One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

But once the slash flies off the longsword, it has already detached from the blade, so how can it be retrieved?

Just as Brook, intimidated by his imposing aura, was about to be struck by the sharp blade of light, a bolt of silver lightning suddenly struck down from the sky.

Between the two, in front of Brook, a tall figure with flowing silver hair appeared out of thin air. Facing the incoming slash, he stretched out his right hand, and a howling wind gathered together, slashing and grabbing forward along with the outstretched right hand.

"Watch out!" Brooke was startled by the figure that suddenly appeared and blocked his way.

Seeing his opponent risk their life to block the terrifying flying slash for him, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

But the next second, his exclamation caught in his throat and stopped abruptly.

The enormous slash that flew from the long sword held by the old man opposite was caught by the suddenly appearing man with his outstretched right hand. With a squeeze in the air, he compressed the thick, curved blade into a sphere, which he then tossed up and down in his hand.

This time, not only Brooke was stunned, but Jonathan was also dumbfounded.

Needless to say, Zoro, Sera, and the others on the ship below were staring wide-eyed.

Zoro stared wide-eyed at Rorschach's actions and exclaimed, "Are you kidding me? He's turned Jonathan's slash into a ball!"

"Aren't you polite? You should call me teacher!" Sera rolled her eyes at him, then clasped her hands in front of her chest, gazing adoringly at Rorschach standing atop the whale's head. "He...he appeared! Why did he appear when I was thinking of him? Is this what unstoppable love is like?"

Zoro's lips twitched as he listened. He glanced at the long-skirted girl who had appeared on Laboon's head, now made of white clouds, and said indifferently, "I think you're overthinking it."

"What did you say? Green grass head!" Sera immediately bristled.

Above the whale Laboon, Jonathan stared at the ball that Rorschach was tossing up and down in his hand, looking like he'd seen a ghost.

"How did you do that?"

He casually tossed the long sword in his hand, and the Wado Ichimonji fell from Laboon's head with a whoosh, accurately plunging back into the scabbard at Zoro's waist.

"It's just using an air shield to compress and seal the energy of the slash, is it really that big of a fuss?" Rorschach chuckled and tossed the sphere in his hand to Jonathan.

"Hey! That's dangerous!"

Startled, Jonathan dodged, and the sphere, enveloped in a transparent air shield and containing a chaotic energy fluctuation, shot out with a whoosh. Under everyone's watchful eyes, it changed from a straight flight to an arc, circled the sea surface, and landed precisely on a pirate ship.

Then, everyone heard a crisp "pop" sound, followed by the sound of the ship being sliced ​​apart and the tearing sound of flesh being cleaved.

A burst of intense light erupted from the shattered air sphere, tearing the pirate ship apart and slicing it into pieces that scattered across the sea.

"Run! Run now!"

On the last remaining pirate ship, the pirates were terrified by the sight and turned the ship around in a panic, trying to escape.

Then, Brook saw Rorschach, hundreds of meters away from the fleeing pirate ship, make a table-flipping motion.

The next moment, the pirates' terrified screams came from the distant sea.

The pirate ship, over twenty meters long, roared as it detached itself from the sea, as if lifted up by a giant sea monster. It soared hundreds of meters into the air, tracing a long parabola before crashing heavily into the sea, splashing up a large amount of seawater.

Brooke was stunned.

"What...what kind of power is this? A Devil Fruit ability? It's...it's terrifying." He looked at Rorschach, "Who exactly are you?"

“It’s not very polite to chat while standing on someone’s head. I think we can find another place. Also, you should go and meet your companions first.” Rorschach smiled and nodded to Brooke, then walked to the other side and looked at Hawkins, who was sitting on the lower ship’s railing and looking up. “Hey! Hawkins, long time no see! Come on up and let’s chat?”

“Okay.” Hawkins nodded succinctly.

Rorschach once again reached out towards the distant sea, and Crocus, who was submerged in the water, immediately felt an invisible force binding his body and lifting him out of the sea.

