Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

"Don't be so stern, bro. We finally made it back alive. Be happy."

"Ah."

"You're so cold! I saved your life!"

"Ah."

The two men left the troops and walked towards the island amid shouting.

At this time, there were more and more people on the street, and various breakfast shops set up tables.

People who get up early to look for food or diners who stay up all night are talking and laughing to each other, all discussing yesterday's battle.

"It has become a topic of conversation after tea, that cruel war."

Looking at the calm expressions of the people around him, the melancholy man with a short haircut had a complicated look on his face.

He looked at the scratched and rusty flintlock in his hand. The shoulder strap broke during the battle and he had no time to replace it with a new one, so he could only hold it in his hand.

Yesterday’s experience, one horrific scene after another flashed through my mind.

Both brothers were recruited by the headquarters and went to Marinford to join the war.

At the beginning, I still had a glimmer of hope that I might be able to defeat some famous pirate and make a great contribution.

Even if he's lucky, he might kill one of Whitebeard's captains.

That's how everyone fantasizes, at first.

Until the war broke out

Whitebeard waved his hand, and a tsunami that was big enough to submerge the entire island came down, blocking out the sky and the sun!

that moment.

His legs were shaking, fear was spreading and taking over his mind, and his whole body was frozen in place, unable to move.

Just for a moment.

The world looks different to everyone.

The charge of tens of thousands of pirates shook even the earth.

The muzzle of the gun kept shaking, and he couldn't tell whether it was because of the shaking of the earth or his hands were shaking with fear.

His mind went blank and before he had time to think calmly, he jumped into the battlefield at the command of his superior.

Everywhere I looked, I saw colleagues and pirates fighting each other.

He also began to fight bravely, constantly raising his gun and shooting.

He raised the barrel of his gun to block the sword and smashed the enemy's head with the butt of the gun.

They kept repeating the same actions and fighting numbly.

I don’t know how long it took, but the roars in my ears disappeared, and even the physical fatigue was blocked out by my brain.

The consciousness is completely sunk, constantly fighting and fighting.

Even now when I think back, I don't have the memory of that time.

Until the Straw Hat Pirates descended from the sky and the situation of the battle suddenly reversed.

It was also at this time.

He came to his senses and found himself in the center of the battlefield without realizing it.

Looking around, there were corpses everywhere, blood dyed the earth red, and thick smoke from burning ashes filled the sky.

Heart-wrenching wails were heard everywhere.

The bloody smell of broken limbs mixed with gun smoke rushed into my nostrils.

I felt like I was in hell on earth!

And this is just the beginning of the nightmare.

"Hey! What are you daydreaming about, bro?"

Snapped!

The blond man patted his brother's shoulder, pointed to a fruit and vegetable shop that had just opened at the end of the street, and grinned:

"I'm home. Hehe, we have guests early in the morning."

A figure wearing a brown cloak stood in front of the fruit and vegetable stall, opposite him was a middle-aged woman who was smilingly introducing seasonal vegetables.

"It seems that the family business is doing well. Look, let me go and give Mom a surprise!" As he said this, the younger brother ran forward excitedly.

"Boring." My brother had a blank expression on his face, but he couldn't help but quicken his pace.

"That's all."

Reiner picked out some fruits, put them in the cooked basket and handed them over, "Please weigh them for me. You're open quite early."

"Alas, it's not the war from yesterday."

At this point, the woman sighed, took the basket and put different fruits on the scale one by one, while complaining to him like a grumble.

"My two sons were in the navy and were drafted to the headquarters to fight in the war. Although we won the war, I don't know how they are doing."

"I hope everything is alright."

"I tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep, so I just got up to take care of business. You're up pretty early too."

The woman kept muttering to herself.

Reiner's ears were callused from listening so much that he raised his hand and used his little finger to pick out the earwax.

"Okay, that's one thousand two hundred Baileys in total."

After a while, the woman packed all the fruits and handed them over. She looked a little embarrassed and said, "Sorry, sorry, I think I said too much accidentally. People at this age tend to be more verbose. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"Well, it's okay."

Reiner responded calmly without taking it seriously, took out his wallet, opened it, took out two Baileys with a denomination of one thousand and handed them over.

"I believe they will be safe."

No matter what, as someone who participated in the war, Reiner knew how desperate that war was for ordinary people.

Maybe the person's son died at his hands, or maybe he was crushed by an army of beasts, or maybe some undead just used a random move and the aftermath of it blew the person to pieces.

Who knows, maybe no one will look at them.

"Thank you for your kind words. Wait a moment and I'll give you the change."

The woman took the two Baileys with a smile, held them in her wrinkled hand, and began to search the front pocket of her scarf for change.

And this time.

A figure in a navy uniform suddenly rushed over.

"Hey mom!!"

"Wow!!"

The noise frightened the woman so much that she jumped up and the two Baileys in her hand flew out!

When he looked closely, he found the person's face was familiar. He was stunned for two seconds in disbelief, and then jumped up excitedly!

"You scared your mother to death, you bastard son!"

The woman hugged the man tightly, tears welling up from her eyes. "Why are you back? Where's your brother? How is he?"

"Wait a minute, it hurts! You're hurt, mom. He's fine, and big brother is back!" The blond navy gasped in pain.

Reiner was speechless and didn't know whether to continue this business.

Forget it, people are already feeling touched, so I won’t spoil their fun.

"Well, you don't have to give me the change. Just take it as a congratulations on your son's safety." After saying that, Reiner turned around and was about to leave.

But at this moment, a serious navy man came up, bent down and picked up the two Baileys.

"That won't do. Pirates are rampant these days and everyone's life is hard. As a navy, we can't take advantage of civilians."

The melancholy man stopped him with his hand, handed him a Bailey, and said expressionlessly: "I'll give you a thousand Baileys after rounding off the decimals. This is yours."

"At once"

Halfway through his words, his pupils shrank and he froze in place, not daring to move.

"Black Snake"

Looking at the cloaked man's bespectacled face, the navy's calm face turned into extreme fear. At this moment, his heart was already cold to the extreme.

Why are you here!

Why right at your doorstep!

His raised hand began to tremble, and the thousand-dollar Bailey slipped out of his hand and flew away with a gust of cold wind.

Black Snake Reiner!

He was very familiar with this face!

The memories in the older soldier's mind were immediately seduced!

That was when the birdcage had just fallen, and the Straw Hat Pirates rescued Ace from the execution platform and were about to run out of the square.

Following the general's orders to pursue, he rushed towards the Straw Hat Pirates and became one of the tens of millions of soldiers besieging them.

Dozens of his colleagues were blown away right in front of him, just because the Demon King blinked.

Dozens of colleagues were beaten back again, and this time it was Sea Knight Jinbei who punched them from a distance.

One of the soldiers flew over and hit him hard, knocking him to the ground.

He felt a cramp in his abdomen and couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

Lying on the ground and looking at the dark sky, countless thunderbolts struck like heavy rain.

The volcano erupted, and lava enough to destroy a battleship flew everywhere.

Admiral Kizaru threw out hundreds or even thousands of golden light bullets with power comparable to that of artillery shells with just a wave of his hand.

Rumble!