One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

When Zhan Guo saw the old man in black robes sitting in a rattan chair not far away, he couldn't help but smile and walked over.

Upon seeing the Warring States period, even the ancient saint Greene dared not be presumptuous and rose from his rattan chair.

"Not bad, but it seems I can't compare to you, Sengoku. My hair has turned white, while yours is still full of black hair."

Sengoku touched his afro and laughed loudly, "Hahaha, this is dyed black. As the Fleet Admiral, if I had a full head of white hair, people would probably laugh at me for having no successors in the navy."

After laughing a few times, Sengoku coughed, realizing that the current situation was not suitable for casual conversation.

So he gestured for Saint Gringu to sit down and began to talk about the attack on Saint Roswald's family.

On the other side, Drake, Peacock, Bepo, Grous, and others followed Zeff and Garp into the makeshift tents set up on the open ground by the sea.

Inside the tent, Luo, who had regained some strength, was working with Dawes to treat the terrible injuries on the unconscious Luo Xia.

When Zephyr, Garp, and Kuzan saw the terrifying, deep wounds on Rorschach's body, they immediately frowned deeply.

"How did he get his injuries? Is that Aristotle really that powerful?"

No wonder Zefa and the others had doubts.

As his teachers who had frequently fought against Luo Xia over the past three months and pointed out many of his shortcomings in combat, they had a very accurate understanding of Luo Xia's strength.

Rorschach's training period was short, only three months.

However, with the guidance of dozens of high-ranking officers at the Navy Headquarters and the help of his high-level life return ability that allows him to quickly absorb food, his strength improved so rapidly that even Zephyr and the others were amazed.

His Observation Haki goes without saying.

With the added advantage of lightning's extremely wide range of perception, Rorschach's Observation Haki can now easily cover the entire Marineford.

The stronger the released lightning power, the greater the range of perception of Observation Haki.

Then there's Rorschach's awakened Armament Haki.

Although his Haki strength is not high yet, it is far from reaching the destructive power level of high-level Armament Haki.

However, the Armament Haki he awakened has a vast array of characteristics, making it a type of Haki that very few people in this world awaken.

It's the same type of deep blue aura that Douglas Barrett exudes.

With this domineering protection, coupled with its own mythical beast abilities.

Putting everything else aside, Rorschach's current physical strength is already so great that even if the lieutenant generals at headquarters were to fight him until they were exhausted, they still wouldn't be able to deplete his stamina and domineering aura.

This guy is now essentially a teenage version of Douglas Barrett, a combination of Kaido and a younger version of him.

It might be slightly weaker overall.

It can be said that as long as Rorschach's Armament Haki reaches a high level, his strength will not be easily crushed even when facing an Admiral-level fighter.

To injure Rorschach to this extent, it would require either an overwhelmingly powerful opponent or being surrounded by three or five Marine Vice Admirals.

“I heard from Lark that…” Dass, who was tending to the gruesome horizontal cut on Rorschach’s chest, suddenly looked up with some displeasure and gestured with his chin toward the outside of the tent, “Rorschach was slashed twice by that old man with the crescent-shaped hair outside. Hmm, plus a kick.”

"You mean... that old bastard Grimg?"

Garp clenched his fists. "This is outrageous! The commander of the Knights of God is actually going after a mere Navy lieutenant. That old bastard, if I hadn't pulled him back in God Valley, he would have been beaten to a pulp by Rocks."

"Cough! Cough! Cough!"

Outside the tent, Sengoku's violent coughing could be heard, as if he had suddenly suffered a bout of asthma like Zephyr.

"These two wounds were inflicted by him."

Doss pointed to Rorschach's left arm, which was so deep that the bone was visible, and the horizontal slash that had nearly cleaved his body in two.

Zefa's face was grim.

Gringu has gone all out.

If it weren't for Rorschach's exceptional bone structure, the massive amounts of food he ate over three months, and the Haki guidance he received from Garp, he wouldn't have been able to learn how to wrap Armament Haki around his bones.

It seems that Rorschach will be killed on the spot by Gringu.

He had finally found a promising talent capable of carrying the future of the navy, but he almost lost him because of his own people.

Zefa grew angrier the more he thought about it, his breathing became rapid, and he couldn't help but cough again.

"Hmph! Back then, he was beaten so badly by Rocks that his moon head almost exploded, but he never managed to cut down Rocks. Now, he's quite good at cutting down his own people. What a traitor. Zephyr, why bother getting angry at someone like that? At worst, we can find an opportunity to put a sack over his head and give him a good beating."

Garp picked his nose, looking annoyed.

Kuzan, his face darkening, covered his cheeks and whispered a reminder: "Vice Admiral Garp, they're listening outside..."

"Huh?" Garp was taken aback, then chuckled, "Hahaha, I was just joking. What I said doesn't count. I take it back."

Outside the tent, in the open space, Sengoku looked embarrassed and coughed incessantly.

Sitting opposite him, Greene Gu Sheng's old face turned pale and then red, and his fingers gripping the rapier were so clenched they turned white.

Just then, a black warship from the Navy Headquarters suddenly appeared on the sea.

Upon seeing the arrival of the warship, Sengoku immediately coughed lightly and stood up.

"It's Tianzheng's turn. Let him handle the investigation of the crime."

Chapter 147 Dark Horse Tensei! Another Horse-Horse Fruit

The navy ships of the headquarters rarely feature an all-black paint scheme.

