Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Ahhhhhh, Buggy, what do you think you're doing? I'm going to kill you!" Alvida screamed as she flew towards the slasher's attack, which stunned the slasher. What was this person planning to do? Commit suicide?

But soon, something unexpected happened: his slashes were completely deflected when they touched the screaming woman!

The scene struck him as somewhat unbelievable, and it seemed strangely familiar; it appeared to be something he had witnessed before.

"Hahaha..." Just then, Bucky's wild laughter rang out, making the Slasher's face even uglier.

Before he could speak, Alvida, whom Buggy had used to block the slash, slapped Buggy on the head.

"You bastard, how dare you use me as a shield?" Alvida was furious. If it weren't for her special abilities, she would probably be dead by now.

Bucky, however, was somewhat unconcerned. Why? Because the current situation was advantageous to them. The enemy's attack posed no threat to either him or the World Tree.

Once the Straw Hat Pirates have defeated the enemy, we can get him to come and help again!

After driving away the extraterrestrial visitors, the remaining Straw Hat Boy was easy to deal with. Buggy didn't think he needed to fight the Straw Hat Boy. Based on his understanding of the Straw Hat Boy, that guy was quite easy to fool, and he could easily trick him away with any excuse!

Without those troublesome fellows, he can possess this "tree of wealth" all by himself!

Bucky's idea was good, but he didn't understand the situation here at all. No matter what the final outcome was, Lord Im would never give up on this place, so his plan was destined to fail.

By then, Luffy's battle with the extraterrestrial visitors had made him seem even stronger. Although he still couldn't defeat the enemy and obtain the power of destiny when Lord Im appeared, he learned a lot from the battles with the strong. He was originally a naturally gifted fighter.

Yes, Lord Im arrived in this space before their battle was over and saw the traces of the battle around the World Tree, especially Luffy's straw hat.

But he knew now was not the time to worry about such things; his main target now was those pesky rats.

The moment Lord Im appeared, the two extraterrestrial visitors knew that their mission would be difficult to complete, especially since there were other people present, and that the guy in the straw hat was also very powerful.

Therefore, they immediately abandoned the attack and planned to retreat.

But before they could make a move, Lord Im raised his hand, and time seemed to freeze in the entire space.

Luffy, Buggy, and Alvida didn't notice anything unusual at all. They just sensed someone coming and then, when they came to their senses, they found themselves in front of a black hole that was exactly the same as the one they had encountered when they came over.

In fact, after Im froze space, he planned to make a move against the extraterrestrial visitor. However, the visitor seemed to be very familiar with Im's methods. Even when the visitor froze time, the visitor slowly disappeared from the spot and escaped.

The enraged Im-sama intended to give chase immediately, but in order to prevent Straw Hat Luffy and Buggy from being left behind, he waved his hand and created two black holes in front of them.

The instant the time freeze ended, the black hole exerted a powerful suction force, pulling Luffy, Buggy, and the others into it and returning them to their original positions.

Looking at his wounded underlings scattered on the ground, Bucky was still in a daze. He felt that everything that had just happened was like a dream, and he didn't even know if what he had just experienced was real.

If it weren't for his injured underlings scattered all over the ground, Bucky would have thought it was all a dream.

"Bucky... what exactly happened?" Alvida, standing beside him, was also at a loss, not knowing what had happened either.

Bucky was silent for a moment, then looked up and said, "Let's go to the North Sea!"

"North Sea? What for?" Alvida was taken aback, then asked in surprise.

"Let's go find that Devil Fruit Tree! Straw Hat Luffy is in the North Blue right now, and those extraterrestrials are there too! Doesn't that black hole that sucked us back just now look a lot like the teleporter those guys were talking about? Maybe we accidentally triggered the teleporter before, and that's why we were teleported to some area of ​​the North Blue!" Buggy said seriously, "So... let's go to the North Blue and find that Devil Fruit Tree!"

Alvida looked at Bucky speechlessly, thinking he had gone mad.

“You must have felt it just now, just how powerful those extraterrestrial visitors were!” Alvida shook her head and said, “They were a bit too reckless just now. If they hadn’t used their slashing attacks, do you think we would have survived?”

"So what? From the moment I became a pirate... I've only had one goal! That is the treasure of this world!" Alvida's eyes seemed to burn with fire as she said, "Now that we know about such a huge treasure, if we don't go and take it, I won't forgive myself!"

