One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

"I didn't want to either, but... it was just so awful. I used to think even rock-hard black bread was delicious..."

"You little brat..."

Doss glanced at the pile of oddly shaped, pitch-black objects placed next to Rorschach.

"Doss, would you like to try some?" Rorschach's right hand trembled as he picked up a lustrous, black object that looked like some kind of metal.

"What's this?"

Doss's throat bobbed, and he hesitated.

"A specialty of Beihai: Steamed Royal Belt Fish."

"Royal...royal ribbonfish?"

Doss's lips moved, but he still couldn't muster the courage to try the oarfish that looked like an unknown metal piece.

“This is a lovingly prepared bento box from the little girl, how can I just eat it? Besides, I already ate in town, I'm quite full now.”

The two exchanged a glance and tacitly avoided the topic of the love-filled bento boxes.

"Ahem, how was training today? Are you getting used to it?"

Doss coughed, took some ointment from the medicine box, and applied it to Rorschach's swollen chest and abdomen, causing Rorschach to cry from the pain.

“Training? That’s not training, I think it should be called a journey to hell.”

When training is mentioned, Luo Xia recalls the hardships he endured throughout the day.

During the first half of his swimming training, he was covered in wounds and in excruciating pain from rubber bullets fired from the warship and hollow bullets fired from the shore.

However, in the latter half, Rorschach, with his amazing endurance and physical condition, managed to rush to the front of the column when Richard and the other lieutenants and lieutenants were exhausted, making the unfortunate Richard and his men the second batch of victims of the shells.

After swimming training, it finally turned into what Luo Xia considered to be a slightly more normal weighted long-distance running.

According to the training standards of the branch officers, each person carried a 500-pound boulder and ran three laps around the entire coastline of Qianyan Island.

One loop is approximately twelve kilometers.

Three laps is 36 kilometers.

Carrying a weight of 500 pounds—on Earth, anyone who could lift 500 pounds would be considered incredibly strong.

But in this world, that weight is nothing at all.

Similarly, lower-ranking junior officers would be shot with hollow bullets and subjected to relentless verbal abuse from Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer.

"Useless! You're all useless! You're not even as good as a rookie. You dare to call yourselves elite officers of Beihai? I'm ashamed of you!"

"Speed ​​up! Speed ​​up, you bastard! If you don't run faster, I'll add another lap!"

After the weighted long-distance run, there is the 10,000-meter frog jump.

Then comes 1,000 handstand single-finger push-ups, 2,000 sit-ups, 5,000 kicks to a sandbag, and 10,000 strikes to a wooden dummy with a wooden sword...

After this series of grueling training sessions, only three people, including Rorschach, were able to persevere to the end.

The other two are veteran captains from the 177th branch.

As for Richard, a fellow North Sea native from Mignon Island, he collapsed at the long-distance running stage...

No one expected that Luo Xia, a newcomer who had just joined the training, would be able to persevere to the end.

Even Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer praised Rorschach for persevering.

He also said that he would give him extra practice tomorrow.

Luo Xia felt like crying but had no tears left.

After a day of training, all the junior officers had sore muscles and were practically carried back to base on stretchers by the soldiers.

Afterwards, military doctors from the base will give them massages and apply ointments to relax them.

The base canteen has prepared a variety of nutritious foods, including even rare sea monster meat.

The officers, who expend enormous energy, are all voracious eaters.

The daily food consumption for the 32 people training alone would cost a huge amount of pele.

This is just one branch in Beihai, not even counting the training costs of the thousands of soldiers in the base.

This glimpse reveals just how much military spending the Navy Headquarters must make each year to cover its expenses.

...

A few days later, Akainu and Adira, who had been away for some time, finally returned to Thousand Rock Island.

Akainu then prepared to depart and return to Marine Headquarters.

At the beach harbor of Thousand Rock Island, Major General Adila, along with many officers from the branch, came to see them off.

Wearing a snow-white military uniform, Luo Xia stood at the front of the crowd, looking at the tall figure in front of him with a complicated expression.

"Kid, don't waste your talent."

