Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"I know, but anything is possible, we can give it a try!" Whitebeard sighed and said, "This can't go on forever!"

Dragon nodded and said, "I understand, and I'll find an opportunity to do it too! However... I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve our goal!"

After that, the two chatted casually for a while, and Whitebeard shared the information that Reina had obtained with Dragon.

As usual, Dragon thanked Whitebeard, and then the two hung up the phone.

After contacting the people he needed to contact, Whitebeard sat in his seat for a moment to think before getting up and walking toward where Reyner was.

"Father!" Upon seeing the white-bearded man approaching, the guards at the gate quickly greeted him.

These guards were all veterans who had followed Hansen back in the day. After Hansen was ambushed by Blackbeard, Reina took them in as his bodyguards. However, Reina usually acted alone, so they spent most of their time with Whitebeard. They would only come to Reina's side when he returned.

"Hmm! Has Reina woken up?" Whitebeard nodded and asked.

"No!" the guard said with a worried look. "It's rare to see Lord Reina so badly injured. It seems that his opponent this time was really powerful!"

"Ah~" Whitebeard nodded and said, "The enemies we face will only become stronger in the future! But we will also have more and more allies, after all, our enemies want to destroy our entire world!"

"No matter what kind of enemy we are, the Whitebeard Pirates are not afraid!" the guard said proudly. "We are the world's number one Whitebeard Pirates!"

"Gurarararar... Notify me as soon as Reina wakes up!" Whitebeard had originally planned to go in and check on him, but after hearing this, he seemed very happy and turned to leave.

Meanwhile, Reina was undergoing some kind of modification, and his entire body was experiencing strange changes, though no one noticed.

Three days later, Whitebeard received a message from Marco saying that the Straw Hat crew had left the Whitebeard Pirates' base, but they did not say that they were going to Whitebeard's side. Instead, they planned to go and fight the extraterrestrials on their own.

Whitebeard didn't care about the Straw Hat crew; what he cared about was that Reyna hadn't woken up yet.

Because of the Black Emperor's power, no matter how severe his injuries were, Reina had never been unconscious for such a long time. Even when he was unconscious, as long as he regained some strength, his Black Emperor's power would automatically activate and slowly absorb his injuries.

"Dad, Reina has been unconscious for so long, is there something wrong with him?" Laco asked with a worried look.

"Has a doctor been seen?" the white-bearded man asked, frowning.

Lacjo shook his head and said, "Because Reina always recovers on his own, we didn't send a doctor over!"

"Let's go take a look!" Whitebeard said, standing up immediately.

So the captains who were alright got up and followed Whitebeard toward Reyner's resting place. On the way, they also encountered the second division captain, Fire Fist Ace.

Ace had just returned from the Revolutionary Army. He was responsible for liaising with them and helping them quickly establish a defensive line on the front lines. He rushed over as soon as his business was finished today.

"Dad, everyone... how is the first mate's injury?" Ace hadn't seen Reina yet, so he didn't know Reina's condition.

As Laco walked, he explained to him, which made Ace very worried, fearing that Reina's injuries were too serious.

After everyone arrived at Reina's place, Whitebeard opened the door first.

"Huh!" Seeing Reina lying quietly on the hospital bed, Whitebeard said softly, "What happened?"

"What's wrong, Dad?" the nurse in charge of Reina's daily care asked, puzzled.

"Did you notice anything unusual while you were taking care of him?" the white-bearded man asked, frowning.

All the captains looked at the nurse. Although they hadn't found anything unusual yet, Whitebeard's question meant something was definitely wrong.

"This...this...I didn't...I didn't find anything!" The nurse said, her face filled with confusion and fear, her voice trembling.

She wasn't considered a veteran of the Whitebeard Pirates. Apart from the nursing team that took care of Whitebeard, which came from Crescent Moon Island, only Marco brought his own caregivers, but those were for his wife and children. All the other caregivers were recruited after they arrived in the North Blue.

So when she saw so many people looking at her, she instantly felt scared.

Chapter 849 Changes

"Don't be afraid, this has nothing to do with you!" Seeing the other's frightened look, the white-bearded man said softly, "Just tell me what has happened to Reina these past few days!"

Although the nurse was still frightened, she seemed calmer after hearing what the white-bearded man said. She replied, "I haven't noticed anything different about Lord Reina these past few days! After he came back, I cleaned his body, changed his clothes, and he's been lying here ever since! The guard said that Lord Reina's body is strong and he can recover on his own without treatment, and that I just need to keep him clean!"

Whitebeard slumped his chin in deep thought, while the other captains looked at him, though they hadn't noticed anything unusual about Reina either.

