Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Everyone understand now? Activate your Observation Haki and try to communicate with Luffy's people!" Shanks said loudly after explaining the situation to his crew.

"I've made contact with Luffy!" Beckman was the first to succeed.

"Haha... Boss, I've made contact with my son!" Yasopp said with a loud laugh.

"I've also made contact with Jinbe!" Lucky Rue reported loudly at the end.

"Alright, the Navy has noticed! Let's move!" Shanks had already seen Green Bull attacking him, but he had no time to pay attention to him at this moment. With a command, the Red-Haired Pirates launched an attack on the corrupted Uta.

Meanwhile, in the world of music, Luffy and his crew, who had already established contact with the Red-Haired Pirates, also launched an attack on the corrupted Uta.

"Shanks, don't let me down at this crucial moment!" Seeing everyone taking action, Reina stepped forward, and Hyōrinmaru appeared in his hand. At the same time, he used Observation Haki to speak to Shanks.

"Don't worry, no problem!" Shanks' eyes narrowed, and he moved to the same position as Reina.

"Accumulate Power - Freeze a Thousand Miles!"

"Slash - Griffin!"

Reina and Shanks attacked simultaneously, their two strikes seemingly overlapping in different spaces. At that moment, Reina seemed to see the real world.

The corrupted Uta seemed to sense the danger as well, conjuring countless musical tentacles in an attempt to delay the two's attack. As long as she wasn't hit at the same time, she wouldn't fail. She had done this before, causing Reina and Shanks to fail several times.

However, they weren't the only ones involved in the attack this time.

The Red-Haired Pirates' executives severed the musical tentacles of the corrupted Uta in the real world, while Luffy and his crew shattered the illusionary musical notes that were blocking their way in the musical world.

When Reina's icy slash and Shanks' Conqueror's Haki-infused slash struck the corrupted Uta simultaneously, a beam of light shot straight into the sky.

Chapter 1061 Uta Poisoned

After being hit by Shanks and Reyna at the same time, the corrupted Uta turned into a dazzling light, leaving everyone stunned.

But Green Bull, who had launched a surprise attack, did not stop. The huge tree branches were already in front of Shanks, and he was determined to take the opportunity to kill Shanks.

Just as Green Bull's giant tree branch was about to strike Shanks, a massive surge of icy power suddenly froze the giant tree that Green Bull had transformed into.

"Who gave you the courage?"

Amidst the chilling aura, Reina, wielding the Hyōrinmaru, slowly emerged.

"Click~"

The massive tree branch snapped the moment Reina appeared, and Green Bull retreated back into the Navy's ranks at lightning speed.

“Red-eyed Reina!” Green Bull looked at Reina with a grim expression.

"Shanks, I've finally repaid the favor I owed you!" Reina didn't chase after Green Bull; instead, he smiled and said to Shanks.

Shanks smiled slightly and replied, "Okay!"

"Hmph~ You Navy... you're really shameful. Since when did the righteous Navy start openly attacking civilians?" Reina glanced at Kizaru, then stepped away from the center stage.

Kizaru watched Reina leave from the crowd without stopping him, and Reina's words caused many of the marines present to waver.

"They're just a bunch of people controlled by the enemy. Once they're controlled, they're no longer civilians. How could you mere pirates possibly understand the justice of our Navy?" Green Bull said after Reina left.

"Shanks! How is Uta?" Unlike the Navy, Luffy immediately ran towards Uta's location after returning to the real world from the music world.

Shanks glanced at Uta lying on the ground, shook his head, and said, "It's still unclear!"

"Chopper, come quick and see how Uta is doing!" Luffy turned around and shouted loudly at Chopper.

With the Straw Hat crew joining him, Shanks finally felt a little relieved. As for Uta, he wasn't too worried, thinking it was just another instance of Uta's power going out of control.

Without the burden of civilians, the Red-Haired Pirates officially began their standoff with the Navy. If the Navy dared to make another move, they wouldn't mind teaching them a lesson.

