Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Luffy glared at the assembled Marines, his eyes filled with hostility. He was more interested in getting information from them than attacking his friends.

However, Reina told him that Uta was no longer herself at this moment. Something must have happened in the real world that triggered Uta. The illusion world is not so fun. Even with his Sharingan, it is very difficult for him to create a world through illusion. He also has to be very careful because once a problem occurs, it is a problem with his brain, and there is no way to save him.

Robin nodded in agreement. As someone with a purer Sharingan than Reina, Robin, who could already use the Sharingan to perform genjutsu, had more authority on this matter.

Because once an illusion is broken by the enemy, the damage inflicted on oneself is often greater than the illusion itself.

Chapter 1056 Kizaru's Hesitation

On the central stage of Music Island, Uta has become completely incoherent due to the toxins produced by the poisonous mushrooms that caused her to turn evil. Everyone who was previously drawn into the world of music by her singing will now face the terrifying Uta the Great Demon King.

Meanwhile, in the real world, Uta, on the center stage, also began to go berserk.

Shanks and his crew, who were confronting the Navy at the port, changed their expressions and rushed to the center stage.

When their navy arrived, the central stage was completely destroyed, and everyone there had red eyes, as if they had been controlled by Uta.

Uta on stage was also different from usual. Her loose dance costume was gone, and her red and white hairstyle, which used to almost cover her eyes, had changed. Her eyes were also glowing red. Looking at Shanks and the Navy, these uninvited guests, she waved her hand, and countless fans rushed towards them, seemingly intending to attack them.

"Look, everyone here has been controlled by Uta! Just like back then, right, Shanks!" Kizaru, wearing sunglasses, stood at the front of the Marines and said to Shanks with a teasing look.

Shanks remained silent with a dark expression. At this point, Uta was no longer able to pull them into the world of music, so they had all taken off their earpieces and could hear Kizaru's voice.

"Boss, what do we do? Uta seems to have gone out of control again!" Yasopp asked Shanks, looking at the corrupted Uta before him.

The out-of-control Uta destroyed this island back then, is it going to happen again now?

Shanks looked at the Marines and said loudly, "Kizaru, now is not the time for us to fight. You evacuate the civilians here, and we'll deal with Uta, how about that?"

"Hahaha...Are you an idiot? These guys are obviously under control. What way is there to move them? You want to use this method to wear down our forces? That's wishful thinking! I think it's simpler to just wipe them out along with us!" Before Kizaru could speak, Green Bull, who was standing not far from him, laughed loudly.

Kizaru frowned. Although these civilians were indeed being controlled, wiping them all out would be going too far. However, Green Bull was right. It would be impossible to move these controlled civilians without incurring some casualties, especially since they didn't know the fighting strength of those civilians.

If their combat capabilities are enhanced after being brought under control, their navy will have to pay a considerable price to relocate these civilians.

Hearing Green Bull's words and seeing Kizaru's calm expression, Shanks' face darkened even more. If these civilians died, the blame would definitely fall on Uta, since Uta had controlled them. The Navy would never let Uta off the hook.

So now they not only have to deal with the Navy and the corrupted Uta, but also protect these controlled civilians. Even for the Red-Haired Pirates, this will become quite difficult.

"Boss, Luffy and the others should be here too, right? If they could help, our situation would be much better!" At this moment, Ben Beckman, the vice-captain, suggested.

Then Shanks remembered that Luffy had brought Uta to see him the night before, which meant that Luffy's Straw Hat crew should also be on the island.

Shanks then began searching for Luffy, and soon he spotted Luffy and the Straw Hat crew around the center stage, as well as a figure that he hadn't expected.

"That's... Reina from the Whitebeard Pirates?" Shanks said in surprise.

The Red-Haired Pirates' officers all looked towards the center stage, where Luffy's Straw Hat crew was gathered. They seemed to be under Uta's control as well, but unlike the civilians, they didn't intend to attack them. Instead, they stood motionless. Beside them were Reina from the Whitebeard Pirates and the Brulee sisters.

The Red-Haired Pirates didn't recognize the Brulee sisters, so they didn't know their identities.

Sure enough, everyone's faces lit up with joy upon seeing Reina.

"However, it seems they've run into trouble too, and they probably won't be able to help us much for the time being!" Ben Beckman said with some regret.

However, Shanks smiled slightly, looked at Kizaru, and said, "Kizaru, I also think it's a good idea for you to eliminate those who are being controlled. Look over there, it seems to be the Straw Hat crew. They should be the people you want to eliminate the most right now. And next to them, there's another guy you hate. If you eliminate them together, I estimate your position can be promoted again!"

Kizaru looked toward the central arena in surprise and saw Luffy and his crew, as well as Reina standing there motionless with his eyes closed.

