Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

“That level of attack shouldn’t have done you much damage! Kid… show me your true strength!” Barrorick Redfield didn’t attack immediately, but spoke seriously to Reina.

Reina smiled slightly, nodded, and then began to take off his clothes.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!" As Reina removed the weighted suit from his body, he began to feel lighter.

However, the crew members around him were watching with bated breath, because every time he took off a piece of his weighted suit and threw it on the ground, they could feel its weight.

"This...this is the load-bearing suit the first mate is wearing?"

"My God! Does the first mate actually wear these every day? You'd never guess it normally!"

The crew members around him were quite surprised. Although many of them knew that Reina usually wore a weighted suit, since Marco also had one, and many of them had tried on his weighted suit. Although it made movement somewhat inconvenient, they could still accept it.

When they saw Reina take off his weighted suit in public today, they realized that the weighted suit Reina was wearing was completely different from Marco's.

“Very good…then…let’s continue!” Barolok Redfield nodded and said.

It's clear that he's begun to somewhat approve of Reina.

"I'm about to unleash my full power, Lord Barolok Redfield! Please be careful!" Reina gripped Hyōrinmaru with both hands and began to gather his strength.

Barrolick Redfield smiled slightly. He had been preparing to attack, but seeing Reina's stance, he stopped. If he attacked now, he would inevitably interrupt Reina's moves, so he stopped to see how far Reina could go.

"That guy's going to get hurt! Reina's full-force attack isn't so easy to withstand!" Whitebeard, who had been watching from the sidelines for some time, said softly.

For the past three years, Reina had only unleashed his full power during sparring sessions with him, so only he knew that Reina's full power was capable of injuring strong opponents like them.

"A concentrated strike, all-out power, freezing a thousand miles!"

A moment later, Reina, having completed his charge, slashed at Barrorick Redfield. The slash seemed to transform into an ice dragon in mid-air, freezing everything in its path with icy energy. The surrounding crew members retreated, but when they reached the ship's side, the scattered ice showed no sign of abating.

"Hmph! That idiot!" Whitebeard snorted coldly, stomped his naginata, and a shockwave of energy spread out, shattering the scattered icy energy and saving the crew from being frozen.

The scattered energy was already so terrifying, so Barolorik Redfield, who was facing Reina's slash head-on, could feel the power of the slash even more.

"Hahahaha... Interesting! Very interesting! Just this slash alone makes my trip worthwhile! Break!" Baroric Redfield laughed loudly, not dodging, but rushing directly towards Reina's slash, and then using his hands covered in Armament Haki to block Reina's slash.

"Click...snap..."

Although the slash did not break through Baroric Redfield's defense, the icy energy covering it began to spread along Baroric Redfield's arm.

"Break!" Baroric Redfield roared, raising his arms and unleashing a dragon-shaped slash that shot straight into the sky, seemingly piercing through the clouds above.

"Clatter..." Barolok Redfield clenched his arms, and the frozen ice shattered into ice shards that fell down.

“You are indeed formidable! This is my strongest move, yet it still failed to harm you!” Reina shook his head and stepped aside, indicating that he had no more powerful moves left.

“No…you’ve already hurt me!” Barolok Redfield smiled slightly, raised his arm, which bore the marks of frostbite from the icy energy, and said, “If you can launch a dozen or more attacks like that in a row, I might not be able to intercept them!”

Reina's face darkened. Not only did such an attack require charging time, but it also required the maximum amount of energy that he could absorb. Moreover, both absorbing and releasing energy would consume his physical strength. If it happened a few more times, he would be exhausted without the opponent even lifting a finger. Not to mention a dozen times, he would be turned into a dried-up human body.

Chapter 80 Family

Although Reina still had the strength to fight, it wasn't a life-or-death battle, just a friendly spar, so Reina didn't continue. He believed that based on his opponent's performance just now, Whitebeard already had a general idea of ​​his opponent's strength and would not be caught off guard by a surprise attack.

Sure enough, after Reyner stepped down, Barolorick Redfield's gaze fell on the tall, white-bearded man.

Mainly because his signature white beard is so easy to recognize.

“Whitebeard Edward Newgate! Interested in playing?” Barrorick Redfield looked at the whitebeard and asked with a smile.

Normally, Whitebeard probably wouldn't even bother with the other party, but after witnessing the battle between the other party and Reyner, he was now feeling a surge of excitement.

"Gurararara... It's rare to see a strong person like you, but it's not convenient to fight here. If you don't mind, how about we find a small island to fight on? You can stay on my ship in the meantime!" Whitebeard chuckled and said.

If the two of them were to really fight, the pirate ship would probably be destroyed by them, which is why Whitebeard suggested finding another place to spar.

Barolok Redfield thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay!"

