One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Hibari and Vivi came out of the cabin and looked at Shirahoshi, who was walking towards them, with a puzzled expression.

Bai Xing shook her head blankly and whispered, "I don't know. A ship came by outside, and my father told me to hide in the cabin."

"A ship came and you're hiding?" Vivi was taken aback, also puzzled. "Bai Xing, you're the princess of the Dragon Palace Kingdom, why would you hide? Is there someone here who might harm you?"

"I don't know..." Bai Xing shook her head timidly.

On the open sea outside the ship, a black ship, with even its sails black, had already approached within a hundred meters.

At such a short distance, Rorschach and the others could already see several burly men on the opposite ship, holding several Den Den Mushi with wide-open eyes, pointing them in their direction, at Shirahoshi.

“It’s a video Den Den Mushi.” Zephyr’s expression turned cold.

Before they could ask any questions, everyone could already hear the obsequious voices of the burly men on the opposite boat, completely oblivious to their surroundings.

"Saint Charmaco, look, that is the legendary most beautiful woman in the world, the Little Mermaid Princess. Are you satisfied?"

"Saint Sotoris, that's right, the mermaid with the pink fishtail is the mermaid princess of Fishman Island. No problem, we'll capture her and take her to the Holy Land, and then you gentlemen can have a friendly auction among yourselves."

Hearing the sounds coming from the opposite ship, Rorschach, Garp, Zephyr, and the others all had icy expressions.

"Tch, disgusting trash." Luo gripped the Ghost Cry in his hand tightly.

"Brother Luo Xia, they... want to kidnap Shirahoshi? Are you kidding me! Shirahoshi is the princess of the Dragon Palace Kingdom who came to attend the World Conference. What right do they have? Where did they get the guts!" Hibari, who walked up to Luo Xia, couldn't help but clench his fists.

“Lieutenant General Rorschach, Lieutenant General Karp, General Zephyr, this…” Neptune panicked, his voice trembling.

He couldn't believe what he was seeing or hearing.

The words coming from the opposite ship shattered his last shred of hope.

If he had known it would turn out like this, he shouldn't have brought Shirahoshi to the World Conference.

"Don't worry! King Neptune, with me here, no one can take Shirahoshi away." Rorschach stepped forward, walked to the ship's side, crossed his arms, and looked coldly at the black warship that approached and attempted to board.

“No one can defy the Celestial Dragons, Vice Admiral Rorschach… I don’t want to put your Navy in a difficult position.” Neptune gritted his teeth, looked out at the sea, and said bitterly, “I’ll take Shirahoshi back to Fish-Man Island. I won’t attend this World Conference.”

"I told you, no one can take Bai Xing away, not even the Heavenly King himself."

Luo Xia said with absolute certainty.

"Saint Freya, you... wait? Why did the live video call on the Den Den Mushi get interrupted?"

"The Den Den Mushi has also lost signal. What happened?"

The people on the slave ship looked at the Den Den Mushi (snail phone) that had just stopped broadcasting live with a puzzled expression.

No matter how they tried to adjust it, none of the different types of Den Den Mushi had a signal.

Before anyone knew it, the air above the sea, which stretched for several kilometers, was filled with tiny arcs of electricity invisible to the naked eye.

Zephyr glanced at the indifferent-looking Rorschach, said nothing, and walked over to stand in front of Shirahoshi.

After fiddling around for ages without managing to dial a Den Den Mushi, the slave-catching team lost patience. They tossed aside the Mushi, picked up various heavy weapons, and, looking at Rorschach and his men nearby, shouted without any politeness:

"Forget about these trivial matters. Capturing the mermaid princess is the top priority. Hey! You navy over there, we are here on the orders of the great World Nobles to capture that mermaid. Cooperate immediately and bring her here!"

Vivi looked on in disbelief and exclaimed, "What did you say? You want to kidnap Shirahoshi? Don't be ridiculous! Shirahoshi is the princess of the Ryugu Kingdom, a distinguished guest invited to the World Conference, and a guest of the World Government. Who gave you the right to dare to kidnap a princess of a member state as a slave?"

"A princess from a member state?" The slave hunters looked at each other and suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, what princess? To be a slave of a great world noble, even for the king of a constituent country, is the greatest honor of their lives. Princess? How laughable. There are at least eighty, if not a hundred, princesses in this world. This mermaid is already blessed to have the needs of several world nobles."

