Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Seeing Sanji's surprised look, Reiju smiled, then gestured to Sanji before saying to Judge, "Father, we'll be leaving now!"

"Isn't it incredible? That person from back then has actually changed!" Reiju asked Sanji with a smile as they came out of the hospital room.

"What... exactly did you guys go through?" Sanji asked, still somewhat incredulous.

Reiju smiled and shook her head.

When the two left the hospital, they ran into the three Ichi brothers who were also there.

"Yo~ Isn't this Sanji? What are you doing here? I heard you guys were defeated? And our vice-captain even got injured protecting your captain?" Yonji grinned and stepped forward to mock Sanji when he saw him.

Sanji frowned but didn't say anything. These three guys were still as annoying as ever.

However, he is different now than before, so Sanji didn't bother to argue with them. After saying goodbye to Reiju, he prepared to leave.

"Whatever the reason, your defeat is a fact. The captain is seriously injured and unconscious, while you are unharmed! Sanji, do you think this is appropriate?" Just as Sanji was about to leave, Ichiji suddenly spoke up.

"I..." Sanji was momentarily at a loss for words to refute.

Seeing this, Ichi chuckled and left with his two younger brothers, heading towards the hospital.

Sanji was somewhat displeased as he listened to Yonji and Niji still discussing the previous war.

"Haven't you noticed yet?" Reiju said with a smile when she saw Sanji's expression.

"What does it feel like?" Sanji asked Reiju, puzzled.

Reiju smiled, but did not continue to explain.

The fewer people who know about this, the better. She wouldn't have spoken up to remind them if she hadn't seen Sanji being mocked by the three of them.

However, since Sanji hasn't noticed, it's best not to tell him.

Reiju stayed with Sanji, Nami, and Robin until they reunited before leaving.

"Sanji, how are you feeling? How is Judge's injury?" Nami asked curiously when she saw Sanji return so quickly.

“Not bad!” Sanji nodded, recalling Judge’s attitude earlier.

"That's good, let's go!" Nami nodded and walked towards the location of the teleporter.

But at this moment, Sanji stood still and did not move.

"What's wrong?" Robin noticed Sanji's unusual behavior and asked with a frown.

“So that’s how it is… Even they were changed? The Whitebeard Pirates…” Sanji finally remembered what Reiju meant when she asked him if he had noticed anything.

The three of them, Ichi and Ichi, have no feelings for each other, so even if Judge is injured and hospitalized, they would never take the initiative to visit him in the hospital.

But today he encountered three people at the hospital entrance, and considering the meaning behind Reiju's words, Sanji knew that his three brothers had probably undergone significant changes as well.

Chapter 1165 Reina Wandering Around

When Robin and the others returned to the Straw Hat crew's base, Luffy finally woke up from his coma, but he was still a little weak, mainly because he was exhausted.

However, after seeing that Robin's eyes were fine and learning about Reina's situation from them, Luffy still expressed his gratitude.

If it weren't for Reina, not only would he not be able to return safely, but his companions would also be unable to return safely. The resistance from the extraterrestrial visitors this time was too powerful. They basically united all the forces in the North Sea, but they only managed to take over two small islands.

On the Straw Hat side, which was the main battlefield, almost everyone was injured. The Marines, who launched the attack first, also suffered heavy losses. Admirals Fujitora and Aokiji were seriously injured. If Garp hadn't been constantly harassing Master, their losses would have been even greater.

After this massive war, both the extraterrestrial visitors and the North Sea Allied Forces have fallen into a period of calm, and both sides need time to recover.

Meanwhile, on Xuan Yue Island, the scene was quite different. Most of the Whitebeard Pirates' officers, including Whitebeard himself, had returned to Xuan Yue Island, except for the captains who stayed behind at the front.

Firstly, construction has already begun here, and a new defense system needs to be built, so labor is needed.

Secondly, it is currently a truce period, so when there is no fighting on the front lines, everyone naturally prefers to stay on Xuan Yue Island.

However, this kept Frank very busy. As the head of Xuan Yue Island, he had to take care of everything on the island. Sometimes, Whitebeard even felt that Frank was more like the island's lord.

Because when it comes to understanding Xuan Yue Island, even the designer, Reina, probably doesn't know as much as he does.

However, although Xuan Yue Island is currently bustling with pirates, the two most important people on the island, Whitebeard and Akame Reyna, are very relaxed.

As the captain, Whitebeard didn't need to participate in the construction, and Reina was injured, so the tasks that should have been his were now directly assigned to Marco and Frank, leaving him with a lot of free time.

However, Whitebeard found this kind of life extremely boring because he couldn't even find someone to drink with.

Reina wanted to drink with him, but even Whitebeard had given him a no-drinking order during this time, because drinking would not help his injuries.

"Hey kid, if you're not doing anything wrong, can you stop wandering around?" Marco, who was wearing glasses and working hard, immediately became annoyed when he saw Reina loitering around.

What he's doing now is something that Reina should have been doing.

Now everyone is understanding that he's injured and wants him to rest at home, but he keeps wandering around everywhere. It would be better if he just stayed here and worked.

"Don't say that, Marco, I'm injured right now!" Reina shrugged and chuckled. "Besides, I'm just easing your burden, aren't I? I'm checking you out here!"

Faced with Reina's shamelessness, Marco had no choice but to rub his trigeminal nerve in pain and say, "Then go outside for your checkup! What are you doing here? Don't disturb my work!"

“I didn’t disturb your work!” Reina replied while eating the delicious roast chicken. “You do your thing, I’ll do mine!”

The surrounding pirates found it amusing to watch Captain Marco and Reina bickering, but they were also somewhat helpless, because Reina was not only affecting Marco's work, but also theirs.

