One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

"Clearly...clearly just one step away, just one step away from reaching the waters controlled by the Rocks Pirates, just one step away from gaining freedom, why..."

Boom boom boom!

Amidst a series of cannon shots, the girl's three eyes watched helplessly as more than a dozen heavy, black cannonballs whistled through the air and hurtled toward the small wooden boat where she was.

"It's over, everything... is over."

The moment this thought arose in the girl's mind, a dazzling light suddenly appeared in her eyes.

With a whoosh, a sword light as bright as the sky descended and slashed across the sea between the two ships, crushing the cannonballs that had just been fired into nothingness.

The terrifying sword light also severed the sea below, creating a massive rift valley that stretched for countless kilometers.

Everyone on the sea was stunned by this sudden change, and they slowly looked up with horrified expressions.

The three-eyed girl was the same; she looked up at the sky.

Then she saw a huge pirate ship with a lion's head on it, which appeared out of nowhere and floated dozens of meters in the air. Sunlight shone down and cast large shadows on the sea below, submerging the two ships.

A tall, arrogant man with flowing blond hair stood casually on the bow of a floating pirate ship, a cigar emitting blue smoke dangling from his mouth and a double-edged sword in one hand, looking down at the sea.

The man's eyes held an unbridled wildness and arrogance.

"You fired on my turf without even asking for my opinion, you scum of the World Government."

On the large ship below, the CP personnel were already sweating profusely, but they still forced a fierce yet cowardly shout: "Golden... Golden Lion! Don't do anything rash, we are the great Francis Saint..."

Boom!

The seawater within a radius of several hundred meters roared and surged, forming a sea lion's head over a hundred meters high. With a roar, it bit the large ship on the sea surface to pieces, swallowing it along with the CP personnel standing on it, before plunging headfirst into the chaotic deep sea.

In the sky, the golden lion loosened its clenched fingers, took the cigar from its mouth, and exhaled a puff of smoke.

"Sorry, I hate names with the character 'Saint' in them."

Without even glancing at the small wooden boat on the sea below and the three-eyed girl on it, he waved his hand, and the pirate ship beneath him changed direction, flying towards the distant island.

"Hey! Are you Shiki the Golden Lion of the Rocks Pirates?"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from below, causing the golden lion to stop turning around.

He glanced back at the sea below and saw a ragged, three-eyed girl, one hand clutching her bleeding left shoulder, biting her lip as she stood on the small wooden boat about to slide into the bottomless abyss, shouting, "My name is Rose! I want to join the Rocks Pirates!"

The Golden Lion smirked, his eyes indifferent. "Hahaha, you? A woman so weak she's not even as good as an ordinary person? What can you possibly offer?"

He was never a kind person.

On the contrary, cruelty, bloodthirstiness, belligerence, lust, and greed are his true nature.

There are no good people in the Rocks Pirates.

Good people can't survive here.

The reason I took action was simply because I was annoyed by those arrogant CP members.

Hearing the golden lion's cold words, the girl standing on the wooden boat gritted her teeth and suddenly tore open her tattered clothes, exposing her body covered with whip marks.

"I can be your woman! I'm also a member of the Three-Eyed Clan. After awakening their talent, the Three-Eyed Clan can understand ancient writing! That's my value!"

The golden lion stood at the bow of the ship, looking down at the girl biting her lip for a long time before grabbing the small wooden boat where the girl was, along with a large amount of seawater below, and lifting it into the sky.

The three-eyed girl named Rose was roughly pulled into his arms, her waist wrapped around his.

"I agree. From now on, you will be my woman, Shiki."

The large flying ship landed steadily on the plaza of Beehive Island, attracting countless pirates to look up.

Not far away, several tall men and women were sitting at a long table, enjoying their meal.

Seeing the golden lion approaching with a three-eyed woman, the horned demon boy sneered, "Shiki, don't you hate us alien races the most?"

"Shut up, Kaido. Do I need to listen to your opinions to do anything? If it weren't for Linlin protecting you, I would have broken your legs."

Golden Lion Shiki sat down with Rose in his arms, not even glancing at Kaido, who was furiously gripping his spiked club. He grabbed the food from the table and shoved it into Rose's arms. He then looked up at the wild man sitting in the middle, the shortest in stature, but whose aura was as fierce and powerful as the sun, making him impossible to ignore.

"Rocks, this woman's name is Rose. She's my woman and will be a member of the Rocks Pirates from now on. You have no objections, right?"

The man named Rocks grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. "Of course, no objection. You still have to give Shiki face. Rose, is that right? I'll remember that. Since she's your woman, then a gift is still necessary. Here, take this Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit; it'll slightly increase your strength."

As he spoke, Rocks picked up a fruit from the ground at his feet and casually tossed it in front of the golden lion.

"A Mythical Zoan Fruit?" Rose, who was eating heartily, was stunned, staring blankly at the Devil Fruit that Shiki had casually shoved into her hand.

“You don’t have any objections, do you, Newgate?” Rocks turned to look at the blond giant sitting to his left, who was twice his height.

The white-bearded man, who didn't have a white beard, crossed his arms and shook his head: "I don't care."

Locke then turned to the tall, pink-haired woman sitting to his right. "Lingling, what about you?"

