Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Don't worry!" Reina patted his chest and said, "If the extraterrestrials were going to attack your North Blue branch, I certainly wouldn't let them get away with it so easily. However... your headquarters and those Celestial Dragons are not on our list of allies, and I'm sure you understand that!"

"What are your plans next? Although they suffered some losses in this attack, it shouldn't have been a serious blow to the extraterrestrial visitors. They still possess formidable combat power!" Sengoku asked Reina.

"I'll leave this to my older brother; I have to go back to Xuan Yue Island!" Reina said with a smile. "We got those trash to take the hits this time, but we won't be so lucky next time. Our focus is entirely on Xuan Yue Island, which has greatly reduced its defenses, so we need to come up with a plan before their next attack!"

"You're going to the New World?" Sengoku and Garp frowned simultaneously. "I think I told you last time, right? Almost all the great pirates of the New World have come to the North Blue, so Sakazuki has decided to reinforce the North Blue. In addition, the extraterrestrials attacked Mary Geoise this time, so the World Government is also planning to reinforce the area! If you go back to the New World at this time, aren't you forcing Sakazuki to withdraw our reinforcements?"

"No, no, no..." Reina waved his hand and said, "I'm just a small-time pirate, don't say such scary things!"

However, Sengoku did not laugh, but looked at Reina with a serious expression.

"Is that really possible?" Reina hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm staying on Crescent Moon Island, not wandering around the New World. If you hadn't told me, Sakazuki probably wouldn't even know I'd gone back to the New World!"

“We can’t afford to gamble on something like this!” Sengoku sighed and replied.

"Hey... don't talk like the New World is your territory! Although most of the great pirates have come to the North Blue, the New World is still a paradise for pirates! It won't be easy for Sakazuki to take over the New World! And now that he has decided to reinforce the North Blue, he probably intends to give up on the New World. So whether I go back or not has little to do with your Navy, right?" Seeing this, Reina also put away his smile and said.

Sengoku and Garp exchanged a glance, but remained silent.

"It seems... Sakazuki has already made his move on the New World? No wonder we haven't heard anything about the New World lately! But... do you have enough troops to reclaim the New World? There are quite a few pirates like Shiki the Golden Lion in the New World, aren't there?" Reina was silent for a moment before speaking, "Don't let this affect the situation in the North Blue, it's no joke!"

Sengoku nodded and said, "No matter what Sakazuki does, we will absolutely not move here in the North Sea! It concerns the safety of the world, and we must guarantee that!"

"Forget about your plans, I'm definitely going back to Crescent Moon Island. Just tell Sakazuki not to mess with the Whitebeard Pirates. If he wants to play around, I don't mind playing along!" Reina waved his hand and said, "Anyway, I'll get Crescent Moon Island to the North Blue as soon as possible. After we drive out the extraterrestrial visitors, we'll go back to the New World!"

"I'll try my best! But as you know, I don't have much power in the Navy right now. If it weren't for what happened in the North Sea, I should be retired in Marineford right now!" Sengoku said somewhat dejectedly.

"I can't be bothered with you. Now that Venerable Extinction has returned to the North Sea, you'd better be careful!" After saying that, Reina got up and prepared to leave.

"Hmm? You've already received news that the Venerable One has returned to the North Sea?" Karp asked in surprise.

Reina turned around, looking puzzled, and asked, "Wasn't the Mary Geoise incident over? If he's not coming back, is he staying in Mary Geoise?"

After Reina finished speaking, he was stunned.

That's right! There's no intelligence indicating that the Venerable One has returned to the North Sea. His original goal was to get the teleporter, but now that he failed to obtain it, is he just going to slink back like this?

Sengoku and Garp exchanged a glance, then looked at Reina. The three seemed to have reached some kind of agreement in that instant.

"Give it a try?" Reina spoke first.

“We definitely have to try, otherwise if they attack Mary Geoise again, it won’t be as easy to get rid of them as it was last time!” Sengoku nodded and said.

"Kid, we acted as your shield last time, so how about you guys take the lead this time?" Karp said with a sly grin, looking at Reina.

"Pfft~ Don't be ridiculous!" Reina said disdainfully, "You want us to go first in this kind of thing? Then you can guarantee that our Xuan Yue Island will be safe. I'll go back to the front line right now and launch an attack on the extraterrestrial visitors! Can you guarantee that?"

Sengoku and Garp really couldn't guarantee it, because if the Destroyer hadn't really left and attacked Mary Geoise again, they would definitely tell him the whereabouts of the teleporter immediately, and even the location of Xuan Yue Island!

"Aren't you going back to the front lines? What if the Venerable One really goes back? Something terrible might happen!" Garp said after thinking for a moment.

Reina shook his head and chuckled, replying, "Are you really planning to attack? Or is this just a test? We could accomplish something like this without my Whitebeard Pirates! Have you forgotten our strength because it's been so long since you've fought us?"

