Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"I think we should split up this time! I'll go gather some information, Nami and Sanji can go buy supplies! As for Luffy... I'll leave him to Jinbe!" Robin said with a smile, covering her mouth.

“That works too. At least that way we can buy supplies and get the latest intelligence!” Nami nodded and replied.

"You guys go ahead, I'll stay and watch the ship!" Zoro said with a yawn.

He's usually too lazy to do anything, so staying behind to watch the boat is his favorite job.

"Then...then Usopp and I will go shopping with Nami!" Chopper said after thinking for a moment.

"Hehehe...then I'll go with Jinbe and Luffy!" Brook said with a chuckle.

As for the shipwright Franky, he planned to go and buy some supplies separately, such as cola.

After the assignments were completed, everyone went their separate ways.

"Jinbe, is your Naga Queen really that powerful?" Luffy asked curiously to the person beside him on the way.

On the way here, it was being spread among all the pirates that the warriors of Fishman Island helped the Whitebeard Pirates destroy an underwater stronghold of extraterrestrials. The ones who contributed the most were naturally the skillful Naga and the mermaid princess Shirahoshi who made a great contribution at the crucial moment.

Luffy and his crew were quite familiar with Shirahoshi, so they didn't need to ask Jinbe. However, they weren't very familiar with the so-called Naga Queen.

"Queen Naga is indeed very powerful!" Jinbe, the blue-haired fat man, nodded and replied with a smile, "But she's already a queen! Shark Star should be very happy!"

"Huh?" Luffy asked with a surprised look, "Is she the wife of that Shark Star?"

“That’s right! Shark Star has inherited the throne of Fishman Island, so his wife is called a queen, just like Queen Otohime back then!” Jinbe patiently explained, “Moreover, Naga has the same ability as Shirahoshi; she can summon sea monsters!”

Chapter 851 The Straw Hat Crew

"Huh? It can summon sea monsters? That's so cool!" Luffy's eyes lit up as he heard Jinbe say that Naga could summon sea monsters.

"And then there are the sea creatures!" Jinbe said with a chuckle. "Moreover, the Naga Queen always has some sea creatures with her. She said she bred them herself, and they possess some very magical abilities!"

"Wow~ Wow~ He even has amazing abilities?" Luffy exclaimed while clapping his hands. "I really want to meet someone like that!"

Jinbe's face darkened. That was their Fishman Island's queen, but Luffy had turned her into "that guy." If Jinbe hadn't known Luffy well and understood that he meant no harm, he probably would have hit him.

"Hehehe~~ Jinbe-san~ Are the Naga really that powerful? Why have we never heard of the Naga race among the Fish-Men?" Brook asked curiously from the side.

"The Naga race went extinct hundreds of years ago. Now, only the Naga Queen remains in the entire world! The Naga helped Fish-Man Island survive a calamity, which nearly led to their own extinction! This is a secret that was only revealed after the Naga Queen arrived on Fish-Man Island!" Jinbe shook his head and said.

"The Naga race is like the guardian deity of Fishman Island. The decline of Fishman Island in recent years is largely due to the absence of the Naga race!"

"Huh? There's only one Naga left? Then... how will she reproduce?" Brook asked in surprise.

“We fish-men are different from you humans. As long as we are fish-men or mermaids, we can produce offspring after we mate. As for the race of our offspring, it is quite random. They may be the same race as their father, the same race as their mother, or some other race. Who knows!” Jinbe explained with a smile.

"Huh? Is that really true? How does your Naga Queen guarantee that the child she gives birth to will be a Naga?" Brooke asked in surprise.

It is said that for hundreds of years, the Naga have avoided intermarrying with races other than Naga in order to ensure the purity of their bloodline. However, the current Naga Queen is somewhat special, so I am not very clear about this matter! Jinbe shook his head and replied.

"What does it matter? We can just have more kids, right? There'll always be a race that integrates the Naga!" Luffy said nonchalantly while eating food he'd somehow acquired.

"Ah, this..."

Jinbe and Brook exchanged a glance. Although they were reluctant to admit it, they had to say that Luffy's words made a lot of sense.

Soon, the three, who had nothing to do, arrived at the tavern. According to Jinbe, the tavern was the best place to gather information, and Luffy could eat and drink there without causing any big trouble.

Inside the tavern, the most discussed topic was still the extraterrestrial visitors. After all, this was the North Sea, and extraterrestrial visitors were everyone's enemies.

"Jinbe, why is it that the extraterrestrial visitors we hear about are sometimes so powerful they seem invincible, and other times so weak they seem utterly vulnerable?" Luffy asked Jinbe while eating.

