One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Enel looted most of the gold and hid it in his temple.

"We're rich...we're rich!" Bepo's eyes were full of golden light. With a strange cry, the bear jumped up from the ground and onto the huge golden pillar, where he lay down with a crazy grin on his face.

After a moment of surprise, Yun Que said helplessly, "How are we going to take such a huge golden pillar back?"

Luo also thought of this problem.

The weight of this pillar alone is seventy to eighty thousand tons.

Even for Rorschach, this weight...

Rumble!

The earth trembled violently, and Bepo, who was lying on the golden pillar, was bounced up by the shaking pillar.

"Whoa! What happened? An earthquake?" Bepo yelled, leaping to Law's side in a flash using Moonwalk, only to find everyone staring blankly ahead.

Bepo turned his head and saw that at one end of the golden pillar, Rorschach was stretching out his two arms to support the base of the pillar, slowly lifting up the huge golden pillar that was partially sunk into the ground.

He didn't even transform.

The terrifying power within him was like a raging volcano, giving Luo Xia an urge to roar like a beast.

He lifted one end of the massive golden pillar, weighing tens of thousands of tons and requiring countless people to lift it, and pulled it out of the ground.

Rorschach remembered that in the manga, during the Marineford War, Diamond Jozu threw a solid block of ice, seventy or eighty meters in diameter, hundreds of meters away, and smashed it onto the execution platform.

Later on, there was even the Paramecia-type Power-Power Fruit, an unreasonable Devil Fruit that allowed Burgess to lift a mountain with his bare hands.

In this world, the superhuman strength of the strong cannot be deduced using common sense.

At least at this moment, Luo Xia felt that if he transformed into his Blue Scale form, he could easily lift this golden pillar weighing seventy to eighty thousand tons.

And it will be very easy.

Boom!

With a deafening tremor, the raised golden pillar was slowly lowered by Rorschach.

He doesn't plan to move this thing back right now.

Firstly, it would be too conspicuous, and spending too much money at once would not be a good thing for the navy.

The current navy, in essence, still serves the world government and has not fundamentally changed.

Secondly, it is indeed not very convenient to move.

He can lift this pillar, but that doesn't mean he can fly while carrying it.

Ignoring the stunned Weapon and the others who were terrified by his power, Rorschach had Hibari bring over the Den Den Mushi, then went to a corner alone and dialed Akainu's Den Den Mushi.

Rorschach had complete trust in Akainu.

Therefore, he decided to leave the problem of how to deal with the massive amount of gold on the Sky Island to Akainu.

"Pulling pulling".

"Pulling pulling".

The Den Den Mushi rang a few times before being answered.

The Den Den Mushi transmitted Akainu's deep, resonant voice, just like always.

"what's up?"

Looking at the serious and rigid face of Akainu simulated by the Den Den Mushi, Rorschach felt an unusual sense of familiarity.

He immediately smiled and said, "Uncle Sakazuki, it's me, Rorschach. Are you in the New World now? I heard from Fleet Admiral Sengoku that Whitebeard and Kaido are fighting over there. How is the situation there now? Are Admirals Kizaru and Aokiji also with you?"

"The conflict is over, and the situation in the New World has stabilized again. Borsalino and Cuzan have returned to Marineford, while I am still in the New World."

Akainu succinctly explained the situation in the New World.

"I see. Then... what about Shiryu? Is he your adjutant now? How capable is he? Is he obedient?"

Rorschach then recalled Shiryu, whom he had recommended to Akainu back in Impel Down.

More than a month has passed now, and I wonder if that arrogant guy Shiryu has been taught a lesson by Akainu.

"Just say what you want to say. I don't have time to chat with you."

Akainu gave a displeased snort.

"Uh..." Luo Xia's smile froze, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. Akainu was still the same as ever.

"It's like this, Uncle Sakazuki, I'm on Sky Island right now. Do you know Sky Island? It's ten thousand meters above where Mogu Town is..."

New World, G1 Branch Island Beach.

Wearing sharkskin shorts, Akainu sat on a dilapidated 100-meter-long warship that had capsized on the beach, his upper body covered in hideous scars, holding a Den Den Mushi in one hand.

Two sea stone chains were clearly visible on his wrists.

Sweat soaked his rock-carved, rugged face, and his usually indifferent, icy eyes unexpectedly revealed a hint of unreadable emotion.

Rorschach's cheerful narration came through the Den Den Mushi he was holding.

"...After we resolved the matter in Demon Valley Town, we rode the surging ocean current to the sky island ten thousand meters above the ground."

"Don't worry, there's no danger. With my current abilities, even without the help of the Sky-Piercing Current, I can still control the Wind and Thunder Kirin, built in Water Seven, and fly freely through the sky."

"Uncle Sakazuki, have you ever been to Sky Island? The scenery here is truly spectacular. There are Shandians, angels, and all sorts of strange and enormous creatures. You really should come and see it sometime. By the way, do you know what's around me right now?"

