Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

"You're overthinking it. Do you need to be sick? You're guaranteed to die fighting Blackbeard."

Reiner turned his disdainful gaze to Usopp.

"Using my clone, he can summon any of my undead at any time. Together with Zoro, he's enough to fight Blackbeard."

Just as he was about to explain his plan to a few people, the Den Den Mushi that had just been hung up suddenly rang again, and Reiner frowned.

If nothing unexpected happens, then something unexpected will happen?

Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Without waiting for any further thought, Luffy picked up the phone and shouted:

"Hey! Asshole, what do you want to do!"

"Ahem, that's me, Vegapunk."

Under everyone's astonished gaze, the Den Den Mushi strangely stuck out a long tongue and hung it from its mouth!

"Eh--!"

Everyone was shocked. Luffy pointed at it and shouted in shock:

"Do Den Den Mushi have a tongue?!"

"That's not the question, idiot!!" ×N

"Oh, really? I thought you were as shocked as I was."

Luffy blinked.

"This Den Den Mushi was taken from Beehive Island. How did Vegapunk get here?"

Robin expressed everyone's doubts.

"I invented the Navy's eavesdropping technology. This isn't a problem for me. It sounds like you haven't solved the problem over there yet."

"Yeah, Uncle Apple Head, what do you want from us?"

Luffy responded to the Den Den Mushi.

Usopp seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes showed worry:

"Could it be the Merry?!"

"No, your ship is fine. There won't be any problems until tomorrow at least."

"Before tomorrow? Hey, what does this mean? Did something happen?"

Usopp panicked.

"That's exactly why I'm looking for you, Straw Hat Boy. Remember you promised to do me a favor?"

"Well, uncle, tell me if there is anything I can help you with."

The Den Den Mushi made a sound, and Luffy became serious and nodded.

It imitated Vegapunk on the other side, and said something very calmly that made everyone's pupils shrink.

"I'm dying, can you come and save me?"

“This is too sudden!!” ×N

Everyone lined up, rolled their eyes and shouted.

"You all seem surprised, so I'd better explain."

"You should have explained it first!!"

"Ahem, here's the thing. Remember what I said about O'Hara?"

Vegapunk's voice was neither hurried nor slow, as if he had anticipated his impending death.

"Because I've delved too deeply into history, the World Government is now trying to erase me. The CP0 assassins are on their way and will probably arrive tomorrow morning."

Chapter 377 The dramatic moment of war

The scorching sun in the afternoon warmed the sea water, and the waves surged gently, sparkling with shimmering golden fragments. A few white seabirds were startled, and a huge raft-shaped log ship pushed through the waves and slowly approached.

From a distance of more than a thousand meters, one could already faintly see smoke rising from the burning on Honeycomb Island, and the buildings were shattered into pieces, like a pile of ruins.

"Damn Straw Hat Pirates for turning my Beehive Island into this mess!"

Teach stood alone at the bow, clenching his fists tightly. Seeing the devastated scene on the island, he gnashed his teeth in hatred.

crunch~

The door to the rear cabin was opened, and a tall, thin figure walked out, with black curly hair under a dark blue short hat. Aokiji came to Teach, put his fingers together, and raised his hand to adjust his sunglasses.

"What are you going to do later? If we start a war, I'm afraid we won't have much advantage."

"Humph, that depends on whether the other party will leave now."

Turning his head to look at Aokiji, Teach smiled sinisterly and said in a tentative tone:

"You won't regret it now, will you, Kuzan?"

"Well, now that I'm on this boat, I can only go all the way to the end. At least I won't do anything that goes against my decision."

Aokiji held his head and spoke lazily.

He left the navy in order to find his own path and look at this era of pirates from another perspective.

He didn't refuse when Blackbeard invited him, and he won't regret it now.

The black sails with three skulls painted on them were blown full by the wind, and the log warship continued to sail towards Beehive Island.

"Luffy! They're coming!"

At the same time, Usopp, who was scouting on the roof of a flat building high on the island, also discovered the other party.

Through the telescope, the figures of Teach and Aokiji standing at the bow came clearly into his sight.

