One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

"Huh? Another fried egg? Does Brother Luo Xia only know how to make fried eggs?"

"As a good chef, you can't be picky about ingredients. So it's settled then, I'm going to fry the eggs."

"All right……"

After a while, the two finished their meal, cleaned up the dishes together, and then parted ways in the yard, each returning to their own room.

This detached courtyard is Rorschach's residence on G5 Island.

There are two three-story buildings on the left and right sides of the courtyard, with many empty rooms that can be used to entertain guests.

Now, Yun Que has been arranged to live in the small building opposite him, on the third floor next to him, and they can see each other through the balcony on weekdays.

After eating and drinking his fill, Luo Xia took a nice hot bath in the bathroom, stretched, and prepared to go back to his room to sleep.

In this world, electricity is not widespread, and there are no entertainment activities at night. Apart from cultivation, all one can do is sleep.

He usually stays in the yard or goes to the beach to train his Devil Fruit abilities or Haki this early in the morning.

But Rorschach plans to go to bed early tonight.

Today was a rare day off. He hadn't cultivated or dealt with the complicated official business of G5. At this moment, he felt completely relaxed from the inside out. He just wanted to snuggle in bed and sleep comfortably until he woke up naturally tomorrow.

As the highest-ranking officer of the G5 branch, he had the privilege of being willful.

Thinking this, Luo Xia hummed a song from his past life and pushed open the door to his room.

Then, he froze.

The French windows of the balcony were open at some point, and the cool moonlight shone into the room, illuminating a protruding outline on the bed.

Luo Xia's lips twitched. He slowly walked forward, grabbed a corner of the blanket, and gently lifted it.

Inside his blanket, there was a girl curled up, wearing a pink bear-patterned pajama.

The girl nestled in her warm blankets, her nostrils flaring, sleeping soundly like a sleeping kitten.

"Why is this girl sleeping in my bed again? If this continues, someone will really die!"

Luo Xia pressed his hand to his forehead.

Chapter 517 Wake up, this isn't a romance anime.

When Luo Xia woke up early in the morning, the first thing that came to mind was that he was lying on top of a soft, warm body.

A familiar yet exceptionally pleasant scent of hair wafted into his nose, causing his blood to rush to his head. A certain part of his body hardened like a rock, lifting the sleeping lark curled up on top of him like a jack.

The lark was half asleep and, despite being propped up like that, did not wake up. It murmured in its sleep, smacked its lips, and nuzzled its head against Rorschach's chin like a spoiled kitten.

Luo Xia looked down at the lark clinging to him like a koala.

The little girl's face looked incredibly delicate and rosy even while she was fast asleep.

Perhaps because the bed was so warm, the little girl's face was rosy, and she looked like a hand warmer when held in my arms.

Suddenly, Luo Xia keenly noticed that the 'hand warmer' in his arms was breathing heavily, not like it was sleeping soundly.

Rorschach found it somewhat amusing.

It seems that the lark has already woken up.

Perhaps out of shyness, they chose to pretend to be asleep.

Normally, the little guy who comes to his bed for a nap at times like this will leave before Luo Xia wakes up, return to his own room via the balcony, and then stand on the opposite balcony to greet Luo Xia the moment he gets up.

But today, I don't know why I went to bed so late.

I didn't do anything last night, did I?

Although there are no hard and fast rules about the legal age for marriage in this chaotic world.

Some women even marry and have children at a young age because of their race.

However, in Rorschach's traditional view, it is still believed that one should not enter the adult world too early.

Although Hibari's body was already quite mature, Rorschach felt a sense of guilt.

Moreover, he himself is not very old, and he didn't live to become an adult in his previous life, so he doesn't have any real practical experience in this area.

However, although he adhered to his principles, the budding romance of his childhood sweetheart was right there on his lips, and she always acted like a shy, demure woman ready to be picked, which was simply too torturous for him.

So you can't touch him, but teasing him is okay.

Seeing that the little girl lying on him was still pretending to be asleep, Luo Xia couldn't help but smile slightly. He naturally raised his two long arms and put his arms around the lark lying on him.

Instantly, Hibari, who was pretending to be asleep, stopped breathing and dared not make a sound. Her profile and soft earlobes were turning bright red at a visible speed, and it looked as if smoke was about to rise from her head. She froze completely.

Only one small heart was beating rapidly, resonating with Rorschach's own heartbeat.

"Stop pretending to be asleep now that you're awake! The sun's practically high in the sky. Get up, you lazybones."

Seeing that Yun Que looked like she had frozen in her breathing, Luo Xia couldn't help but laugh.

Hearing his voice, the soft body in her arms trembled slightly, and the little head resting on his chin slowly lifted up, revealing a delicate face flushed red.

"Brother Luo Xia..."

Yun Que, nestled under the covers, raised a section of her fair neck to look at Luo Xia, her delicate face flushed as if she were drunk.

Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her large, bright eyes were filled with a dreamy look.

