Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Although this is her mirror world, she is the one who gets tired when it comes to actually taking action. With Reina's strength, this distance cannot have any effect on him.

However, on the way back, Reina didn't plan to go through the Mirror World. Instead, he summoned the Hard Shell and happily rode it back with Brulee.

"Sister, how did things go?!" Just as she returned to the base, Bling was waiting for Bry at the port.

"Not ideal, it will probably take some more time to complete!" Brûlée shook her head and replied.

Although they are sisters, Bryn did not tell Bryn the details of the operation without Reyna's consent, which can be considered a form of protection for Bryn.

Although they are now members of the Whitebeard Pirates, they know that they have not yet gained the other party's trust.

Pudding understood this, so she didn't ask any more questions. She was just a little worried about Pudding's safety. Now that her mother and the Big Mom Pirates' executives had disappeared, they had no one left to rely on.

Now that we've joined the Whitebeard Pirates, we still need to abide by the proper rules.

"You rest first, I'll go find the doctor, wait for my notification!" Reina said to Brulee.

He didn't tell Brûlée about the plan, so he didn't really mind if Brûlée and Brûlée talked about something. However, Brûlée's attitude still made Reina feel somewhat favorably toward her. People who know the rules are more comfortable to be around.

A few days later, Reina received a vehicle from Dr. Assie, something like a car that was quite fast and could carry five people. Reina had Brûlée throw it into her mirror world, making it her personal vehicle.

After getting the car, Brûlée and Brûlée had a great time playing in the mirror world.

Soon, after Reina had Hardshell and Slippery each carry a mirror, he and Brulee set off again, heading towards the Calm Belt.

With transportation now, although their speed couldn't match Reina's all-out effort, it made things much more convenient and easier.

"First mate, I've sensed the mirror on Hard Shell!" After reaching the edge of the Calm Belt, Brulee and Reina waited for Hard Shell to arrive at the designated location.

“Let’s go over there!” Reina nodded and said.

Soon, the two arrived on the hard shell through the mirror world, and then used the hard shell to sense the mirror on Liu Liu's body. In this way, they quickly passed through the windless zone.

"First mate... I feel... we don't need to look for islands anymore! If you have a permanent compass for our destination, then we can just rely on Hardshell and Slippery to keep moving in one direction and we'll reach our destination soon!" After passing through the Calm Belt, Brûlée suddenly realized that with the cooperation of Hardshell and Slippery, they didn't need any islands at all and could go directly to wherever they wanted to go.

The only problem now is that she can't communicate with Hardshell and Liuliu, or rather, Hardshell and Liuliu simply won't listen to what she says.

Reina stroked his chin, pondering Brulee's suggestion.

He also discovered that, in theory, as long as Hard Shell and Slippery cooperate, Brûlée could indeed go anywhere she wanted, and in this way, he could let go and not have to follow Brûlée around.

So Reina gave Hardshell and Slippery the order to obey Brûlée. The two of them had been following Reina for a long time and it wasn't that they couldn't understand what Brûlée was saying, but they were just too lazy to pay attention to her.

However, with Reina's orders, they began to act according to Bry's instructions, which surprised and delighted Bry.

Although Brûlée had the ability to travel through the Mirror World, it was still several days before Reina arrived at Future Island again.

"You... how did you appear?" Vegapunk the Second was extremely surprised when Reina and Brulee emerged from the mirror that Reina had placed on the island of the future.

"Alright, call out your true form!" Reina, too lazy to waste any more words, said, "As per our previous agreement, we can set off now!"

Lilith blinked, as if she wanted to say something, but the original body had already answered in her earpiece, so she had no choice but to lead Reina and Brulee toward a room in the laboratory.

"Speaking of which, aren't you preparing a little too quickly? According to my estimation, you should be halfway there at most!" Vegapunk looked at Reina and asked with some doubt.

Reina smiled and told the other party about Brulee's abilities, and Vegapunk suddenly realized.

As for Brulee, she was in a daze the whole time. Ever since she learned that this was Vegapunk's territory, she felt like she was dreaming.

That's Vegapunk!

The world's number one scientist!

But this person is actually a member of the Whitebeard Pirates?

Brulee found it hard to accept that even when she was still with the Big Mom Pirates, which was known as the strongest intelligence-gathering pirate crew, there hadn't been a single word of it.

This made her feel somewhat frustrated. The Whitebeard Pirates truly lived up to their reputation as the world's number one pirate crew. Whether it was their combat strength, their vision, or their trump cards, the Big Mom Pirates could not compete with them.

Chapter 994 Shakyamuni's Arrival

"First mate... are we going to take Dr. Vegapunk away?" Brûlée asked with a curious look.

Reina shook his head and replied, "It's not the right time yet!"

"Then shall we come over...?" Brulee asked, puzzled.

Is there anything important here besides Dr. Vegapunk?

Reina shook his head, signaling Brulee not to ask.

