Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

Lilith thought and reminded them.

After a while, she brought the three of them into an empty room.

A tall, red robot that looks like Tiejia Xiaobao and a petite, green robot that looks like Seer are busy at the workbench.

Those are Vegapunk's other two clones, Pythagoras and Edison.

As they stepped into the studio, the door on the other side opened at the same time, and Vegapunk walked in with Luffy and his group. Like them, they also changed into the special costumes of this place.

"Reiner, Zoro, Brook."

"Hahaha, you've come just in time. Let me introduce you to Mr. Apple, a man I just met. His name is Vegapunk, and he's a very talented scientist."

Luffy ran over happily.

Reiner finally saw Vegapunk's true form. The strange proportions of eight-point legs and two-point body made him look very petite, but he was actually very tall, with a long tongue sticking out, which reminded him of Einstein at first glance.

"He's Vegapunk himself, he really looks like him."

Should I say weird?

Zoro looked at Vegapunk's apple head and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"But let's talk about this later. I have some bad news to tell you."

Zoro turned to look at Luffy again and said straight to the point in a low voice:

"Hancock was captured by Blackbeard."

"Hancock? Eh—?!"

Luffy was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and screamed in surprise.

"What did you say, Green Algae Head?! Miss Hancock was arrested?!"

"Wait a minute Sanji."

Nami raised her hand to stop Sanji, looking a little worried, and asked hurriedly:

"Zoro, what's going on? Where did you get the news?"

"Look, this guy said that the news has not been confirmed to be true or false."

Zoro's face was calm, and he pointed his thumb at Lilith beside him.

Tsk, believe it or not.

Lilith crossed her arms over her chest, turned away unhappily, and ignored him. Instead, Vegapunk spoke first:

"It's true. Blackbeard and Aokiji injured two Seraphs and captured the Pirate Empress. Do you know her?"

"Ah."

Nami nodded and responded:

"Hancock is our friend. She helped us during the Battle of Marineford."

"That's right! More importantly!"

Luffy also agreed loudly: "That guy treated us to a big meal!"

"No, it's not more important."

Usopp waved his hands and couldn't help but complain.

"Whatever! Blackbeard, right? He actually kidnapped our friend. I'm going to beat him to death!"

Luffy was furious, and in contrast, Sanji's eyes were burning with anger.

"He dared to lay hands on Miss Hancock! I'm going to kill him!"

"Yohohoho~ So many fat times~"

Brooke agreed, but blushed as she stared at the girls' new outfits.

Usopp rolled his eyes, slashed his skull on the forehead with a knife, and smashed it into the ground, gritting his teeth and cursing:

"You're so slow to react! Is now the time to talk about this?"

"What now, Reiner?"

Nami cupped her hands worriedly and looked at him for help.

Reiner sorted out the information and thought about it, then said calmly:

"Blackbeard's goal is probably to plunder the devil fruit. Logically, he should kill Hancock when he succeeds."

"Since we didn't kill him then, I guess he'll be fine in the short term. At least there's a chance before he returns to base camp."

"According to Lilith, Beehive Island isn't particularly far from here. If we use Azure Dragon to fly, we can get there before them."

In order to calm everyone down, Reiner could only try to analyze the situation from a positive perspective.

Blackbeard is definitely a cruel and ruthless person. It is hard to say whether Hancock is dead or alive now.

"Luffy."

After hearing Reiner's words, Nami immediately looked at Luffy.

"The battle with Kaido just ended, and now we have to go to war with the Blackbeard Pirates again? Although I don't care, Luffy, it's up to you to decide."

Zoro's eyes were burning, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

Luffy glanced at everyone, adjusted the straw hat on his head, and grinned:

"Everyone has the same idea, hihihi, in that case, let's get ready to go."

"Oh!"

"I'm coming to rescue you, Miss Hancock!"

Sanji is full of fighting spirit.

At this time, several people thought of another question, and Usopp asked:

"Wait a minute, if we fly over there, what about Mary?"

If you want to fly with the boat, you can do it. The flame cloud created by Qinglong can even drag up the Ghost Island, but the speed will be much slower.

It was too far away, and Reiner couldn't have the undead guard the ship.

"Well, if you can trust me, just leave the ship to me."

At this time, Vegapunk stood up, put his hands behind his back, and said:

"I'll have the Vega Force bring your ship to the research level, so you don't have to worry about the ship."

"Can you get it up there?! Great, I'll leave the Merry up to you, uncle."

"Well, go ahead and do it without worry. After all, I'm probably going to need you to do me a favor later."

Vegapunk nodded to Luffy.

Luffy patted his shoulder and said with a generous smile:

"Don't be polite to us, uncle. If you need any help, just tell us and we will definitely help you."

"I understand. I won't be polite then."

At this time, Luffy didn't know that the promise he made now would put him to death in a few days.

Chapter 372: Quickly Clear Beehive Island!

Above the island of Egghead, a green dragon coiled and rose into the air, scaring the birds away in all directions. Its dense green scales shone like emeralds in the sunlight.

It is better to act sooner rather than later, and everyone set off immediately after making the decision.

The Merry was taken back by Vegapunk to the research warehouse for protection. After Nami took the permanent pointers of Beehive Island and Egghead from him, Reiner summoned the undead to carry everyone away.

The green dragon flew out of the clouds, and the cotton-white clouds that were wrapped around its body were broken free. Reiner and the others sat or lay on the dragon's back, grabbing its mane tightly and feeling a little excited.

"Hahaha! Here comes Dragon Knight Luffy!"

Luffy even stood directly at the dragon's head, holding the pair of mighty and domineering dragon horns with both hands, as if he was driving a blue dragon soaring in the clouds, with a very excited look on his face.

"Go! Let's charge towards Beehive Island!"

"And me, and me, here comes the Dragon Knight Chopper!"

Chopper jumped up and rode on his shoulders, his face showing excitement and a little fear, and hugged Luffy's forehead tightly.

On the side, Usopp and Franky jokingly complained:

"No, Chopper, you should be called Dragon Knight-Knight."

"Wouldn't it be better to call him Knight Luffy?"

"Ah, I thought of it."

A light bulb popped up in Usopp's head, his eyes lit up and he raised his index finger and said:

"Luffy is a rubber man, so let's just call him Rubber Knight."

It would be better to call it Nika Knight, or Apollo Knight is also good.

Reiner thought silently in his heart, did not join in their play, and turned to look at Zoro, Sanji and others.

"The primary goal of this operation is to rescue people. The combat aspect is fine, but the more troublesome thing is that I am worried that Blackbeard will take Hancock as a hostage to threaten us."

"Indeed, from what I've learned, Blackbeard is a man who will do anything to achieve his goals, and the possibility of him doing this is very high."

Robin said with a worried tone.

Several people fell silent. At this moment, Sauron suddenly spoke.

"Don't blame me for pouring cold water on you. What you're saying is based on the assumption that Hancock is still alive. What if she's already dead by then? Do we still need to go to war?"

"What did you say?! Believe it or not, I'll kick you down, you green algae-head bastard!"

"I only described the worst-case scenario. Going to war with a force of the Sea Emperor's caliber is no joke."

In the face of Sanji's cursing, Zoro just ignored it and said calmly.

After all, this action was a bit hasty, and everyone knew it.

Two years ago, Teach already had the strength to defeat Ace, and he also gathered many powerful subordinates from Impel Down. In the past two years, the Blackbeard Pirates have been plundering Devil Fruits everywhere, and their overall strength is definitely stronger than before.