One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Chapter 358 Unwilling to wake up, unwilling to wake up

The moment Rorschach stepped into those mist-shrouded areas, the electric arcs swirling around his body keenly sensed the strangeness of the mist.

Thanks to his heightened senses enhanced by the lightning, Rorschach was able to clearly distinguish the subtle differences between natural energy and Devil Fruit abilities.

This enhanced perception told Rorschach that the surrounding fog was not formed naturally.

In other words, a Devil Fruit user created this fog.

So, what is the other party's purpose?

Or, what kind of effect will this fog have on people who enter it?

Surrounded by the misty fog, Rorschach decided to test the waters and see what kind of power they contained.

He withdrew the Armament Haki covering his body, absorbed the lightning surrounding him, and exposed his bare upper body directly to the omnipresent mist.

As Armament Haki and lightning power contracted, the mist that had been blocked outside his body also engulfed Rorschach's body.

The moment the slightly damp mist touched Luo Xia's skin, he immediately sensed something was wrong.

This unease wasn't manifested physically, but rather on a psychological level.

He felt his mind becoming somewhat dazed, as if something was suddenly missing from his mind, yet something had also suddenly appeared in it.

For some reason, he suddenly thought of Beihai, of his hometown, of the island buried in blood, and of...

A deep blue aura re-established an unbreakable shield around his body, dispelling the mist.

A serious expression gradually appeared on Luo Xia's face.

In the instant his mind was affected by the fog, he had a very familiar feeling.

After a moment's thought, a tall man in a black suit with slicked-back hair immediately came to mind.

Kuroba Tensei, Director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Navy Headquarters.

That man's ability to enter dreams is very similar to the power contained in this mist that can manipulate people's spirits.

Judging from the appearance, the person who created this mist must be a powerful individual skilled in mental attacks.

Considering the eerie smiles on the faces of the residents in the surrounding towns, this conclusion becomes even more plausible.

After a while, Rorschach traversed several kilometers of foggy area and finally saw a huge basin ahead, filled with numerous buildings.

Luo Xia had no interest in figuring out the specifics of the place; he just wanted to find Yun Que and Luo.

Therefore, he decided to use the simplest and most efficient method.

Looking at the buildings shrouded in mist, appearing somewhat indistinct, Luo Xia stretched out his hands towards the void before him, his ten fingers bent, gripping the invisible air. The muscles in his arms bulged, and he pulled down heavily.

Instantly, the air within a radius of several kilometers boiled violently, as if a lake had been hit by a massive bomb.

A violent hurricane swept across the land, its surging air currents causing the thick fog covering half the island to churn and churn.

The sudden storm made the buildings in the basin rattle and bang.

Some houses with unstable foundations even swayed and collapsed due to the strong winds.

Thousands of people on the street lost their footing, some were blown backward by the strong wind, causing chaos.

Sensing the turbulent atmosphere above the entire basin, Rorschach did not stop. He continued to manipulate the airflow and pushed forward heavily with both hands!

Whoohoo!

As he pushed hard, the originally violent airflow began to rotate rapidly, quickly forming a tornado column hundreds of meters high on the high ground outside the basin, sweeping up all the swirling mist around it.

After doing all this, Luo Xia immediately released the lightning power within his body, spreading it throughout the vast basin.

With his powerful Observation Haki, and without the obstruction of the mist, he quickly locked onto several familiar figures.

In a courtyard in the basin below, Yun Que was sitting face to face with a very strange person, and she had a happy smile on her face.

The reason Rorschach described the person opposite Lark as eerie was because the person's face looked blurry and indistinct, like the person seen by someone with severe myopia after taking off their glasses.

Seeing this, Rorschach's heart skipped a beat.

The ground beneath his feet exploded, shattering rocks. Luo Xia flashed, instantly traversing a thousand meters, swooping down and landing with a thud in the courtyard where Yun Que was.

"lark!"

Hibari, who was resting her chin on her hands with a happy smile on her face, as if talking to the person whose face was blurred, immediately turned around when she heard Luo Xia's voice.

Upon recognizing Luo Xia, the smile on her face vanished instantly. She abruptly stood up, blocking the monster behind her, and shouted at Luo Xia, "Who are you? Why are you trespassing in my house?!"

Rorschach's body stiffened. "What did you say?"

"Whoever you are, leave here immediately, or else..." A cold look appeared on Yun Que's small face. She stretched out her slender hand, and immediately a large number of dark clouds appeared above the courtyard. Silver arcs of electricity flashed and crisscrossed in the dark clouds, exuding a dangerous aura.

Just as Luo Xia was about to speak, he saw the monster that had been hidden behind Yun Que suddenly stand up, seemingly about to approach Yun Que.

