One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

A strong sense of foreboding arose in Gene Angoh's mind.

Without the slightest hesitation, he directly used the black halberd he was holding to block in front of him.

next moment.

A young naval officer wielding a long sword suddenly appeared in mid-air in front of him, gripping the sword with both hands and slashing at him.

"Clang!"

The longsword struck the Heavenly Dragon Halberd that Gene Ango had blocked, instantly slicing him off mid-air and sending him plummeting downwards.

Luo's gaze was icy. He gripped the hilt of the Ghost Cry Blade with both hands, lowered his body, and thrust at the landing Gene Ango.

"Gamma scalpel!"

"Zizzizi!"

A streak of silver lightning shot out from the blade of the longsword, piercing straight towards GeneAngo's heart.

"Danger!"

GeneAngo's eyebrows twitched, sensing a deadly crisis. He quickly grabbed his hair again and flung it towards the long street to his right.

"Emergency Charge! Sonic Javelin!"

"Whoosh!"

At the critical moment, Gene Ango, who had not yet landed, brushed past Luo, who was holding the Ghost Cry Dagger, and flew hundreds of meters away in an instant, hurtling towards the lower city.

Behind him, Luo's long sword pierced straight into the hard ground.

The leaping lightning blasted a large crater in the ground, sending debris flying everywhere.

Luo frowned as he looked at Gene Angoo, who was speeding away. "What's wrong with that guy? That strange ability... is he a Devil Fruit user?"

"Hahaha, I'm the Javelin Man of the Javelin Fruit. Not only can I throw anything I grab at supersonic speeds, but I can also throw myself like a javelin. Marine brat, you're not bad, but you're still too green to catch me."

In the distance, having flown out of the upper city and within three or four hundred meters of Luo and the arriving Palmer, Geneango let out a wild laugh.

"Got it! The legendary Heavenly Dragon Halberd, the supreme treasure of the Western Sea, is in my hands!"

"It's really happening! This time it's really big! Hahaha, as expected of me, the world's greatest treasure hunter, Gene Ango!"

Luo's face darkened, and he spread his five fingers on his right hand.

"Whose father are you? ROOM! Slaughterhouse!"

GeneAngo felt a blur before his eyes, and suddenly the world spun around him. What appeared before him again was not the sea outside Water Seven, but solid ground.

"What? How come?"

"Oh!"

A dull thud.

Geniango, wielding the Heavenly Dragon Halberd, crashed headfirst into the street in the upper city.

Caught off guard, he was immediately struck so hard that he felt dizzy, blood gushed from his mouth and nose, and he lay on the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

"Boom! Boom!"

The earth shook violently, and Palmer, his face contorted with rage, strode over with his massive fist clenched. Without a word, he slammed it down on Gene'ango, who was lying on the ground.

"careful!"

Suddenly, Luo's expression changed slightly, and he blurted out.

A strange and powerful aura suddenly intruded into his Observation Haki perception, rapidly approaching.

"I'm sorry, Navy, he cannot be handed over to you."

A magnetic male voice rang out from above.

Then, it was as if a dazzling sun suddenly appeared in the sky above Water Seven.

The blinding light brought tears to people's eyes, forcing them to close them.

Luo couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his eyes.

Then I heard Pamel's muffled groan and the loud crash of a house being smashed down.

The light was fleeting.

When Luo opened his eyes again, he saw that on the long street not far in front of him, Palmer, who had just run over, was already dozens of meters away. His huge body crashed into the gap between two houses, cracking the walls on both sides.

The treasure hunter, Gene Ango, was held in the hand of a three-meter-tall bald man like a dead dog.

Seeing Luo's gaze, the bald man grinned.

"I am William Hanks, a six-star hunter from the Bounty Hunter Guild."

Chapter 230 Six-Star Bounty Hunter

"A bounty hunter? I've never seen such a powerful bounty hunter before."

Luo's expression was somewhat solemn.

His Observation Haki was far inferior to Rorschach's, but even at such close range, he could clearly sense the dangerous aura emanating from the bald man in front of him.

Very strong!

While in the North Sea, Luo also had contact with bounty hunters.