Chapter 961 Sea Kings of the Calm Belt

After leaving the naval base, Reyna immediately contacted Whitebeard and told him about the intelligence he had gathered there.

"I understand. You go to Crescent Moon Island now. Don't worry about things here. Rakuyo can handle it!" Whitebeard replied calmly after hearing this.

“Okay, if anything happens, just use reverse psychic abilities to call me over!” Reina didn’t waste any more words and hung up the phone directly.

"Lord Reina, is there some problem at the front?" Shirahoshi, who wasn't riding on the hard shell, poked her head out of the sea and looked at Reina, asking with a worried expression.

Now, Shirahoshi, having been through the trials of war, is no longer the mermaid princess who cried at the drop of a hat.

However, compared to a proper warrior, she is still far from being one.

"Don't worry, it's not a big problem!" Reina replied with a smile. "But I might have to ask you for help with the rest!"

"Yes, Lord Reina, please leave it to me!" Bai Xing said, looking like she would definitely do her best.

Reina smiled, found a comfortable position, and began to rest on the deck chair, while Shirahoshi had already dived to the surface and begun guiding the hard shell along its course.

With Shirahoshi's help, they crossed the Calm Belt much more easily.

However, in order for Xuan Yue Island to safely pass through the Calm Belt, Reina asked Bai Xing to communicate with the Sea Kings here. Not to control them, but at least to prevent them from attacking Xuan Yue Island.

However, Shirahoshi was somewhat troubled because the sea kings here did not seem to want to communicate with her. Although the sea kings would not attack her and Hard Shell when they passed by, they would not approach them either, and they did not even respond to her calls.

Left with no other option, Shirahoshi had to wake Reina, who was resting.

"Huh? They rejected your call?" Reina asked in surprise. "Then are any sea kings approaching?"

"No, they didn't respond to me, but they didn't come any closer either. It seems... like they don't want to pay attention to me!" Bai Xing said, sounding a little aggrieved.

Since she awakened her power, any sea king that hears her call will immediately come to her aid.

While they wouldn't obey her every command, the sea kings would try their best to fulfill her every wish.

In addition, Shirahoshi is kind by nature and rarely orders the Sea Kings to do anything. The only time she did this was when she was in the North Blue, when she asked many Sea Kings to help with patrols.

Moreover, the number of sea kings in the North Sea is not as large as in the New World, and their size is also smaller. The sea beasts here are mostly controlled by the Naga Queen.

“It seems… it’s because there are many powerful sea kings here that they refuse to see you! But according to the records, you are the sea king, and every creature in this sea should be your master!” After thinking for a moment, Reina said, “How about this, you just ask them if they still abide by the agreement from back then!”

"The promise from back then? What was it?" Bai Xing asked Reina curiously.

Reina smiled but did not answer Shirahoshi.

This was just his guess. He had no idea what agreement the mermaid princess had with the sea kings back then, or even whether the mermaid princess had ever interacted with the sea kings here.

However, there won't be any problem using such words to test the waters.

Seeing that Reina didn't explain, Bai Xing pouted and, as Reina had asked, dived back down to the seabed and asked the sea kings she could sense if they would still keep their promise from back then.

But after staring at them for a while, White Star still didn't receive a response, so she had no choice but to go to Hard Shell and tell Reina what had happened.

"Hehe... No rush, let's proceed slowly! If they don't respond, we'll just ignore them! When Xuan Yue Island gets closer, they'll naturally be willing to come out and talk to us!" Reina said with a smile, waving his hand.

He simply couldn't believe that once such a large island as Xuan Yue Island entered the calm zone, those sea kings would remain as stable as Mount Tai.

Even if they don't show up, as long as they don't attack Xuan Yue Island, Reina's goal will be achieved, and it doesn't matter whether they come to talk to him in detail or not.

But after they had gone forward for a short while, Reina's expression suddenly changed, and he stood up from the recliner.

At first, Shirahoshi was a little confused, but she soon realized why, because she sensed countless sea kings approaching them.

Just moments later, the hard shell stopped in its tracks, too afraid to move. If it weren't for Reina helping it suppress its fear, it would probably have already soiled itself by now.

"Lord Reina... there are... there are so many Sea Kings coming!" As they got closer, Shirahoshi began to feel scared, and her voice even started to tremble.

"Don't panic, let's figure out what they want to do first!" Reina said calmly.

Perhaps it was Reina who gave her courage, and Shirahoshi really calmed down slowly. But soon, countless sea kings surrounded them, and many of them even surfaced directly, staring at Shirahoshi and Reina.

"Gentlemen, have you come here for something? Is it to fulfill the contract from back then, or do you want to kill the Sea King here?" Reina slowly stepped forward, stood next to Shirahoshi, and asked.