"Gold! A lot of gold, far more than you can imagine, uncle!"

It is the golden land of Shandora, as described by the adventurer Noland of the North Sea.

The golden pillar right next to me alone probably weighs no less than 70 or 80,000 tons. How much do you think it's worth?

And this is only a small portion of the total amount of gold on Sky Island.

Uncle Sakazuki, what do you think we should do with this gold?

By the way, if you want to transport this batch of gold back, I suggest you find someone with the ability to store it to transport it; that would be much more convenient.

A bounty hunter named Morishitaichiro in Queen's City in Springtime possesses a zipper-like storage ability; he can hold a lot of things. Just tell Jonathan, the guild master of the Hunter's Guild, my name.

Akainu didn't interrupt at all, he just listened to Rorschach's story.

When Rorschach told him that Hibari had eaten a Logia-type Cloud-Cloud Fruit on Skypiea and had also captured Enel, who possessed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Akainu's expression finally showed some emotion.

"Very good, that user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit must be brought back to headquarters."

Sitting atop the dilapidated warship, Akainu's lips curled into a slight smile as he asked in a low voice, "How is your strength now? Are you facing any difficulties in your training?"

"My strength has improved a little since when I was at headquarters, but not by much. I'm still far behind the Admirals. As for the difficulties in my training, it's still my Armament Haki that I can't break through to the advanced level. I wonder if Uncle Sakazuki has any good suggestions?"

Rorschach's voice came through the Den Den Mushi, causing Akainu's gaze to flicker slightly.

Rorschach's Armament Haki was unique, unlike that of the other admirals.

Although Akainu's Armament Haki is also quite powerful, it is still far inferior to Rorschach's vast and boundless Haki.

Akainu frowned and thought carefully about Rorschach's question before giving a reply.

"Your domineering aura is exactly the same as that of Douglas Barrett. If you want to break through to a higher level, there is probably only one way: to follow the path that Barrett took back then."

"The path Douglas Barrett took back then?" Rorschach asked, stunned.

"It's about constantly challenging the strong, challenging those stronger than yourself, instead of being like that good-for-nothing Shiryu, slaughtering the weak who have no power to resist."

Akainu's voice was deep and powerful, as if it echoed in one's chest, and could bring great psychological pressure even through a Den Den Mushi.

"Moreover, the challenge is against a powerful opponent who can kill you. Not like in Marineford, where you seem to be fighting against the high-ranking officers of headquarters every day, but in reality, you already know that Borsalino and the others will never kill you."

Luo Xia didn't speak, but listened carefully.

"Remember, the battles in Marineford are merely training, not life-or-death combat. If it were a life-or-death struggle, you would have died dozens of times over. The only way to break through your limits is to constantly challenge them, to approach death, to challenge death, and to conquer death!"

"Once your assessment mission is over, come to the New World and become my adjutant. You don't need to worry about the Sky Island Gold; I'll handle that when I have time. Alright, give the Den Den Mushi to Hibari."

After handing the Den Den Mushi to Hibari, Rorschach fell into deep thought.

Akainu never says much to me.

But each time, Rorschach gained a lot.

Akainu is right.

The training at Marineford involved daily combat against some of the strongest forces in the Navy Headquarters, a seemingly thrilling and grand spectacle.

In reality, he was not in any danger whatsoever.

Of all the high-ranking officers in the headquarters, only the battle with Akainu made Rorschach feel that if he didn't go all out and push himself to his limits, he would be killed by the terrifying magma piercing his heart.

As for the others, Kizaru, Aokiji, Zephyr, Sengoku, and the others, their fight against Rorschach wasn't even as fierce as Garp's.

Kizaru and Aokiji were too lazy to fight.

Zefu and Sengoku taught each other while fighting.

Garp, on the other hand, is a battle maniac. Once he starts fighting, every punch lands squarely, leaving Rorschach lying on the ground for a long time, unable to get up.

After leaving Marineford, Rorschach also experienced several battles where he fought with all his might.

But it was just giving it its all.

There wasn't that sense of crisis that if we didn't win, we would die.

Green Pepper, Gulliver, although strong, did not pose much of a threat to him.

On the contrary, Barrett, who was imprisoned, has left an extremely deep impression on Rorschach to this day.

That wild and domineering nature, that bloodthirsty and manic explosive aura, always gave Luo Xia the illusion that even the Seastone prison in Impel Down could hardly withstand that man's violence.

In a place like Paradise, it's not easy to find someone stronger than Rorschach who harbors murderous intent towards him.

Hawkeye, whose whereabouts are unknown, could be considered one.

Yi Xiao is very strong, but I don't think I'll kill him.

Dragon could certainly kill himself, but who knows where he is.

As for the top experts in the new world, Luo Xia did not consider them.

Are you kidding me? Do you think Kaido would come to a run-down place like Paradise to look for me?

Seeing the group of naval soldiers, led by Weipa, running to the golden pillar to retrieve small pieces of gold, Rorschach immediately instructed Luo to stay and watch the Kirin.