Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Hmm?" Lackey and the others looked at Ace when they saw his appearance.

"Sanji? You didn't mean to think of that guy from the Straw Hat Pirates, did you?" Rakuyo asked, also realizing something.

Ace nodded and said, "Remember when they came to Crescent Moon Island last time? That chef named Sanji seemed to be using the Vinsmoke family's transformation device!"

"It can't be that much of a coincidence, can it?" Laco thought for a moment and then said, "Aren't the Straw Hat crew with Marco right now? Why don't we just ask them?"

"The Straw Hat crew?" Dragon was dumbfounded when he heard Rakuyo and the others talking. Wasn't the Straw Hat kid his son Luffy?

After all that, it turns out the person he was looking for was in his own son's pirate crew?

"Straw Hat Boy? So he really is the one Roger was waiting for, right? Gurarara... Dragon, I heard he's your son?" Whitebeard, sitting at the head of the table, also seemed to realize something and laughed as he spoke.

Dragon nodded somewhat helplessly and said, "Luffy was abandoned on the mountain by his grandfather when he was young, so his personality is not much like mine, but exactly like his grandfather's!"

"Gurarararar..." Upon hearing this, the white-bearded man couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The banquet continued, and the addition of revolutionary army allies made it even more lively.

Only Rakuyo went to contact Yonji of the Vinsmoke family and Marco, who was far away at the base, to confirm whether the Vinsmoke Sanji that Dragon was looking for was indeed Sanji, the Straw Hat crew's cook.

"I see. So Sanji, the cook of the Straw Hat crew, is from your Vinsmoke family, right?" Rakuyo asked with a sigh as he listened to Yonji recount Sanji's background.

“That guy won’t admit it himself, but why are you looking for him? Although he’s not bad, he hasn’t inherited any of the advantages of us androids, and it seems he’s already joined another pirate crew!” Yonji nodded and asked.

Although Yonji didn't say it aloud, Laco still sensed the protectiveness towards Sanji in his words.

"Don't worry, we won't make things difficult for him. First of all, Straw Hat Luffy is Ace's brother, and Reina's daughter is still on the Straw Hat crew's ship! So don't worry, we won't harm them!" Lakyo said with a smile.

“He has nothing to do with us, I don’t care about him!” Yuji replied calmly.

Lakyo paused for a moment, then seemed to think of something, but just smiled and didn't say anything more.

"By the way, Captain Lacjou, is there something you wanted to ask about Sanji?" At that moment, Reiju's voice came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.

She is Sanji's older sister and a member of the Vinsmoke family. Besides Sanji, some of her members still exist in human form. She was very kind to Sanji when they were young. Sanji escaped the Vinsmoke family thanks to Reiju's help.

So she did want to know something about Sanji.

“Is that Reiju? Don’t worry, it’s not bad news. We received news from the Revolutionary Army that the Big Mom Pirates have a Devil Fruit user with decent abilities, but they need Sanji to turn him to their side. So they’re asking us about Sanji! Because your Vinsmoke family has already joined our Whitebeard Pirates, right?” Laco explained with a smile.

"The Big Mom Pirates? That can't be right, can it? Is the intelligence wrong? We have no connection with the Big Mom Pirates, and Sanji is even less likely to be involved. They seem to have caused a huge disturbance on Whole Cake Island!" Reiju frowned immediately after hearing this.

She was afraid this was some kind of trap targeting Sanji, which is why she said that.

“We don’t have enough information right now, but don’t worry, whether it’s true or not, it’s up to Sanji to decide. If he agrees, we’ll try to get him to make contact with the other party. If he refuses, we won’t take any action!” Laco assured him.

Reiju was taken aback, then remembered that she had been talking to the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates. They had been with the Whitebeard Pirates for so long that they already knew about the Whitebeard Pirates' people-oriented principle.

“In that case, thank you very much, Captain Lacjo!” Reiju said with a smile.

"You're welcome!" Laco said, then hung up the Den Den Mushi and started contacting Marco.

Meanwhile, Reina, who was rushing back to the island he was stationed on, had already seen the outline of the island with the help of the hard shell.

"Phew~ Thank goodness nothing happened!" Reina was afraid that while he was away, the extraterrestrials would launch a retaliatory counterattack. Without him here, these pirates on the island would probably not even be able to escape.

Although there are some strong individuals on the island, there is no top-tier expert like Reina. If the extraterrestrial visitors send out an expert of level 40 or above, no one here will be able to withstand them.

Fortunately, the island doesn't seem to have changed much.

When Reina returned to the island, he discovered that the people there were unaware of his departure and continued as usual.

"Lord Reina, you're back? Would you like something to drink?" The owner asked with a smile as they arrived at their usual tavern.