For the first time ever, Akainu spoke a few words to Rorschach.

"Only by witnessing the true nature of darkness can one truly understand the weight of the word 'justice'."

"Although you have experienced a dark past, your understanding of this world is still too shallow. Don't rush to see the world clearly. First, make yourself strong so that you can stand firm in the storm of the sea."

As he spoke, to Adila's astonishment, Akainu pulled a small red notebook from his pocket and tossed it to the flustered Rorschach.

"These are some insights I recorded when I was practicing the Six Styles of the Navy. You can try practicing them in your spare time."

"Thank you, Uncle Sakazuki! I will definitely work even harder and never let you down!"

Rorschach solemnly tucked the notebook into his chest.

After Akainu finished speaking, he gave Adila a few instructions, then turned and boarded the warship, disappearing from Rorschach's sight.

"Dad! Why don't we take Brother Luo Xia back with us?"

The lark anxiously chased after him and asked loudly.

"No rainbow without rain. Men of Beihai must fight their way out of Beihai themselves."

"But..."

Lark opened his mouth, stomped his foot hard, rushed to Luo Xia, and reached out to grab his hand.

“Brother Rorschach, shall we go back together? We can train in Marineford too. There are many amazing grandpas and grandmas there who can teach you a lot…”

"lark."

Luo Xia smiled and patted her head, his light blue eyes sparkling with an unprecedented light.

"Men of Beihai must fight their way out of Beihai themselves."

"Don't worry, we'll meet again soon at the Fortress of Justice in Marineford."

"Ah."

The lark bit her lip, her eyes brimming with tears.

"I'm off! A real man's farewell doesn't need tears! Hahaha, kid, I'll be waiting for you at Marine Headquarters, don't keep me waiting too long."

With his medicine box in hand, Doss pushed off the ground and leaped into the air like a bird, landing on the warship more than ten meters high.

"Kid, if you want to eat my cooking, come find me in Marineford soon!"

The chubby chef brandished his spatula, letting out a hearty laugh.

"Doss, Uncle Denor, Lark, everyone! Until we meet again!"

Luo Xia watched as everyone boarded the warship. The sails, bearing the seagull emblem representing justice, billowed as the ship slowly accelerated away from the harbor, waving vigorously.

"Brother Luo Xia! You must come to find me soon!" Yun Que finally couldn't hold back anymore, and tears welled up in her eyes as she rushed to the side of the boat and waved to the shore.

"salute!"

Major General Adila shouted.

All the officers and soldiers of the 177th branch raised their right hands in unison.

"I will."

Rorschach clutched the small notebook Akainu had given him before he left, his gaze resolute as he whispered.

A distant whisper drifted on the salty sea breeze that swept across the beach.

"Uncle Denuo, I want to learn how to cook."

"Oh? Then you'll have to be very serious. Cooking is not a simple skill."

"I will try my best!"

"Doss, I want to study medicine."

"Studying medicine? Don't be ridiculous. Studying medicine won't save the world. You should learn some martial arts from your father. Ouch, why are you hitting me?"

“I don’t care, I want to learn. If you don’t teach me, I’ll tell on you and say that you’re conducting human experiments in secret and that you’re an evil doctor.”

"No! I didn't do that..."

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Chapter 25 A Mere Second Lieutenant [Please Add to Favorites]

"Haha, Ralph, when are we going to Mignon Island again? The women there are really something else."

"Indeed, but the expenses are also huge. The money we got from robbing merchant ships several times was only enough for one trip there."

The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the sea breeze is gentle.

A 20-meter-long two-masted sailboat, its sails billowing, sails on the shimmering sea.

The bow deck was bustling with activity.

A dozen or so pirates, reeking of alcohol, were laughing and bragging.

Every now and then, some vulgar jokes would come out of their mouths, causing the entire crew of pirates to burst into laughter.

A burly man named Ralph lay relaxed in a wicker chair, casually picking up a bottle of rum beside him and pouring it into his mouth.

Even though it's just ordinary rum, Ralph prefers to sip it little by little from a stemmed glass.