"Dad, what's wrong with Reina? Why don't I notice anything different about him?" After a long while, seeing that Whitebeard still hadn't spoken, Lakyo couldn't help but ask.

“His body should have recovered by now, but he hasn’t woken up yet. Obviously, something has happened that we don’t know about! Also, take a closer look at him. Do you see anything different about him?” Whitebeard pointed at Reina and said.

“Something’s different?” Everyone stepped forward, but still couldn’t find anything.

"I don't know if it's just my imagination, but Dad, everyone... don't you guys think... the first mate seems to have gotten younger?" At this moment, Ace suddenly stepped forward, looked Reina carefully, and said.

"Huh~" Upon hearing this, everyone looked closely and discovered that Reina did indeed seem to have become younger.

Originally, due to the pure gold, Reina's physical age was delayed, and coupled with his constant focus on physical training, he doesn't look as old as Whitebeard.

But now, the signs of age on Reina's face seem to have faded considerably; he no longer just looks young, he has truly become younger.

Everyone became very curious and wanted to get a closer look at Reina, but Whitebeard stopped them.

"Alright, it seems he's not fully awake yet, which isn't entirely a bad thing. Let's wait until he's awake before making any further decisions!" Whitebeard stopped everyone from observing him further and then said to the nurse, "Take good care of Reina!"

"Yes, Father!" Hearing the white-bearded father say this, the nurse was no longer flustered and nodded firmly in response.

So the captains, led by Whitebeard, also left the room where Reina was resting.

"Dad, do you think... did Reina gain some insight from fighting against strong opponents this time?" After they came out, Laqué said with some envy, "But that doesn't make sense! Even if he gained some insight, it can't make him younger!"

Whitebeard shook his head and replied, "I don't know. That guy has a lot of secrets. Let's ask him after he wakes up!"

“That’s right, he’s always been so mysterious!” As Laco, who was closest to Nerena in the pirate crew, he naturally knew some things that others didn’t.

But the more mysterious Reina seemed, the more Laqueo found him.

Three days later, Reina finally woke up from his coma.

"I say... what are you all doing gathered around me here? Don't you have anything better to do?" Reina, who had just woken up, was extremely surprised to see the captains, including Whitebeard, gathered around his bed.

"Do you know how long you've been unconscious?" Laqué looked at Reina with displeasure and said, "Everyone was worried about you!"

"Huh? I was unconscious for a long time? It doesn't feel like that!" Reina clenched his fist, feeling that his body had fully recovered, and frowned as he said, "It seems I was indeed unconscious for quite a while! But I didn't suffer any fatal injuries! Logically speaking, I shouldn't have been unconscious for this long!"

"It seems you're unaware of what's happened to you!" Whitebeard said at this moment.

"Something happened to me? Brother, what happened?" Reina asked, puzzled.

"Feel your body first and see if there's anything different!" Whitebeard didn't explain, but let Reina feel it for himself.

Upon hearing this, Reina closed his eyes and began to sense the energy within his body, only to find that apart from a slight increase, there were no other changes.

But soon, he noticed something different. His body seemed to have become younger, the hidden injuries he had suffered before seemed to have healed, and his physical fitness had even improved.

"What... what's going on?" Reina opened his eyes and looked at Whitebeard. He needed to know the reason for the changes in his body.

Whitebeard grinned and said, "It seems you don't know the reason for your physical changes either! But we haven't done anything to you; you've been unconscious ever since you came back!"

"Um... could it be that the vice-captain killed a level 45 extraterrestrial visitor and then absorbed the visitor's luck power?" Just as everyone was very puzzled, Ace suddenly interjected, "When I killed an enemy of the same level and absorbed his luck power, there were also very obvious changes!"

Everyone was taken aback, and then began to think about whether Ace's statement made sense.

“That makes some sense!” Vista thought for a moment and then said, “I once felt a very noticeable change after killing an enemy of the same level, but I haven’t felt it since!”

"Don't talk like you've killed a lot of strong opponents of the same level!" Lakyo rolled his eyes at him and said, "But killing strong opponents of the same level will indeed bring about a change!"

Generally, battles against extraterrestrial visitors are large-scale wars. No one will let you fight easily on the battlefield, so it is very difficult to kill a strong person of the same level.

"Does that mean the only change will occur after killing an opponent of the same level for the first time? And afterwards, you have to kill opponents of a higher level?" Ace asked, frowning.

“It shouldn’t be!” Reina shook his head and said, “It’s just that when we killed a strong opponent of the same level for the first time, we received a lot of luck power. Our bodies haven’t experienced such a lot of luck power before, so there was a big change. But after that, our bodies got used to this level of luck power, so even if we kill another one, you won’t feel it!”

