Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Chapter 131 Reina's Strength

"Move the ship closer!" Whitebeard gave the captain's order after receiving the message from the sky island.

Hansen, who was standing to the side, was somewhat surprised. Even he could hear the purpose behind Reina's words, and he didn't believe that his father wouldn't know.

“Reina is the first mate. As long as he doesn’t deliberately harm his crewmates, I will support his decision!” Whitebeard seemed to see Hansen’s confusion and explained with a smile.

"Yes, Father!" Hansen nodded, turned and left to inform everyone to prepare for battle.

At this moment, Reina stood in front of all the trainees and said to them, "The Navy is just ahead. This battle is to show you what it's like, so pay attention and don't get wiped out by the Navy!"

Standing at the very back, Teach's eyes narrowed upon hearing Reina's words. He guessed Reina's intention: to use someone else to do his dirty work!

"Hey kid over there, don't look at me like that! Although I really want to kill you, my brother said that I can't use your sins, which you haven't even committed yet, to execute you. And since I let you on the ship, I will definitely not frame you! So you don't need to worry!" Seeing Teach's eyes, Reina knew that the other party thought he would use someone else to kill him.

Actually, he had considered doing this, but to be honest... after thinking it through, he realized it was completely unnecessary. This future would definitely be different from the original story because he was part of the Whitebeard Pirates!

Teach could never kill Thatch, and Reina didn't care whether he could get the Dark Fruit.

When Teach's strength matures, Reina is certain that his own strength will surpass Teach's, so there's no need to fear that this time, like in the original story, the entire Whitebeard Pirates will be crippled by Teach.

Soon, the lookout on the mast spotted the naval warships on the distant sea, and the navy also spotted them.

"Sir! It's the Whitebeard Pirates!" A naval officer next to Sengoku reported.

"This is troublesome! We've run into them! Prepare for battle; this time we can't let this go unpunished!" Sengoku said solemnly.

According to Garp's previous statement, Reina's potential is absolutely terrifying. Combined with Whitebeard and that samurai from the Land of Samurai, the Whitebeard Pirates are now stronger than ever.

"Hahaha... Sengoku? I never expected to run into you here! What a twist of fate!" Reina, standing at the bow of the ship, naturally spotted Sengoku on the warship.

"Whitebeard Pirates... Akame... Reina! I've finally seen you again!" On Sengoku's warship, a girl dressed as a sergeant major, with one hand on the longsword at her waist, stared at Reina, who was laughing wildly at the bow of the Moby Dick, and murmured.

She is Emilia Leah, who was originally a sergeant in the branch office. After meeting Reina, she was determined to capture Reina herself and was specially transferred from the branch office to headquarters. Now she is a sergeant major on the Sengoku Ship.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

"Boom boom boom..."

Before the two sides made contact, they launched an artillery battle, but for both sides, it was just a formality.

"Attack!" As the two sides drew closer, Reina took the lead and charged directly at Sengoku.

Behind him, Marco and Vista flanked Reina, protecting him in the middle—this was Whitebeard's intention.

Originally, Sengoku's opponent should have been Whitebeard, but he knew that Reina harbored a deep hatred for the Navy, and if he didn't let him vent it, it would become increasingly twisted. So he specially sent Marco and Vista to accompany Reina to fight Sengoku.

He himself remained on the ship to oversee the operation and did not participate in the attack.

"Rena! Prepare to die!" Before Rena could attack Sengoku, Emilia Lia preemptively attacked Rena.

"Leave it to me!" Having received his father's order, Vista naturally helped Reina clear these obstacles so that he could have a proper fight with Sengoku.

Reina glanced at Emilia Lia, vaguely recognizing her, but couldn't recall her name; clearly, he had forgotten what had happened.

"Sengoku the Buddha... Feel my pain!" Reina turned his head and looked directly at Sengoku. As for Emilia Lia, he had no intention of continuing to entangle with her.

Normally, he might have been interested in reminiscing, but now, facing Sengoku, Reina cared about nothing but a frenzied fighting spirit.

"Reina! This time... once we catch you, you won't have another chance to escape!" Sengoku ripped off his cloak of justice, his figure suddenly growing larger, his whole body radiating golden light.

He directly entered the form of the Buddha.

"Mangekyou Sharingan... Activate!" Without further ado, Reina activated his Mangekyou Sharingan, marking the first time he had used it in actual combat.

