Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

“Brother Newgate, was that Vice Admiral Sengoku from the Navy who just spoke?” Reina’s eyes lit up as he turned to Newgate and asked.

"Yes! It must be him. He's very strong, and this is going to be tricky!" Newgate nodded and said.

"Hmm?" Reina was somewhat surprised. Logically speaking, even if the opponent was Garp and Sengoku joining forces, this side had three of the future Four Emperors, as well as a strongman like Shiki the Golden Lion. John, Wang Zhi, Silver Axe, and others were not weak either. Not to mention Captain Rocks, who was a ruthless person who could suppress Garp in a one-on-one fight.

"After the battle starts, stay away from us! It's best to find a place to hide. Your strength has increased rapidly recently, but it's not enough to fight against the opposing Marines. Sengoku and Garp are coming together, so I might not be able to protect you!" Newgate said very solemnly, unaware of Reina's unusual behavior.

“I understand, Brother Newgate, please be careful too! Don’t worry about me, I’ll take good care of myself!” Reina nodded, saying with a hint of gratitude.

He knew that if he stayed with Newgate and the others, even with their protection, it would be the center of the battlefield, surrounded by powerful warriors fighting. Not to mention deliberately targeting Reina, even the aftershocks of their battles could cost him his life. So, staying away from them was the best option at this time.

Chapter 11 Combat

"Pfft!"

Reina turned and kicked the navy officer who had ambushed him, sending him flying into the sea before retreating to a corner, panting heavily.

That marine attacked from behind just now; if it weren't for Black Emperor's ability having a passive triggering characteristic, he would already be dead.

"Boom boom boom~~~"

Reina turned his head to look at the naval warship that had exploded. That was the main battlefield, and the entire warship was almost completely destroyed. The naval soldiers on board had either come to attack the pirate ship or gone to defend the other two warships.

From the discovery of the navy to the start of the war, it has been incredibly fast, so fast that Reina was completely unprepared before the battle reached a fever pitch.

Rocks led his men straight to the leading naval warship and began fighting it. Then, Garp and Sengoku each led a group of naval personnel to the other two warships, and the warship became the main battlefield.

If the navigator hadn't acted quickly, the pirate ship would probably have been affected by the battle over there.

"Hold them off! Clear these sailors out!" The one Captain Rocks left on the ship was his trusted confidant, John.

At this point, he had taken over the battle command on the pirate ship, directing the remaining pirates to completely kill the marines who boarded the ship.

"Ismail!" Reina, who was hiding in a corner and had no intention of going out, happened to see Ismail's arm being severed by a naval officer, so he had no choice but to rush out and save him.

"Oh!"

"Huh? A power user? I didn't expect there to be a power user here!" The naval officer exchanged a punch with Reina and immediately sensed something was wrong, his gaze towards Reina changed.

"Hoo~ Hiss~~ Reina, you're just a trainee crew member, we don't need your help here!" Ismail said to him, clutching his severed arm and enduring the pain.

"Get lost! You couldn't beat me with both hands, let alone now! Leave this to me, you go somewhere else!" Reina kept his eyes on the naval officer, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

Although they had only exchanged blows briefly, Reina still noticed the opponent's combat power of 300 points.

"Be careful, brat. This isn't a friendly spar. Don't hold back when you can go all out!" Ismail glanced at him and then chose to leave, because he knew that staying here would only hinder Reina and wouldn't help him.

However, he had spent a considerable amount of time with Reina and knew that Reina was not the kind of ruthless pirate, so he was afraid that Reina might die here because of his kindness.

"Sharingan, activate!"

Reina's eyes turned red instantly, and a black tomoe appeared in his eyeballs.

"Huh? What a strange ability. Is it an eye mutation or a Devil Fruit ability related to the eyes?" Upon seeing Reina's change, the naval officer did not rush to attack, but instead carefully observed Reina.

"Since you're not going to attack, then I won't hold back!" Reina knew that the sooner the battle ended, the better for him, so he charged forward with his weapon raised.

"Clang!" The two swords clashed, sparks flying, but the naval officer felt something was off.

Reina gave him no time to react, unleashing a series of basic sword moves from the beginner's swordsmanship, forcing his opponent to fight him head-on.