After being kicked out by Marco, Reina wandered over to the laboratory. Vegapunk had completely taken over the Whitebeard Pirates' research unit. Although Dr. Assie was nominally the highest leader of the laboratory, Dr. Assie didn't care about such things. Moreover, Vegapunk was indeed very good at scientific research, so apart from his own scientific research, he rarely interfered with Vegapunk's work.

Vegapunk had no intention of vying for power. He would report all the research materials and research directions he needed to Dr. Asie. However, after reporting a few times, Dr. Asie let him make his own decisions, because there were some things he didn't understand.

Well, Vegapunk still has the help of his clones, so Dr. Sie simply dumps the miscellaneous tasks in the lab onto his clones, and he himself is happy to have some free time.

He is also a pure researcher who does not value management and power. Therefore, the person in charge of the research lab now is Vegapunk's first clone, Vegapunk Shakya, who is also well-known to the research team of the Whitebeard Pirates.

So when Reina came over, the one who appeared in front of him was none other than Shakyamuni.

"Mr. Reina, what brings you here?" Shakya was quite surprised to see Reina arrive.

After Vegapunk's modifications, the entire laboratory area exudes a high-tech feel. The first thing he did upon arriving at Crescent Moon Island was to reposition his brain. Now, the entire area of ​​Crescent Moon Island is covered by his brain, which consumed almost all the materials he brought from Future Island.

"I'm free, so I'm just wandering around. They all think I'm in their way, so I came to see if there's anything I can help with!" Reina said as he walked.

Shakya was quite speechless. The entire Xuan Yue Island was bustling with activity, especially their research unit, which had no idle personnel. Vegapunk had even sent out several of his clones to build a defense system.

Reina doesn't understand these things, so he can't be of any help here.

"Old Bei, where's your real body? Are you still studying that tattered tent?" Reina asked Shakya curiously.

“The main body is not currently in the laboratory area. He and Dr. Asie went to the power room. The defense system there needs to be built by the main body himself, because only the main body has the authority to enter that area. We clones do not have the authority!” Shakyamuni shook his head and replied.

"Huh? You don't even trust your own clone? Isn't that a bit much?" Reina said in surprise.

“That’s not the case! Rather, the main body feels that we clones seem to have developed some of our own consciousness, especially me… So normally his brainwaves don’t connect with us, and only when we or the main body need to connect do they connect, which is better for us!” Shakyamuni said calmly.

"Oh? Is that so? That's great! From now on, I'll call you Shakya. Anyway, I've always felt that you and Old Bei are two different people!" Reina grinned and said.

Shakyamuni nodded, without saying anything more.

Chapter 1166 Reina's Daily Life

Accompanied by Shakya, Reina toured the newly renovated laboratory, only to find that there weren't many staff members inside.

"Is this all the people you usually have? It seems like there are even fewer people than on Future Island!" Reina asked curiously.

Shakya calmly replied, "A defense system is currently being built on the island, so everyone has gone out. There are more people here than on Future Island! This is because we've outsourced most of the work on Future Island to robots, but we don't have enough resources here to manufacture that many robots!"

"Ah, I see!" Reina exclaimed in realization. "Then what are you doing here? Didn't you go out to help?"

Shakya's face darkened. He also had many things to do. If it weren't for Reina's arrival, he should be working right now!

However, Reina showed no awareness of this and continued to chatter on and on, asking all sorts of questions.

Finally, even the serene Shakyamuni couldn't stand Reina and, after visiting the laboratory, left him to attend to his own business.

With nothing to do, Reina left the laboratory and headed towards the surrounding forest.

This is Olga and Perona's territory, known as the Terror Forest by the island's inhabitants, and generally no one comes here unless there's a specific reason.

No, it should be said that even if something happens, no one would want to come here.

"Olga...Perona! Are you there...?"

Once inside the forest, Reina strolled around as if he were in a shopping mall, shouting loudly as he went.

"Hello hello hello..."

Soon, a group of Perona's little ghosts came to Reina's side.

"Is this Perona? Take me to your place!" Reina said immediately upon seeing the little ghost.

Seeing this, the little ghost obediently led the way for Reina.

Perona's little ghost is completely useless against a powerful enemy.

Soon, led by the little ghost, Reina arrived at the foot of a small treehouse.

"Olga Perona, are you in there?" Reina shouted.

"Horo horo horo... Lord Reina, what brings you here today?" A ghost resembling Perona floated down from the treehouse and asked.

"I'm injured, so I'm planning to wander around!" Reina said with a smile.

"Huh?" Perona was taken aback, not understanding the connection. Shouldn't an injured person rest? Why would they wander around?

"Where's Olga?" Reina didn't continue explaining, and asked Perona while feeding her.

"It seems like Olga went out with the Doctor!" Perona thought for a moment and then replied, "I wanted to go too, but Olga gave me a look and told me not to, so I stayed!"

"Ah~ it seems Olga has been dragged away by the Doctor to do some work!" Reina exclaimed in realization.

"Work...?" Perona was speechless. These two were good at causing trouble, but doing work... was that their job?

However, Olga, being her best friend, knew it was no good, so she gave him a wink to tell him not to go!

“Alright, if you’re free, why don’t you come with me for a walk around?” Reina said, looking at Perona’s ghost.

"Never mind! I played with Olga until very late last night, and now I just want to sleep~" Perona's ghost yawned and replied.

Seeing this, Reina didn't press the matter, but instead asked, "Alright, you rest by yourself, I'll wander around your forest by myself!"

"That won't do!" Before Reina could leave, Perona's ghostly form immediately floated down and said firmly, "You can't cause trouble in our forest!"

Reina's face darkened, and he said, "I was just browsing!"

“I know, that’s what we say every time we cause trouble!” Perona nodded, looking like she knew it all, and replied.