One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Couldn't they just find any newspaper and publish a fake news story?

He insisted on secretly defecting without telling anyone.

They said we can't deceive ourselves; if we want to fool the pirates, we must first keep our own people in the dark.

Now Lieutenant General Lakwal is going to hate himself.

Why did they make me go undercover?

It would be better to send Rorschach.

That kid is a Mythical Zoan type ability user that everyone wants, while I'm just a pitiful Ancient Zoan type.

Wasn't it a perfect opportunity when Kaido went to capture that kid a few days ago?

It would be a piece of cake for that guy to use his tricks to infiltrate the Beast Pirates as a Mythical Zoan.

When Kaido gets old, he can simply rise up and lead the Beasts Pirates to surrender to the Navy. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

There's no need for things to turn into this chaos, with so many people in disarray.

"Sigh, how inhumane! Is there no future for ancient species?"

Drake muttered angrily to himself, then stopped his frantic escape and shouted to his underlings who were running away with the money, "Our ship is in the port a few miles away. You go first, I'll buy you some time to escape!"

With that, Drake took his rapier and axe from his waist and turned to meet the charging Lakwal.

Seeing their captain turn around and face the enemy without hesitation, the pirates were all moved to tears.

On this vast ocean, what could possibly move these lawless pirates who treat human life as worthless?

Of course, it's about loyalty.

Although many pirates are treacherous, cunning, and ungrateful.

However, the vast majority of pirates still want to find brothers they can entrust their backs to.

By this point, Drake had clearly become a qualified and great captain.

In order for his subordinates to escape safely, he, as the captain, took the lead and bravely charged towards the pursuing navy.

What fearlessness and heroism!

"Captain Drake! We're going together!" The bearded man's eyes welled up with tears.

He used to think Drake was just very manly, but now he thinks Drake is not only manly, but also a man he can entrust his life to.

If we don't have captains like that anymore, where will we find the next one?

With tears in his eyes, the bearded pirate was about to lead a group of moved pirates to charge alongside Drake.

Drake shivered for no reason and suddenly felt a chill on his buttocks.

Is it just an illusion?

Drake shook his head, focused his mind, and turned to shout, "This is the captain's order! Everyone must obey unconditionally. Return to the ship immediately, and I'll be there to meet you right away. Don't you trust my abilities?"

The pirates, tears streaming down their faces, still refused to abandon their captain and run away.

The bearded pirate looked at Drake, whose eyes were resolute, bit his lip, turned around abruptly, and shouted in a rough voice, "Everyone! Obey the captain's orders! Bring Beli back to the ship!"

Drake breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the pirates finally leave, and secretly gave the bearded pirate a thumbs up.

Well done. From now on, I'll promote that guy to be my right-hand man.

A strong gust of wind came from behind him, blowing the captain's hat off his head.

"No one can escape! Drake! You traitor to the Navy!"

Enraged, Lakwal raised his massive longsword high, and with terrifying force, slashed at Drake in front of him.

Seeing the anger in Lakwal's eyes, Drake smiled bitterly to himself.

I'm sorry!

With a determined look, he sprang up from the ground, wielding an axe in his left hand and a sword in his right, raising his hands in a cross-armed stance to block.

Clang!

A dull bang followed, followed by a deafening explosion. Drake groaned as Lakwal cleaved him dozens of meters away, carving a long furrow in the ground.

The ground thumped and thumped. Lakwal pressed his advantage, roaring as he questioned:

"Drake! As a dignified Rear Admiral, why would you stoop so low as to become a pirate?"

Why give up a bright future and your principles of justice to become a pirate?

"Didn't you hate pirates the most? All that talk of justice and ideals you shared when you drank with me before, were they all just a lie? Tell me! Answer me!"

Drake cursed inwardly, but a cold smile appeared on his face. He sheathed his sword, his body swelled wildly, and he roared at the charging Lakwal:

"That's right! I was faking it all! The hypocrisy of the Navy disgusts me! Lacval, you probably don't know, but my father was a pirate, I am a descendant of pirates. My dream is not to become a Marine Admiral and then become a lackey of the World Government. I want to set sail and obtain the legendary One Piece! I want to become!"

"One Piece!"

A greenish-blue dinosaur, eight or nine meters tall, rose from the ground, opened its blood-red maw and roared. With its massive head, it slammed heavily into Lakwal's chest, causing him to cough up blood before he could dodge. His enormous body flew backward and crashed heavily to the ground.

Watching Drake shrink and fly away at lightning speed, Lakwal gritted his teeth and slammed his fist on the grass beside him, yelling:

"SOS! SOS! Get all the nearby Navy comrades here and capture that damned traitor Drake!"

