Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

Nami and the others paused, gritting their teeth and staring at each other.

sand~sand~

Hearing the noise, Hancock, who was lying on the ground, moved slightly, her eyelashes trembling as she opened her eyes with difficulty, and the figures of their group were reflected in her blurry vision.

"Nanami?"

"Why are you here?"

Hancock made a very weak sound, and pressed her hands on the beach with difficulty to try to support her body, but suddenly she became weak and fell down again.

Where is this place?

Leaning her elbows on the beach, Hancock raised her head with difficulty again. Her vision gradually became clear, and she finally saw Reiner and his group.

"Nami?"

Hancock's eyes were slightly surprised, and when she saw Blackbeard and Aokiji beside her, she gritted her teeth and her face immediately became gloomy.

"Teachie.!"

"Are you okay Hancock! Just wait a minute, we'll get you back soon!"

Nami shouted worriedly, and immediately turned around and glared at Blackbeard.

"We have your people in our hands, let Hancock go quickly!"

"Thief, hahahaha! You can't just let him go."

Tiqi raised his head and laughed loudly, his eyes were fierce and his face was fierce.

"Do you think I'd be so foolish as to put myself in a deadly situation? I can exchange people, but I have one condition: first, let her remove the petrification of my men!"

At this point, he doesn't know the other members of the Straw Hat Pirates, but Reiner will never give up. He knew clearly who the other party was as early as the Battle of Marineford.

Even if the other party stopped, Teach would not let them go.

He is extremely confident in his own strength, not to mention that there are so many people with special abilities in the Straw Hat Pirates who can be restrained by him, plus Aokiji is there.

But he wasn't stupid enough to rely on three people to go to war with the Straw Hat Pirates. Of course, he had to create as many favorable conditions as possible before starting a war.

"Hurry up! Don't think I don't know what you're up to. Don't even think I'll let you go until you're free from the petrification!"

Tiqi waved his hands and shouted angrily, his eyes fierce.

Black mist began to emerge from his back and attached to his body. It was obvious that he was ready to deal with unexpected changes at any time.

Seeing his posture, Reiner and his party immediately became alert. Zoro's eyes darkened, and he took a step forward with his hands on the hilt of his sword, ready to take action at any time.

For a moment, the confrontation between the two sides made the atmosphere even more tense.

The pirates behind Blackbeard shuddered in their throats and broke out in cold sweat on their foreheads. They were shocked to find that their backs were soaked and their limbs were stiff and unable to move, as if the air around them had sunk down and pressed down on them.

Hancock looked at the two parties confronting each other. Although she had just regained consciousness from being frozen, she could roughly guess the current situation.

Even though she would rather die than give Blackbeard any ease, Hancock would definitely not make things difficult for the Straw Hat Pirates since they took the risk to help her. She still cast a questioning look at Reiner and his crew.

"can."

Without any extra consideration, Reiner responded to Blackbeard indifferently and turned to look at Hancock.

"How's your condition? Can you do it?"

There was a silence of less than a second. Hancock looked at Reiner and nodded slightly.

"Well, just removing the petrification won't cost me much."

"I know."

In response to Reiner's signal, Hancock took a breath, slowly stood up, and stared at Blackbeard coldly with hatred.

"You can't do anything right now. Don't act rashly, Hancock."

Teach curled his lips slightly, waved back and asked his men to bring the petrified Lafayette and others forward.

Soon, Hancock placed her palm on the stone statues in front of her and blew a breath, and the gray color on the bodies of Lafayette, Jote, and Catalina gradually faded away.

They had no memory of the period when they were petrified, and were still a little dazed when they recovered. When they saw Hancock in front of them, they slowly recalled the battle on Nine Snake Island and finally reacted.

"I see, were we just petrified?"

"Hahaha, it feels so good to be alive. It seems I'm lucky."

"Hahahaha! Welcome back! It cost me a lot to save you."

Teach immediately looked at Lafayette and the others, smiling with some enthusiasm.

"Stop pretending, Teach. Let Aokiji bring the people over."

Without giving the other party time to talk nonsense, Reiner spoke directly.