“My head can’t move yet, and I didn’t expect you to use this method, and so quickly! I still have some things to prepare! But I plan to have Shakya go with you to the North Sea. He will help you with whatever he can, and he has my signal receiver on him. Under normal circumstances, we can communicate through Shakya. If there are any life-threatening discoveries in the North Sea, Shakya will notify me immediately! I can start my experiments here right away. As long as my Brain Library project is completed, I can leave this place!” Vegapunk said excitedly.

"Will Shakyamuni be able to move around normally after leaving this island?" Reina asked.

“Of course, although he’s out of my brain’s range and can’t freely connect to it, it doesn’t affect his actions at all! And aren’t you already able to secretly travel to and from this island? Just have Shakya come back once every month or two to transfer his knowledge to my brain, and at the same time, he can absorb some more advanced knowledge from my brain!” Vegapunk nodded and replied affirmatively.

“Okay, let’s do it your way! If anything happens, contact us through Shakya! By the way, won’t Shakya’s disappearance arouse suspicion from the World Government?” Reina asked Vegapunk.

"Hehe... It just so happens that Lucci and the others came over earlier and not only destroyed one Seraph, but also broke Shaka!" Vegapunk winked at Reina and said.

Reina was taken aback, looked at Vegapunk, and asked, "You've taken care of Lucci? If he returns to Mary Geoise, your lies will be exposed!"

According to Reina's speculation, Lucci's defeat is unlikely to be any surprise, but neither Luffy nor Vegapunk are people who kill indiscriminately, so they will definitely let them go in the end.

However, the final result was somewhat unexpected for Reina. Although the general outcome remained the same, Stussy, who was Lucci's second-in-command, was killed in battle.

Moreover, both Lucci and Kaku, who were seriously injured, were rescued by Vegapunk. Vegapunk only allowed Lucci and Kaku to leave after the Straw Hat crew had left.

Clearly, the fact that he dared to let the other party leave and said that Shakyamuni was damaged in this battle must mean that he reached some kind of agreement with Lucci.

Reina didn't care about these things; as long as Vegapunk handled them himself, that was fine. What he needed now was Vegapunk's ability to help the Whitebeard Pirates research the teleporter. Once the teleporter was developed, the connection between Vegapunk and Whitebeard would be even closer, and they wouldn't need to rely on Brulee's mirror portal to travel between them; they could use the teleporter directly.

Furthermore, Reina was also very concerned about the extraterrestrial visitors' internal network. When he infiltrated the enemy and disguised himself as an extraterrestrial visitor, he had some doubts. Now that Vegapunk had also put forward this idea, it made Reina even more certain that perhaps this is how technology develops in this world.

If they could disrupt the other side's network system, the extraterrestrial visitors' strength would be reduced by at least half, making them much easier to deal with.

Although they have now blocked the extraterrestrial visitors in the North Blue, preventing them from moving, the Navy, the Four Emperors' pirate crews, and those great pirates from the New World are basically also trapped in the North Blue and unable to leave.

Once they relax their guard, the extraterrestrial visitors will be able to break through their blockade. If they are given more territory, then it will be impossible to stop them.

This is why Reina wanted to incite conflict between the extraterrestrial visitors and the World Government, but dared not let them leave.

Reina and Brûlée rested on Future Island for a day, and the next day the two of them left Future Island with Vegapunk Shakya and headed towards the North Sea.

After learning about Brulee's abilities and limitations along the way, Shakya proposed several solutions. For example, their current mode of transportation was too slow, and using Hard Shell and Liuliu as nodes was unreliable. It would be better to make some mirrors and fix them on the sea surface. Even if sea monsters and sea kings accidentally ate them, it wouldn't matter. They could just put more of them there.

Moreover, even if the sea kings eat the mirrors, it doesn't matter; they will become nodes for Brulee's movement, and they might come into play at any time.

In just a few days, Shakya has helped Brulee improve her abilities significantly, making her much stronger than before.

As for Reina and Brulee, they watched Shakya's performance with speechless expressions. There was nothing they could do; what seemed impossible to them became very simple in Shakya's eyes. This was the change brought about by knowledge.

After Reina returned to the camp, he first sent Brulee back to rest before taking Shakya to Xuan Yue Island.

“Doctor, this is one of Dr. Vegapunk’s clones, he is Vegapunk One, you can call him Shakya. Vegapunk created six clones according to his needs, namely Righteousness, Evil, Thought, Knowledge, Violence, and Desire! They each have different research areas and also take care of everything Vegapunk needs in his daily life! This Vegapunk One basically represents the original body!” Reina brought Vegapunk One to the laboratory on Crescent Moon Island and met Dr. Asie and Judge.

"I never expected that our reunion would be under these circumstances, Dr. Vegapunk. Do you remember me?" While Dr. Asie was still observing Vegapunk Number One, Judge stepped forward to greet him.

"You are... Vinsmoke Judge?" Shakya looked at Judge, and after a moment, asked hesitantly.

“Yes, I had the privilege of serving as your assistant in your lab, along with M. Caesar Courland!” Judge nodded in response.

