Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

After listening to Reina's account, Robin asked in a cold voice, "I remember Father once said that Magellan didn't die, did he?"

“Yes!” Reina nodded and replied, “I looked for him several times, but he was hiding in Impel Down. Later, my brother accompanied me there, and I cut off one of his arms! To prevent Impel Down from being breached by us, Sengoku and Garp transferred Magellan to Marineford! And Garp intervened and pleaded with me to spare his life!”

“When your mother was captured, Garp played a significant role, so I have to give him face. Therefore, I told him that if he is found outside of Marineford, he shouldn't blame me for being disrespectful! But as long as he stays in Marineford, I will absolutely not seek revenge on him!”

After listening to Reina's words, Robin was silent for a moment, then asked, "So he's never left Marineford?"

Reina shook his head and replied, "At least I haven't heard his name on the high seas since. Even those who came out of Impel Down have said that the current warden of Impel Down is definitely not Magellan anymore!"

Finally, the illusory space completely collapsed, and Reina and Robin found themselves back on the mountain where they had been before, with the noisy Straw Hat crew not far away.

"Robin... Uncle Reina!" Upon seeing the two, Luffy waved and shouted loudly.

Could it be that after the two groups reunited, Luffy was vividly recounting their recent encounter to Robin?

"Didn't you encounter anything strange?" Luffy asked curiously after saying that.

Robin glanced at Reina and chuckled, saying, "No, we were here when we arrived and didn't notice you!"

While recounting the exciting adventure he had just experienced, Luffy expressed his regret for Robin, who had missed out on a fun adventure.

"So, did you see any towers?" Reina asked with a light laugh.

"I saw him!" Luffy nodded and replied.

"Idiot, that's not the real tower!" Usopp said helplessly. "That tower is just an illusion we're seeing!"

Just as Reina had guessed, although they were all forced into the illusion, they did not see the real tower.

"So... we can't find the real treasure?" Nami said, somewhat disappointed.

She kept thinking about the treasure.

Reina was also somewhat helpless; if he couldn't get the treasure, he wouldn't be able to get any rewards from the system.

"Haven't you already gained quite a bit from the Whis family? This exciting adventure is enough!" Luffy replied nonchalantly, not caring much about the treasure.

But before he could finish speaking, Nami lectured him.

They are pirates, and for pirates, how could treasure be unimportant?

But at that moment, a beam of light descended from the sky, stunning everyone.

"It's not far ahead, let's go take a look!" Luffy was the first to perk up. The illusion he had just experienced had given him a strong liking for this place, and he believed there must be more interesting adventures to come.

Everyone followed Luffy and ran towards the pillar of light.

"Wow, it's a treasure chest!"

When they arrived at the location, Nami saw a large treasure chest at the spot where the pillar of light had been.

"Be careful, there might be a trap!" Jinbe cautiously pulled Nami along and said.

However, as the group slowly approached, they found no traps!

Nami gave Luffy a look, and Luffy very consciously stepped forward and opened the treasure chest.

Just as Luffy was about to open the treasure chest, the beam of light slowly disappeared, and a tall tower appeared on the distant horizon!

"Look, isn't that the tower?" Usopp exclaimed, pointing to the tower in the distance.

Aside from Nami, who was still focused on the treasure chest, everyone else looked up and saw a phantom tower looming in the distance, seemingly unreal.

"Shall we go take a look?" Jinbe asked curiously.

At this moment, Luffy's hand, which was about to open the treasure chest, had stopped. Clearly, he was more interested in the tower than the treasure chest.

However, Nami didn't care about the height of the tower at this moment. She pushed Luffy aside and opened the treasure chest directly.

"This is..." The dazzling golden light made everyone squint.

When the golden light inside the treasure chest dissipated, everyone could see clearly that the room was actually a tall golden tower.

"It's gold!" Upon seeing this, Nami immediately pounced on it.

However, apart from Nami, the others were more interested in the distant, illusory tower.