Looking at the small mouth so close to him, her breath sweet as orchids, Luo Xia felt an irresistible itch and could no longer hold back, so he made a snap decision.

A dozen minutes later.

Yun Que pursed her lips, her face turning even redder, and she shrank deep into the blankets, covering her head completely.

After leaving home, Luo Xia didn't rush to the fortress to work. Instead, he went to the beach first and stood in the cold wind for a good ten minutes before he could finally calm down his boiling blood.

I couldn't help it.

I couldn't help it at all.

He smacked his lips with a lingering sense of satisfaction, as if the soft touch of Lark's body still remained on his hand.

"Alas, the pleasure quarters have always been the graveyard of heroes, and wine and women are harmful to health. I am still so young, and I will definitely be implicated and lose my fighting spirit. So... it is time to quit drinking."

When Luo Xia returned to the G5 base commander's office with a smile that was even harder to suppress than AK's, he was surprised to see Luo waiting outside the door.

Noticing the meaningful look in Luo's eyes, Luo Xia coughed nervously, feeling a bit guilty.

"Ahem, I just got up early and went for a morning run along the beach."

"Really? Then why is Brigadier General Hibari, who was supposed to be on patrol today, also absent? Young man, you need to learn restraint." Luo glanced at Luo Xia sideways, as if to say, "Keep arguing, I'll see if I listen."

"Young man, you act like you know everything. What, are you a veteran in this business?"

Luo Xia rolled his eyes, opened the office door and walked in, changing the subject as he asked, "So, what brings you here so early? Has something big happened in the Tottoran Sea?"

Luo Xia didn't expect that his casual remark would lead to Luo, who followed him in, nodding with a solemn expression.

"Yes, something big has indeed happened."

Rorschach was taken aback and turned around. "What big news? Doflamingo got defeated by a newcomer and fell from his position as one of the Four Emperors?"

Luo sighed and shook his head. "On the contrary, his rule over the territory within Totland has become more secure. That's the important thing I wanted to tell you."

"Hmm? The chaos on the Thirty-Five Islands of Totto Land has subsided? Is Doflamingo really that capable, managing to subdue even an enraged Katakuri?"

Rorschach was genuinely surprised this time.

It's worth noting that the Totto Land waters, where Charlotte Linlin died, have been in complete chaos over the past month.

Doflamingo, lacking sufficient experience and foundation, is simply not fit to hold onto the throne of the newly crowned Yonko.

The island territories under his control were constantly harassed by pirates from the New World, or raided by Katakuri and his men who stole a lot of supplies, making it impossible for him to gain a deeper understanding of the new territories and keeping him extremely busy.

Even the plan to arrest children in G5 was abandoned due to a lack of manpower.

It's precisely because their control over the new territory is not yet secure that they don't want to risk offending the G5 at this critical juncture and cause trouble.

But now, Law says that Doflamingo has already quelled the chaos in the vast territory of Totto Land.

This greatly surprised Rorschach.

It's not that he looks down on Ming.

Never mind, he just looks down on Doflamingo.

His strength is decent among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, but compared to the true Four Emperors, he is far inferior.

Rorschach might believe Hawkeye could quell the chaos in Totto Land.

"What exactly happened? Katakuri negotiated with him?" Rorschach asked curiously.

Law shook his head and said in a deep voice, "No, it's worse than that. It's Kaido. Kaido has intervened. Katakuri has now joined the Beasts Pirates, leading the remnants of the Charlotte Family. We don't know the specific reasons why he joined the Beasts Pirates; we haven't obtained more detailed information. But it's foreseeable that the Beasts Pirates, which had previously lost Jack the Drought, Who's-Who of the Flying Five, and Azur Lane, have now seen their overall strength greatly increased with the addition of Katakuri and others. They are much stronger than before. Doflamingo's position as one of the Four Emperors is now secure."

"what?"

Rorschach's heart sank.

The worst-case scenario has occurred.

He had originally thought that Doflamingo and Katakuri would continue their deadly battle in Totto Land until one of them fell.

If such an outcome can be achieved, whether it's Katakuri's defeat or Doflamingo's defeat, it would be a good thing for the Navy.

But unexpectedly, the snipe and the clam fought, and the fisherman benefited.

In this power struggle orchestrated by Doflamingo, the biggest beneficiary was not himself, but Kaido and the Beasts Pirates.

Not only did the vast forces of the Charlotte Family remnants merge into Kaido's ranks.

Even Doflamingo himself is considered half a vassal of Kaido, and it is only through Kaido's approval that he can secure his position as the Fourth Emperor.

In this way, wouldn't the Beasts Pirates suddenly become the largest in the New World?

Chapter 518 Katakuri

Three days ago, in the waters off Totland, at Juice Island.

This once prosperous island, which belonged to Juice Minister Smoothie, is now unrecognizable, with signs of looting and destruction everywhere.

The island's surviving inhabitants live in constant fear. Apart from basic necessities, they spend most of their time with their doors closed, hiding in their homes, terrified of encountering pirates who come to rob and kill them.