"Kid, if that's all you've got... then die!" After exchanging a few blows, the naval officer didn't notice anything unusual, so he gradually lowered his guard and launched an attack on Reina.

"His shoulder moved, and his thigh and knee were about to move. He was about to step forward and slash at me from the left with his sword!" Reina's Sharingan quickly observed the opponent's movements and analyzed his next move.

"Now!" Reina sidestepped the opponent's slash, and before the opponent could react, he threw his weapon like a throwing knife.

"Hmm? You actually saw through my moves before I even started? But kid... abandoning your weapon in battle... isn't a good idea!" The naval officer realized from Reina's movements that the other man had seen through his actions.

However, he didn't care about Reina's act of throwing the weapon openly as a hidden weapon. Losing a weapon in battle is like a tiger without claws and teeth, which reduces the danger by more than half.

"What I'm good at... isn't swordsmanship!" Reina, having dropped his weapon, followed behind the longsword and threw a punch.

The naval officer knocked Reina's weapon away with a sword, then raised his foot to block Reina's fist.

From their exchange just now, he had already judged Reina's strength. He was using his feet, and Reina was using his fists. It was impossible for Reina to break through his defense.

"Oh!"

To the astonishment of the naval officer, he was knocked back several steps by Reina's punch, and because he was standing on one leg, he fell directly to the ground.

"Thud!" Reina, who followed closely behind, plunged the dagger in his hand directly into the other's body.

"This...this is impossible..." The naval officer died without understanding why Reina possessed such power and hadn't used it before. If he had used it earlier, the two would never have been evenly matched.

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~"

Rainer, panting heavily, wiped the blood off the dagger and then sheathed it at his waist.

Although the battle was brief, Reina had used all his skills to successfully kill his opponent.

That's right. When the two of them clashed swords, he was secretly absorbing the energy from the impact. Only after he had fully absorbed it to his limit did he deliberately throw his sword away and release the energy, knocking his opponent down with a single punch.

Finally, the dagger at his waist was one he redeemed from the system shop using a "Universal Weapon Exchange Coupon" before the battle began.

When Reyner killed someone for the first time, he did not vomit as described in the book; in fact, he didn't feel anything at the time.

It's not that he's cold-blooded, but rather that he simply doesn't have time to think about these things during a battle.

"Wow, you've gotten this good already!" Ismail, who had been hiding to the side, immediately came out and said to Reina with a smile after the battle was over.

"Are you alright?" Reina asked, his face pale, looking at Ismail who only had one arm left.

"Don't worry, it's just an arm. But you... don't look too good!" Ismail quickly helped Reina into the cabin.

After deactivating his Sharingan, Reina realized that his hands were trembling slightly and uncontrollably. This was partly due to the significant energy expenditure and declining stamina, and partly due to the unease and confusion he felt after killing someone for the first time.

"Phew~ It's okay, this is the two-dimensional world, they're not real!" Reina tried to convince himself, but deep down he knew he was just lying to himself.

Once he had recovered a little, Reina planned to go out and take another look. Ismail had been waiting impatiently, and if Reina hadn't looked so bad, he would have gone out long ago.

The two emerged from the cabin and found that the battle showed no signs of ending.

"Let's go, find those weaker marines to kill, don't go after those marine officers, they are all quite strong!" The one-armed Ismail, after only a simple bandage, acted as if nothing had happened, looking around to find a weak marine soldier to ambush.

This is what Reina can't understand the most. Is this what they call an anime/manga physique?

However, there was no time to consider these things now, because Ismail had already rushed out and started fighting with the naval soldiers, and Reina dared not be careless.

Although the Black Emperor's abilities give him a decent chance to survive, he is currently exhausted and might die here if he encounters a powerful opponent.

"Oh!"

"Pfft!"

After kicking another navy officer into the sea, Reina quietly went into hiding again. He had accumulated enough energy during his time outside and was looking for a place to convert it into his own power.

This was the third time he and Ismail had hidden away to convert energy since they came out. He didn't know if it was just his imagination, but he felt that his energy conversion speed had increased.

