One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Chapter 425 Unexpected Fortune

Lark's small mouth was slightly open, and she stared blankly at Bailey falling from the sky, completely unaware of what was happening.

She blinked, looked at Luo Xia with a puzzled expression, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Luo Xia, is there such a thing as money falling from the sky?"

The most unpredictable thing in the world is the weather around the globe.

As someone who aspires to become the world's best navigator, Lark has already learned most of the theoretical knowledge about climate in the world and knows that the weather in this world is so varied that it can be described as ever-changing.

It's not impossible to suddenly encounter a giant vortex, a thunderstorm, a tornado, hail from the sky, or even fall onto a sky island.

But this was the first time she had ever seen money fall from the sky like this.

And they were falling down in bundles.

However, Lark was only stunned for a brief moment before he came to his senses. His eyes lit up, and he excitedly took flight, transforming into a rolling white cloud that created a huge cloud bag with a diameter of over a hundred meters above his head. He opened his mouth wide and caught the bundles of Bailey falling from the sky.

"So much money! Brother Luo Xia, we're rich! Money is falling from the sky! Come and pick it up!"

As Lark used his cloud to collect the money, he shouted to Rorschach, who was still standing on the warship.

There were so many Pele falling from the sky, like rain, that they covered an area of ​​thousands of meters in radius.

If those paper Pele statues hadn't been tied up, they would surely have been blown away somewhere by the wind.

On the warship, Rorschach's expression was strange.

His gaze passed over the clouds that the lark had transformed into and looked up at the towering, inverted cliff face.

The Upside-Down Mountains here are actually part of the red earth continent.

It is essentially the starting point of the first half of the Grand Line, directly opposite the Holy Land Mary Geoise.

The two locations are connected by a sea passage several thousand miles wide, which is the so-called seven sea routes to the New World.

In other words, they are currently standing at the foot of the red earth continent.

When Rorschach saw these Beli falling, his first thought was, "Could it be that a Celestial Dragon is scattering money on the Red Line?"

Fortunately, his overwhelmingly powerful Observation Haki immediately dispelled his doubts.

He waved to the lark that was constantly collecting money above its head and shouted, "Stop picking it up, lark, that's someone else's money."

"Huh? Whose?" A silly-looking face appeared on the rolling cloud overhead, asking in confusion.

In the blink of an eye, Lark had amassed at least a billion dollars.

The thrill of constantly finding money until it was almost overflowing almost made Yun Que think she was dreaming of finding money.

“It seems to be… Germa.” Rorschach raised an eyebrow, quite surprised.

"Germany's money? Why would Germany's money fall from the sky and land right on our heads?"

A big question mark appeared above the lark's head.

Her mind raced, and suddenly a guess came to her mind.

"Could it be... that the people of the Germa Kingdom already know that you're coming to the North Sea to stop them, Brother Rorschach, so they're waiting here beforehand, trying to bribe you with money to let you return to headquarters?"

Rorschach smirked and waved his hand, saying, "Stop guessing. How could a conceited man like Judge do something so degrading? Anyway, you step aside. Bailey's owner has fallen down too."

"what?"

Before the lark could even react, it felt as if its body, now a cloud, was struck by a powerful gust of wind and scattered in all directions.

The large amount of Berries that she had previously caught suddenly poured down, landing right on the deck in front of Rorschach, filling the small deck to the brim and leaving him almost nowhere to step.

At that very moment, above the warship, a massive black shadow rapidly expanded, stirring up turbulent air currents that scattered in all directions, dispersing the cloud formation that the lark had transformed into, and crashing straight down.

Blown aside, the lark hurriedly reassembled itself and looked around. It saw a strangely shaped large ship crashing down with its deck facing down.

The ship is considered oddly designed because it looks more like a castle or a small palace.

If it weren't for the clearly visible steam turbines on both sides, the dark cannon muzzles, and the spacious deck that had collapsed onto it, Lark would have truly thought that this was a castle that had fallen from the top of the Red Earth.

This also explains why Pelé fell from the sky.

However, as the distance closed considerably and Lark saw the full outline of the strange, large ship, a familiar term surfaced in her mind.

"This is the Germa Kingdom's war dock!"

The ship was being carried by a giant Den Den Mushi.

The Germa Kingdom's War Docks are extremely famous throughout the world.

Because it possesses strong mobility, adaptability to any terrain, and powerful load-bearing capacity.

This allowed Germa's army to travel freely to any country and accept war mercenaries, with the help of these war docks.

This is why the Germa 64 is known as the world's most famous mercenary group.

These war docks are actually giant Den Den Mushi (snail telephones) that incorporate Germa's scientific modification technology.