"In other words, the power of destiny is still accumulating there. We'll only feel the change again once our bodies experience a breakthrough, right?" Lakyo stroked his chin and said, "It seems I'll have to take action on the battlefield from now on!"

Chapter 850 Whitebeard's Decision

After witnessing the changes brought about by the power of destiny through Reina, everyone's previously cooled passion seemed to begin to boil again.

"Reina, tell me quickly, what changes have you noticed in your body this time?" Laco asked impatiently.

He is one of the few captains who has not yet killed a strong opponent of the same level. People like Ace and Vista have basically killed several of them.

"Besides feeling younger, the hidden injuries from my previous injuries have mostly healed. More importantly, I feel that my meridians have widened and become much stronger, which has greatly improved the fluidity of my moves and allowed me to continue training and strengthening my physical fitness." Reina clenched his fist, feeling his body, and said.

"It can even heal old injuries? I wonder if it can regenerate a severed arm!" Lakyo asked in surprise.

He asked this for a reason. Everyone knows that Shanks, one of the Four Emperors, lost an arm in the East Blue. If Shanks knew that the power of destiny could regenerate a severed arm, even if he himself was not interested, his subordinates would find a way to help him obtain enough destiny power to allow him to regenerate his arm.

“This is something we can work out!” Reina said, stroking his chin.

Of the four Yonko pirate crews, only Shanks is missing from the North Blue. Reina has no idea what that kid is thinking.

From the time he was an apprentice member of the Rocks Pirates, he had crossed paths with Shanks more than once. He was also Shanks' nightmare, because whenever they met, Reina would definitely teach Shanks a lesson. After all, it felt pretty good to bully a Yonko-level fighter.

Later, Shanks formed his own pirate crew, and his strength increased by leaps and bounds. Even if Reina wanted to bully him, it wouldn't be so easy anymore. Later, after Shanks became one of the Four Emperors, Reina didn't have many opportunities to meet him, and even if he wanted to fight, he couldn't.

Reina held Shanks in high regard. Putting aside Shanks' unparalleled domineering presence, Shanks was also a very good person. He had helped the Whitebeard Pirates quite a bit, both directly and indirectly.

"By the way, Marco sent word that the Straw Hat crew has entered the North Blue and left our base, heading towards the front lines. Do you want to go see Robin?" Whitebeard asked Reina.

"Does Big Brother mean... that we should now enter a rest and recuperation phase?" Reina asked, taken aback.

Whitebeard nodded and replied, "That's right. The extraterrestrials suffered such a great loss this time that they shouldn't launch another all-out attack anytime soon. We've been fighting for so long, it's time to let the kids rest!"

Reina originally thought that Whitebeard would launch a major attack after he had eliminated the enemy's energy shield experts, but he did not expect that Whitebeard would choose to let the pirate crew rest at this time.

“Well then! Those who want to stay on the front lines can stay here, while those who want to rest can return to the base with your brother. Your brother can also go back to see Marco’s child and ask him if he wants to come to the front lines for a visit!” Reina nodded with a smile and said.

"So what about you? Are you going to stay here or come back with me?" the white-bearded man asked.

"I plan to visit Robin first, and then see how much the Straw Hat Pirates have grown!" Reina said after thinking for a moment. "Also, my body has recovered quite a bit, so I plan to go to the Tower of Trials to train for a while!"

Whitebeard nodded upon hearing this and said, "Try not to provoke any extraterrestrial visitors during this time. Let's try to guide them to Mary Geoise!"

"Huh?" Reina was taken aback and looked at Whitebeard with surprise. Seeing Whitebeard's smiling face, he knew what Whitebeard was planning.

He had casually mentioned to the extraterrestrial visitors that their machines had been transported to Mary Geoise, and now Whitebeard was clearly planning to use this excuse to incite a fierce conflict between the World Government and the extraterrestrial visitors.

“I understand!” Reina nodded and said, “I’ll guide them in that direction when I have the chance!”

Whitebeard then ordered the entire pirate crew to rest. The captains who wanted to rest were to return to their base with their men, while those who did not want to rest could continue to hold their ground and defend against the attack from the extraterrestrials.

Captains like Lakuyo and Jozu, who usually don't have the opportunity to go to the battlefield, chose to stay behind. Vista and the others returned with Whitebeard, while Reina, after resting for a day, began to move in that direction based on Robin's Vivre Card.

At this moment, the Straw Hat crew had just arrived at a small island near the North Sea front.

"Luffy, don't you dare cause any trouble on the island this time!" Nami warned Luffy before they disembarked.

On the previous island, Luffy caused quite a ruckus, forcing them to leave before they could even buy all the necessary supplies.