"How about... I go take a look?" Sanji, with a cigarette in his mouth, looked at Robin and asked.

He made the suggestion because he noticed that Robin's expression was somewhat unusual.

Robin looked at Reina, but Reina shook his head and said, "There's no need. That's not real. You probably wouldn't find any clues there anyway!"

After finishing speaking, Reina walked directly to the treasure chest and picked up the golden tower inside.

"Treasure hunt complete! You have received a treasure gift pack!"

Just as Reina obtained the Golden Tower, the system notification sounded, informing him that the treasure hunt mission was complete.

However, Reina ignored it and carefully examined the golden tower, but unfortunately found nothing.

“This thing seems to be just a pure gold artifact, without any other significance!” Robin took the tower from Reina and examined it carefully before speaking.

"Did the person you found who entered the tower also obtain something like this?" Reina asked after thinking for a moment.

“This…” Robin hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and replied, “I didn’t find anything! Besides, it’s been too long, and we can’t be sure what his condition was when he came out. Right now, everyone just thinks of him as a madman!”

"Alright, let's look for more clues when we get back! This should be our reward for this trip!" Reina said to the others with a smile.

"Huh? Just one piece of gold?" Nami said in disbelief, "This... isn't even as much as the Whis family's haul! They have a lot more gold in their treasury!"

"There's nothing we can do; we can't find the tower's actual location, so we can't access the treasure inside!" Reina said with a laugh. "You can come back and play again when you have time, but let's call it a day! I have some things to take care of back home!"

Robin knew what Reina was planning, so he quickly nodded and urged his companions to go back.

Left with no other choice, Nami had to agree to return.

Luffy, however, told Nami to write down the coordinates so they could come back another time; he was really enjoying this adventure.

Chapter 1248 Return

Nothing happened on the way back, and they safely crossed the Calm Belt and reunited with the Sunny, which was stationed there.

Upon meeting Franky and Brook, Luffy immediately couldn't help but tell them about their adventures.

Although they missed out on some exciting adventures, they were finally relieved to see their companions return safely.

Reina, preoccupied with his own thoughts, did not participate in the Straw Hat crew's conversation.

Robin knew what Reina was thinking, so she didn't bother him. Reina spent the rest of the journey in a state of anxiety and worry.

Even when he was cultivating his pupil power, he felt somewhat powerless because his mental strength teacher was not concentrating.

Upon returning to the Straw Hat crew's base, Reina immediately took his leave, eager to return to Crescent Moon Island.

Robin hesitated for a moment, then told Luffy and followed Reina to Crescent Moon Island.

"Robin seems to have something on her mind ever since we came out of the tower!" Sanji said, frowning as he watched Reina and Robin leave.

"Perhaps they've been through something too!" Zoro said dismissively. "Reina is her father, would he really harm her?!"

Sanji exhaled a smoke ring without replying. It wasn't that he was worried about Reina hurting Robin, but rather that he didn't want to see Robin looking worried, which was why he did that.

As for Zoro's words, he completely ignored them. How could that stupid green-haired guy possibly understand his concerns?

Sanji's smug attitude annoyed Zoro, but he was too lazy to pay attention to the lecherous cook at the moment, so he just pursed his lips and prepared to leave.

But he forgot that Sanji wasn't one to indulge him, and upon seeing his pouting expression, he immediately became angry.

The two started fighting right there at the port.

Everyone was already used to the fight between the two. Apart from those who were just watching the spectacle, only Princess Weiwei, who had just arrived, felt a headache coming on. The two of them had just returned and were already fighting, which seemed rather absurd.

"Huh? What are those two doing?" Luffy, who was sharing his adventure with his captains, only then noticed that Zoro and Sanji were fighting.

"This..." The others were at a loss for words, because they didn't know why the two had started fighting.

In the end, it was Nami, being the leader, who stepped in and calmed the two down.