He had heard a lot about extraterrestrial visitors these past few days, but it made him doubt their strength.

As a veteran pirate, Jinbe naturally knew why. It was simply because some pirates were bragging, and each pirate had a different level of strength, so their understanding of their enemies was also different. Only someone like Luffy would have such doubts.

So after Jinbe explained it to Luffy, Luffy suddenly realized and said, "What? Are they all Usopp?"

In his mind, only Usopp liked to brag and lie!

Jinbe had no expression other than a wry smile. Brook, on the other hand, was drinking barley wine and said, "Luffy, don't underestimate the extraterrestrials. Even powerful pirates like Kaido and Big Mom were defeated by those extraterrestrials. Your father's Revolutionary Army was also severely weakened. All these things show that those extraterrestrials are not so easy to deal with!"

Luffy stopped smiling, nodded, and replied, "I understand!"

“That’s right! Luffy, these pirates have only encountered ordinary extraterrestrial visitors, but our target is definitely not those ordinary enemies, but the strong ones among them!” Jinbe nodded and said.

But while the three of them were indulging in a feast, Sanji, who was shopping for ingredients, ran into trouble.

It wasn't that Sanji was deliberately causing trouble, but rather that he saw a beautiful woman being bullied, so he naturally couldn't help but step forward and teach the other party a lesson.

Because Nami wanted to buy clothes, she took Chopper and Usopp, who wanted to buy medical knowledge and materials, with her. As a result, the three of them were separated from Sanji, who wanted to buy ingredients. This meant that Sanji had no companions to stop him from going out to buy food.

Those ordinary pirates were no match for Sanji, so Sanji quickly took down those bastards who were bullying the ladies.

But just as he was about to show off in front of the beautiful woman he had rescued, he found that she was looking at him angrily.

"I said... you're not here to cause trouble on purpose, are you?" the woman said, looking at Sanji with obvious displeasure.

"Huh?" Sanji was taken aback, looking at the other person with confusion, and asked, "I only intended to save you!"

Hearing Sanji's words and seeing the sincerity in his eyes, the woman was stunned for a moment, then asked incredulously, "Really... are there really such idiots in this world? Don't you know who those people are?"

Sanji shook his head and said, "No matter who it is, I absolutely will not allow anyone to bully a lady in front of me! Such behavior, which violates gentlemanly conduct, is unacceptable!"

"Pfft, hahaha... There really are such idiots in this world! But thank you for your kindness, I advise you to run away quickly! Those guys you just defeated were members of the Whitebeard Pirates!" The woman suddenly burst into laughter and then said to Sanji.

"The Whitebeard Pirates?" Sanji asked in surprise.

The woman chuckled and said, "That's right, it's... the world's number one Whitebeard Pirates! Scared yet? So before they can react, you'd better run!"

"Are they really members of the Whitebeard Pirates?" Sanji was somewhat incredulous. Whether it was the people he had met, such as Reina and Marco, or the reputation of the Whitebeard Pirates he had heard from outsiders, none of them seemed to be the type to bully the weak so easily.

"Of course, otherwise why do you think I would use this method to lure them out? It's a pity you ruined it, otherwise we could have lured them to the port, captured them, and then exchanged them for our companions!" the woman said fiercely.

"Did you have any companions who were captured by them?" Sanji asked curiously.

Chapter 852 SOS Signal

"Why aren't you leaving yet?" Sally was speechless when she saw that Sanji not only didn't run away, but also seemed to care about his companions.

She was the navigator of the Goddess Pirates. While they were staying on this island, several of her crew members, including the captain, were captured by a man who claimed to be from Whitebeard's crew, who said he was to be offered to Whitebeard.

Even though their remaining crew members were quite strong, they were deterred by the reputation of the Whitebeard Pirates and because they were short-handed. So they planned to use a honey trap to capture some of the other side's people and then exchange them for their captain and crew.

Unexpectedly, Sanji appeared midway and ruined the plan. However, Sanji meant well, so Sally couldn't blame him and told him to leave as soon as possible. However, Sanji seemed a bit silly and didn't even know to run away.

"As a knight, I won't just stand by and watch a beautiful woman be bullied. Let's go! I'll help you rescue your comrade!" Sanji struck what he thought was a very cool pose and said.

Sally looked at Sanji with an expression of utter disbelief and said, "Wasn't I clear enough? The other side is the Whitebeard Pirates! You don't actually think you can defeat them, do you?"

Sanji thought about it seriously for a while, then shook his head and said, "I definitely can't defeat the entire Whitebeard Pirates by myself! But dealing with these trash is more than enough."