However, none of the sea kings answered him; they simply surrounded them without making a move or any further action.

"White Star, have they communicated with you?" Reina took a deep breath and asked.

Bai Xing shook her head and replied, "No, I tried to communicate with them, but they didn't respond to me!"

"It seems an important person is about to appear. In that case, let's wait and see!" Reina said with a light laugh.

Sure enough, not long after, an extremely powerful life force approached them from the depths of the ocean, and the nearby sea kings all made way for them.

"Splash, splash..." A colossal sea monster, far exceeding the size of ordinary large sea monsters, emerged from the sea.

"This... is too big!" Reina exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the colossal sea king that was only showing its whale head.

Compared to its opponent, the hard shell was even smaller than the opponent's eyes that were visible above the sea. If Reina himself were to step forward, even if he were to stand on the opponent, someone with poor eyesight would probably not be able to see Reina.

"Hmph... So you're the Lord of the Sea Kings who's here to communicate with us?" Reina asked, looking at the enormous creature before him.

"It says it's not the master of the sea kings! It's just the manager of this area, and the sea kings don't have masters; each one is a free being!" Knowing that Reina couldn't hear the sea kings' voices, Shirahoshi quickly translated what she heard.

“Alright, ask it if it acknowledges your identity as the Sea King!” Reina nodded and replied.

Chapter 962 Return to Xuan Yue Island

After Reina asked the question, Shirahoshi seemed to begin communicating with him. After a moment, she looked at Reina with a complicated expression and said:

"It asked me if I had come to ask for its help. It said that the mermaid princess of that time was not the ruler of the sea, but merely the representative chosen by all the sea creatures, and that they only recognized the mermaid princess of that time!"

"So they haven't violated the original contract. If we hadn't asked, they wouldn't have bothered with us at all! If we need their help, we must rely on our own strength to gain their approval!"

Upon hearing this, Reina nodded and said, "I see. If this world hasn't changed, they plan to slumber here, right? But you can tell them that at least our side is still the same as it was back then. If communication is needed, we still acknowledge the Mermaid Princess and the Sea King's identities. So if they have any needs, they can communicate with you! Tell them that in a few days we have an island that we need to pass through on the Calm Belt, and we hope they won't attack us! We have no intention of being their enemy!"

Bai Xing nodded and began communicating with the other party again.

A while later, Reina didn't know how Shirahoshi communicated with the Sea Kings, but the Sea Kings that had gathered together began to slowly leave, leaving only the super-giant Sea King behind.

"They agreed! And they said they don't have any needs right now, and if it weren't for fulfilling the agreement from back then, we shouldn't bother them! Also... it said that if we intend to finish what we didn't finish back then, then I'll need to complete their test!" Shirahoshi turned her head and conveyed the general meaning of her communication with the Sea Kings to Reina.

“Yes, I understand! But now is not the time for you to undergo the test. If the problem with the extraterrestrial visitors isn’t resolved… that task simply cannot be accomplished!” Reina shook his head and said.

"But... what exactly was that matter?" Bai Xing asked curiously.

She had no idea what agreement the mermaid princess and the sea kings had made.

“You don’t need to know now. When you do know, that’s when you’ll fulfill that contract, child!” Reina smiled slightly and then sat back in his recliner.

Although Bai Xing was still somewhat puzzled, she secretly decided that once she knew about that promise, she would definitely do it, no matter whether she succeeded or not, or what price she had to pay.

She sensed it; perhaps this was her destiny.

With the promise from the Sea Kings, Reina planned to leave Crescent Moon Island and take it with him to the North Sea. This way, they would have no worries about the future, and with Crescent Moon Island's existence, their chances of winning the war would be greater, since Crescent Moon Island was originally designed for war.

Soon, not far from the Calm Belt of the New World, Reina found the location of Crescent Moon Island. However, since Crescent Moon Island was currently underwater, he had no choice but to enter it through an underwater passage.

"First mate!" It was Frank, the head steward of Xuan Yue Island, who greeted Reina.

"Is everything normal on Xuan Yue Island?" Reina asked with a smile and a hug from Frank.

"Everything's fine, it's just that without Olga and Perona, everyone's a bit bored!" Frank shrugged and said with a smile.

"Hahaha..." Reina patted his shoulder and said with a laugh, "Alright, now that I'm back, let's return Xuan Yue Island to the surface! Bai Xing has already reached an agreement with the Sea Kings of the Calm Belt, allowing us to pass through the Calm Belt to reach the North Sea!"

"Really?" Frank asked, his face lighting up with delight.

Frank should have gone with the Doctor when they left last time, but he stayed behind because he was worried about Crescent Moon Island.

Now that I know the entire Xuan Yue Island can be used to travel to the North Sea, I am naturally very happy.