"Mom, Mom, I don't mind, after all, Shiki is your right-hand man now. But Rocks, if you find any more Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits in the future, you have to save one for me."

"Haha, alright!" Rocks laughed, raising his glass. "Then let's toast! To celebrate the addition of our new partner."

"By the way, she was also Saint Francis's slave," the Golden Lion added.

"Is that so? Then let's find a time to take care of Francis."

"Row."

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35 years ago, Beehive Island.

Rose lay on top of the golden lion, tracing circles on his chest with her long, slender fingers. "Shiki, when do you think we should have a child?"

Jin Shizi leaned against the headboard, took out a cigar, lit it, and smirked as he heard the words: "What? Are you envious after seeing Lingling give birth to a son?"

"A little," Rose said honestly, adding, "But Lingling is really amazing. In just a few years, she has had so many children, and it hasn't affected her strength at all. I wish I could become as powerful as her someday."

"You want to become a sow too?" the golden lion sneered.

"Ugh!" Rose rolled her eyes at him, her delicate face looking alluring and pink, which infuriated the Golden Lion.

33 years ago.

Huge pirate ships rose from Beehive Island and sped into the sky thousands of meters above the ground.

At the bow of the Flying Lion, Rose, dressed in a red dress, turned gracefully like a butterfly, smiling sweetly at the golden lion.

"On God Valley Island in the West Blue, those despicable Celestial Dragons and pigs are holding a brutal gladiatorial tournament. This time, Rocks will drag those high and mighty gods down from their pedestals and step over the corpses of the World Nobles to ascend the throne of the King of the World. Shiki! Do you think we will succeed?"

The golden lion, with a cigar in his mouth, remained silent, his face expressionless, simply gazing quietly at the woman before him.

She is still as beautiful as she was four years ago.

A snow-white piece of paper was held by a fair hand and waved in front of him.

"Here, this is a life paper I had made. There's only one. Take it. If I die, this piece of paper, representing its owner's life, will burn to ashes. Isn't that amazing?"

30 years ago.

An unnamed island in a sea area of ​​the New World.

The spiders surged like a black tide, engulfing and knocking down the pirates who stood in their way. A three-eyed woman in a red dress strolled through the black tide, walked up to the drunken blond man, and grabbed him by the collar.

"Captain Rocks is dead, and instead of seeking revenge, you're hiding here indulging in debauchery. Where has that golden lion who once commanded the seas gone?"

"Rose..." The Golden Lion looked up at the woman who was still as beautiful as ever, and murmured, "What should I do?"

"Reorganize the fleet, gather the old troops. Rocks is dead. The seas are now yours. You will become the next Rocks, the king of the world."

19 years ago.

A torrential downpour lashed the earth, and a golden lion with half a ship's wheel stuck in its head, wielding two longswords, leaped into the air and charged toward Marineford.

On the deserted island behind them, a woman with tears streaming down her face let out a heart-wrenching cry.

"Don't go! Shiki! Put it down! I can go back to the New World with you, we can even have a child, please don't go, Shiki!"

"Roger is a man I respect. How could he die in a wretched place like the East Blue! I must destroy the Marine Headquarters!"

The golden lion, its chest filled with rage, resolutely departed without ever looking back.

He dared not turn around, for he was afraid that if he did, he would soften his heart if he saw the woman slumped on the ground behind him, tears streaming down her face.

He is a golden lion, and he cannot be soft-hearted for a woman.

In the dimly lit passage, the golden lion, standing like a sculpture, closed its eyes, and two streams of murky tears flowed down its cheeks.

He stood there quietly.

After a long, long time, when he opened his eyes again, they were ice-cold.

Clang!

Clang!

Sakura and Kuki's sword tips pierced the ground, the golden lion's coat fluttering as they strode forward, emerging from the dark passage and entering a noisy and bustling palace.

Inside the palace, amidst the clinking of glasses and the throngs of wine, a gigantic man with two horns on his head and muscles like a dragon was tilting his head back and gulping down large mouthfuls of wine.

But the moment the golden lion stepped into the hall, the noise inside instantly ceased.

Because a terrifying, storm-like aura was emanating from his body, as if it were about to burst the entire palace from the inside out.

"Kaido! Let's cooperate! It's time to bring a grand war to this boring world!"

Chapter 366 Kuzan's Thoughts

"Brother Luo Xia, do you think this woman is the one who caused all this disaster?"

Above the basin, on the broken ground, Yun Que looked at the woman in the red dress lying on the ground in front of him, a look of surprise on his face.

No wonder the lark was surprised.

Even Rorschach himself couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion upon seeing Rose, who had returned to human form after her death.

Lying on the ground in front of everyone was a woman wearing a long red dress.

The woman was extremely beautiful, with a gentle face and closed eyes. She showed no trace of her previous resentment and hatred, and looked as if she had peacefully fallen asleep.

Her height and build were similar to Hibari's, making it impossible to associate her with the enormous, mountain-like human-faced spider that stood nearly a thousand meters tall.

On the ground, centered on Rose's corpse, every few hundred meters there was a huge, bottomless hole in flesh and blood, tens of meters in diameter, clearly leading into the body of the colossal sea monster beneath their feet.