Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Joz tied all the ropes around himself and then clung to the broken rudder.

Chapter 108 Wano Country

"They...they went up! They really went up!"

"Ah~~~"

"Help! I'm falling!"

After Marco lassoed several carp with a rope, the carp began to pull the Moby Dick up the waterfall, but at this moment the Moby Dick stood upright, which startled the crew.

"Charge! Carp! Hahaha..." After securing himself, Reina shouted loudly at the carp in front of him.

"Charge! Carp!!"

"Hahaha... This is so cool! Go! Carp!" After securing themselves, the exciting voyage made the crew members very excited, and they shouted along with Reina.

But soon, reality showed them what it meant for joy to turn to sorrow. After rushing up the waterfall, they found not a calm lake, but a huge whirlpool.

"Damn it! Everyone hold on tight! Sachi, Lakuyo, Vista, watch out for the Devil Fruit users!" Just as the Moby Dick was about to be swallowed by the vortex, Reina rushed straight towards Whitebeard to ensure his safety.

"Big Brother!" Reina grabbed at Whitebeard, but Whitebeard ignored him and punched the center of the vortex instead.

"Crack crack..." Suddenly, space trembled, and the fresh water surging towards the Moby Dick was wiped out by Whitebeard's punch.

"Gurarararar... Minions, hold on tight!" Whitebeard tossed the naginata to Reina, grabbed the air with both hands as if it were a tablecloth, and yanked it up forcefully.

The sea surface suddenly seemed to tilt upside down, and the balance of the world seemed to disappear.

"Big brother! Stop it!" Reina quickly went over to persuade Whitebeard. If this continued, they didn't know if Whitebeard could break up the whirlpool, but the pirate ship would definitely collapse first.

Whitebeard clearly saw it too, and reluctantly stopped his punch.

Reina had just arrived beside Whitebeard, preparing to use Moonwalk to leave with him, when a wave crashed over and broke the mast, causing the Moby Dick to capsize.

Most of the crew members fell into the water. Reina reacted quickly and grabbed Whitebeard, but by then the best chance of escape had been lost.

In the end, the entire Whitebeard Pirates crew, along with their ship, were swept into the whirlpool.

Wano Country, Kuridate Port.

"Ah, really! Brother, it will take at least a week to repair the Moby Dick, and a lot of the supplies on board are wet! What bad luck!" Reina sighed after briefly inspecting the Moby Dick, which was capsized on the shore.

"Didn't you say this is Wano Country? Can't we just go and buy some supplies?" Marco, squatting on a large rock, said with his eyes narrowed.

“Yes, but who will go?” Reina stroked his chin and asked.

The surrounding crew members all stood up; clearly, they all wanted to see the legendary Wano Country.

“Looks like everyone wants to go!” Whiteybe chuckled and said.

“Then let’s go together!” Marco shrugged and said.

"Everyone's going? If everyone goes, who's going to repair the ship?" Reina rolled his eyes and said unhappily.

After arriving in Wano Country, Reina was somewhat dazed. He couldn't recall many plot points from the original story, but he still remembered the Whitebeard Pirates' encounter with Kozuki Oden there.

Moreover, in the original work, the Whitebeard Pirates seemed to be in a similar sorry state when they arrived in Wano Country.

The only difference is that there are many more of them now. Marco, who should have been a trainee crew member, has now become the captain of the first team. Many other captains that Reina remembers are now just members of the combat team.

"Hmm?" Just then, Whitebeard suddenly stood up, and Reina also looked in the inland direction.

"Hey... all of you step back... there's something big coming this way!" The white-bearded man holding a naginata stood up and addressed the crowd.

"It must be Oden!" Reina sensed a powerful energy rapidly approaching, so he led everyone back a short distance. He remembered that Oden had fought Whitebeard before, and that Oden's strength had been acknowledged by Whitebeard.

"So you're pirates? It's a good thing you managed to get here despite the bad weather and climb the waterfall! I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Kozuki Oden, dressed in samurai attire, charged straight at Whitebeard.

