Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Reina, who was hiding in the shadows, frowned. In his opinion, Seraph should be controlled by Vegapunk. It was strange that Seraph Empress came at this time.

"This Seraph was programmed to obey CP0's orders when it left. We didn't have time to change it just now, which is why Lucci and the others were able to control it. The other Seraphs are all programmed to obey our orders!" Before Reina could think any further, Vegapunk Evil Lilith No. 2 came to Reina's side and explained.

"Didn't you leave any backup plans? Since you intend to betray the World Government, I don't believe you wouldn't have a backup plan!" Reina said casually.

“Of course!” Lilith nodded and said, “But if we intervene now, won’t that prove our relationship with the Straw Hats? In that case, it would be better to let the other Seraphim act at the same time!”

Reina nodded, indicating that he understood.

Lucci and his crew are unaware of Vegapunk's plans, so he doesn't want to escalate the situation further.

Reina could understand Vegapunk's thoughts. After all, Lucci and the others hadn't discovered his presence, and if they killed him, the World Government probably wouldn't let it go easily.

It's perfect timing to let the Straw Hat crew fight Lucci and the others. Who wins or loses won't matter to him. With Reina here watching, the Straw Hat crew won't suffer any losses.

While Reina was talking to Lilith, Luffy and Lucci were already locked in a fierce battle. Luffy, who had activated Gear Fourth, and Lucci, who had transformed into his leopard man form, were locked in a close fight. Although neither of them had used their full strength yet, the coastline had already been riddled with craters from their battle.

"Straw Hat Boy! This time... I won't let you get away again! Finger Pistol: Ten-Gun King!" Lucci clenched his fists into claws and attacked Luffy.

"Oh!"

"Uh~~"

Luffy, who was hit, was sent flying.

"Cough cough... I won't be defeated by you!" After flying back more than ten meters, Luffy finally stopped, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and charged at Lucci again.

Chapter 989 Return

As Luffy and Lucci's battle intensified, even Reina had to retreat a bit.

The battle between the Straw Hat crew and CP0 has basically been decided. Apart from Lucci, the strongest member, who is still fighting Luffy, even Kaku has been defeated by Zoro once again.

"Tsk tsk tsk... No wonder he's the World Government's strongest genius in a century! Even when facing a chosen one like Luffy, Lucci's growth rate is already quite impressive!" Reina shook his head and said softly as he watched the two locked in fierce combat.

Back in Enies Lobby, Lucci was like an ant that Reina could crush at any moment, but how come he's grown to this extent in just a few years?

Luffy grows quickly because he's the protagonist, while Lucci isn't, but his growth is just as fast!

Reina has the help of the system, so his strength has increased quite rapidly, but he is still incomparable to the likes of Luffy and Lucci.

Especially in recent years, after his strength reached a certain level, the system's help to him has become quite limited.

He used to care a lot about checking in every day, but after the Tower of Trials appeared, he lost interest in it.

The system shop has everything available for exchange, and the speed at which points can be earned in the Tower of Trials is incomparable to daily check-ins. Moreover, given his current status and position, it's impossible for him to stay on the ship every day.

So he had long given up on the idea of ​​checking in consecutively. He would check in whenever he happened to be on the ship, and he didn't care at all when he didn't.

After dealing with Vegapunk's matter, he planned to return to the Tower of Trials to continue his training. Not only would it allow him to master his abilities more quickly, but he could also earn a lot of points, making it the perfect choice to improve his strength.

Whether it's enhancing the Black Emperor's abilities once again or evolving the Sharingan into the Rinnegan, it would be a huge boost for him.

According to his own speculation, Black Emperor's abilities can only be upgraded to level five at most, corresponding to the power levels of mutants, and the Sharingan should not be able to be upgraded after reaching the Rinnegan.

This world suppresses the abilities of the Sharingan and the Black Emperor. Even the Zanpakuto cannot be fully utilized here. However, if he raises the abilities of the Black Emperor and the Sharingan to the top level, let alone opponents like Garp and Sengoku, even the extraterrestrial visitor, the Destroyer, should not be his match. He might even be able to easily defeat the Destroyer after obtaining the Rinnegan.

While the extraterrestrial visitors haven't launched a full-scale attack yet, Reina felt he should improve his strength as soon as possible.

"It won't be easy for those two to decide a winner!" Vegapunk Number One appeared beside Reina at some point and said softly.

“It’s definitely not going to be easy. It will probably take two or three days to determine a winner!” Reina nodded and replied.

Vegapunk No. 1 did not continue speaking, nor did he look at Reina; he simply watched Luffy and Lucci engaged in fierce combat.

"You mean I'm leaving now? Aren't you afraid the Straw Hats will be defeated? If the Straw Hats are defeated, Lucci will take them away and cause you some trouble, won't he?" Reina said with a light laugh.