"Give me a glass of barley wine! Nothing's been happening on the island lately, has anything?" Reina asked after sitting down.

"Nothing's wrong? Nothing at all! With Lord Reina here, what blind fool would dare cause trouble here?" The shopkeeper glared and replied immediately.

He was originally a pirate, but his crew suffered too many casualties in the battle with the extraterrestrials. So he simply built a tavern here and started a business. Unexpectedly, this led him to a new life.

However, some of his behavior and thoughts still bear traces of his time as a pirate.

Chapter 840 Ambush

As Reina sipped his barley wine, it felt exactly the same as usual, but something still seemed off.

However, after careful observation, he found nothing different, so he let his guard down.

But just as he was about to have another drink, he suddenly lowered his head, and when he looked up again, his eyes had turned into blood-red Sharingan.

"Hehehe... Trying to play illusions in front of me? You've picked the wrong target!" The tomoe in his eyes spun rapidly, forming sword-like patterns, and he directly activated the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Red-Eyed Reina!" An extraterrestrial visitor, who had revealed his true form, stood not far away, looking at Reina's eyes, and exclaimed in amazement, "What incredible eyes!"

"Oh my, really! It hasn't been that long! You've even learned our language?" Reina chuckled and said, "Tell me, where are the original inhabitants of this place?"

"Of course... we killed them all!" the other party said calmly. "Your language isn't difficult!"

"Killed them all?" Reina's heart skipped a beat. Although he knew this was the inevitable outcome, he still found it hard to accept. He slowly stood up and said, "Let your men come out! Now that we've seen through your plan, isn't the rest just a matter of letting our fists do the talking?"

The other party nodded, acknowledging Reina's words. Then, countless alien warriors suddenly appeared all around, completely surrounding Reina.

“Red-Eyed Reina, long time no see! You shouldn’t be able to escape this time!” Another extraterrestrial visitor slowly walked out and said to Reina.

Before Reina could even ask, a transparent energy shield appeared in the other person's palm, enveloping the entire island.

Now Reina didn't need to ask the other party anymore; he had already recognized him as the extraterrestrial visitor who used energy.

"You really think highly of me! Was that illusion you used just now? Is that your ability? You two must both be over level 45, right?" Reina looked at the extraterrestrial visitor who had spoken to him first and said with a smile.

“It’s alright to tell you!” The other party smiled and said, “Since you know our levels, I’ll tell you another piece of information for free. Anyone above forty-five can awaken their own special ability. My special ability is illusion, and his special ability is an energy shield, an energy shield that isolates all energy. Your strange teleportation technique should not be usable here!” The extraterrestrial visitor who used illusion said with a light laugh.

"Ugh, this is really troublesome! It seems like it's either you or me who will die today?" Reina said, rubbing his head with a headache.

“That’s not right!” said the extraterrestrial energy being. “We are souls who descended to your planet, so we are immortal here. At most, you can only kill our physical bodies, but after the physical bodies die, our souls will return to our world!”

“I see. If I want to kill you, I have to go to your world, right?” Reina asked, his smile fading.

He had originally planned to take direct action, but now it seems that it might be better to talk things out and obtain more information.

"Trying to extract information from us? No problem, we'll only tell you the basics, things you'd already know even if we didn't! As for the rest... we won't tell you!" the illusionist from outer space said with a light laugh.

“It’s alright. Even if it’s just some simple information, I’d like to confirm it. May I ask how you two are addressed?” Reina said with a slight smile.

“You can call me the Illusionist! Once we break through level 45, our title will be our ability!” the Illusionist said with a smile.

"I see. Then I wonder how many of you have broken through to level 45 this time you came to our world?" Reina asked curiously.

However, the other party simply smiled at Reina without answering the question.

"Alright, since you don't want to answer this, I'll ask you a different question!"

Just as Reina was about to speak and continue trying to extract information, the extraterrestrial visitor with the energy shield suddenly attacked Reina.

"If you don't want to ask, then don't! Why rush to attack? Don't you have anything you want to know? You've already answered so many questions, so I'll tell you one for free!" Reina had already anticipated the attack, so he dodged it immediately and said with a smile.

"Then... tell me... where did you put the things you stole from us?" The extraterrestrial visitor with the energy shield stopped attacking and asked.

“I can’t tell you that!” Reina shook his head and said, “Besides, even if I told you, you still wouldn’t get it! The machines we stole from you were sent to a place called Mary Geoise, which is the headquarters of the largest power in our world, full of powerful people. So I advise you to give up!”

The two extraterrestrial visitors exchanged a glance, then simultaneously waved their hands. Countless extraterrestrial visitors launched an attack on Reina, while the two of them vanished from the crowd.