As for dealing with the Red-Haired Pirates who had no more ties, Kizaru was somewhat reluctant to provoke them. Their main purpose in coming to the South Blue was to take Uta with them, and after witnessing Uta's abilities, he was even more determined to take Uta away.

However, if they want to take Uta away now, they will inevitably have to go to war with the Red-Haired Pirates.

Fortunately, Reina didn't seem to have any intention of intervening. Although he had stopped Green Bull's attack, it seemed more like Reina was upset because of Green Bull.

So after thinking for a moment, Kizaru stepped forward and said, "Shanks, I believe you don't want to go to war with us either, right? Uta the songstress caused this incident, so I have to take her back!"

"That's impossible!" Shanks retorted firmly, "Uta is a member of my Red-Haired Pirates, I can't let you take Uta away!"

"Luffy... Uta... seems to be poisoned!" Just as Shanks was negotiating with the Navy, Chopper, after examining Uta, said to Luffy with a hesitant look.

"What? Poisoned? What do you mean?" Luffy was dumbfounded. Didn't Shanks just say that Uta was just going berserk? Could Uta's ability really poison him?

“I’m not sure either. I’ve never seen this toxin before, but it’s very potent!” Chopper shook his head and replied.

"Can you save him?" Luffy asked nervously.

If Uta dies here, Luffy really doesn't know what to do.

"I'll try, but I'm not sure!" For the first time, Chopper felt a sense of powerlessness, just like when facing the man who gave him a second life. There was still a chance, but you were powerless to do anything about it.

So Chopper went all out against Uta this time, not wanting to have any regrets again.

Meanwhile, Shanks, who was confronting the Navy, also learned about Uta's poisoning. He handed the situation over to Ben Beckman and went to Uta's side.

"Luffy, how is Uta doing?" Shanks asked with some concern.

Although they had a ship's doctor who was treating Uta along with Chopper, Shanks still chose to ask Luffy for advice.

"Chopper said Uta is poisoned, and it's very serious! But I believe Chopper can definitely cure Uta; he's an amazing doctor!" Luffy said with a determined look.

Normally, Chopper would have been all smiles and bashful upon hearing Luffy's praise, but now he acted as if he hadn't heard a word, focusing entirely on healing Uta.

Upon hearing this, Shanks looked at his ship's doctor, Dege, the man with long hair and a scar on his left forehead, and questioned him with his eyes.

Dego sighed and quietly shook his head at Shanks, indicating that he had done his best and there was nothing he could do about Uta's condition.

Shanks' heart sank upon seeing this.

Shanks was very familiar with his partner's abilities. Dego was not only exceptionally strong in combat, but also very skilled in medicine. However, if even he shook his head, Uta was probably really going to die.

However, Shanks was quite puzzled. In order to protect Uta, he deliberately left Uta on this island. Who would poison Uta?

Judging from the current situation, although the Navy doesn't know why they've set their sights on Uta, they are clearly unaware that Uta has been poisoned. If the Navy knew that Uta was severely poisoned and about to die, they would never have gone to war with them over Uta's corpse.

"Lord Shanks!" Just as Shanks was pondering who had poisoned Uta, Uta's head butler, Gordon, approached.

"It's Gordon!" Shanks sighed upon seeing the newcomer and said, "You've had a tough time all these years!"

He didn't doubt Gordon because Gordon was indeed someone he could trust, and he knew that Gordon had been taking care of Uta like his own child all these years.

Gordon glanced at Uta lying on the ground, his grief undisguised.

“Uta…she’s been poisoned!” Shanks said upon seeing Gordon’s condition.

He simply didn't want to deceive her. While Uta still had her last breath, Gordon, as Uta's closest person, had the right to know Uta's current situation.

“I know!” Gordon replied calmly.

"You know?" Shanks was taken aback. He had only mentioned it casually, but he didn't expect Gordon to know it in advance. Could it be that he had missed some information about Uta?