“It’s already very troublesome. They’ve destroyed one Seraph, and the data from that Seraph hasn’t been uploaded back. That means she went out for nothing, and we’ll have to spend a lot of money to rebuild it!” Vegapunk One replied calmly.

"Anyway, you can manufacture it. It's just a robot, it shouldn't take much effort, right?" Reina said dismissively.

“Manufacturing is indeed simple; the blueprints and processes are no longer a problem. But funding is the issue! The World Government has given us limited funds. If we use them to rebuild a Seraph, we will have to stop a lot of research!” Vegapunk I said, looking at Reina.

"Don't look at me like that, I don't have any Berries!" Reina shrugged and said, "Since you're not afraid of the Straw Hat crew being defeated, I'll be leaving now. There's not much point in staying here anyway! By the way, if that little leopard really does win at the end, just use Seraphim to help them out. Don't underestimate them just because they're poor pirates; they have considerable influence in the North Blue. They're one of the Four Emperors' pirate crews, after all. Compensating your Seraphim for their losses shouldn't be a problem!"

Vegapunk Number One slowly turned his head, looked quietly at Reina, and after a long while nodded, saying, "Okay!"

Reina grinned, smiled, and then got up and left.

His reason for giving Vegapunk this advice was simply to provide insurance for Robin. Although he didn't think Luffy would lose, it was the best course of action to be on the safe side.

After summoning the hard shell from another direction, Reina left without stopping. Along the way, whenever he encountered a small island, Reina would throw a mirror at it, until there were no more islands in the calm zone.

He had already planned it out: using Brulee's abilities to continuously travel through the mirror worlds, even from the North Sea to the New World, should be very fast.

However, the Calm Belt is indeed a problem. The distance here is too far, and he doesn't know if Brûlée's abilities can cross the Calm Belt. But he can only talk about this after he gets back.

Because he was alone this time, Reina quickly crossed the Calm Belt. When he returned to the Whitebeard Pirates' base, he found that Whitebeard was not on the island.

"First mate!" The one left on the island was Ace, the captain of the second division. Only he would call Reina "first mate"; the other captains would just call him by his name.

"Ace! Where's your brother? Why isn't he on the island? Did he go to Crescent Moon Island?" Reina asked curiously when he saw Ace.

Xuan Yue Island was right next to their base; the two islands were quite close, close enough that Reina could cross it using Moonwalk.

"No, Dad went to the front lines! The Destroyer and those powerful extraterrestrials have returned and launched a fierce attack on the front lines! Besides us and the Navy, Luffy's side has already lost three islands, and Shanks' side has also lost one island!" Ace shook his head and replied.

"Huh?" Reina was taken aback and asked in surprise, "The Venerable One of Annihilation personally took action?"

"No, but he has already appeared on the front lines. News came from the Navy that Aokiji and Grandpa fought a great battle together. Aokiji was seriously injured, and Grandpa was also badly injured!" Ace said with a heavy expression.

"He didn't come to our side?" Reina asked, frowning.

“No!” Ace shook his head and said, “He only showed up with the Navy once!”

“I understand!” Reina nodded and asked, “Is Brûlée on the island?”

“Yes, she and Pudding just came back from the front lines. They were originally there too. They are quite capable and could have been helpful, but their strength is too weak. After they almost got into trouble on the front lines, Dad sent them back and made them stay in the rear! With Princess Shirahoshi and Queen Naga leading the fish-men to help on the front lines, there shouldn’t be any problems!” Ace told Reina as they walked, talking about the recent situation in the North Sea.

Chapter 990 Recent Developments

"So, without Hancock's help, the Straw Hat Pirates will probably continue to lose territory?" Reina said, turning to look at Ace as he walked toward the town.

"You can't say that! The Mink Tribe and the samurai of Wano Country are indeed very powerful, but as you know, the extraterrestrial visitors have too many strong individuals. Luffy's Straw Hat Grand Fleet currently has too few strong individuals. Although they have an advantage in group battles, a single strong individual can play a more significant role! Therefore, the arrival of Empress Hancock has effectively filled the gaps in their strengths!" Ace shook his head and said.

"They lost three islands. What about their casualties?" Reina stroked his chin and asked.

"I'm not sure about that, but it seems their officers were only injured, not killed in battle!" Ace thought for a moment and then said, "Dad sent me back here, partly to ask me to go and help, but after the Empress announced that she was joining the Straw Hat Grand Fleet and stopped the extraterrestrial visitors, I didn't go!"

"How are things on the front lines right now?" Reina asked after thinking for a moment.

“With Dad at the front, there shouldn’t be any problems! But there’s one thing Dad said he’d ask for your opinion when you get back. Mr. Judge from the Germa Corporation plans to rebuild those bio-warriors on Crescent Island to use them against the extraterrestrial visitors’ ordinary soldiers, which would reduce our losses!” Ace said directly in response to Reina’s question.