"Shut up!" Hibari couldn't stand it anymore, frowning and shouting, "The World Government will not allow you to act so recklessly! Attacking allies of member states during the World Conference—is this the principle of equality for all and peaceful coexistence among all races that the World Conference advocates?"

"Equality for all? Heh heh, we never said there was no equality for all." The slave hunters, armed with weapons, laughed unrestrainedly, completely disregarding the sailors on the ship. They said with a mocking tone, "You want to live as equals with a fish? That's your business. The great World Nobles are not human; they are gods. Under the gods, everyone is equal. This is the gods' mercy upon you, so..."

The slave hunter's tone changed, becoming incredibly cold as he stared at Hibari, "Navy, don't make a mistake, or you'll be arrested too. Hehehe, female soldiers with your looks are quite popular with the adults."

"You!" Lark was so angry at these arrogant slave hunters that he trembled and his teeth were about to break.

"Want to make a move? Let me chop a few down too." Zoro gripped the Shusui at his waist and coldly looked at the burly men swarming out of the opposite ship.

"Are you crazy? They are subordinates of the World Nobles! Stop! We can't interfere in this kind of thing, Lieutenant General Rorschach will handle it." Seeing this, Sera quickly grabbed Zoro, who was about to draw his sword, and pulled him to the other side of the deck.

"Father, brother, sob... I'm scared." Bai Xing looked at the fierce-looking slave hunters who were pointing various weapons at her, and her face turned pale with fright, tears streaming down her face.

"Bai Xing, don't be afraid! Everything will be alright. Brother Luo Xia won't let them succeed!" Yun Que ignored the arrogant slave hunters and turned to Bai Xing, who was terrified, to comfort her gently.

“Yes! As long as Brother Luo Xia is here, no one can hurt you,” Weiwei comforted her.

"Rorschach?" Upon hearing this name, the slave hunters couldn't help but turn their gazes to Rorschach's face.

The leader, a giant five meters tall, held a large net and grinned at Rorschach, saying, "So you're Lieutenant General Rorschach, huh? Very well, you go ahead and capture the Mermaid Princess. The world's nobles have been talking about you these past few days. If you can win their favor, your rank of general candidate might just be promoted to full general soon..."

His voice gradually faded, and he saw a pair of cold, icy eyes, sharp as knives.

"Are you teaching me what to do?"

A fierce wind howled through the sky, and Rorschach's cloak billowed wildly behind him. A mountain-like, heavy aura suddenly erupted, sweeping and crashing towards the slave-capturing ship in front of him.

The terrifying Conqueror's Haki, like a storm, swept across the entire black ship in an instant.

In an instant, 99% of the fully armed slave hunters on the ship were struck as if by a heavy blow, foaming at the mouth and collapsing to the ground.

The remaining few who hadn't collapsed were also experiencing a buzzing in their heads, their minds completely blank.

Before they could react, Luo Xia suddenly stretched out his right hand, spread his fingers, and raised it upwards.

"Splash!"

A large amount of seawater was swept up by an invisible airflow, like a waterfall flowing backwards, and rushed towards the black slave ship, quickly enveloping it in a seawater sphere with a diameter of 100 meters.

"The might of the Qilin! The grand burial in the abyss!"

Rorschach clenched his fist.

"boom!"

The seawater that enveloped the entire black slave ship seemed to be gripped and squeezed tightly by an invisible hand.

Tens of thousands of tons of seawater suddenly compressed and contracted, releasing terrifying pressure that crushed the slave ship enveloping it at the center, causing it to collapse rapidly toward the center.

One by one, the burly slave hunters, along with the boats beneath their feet, exploded and were crushed into an indistinguishable mass of mush by an unseen, clenched hand.

Then, Rorschach flipped his palm and pressed it down.

The sea below automatically split open a long, narrow mouth, swallowing the black and red sphere and sending it plunging into the endless depths.

A passing sea king smelled the blood, opened its mouth wide, and swallowed it whole.

After doing all this, Rorschach turned to look at the stunned crowd.

"Let's go to the holy land."

Chapter 461 The Polarized Celestial Dragons

After experiencing a sudden change, everyone was heavy-hearted, and the relaxed smiles of yesterday were gone from their faces. The three ships sailed side by side, silently heading towards the holy land.

Zephyr and Garp parted ways with Rorschach and returned to headquarters.

On the ship of the Dragon Palace Kingdom, Hibari and Vivi are comforting the frightened Shirahoshi.