"Sure enough, that Aokiji guy is here too."

Putting down the telescope, Usopp's face became serious. He supported himself on the wall, turned over and jumped off the house, and ran towards the people in the square.

"Yoshi, let's go."

Hearing the sound, Luffy walked towards the coast with a determined look.

Reiner summoned several undead and carried the tied-up Shiliu and others away.

The pirates on the island have not been dealt with yet, but after the four remaining cadres were all captured, they did not dare to act rashly and just observed them from a very long distance.

Ignoring these miscellaneous soldiers, they soon passed through the yellow houses made of earth and stones and arrived at the coast.

Blackbeard's ship happened to dock at the shore. Teach, Aokiji, and Van Oka jumped from the bow of the ship onto the soft sand beach, and confronted Luffy and his crew who were lined up on the opposite side, dozens of meters away.

"Hahaha! Do you still remember me, Straw Hat Boy? When we were on Gaya Island, I never thought that a skinny guy like you would reach this height one day."

When they met, Teach no longer had any of his previous angry expressions. Instead, he grinned at Luffy, revealing two rows of large white teeth with gaps between them.

"But it's true. A man like you is destined to be extraordinary as long as he is still alive. It turns out that we are the same kind of people, hahahaha!"

A gleam of light flashed in Teach's eyes, and he sneered arrogantly:

"I had a premonition then that we would meet again on the sea one day. I never thought we would meet again in this way today. It really disappoints me."

"Stop talking nonsense, Teach! Where's Hancock? Hand her over!"

Luffy waved his hand and shouted loudly, without any intention of wasting time talking to the other party.

Teach looked at Luffy with a playful smile on his face, and waved to the back without turning his head.

"Bring everyone out!"

In response to his words, a dozen pirates walked out of the cabin of the log battleship at the rear, carrying the frozen Hancock and the petrified Lafitte and others to the beach.

"You seem very anxious. Is this woman important to you?"

Teach smiled grimly and tried to test Luffy with words, but was interrupted by Reiner.

"Stop talking nonsense. Tell Aokiji to deactivate his ability and have your men send him over. The person you want is here."

Reiner pulled out a heavily tied figure and threw it out.

For both parties, exchanging hostages is an inevitable choice, and only by cutting the Gordian knot can accidents be avoided.

Pizarro fell on the beach and got a face full of sand. He shook his head to get rid of the sand and quickly looked up at Blackbeard opposite him and shouted:

"Don't dawdle, Tikki! Hurry up and save me, this damn guy is really going to kill me!"

His voice was hoarse and his eyes were full of fear. His body was covered in blood and he looked extremely miserable. There were cuts on his joints and blood was flowing onto the beach, solidifying into clumps of sand.

Seeing this, Teach's face immediately darkened.

A quick glance revealed that the situation of Shiryu and the others behind Reiner was similar to that of Pizarro. Even if they were exchanged back, they would not be able to recover in a short time and would not be able to rejoin the battle.

Reiner looked at the other party calmly. This was naturally his method. Letting the tiger go back to the mountain was too stupid.

As long as these people are not completely disabled, Blackbeard will not be willing to abandon them directly.

Teach could guess what he was thinking, because Hancock was in the same state at the moment. He looked at Reiner coldly and said without turning his head:

"Kuzan."

"Ah~, I see."

Aokiji responded lazily, slowly walked to Hancock and stopped, putting his hand on her shoulder.

Soon, the ice that emitted a chill that even the scorching sun could not melt began to melt, revealing the long, smooth black hair, face, abdomen, thighs and other parts of the skin.

boom.

As soon as the ice was broken, Hancock, who was breathing weakly and falling into a coma, fell limply on the beach.

Her whole body was soaked with traces of water from the melted ice. Her long black hair was wet and stuck to her frostbitten, white and tender skin that was slightly pink. She had a frown on her face and looked very weak.

"Hancock!!"

"Ms. Hankku!!"

Nami and the others shouted anxiously, and they were so panicked that they couldn't help but rush forward.

"Don't act rashly!"

Tiqi shouted and took a step forward to stop them.