“Derma Corporation’s cloned biological soldiers?” Reina frowned and said, “What do you mean, brother?”

Germa Cartel's most powerful technology is the android technology that Judge and Vegapunk obtained when they were researching it together. After years of research and development, they have taken completely different paths.

Vegapunk also created androids, including the Pacifista, Seraphim, and his clones. It's clear that Vegapunk followed an elite path; his clones even possessed the ability to think and develop independently, although this was thanks to his brain.

Judge, on the other hand, takes the quantity route. His androids are cheap and quick to produce, and can be mass-produced. Although their strength is low, they have a certain advantage in the face of large-scale battles.

The reason why major powers have valued Germa Corporation in recent years is because of its artificial human technology.

After joining the Whitebeard Pirates, he assumed that Whitebeard would join for his android technology. However, neither Whitebeard nor Reiner has ever suggested rebuilding his android biotechnology lab.

At first, he thought Whitebeard was just pretending, but after getting to know him, he realized that the Whitebeard Pirates didn't need his skills and were even somewhat disgusted by them.

However, the attacks from extraterrestrial visitors have become increasingly fierce recently, and the pirate crew has suffered considerable losses, which is why he made such a suggestion to Whitebeard.

Unfortunately, Whitebeard did not agree immediately, but wanted to wait for Reyna to return and ask for his opinion.

Reina isn't actually opposed to the idea of ​​androids, as long as he's not as extreme as Judge, but he wouldn't say he likes them either.

Reina believes that Vegapunk's model is the correct one, and that androids like Judge are not very meaningful.

"I don't think Dad likes those biological soldiers!" Ace replied after thinking for a moment.

"Okay! I understand. I'll contact my brother later and discuss this with him! Dr. Assie and Judge are still here. Are they researching the teleporter?" Reina turned his head and asked Ace.

“I don’t know about that! But they are definitely in the laboratory on Xuan Yue Island!” Ace shrugged and said.

He wasn't interested in these studies, so he wasn't very concerned about them.

"Alright, I'm going to find Brûlée to take care of some things. You go ahead and do your thing! If anything happens to Cao Mao, go and help him out. They probably won't be back for a few more days!" After the two arrived in the town, Reina patted Ace on the shoulder and said.

"Will the first mate stay on the island?" Ace asked hesitantly.

If Reiner stays behind to oversee the base, he can confidently go and help Luffy.

However, if Reina wants to leave, he can't just leave casually. After all, there isn't even a captain-level expert here right now. If he gets ambushed, it would be a huge loss.

Reina smiled and said, "I might have to go out again soon. Although I'll be staying here afterwards, I'll still be going to the Tower of Trials for training! If you want to go, it shouldn't be a problem. Xuan Yue Island is right next door, so you don't need to worry too much about defenses. Besides, Pike and Judge both have considerable combat strength!"

After thinking for a moment, Ace said, "Then I'll wait until the vice-captain returns before going to Luffy's side! With the Empress's help, they've at least gained a foothold!"

Upon hearing this, Reina said nothing more and headed straight for the residence of the two sisters, Bryn and Brin.

Although the two have now joined the Whitebeard Pirates, they are not yet considered core members, so they no longer live on Crescent Moon Island.

"First Mate!" When Reina found them, the two sisters were eating.

“No need, you all eat. Brûlée, I might need your help for a while!” Reina waved his hand, gesturing for them to continue eating, and said.

“Okay, is there anything I need to prepare?” Brûlée nodded quickly and replied.

"No need to prepare anything. I'll come find you later and explain!" Reina said with a smile.

"it is good!"

After leaving the sisters, Reina went directly to Crescent Moon Island, where he could contact Whitebeard, who was on the front lines.

"So, Big Brother means you don't want Judge to create biological warriors?" After contacting Whitebeard, Reina didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.

“Yes! Although they are not truly human, I don’t think it’s appropriate to treat them as expendable resources!” Whitebeard nodded and replied.

There is no such thing as humanity in this world, but Whitebeard's pride would not allow him to do such a thing.

“Since you’ve made your decision, let’s do as you say! Although I think that creating a suitable number of biological warriors could make up for some of our combat strength issues!” Reina nodded and replied.

"I thought that way at first too, but I'm afraid that once I start something like this, I won't be able to stop!" Whitebeard said seriously, "In that case, it's better not to start now!"

Reina nodded and said, "I just feel it's a bit of a pity... How about we manufacture the machines and sell them to others? What about our ally, the Revolutionary Army? Their goals don't conflict with ours, and selling them to them can indirectly help us deal with the extraterrestrials!"

"You decide on this! In short, we shouldn't use them!" After thinking about it, Whitebeard didn't object. Biological warriors are a kind of combat force, and most importantly, they can replace ordinary soldiers and reduce the number of deaths on their side.