One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

"ROOM! Slaughterhouse!"

Inside the transparent operating room, Wagner, whose chains had been broken by Lucci but who still lacked the strength to escape, was cut into hundreds of pieces by the wailing demon that chopped him down, turning him into scattered parts on the ground.

Wagner's head flew off his neck and was caught in Rorschach's hand, pointing at the scattered fragments on the ground.

Luo spread his hands out and then brought them together. Hundreds of parts on the ground silently flew up and gathered in one place. In mid-air, in Wagner's blood-red pupils wide open to the limit, they mixed together and became a large, indescribable, twisted mass.

The internal organs, the blood-red membrane, and the cut-open heart were exposed.

The fists and feet weaving through that strange mixture made it appear even more bizarre, chaotic, and utterly evil.

Even Rob Lucci, who was used to seeing bloodshed, felt a chill run down his spine and his scalp tingle at the sight.

Not to mention the other people in the cell.

William Hanks and the others were terrified.

Mori Ichiro's eyes rolled back, and he fainted again.

Wagner, who had previously refused to speak, finally broke down completely, tears streaming down his face, and muttered desperately, "I'll talk, I'll talk, I'll tell you everything..."

Chapter 260 'Ghost'

Half an hour later, in the underground cell, Rorschach and his two companions walked away, leaving Wagner, who had been reduced to a charred corpse, and the prisoners in the cell, who were filled with extreme fear.

"Shh!"

A blank sheet of paper covered in writing was casually tossed onto the table in front of Jonathan by Rorschach, who had no expression on his face.

He glanced coldly at the silent Jonathan, then waved to Lark, Law, and the others: "Let's go, back to Water Seven."

"Huh? Why?" Hibari asked, puzzled.

“Since Jonathan says this is an internal matter for their guild, let them handle it themselves. I don’t want to get involved and risk the lives of my warriors.”

Luo Xia said something indifferently, then walked out of the hall.

Hibari didn't know what had happened. Seeing Rorschach leave, he immediately chased after him and walked outside with Rorschach and Lucci.

"Hey! Why are you leaving all of a sudden? Didn't you say you were going to investigate the dynamite rock? And that you were going to fight Gulliver with us..."

Sera got up from the sofa and chased after him, running to the entrance of the hall and stretching out her hands to stop Rorschach.

“We are the Navy, not saviors!” Rorschach turned his head and looked coldly at Jonathan, who had picked up the paper.

"You've completely wasted your title of King of Hunters. They've amassed a fleet of 20,000 men right under your nose, and what are you doing? Teasing thugs in a bar? Who gave you that confidence? Or do you simply not care about the lives of the hundreds of thousands of people in this city?"

"Do you really think Mr. Issho can save everyone? If Mori Ichiro hadn't been caught by chance, he could have easily reached the bottom of this city and blown this island into the sky with explosives!"

"A fleet of... twenty thousand men? Are you kidding me? Where is Gulliver going to find so many people?" Sera's eyes widened in disbelief.

Luo Xia ignored her.

Right now, he was truly filled with anger with nowhere to vent it.

Under interrogation by him and Luo, Wagner revealed everything he knew without reservation.

It turns out that several years ago, Gulliver had been secretly preparing to overthrow the Hunter's Guild, seize power, and become the leader of this powerful force.

It was delayed for several years only because of Jonathan's huge influence in the guild.

Now, Gulliver could no longer wait and decided to unleash all the preparations he had made over the years to wipe out the Hunter's Guild headquarters led by Jonathan in one fell swoop.

To this end, he even contacted the great pirate king of the New World and spent a huge sum of money to buy fifty explosive rocks.

At the same time, they also assembled a large fleet of more than 20,000 people, including Baroque Works, Moria's zombie army, and a large number of pirate crews in Paradise.

At this moment, these ferocious pirates from all over the park are continuously gathering in Pukki, the city of gourmet food.

Gulliver himself possessed formidable fighting strength comparable to Jonathan's, coupled with a large number of subordinates, pirates, and the explosive rock that served as a deadly weapon.

This premeditated war has become so dangerous that even Rorschach is uneasy about it.

At the very least, he didn't think he could withstand the explosion of forty explosive rocks.

Ten of them could blow up a small island.

Even a naval admiral couldn't withstand forty of them together.

This is why Rorschach felt so angry.

He had no idea where Jonathan got his confidence from.

With less than a thousand bounty hunters in Queen City of Spring?

With his physical strength deteriorated to the point that he can't even beat himself, what about this washed-up hunter king?

During breakfast, Rorschach learned that Yixiao had indeed been invited by Gulliver.

But Yixiao only promised to protect the innocent civilians in the city of Spring Queen City, and would not take action to kill indiscriminately unless absolutely necessary.

There's one more thing that Rorschach didn't understand.

So what exactly was Gulliver trying to achieve by doing this?

The other side could not possibly be trying to wipe out a Hunter Guild that was already in decline.

Given Jonathan's outdated appearance, he probably wouldn't live for many more years even if Gulliver didn't come to fight.