Whitebeard squinted, both hands already on his naginata, and muttered, "This guy's tough to deal with!"

"Clang..." Oden's twin swords clashed with Whitebeard's naginata, instantly unleashing a powerful burst of air.

Even though Reina and the others had already retreated some distance, they couldn't help but raise their hands to block the scattered aftershocks of the battle.

"My name is Kozuki Oden. Although I don't know you, please take me aboard your ship!" Kozuki Oden shouted, his twin swords resting on Whitebeard's naginata.

"Damn it... what nonsense are you spouting?" Whitebeard swung his naginata, forcing Oden back, and said somewhat displeasedly.

"Hehehe..." Forced into a corner, Oden did not continue to attack, but instead invited them to Kuri Castle.

Whitebeard was originally prepared to agree, but Reyna stepped forward and asked, "Big brother... what do you think of his strength?"

Whitebeard frowned, thinking that Reina was considering recruiting the other party, but still truthfully said, "Very strong!"

“That’s good! Kozuki Oden, right? I’ll be your opponent. I’m the first mate on this ship. If you have any requests, you can defeat me first and then ask our captain! Otherwise, no matter what you ask for, I will advise the captain to refuse you!” Reina licked his lips and said directly.

Kozuki Oden was taken aback, then looked at Whitebeard, as if asking if Whitebeard was right.

“He is indeed my first mate!” Whitebeard nodded and said.

He knew what Reina meant; he only wanted to force Kozuki Oden to fight him, and didn't intend to invite him onto the ship, which was why he said that.

“Alright then! I’ll have a spar with you!” Kozuki Oden nodded and looked at Reina.

"I am Reina!" Reina drew Hyōrinmaru and gave Oden a swordsman's salute.

"Kozuki Oden!" Oden returned the greeting with the etiquette of Wano Country.

"Then... I won't hold back! Sharingan... Activate!" After activating his Sharingan, Reina took a step and rushed towards Oden.

"What eerie eyes!" After just one glance at Reina's eyes, Oden immediately realized what was happening and stopped looking at Reina.

"when!"

"Ok?"

The two weapons touched, but Oden immediately felt a strange sensation, as if his weapon had not actually made contact with the other's.

"Don't be careless! Every move I make has a weakness in my eyes!" Reina smiled slightly and launched another attack.

Oden didn't hold back either. Although the two were constantly fighting, they lacked the imposing presence that Oden had when he fought Whitebeard earlier. Reina knew that this was because Oden wasn't using his full strength, but he didn't underestimate him because of that.

"Gathering Power for One Strike - Freezing a Thousand Miles!" After absorbing a certain amount of energy, Reina did not hold back. He directly found an opening in Oden's defenses and slashed at him with his sword.

"Hmm?" When the slash carrying the aura of ice came, Oden finally became serious.

"Oden Two-Sword Style: Peach Blossom Waterfall" Kozuki Oden swiftly swung his weapon, and with a flash of light, Reina's slash was shattered into pieces.

"No wonder he can fight against my brother, he's really amazing!" Reina sighed softly as he saw his attack easily shattered.

Although the attack just now wasn't Reina's strongest, the fact that it was so easily countered still shocked him.

“Then next…” Reina held the knife in both hands, and his aura began to grow stronger.

"Enough, Reina! This is just a friendly spar, not a fight to the death!" Just as Reina was about to unleash his Shikai Hyōrinmaru, Whitebeard interrupted their battle.

Upon hearing this, Reina slowly withdrew his aura, and Hyōrinmaru also retracted.

"Your strength is also formidable, worthy of being the first mate!" Seeing Reina stop, Oden also sheathed his twin swords, cupped his hands in greeting to Reina, and said.

“I’m not as good as you!” Reina shook his head and said directly.

He knew that what the other person had just said was just polite talk.

“No, sir, don’t think I’m just saying this casually. You had an even more powerful ability that you didn’t use just now, didn’t you? I could hear the roar of the weapon in your hand! It seemed to be preparing to release its energy, but you forcibly suppressed it. This proves that you have the ability to fully control that power!” Oden shook his head and said seriously.

