Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Phew~" Sanji exhaled and said softly, "There's someone over there who might need my help!"

"Is that Pudding?" Nami asked Sanji.

Sanji nodded and replied, "That's right, I'm a little worried about her. Now that the Big Mom Pirates have been defeated and Big Mom's fate is unknown, all the major powers are taking this opportunity to seize territory. I'm afraid Pudding might be in danger!"

"Huh? Is she your bride?" Luffy asked after thinking carefully, "I owe her a lot back then!"

As soon as Luffy finished speaking, Zoro and the others who had never been to Whole Cake Island immediately looked at Sanji with gossip.

"Oh? Is that the lecherous cook's fiancée? I heard they even had a wedding back then!" Zoro said with a look of interest.

"Hehehe... She's a member of the Three-Eyed Clan, isn't she? My father mentioned her before; it seems she's quite capable?" Robin asked with a light laugh.

Sanji was unusually shy. He looked at Nami and then at Robin, and said, "Nami-chan~ Robin-chan~ Although Pudding is cute, our wedding never actually happened. Don't listen to that green-haired guy's nonsense!"

Nami waved her hand dismissively and said, "Hey hey hey... Got it!"

However, only Luffy can make the final decision on this matter, so everyone looked to Luffy and waited for his decision.

"Then... let's go to the Big Mom Pirates! We need to make sure that guy is safe!" Luffy said with a smile.

The reason I mention "that guy" is because Luffy doesn't even remember Pudding's name.

After receiving Luffy's consent, the Straw Hat crew immediately changed direction and headed towards the Big Mom Pirates.

Meanwhile, the Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates were in complete chaos.

Compared to the Big Mom Pirates' family-based structure, the Beasts Pirates were built upon Kaido's military might. The disappearance and deaths of Kaido and many of his officers directly led to the collapse of the Beasts Pirates.

Putting aside external factors, even the Beasts Pirates themselves began to split and fight amongst themselves. It's safe to say that unless Kaido shows up at this point, the Beasts Pirates will never be able to return to their original size once everything settles down.

The Big Mom Pirates, on the other hand, are in a relatively better position.

Although the powerful officers have all gone missing or died in battle, the remaining officers are all children of BIGMOM. Even if they have ambitions to compete for power, the current crisis facing BIGMOM forces them to unite and resist external attacks.

"What on earth happened? How could Mom and the others have been defeated? And not a single one of them came back alive!" Charlotte Cont said, her face filled with exasperation.

He was the sixth son of the Charlotte family. Although he was older, he was not that strong. So after Big Mom led her many children to war, she left him behind to guard the front-line garrison.

However, with the arrival of the extraterrestrial visitors, the Big Mom Pirates did not have enough strength to resist, so Charlotte Counter could only lead her younger brothers and sisters to retreat continuously.

Not only are the extraterrestrials continuing to attack them, but the Navy and the Whitebeard Pirates have also taken action, which is why he is now somewhat angry and anxious.

“Court, now is not the time to talk about this. We have to make a decision. Once the Navy and the Whitebeard Pirates arrive, we will have absolutely no chance to fight back! Although they will help us resist the extraterrestrials, we will definitely not be able to hold onto our territory!” Brûlée looked at Charlotte Court and said in a deep voice.

As the eighth woman of Big Mom, Brûlée is not much different in age from Conte, but neither of them is one of the thirty-four, so their status is actually similar.

"Sister Brin, can we still hold onto our territory in the North Sea? Should we retreat back to the New World?" Brin said with a worried expression.

Without Big Mom, their remaining children would be no match for behemoths like the Navy or the Whitebeard Pirates, let alone be able to fight them. They probably couldn't even defeat some of the stronger pirate crews.