Chapter 1293 Whitebeard's Speculation

Like Buggy, Luffy was also completely bewildered upon returning to the front lines. However, by the time he returned, the extraterrestrial forces had largely withdrawn. And unlike Buggy, Luffy never dwells on things he can't understand, choosing instead to simply forget them.

So while Buggy was still wondering about the truth, Luffy was already wandering around the front-line island and was quickly found by his crew who were searching for him.

"Hey~ Luffy, where have you been all this time? Did you get lost?" Zoro asked with a smile.

By this time, Luffy had figured out the situation: the extraterrestrial visitors had definitely retreated, and there were no enemies left.

Then Luffy went to find his crewmates and told them about his amazing adventure.

However, Zoro believed that Luffy was confused from sleeping. First of all, they were in the North Blue, so Buggy couldn't possibly be here. Also, according to Luffy, trees taller than the sky couldn't possibly exist. Otherwise, they would have circled the Grand Line once, so why had they never seen or even heard of such giant trees?

Even the giant tree in the giants' hometown isn't as exaggerated as Luffy described.

But when they returned and talked about Luffy's experiences, Robin, Vivi, and Nami all frowned at the same time, because they felt that this matter was not simple.

"Robin, do you know the place Luffy described?" Nami instinctively felt that this matter was important, so she looked at Robin and asked.

When it comes to extensive knowledge, no one here can compare to Robin.

Upon hearing Nami's question, everyone turned to look at Robin.

"There's no way such a place exists!" Zoro said with a laugh. "How could a tree taller than the sky really appear? I guess Luffy is just dreaming while he's asleep!"

It's not that Zoro doesn't trust Luffy, but if there really were such a huge tree, they couldn't possibly not have seen it. Moreover, there were two titled beings there. As we all know, the extraterrestrial visitor was suppressed by them in the North Blue, so the other party couldn't possibly be anywhere other than the North Blue.

In the North Sea, however, they did not find any trees of that size.

“No!” Robin shook her head and said, “That was just Luffy’s description, it doesn’t really mean that the tree is taller than the sky! At that time, Luffy was at the base of the tree, and his position was completely covered by the canopy, so it gave the illusion that it was taller than the sky. But to form such a huge canopy, it would have to be a giant tree that is at least hundreds or even thousands of years old. As far as I know, such giant trees… are only the Omniscient Tree of Ohara and the Sacred Tree of the Giant Kingdom!”

"Huh?" Robin's words surprised everyone, but soon, some people realized that standing at the base of the tree would indeed create that illusion, especially when the person in question was Luffy.

As for Luffy himself, he had no such awareness whatsoever and was still indulging in food and drink.

The previous battles consumed a lot of energy, so we need to replenish it now.

He didn't participate in his companions' discussion because, to him, what had already happened was meaningless unless there was an even more interesting adventure to attract him.

“But Luffy has been here with us the whole time, hasn’t he? If what he said is true, then why didn’t we notice?” Nami asked, frowning.

"Remember that black hole Luffy mentioned? Don't you think it looks like something?" He hesitated slightly before speaking.

"Teleporter!!" everyone exclaimed in unison.

“That’s right, Luffy must have entered the teleporter and been transported to another place, and the extraterrestrial visitors he encountered… I reckon they are the elite team of extraterrestrial visitors we’ve been searching for!” Robin said after thinking for a moment.

“We’ll find out when we get there. Teleportation arrays don’t appear out of nowhere. Perhaps extraterrestrial visitors used a teleporter here before, but some energy remained when they retreated, and Luffy accidentally went in, which is why this happened!” Weiwei said.

So, under Sanji's protection, Robin, Vivi, and Jinbe went to the place where Zoro and the others had found Luffy, but they found nothing.

On the way back, Robin thought about it for a while and then dialed Reina's Den Den Mushi, but perhaps because of the distance, the call didn't go through.

Left with no other option, Robin contacted Whitebeard, knowing that he rarely left without permission.

Robin quickly told Whitebeard what had happened, but Whitebeard was also confused, because the elite team of extraterrestrial visitors had been discovered and had crossed their defenses on the Red Line. Reina and the Revolutionary Army had already gone to investigate, so the specific situation was still unclear.

However, there don't seem to be any huge trees on the Red Line.