"As expected!" Upon seeing Reina's eyes, Sengoku immediately thought of his old friend Garp's words, who said that Reina's eye abilities seemed to have changed.

He possessed an aura similar to oppressive power, capable of controlling weak ordinary soldiers. He also had a very strange ability, which he sensed, but perhaps because Reina had just awakened that ability, the time was too short, and he hadn't even had a chance to fully grasp it before it disappeared.

Therefore, upon seeing Reina's mutated eyes, Sengoku immediately became wary.

"Seated atop the frost-covered sky! Hyōrinmaru!" The Shikai Hyōrinmaru appeared in Reina's hand. It could be said that when facing Sengoku, he went all out from the start. The Mangekyou Sharingan combined with the Shikai Hyōrinmaru represented his full strength.

"Birds and Ice Pillars!" With a single swing of his sword, countless ice projectiles flew towards Sengoku.

Reina launched the first attack.

"Hmph!" Sengoku lightly waved his hand, knocking the ice bullet away. This childish trick had no effect on Sengoku at all.

"Show me your true skills! Otherwise... you won't have a chance to make a move!" Sengoku said to Reina, having prepared to attack.

"As expected of the Warring States of Buddha, since that's the case... Susanoo!" A layer of purple energy enveloped Reina, and Hyōrinmaru in his hand was also enveloped. On the blade, purple and blue colors intertwined, which looked somewhat beautiful.

"Great Buddha - Shockwave!" Sengoku unleashed a palm strike, sending an energy shockwave straight toward Reina.

"Too slow!" Reina, who had disappeared from his spot at some point, somehow managed to bypass the shockwave and reappear next to Sengoku.

After acquiring Susanoo, Reina's speed also increased significantly.

"What?" Sengoku was shocked. He hadn't expected Reina's speed to become so fast.

"Die, you Buddha Sengoku!" Reina slashed at Sengoku's neck with his sword.

"when!"

When Hyōrinmaru and Sengoku's necks came into contact, a sound like steel clashing was produced.

"You think you can stop me?" Sengoku, who was blocking Reina's attack, had already reached out and grabbed Reina. If Reina were to be grabbed by him, he would definitely be seriously injured.

"Humph!"

Reina snorted coldly, raised the Hyōrinmaru in his hand, and swept it across Sengoku's shoulder. He then took a step in the air and used the Moonwalk to get out of the attack range of Sengoku's large hand.

"Crack..." Sengoku noticed that the spot where Reina had just attacked was rapidly freezing over, but with a gentle shake, the ice shattered instantly.

It sounds like a lot of talk, but it actually happened very quickly. Marco, who was standing to the side, saw the two fighting, but he didn't step forward. Instead, he stood guard around them to prevent anyone from interfering with their battle.

Actually, this clash with the Navy could have been avoided. It was just that Whitebeard wanted Reina to vent his anger, so most of the fighting force was focused on protecting the rookies. Secondly, there was Reina's side. Apart from Marco and Vista, the other captain-level fighters were all paying more or less attention to this side.

"Bai Xiaoji, Raijiro's strength has improved a lot!" Oden stood beside Whitebeard, also watching the battle between Reina and Sengoku.

Raijiro is the name Oden gave to Reina for Wano Country. Reina has complained about it many times, so now he no longer calls him Raijiro in front of Reina. However, when Reina can't hear him, he still habitually calls him Raijiro.

“He still has a long way to go!” the white-bearded man said with a slight smile.

In fact, the difference between Reina and top-tier experts lies not in the number of methods they have, but in the degree of specialization they possess.

For example, Garp doesn't have many abilities, but he is incredibly skilled in physical combat, strong enough to defend against any kind of attack with his bare fists.

Reina was well aware of this, but such focused training in one skill required years of accumulation. Before that, having other skills did not affect his training in basic physical and sword techniques.

"Clang clang clang..." Reina and Sengoku were exchanging blows at an increasingly rapid pace. Reina had already deactivated Susanoo, and using the Black Emperor's abilities was what he was most familiar with and skilled at.

"Powerful Strike - Freeze a Thousand Miles!" After absorbing enough energy, Reina unleashed his strongest strike without hesitation, directly slashing at Sengoku.

"Hmph! Great Buddha - Infinite Shockwave!" Sengoku swung his hands repeatedly, sending shockwaves crashing down on Reina's slash like a tsunami.

"The battle is about to end, Oden. Notify Marco to retreat, and bring Reina back as well. The purpose of this training exercise has been achieved, and you can leave now!" Whitebeard said to Oden beside him, his eyes flashing.