“No!” Seeing Charlotte Contour’s hesitation, Brûlée quickly shook her head and said, “We still don’t know if Mom is alive or dead, and Katakuri and the others are just missing! If we evacuate from the North Blue, it’s the same as abandoning them completely! And don’t think you’re safe just because you’re back in the New World. Nobody knows what Totto Land is like now. Even though Baron Tamago is managing it, do you think those greedy guys will let us go once we’re back in the New World?”

Brulee's words silenced the rest of the group. The residents of Tales of Tales had been exploited by them for years. Now that Big Mom was no longer in charge, the first people they might target after returning to Tales of Tales were those former residents.

“Breeze, what do you suggest we do now?” Charlotte Cont asked, looking at Breeze.

After thinking carefully, Brulee said, "Let's negotiate with the Whitebeard Pirates or the Navy!"

"Negotiation?" Everyone looked at Bryant, seemingly not understanding her meaning.

“That’s right! Although we’ve lost our mother and most of our fighting force, we are still the Big Mom Pirates. As long as we unite, we still have a fighting chance! We’ll use our remaining territory as leverage to negotiate with them!” Brulee nodded and said.

But Charlotte Cont shook her head and said, "Breeze, this is not enough for us to negotiate with them. Those territories... we are powerless to defend them. If they want to take them, they can take them easily!"

“But should we give it to them willingly? Without them losing a single soldier! As long as they agree to protect this island, we’ll give them all the rest of the territory!” Brulee said in a deep voice. “We’ll concentrate all our remaining strength on this island, so that we not only have the power to fight, but we can also protect ourselves from being defeated by those pirates!”

Chapter 921 Chaos Begins

While the Big Mom Pirates were discussing how to preserve their last stronghold to search for and wait for their mother, the Beast Pirates had already completely fallen apart.

Because they were even more chaotic than the Big Mom Pirates, they collapsed even faster.

As the navy was closest to their territory, Aokiji and Fujitora each led a fleet, advancing simultaneously in two different directions.

This is an opportunity for their navy, but the most important thing now is to stop the extraterrestrial visitors and prevent them from occupying more territory. Otherwise, if too many powerful extraterrestrial visitors descend, they will not be able to resist them.

This is a consensus among the Navy, the Whitebeard Pirates, and even the Revolutionary Army. Although they did not meet to discuss it, they knew that stopping the extraterrestrial visitors was their top priority once they learned of the existence of the Destroyer.

However, the Navy was very fast, and they were not far from the Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates. So, after Aokiji and Fujitora, who were leading the team, arrived at the first opportunity, they took the lead in guarding the front line to block the attack from the extraterrestrials, and then sent people to seize the territory.

Sengoku, who was stationed at the naval base, was also busy. In addition to asking the headquarters for reinforcements, he also sent Garp out again to take over a large amount of territory from the two pirates.

Meanwhile, Reina and his Whitebeard Pirates crew were also approaching the territory of the Big Mom Pirates.

"Reina, this time, besides the territory, we shouldn't let the Big Mom Pirates and the Beast Pirates get away either!" On a standard Whitebeard Pirates whale ship, Lakuyo said to Reina beside him.

"People? What do you mean?" Reina looked at Lacjou in surprise and asked.

"Leaving aside the Beasts Pirates, we basically look down on their people, but the Big Mom Pirates have some decent Devil Fruit users, like Pudding you mentioned earlier! At a time like this, if we can offer them protection, they might just come to our aid!" Laco said with a light laugh.

Upon hearing this, Reina's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's indeed a good idea. Besides Pudding, Brûlée's abilities are also quite good, and she can provide us with surprise attacks! Let's go, don't waste time, let's go straight to the Big Mom Pirates' headquarters. Those territories aren't important, what's important is the talent!"

After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Although the team leaders nearby did not hear their conversation, they couldn't help but shudder at the sound of their slightly sinister laughter.

They didn't know what Reina and Laco were talking about, but they were pretty sure someone was going to be in trouble.

However, when Reina told the captains about his and Laco's ideas, the captains all laughed.

