Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Robin shook his head and replied, "Before they cut down the island, their people evacuated in batches and then hid all their tribesmen!"

"I see. So, the treasure map I have was passed down from their people?" Reina asked curiously.

“According to the records here, they did leave behind some treasure, but they probably didn’t make treasure maps; instead, they passed it down through generations of their people!” Robin shook his head and said, “The records here are only a general outline; they’re not very detailed! Father, I want to travel around!”

“No problem! Do you still need the ruins here? If not, I’ll start digging for the treasure right away. Maybe the answer will be in their treasure!” Reina asked with a light laugh.

"If possible, please, Father, do not damage this ruin!" Robin said earnestly.

"Don't worry, my merfolk companions will move this entire ruin away!" Reina nodded, assuring him, "But if anything goes wrong during the operation, I will definitely prioritize the safety of my merfolk companions!"

Upon hearing this, Robin nodded without saying anything more.

Soon, the two returned to the surface with the fish-men. Reina needed to discuss the specific mining plan with the Naga, while Robin went to get oxygen.

Before long, Robin, along with Luffy who wanted to go down and play, and Shirahoshi who was protecting them, set off again.

The current Shirahoshi is no longer the cowardly princess she once was. Having been tempered by war, although Shirahoshi is still innocent and kind, she is no longer the timid girl who only cries when it comes to battle.

Therefore, Reina felt very reassured that she was in charge of protecting Luffy and Robin.

“Then let’s proceed with this plan! Their safety is our top priority. As long as we can ensure their safety, we should try our best not to damage anything here!” Reina pointed to the merfolk warriors who were already waiting for orders and said to the Naga.

"Don't worry! I'll also invite some sea creatures from the surrounding area to help. However, since this place is close to the Calm Belt, I can't go too far, otherwise those sea kings won't agree!" Naga said with a light laugh. "So I can't say exactly how many sea creatures will be able to come and help!"

“Your help is enough. We’re not in a hurry, so we can take our time!” Reina nodded and said.

After he and Naga decided on the plan, Reina realized that Perona and Olga, who had been staying on the hard shell, had disappeared at some point.

"Those two guys..." Reina had a headache. He guessed that while he was busy, the two of them had gone out to play in the sea.

This place has been taken over by the fish-men, so Reina isn't worried about safety. However, Perona is an ability user, so it would be terrible if something unexpected happened to her.

Naga seemed to have read Reina's mind. She beckoned to the two merfolk warriors beside her and said, "Go and see if Miss Olga and Miss Perona are nearby. Once you find them, you'll be responsible for their safety!"

“Yes, Your Majesty!” the two merfolk warriors immediately bowed and said.

"You've gone to so much trouble!" Reina said somewhat embarrassedly.

“You’re too kind, Mr. Reina! We’re like family with the Whitebeard Pirates, so don’t worry about it!” Naga replied with a hearty laugh.

Chapter 1175 Accident

Just as Reina and Naga were directing the fish-man warriors in their treasure hunt, Robin, who was searching for ruins, seemed to have discovered something.

"Luffy, don't go too far. I'll just go in and take a look and then come right back out!" Robin instructed her captain as she watched Luffy playing in the sea.

"No problem, I'll wait for you here!" Luffy nodded and agreed.

As for the fish-man warrior Shirahoshi, she was a little worried about Robin entering the building alone, so she insisted on going in with Robin. Actually, Shirahoshi also wanted to go in and take a look; she was very interested in this kind of ancient architecture.

Could it be that after Robin and the others entered the building, Luffy, feeling a bit bored, suddenly noticed something approaching him?

"It's you? Straw Hat Boy!"

It turned out that it was Perona and Olga who had secretly slipped out.

"Eh? Who are you?" Luffy has no memory of people he doesn't care about, and what happened on Thriller Bark was a long time ago. Plus, they're underwater now, both wearing diving suits, so Luffy didn't recognize Perona at all.

"You've forgotten me again, you bastard! I'm Perona! The one who made your group suffer so much! Don't you have any memories of me at all?" Perona said angrily.

She has said to Olga more than once that the Straw Hat crew, one of the Four Emperors, has been defeated by her.

As for the bug that defeated her, Perona completely ignored it. It was the only one she had ever seen who could ignore the existence of his negative ghost without using Haki.

"Huh?" Luffy tilted his head and thought for a long time, but still couldn't remember who Perona was.

"I am Olga of the Whitebeard Pirates, and this is Perona!" Olga gave Perona a strange smile and then spoke to Luffy.

"I'm Luffy!" Luffy nodded, which was considered a greeting.

He knew that the people who appeared here were definitely not enemies, because the area had already been sealed off by the Whitebeard Pirates.

As for Perona... he couldn't even recall her, because in his memory, he didn't seem to have ever seriously fought anyone from the Whitebeard Pirates.

"Damn it! You must have done this on purpose! Have you forgotten what happened on Thriller Bark? If it weren't for that perverted long-nosed guy, your whole crew would have been defeated by Lord Moria long ago!" Luna shouted angrily when she saw Luffy's confused look.

"Thriller? Moria? Ah~~ It's you! That guy who can create ghosts!" At this moment, Luffy finally remembered who the other person was.

"Horo horo horo..." Perona finally laughed happily upon seeing this, and gave Olga a look to show that she really wasn't lying.

"You've joined the Whitebeard Pirates now? I really miss those adventures!" Luffy said, lost in fond memories.

Olga knew about Luffy, but she didn't know why he was here alone.

"Straw Hat Boy, didn't you come down with Robin? Why are you here alone?" Olga asked curiously.

"You mean Robin? She's inside doing some research! I'll wait for her here!" Luffy replied earnestly.