Although he didn't know Whitebeard's strength yet, he had already witnessed the strength of his first mate, Reina. Regardless of how strong Whitebeard was, if he and Reina were to fight seriously, the ship would be finished. That's why he agreed to the other party's proposal.

Barolok Redfield stayed on Whitebeard's ship for the rest of the time. The crew witnessed his strength, and for pirates who always admired the strong, they were quite enthusiastic towards him.

However, Barrolick Redfield lived up to his reputation as the man known as the Lone Red. On the surface, he seemed polite to people, but his aura of keeping people at arm's length was palpable to anyone. Over time, people stopped getting close to him.

Aside from the occasional chat with Reina, Barolok Redfield seemed like a solitary, unparalleled powerhouse, completely out of place among the Whitebeard Pirates.

“Big brother’s plan has backfired! That guy isn’t one of us!” Seeing this, Reina said to Whitebeard with a smile.

"Gurararara... He really is an arrogant fellow! In that case, let the people above find a deserted island as soon as possible and end this battle!" Whitebeard said with a smile.

With the existence of the Sky Island, finding a deserted island would be much easier for them, but it still took them several days to find a not-so-large deserted island near the Calm Zone.

“Alright, let’s hold the fight between Big Brother and Lord Barolorick Redfield on this island. We’ll be waiting for you both on the ship!” Reina didn’t let the crew go down to watch the fight, and he didn’t even go down himself.

It wasn't that he lacked confidence in Whitebeard, but rather that if the two were to fight at full strength, those watching on the island might be in danger. Therefore, he secretly instructed the crew members on the sky island to observe from above, and forbade anyone else to approach the island.

A moment later, an explosion was heard from the center of the island, clearly indicating that Whitebeard and Barolok Redfield had already clashed there.

There weren't many people on the ship at this time, because those who wanted to watch the battle had already taken hot air balloons to the floating island to watch the fight.

"Marco, if you want to see, you can fly over and take a look, but don't get too close, or you'll get hurt by the aftershocks, don't blame me for not warning you!" Reina teased, looking at the somewhat impatient Marco beside him.

Marco hesitated for a moment, but still didn't fly over to watch. He also ignored Reina's teasing and just sat on the deck waiting anxiously.

His appearance stunned Reina. He realized that Marco was genuinely worried about Whitebeard, not about his defeat or reputation being damaged, but about Whitebeard being injured.

Besides Marco, Reina also noticed this concern on many other people's faces.

"It turns out that without realizing it, everyone has really come to regard Newgate as family!" Reina thought to himself.

The crew members on the ship vary in strength and potential, but they all have one thing in common: they have their own pasts. They are either orphans or lack family.

Perhaps some people have bad personalities, and some people are casual in their attitudes, but they all value their families very much. After boarding the ship, they became like family to each other.

In his previous life, Reina saw someone online say that after the Wano Country incident, why didn't Oden ask Whitebeard or Roger's crew for help?

According to Reina's own understanding, Roger asked Whitebeard to let Oden leave, and Oden himself wanted to follow Roger to see a wider sea, so they agreed on a one-year time limit.

After Oden helped Roger decipher the Poneglyphs, they finally reached the final island.

Along the way, they passed through Wano Country, and because Lady Toki was ill, she took her two children and disembarked. At that time, Oden had a premonition that if he had stayed there, he might not have had the opportunity to continue his adventure with Roger.

Keep in mind that he was with the Roger Pirates back then. With the strength of the Roger Pirates at that time, they could have easily swept through the Beasts Pirates. Although Oden didn't know what was wrong with Wano Country, his intuition told him that Wano Country was different from when he left.

At the time, the Roger Pirates were missing one of their top fighters due to Bullet's departure, but with Oden's addition, Reina believed that dealing with Kaido and his subordinates would still be no problem.

So why didn't Oden just take the Roger Pirates back to Wano Country?

Firstly, Roger's body was already poisoned, and he didn't have much time left, so Oden didn't want Roger to take risks for him. Secondly, Wano Country's situation was special; after a long period of isolation, the people were quite xenophobic.

Therefore, Oden believed that if he brought foreign pirates back with him, things would only get worse, so he naturally did not choose to have Roger accompany him back to Wano Country.

Finally, after they reached the final island and uncovered the secrets of the world, the Roger Pirates disbanded. Oden did not return to the Whitebeard Pirates, but instead chose to return to Wano Country, because he was always worried about Wano Country.

Oden returned to Wano Country and found that it had been occupied by Kaido. He then decided to attack Kaido. He had already reached Kaido and Orochi, but because he was afraid of civilian casualties, he made a pact with Orochi and Kaido.

Five years later, Oden learned he had been deceived and decided to directly attack Kaido, but because he had been deceived, he had lost the support of the people.