Chapter 369 Releasing the Sea

Under the cover of night, a small wooden table was set up on the deck of the Kirin, where a few bored men were playing cards.

Kuzan, Rorschach, and Lark each held a deck of cards and were taking turns playing them.

The table in front of Kuzan and Rorschach was completely empty; not a single Pele could be seen.

In contrast, Pele was piled high in front of Lark.

The lark's little face was flushed, and she could hardly contain her smile.

They've struck it rich.

I'm about to become a little rich woman.

Rorschach glanced at Kuzan with a resentful look; his fanny pack was almost empty.

Tonight's luck has really been a bit bad.

Kuzan, I told him to cooperate a little and go easy on him, but he just won't listen.

Well, now Lark has made all the money from Pele.

If this continues, I might have to settle the debt with a bottle of liquor.

By the way, how many pesos can an empty wine bottle be exchanged for?

Just then, he saw Hibari, who had just finished drawing his cards, with an uncontrollable, wild grin on his lips. He glanced down at the bad cards in his hand, and Luo Xia's heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, I'm going to lose money again.

Just then, the emergency communication Den Den Mushi hidden in the mast behind them suddenly rang urgently.

"Something's happening! Prepare for battle!"

Rorschach's face hardened, and he threw the bad cards he was holding onto the table, quickly got up, and ran towards the Den Den Mushi.

Kuzan silently combined the bad cards he was holding with the cards Rorschach had thrown out.

"Huh? I just got a good deck of cards." Yun Que pouted, reluctantly putting down the cards she was holding.

Kuzan glanced at the cards she had discarded and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

If this keeps going, I'll probably have to call Garp and borrow some money.

Rorschach answered the Den Den Mushi and heard anxious shouts coming from the other end.

"Requesting backup! Requesting backup! This is Marine Base 66 in Sabaody Archipelago. Pirates are causing trouble, looting warehouses, and stealing over a billion Berries in tax revenue."

Upon hearing this, Luo Xia's eyes narrowed instantly.

Naval Base 66, Sabaody Archipelago—what a familiar name.

But isn't Sabaody Archipelago under martial law? How come pirates still dare to cause trouble there? They're even audacious enough to openly rob a naval base.

Also, are the defenses of the newly built Sabaody Naval Base really that bad?

"Lark! Guide the way, we're heading to the Sabaody Archipelago to support our comrades."

"Hmm! Wait a moment, let me check the log pointer."

Lark hurriedly jumped onto the watchtower, retrieved the log pointer, checked it, and then quickly said, "Hard left turn, full speed ahead!"

"Received!" Palmer, at the helm, gripped the rudder and turned it.

Bepo and the others skillfully deployed the wings and sails, while Rorschach raised his hands, creating a surging storm that propelled the massive Kirin ship to accelerate continuously. Finally, it broke away from the sea and rose into the sky amidst a splashing sound, flying towards the dark Sabaody Archipelago.

Feeling the strain of controlling the gale to propel the Kirin, Luo Xia thought of his recently developed ability to generate magnetism from electricity.

He had never tried to control the weight limit of a metal by using electricity to convert it into magnetism.

However, with the support of a current of hundreds of millions of volts, the resulting magnetic field would certainly not be too weak.

Perhaps, in the future, I won't need to use wind power to propel the Kirin into the air.

Wouldn't it be even more awesome to wrap the ship's exterior in a harder metal and control the warship's flight directly with magnetic force?

In an era when people used wooden boats for seafaring, just imagine launching a steel warship – that's pretty awesome, right?

In fact, he had already contacted Kizaru in advance and told him about his desire to meet Vegapunk.

Just then, Kizaru mentioned that Vegapunk had just arrived at headquarters from Egg Point Island in the New World. This time, when he returned, he would finally be able to meet that great scientist whose technology was 500 years ahead of the world.

However, now is not the time to consider that.

He wanted to see which pirate dared to cause trouble in Sabaody Archipelago.

They've got some nerve.

Half an hour later, on the waters off the Sabaody Archipelago.

"Bombard! Bombard! Sink their ship! Don't let that bastard Drake get away! That degenerate bastard, I'll tie him up and take him to Fleet Admiral Sengoku so that Zeff, who once praised him, can see that this guy is now a shameless, despicable pirate!"

On the large warship that had sailed out of the naval port, Lakwal, with a bandage casually wrapped around his head and a rocket launcher in his hand, pulled the trigger at the frantically fleeing pirate crew ahead.