Crocus did not struggle, letting the force pull him up from the sea and fly towards the lighthouse on the cliff.

Soon, everyone climbed up the cliff and arrived at the lighthouse where Crocus usually lived.

Brooke ran to the cliff face not far away, jumping up and down and shouting at Labb while crying and laughing.

"It's rare to run into so many old friends here at the same time. How can we not have a good chat? Please sit down."

As Rorschach spoke, he casually sat down, much to Zoro's astonishment.

There was clearly nothing beneath him, yet it felt as if he were sitting on an invisible stool.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you kid, it hasn't been that long since we last met, and you've already developed your abilities to such a level of ease. Sigh, I really envy that brat from the Warring States period, he picked up a treasure."

Jonathan couldn't help but sigh and sat down as well.

Crocus, a man of wide experience, paid no attention to Rorschach's strange abilities. He sat down next to Jonathan without a care, took out a pair of reading glasses from his pocket, put them on his nose, and scrutinized Rorschach from head to toe.

"Andrei! What are you standing there for? Hurry up and get the wine!" Sera shouted to the giant Andrei below the cliff.

After saying that, she ran excitedly towards Luo Xia.

Then she saw Lark standing next to Rorschach.

Seeing the lark, whose temperament had changed drastically, completely losing the fragility she had shown in the Queen's City in spring, and whose appearance had become even more beautiful and outstanding, Sera's heart sank, and the bright smile on her face froze instantly.

She glanced at the full, rounded silhouette of the lark, then looked down at her own flat chest. She deflated like a punctured balloon, slumped to the side, squatted down, drew circles on the ground, and muttered something as faint as a mosquito's buzz.

"Why, why, why is a fourteen-year-old girl older than me? How awful!"

Rorschach glanced at Sera, who was shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere, and looked at Jonathan with confusion, "What's wrong with your granddaughter?"

Jonathan twitched the corner of his mouth, gave Rorschach a resentful look, and smiled bitterly, "She's always like this, just ignore her."

Rorschach nodded, glanced at Zoro who had been staring at him, a smile playing on his lips. He then scanned the group and asked curiously, "What's going on here? Why are you all gathered together? Jonathan, why did you decide to protect Laboon? Do you know Crocus?"

“Hehe, of course I know him.” Jonathan looked at Crocus and laughed, “Don’t forget, I’ve spent decades in this godforsaken place called Paradise. Back then, to establish a Hunter Guild branch in the Four Seas, I made at least a hundred trips back and forth to Reverse Mountain. Over time, I became acquainted with Crocus.”

Rorschach raised an eyebrow and bluntly pointed at the composed Crocus, saying, "Then why didn't you capture Dr. Crocus to exchange for the bounty? He served as Roger's ship's doctor; he should have a considerable bounty on his head, right?"

Upon hearing this, apart from Jonathan, Zoro, Hawkins, and Lark all looked at Crocus, who was unremarkable and looked like a decrepit old man, in shock.

Zoro exclaimed in surprise, "You were actually on the Pirate King's ship?"

Hibari pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Crocas, the ship's doctor of the Roger Pirates, is indeed such a person."

Hawkins was also shocked, but Rorschach couldn't see much shock on his face.

This guy's expression rarely changes much, whether he's happy or surprised; he's like someone with a blank expression.

Jonathan shook his head and chuckled. "I knew him long before Crocus boarded Roger's ship. That was back when Rocks ruled the New World."

As for why we don't arrest him, neither your navy nor the world government has considered arresting him, so why would I arrest him?

In any case, he was just a doctor invited by Roger to treat his illness. If he had cured Roger's terminal illness, I think the Navy and the World Government would have arrested him long ago without my intervention.

Roger ultimately died less than two years later. I don't know what the Navy thought, but I do know that in some people's eyes, Crocus, after joining Roger's ship, was not only not a sinner, but might even be a good person who hastened Roger's death. Perhaps, he was the one who made Roger die sooner..."

"Oh!"

Before Jonathan could finish speaking, a slipper hit him in the face.