Although the Whitebeard Pirates were incredibly powerful, this attempt to poach members from a Yonko still made them laugh.

"As you all probably know, the abilities of the Pudding and Brûlée sisters are as follows: one has the Memory Fruit, which allows her to edit other people's memories, and the other has the Mirror Fruit, which allows her to connect to the Mirror World. When we attack the extraterrestrial visitors, bringing a mirror with us will definitely become a nightmare for the enemy!" Reina said with a sly laugh.

"By the way, why doesn't Big Mom use Brulee's ability? If she did, ambushing extraterrestrial visitors wouldn't be too difficult, right?" a captain asked, puzzled.

“Perhaps there are some restrictions?” Laqué said, stroking his chin.

"Whatever the reason, even bringing them back for logistics would be a good idea!" Reina said with a smile. "So our primary target is those two sisters! As far as I know, Big Mom doesn't care much about her children, especially those without combat abilities, so our chances of success are quite high!"

"Hehe... With the addition of Big Mom's executives, it will be of great help to us in taking over Big Mom's territory. However, it seems that our biggest opponent is still the Navy. They are closer to us and have basically arrived at their destination!" Vista said with a smile.

Besides Rakuyo and Vista, Reyna also brought Marco and others on this expedition. Whitebeard left behind only a few captains. Apart from the necessary combat forces and captains stationed at the front line, only Diamond Jozu accompanied Whitebeard.

“It’s alright, Vista! I don’t think the Navy will recruit the Big Mom Pirates, nor will they even consider that possibility. The main issue is the extraterrestrial visitors. The Navy will arrive first, and they will have to hold off the extraterrestrial visitors’ attacks first. As for us… we can go directly to the Big Mom Pirates’ base!” Laco said with a wicked grin.

However, Marco frowned and said, "Reina, I think it's necessary for us to send some people to the front lines first. After all, the extraterrestrials are our biggest enemy. If the navy can't hold them off either, things will be terrible!"

Reina nodded and replied, "So, are you going to the front lines or should I go?"

“I’ll go!” Marco thought for a moment and said, “If you go, you’ll easily attract the Venerable One, which would be bad. Besides, the Big Mom Pirates’ base isn’t far from the front line. If anything happens, you can come to their aid at any time!”

“Alright!” Reina nodded and said, “I’ll have Hard Shell go with you. If anything unexpected happens, just use the Reverse Summoning Scroll to summon me there, especially when you encounter the Destroyer. Don’t take any chances! Big Mom and Kaido probably suffered because of the Destroyer this time!”

“I understand!” Marco nodded and replied seriously, “Once I find the whereabouts of the Venerable One, I will immediately use the summoning scroll you requested!”

Seeing this, Reina didn't say much. Marco was a steady person, and he was also the Phoenix who "only played high-level games"!

After assigning most of the captains to Marco, Reina left only a whale ship and Kingdo with him, heading directly towards the Big Mom Pirates' base.

However, he was unaware that the Big Mom Pirates' base was already in complete chaos.

Following Brulee's suggestion, the remnants of the Big Mom Pirates first negotiated with the first Marines to arrive. Aokiji was in charge of this matter. Before Garp arrived, his main objective was to defend against extraterrestrial visitors, so he entrusted the negotiation to his subordinates.

However, before the Navy and the Big Mom Pirates could reach a conclusion, most of the Big Mom Pirates' islands were attacked by pirates. Even their last stronghold was attacked by many powerful pirates. If they hadn't gathered all their remaining forces there, they might have already been overrun by the pirates.

However, as the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining. Just as they were waiting for the Navy's reinforcements, the Straw Hat crew appeared.

Chapter 922 The Struggle

"First mate!" On the deck of the whale ship, an intelligence officer from the Whitebeard Pirates approached Reina and said, "We just received intelligence that a number of powerful pirates have arrived in the New World. They've set their sights on the Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates. Currently... the Beasts Pirates have been completely defeated, and the Big Mom Pirates are left with only their base island! Moreover..."