"It's the vice-captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, Akame Reyna!" When Kizaru saw them, the other Marine officers naturally saw them as well.

However, he dared not make any rash moves.

Although Luffy and Reina seem unable to retaliate at this moment because of Uta, even Kizaru dares not act rashly when he thinks about the consequences of fighting three Yonko pirate crews at the same time.

"Sir, what should we do?" Kizaru's adjutant asked his superior.

The opportunity before them was indeed rare. Once they eliminated the Straw Hat crew and Reina, it would be an indescribable victory for the Navy. Even if they gave up fighting Shanks and Uta this time, as long as they killed the Straw Hat crew and Reina, it would still be a win.

Unlike his adjutant, Kizaru not only had to think about the battle at hand, but also about the consequences.

Putting the Straw Hat crew aside, after eliminating their main force here, all that's left is to clean up the mess in the North Blue, which isn't a big problem for the Navy and the World Government.

But eliminating Reina would have too much of an impact.

The Whitebeard Pirates will definitely not let this go. If the Red-Haired Pirates were to take advantage of the situation, it would be a major incident for both the World Government and the Navy.

Moreover, once action is taken, the situation in the North Sea will collapse instantly, and then the navy will have to fight against the extraterrestrial visitors, which is too high a price to pay.

Green Bull, who had been shouting that he would kill all the civilians, stopped talking after recognizing Reina. He was just arrogant, not stupid. Killing Reina would have serious consequences, not to mention that they might not even be able to kill him.

Don't be fooled by Reina's current state of being controlled. Perhaps once they launch an attack, Reina will be able to break free from Uta's control. If they only manage to injure Reina and then let him escape, then the Navy will truly gain nothing but hatred.

Chapter 1057 Reina's Speculation

If it weren't for Reina being there, and it were just the Straw Hat crew, Kizaru might actually have ordered everyone to be wiped out. But with Reina there, that wouldn't have happened.

But he couldn't give the order to let Reina go, at least not openly. Otherwise, if the news of their navy being afraid of a pirate got out, wouldn't their navy have any face left?

At this moment, Kizaru looked at Green Bull beside him. This guy was always stubborn, and he hoped that Green Bull would step forward and give the order to attack. Then he could privately give the order not to provoke Reina. Even if Reina was implicated, he could just push the blame onto Green Bull and solve the problem perfectly. As long as Reina was not killed, the Whitebeard Pirates could only target Green Bull, and it had nothing to do with the Navy or him, Kizaru.

However, Green Bull seemed not to see Kizaru at this moment, completely ignoring Kizaru's hints, which made Kizaru very angry.

At that moment, the controlled civilians were already approaching them, ready to attack at any moment.

"Sir, what do we do now?" the adjutant asked, looking at Kizaru.

"Attack!" Left with no other choice, Kizaru had to issue the order: "Take down that songstress, and eliminate anything that stands in your way!"

As for Reina's side, he could only pretend he hadn't seen it for the time being.

"Damn it! Boss, those marines have really attacked!" Raki Lue became agitated as soon as he saw the navy begin to counterattack.

If too many civilians are killed or injured, the blame will definitely be placed on Uta afterwards.

"Boss, you go stop Uta, we'll handle the Navy!" Ben Beckman immediately analyzed the best plan and said to Shanks.

The root of all this is Uta. Once we take care of Uta, we'll be fine. Then, with them and the Straw Hat crew, we'll be able to suppress the Navy.

"Alright!" Shanks knew that now was not the time to talk about these things; they had to resolve the matter here quickly.

"action!"

With Shanks giving the order, the Red-Haired Pirates began to stop the Navy. Firstly, they couldn't let the Navy control Uta, and secondly, they couldn't allow too many civilian casualties, otherwise it would be difficult to remedy the situation later.

Shanks himself charged straight toward Uta in the center of the stage.

"Uta, wake up!" Shanks shouted as he approached Uta.

But Uta completely ignored him, and when Uta looked at Shanks, Shanks couldn't help but shudder. He felt that something about Uta seemed different.

"It must be my imagination! Maybe it's because I haven't seen Uta for so long that her abilities have become stronger! But I won't lose!" Shanks thought that Uta's changes were due to the various Devil Fruits.

However, Shanks couldn't actually attack Uta without hurting her, so he was forced to dodge and weave around by the corrupted Uta.

"This is going to be tricky!" Shanks said, dodging and looking around.

Although the Red-Haired Pirates intervened and temporarily halted the Navy's actions, the indiscriminate attacks by the surrounding civilians also hindered the Red-Haired Pirates' operations.

"Boss, hurry up!" Yasopp had to dodge the navy's attacks while also dodging the attacks from the civilians, and he already had several wounds on his body.