However, there was no time to worry about that now. After converting the energy within his body, Reina launched another attack.

After several transformations, his physical strength has recovered to most of its previous level. Even if he were to face the same naval officer again, he would be confident of defeating him.

"Boom boom boom~~~" Just then, the naval warships, which were the main battlefield, finally could not withstand the persecution of those powerful beings and turned into a pile of debris, sinking to the bottom of the sea.

"Navigator...prepare to set sail! Everyone...drive the navy out to meet the captain and his men!" John's eyes lit up when he saw the warships destroyed, and he shouted loudly.

Actually, there's no need for Reina and his crew to continue attacking now. After seeing the warship sink, the marines still on the pirate ship jumped into the sea. They knew the battle was over. If they stayed here and waited for the pirates to return, they would never be able to leave.

Perhaps due to some mutual agreement, the pirates did not pursue the navy personnel who jumped ship and fled.

"Hehehehe..."

As Shiki the Golden Lion's signature laugh rang out, Rocks and his attacking pirates landed on the deck of the pirate ship. At this moment, there were no more Marines on the pirate ship.

"Oh~~~"

"Haha... We won!"

"Navigator...you damn well better start the ship! If we don't run now...what if the navy catches up with us?"

The deck became a sea of ​​joy as the pirates celebrated their victory over the navy, while John continued to curse the navigator.

The navy has not lost its combat capability; they still have two warships. If it weren't for the large number of naval soldiers around the destroyed warship, those two warships would have already come closer.

If we don't run now, we'll probably have to wait until the navy finishes dealing with the situation, and then another fight will break out.

Chapter 12 The Banquet After the Battle

“Brother Newgate, are you alright?” Rainer asked as he approached Edward Newgate, whose upper body was wrapped in bandages.

"Gurararara... It's nothing. I didn't expect the Navy to send Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr this time! Looks like we'll have to be more discreet these days!" Newgate said with a laugh.

"Hehehehe... Restraint? Restrain what? If I wasn't worried about problems with the ship, I would have sunk the other two warships to the bottom of the sea as well!" Shiki was very excited, seemingly still caught up in the atmosphere of battle.

"Ma~mama~~ I'm hungry after the fight! Long bread, give me some food, I'm hungry!" Charlotte Linlin didn't care about the battle; all she wanted now was dessert.

Rocks wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth; there were some bruises on his cheeks, left by Garp. But Garp wasn't in good shape either, having taken a full-force kick; he was probably in a bad state too!

"Men... pack up... and get ready for the banquet!" Rocks shouted, raising his longsword.

"Oh~~~" the pirates responded excitedly.

After the battle, the pirates didn't take stock of their losses; they simply tossed the bodies of their comrades or marines into the sea and began preparations for the upcoming banquet.

Reina felt a little sad. Several of his crew members, who were usually on good terms with him but were of average ability, had disappeared. He didn't know if they had died in battle or if they hadn't returned to the ship when they evacuated.

Meanwhile, at the site of the recent battle, the navy was doing its utmost to rescue the naval soldiers who had fallen into the water.

"Damn Garp... I knew nothing good would come of being with you!" Zephyr looked on in agony as his flagship was reduced to fragments and sunk into the sea.

"Hahaha... Don't worry about the details. Didn't I drive Rocks and the others away? When we meet again, it'll be my turn to capture them!" the young Garp said with a loud laugh.

Sengoku also looked troubled and didn't want to talk to Garp at all. This guy always damages warships every time he goes to sea. Doesn't he know that the battlefield should be set up on pirate ships?

"The Rocks Pirates are getting stronger and stronger. This can't go on!" Zephyr said with some worry, looking at the Rocks Pirates who had already gone far away.

Sengoku nodded and said, "That's right. If this continues, I'm afraid one day even our navy won't be able to deal with them!"

"Don't worry, I'll catch him sooner or later!" Garp clenched his fist and said confidently.

As night fell, the banquet on the pirate ship finally began. Because of the battle during the day, the crew members were in high spirits, and having a drink to relax after the battle was definitely a good choice.

"Wow~ Where did this meat come from? It's so delicious!" Shiki held a big bone with meat on it, eating it while showing a happy smile.