This is the first time that a large, black, three-masted sailing ship like the one in front of us has appeared in the sight of ordinary naval soldiers.

As the black warship docked, a naval commander dressed in a black suit, wearing sunglasses, with a slicked-back hairstyle, and dressed much like a World Government official, jumped off the warship, seemingly carrying someone in his right hand, and landed in front of Sengoku and the others.

Sengoku glanced at the person he was holding and raised an eyebrow.

"Isn't this Berkeley, the president of the Famous Goods Auction House?"

"How did he end up in your hands? I heard from Grimm that they couldn't find him, nor the Rayleigh that those nobles were talking about."

The middle-aged man in the black suit, named Tenma, is the director of the Naval Crime Investigation Bureau, codenamed 'Dark Horse'.

His rank was not low, second only to the three admirals of the navy, and comparable to the warden of Impel Down.

Upon hearing Sengoku's question, Tenma threw Berkeley, which he was carrying, to the ground and chuckled, "This guy was sneaking off in a small boat, going out to sea alone, when I happened to run into him. I casually tested my abilities on him and discovered his identity and purpose."

As he spoke, Tianzheng took a long sword from his waist and threw it on the ground.

"This kid tried to escape in the chaos, not only eating a Devil Fruit but also taking this pretty good knife with him."

"You used your power on him?"

Sengoku frowned slightly as he glanced at Berkeley, who was slumped on the ground with a wide grin, drool dripping from his mouth, and a foolish smile on his face.

"Your ability is still the same as before, a double-edged sword. While it can obtain the most accurate intelligence, it can also damage the spirit of others."

"Alright! Now that you're here, these people are yours to handle. Use your abilities to enter the dreams of everyone on Sabaody Archipelago who has had contact with the Roswald family."

Greene turned his head to look at the location of the tent, "Especially those three navy brats."

As soon as he finished speaking, he caught a glimpse of Akainu standing with his arms crossed, his tall figure disappearing into the darkness of the evening, quietly standing on a hillside not far away.

The petite lark, having been overly stressed during the day, was now curled up on the bamboo mat next to her elderly father, fast asleep.

“Two,” Green Ancient Saint changed his mind.

"Hehehe, Saint Green, I forgot to tell you, that very capable young doctor is my newly adopted grandson. Ah, do you remember that excellent Marine Rosinante I mentioned to you years ago? It's like this..."

Zhan Guo sidled up to Green Gu Sheng and talked on and on for ages, until Green Gu Sheng's head started to ache.

He rubbed his forehead and squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth.

"The other two naval officers can refuse to have their dreams entered by the Emperor, but that brat named Rorschach must be interrogated in his dream."

"Hey! Gringu, you old bastard... Ugh, let go of me, Sengoku! This bastard has completely forgotten the kindness of saving his life back then. Rorschach is my disciple, let's see who dares to touch him!"

Garp, who was cursing as he walked out of the tent, hadn't even uttered a single curse when Sengoku covered his mouth and dragged him away.

"How stern, Gringu Sheng~ Speaking of which, didn't your CP0 already interrogate everyone this afternoon? The details of the incident should have been pretty much clear by now."

In the darkness, Kizaru's tall figure approached from afar.

Kuzan, with his hands in his pockets, also came over.

"The witnesses, the physical evidence, and the timeline all match up, and there's no hidden conspiracy targeting the world's nobles. The only unexpected factor is that the Roswald family had an encounter with Rayleigh at the auction house."

He walked up to the expressionless Grimm Saint and adjusted the blindfold on his forehead. "I don't quite agree with Grimm Saint's claim that Rorschach was seriously negligent in his duties."

"In my opinion, he has done his best as a naval officer."

Kuzan pointed to a large group of pirates who were handcuffed with sea stone.

"He captured all the Supernova pirates this year, fought desperately against Aristotle despite being seriously injured, and then risked his life to stop Daffylons' attack. He has already made the greatest effort."

"Protecting the world's nobles is the responsibility of their CP guards. The Navy fought to the death without orders, yet Grimm considers this a crime?"

Grimm's gaze swept across the faces of Kizaru, Aokiji, and Zephyr.

He truly hadn't expected that the handling of this mere naval lieutenant commander would provoke such obstruction from almost the entire naval leadership.

What particularly annoyed Grimm was that Aokiji, Kizaru, and Akainu, who usually wouldn't even sleep together, had surprisingly come to stand up for a nobody like him.

Rorschach, this young naval brat, is definitely the most troublesome young man he has encountered in all these years.

If today's events are not handled properly, they could trigger dissatisfaction among the entire naval leadership.

The World Government takes the cause of death of the Roswald family very seriously.

However, if this causes dissatisfaction among the navy's top brass, then it would be a case of losing more than one gains.

After all, the Roswald family is dead.

Moreover, the cause and effect of the attack were clear and straightforward, and no abnormalities were found.

But perhaps out of an instinctive intuition, Grimm felt that the deaths of the Roswald family were not so simple.

And that brat Rorschach in the navy, he survived being slashed twice by himself.

Such physique and vitality could not stop Daffylons, who had a mere 200 million Berries.

Although he said he had been seriously injured beforehand.

Thinking of this, Grimm hardened his heart and said with a stern face, "In any case, this Rorschach must undergo interrogation by the Heavenly Government in a dream. I can trust the other two, but not this one."

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