On the bow deck, Neptune, Cobra, Bobra, and Rorschach stood together.

At this moment, Neptune's tall figure looked somewhat dejected, his expression somber, as if he had lost the expectations he had previously held in his heart.

Cobra shook his head and sighed.

Poplar just pursed his lips, seemingly used to it all along.

Rorschach stood silently with his arms crossed for a long while before looking at the three kings before him.

Has this kind of thing happened during previous world conferences?

Neptune, lost in thought while gazing at the sea, did not reply.

Cobra and Popra exchanged a glance. Cobra recalled for a moment and said in a deep voice, "Yes. At the World Conference four years ago, I remember a princess from a member country was taken a liking to by a Celestial Dragon and married on the spot as his fifth wife. However... that matter was different. That princess was the daughter of the King of the Kingdom of Roshwan. She was very beautiful and was brought to the Holy Land by her father to use her beauty to build relationships with the world's nobles."

“I’m younger than you and haven’t witnessed such a thing firsthand,” Poplar interjected. “But I’ve heard my late father tell me that before the God Valley Incident in the West Blue, the so-called World Conference was just a grand banquet where all the member states vied to please the Celestial Dragons. All sorts of exotic animals, treasures, and slaves were sent over in heaps. Whoever sent the most would receive more protection from the World Government the following year and live a better life.”

He spoke in a low voice, glancing around cautiously as he spoke, as if afraid of being watched by World Government spies.

Luo Xia's expression was stern, but he didn't lower his voice at all, and frowned as he said:

"Are the Celestial Dragons really that rotten? Are they all just spoiled brats with brains full of shit, doing things only to satisfy their own selfish desires? To be honest, I don't quite understand how the World Government can still rule the world steadily for eight hundred years under the leadership of such a team."

Upon hearing this, the three people in front of him all changed color.

Poplar's fat body trembled with fear, his small eyes darted around, and he held up his finger.

"Shh, shh! Keep your voice down, you little brat, are you out of your mind, saying things like that in front of a holy site, and so loudly at that."

Even Neptune, who had been lost in thought, snapped back to reality and looked at Rorschach with a shocked expression.

“Don’t worry, no one can hear us.” Luo Xia waved his hand, and the air around the four of them began to move.

The group then saw that the bow deck area was already enveloped by layers of flowing air walls.

Moreover, in the sky outside the ship, there were flashes of electricity dancing.

Seeing this, Kobra and the other two breathed a sigh of relief.

Bobra plopped down on the deck, looking at Rorschach with a complicated expression. "Rorschach, after seeing how you treated those slave hunters just now, I knew you were different from the average navy officer. You're a navy officer with a true sense of justice, but... sigh."

He shook his head, sighed, and didn't say anything more.

Rorschach looked at Cobra.

"Uncle Cobra, your Nefertari family was once one of these Celestial Dragons, wasn't it? What's your opinion on that?"

Seeing that all three were looking at him, Cobra frowned and said in a deep voice, "Eight hundred years ago, my ancestor Nefertari Lili, together with the other nineteen kings, created the world. Although I don't know what happened at that time, after establishing the World Government, my ancestor Lili resolutely chose to leave the Holy Land and return to Alabasta."

"Desire can bewitch the mind. Many rulers like you and me lose their true nature because of their high positions, becoming greedy, tyrannical, lustful, and incompetent. Not to mention the Celestial Dragons who rule the world like gods."

“However, I can tell you clearly, Rorschach, what you just saw was only the surface.”

Rorschach was taken aback, his expression shifting as he looked at Cobra, "Uncle Cobra, it seems you know something."

Neptune looked over as well.

Cobra stroked his graying beard, considered for a moment, and then said, "The Celestial Dragons that you see, or rather, that most people in this world see, are all arrogant, brainless, lecherous, tyrannical, stupid, and ugly, right?"

Seeing Rorschach nod, he continued, "But I must tell you, these Celestial Dragons are merely squandering the blessings left by their ancestors. They are the group among the Nineteen Kings who have been sidelined at the very edge of power. They lost their dominant position in the power struggles within the World Government, which is why they were allocated vast sums of money, allowing them to live a life of extravagance and debauchery. This cycle continues, and the incompetent become even more incompetent, so they simply give up, since they can still enjoy the pleasure of enslaving everything anyway. Meanwhile, the leaders among them completely occupy the center of power, such as the Five Elders."

Rorschach was startled.