Reina was taken aback, then remembered that the other party, like Roger, possessed the ability to hear all things.

The two became friends after a fight, and Reina merged the image of the other person from a two-dimensional character in his mind with the somewhat unreliable but trustworthy guy in front of him.

The Oden before him was more like a real person with flesh and blood, no longer a two-dimensional character from his memory.

"I want to go to sea! I want to go on an adventure!" After returning to Kuri with Kozuki Oden, Oden finally made this request again when entertaining them.

“You know this is absolutely unacceptable, don’t you?” The samurai who were following Oden immediately spoke up.

Reina recognized them at a glance; they were the Nine Crimson Swordsmen.

However, Oden ignored them completely and said to Whitebeard, "Please let me go with you!"

"Hey...have you forgotten? You were just fighting to the death with our captain and first mate!" Marco said immediately, clearly displeased.

“You’re not the kind of man who’s subservient to others. I already know very well what kind of impact it would have if we recruited someone like you into our crew! So… if you want to go to sea, go by yourself!” Whitebeard said to Kozuki Oden while eating oden.

Kozuki Oden did not refute, but said somewhat seriously, "I have tried dozens of times, but all of them have ended in failure. My talent for navigation is absolutely zero!"

While Whitebeard and Oden were chatting, Reina didn't join in. He was just eating oden and planned to stroll around Kuri later to pick out some unique accessories and clothing for Olvia. He planned to go to Ohara after leaving Wano Country.

Chapter 109 Kozuki Oden

Ignoring Oden's affairs, he finished his meal and began to wander around Wano Country.

When they left, it seemed that Whitebeard and Kin'emon had reached an agreement not to let Oden go to sea, but Reina knew that the guy wouldn't give up so easily.

However, this had nothing to do with Reina. The craftsmen of Wano Country were extremely skilled, and with their assistance in repairing the pirate ship, Reina's job became much easier. As a result, the work that would have taken a week to repair was completed in just three days.

"Atmos, Joz! You two, put the mains back up!" Reina stood on the deck, directing the two tallest men, Atmos and Joz, to put the last mains back up.

"Alright, everyone, let's rest in Wano Country for a while! If you need anything, come find Big Brother in Kuri. I'm going to take a look around too!" After finishing the repair work on the Moby Dick, Reina clapped his hands and headed straight for Wano Country.

"Hey... Jozu, don't you think the first mate has changed a bit since coming to Wano Country?" Atmos nudged Jozu beside him and whispered.

Joz nodded and said, "Indeed, but it shouldn't be a bad thing. Maybe he's just worried about Olvia, after all, they haven't seen each other for a year!"

For the rest of the time, aside from returning to the ship each day to complete his basic work, Reina spent his time wandering around Wano Country.

In Baiwu, he saw the Kang family, who would later die a heroic death, and also the treacherous villain, Heitan.

He had been considering whether to kill Kurozumi now, so that Oden might not die later, but after thinking about it, he gave up on the idea.

Even if he kills Kurozumi Orochi, others will jump out and cooperate with Kaido. So the one who is really disrupting Wano Country is not the mere Kurozumi Orochi, but... Kaido of the Beasts.

Two weeks later, Whitebeard finally decided to set sail; they had stayed in Wano Country for too long.

At night, under Whitebeard's orders, the Moby Dick secretly set sail.

"Although I feel somewhat sorry for Oden, we must set sail secretly under cover of night!" Lakyo sighed and said.

"If we're only talking about strength, Oden's addition would greatly boost our combat power!" Vista said with some regret.

As a dual-wielding swordsman, Oden was far more skilled than him, and he learned a great deal from Oden during this time.

“Even if I agree to let him board the ship, I’ll only be seen as a member of the royal family who kidnapped a country, and there will be a lot of trouble afterwards!” Whitebeard shook his head and said, “Have you all taken care of the matter of leaving treasure as a reward for me?”