Kurokas gritted his teeth in anger, took off his other shoe, and cursed incessantly: "Jonathan! You old bastard, are you questioning my medical skills? Fine, very well! In that case, don't come to me for treatment again."

"No! I misspoke, okay? I apologize." Jonathan raised his hands in surrender.

"Get out! Don't ever come to Twin Capes again. You're not welcome here!"

Listening to the two arguing, Rorschach shook his head and looked at Hawkins sitting next to him with curiosity, "Hawkins, what have you been up to since we parted ways in North Sea? How come you've been hanging out with Brook?"

Looking at Zoro in front of him, and Brook, who was crying with Laboon the whale not far away, Rorschach was filled with a jumble of thoughts.

He wondered if he had changed the main storyline of the Straw Hat crew.

Now Brooke no longer needs to travel around the world; he can simply turn back from the Devil's Triangle and return to Upside Down to meet Laboon, thus fulfilling his dream.

Zoro was taken to Paradise by Jonathan and it seems he has become a member of the Bounty Hunters Guild.

What will the Straw Hat Pirates become in the future?

Robin was also taken to the Revolutionary Army by him, causing the Alabasta storyline to happen three years earlier, and Crocodile was already dead.

Without these training grounds, could Luffy still grow into the Sun God so quickly?

Last time he suggested that Garp bring Luffy to Marineford, but it's unclear whether Garp will actually do it.

Just as I was pondering this, Hawkins said, "After staying in the North Blue for a while, I entered the Grand Line, where I encountered Gecko Moria, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and he stole my shadow..."

"Huh? Moria stole your shadow?"

Chapter 420 Eagle Eye

As Hawkins recounted his story, Rorschach's jaw dropped.

It turns out that after Hawkins entered the Paradise Sea, he also visited places like Alabasta and Mogu Town.

Because of his promise to Rorschach, he did not form a pirate crew, but planned to travel around first before making any further plans.

Later, when he entered the Devil's Triangle alone, he was attacked by Moria's terrifying three-masted ship.

Under the siege of Moria's zombie army, Hawkins was overwhelmed and captured. His shadow was cut off, and Moria threw him out, where he drifted aimlessly in the mist of the Devil's Triangle.

Because those who have had their shadows taken away cannot survive in the sunlight, Hawkins has been trying to find a way to take his shadow back from Moria.

It was around that time that he met Brook, who was also looking for his own shadow.

In addition, when Hawkins entered the Grand Line from the North Blue, he saw the whale Laboon and heard Crocus tell Laboon's story, so he told Brook that Laboon was still at the foot of Reverse Mountain, waiting for his crewmates to return and reunite with him.

Moved by the situation, Brooke decides to join forces with Hawkins. The two hit it off immediately and decide to go and settle scores with Moria together.

To their surprise, for more than a month afterward, no matter how hard they searched in the Devil's Triangle, they could not find any trace of the terrifying three-masted ship.

Moria vanished as if he had left his lair.

This caused the two of them to break down.

I thought I might end up like Brook, a ghost unable to leave the Devil's Triangle.

But one day, the two people who were sulking on Brooke's wrecked ship suddenly discovered that the shadow they had been longing for had returned.

This surprised and delighted the two, who wondered whether Moria had taken pity on them and released the shadow, or whether someone had defeated Moria.

After retrieving his shadow, Hawkins realized that his strength was still insufficient, so instead of continuing his journey to the next location, he returned to Reverse Mountain with Brooke.

After going through hardships together for a while, the two decided to set off again after seeing Laboon, embarking on an adventure on the high seas.

Hawkins was conflicted about whether to form a pirate crew or do something else, and had not yet made up his mind.

After listening to Hawkins' account, Rorschach couldn't help but think of Oars, the monster Moria had brought with him in Alabasta.

He wondered at the time why Oz, a demon of such a huge size, could use iaido swordsmanship.

And after making a sword strike, he sat on the ground and fiddled with some mud.

When Rorschach realized that Hawkins liked to play with tarot cards, he suddenly understood.