“Okay!” Oden nodded, and in a few leaps he was already at the warship.

He first gestured to Marco to signal a retreat, then went to Reina's side and dispersed the shockwave that had shattered Reina's attack before saying to Reina, "Let's go!"

"Hmph~ Sengoku, tell Magellan to wash his neck and wait, one day... I'll skin him alive!" Reina said, glaring fiercely at Sengoku.

"If you're so capable, go and say those words to him yourself. I wouldn't mind taking you with me!" Sengoku said softly as he transformed back into his human form.

Reina didn't continue to make threats. In fact, it was already quite obvious that he had been defeated by Sengoku again. However, this time was significantly different from before. He was much more at ease, and he didn't even use either of his eye techniques!

It can be said that although he cannot defeat his opponent, Reina has already acquired the ability to escape after a direct confrontation with top-tier powerhouses such as Sengoku and Garp.

No longer like before, when we could only run away when we saw them, we didn't even have the resources to fight back.

Chapter 132 Heading to Fishman Island

After their battle with the Navy, the Whitebeard Pirates continued their adventures in the New World. On this day, in order to fill in the missing sea areas on their map, they came to the entrance of the New World. There was still a sea area near the Calm Belt that they had not yet explored.

"Tsk tsk tsk... Reina, just this nautical chart alone, if it were thrown out, countless people would probably fight tooth and nail for it!" Lacou stood next to Reina, watching him and the navigator continue adding new annotations to the nautical chart, and said with some pride.

"Get lost! What does this picture have to do with you?" Reina glanced at the other person and said indifferently.

"Oh dear~ How heartless! He called me 'sweetie' when we were looking at the moon, but now he's telling me to get lost... Are all men really no good?" Lacjo said to Reina, his pinky finger waving.

Reina and the navigator's lips twitched simultaneously; they were disgusted by Laco's words and actions.

There was no way around it; ever since Reina told them a story at a banquet one day, they had fallen in love with the activity and now asked Reina to tell them a story every night.

What Lacjo said just now was a line from "A Chinese Odyssey" that Reina quoted last night.

"Starting tonight... I'll serialize Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, and I refuse to believe you can still act like this!" Reina thought to himself.

"Huh~ Is this Fishman Island?" Izou, who had just walked in from outside, looked at the marker on the map that wasn't far from their location and asked curiously.

Among them, the kappa is a member of the fish-man race, which is why he asked the question subconsciously.

“That’s right, it’s Fishman Island. We went there last time, but we didn’t make it… If you’re interested, we can go and take a look!” Reina smiled slightly and nodded.

He had a good impression of Izou. Although he looked like a woman, he was actually a man. He was efficient and decisive in his work, and he had witnessed Oden's loyalty.

"I think it's better not to..." Izo hesitated for a moment and said, "Don't let my actions disrupt the voyage plan!"

“We don’t have any plans. We’ll just go wherever we end up. And Fishman Island! I’d like to go see it too!” Reina said with a smile.

When Reyner told Whitebeard about the upcoming journey, everyone became excited.

"You bunch of bastards! When you get to Fishman Island, don't get any bad ideas. Just look at the mermaids, don't even think about catching them!" Reina knew what the crew was thinking and issued a warning before they even set off.

"Huh? But... First mate... Can't we invite mermaids or something to come aboard as crew members? Look at our ship, there aren't many women around!"

"Yes! Yes! We should find some mermaids to be our companions!"

The crew members expressed their dissatisfaction.

"You two go talk to your brother about this yourselves! See if he's willing!" Reina said irritably.

The beauty of the fish-men is renowned throughout the world, even in this era, so Reina knows exactly what these bastards are thinking.

"But if we go to Fishman Island, we'll need to coat the ship, right? But I don't know how to do that!" the shipwright said, somewhat embarrassed.

“Idiot, if you don’t know how, why don’t you go learn? Find the nearest island, Fishman Island is so close, they must have craftsmen who know how to coat it!” Reina glanced at the shipwright and said.

Reina believes in having more skills, so he learns anything he doesn't know. The system also provides many rewards for life skills, so he now knows more and more things.

Whenever the crew members encountered trouble, they would instinctively ask Reina for advice, because Reina was knowledgeable and knew a lot.

If it weren't for the fact that there were no skills available for purchase in the system shop, he probably would have collected all the life skills sooner or later.