Even so, Oden still led his retainers to fight Kaido, and in the end, he even seriously injured Kaido and forced him to leave Wano Country. However, in the end, because Kurozumi Higurashi used the Imitation Fruit to transform into Momonosuke, Kaido was able to successfully launch a sneak attack on Oden.

After his defeat, Oden was executed by boiling in a cauldron, marking the end of an era for this legendary figure.

From this, we can see that Oden returned directly to Wano Country without informing the Whitebeard Pirates, so Whitebeard was unaware of Oden's return.

Some might ask, since he pretended to be crazy for five years in Wano Country, didn't he send someone to notify the Whitebeard Pirates or the Roger Pirates to help him?

There are a few points to mention here. First, the Roger Pirates disbanded, and the whereabouts of the members were long unknown. Oden was in Wano Country, which was closed off from the world, so he had no way of contacting them.

Secondly, there was the Whitebeard Pirates. Although the Whitebeard Pirates were still active in the New World at the time, making them relatively easy to find, there were no suitable people or ships to leave Wano Country.

It's important to know that Oden failed countless times in his attempts to set sail, and if it weren't for Whitebeard, he might never have been able to leave Wano Country.

If even the powerful Oden was like this, then the ordinary samurai of Wano Country must have been even more affected.

Another important point is that Oden had no intention of asking for help.

When he returned, he already had the ability to kill Kaido and Orochi, so why didn't he kill them or drive them out of Wano Country?

Because Oden was worried that a large-scale war would further devastate Wano Country and cause countless deaths and injuries, he made a pact with Kaido and Orochi.

Therefore, he would not provoke the Whitebeard Pirates to fight in Wano Country. The reason for not fighting was not because he was weaker than his opponent, but because he did not want to cause casualties.

Even after feigning madness for five years, Oden still managed to severely injure Kaido. If it weren't for the interference from Momonosuke (whose ability was transformed by Kurozumi Higurashi), he would have successfully dealt with Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi.

Therefore, in fact, Oden had neither the need nor the means to ask for help, and Reina guessed that he never even considered asking for help.

This also means that Whitebeard likely learned about this after Oden had already died, and Kaido's strength would have been greatly enhanced in Whitebeard's mind.

It's important to know that when the Rocks Pirates disbanded, Kaido's status wasn't much higher than Reina's; he was just an ordinary combatant, someone who had just been promoted from trainee to full-fledged crew member.

This was also the reason why he opposed Ace's reckless actions in Wano Country. After all, even a strongman like Oden died in Wano Country, and Ace, who was obviously much younger than Oden, would certainly not be a match for the cunning Kaido.

So Whitebeard didn't stop considering Oden as family because Oden ran away with Roger; rather, he simply didn't know about it.

Otherwise, putting everything else aside, Izo, who was still on Whitebeard's ship back then, would definitely have returned to Wano Country to help Oden without hesitation.

"Boom boom boom..." The sounds of battle on the island pulled Reina out of his thoughts. He realized that he was the only one on the ship who hadn't truly integrated into the family atmosphere.

Moreover, he was certain that Whitebeard definitely sensed it, but never said it.

It's not that Reina didn't consider the crew members as his partners or family, but rather that he never truly considered himself a member of this world.

Rather than saying he didn't integrate into the Whitebeard Pirates, it's more accurate to say he never truly integrated into this world.

Chapter 81 In the Name of the Family

"Hey... what are you all worried about?" Reina clapped his hands and said with a smile to the members who looked very worried, "Although that guy is pretty strong, you don't really think he can hurt Big Brother, do you?"

Everyone looked at Reina, but Lacjo still stubbornly replied, "Who told you what I was worried about? I was just thinking about whether to throw a party to celebrate when Dad comes back."

"Another banquet...? Do you bastards even know how many Berries we spend on food?" Reina said, feigning ferocity. "Sachi, tell these bastards how much we spend every time we purchase nautical supplies!"

Sachi, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded. With a mournful face, he said, "Um... First mate... I'm just the cook. Every time we go shopping, you refuse to let me participate. You always say that I have to cook whatever we buy, and that a qualified cook can make all the ingredients delicious! So you've always been in charge of shopping. I really didn't know that!"

Reina was stunned, followed by a burst of laughter from the surrounding crew.

"Pfft, hahaha... First mate, I now seriously suspect you're embezzling funds, otherwise how could our food expenses be so high?"

"Hahaha...yes, yes! Tell me honestly, how many Berries did you embezzle? In your words, it was...what was it again?" Lakyo laughed until tears streamed down his face.

"Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely!" Marco added insult to injury.

"Hmph! Didn't I tell you? Confess and you'll be treated leniently, or you'll rot in jail! Resist and you'll be punished severely, or you'll be sent home for the New Year!" Reina said with a smirk, deliberately trying to be funny.