Reina's performance. With a swing of Hyōrinmaru, four ice dragons appeared at the same time and rushed towards Reina from different angles again.

"Damn it! We're at a disadvantage... I need to find a way to limit Hyōrinmaru!" As the owner of Hyōrinmaru, Reina naturally knew how powerful Hyōrinmaru was when it was used at full strength.

Furthermore, during battle, the opponent's weapon can be stolen. If he can steal Hyōrinmaru, he can not only weaken the opponent's strength but also increase his own.

However, the gatekeeper wielding Hyōrinmaru was clearly not so easy to deal with.

"Susanoo!" A layer of purple armor enveloped Reina. Facing the four ice dragons, since he couldn't dodge, he could only take the hit.

After activating Susanoo and combining it with Black Emperor's abilities, Reina charged towards the opponent while directly withstanding the ice dragon's impact.

"Light and Shadow - Thousand Feather Slash!" Reina swung his longsword, unleashing countless flying slashes towards his opponent. Not only did it sever the ice dragons that Hyōrinmaru kept releasing, but it also interrupted the gatekeeper's attack, forcing him to use Hyōrinmaru to defend against Reina's slashes.

"I told you, Hyōrinmaru... that's not how you use it! Slash!" Reina seized the opportunity to get closer to his opponent, and his special longsword slashed towards the opponent's neck.

"when!"

But at that moment, the gatekeeper, who had been retreating, suddenly stopped and used the Hyōrinmaru in his hand to block Reina's longsword, cutting it in two.

However, Reina did not seem flustered. As he threw the broken half of his longsword at his opponent, his left hand suddenly grabbed the opponent's chest.

"Prism Ice Array!" An ice wall appeared between Reina and the gatekeeper, blocking not only the half-sword that Reina had used as a hidden weapon, but also Reina's palm that was attacking him.

"It's not that easy!" Reina swung his right fist again, shattering the ice wall with one punch, but the gatekeeper also took the opportunity to retreat a little, widening the distance between the two sides.

With Hyōrinmaru in hand, his attack range is obviously wider than Reina's, while Reina, who has lost his weapon, is more passive.

"Seriously... why can't I bring my weapon in?! Even if you don't give me Hyōrinmaru, you could at least give me Senbonzakura!" Losing his weapon and failing to steal Hyōrinmaru made Reina feel a bit troubled.