"Damn it, don't they have any awareness of being strong?" Upon discovering that the two were missing, Reina's expression immediately changed. While dealing with the ordinary extraterrestrial visitors rushing towards him, he kept an eye out for possible sneak attacks from the two.

The two disappeared from the spot, likely to verify what Reina had said, or perhaps to hide in the crowd and ambush him at any moment.

Reina believed that the other party had most likely chosen the latter, because verifying his words could not be done in a short time, and it could be done at any time, so there was no need to choose this moment.

However, as Reina changed locations while keeping an eye out for the two's sneak attacks, he discovered that they seemed to have truly disappeared. Several times, he deliberately created openings, but they did not make a move.

This also made Reina very puzzled.

"Fine, whether you launched a sneak attack or really left, I can't stay here any longer! Sit atop the Frost Heaven! Hyōrinmaru... Bankai!" Reina immediately activated Hyōrinmaru's Bankai mode, intending to break through the encirclement.

But soon, Reina discovered that the transparent energy shield covering the island had not disappeared. Even though he had fought his way out of the extraterrestrial visitors' encirclement, he still could not leave the island.

"It seems we have no choice but to fight!" Reina took a deep breath and then began to release his Conqueror's Haki. Red Haki energy surged from Reina's body, making the weather on the entire island seem to change.

Chapter 841 Whitebeard's Unease

Whitebeard awoke with a start, and for some reason, he felt a pang of anxiety, a feeling he hadn't experienced in many years.

After a moment of contemplation, the white-bearded man got up and went outside.

"Where is Rakuyo?" Whitebeard asked softly when he saw the guards outside the door.

"Father, Captain Lacjo is seeing off the Revolutionary Army's allies at the port!" the guard replied quickly when Whitebeard asked.

Whitebeard nodded upon hearing this, then walked towards the main hall on the island and said to the guards, "Pass down the word and have all the captains assemble in the main hall!"

The guard was taken aback for a moment, then quickly nodded and replied, "Yes, Father!"

Soon, at Whitebeard's summons, the captains on the island all came to the hall. They thought Whitebeard was about to take some action, so they were all quite excited.

However, upon arriving in the hall, they noticed that Whitebeard's complexion was not good, and they began to have doubts again.

"Hey, Lakyo, what's wrong with Dad?" Kingo asked curiously as Lakyo came over.

“I don’t know!” Laqué shook his head and replied.

When he contacted Marco earlier, he also contacted the Straw Hat crew and learned about Sanji from them. He was just about to report to his father after sending the Revolutionary Army away when his father unexpectedly summoned them first.

"Dad, everyone's here!" Lakyo said after looking around and counting the number of people.

"Hmm!" Whitebeard was still somewhat unsettled, but upon seeing Rakuyo, he asked, "Have you figured out what happened with Vinsmoke Sanji?"

“Yes, Black Leg Sanji, the Straw Hat crew's cook, is the third son of the Vinsmoke family. However, he failed when Judge tried to modify him, and like an ordinary person, he was abandoned by Judge when he was young and lived as a wanderer ever since! Later, the Vinsmoke family wanted to form a marriage alliance with the Big Mom Pirates, so they captured Sanji and brought him back!” Laco nodded and said:

"However, Sanji is kind-hearted, which moved Charlotte Pudding, who was betrothed to him. Later, with the help of Charlotte Pudding and Reyner, the Straw Hat crew who came to rescue Sanji managed to cause a ruckus on Whole Cake Island and escape successfully! So... if Sanji were to step in, he might actually be able to turn Pudding against him!"

After Whitebeard nodded, he didn't say anything. Everyone could tell that Whitebeard seemed a little absent-minded, so Rakuyo hesitated for a moment and asked, "Did your father summon us here... for something?"

Whitebeard slowly raised his head, looked at everyone, and said, "I was suddenly awakened while I was resting just now, and I felt a strange palpitation in my heart, a feeling I've never had before! So, in my distress, I summoned you all here! Lakshmi, contact the children who are out there and see if they are all safe!"

Lakyo was taken aback, then nodded with a serious expression.

Someone of Whitebeard's strength wouldn't have this feeling for no reason; something must be about to happen, which is why he gave this warning.

Suddenly, Lakyo seemed to remember something. After looking around, he asked, "Where's Muir? Why didn't he come?"

“Namur and the Naga of the Fish-Man race went to explore the seabed. After we breached their underwater stronghold, we still had a lot of supplies that hadn’t been brought back in time, so they went to clean up the mess!” Curiel, the captain of the 10th Division, who wore square purple-rimmed colored glasses, stepped forward and said.

"Immediately contact them, Penguin, and have all the Fishman Island warriors who went out to search for the extraterrestrial visitors' stronghold return!" After thinking for a moment, Lakyo immediately instructed the people around him.