Although the giant Den Den Mushi lacks communication capabilities, it possesses remarkable adaptability, enabling it to thrive in various extreme weather conditions, easily carry heavy loads while swimming at sea, and even climb the red earth continent thousands of meters high while carrying heavy loads.

It is thanks to these that Germa can freely traverse the Red Earth and travel to Paradise and the New World without having to go through the Reverse Mountain.

The castles they carry on their backs are actually their shells.

Seeing that Rorschach was still standing beneath the giant snail-shaped ship, Yun Que anxiously called out, "Brother Rorschach! Get out of the way!"

Luo Xia waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

He then spread his right hand to face the giant snail-shaped ship that was crashing down on him.

"Zizzizi!"

An electric current surged between his fingers, instantly bursting forth from his palm and transforming into a massive electric net that swept over the descending Germa War Dock.

To Rorschach's surprise, the Den Den Mushi, carrying a heavy load, actually showed a fearful expression in a very human-like way when he called the electric grid.

Perhaps sensing the terrifying energy contained in the power grid, it shrank its long neck and immediately retreated into the heavy hull.

The area where there should have been an opening was tightly sealed shut with a thick, round shield, making the entire ship look like a castle without an entrance.

However, Rorschach had no intention of destroying this giant Den Den Mushi.

The electric net that had been fired hissed and flowed within the ship's hull, quickly transforming into a massive magnetic force that manipulated the vast steel structures within the war dock. It abruptly stopped an inch above Rorschach's head, hovering silently in the air, miraculously halting its descent.

The people on the ship seemed to realize that the ship had stabilized, and then Rorschach and Lark saw the castle gate on the deck being pushed open from the inside.

The moment the door was pushed open, several burly men fell to the ground in shock.

At the same time, a large number of bundled-up peals poured out of the wide-open door and poured down.

It was just like Bailey's waterfall, leaving the lark completely stunned.

Four burly men flailing their arms and shouting as they struggled in the air hundreds of meters above the ground, but they couldn't stop the fall.

Just as the group was about to fall into the sea, Yun Que had an idea. With a wave of his hand, he created a large cloud that gathered below the four of them and caught them.

The castle gates above were closed from the inside after a large amount of Berry was poured out.

Judging from the looks of it, there are quite a few people living inside that snail shell.

At that moment, the warship where Rorschach was located was also completely submerged by Pele.

He had no choice but to wave his hand to grab the airflow and create an air barrier to hold up the remaining large amount of bailey and prevent the money from falling into the sea.

With a flick of his right hand, Rorschach caused the Germa War Dock, which had been hanging upside down above his head, to flip over in mid-air and remain suspended in the air.

He stepped onto the deck of the warship, which was submerged in money, and flew there.

Not far away, Lark also flew over, bringing with her the four burly men she had rescued.

“They are Germa clone warriors.” Hibari sized up the four burly men who were different heights but looked exactly the same.

She had already seen some clones when she was in Mogu Town last time, so she wasn't surprised this time.

Rorschach was about to ask the clones something.

Before he could even speak, the four clone warriors drew their weapons from their waists, aimed at Rorschach and Lark without hesitation, and decisively pulled the triggers.

"Bang bang bang!"

Bullets shot from the muzzles of their guns, whizzing past.

It was clear that the pistols they were holding were not ordinary flintlock guns.

These pistols are incredibly powerful, have an astonishing rate of fire, an enormous magazine capacity, and are semi-automatic.

Compared to the flintlock muskets Rorschach saw in the North Sea, they were worlds apart.

Even at Marine Headquarters, Rorschach rarely saw such good weapons.

Neither Rorschach nor Lark dodged the bullets as they flew towards them, letting them hit them.

The bullet that hit Yun Que passed right through her body and flew into the distance.

The bullets aimed at Rorschach seemed to hit an impenetrable wall, exploding loudly but failing to harm him in the slightest.

A clone soldier swung his hand and fired another shot.

"boom!"

The shot was incredibly accurate, hitting Rorschach directly in the eye.

But it was still no use.

The bullet struck Rorschach's eyeball, breaking into a clump of copper slag.

Seeing that the bullets had no effect on Rorschach and Lark, the four clone warriors were not flustered at all. They decisively pulled out another large-caliber pistol from their waists and aimed it at the two of them, which startled Lark.

"Knowing that bullets can't hurt us, why use guns at all..."

"Idiot, those are Seastone firearms, they can fire Seastone nets."

Rorschach grabbed Lark's arm and jumped away, dodging the four large seastone nets.

At that moment, the castle gates opened again, and a huge, dark mass of clone warriors poured out.

Each of them was strong and muscular, and they held various weapons in their hands.

After nearly a hundred clone warriors poured out, the heavy door behind them was closed again.

"Only clones, no members of the Vinsmoke family?"

Rorschach was somewhat surprised.