Meanwhile, Reina and Robin, who rushed back to Crescent Island at top speed, went directly to Dr. Vegapunk.

"Hmm? You mean Namie Amuro?" Vegapunk put down his experiment, came to Reina, and said with a smile, "Is someone important seriously injured? Actually, I don't recommend using this method!"

Reina and Robin both looked at Vegapunk in confusion.

"First of all, this method is a last resort, a last resort used only when there's no other way. Because it extracts the person's brain, after using this method, they are essentially dead in this world; only their consciousness exists within the network system we've established!" Vegapunk explained earnestly.

"Furthermore, such consciousness entities also have significant limitations. As you should know, Namie Amuro cannot leave the network area I created. As for the Straw Hat crew, I specially made a small network device for Namie at her request, and she is unable to leave that area!"

Robin nodded, acknowledging Vegapunk's words.

“But even so, as long as the consciousness is alive, it shouldn’t be considered death, right?” Reina said, frowning.

Vegapunk shook his head and replied, "No, death is death! Let me put it another way you can understand! That consciousness is like a person's soul after death, but it's a soul that's been imprisoned and can only stay in such a small place. Do you think that's really a good thing for it?"

Reina was taken aback. Although Vegapunk's statement wasn't entirely accurate, it vividly described Namie Amuro's predicament.

Robin and Reina exchanged a glance and both fell into thought.

"So who do you want me to save? If he can still be saved, it's best not to give up on saving him. Even if we really have to do that, I will make it clear to him face to face and let him know the consequences. Only if he still chooses this method will I take action!" Vegapunk said in a deep voice. "Because doing this is actually very cruel. If Namie Amuro hadn't still had a wish to fulfill, I wouldn't have advised her to make such a decision back then."

"Then can someone who is already dead still do this?" Reina asked after thinking for a moment.

Vegapunk shook his head with a wry smile and replied, "How could that be? A person who is already dead means that their brain has stopped working, and it is impossible to extract their brain!"

Robin sighed. After hearing Vegapunk's words, she was still struggling with whether or not to let her mother live that kind of imprisoned life. Now she didn't have to struggle anymore, because Vegapunk simply couldn't revive the dead!

"You want me to resurrect the dead? I'm just a scientist, not a real god! And even if I were a real god, I probably couldn't do that, right?" Vegapunk said with a chuckle.

"I only know one way to revive someone after they die, and that is the ability of the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit) user!" Reina said softly.

Vegapunk nodded and said with a smile, "I've heard of him. He's from the Straw Hat crew, right? The one who's just a skeleton now. I'd really like to study him!"

“That probably won’t work! If he were an enemy, I wouldn’t mind capturing him for you to study, but he’s Robin’s partner, so it’s impossible for you to study him. If you’re lucky, you might be able to find the next user of the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit), but to be honest, I don’t have high hopes for you!” Reina said with a strange laugh.

Vegapunk shrugged and replied, "It's alright, I was just a little curious. My interest isn't in researching Devil Fruits. When I was creating Seraphs, I just copied some of their abilities as a side effect!"

Reina was taken aback. He suddenly remembered that Seraph was also created by Vegapunk. For example, Seraph Strait had the ability of the Swim-Swim Fruit. But Piqué had been staying on Crescent Moon Island. How did he copy the Swim-Swim Fruit?

"You mean the Swim-Swim Fruit? That was a sample sent by the World Government back then. I heard it belonged to one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea! I don't know for sure, but the World Government's Devil Fruit ability gene bank does have this fruit!" Vegapunk replied with a smile when he heard Reina's question.

"A Devil Fruit gene bank? The World Government actually has something like that?" Reina asked in surprise.

"Before I appeared, did you think the World Government would leave Devil Fruits unresearched?" Vegapunk said with a smile. "They just haven't figured them out yet! But they haven't neglected their other tasks. If I wanted to, I could basically replicate hundreds of abilities using the World Government's Devil Fruit gene bank!"