The smile on Teach's face disappeared, and he turned around and looked at Reiner seriously.

There is no one who is suitable to receive the Sweet-Sweet Fruit at the moment, so it is not very necessary to keep Hancock. As for holding him as a hostage,

He would not do such a stupid thing as abandoning Xiliu and others in front of his subordinates unless there was sufficient benefit or it was a life-and-death situation. Besides, he was reluctant to give up such powerful subordinates.

Tiqi clenched his five fingers, which were covered with jeweled rings, into fists, with black mist wrapped around them. He did not hesitate and spoke in a deep voice:

"Kuzan, go ahead."

Aokiji didn't respond. He put one hand in his pocket and looked at Reiner indifferently. Then he turned to look at Hancock and waved his hand to freeze her hands together.

"Let's go."

Aokiji came over with Hancock, and Reiner also pulled the tied Shiryu and others forward.

People on both sides stared nervously at Reiner and Aokiji on the field, as if every step weighed heavily on their hearts.

Both sides knew what would happen after the hostage exchange. As the two parties got closer and closer, everyone's heart gradually rose to their throat.

"To be honest, I was quite surprised when I saw in the newspaper that you joined Blackbeard's gang."

Coming in front of Aokiji, Reiner looked at him with interest.

If he was going undercover, it was a bit strange that Teach let him on board. Reiner was somewhat confused about his intentions.

"I just wanted to try to make a choice for myself, but you, after two years, have become a figure capable of stirring up trouble."

Aokiji stopped with an expressionless face, looked down at Reiner, and said in a faint voice:

"Sometimes I think back to what would have happened if I had sent you all to Impel Down."

"That's such a shame."

As he said that, Reiner pulled the rope and pulled up Shiliu and the others behind him.

"Alright, let him go."

"You let go first."

"No, you put it down first."

"If you don't let me go, I won't let you go either."

Aokiji spoke in a lazy tone, but he was very determined to confront Reiner.

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No, you’ve probably read too many of these two story-based novels.

The actions of the two men stunned the hostages behind them, and even Blackbeard couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

Forget about Reiner, but is Aokiji such a person?

Nami, who was behind him, had veins popping up on her forehead. She closed her eyes and couldn't help but raise her fist.

"Well, if it were someone else, I wouldn't be so cautious."

Aokiji looked annoyed, raised his hand to support his head and said lazily:

"But you are a different matter. It's better to be more careful."

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Has my reputation reached this point? Reiner looked speechless and pulled the rope to pull Shiryu and the others up.

At the same time, Aokiji also pushed Hancock out.

This dramatic hostage transaction allowed many people to relax a little.

However, at the moment the exchange was completed!

"Dark Water!!"

"Zoron!!"

boom! ! boom! !

Teach and Reiner shouted at the same time, and Van Oka and Usopp opened fire directly!

Ding!

A bullet broke through the air at a speed exceeding the speed of sound and shot towards Reiner. It made a crisp sound on the way and was brushed by another bullet, changing its trajectory and hitting the soft sand.

At the same moment, a powerful and targeted gravitational force acted on Reiner and Hancock at the same time. Teach showed a ferocious look on his face and stretched out his palm, which was wrapped in a layer of black mist like a black glove, and the gravitational force was emitted from it!

Reiner stomped his feet into the sand, grabbed the frightened Hancock with one hand, pulled her over and threw her hard behind him, and with the other hand, he clenched his fist and punched out to force Aokiji back.

"Reiner!!"

Luffy and the others shouted out in haste and worry.

Just as Reiner's feet left the ground and were about to be sucked in, a figure passed by him at a faster speed.

Zoro was so fast that he turned into a stream of light, with his hand on the hilt of the sword, flying straight out almost close to the ground!

Stupid! !

A flash of cold sword light appeared, and Zoro instantly flashed behind Blackbeard and sheathed the sword!

"Itto-ryu·Death·Lion Song Song!!"

laugh! !

As Teach looked incredulous, a large amount of blood foam splashed out, and a bloody mess appeared on his naked chest!