In other words, there is something in Jonathan's possession that Gulliver wants.

Seeing that Rorschach bypassed her and continued walking outside, Sera burst into tears.

"Grandpa! Say something! If... if Gulliver really has assembled a pirate fleet of 20,000 men, then with our small force, we absolutely cannot stop such a large-scale attack. We need Commodore Rorschach's strength!"

Jonathan, sitting on the sofa with a blank sheet of paper, remained silent.

Just as Rorschach and his group were about to disappear from the sight of the people in the hall, the wrinkled old man sighed, stood up, and, under the shocked gazes of Yi Xiao, Sera, Andrei, and the others, walked to the entrance of the hall and knelt down with a thud!

He braced himself with his hands on the ground, slapping his few remaining strands of snow-white hair onto the floor.

"I, Jonathan Barnett, President of the Bounty Hunters Guild, implore the Marines to stay and help this city withstand the impending catastrophe!"

"grandfather!"

"President!"

The hunters gasped and rushed forward to help Jonathan, but were stopped by his gaze.

"It was my oversight and arrogance that put this city in danger. I am a sinner of the Hunter's Guild! Rorschach! Please stay and help me! Help this beautiful city!"

Rorschach stopped in his tracks as he strode away.

Hibari looked on with pity as he watched the old man behind him, who was even older than Sengoku and Garp, kneeling on the ground and banging his head against the earth.

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The group returned to the hall.

Rorschach sat on the sofa, holding the white paper filled with intelligence, and looked at Jonathan, who was being helped to sit down by Sera.

"So, what exactly is your reliance? Don't tell me it's Mr. Yixiao. A fleet of 20,000 men has surrounded us from the sea, covering such a wide area that even if Mr. Yixiao is strong, he cannot protect everyone in every aspect."

Jonathan looked bitter, took a deep breath, and pulled a glass bottle containing a clear liquid from his pocket, placing it on the table.

Luo Xia's eyes narrowed, and his gaze fell on the ordinary glass bottle.

"what is this?"

“This is a magical potion.” Jonathan smiled wryly, patting the two soft swords wrapped around his waist. “It’s an ancient potion from the Kingdom of Alabasta that can unleash the full potential of the human body, allowing one to unleash power beyond the limits in a short period of time.”

Rorschach frowned, picked up the glass bottle on the table, and looked at Jonathan's wry smile. "You're not planning to drink this potion and kill all the invading enemies by yourself, are you? At your age, drinking this kind of potion that drains your life force to gain strength, you probably won't last a minute before you die."

Upon hearing this, Sera's face turned deathly pale, her eyes reddened, and tears streamed down her face as she grabbed Jonathan's thin arm.

"Grandpa! How could you do such a foolish thing? We'll stop Gulliver and his bastards. We won't let those traitors who abandoned the hunter's beliefs set foot in Queen Spring City!"

"Guild Master!" Many of the hunters in the hall cried.

Most of them were raised under Jonathan's watchful eye.

There were also many people who were orphans who had been scattered throughout the park, but Jonathan brought them back to treat them and raised them like his own children.

"President Jonathan! Leave that bastard Gulliver to me! I'll kill him for you! Please give me that life-draining potion!"

Andrei, whose body was over six meters tall, suddenly knelt down, tears streaming down his face.

He was also picked up and raised by Jonathan.

In his eyes, Jonathan was like a father figure.

"If I could gain power beyond my limits and return to my peak, I'm confident I could kill Gulliver in a minute!"

Jonathan looked down at his hands, which were old, withered, and unrecognizable.

Once upon a time, these hands were so strong and powerful.

Back then, Jonathan Barnett was a rising star in the Navy who could rival Steelbone Sky!

If he hadn't left the navy back then, it would have been almost certain that he would have become a naval admiral.

No one knows when it happened, but Jonathan Barnett, the great swordsman of the Demonic Dual-Sword Style who once struck fear into the hearts of countless pirates and was known as "Aoki" (the Demon King), has lost his former glory and is now old and frail.

"What if he doesn't fight you head-on? If he's only focused on running away, as long as he can hold out for even a minute..."

"He can't escape!" Jonathan clenched his withered hands, his eyes filled with intense confidence. "Drink the magic water, and I'll kill him within three moves!"

"If Jonathan were to return to his prime, he could do it. I personally witnessed his brilliance when I was very young."

A smile, which had been silent until now, suddenly broke the silence with a remark that made Luo Xia fall silent.

"Seventeen years ago, Gulliver came from the New World. The guild master just slashed twice in front of him, and Gulliver swore that he would never betray the guild as long as the guild master lived!" Andrei looked at Jonathan with reverence. "Those two slashes divided the entire ocean into four parts!"

"Seventeen years ago?"

Rorschach was startled.

Seventeen years ago, Jonathan was seventy years old, wasn't he?

To still possess such terrifying strength at seventy years old shows just how formidable he was in his youth.

It seems I really underestimated this, the King of Hunters who could kill Captain John.

It just goes to show that time waits for no one.