Sally was speechless. Did this person not understand human language?

After giving Sanji a disdainful look, Sally headed towards the port. She didn't have time to waste on him now; she needed to find a way to rescue the captain and her crew!

Having already purchased the ingredients, Sanji thought for a moment and then headed towards the port. Firstly, he had already bought the ingredients he needed, and secondly, he wanted to go with the other party to take a look.

Upon discovering that Sanji was following him, Sally was even more speechless and had no choice but to stop and say, "Are you out of your mind? Why are you following me?"

Sanji scratched his head, then pointed towards the harbor and said, "My ship is docked there too. I'm just going back to the ship!"

"Uh..." Sally blushed deeply after Sanji's actions, and simply ignored him, running towards her own ship.

Seeing Sally blush, Sanji couldn't help but laugh and whispered, "What a cute girl!"

Soon, Sanji returned to the ship and saw Zoro sleeping. The two inevitably started arguing, but just as they were arguing, the sound of fighting suddenly came from not far away.

"Hmm... what's that?" Sanji turned his head in surprise, only to be punched in the head by Zoro, which made Sanji so angry that he almost kicked Zoro away.

"Hey~ you perverted cook, do you know what's going on over there?" Zoro, who had also sensed the sounds of fighting not far away, asked Sanji, who seemed a little uneasy.

Sanji didn't explain, but instead ran straight towards the direction of the fight.

After considering it for a moment, Zoro followed in the direction Sanji had gone, since they were comrades and things didn't seem to be as simple as they appeared.

Soon, Sanji arrived at the scene of the fight, and sure enough, it was the woman he had saved earlier, who was fighting against another group of menacing-looking men.

"It seems you really don't know what's good for you, daring to provoke even Whitebeard's pirate crew!" The burly man leading the group said to the Goddess Pirates, who were already surrounded by them.

"Hmph! So what if it's the Whitebeard Pirates? If they dare to lay a hand on my crew, they should be prepared to fight back to the death!" Sally said hatefully.

She didn't expect them to come knocking on her door so quickly. After all, it wasn't her who defeated them before, but someone else. She thought they would be drawn to Sanji and the others, but they came directly to them instead.

"Is that so? Then I'll capture you all and join your companions! Wahahaha..." the burly man at the head of the group said with a loud laugh.

"Hey... so many people bullying that girl... isn't that a bit too ungentlemanly?" Sanji appeared wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette. Although he looked very handsome, apart from Sally being a little surprised, neither the big men nor the Goddess Pirates paid much attention to him.

"It's...it's you?" Sally was taken aback when she saw Sanji appear.

Sally's actions naturally attracted the attention of the burly men on the other side.

"Hey... kid! You wouldn't happen to be the one who attacked my companion, would you? Perfect timing, let me arrest you all!" The burly man at the head of the group raised an eyebrow and said with some delight.

In his view, he had the Whitebeard Pirates behind him. No matter where he was, as long as he announced his name, no one would dare to attack him. Otherwise, it would be considered a provocation against the Whitebeard Pirates, and no one could bear the consequences. Even the Navy would be quite wary of him after he revealed the Whitebeard Pirates' backing.

So in his view, Sanji was just there to deliver food.

However, as soon as Sanji made his move, the henchmen who had surrounded them first fell to the ground.

"Who are you? What kind of person are you?" The leader of the pirates looked at Sanji with a grim expression and asked.

“Me? Hmph~~” Sanji exhaled a smoke ring, then took out his cigarette, flicked off the ash, and said softly, “You can call me Mr. Prince!”

Everyone looked at Sanji with surprise, including Sally and her companions.

"Sally...where did you find this helper? He's so good!" Sally's companion asked Sally in surprise.

“I…I don’t know him!” Sally replied helplessly.

"Kid, don't you dare leave!" The leader suddenly pulled a signal flare from his pocket and released it into the sky.

"Oh!"

The Whitebeard Pirates' signature distress signal appeared in the sky, surprising even Sanji.

"No way! You perverted cook, you've messed with the Whitebeard Pirates?" Zoro, who had just arrived, looked at Sanji with surprise when he saw the Whitebeard Pirates' distress signal in the air.

"Hoo~" Sanji took another drag of his cigarette and said, "I've said it before, no one, no matter who they are, can bully a beautiful lady in front of me!"

Despite saying that, Sanji's smile had vanished, replaced by a serious expression.

On the island, Robin, who was tracking someone, looked up at the distress signal in the sky, his expression changed, and then he quickly disappeared into the darkness.