"It's so boring here! Let's go somewhere else to play!" Perona said immediately upon hearing this.

"This..." Luffy was indeed tempted, but he had promised Robin that he would wait for her here.

“It’s alright, there’s no danger here, and we’re not going anywhere else. Perona and I just found a strange fish, let’s go catch it!” Olga invited.

She wasn't lying to Luffy. She and Perona had indeed found a strange fish, and the fish-man warriors protecting them had also seen it. They had been chasing it all the way here before finally meeting Luffy.

Luffy also took some actions, but he had promised Robin that he would keep his promise to his crewmate.

But just as Luffy was about to refuse, the fish-man warrior who had come with Olga suddenly pointed in the direction behind Luffy and shouted, "It's that guy!"

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and indeed found a strange-looking big fish. The fish's head was like a rabbit's, but its body was that of a fish.

"Wow~~ What's this? A rabbitfish?" Luffy exclaimed in surprise.

He just likes creatures he's never seen before.

The rabbit-fish immediately noticed Luffy and his crew's presence and chose to flee.

"Don't run!" Upon discovering their prey had escaped, Olga and Perona naturally gave chase immediately.

Seeing this, Luffy didn't hesitate and followed them in the chase.

When Robin and the fish-man warriors came out, they discovered that Luffy was nowhere to be found.

Robin was really worried. This was the middle of the ocean, and if something happened to Luffy, who was a Devil Fruit user, it would be terrible.

So she immediately sent the fish-man warriors and Shirahoshi around to search for Luffy, while she planned to go to the sea first to find Naga and Reina for help.

But before Robin could surface, she felt a tremor and then saw a violent explosion not far from her.

After a slight hesitation, Robin immediately rushed towards the direction of the explosion. She believed that only her captain, Straw Hat Luffy, could have caused such a commotion.

Just as she guessed, the explosion was caused by Luffy and his crew.

"Is that guy out of his mind?" Olga asked Perona as she watched the Straw Hat Boy rush towards the rabbitfish.

Perona's lips twitched involuntarily as she recalled her memories on the Thriller Bark.

"You damn rabbit, you can even spit out bombs! I'll eat you up after I catch you!" Luffy ignored everything and charged towards the rabbit-fish.

However, the seawater hindered his movements, significantly reducing his speed, making it impossible for him to catch up with the rabbitfish that was moving freely in the ocean.

Moreover, the seemingly weak rabbitfish not only has sharp teeth in its mouth, but it can also spit out bomb-like things. The explosion just now was caused by it being pushed to the limit by Luffy and the others.

"I'm about to catch you, you can't escape!" Luffy shouted excitedly as he got closer and closer to the rabbitfish.

But when he got close to the rabbitfish, he saw a look of disdain on its face, and then the rabbitfish opened its mouth and fired a bomb that hit Luffy directly.

"Boom~~~"

Chapter 1176 Rabbit Fish

"Boom!"

An explosion rang out, and Olga and the others watched as Luffy, who had been hit, had his diving suit ripped apart and was then drowning like an idiot. They couldn't help but sigh inwardly:

"Why is someone like that one one of the Four Emperors?!"

However, this was not the time to think about such things. Olga immediately rushed towards Luffy's direction with the fish-man warriors beside her. If Luffy were to drown here, the Whitebeard Pirates and the Straw Hat Pirates would probably have to fight a big battle.

"Lord Luffy!"

At that moment, Shirahoshi, who had rushed over upon hearing the commotion, also discovered Luffy drowning and quickly reached his side.

"Your Highness, be careful!"

Upon seeing Shirahoshi swimming towards Luffy, the fish-man warriors were alarmed and sped over while warning Shirahoshi that there was danger there.

Because Luffy's location is exactly where the rabbitfish is, and because of the explosion earlier, the area around Luffy is somewhat murky, so Shirahoshi might not be able to see the hidden rabbitfish.

They had just witnessed that strange rabbit-fish was not to be trifled with.

Sure enough, when Shirahoshi arrived at Luffy's side, the rabbitfish launched another attack, sending a bomb flying directly towards Shirahoshi.

Shirahoshi was also startled by the sudden attack and even forgot to run away.

"Princess!" Fortunately, several fish-man warriors arrived in time and rescued Shirahoshi and the drowning Luffy.

"boom!"

Another explosion rang out, and Bai Xing and the others who were very close by were also affected by the aftershocks.

"Shirahoshi, take Luffy up first!" At this moment, Robin finally arrived. She told Shirahoshi to take Luffy back to the surface while keeping watch around, fearing that the rabbitfish might attack them again.

"Alright!" Without further ado, Shirahoshi swam directly towards the sea with Luffy.

When everything calmed down, the rabbitfish seemed to have disappeared.

"Robin, are you alright?" At this moment, Perona and Olga slowly swam over.

"Olga, Perona! Are you alright? What happened?" Robin asked with a frown after he saw the two of them clearly.

Olga didn't hide anything and recounted what had just happened.

"So... you found rabbitfish in the vicinity?" Robin thought for a moment and then asked, "Did you only find one?"

Olga shook her head and replied, "We don't know either. Perona and I were just looking around when we stumbled upon that strange fish, so we chased after it, and that's when what just happened occurred!"

"Phew~" Robin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Alright, thankfully nothing unexpected happened. Anyway, let's go up first and talk about it later. Let our scouting here be left to our fish-man companions! The underwater world isn't our stronghold! If there are a lot of those strange rabbitfish, things could get really bad! We must go and inform Father and the others!"

Olga and Robin seemed to realize the seriousness of the situation, so they nodded and swam towards the surface of the sea together.

Unbeknownst to them, the hidden rabbitfish had been watching them the whole time they were away.