“And what?” Reina asked, frowning.

Although he had predicted that things might turn out this way, things changed too quickly. He did not expect that the news released by the Navy would cause a large number of pirates from the New World to flood into the North Blue, which would directly lead to the accelerated defeat of the Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates.

"We've received word that the Red-Haired Pirates were spotted in the Beasts Pirates' territory!" the intelligence officer said, his face grim. "But the information hasn't been confirmed yet, so we can't be certain!"

The situation in the North Blue was already complicated. Now that they had finally lost two Yonko crews, and it seemed like the Whitebeard Pirates were about to expand, another Yonko crew had appeared. Wasn't this going against the Whitebeard Pirates?

Therefore, the intelligence agent was very unhappy when he received this intelligence.

As for the overall situation in the North Blue, whether or not the Red-Haired Pirates are needed is none of his business as an intelligence agent; he only wants the Whitebeard Pirates to grow stronger.

"Oh? Red-Haired Shanks? He's come to the North Blue after all! But even for him, it won't be easy to take territory from the Revolutionary Army and the Navy! Let's ignore what's going on there for now and deal with what's in front of us! How far is it from the Big Mom Pirates' base?" Reina smiled slightly and asked.

"We're almost there!" The intelligence officer pointed ahead, where a small black dot had appeared—their destination.

But when they actually got close to the island, they discovered that the entire island seemed to be engulfed in war, with many buildings on the island emitting black smoke and the harbor in complete disarray.

"Hey~ Reina, isn't that the Straw Hat Pirates' ship?" As soon as he arrived at the port, Kingdo spotted the Sunny. This pirate ship had left a deep impression on him, so he could remember it.

Reina also saw the Sunny, but he was somewhat surprised that the Straw Hat crew would be there, because he didn't know that Luffy and his crew had any connection with the Big Mom Pirates.

He didn't think Luffy and his crew were there to fight for territory or anything like that. Last time, they offered Luffy territory, but he didn't want it.

So the Straw Hat crew's appearance here was either an accident or they just happened to run into them, so Reina didn't care.

However, when he landed on the island, he discovered that the Straw Hat crew was actually helping the remnants of the Big Mom Pirates, which made him frown. His purpose in coming here was precisely these remnants of the Big Mom Pirates, and if they were not in dire straits, they would easily refuse his offer to recruit them.

At this moment, in the center of the island, in front of a castle, the Straw Hat crew had kept all the pirates at bay.

"Straw Hat Boy, don't go too far!" A burly pirate pointed at Luffy and shouted.

"Hehehe... I told you, I'm not here to fight for territory!" Squatting at the castle entrance, Luffy pressed his straw hat down with one hand and replied with a grin.

"If that's not it, then take your men and get out of here!" The other pirates also started shouting.

Some of the pirates who come here are great pirates from the New World, so even the reputation of Cao Mao's crew cannot completely intimidate them.

"Hmph!" Pirate Hunter Zoro snorted coldly, his murderous aura flashing briefly, but it still silenced the pirates.

"Straw Hat Boy..." Brûlée and the others were right behind Luffy. They already knew that Luffy had come for the purpose of Brûlée.

"Luffy, what do we do now? If we force our way out... they'll be in danger!" Sanji, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, glanced at the remnants of the Big Mom Pirates behind him and asked softly.

"Then let's just defeat them all!" Luffy said nonchalantly.

With their current strength, this is not impossible.

“It’s best not to do that!” Robin shook her head and said softly, “Because of the defeat of the Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates, the extraterrestrials have already broken through the blockade in the North Blue. If we defeat the pirates here as well, then when the extraterrestrials arrive, this place will be left undefended!”

Upon hearing this, Nami looked at Robin and asked, "What should we do then? We can't just keep waiting here, can we?"