Although Shanks has left Uta here in Gordon's care all these years, he has never forgotten Uta. He receives news of every little thing happening here. It's not just Gordon who is sending him information about Uta; many of the waiters and maids here are his people.

Chapter 1062 Reina's Advice

When Gordon revealed that he knew Uta had been poisoned, Shanks felt that he might not actually have any intelligence on Uta's side.

"She ate the Sleepless Mushroom before the performance!" Gordon didn't waste any words and stated the matter directly.

"Her ability was to create a musical world through her singing, a great utopia where there was no war, no harm. But once she fell asleep, her ability would fail. So, to make that world exist forever, she planned to eat the Sleepless Mushroom before activating her ability. Although the poison of the Sleepless Mushroom would take her life, it would make her world exist forever!" Gordon looked at the unconscious Uta and said sadly, "Unfortunately... she failed, and for it she will lose her life!"

Both Shanks and Luffy were taken aback after hearing Gordon's words.

The reason Gordon hadn't shown up before was because he had also entered Uta's musical world. Only there could Uta exist eternally, and he could stay by her side in that world forever.

But after Reyner and Shanks teamed up to shatter Uta's world, he knew he would never see that somewhat adorable, yet somewhat tragic world diva again.

"So it's the poison of the Sleepless Mushroom. No wonder it's so potent!" Chopper, who was treating Uta, couldn't help but sigh after hearing about the Sleepless Mushroom.

"Hey~ Chopper! You can save Uta, right?" Luffy looked at Chopper expectantly and asked.

Chopper was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "At most... I can only make her awake for a while. To completely remove the poison from the Sleepless Mushroom... I can't do it!"

"What?" Luffy looked at Uta in disbelief, his eyes filled with sadness.

Uta was not only his childhood playmate, but also his friend. He never expected that attending Uta's concert would be his last.

"Can you wake Uta up? If you can... please!" Shanks said to Chopper, forcing back his grief.

Chopper nodded and began to use his herbs to prepare medicine. With his abilities, he could at most awaken Uta, but not save her, which left Chopper feeling very helpless.

Shanks's sorrowful mood was immediately noticed by the Red-Haired Pirates' officers and the Marines who were keeping a close eye on the situation.

"Has something happened to Uta?" Yasopp asked quietly, standing next to Ben Beckman.

“Let’s go take a look!” Ben Beckman shook his head and said softly.

Lucky Roux somehow produced a chicken leg, and while eating it, he muttered, "What about the Navy?"

“They shouldn’t cause any trouble for the time being!” Ben Beckman glanced at Kizaru and whispered.

So the Red-Haired Pirates' officers slowly retreated to Shanks' side and also found out about Uta's current situation.

"What an idiot... How could a child like you possibly achieve world peace!" Shanks said sadly to Uta after telling his friends about her situation.

"Shanks... I'm not a child anymore!" After taking Chopper's medicine, Uta really woke up.

"Uta... how are you feeling now? Is anything bothering you?" Shanks asked as soon as he saw that Uta was awake.

Seeing Shanks' nervous and concerned expression, Uta actually grinned and said, "It's been such a long time!"

Shanks remained silent; he naturally knew what Uta meant by "it's been a long time since we last met."

Although Shanks claimed it was to protect Uta all these years, he knew that leaving her, a child, here was simply unacceptable.

"Uta!" Fortunately, Luffy came forward at this moment and helped Uta sit up.

"Luffy, don't be like this. You're going to be the Pirate King, how can you cry?" Uta said with a smile as he looked at Luffy crying.

"I'm going to cry! Who says the Pirate King can't cry?" Luffy said to Uta like a spoiled child.

Uta smiled slightly. She could feel her life slipping away, and perhaps it wouldn't be long before her life came to an end.

"Ah~"

At that moment, a sigh rang out, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound. It turned out that Reina was standing not far away, looking in their direction.