He even worked as a bounty hunter for a period of time, capturing several pirates with bounties of two or three million to exchange for the bounties.

In his mind, bounty hunters were far less powerful and held a lower status than pirates.

Even its reputation is quite bad; it is called a hyena by the people on the sea.

Many bounty hunters are, in secret, pirates who raid villages and towns.

After defeating enemy pirate forces, they would exchange the bounty money on the pirates through the Bounty Hunter Guild.

The Bounty Hunter Guild will take a cut as a handling fee.

As for the title of "six-star bounty hunter," Luo had never heard of it.

"Haven't you heard of my name?" Hanks sighed. "As expected, the Bounty Hunter Guild is not what it used to be. I told you long ago that we should reform it, but the old man just wouldn't listen. Now look what's happened, even our closest partner, the Navy, doesn't recognize the few remaining high-ranking members of the guild."

He shook his head, carrying the dead dog-like Geneango in his hand, and strode away into the distance.

"Hey!"

Luo frowned and took a step forward, while the ghostly wailing blocked his way.

Hanks raised an eyebrow. "What? You want to stop me from leaving? Navy, I'm not a pirate. Bounty hunters and the Navy aren't enemies."

Luo, however, was looking at the Heavenly Dragon Halberd that Gene Ango was holding tightly in his hand.

The treasure hunter hadn't fainted, but for some reason, he didn't struggle, letting the bald man grab his neck.

"You can leave, but you must leave your belongings behind. Also..."

He turned to look at Palmer, who was clutching his chest and coughing up blood.

"You think you can just walk away after injuring our men?"

"Oh dear, I was a bit too hasty just now, I'm very sorry. Are you referring to this thing as your 'thing'?"

Hanks followed Law's gaze and looked down, where he saw the halberd that Gene Ango was gripping tightly in his hand.

Stared at like that, Gene Ango, who had been feigning death, immediately opened his eyes, stiffened his neck, and shouted, "This is my weapon! Let's see who dares to take it!"

"Shameless! That's clearly Brigadier General Rorschach's halberd!"

Pamel struggled to squeeze himself out of the gap between the two houses, clutching his chest where a clear fist mark had appeared, and walked over, opening his mouth to shout angrily.

At this moment, boatmen on both sides of the long street were already quickly dispersing the crowds of onlookers.

Meanwhile, others rushed to notify the new naval base and Rorschach and the others who were waiting at Dock One.

However, the blinding light and loud noise that appeared in that instant had already attracted the attention of many people.

In Dock One, Rorschach, who was helping build his own vehicle and acting as a porter, looked in surprise toward the direction of the upper city.

"What's wrong, Brigadier General Rorschach?"

Kaku, who was sawing a block of wood, asked with some curiosity.

After spending a few days together, Kaku found that Rorschach was actually quite easy to get along with.

It's not the kind of personality that's aggressive or unapproachable.

He's even easier to approach than that taciturn Lucci.

Kaku certainly wouldn't want to offend such a powerful man, who was also, in a sense, a colleague.

"Kaku, do you know what a six-star bounty hunter is?"

Upon hearing Kaku's question, Rorschach's expression shifted, and he voiced the doubts that had been lingering in his mind.

Compared to him, a greenhorn fresh out of Marineford.

Kaku and his CP9 members, who are well-versed in all kinds of intelligence, certainly know far more about the world than anyone else.

Sure enough, Kaku looked in the direction the sound came from and said with some surprise:

"Brigadier General Rorschach may not know this, but the so-called star rating is a standard used by the Bounty Hunters Guild to distinguish the strength and status of hunters."

The star rating is determined by the bounty amount of the pirates captured by the hunter.

As Kaku explained, Rorschach also became interested.

"I never imagined that even a force like the Bounty Hunter Guild would have such intricacies. I knew it! How could a force that openly hunts pirates not have powerful figures in charge?"

According to Kaku, bounty hunters are ranked from one to nine stars.

A one-star bounty hunter is someone who has captured a pirate or criminal with a bounty exceeding 100,000 Berries.

Two stars, one million.

Samsung, five million.

Four stars, ten million.

Five stars, fifty million.