The main problem was that he couldn't fight back against the civilians and could only dodge. In addition, the Navy was watching him closely, which caused the Red-Haired Pirates' officers to quickly fall into a disadvantageous position.

Seeing this, Shanks knew that things could not be delayed any longer. He unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, instantly knocking down all the civilians around him who were under his control. Even the corrupted Uta seemed to be affected, his whole body becoming much stiffer.

Meanwhile, in the world of music, watching Uta, who had been defeated several times, revive again, Reina was at a loss for what to do.

This is the world created by Uta, and here she is a god. Although they don't understand why Uta seems to have suddenly lost her sense of control, the corrupted Uta in front of them is still very difficult to deal with.

"Father, what do we do now? It seems we can't eliminate her!" Robin retreated to Reina's side, panting heavily, and asked.

If Reina's Sharingan were still intact, he could try using it to break through the illusion, but since he can't use it now, he doesn't have a good solution.

Looking at the silent Reina, Robin really wanted to ask him what was wrong with Reina's Sharingan. Before, Reina had only told her that he couldn't use his Sharingan now, but he hadn't told her why, so Robin was very puzzled.

Just then, Reina seemed to sense something and froze.

"Father?" Seeing Reina's actions, Robin wondered what had happened to Reina.

"I think I just sensed Shanks' Conqueror's Haki!" Reina said after a moment's hesitation.

“That’s impossible. We’re in an illusion right now, while Shanks is in the real world!” Robin shook her head and said.

“But these two worlds aren’t separate!” Reina looked at the corrupted Uta, who had been completely reborn and was fighting Luffy and the others in the center of the stage, and said, “Perhaps… Shanks from the real world is also fighting Uta, which is why I sensed his presence for a moment just now!”

"What... does this mean?" Robin was even more puzzled. Although the Sharingan gave her some ability to create illusions, her understanding of illusions was clearly not as good as Reina's.

"This proves that these two worlds are not separated. Uta's abilities are not enough to completely create this world! So... she must be using some medium to connect the two worlds. As long as we find that medium, we can leave here!" Reina said with some delight.

"What kind of medium is that?" Robin also began to look around, searching for the medium that Reina had mentioned.

“Hoo~” Reina took a deep breath, looked at Uta in the center of the stage, and said, “This medium… I suspect it is herself!”

"Huh?" Robin looked at Reina in surprise and asked, "Father means... Uta herself? But we've defeated her several times already, and it hasn't worked!"

“That’s because the real Uta isn’t here!” Reina pursed his lips and said, “If I’m not mistaken, Shanks in the real world shouldn’t be able to defeat the corrupted Uta over there either! Because… these two Uta can switch at any time, and as long as one of them exists, she can’t truly be destroyed!”

"So... we have to destroy Uta from both worlds at the same time? But that's impossible, isn't it? We can't contact the people from the other world, how could we possibly destroy Uta at the same time?" Robin said, frowning.

Chapter 1058 Kizaru's Thoughts

After Reina proposed the idea, everyone thought it made sense, but they were currently unable to notify people in the real world, so they couldn't eliminate the corrupted Uta at the same time.

“And right now we can’t be sure of one thing, which is where our bodies are!” Reina sighed and said, “If we’re just our consciousnesses that have been pulled into this illusion, then our bodies should still be outside. But if our bodies have already come to this world, then things are going to be bad!”

Nami looked at Reina and asked, "Uncle Reina, is there any difference between these?"

“Of course, if what we’ve entered is just our consciousness, then this world is still an illusion, it’s fake! But if our true forms also come, then this world is another world created by Uta, a real world, understand? It won’t be easy for us to leave this real world! But if it’s just an illusion, it might be easier!” Reina explained.

"Father, what should we do now? Since you can sense Shanks' Haki, can't you also make him feel our Haki?" Robin asked Reina.

Speaking of Haki, both Luffy and Reina possess extremely powerful Haki, which should be enough to attract Shanks' attention.

"I'll give it a try!" Reina said, taking a deep breath.

After Reina finished speaking, a powerful burst of Conqueror's Haki erupted from his body. Fortunately, he didn't release it at the people around him, but at the sky, otherwise many people would probably have fallen.

On the other side, Shanks, who was fighting the corrupted Uta, gradually suppressed the corrupted Uta after releasing his Haki. However, because he did not want to hurt Uta, he had not yet caused any damage to the corrupted Uta.

But at that moment, Reina, who had been standing there, suddenly released a powerful burst of Conqueror's Haki, startling Shanks.

Just as frightened as him were Kizaru and Green Bull from the Navy, especially Kizaru, who had already secretly given orders not to provoke Reina.