"I see. So you've joined the Whitebeard Pirates too?" Shakya asked curiously.

Judge smiled slightly and said, "What's so strange about joining the Whitebeard Pirates? There are too many people in this world who want to join the Whitebeard Pirates, it's just that the old man doesn't need them!"

Judge is currently very satisfied with the Whitebeard Pirates.

“Alright, everyone, Mr. Shakya has just arrived. I know you all have many things you want to discuss, but Doctor, you need to prepare a room for Mr. Shakya first. You will have plenty of time to get to know each other!” Reina said with a smile.

Dr. Assie nodded and said to Shakya, "You are not Dr. Vegapunk's original form, so from now on I will call you Shakya. I'll arrange a room for you first, and then we'll go to the bar to have a drink and chat! I know you have a lot to ask, and I have a lot to ask too. We'll talk about it slowly later!"

Chapter 995 The Straw Hat Crew's Counterattack

After handing Shakya over to Dr. Asie, Reyna immediately contacted Whitebeard and gave him a detailed report on what had happened.

Whitebeard originally intended to return in person, after all, he was the world's number one scientist. Vegapunk had come to their Whitebeard Pirates, and it would be unreasonable for Whitebeard, as the captain, not to personally greet him.

However, Reina stopped him, because if it was not Dr. Vegapunk's main body that came, but only an avatar, there was no need for Whitebeard to personally appear.

Once things are settled on the front lines, Whitebeard will naturally have time to meet with him.

After finishing negotiations with Whitebeard, Reina summoned Frank and asked him to arrange for the sisters Brulee and Brin to enter Crescent Moon Island. He also asked Frank to start gathering materials and resources there, since Shakya had previously designed many plans for Brulee.

After the Bryce sisters settled down on Crescent Island, Reina had Frank take Bryce to Dr. Vegapunk. There were some things Reina didn't understand, and only Shakya knew how to help Bryce most effectively.

This incident will also allow Dr. Asie to see Vegapunk's abilities, so that they can get along and cooperate better in future experiments.

By the time all this was done, more than a week had passed. At this time, the situation in the North Blue was still quite tense. The extraterrestrial visitors launched attacks from time to time. Neither the Navy, nor the Whitebeard Pirates, nor other forces dared to withdraw their main forces. Luffy and his crew had not left the front line since they returned.

The loss of the three islands saddened Luffy, as many Mink warriors and Wano Country samurai sacrificed themselves in the process, which angered him greatly.

Unfortunately, the extraterrestrial visitors possessed a teleporter and an internal network, causing Luffy's attacks to fail every time.

Ace even went to help Luffy, but this kind of thing can't be solved by one or two people; it requires at least a battle involving an army to affect the outcome.

Just as Reina finished all his work and was about to go to the Tower of Trials to earn points, he unexpectedly received a call from Robin.

"So you want our Whitebeard Pirates to cooperate with you in launching an attack on the extraterrestrials?" Reina asked with a strange expression after hearing Robin's words.

“Yes, Father!” Robin nodded and said, “As you know, after we went to the New World, the North Blue lost three islands. Territory is a minor matter; the Mink Tribe and the samurai of Wano Country suffered heavy casualties because of this. Luffy has been on the front lines every day recently, but he still can’t break through the situation! Ace told me that unless other forces assist him, it will be very difficult to take back the lost islands!”

“For something like this… you should go ask your dad. I’m currently responsible for guarding the base, not on the front lines!” Reina chuckled and said, “Besides, shouldn’t Luffy ask his dad for help? The Revolutionary Army is far superior in both territory and fighting strength!”

"The Revolutionary Army has agreed to cooperate with us, but Sabo will be in command!" Robin said with a hint of helplessness.

"Hahaha... I understand. I'll suggest to our captain that Ace take command of our battle. As for the final outcome, I won't interfere! I'm planning to train at the Tower of Trials soon! So you and your brother can discuss this!" Reina said with a loud laugh.

"Okay, I understand, Father!" Robin replied somewhat displeased.

However, upon hearing that Reina planned to train at the Tower of Trials, Robin began to worry again, because she knew that the Tower of Trials was the place where Reina was most likely to perish.

Given Reina's current strength, Robin would believe that someone in this world could defeat him, but she certainly didn't believe that anyone could kill Reina head-on.

After expressing his concerns, Robin hung up the Den Den Mushi with some worry.

She had gotten the result she wanted from Reiner's words: the Whitebeard Pirates didn't mind helping, and it wouldn't do them any harm.

This is why she contacted Reina first. She believed that if she contacted Whitebeard directly, even if it would cause some losses to the Whitebeard Pirates, Whitebeard would agree to her request without hesitation.

So she had to contact her father first to get his opinion, and then contact the white-bearded old man.

After hanging up the phone with Robin, Reina contacted Whitebeard and told him about Robin's situation. Whitebeard naturally wouldn't refuse Robin's request, but when Reina suggested that Ace should command the battle, Whitebeard laughed and agreed.