Seeing this, Luo Xia could no longer care about anything else. He took a step forward and shot out. He clenched his right fist, and his deep blue domineering energy circulated. He bypassed Yun Que who was blocking his way and punched the blurry monster.

"No!" Yun Que's expression changed drastically, and she cried out in alarm, "Brother Luo Xia! Help!"

As soon as Yun Que finished speaking, a blurry flash of lightning disappeared from the house in the courtyard. The next instant, a fist covered in black domineering aura blocked the falling fist.

Bang!

With a loud bang, Luo Xia remained motionless, while the person who rushed out of the house groaned and took a few steps back, but also pulled the monster over with him.

"what?"

When Luo Xia saw who it was, his cheeks twitched.

The person opposite him was none other than himself.

However, unlike Rorschach now, the Rorschach opposite him was wearing a neat naval rear admiral uniform.

This left Rorschach speechless.

Although his rank had been promoted to Major General after the Queen's City incident in the spring, he simply did not have time to return to headquarters to collect his Major General rank insignia and matching uniform due to scheduling issues.

On the Kirin, there were only a dozen or so brigadier general uniforms, which were brought by Garp when he came out of Marineford.

They're pretending to be themselves, but they can't even make it look believable.

Moreover, the Haki used by Rorschach on the other side was clearly black.

Hibari, who is always meticulous, could not possibly have missed two such obvious flaws.

Since Hibari still firmly believes that the imposter on the other side is Rorschach, it is very likely that Hibari's mind has been affected by the fog, resulting in a cognitive bias.

Or, to put it more seriously, Lark's memories may have been altered!

Thinking of this, Luo Xia's eyes turned cold.

A terrifying killing intent emanated uncontrollably from him, as if lowering the temperature of the entire courtyard by more than ten degrees.

"Mom! Are you alright?!"

Lark flew past Rorschach like the wind, rushing towards the indistinct humanoid monster.

"Mother?"

The exclamation from Lark stunned Rorschach.

Hibari's mother is, of course, Akainu's wife.

Luo Xia remembered that when he chatted with Yun Que before, Yun Que had also talked about some things about her mother.

Lark said she had never seen her mother since she could remember.

There are no photos left in her home, and she doesn't even know what her mother looks like.

When asked about Akainu, his only response was, "You look a lot like me," followed by endless silence.

Lark once said that her biggest wish was to see what her mother looked like.

She wanted to know what kind of woman could fall for a man like Akainu.

Upon closer inspection, the strange person being anxiously questioned by Hibari appears to be the outline of a woman.

Why did the lark call the monster "Mom"?

Could it be that the woman whose face was a blur in her eyes was the mother she imagined?

The situation here seems to be getting increasingly bizarre.

Not just Lark, Rorschach turned to look around.

Through his Observation Haki, he saw Law, Bepo, and Palmer.

Rorschach even saw Zephyr!

Zephyr, who had been missing for ten days, and the naval warriors he brought with him, including Ain and Binz, were all in this town.

Two hundred meters to the left, in a house, Luo Zheng, dressed in a doctor's uniform, and his family sat around a round table, discussing some medical topics.

Sitting in front of Luo were his father, mother, sister, and a tall man with an awkward smile.

It was Rosinante, Doflamingo's younger brother.

Three hundred meters ahead, on the street, Bepo, with a runny nose and a silly smile on his face, was being led by the hands of a furry couple with indistinct faces, walking happily down the street.

At a street corner further away, the tall and imposing Palmer stared with shining eyes at the giant before him, a figure as tall and strong as a Titan.

The giant's face was also blurry and indistinct.

Meanwhile, a kilometer away to the right, in a plaza, Ain and Binz, along with other naval soldiers, were chatting and laughing with another group of naval soldiers whom Rorschach did not recognize.

A petite naval girl was holding Ain's hand and talking to her.

As for Zephyr, he was looking at the woman and baby in front of him with a tender expression that Rorschach had never seen on his face before.

When Rorschach's Observation Haki touched that courtyard, Zephyr's gentle expression vanished instantly. He turned around abruptly, his usually kind eyes now filled with endless tyranny and rage.

"Whoever it is, don't bother me!"

Zefa let out a low growl like a wild beast, and an extremely terrifying killing intent erupted from his burly body.

That was an aura that Luo Xia had never felt from this old man before.

Seemingly provoked by the sudden burst of killing intent emanating from Zefa, the woman sitting behind him showed a look of fear on her face, and the baby she was holding began to cry loudly.

Zefa's endless, violent killing intent vanished instantly. As he turned around, the gentleness on his face returned. He smiled and walked towards the woman and baby in front of him, gently comforting them.

“Teacher Zephyr…”