Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Judge was startled. He wasn't stupid. Reina dared to say such a thing, which clearly meant he had something to rely on. Otherwise, given Reina's status, he would never have said such a thing so casually.

"So, is your Whitebeard Pirates planning to attack our Germa Group?" Judge slowly stood up and asked.

Chapter 731 Persuasion

Faced with Vinsmoke Judge's questioning, Reina didn't care. Instead, he waved his hand and said, "Putting aside the fact that we are allies on the surface, even if we weren't allies, the Whitebeard Pirates wouldn't launch an attack on other forces casually! I believe Chief Judge can trust us on this point!"

Upon hearing this, Judge finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had just thought that the Whitebeard Pirates were planning to attack them.

In that case, even if the other side doesn't touch him now, letting him go back won't have much effect. It will only cause the Whitebeard Pirates to suffer greater losses, but it will definitely not cause any situation where they can't take down their Germa Group.

"What exactly does the First Mate mean?" Judge asked, puzzled.

If the Whitebeard Pirates had no intention of attacking them, then why did they suggest that the crew join them?

“Alright, I won’t hide anything from Chief Judge. We currently need the Germal Group’s technological support. We’ve acquired a new technology that may have some similarities to Germal’s android technology, so we hope you can join us and research it together!” Reina nodded and said, “You should know that top-tier technological power is enough to change the current world order, so if you don’t join us, we won’t let you participate!”

“I see!” Judge nodded and said, “Although I am also very interested to see what kind of technological power your group has mastered, the Vinsmoke family can never become a vassal of others! Please forgive me for this, Lord Reina!”

Reina shrugged and said with a smile, "No need to apologize... but if Chief Judge refuses me now... then the conditions might not be the same if you want to join us in the future!"

Judge nodded and replied, "I understand! But we probably won't!"

Judge was quite confident in his and his children's strength. With their artificial human technology, his soldiers were not afraid of death at all. Even if the opponent was the Whitebeard Pirates, he believed that they would have to pay a certain price to destroy them.

Upon hearing this, Reina smiled and nodded, handing a summoning scroll to Judge, saying, "This is a summoning scroll. After using it, you can summon my summoning beast! I can give you one last chance. When you encounter any irresistible force, you can use the summoning scroll, and I will rush over immediately to help you. However, once you use it, it means you have expressed your submission to our Whitebeard Pirates and must join us unconditionally!"

Judge shook his head and replied, "No need, I believe I will never need to use it!"

"Hahaha... Chief Judge has quite the spirit, but I think you'd better take it. Even if you don't need it, it's my promise to you, and it might help you get through some danger!" Reina wasn't angry at Judge's refusal; instead, he laughed and said.

After thinking for a moment, Judge nodded and accepted Reina's scroll. It wasn't that he agreed with Reina's words, but rather that he felt it was inappropriate to embarrass Reina at this time.

Anyway, as long as I don't use it myself, it doesn't matter if I take it.

After the discussion, although the two sides did not reach an agreement, since they were guests from afar, Reina asked Ace to take them to the cafeteria, where a banquet was being prepared as a welcome.

After the Vinsmoke family left, Marco chuckled and said, "What a bunch of idiots! We explained it so clearly, yet they didn't have the slightest doubt!"

“You can’t blame them for that. After all… as cyborgs, they have human thoughts but no emotions, so it’s understandable that their thinking ability is a bit weaker when facing problems! But their strength is still quite good!” Reina shook his head and said, “And that girl named Reiju… must have sensed something, but for some reason, she didn’t warn her father!”

“This kind of thing is really unacceptable! To actually turn one’s own children into cyborgs… I really don’t understand that person’s thought process!” Marco shrugged and said.

"Speaking of which, I heard Nochiko is pregnant? Are you sure it's okay if you don't go back at this time?" Reina asked Marco with a smile.

"I do want to go back, but Dad said I should wait a bit. He'll let me go back with the Doctor when he does, so we won't have to find someone to escort him again!" Marco said helplessly.

“How can we wait for something like this? I know the reason very well, even if my brother doesn’t know it! You should set off first thing tomorrow morning. If the doctor hasn’t come out yet, you should go back by yourself first. I’ll send someone to escort him when he comes out!” Reina shook his head and said.

"This..." Marco hesitated for a moment. Although he really wanted to agree, he was afraid that Whitebeard might have other plans.

"Don't worry! I've already spoken to my brother! We won't be taking any major actions anytime soon; we'll wait until Bigom makes his move before we act!" Reina waved his hand and said.

Upon hearing this, Marco didn't say anything more. He really wanted to go back and wished he could return to Nojiko's side as soon as possible.

The next morning, just as Marco was about to set off, the doctor actually came out of the laboratory.

Normally, he wouldn't come out of the lab this early.

"Doctor, have you made any discoveries?" Reina rushed to the cafeteria immediately after receiving the notification, as the doctor was eating there.

“No!” Dr. Asie shook his head and replied.