"Wait... Say what Straw Hat Luffy said again!" Just as he was about to hang up the Den Den Mushi, Whitebeard seemed to suddenly remember something and spoke up.

Robin was taken aback, but she still repeated what Luffy had seen and heard, just as Whitebeard had told her.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Whitebeard finally remembered that Reina had once told him that he had been to a mysterious space where he met the mastermind behind the World Government, the world king of this world... Lord Im.

There was also a huge tree that he named the Earth Tree.

That enormous tree of the earth seems to possess some very special function, and it is currently under the control of the World Government.

Connecting this with the sudden attack from extraterrestrial visitors, Whitebeard had already guessed the whole story with a high degree of accuracy.

However, he did not tell Robin, because it was all just his speculation.

“I’ll tell Reiner about this when he gets back…maybe we’ve obtained some incredible information!” Whitebeard said.

"Huh? Dad, did you find something?" Robin asked in surprise.

Whitebeard had sailed the seas for decades; he knew far too many secrets and had experienced far too many things.

"These are just guesses. We'll have the answers once Reina returns. In the meantime, don't leave the North Sea region, and it's best not to leave your territory!" Whitebeard shook his head and replied.

"Okay, I understand, Dad!"

After hanging up the call with Whitebeard, Robin turned to Vivi and said, "It seems that my father knows something, but he didn't tell me. He said he could only confirm it after my father returns! Also, the extraterrestrials crossed our defenses via the Red Earth Road, which means the people patrolling outside can return! Everyone should stay on the island for now and not leave!"

She nodded slightly. Although it wasn't intentional, she had actually overheard Robin and Whitebeard's conversation.

Chapter 1294 Communication and Conjecture

Leaving aside Whitebeard and Robin's speculations, let's return to Reiner's side. After leaving Mary Geoise, he parted ways with Karasu, the commander of the Revolutionary Army.

Reina, who was heading towards the North Sea in his hard-shell cabin, kept thinking about the incident.

After reviewing the information, he had his own guesses.

The extraterrestrial visitors' target is either Lord Im or the Earth Tree (World Tree). Although it's unknown how they knew of Lord Im's or the Earth Tree's existence, they are undoubtedly their targets.

A day later, Reina finally reached the edge of the Calm Belt. With the hard shell in place, he faced no danger in crossing the Calm Belt.

However, after he entered the North Sea from the Calm Belt, the Den Den Mushi he had been carrying on his wrist rang.

"Hey~ This is Reina!" Reina said lazily, lying on the recliner.

"First mate, this is Xuan Yue Island. Our father asked us to contact you. Where are you now?" The Whitebeard Pirates' liaison officer asked earnestly from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.

"I just entered the North Sea from the Calm Zone. Is there something wrong? Has anything happened recently?" Reina asked, frowning.

Aside from the extraterrestrial visitor incident, nothing major should have happened recently.

But Whitebeard was in such a hurry to find him that something must have happened, which is why he asked the liaison officer if something was wrong.

After all, he had been traveling for the past two days, even crossing the Calm Belt. It's important to know that newsbirds are unlikely to come over the Calm Belt.

"Thing...thing? Nothing happened!" the liaison replied somewhat blankly. "Oh right, Miss Robin contacted Dad earlier, and it seems she said something!"

The liaison officer suddenly remembered that when his father had just returned to Xuan Yue Island, he seemed to have spoken with Miss Robin.

"Hmm? Robin?" Reina frowned, nodded, and replied, "I understand. I'm heading back to Crescent Moon Island now. Tell the captain to contact me immediately if anything happens!"

“Okay!” the liaison officer nodded and replied.

Now that Reina is in a reachable area, he can contact the other party at any time, so there's no need to rush.

His father had instructed him to keep in touch with Reina, so even if Reina didn't say anything, he would definitely have to go and report to Whitebeard.

After the liaison officer reported Reyner's whereabouts to Whitebeard, Whitebeard took out the Den Den Mushi.

"Big brother, what happened?" Reina asked immediately after receiving Whitebeard's call.

When the liaison contacted him earlier, he felt that something might have happened, otherwise Whitebeard wouldn't have contacted him in such a hurry.

Sure enough, after connecting to the Den Den Mushi, Whitebeard didn't waste any words and directly told him about Robin's request for his help.