"Huh? Why did you come out so early this time?" Reina asked in surprise.

“I don’t want to either! But we’re short on supplies here, so we have to come out. The experiment can’t continue! I have to get back to Xuan Yue Island right away! There are more materials there! And when you’re fighting the extraterrestrials, remember to find some materials for me too. I left the list in the lab! Frank is having people dismantle the machine. Once he’s done, he’ll arrange for a ship to take me back to Xuan Yue Island!” Dr. Asie said while eating.

Reina nodded and said, "Perfect timing, Marco is going back too, so he can escort you this time! I'll have Little Oz come with you; with his strength, moving the machines should be a piece of cake!"

Dr. Assie was nodding, but upon hearing Little Oz's name, he immediately frowned and said, "That guy... doesn't know his own strength. I'm afraid he'll break my machine!"

"Don't worry, under normal circumstances, our people will handle the moving, but if there's an accident, Little Oz will be there to ensure the machine won't be lost!" Reina said with a smile.

"Alright! Tell them to hurry, I want to set off immediately!" Dr. Asie was even more anxious than Marco was now.

Chapter 732 Explanation

Reina had just seen the Doctor and Marco off when Sabo came to visit him.

"You didn't come here to ask about the alien riot a few days ago, did you?" Reina asked with a laugh, seeing Sabo's embarrassed look.

“Um… Mr. Reina, our intelligence department did report that this extraterrestrial riot is very likely related to you and the Big Mom Pirates!” Sabo said, pursing his lips.

They are currently allied with the Whitebeard Pirates, and the two sides are still in a honeymoon period, so Sabo felt a little embarrassed by today's interrogative question.

However, as allies, the Whitebeard Pirates actually joined forces with Big Mom and caused such a big incident without informing them. It is only right and proper for them to come over.

"This was indeed something we and the Big Mom Pirates caused, but it was just an accident. I didn't expect the extraterrestrial visitors to react so strongly!" Reina didn't choose to hide anything and said directly, "Originally, I just wanted to test some of my guesses. At the time, I didn't think it was a big deal, so I didn't inform you!"

"I wonder if I could know the test results?" Sabo asked with a slight smile.

What happened is in the past, and there's no point in asking any further questions. If Reina is still willing to share the results with them, then it proves that this was indeed a misunderstanding!

“Of course, no problem!” Reina nodded and said, “Sometime before, when I was fighting on the front lines, I accidentally discovered that there was a tent in the rear of the extraterrestrial visitors!”

"A tent?" Sabo was taken aback and looked at Reina in surprise.

“That’s right, tents! You’ve never seen them before, have you? I was the same way. We’ve taken islands from them before, but whether it was a surprise attack or a frontal assault, we’ve never found those tents!” Reina smiled and replied, “So, to find out if it was a coincidence or some kind of secret, I searched all the islands around that had contact with extraterrestrial visitors! I even went to your area, you should know that, right?”

“Yes! My subordinate reported that Mr. Reina was loitering near the island where we were fighting the extraterrestrials, but by the time I got there, you had already left!” Sabo nodded and replied.

“That’s right, I was confirming that at the time! Later I found out that there were tents like that on all the islands on the front lines of the extraterrestrial visitors!” Reina replied seriously.

"They all?" Sabo was quite surprised, because he really didn't know that.

“Yes, to find out what was in that tent, I went to find Big Mom, because they have a Mirror-Mirror Fruit user who can move quickly through mirrors!” Reina replied somewhat helplessly, “So we used the Mirror-Mirror Fruit user to launch a surprise attack on the tent, but unexpectedly it directly detonated the extraterrestrial visitors!”

"What exactly is inside that tent? What could possibly cause an riot by extraterrestrial visitors?" Sabo wanted to go back immediately to see if there really were tents on their front lines.

“Don’t underestimate that tent. It doesn’t look very big from the outside, but it’s huge inside. There’s also a machine that I don’t know what it’s for! We got the machine back, and those extraterrestrials went crazy. In the end, both we and the Big Mom Pirates suffered heavy losses before we managed to drive them away!” Reina shrugged and said.

"Huh?" Sabo was taken aback. Hearing that Reina had actually breached the enemy's tent, he asked, "Mr. Reina, how did you manage to break through?"

"Hehe! It's okay to tell you, we used the Mirror-Mirror Fruit user to send us directly into the tent and break in from the inside! Otherwise, we wouldn't have had a chance at all!" Reina shrugged and said, "That's why we went to find the Big Mom Pirates!"

"I see, thank you Mr. Reina for sharing the information with us! I'll head back to report to the leader now!" Sabo didn't intend to stay any longer; after getting the information he wanted, he turned and left.

He knew, of course, that Reina must have kept some important intelligence hidden, but they had already obtained a lot of information without giving anything in return, and they were content, after all, they were just allies.

After Sabo left, Ace walked in with an apologetic look on his face.

He and Sabo are brothers, and he knows that Reina didn't lie to Sabo just now because of him; otherwise, he would never have revealed such important information so easily.

Although Ace didn't tell Sabo the core information, he was still grateful because as long as Sabo investigated according to Reina's advice, he wouldn't go astray and might even find out the real truth soon.

"Alright, stop making that weird face, it's not like you at all!" Reina rolled his eyes and said.

"Hahahaha... I was just worried that the first mate might be upset!" Ace laughed as he replied.

“Alright, enough nonsense. Marco has gone back to Xuan Yue Island, so you’re in charge of things here! Frank is such a spineless coward. He insisted on going back to Xuan Yue Island with the Doctor instead of staying here. Damn it… doesn’t he know that I’ll have a lot more work to do after he leaves?” Reina said with a hint of complaint.

"Hehe... First mate, please spare me! I can't do those things, I'd rather go fight on the front lines!" With that, Ace walked straight out of the reception room. He didn't like dealing with things here; fighting was much more exciting for him.

Last time, extraterrestrial visitors took back a small island, and now the team leaders are planning how to take it back.

Not long after Sabo left, Reina received news that Bigom seemed to be making some moves.

So Reina left things to Whitebeard and the other captains, and secretly set off for the vicinity of the Big Mom Pirates' territory.

According to Reina's estimation, the Vinsmoke family should have also received an invitation from Bigom.

After all, the territory of the Big Mom Pirates is not close to that of the Germa Group. If Big Mom wanted to attack the Germa Group directly, it would cause a greater commotion. It would be more in her interest to call Judge and the others over and then wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Sure enough, after lurking around the Big Mom Pirates for a short while, Reina spotted the Germa Group's snail ship. It seemed that after being tricked by Reina last time, he had learned his lesson and no longer took his children with him to other people's territory.

Chapter 733 Big Mom's Trap

"Well, well, well... Germa... they're finally here! I really didn't expect the Whitebeard Pirates to not attack them. It seems we're the ones who will benefit! Are you all ready?" Big Mom asked Katakuri with a strange laugh as she watched the Germa Group slowly approach.

“Of course! Everything is ready, and now we are just waiting for our protagonist to arrive!” Katakuri nodded and replied.

"Mmm...this is really exciting!" BIGMOM said with a strange laugh.

Before long, led by Perospero, the Vansmoke family arrived at the entrance to the garden that BIGMOM had specially prepared for them.

"Well, well, well... Judge! It's been a long time!" Big Mom stood at the garden gate, laughing as she greeted Vinsmoke Judge.

However, Judge's lips twitched involuntarily. This familiar opening made him feel slightly uneasy.

"Long time no see, old lady!" No matter what, the other party is one of the Four Emperors, so necessary respect is still required.

“Come on, I’ve prepared some delicious desserts especially to welcome you!” BIGMOM said, seemingly very happy.

Judge nodded and prepared to enter the garden, but at this moment, Charlotte Cracker, the Minister of Biscuits and one of the Sweet Commanders, blocked Judge and the others' way and said, "Weapons cannot be left unattended inside. Please hand over your transformation devices. We will return them to you when you leave!"

Judge looked at Big Mom with a grim expression, but Big Mom acted as if she didn't see him and ignored him completely. He understood perfectly well that this was Big Mom's intention all along.

"Heh... Why bring a transformation device when you're on Auntie's turf? Our transformation devices are all on the ship. Should I go back to the ship now and get them for you?" Judge forced a smile and said.

After what happened with Reina last time, he became much more cautious. This time, he didn't come wearing the transformation device, but instead wore casual clothes, and secretly hid the transformation device.

“Cracker… Judge is an old acquaintance of mine, don’t worry! There won’t be any safety issues!” Upon hearing this, Big Mom turned around and said to Cracker.

"Yes, Mother!" Cracker stepped aside to let Judge and the others in after hearing Big Mom's instructions.

From the moment he stepped into the garden, Judge knew that things wouldn't end well today, so he gave his children a look and walked toward the spot that Big Mom had prepared for them.

"I wonder why you invited me here today, ma'am?" After sitting down, Gaji asked directly.

Since he figured a fight was going to break out soon anyway, he had no interest in playing along with the other party.

"Well, well, well... don't rush, first try the desserts and afternoon tea I specially prepared for you! These are my favorite desserts and afternoon tea!" BIGMOM said with a smile, showing no hurry at all.

Left with no other choice, Judge picked up his cup and pretended to have afternoon tea with Big Mom, but none of his children touched it.

"What? You guys don't like it? This is my favorite dessert and afternoon tea!" Seeing that Yuji and the others didn't move, BIGMOM immediately asked sternly.

"Sorry, those few can't eat desserts!" Judge wiped his mouth and replied.

"Oh? There are such limitations, Judge. It seems your research isn't all that impressive after all!" Big Mom said with a light laugh.

Judge then seized the opportunity to say, "This wasn't exactly groundbreaking technology to begin with, otherwise Vegapunk wouldn't have given it up!"