One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

"Fufufufu, fufufufu! Very good! Very good!"

how many years?

This is the first time I've ever suffered such a huge loss.

That brat who ate the Kirin Fruit, and Law, that family traitor, and...

"Prince Ilya!"

Doflamingo's gaze turned cold as he looked towards the Imperial Palace.

Then he saw the young prince of the Prince Kingdom clapping his hands with a smile on his face. His figure flashed through the air a few times and appeared in front of everyone.

Snap! Snap! Snap!

"Brilliant! Life and death separations, constant plot twists, and a progressively unfolding narrative—that's what makes a truly captivating stage play."

Ilya turned to look at Doflamingo, whose face was ashen. "Doflamingo, you see, just as I predicted, fate will ultimately triumph over everything. Even you, the villain who represents power, couldn't escape this law in the end."

Answer to Chapter 65

The inland sea beneath the cliff.

"The seawater is frozen! This is... Admiral Aokiji's ability! Great! The Admiral is here! Quickly break the ice and send this Grous up; he needs immediate treatment!"

On the ice, the officers broke through the ice and climbed out of the icy seawater.

Not far away, from the direction of the palace, Hawkins, clutching his chest, walked across the ice and headed this way.

On the long street, Kuzan glanced coldly at Ilya, who had appeared in the scene, and walked up to Rorschach and the others.

"Are you guys alright?"

Kuzan crouched down, looking at the three young men in front of him who were much younger than him.

The injuries on the three people were quite shocking.

Drake's skull was cracked, and congealed blood mixed with dust stained his upper body a dark red.

Despite his broken right arm, Rorschach was still panting and, together with Drake, was using tattered rags to bandage the countless bloody holes in his body.

At this moment, Luo Xia's life force was extremely weak. He lay against the ruins, and his pupils even showed signs of dilation.

"Please get him some ice to stimulate his nerves and prevent him from going into shock."

Luo turned his head and said something to Kuzan.

"Oh."

Kuzan quickly extended his right hand, and a ball of freezing air rose from his palm, swiftly drawing out a palm-sized block of ice and handing it over.

Luo didn't look up and continued, "Where's your navy's follow-up support? What are you all standing around for? Hurry up and contact the doctors; they all need immediate treatment."

Kuzan slapped his head. "Sorry, I didn't think it through. I'll contact the branch right away. They're on standby off the coast of the Kingdom of Prince. I'll tell them to come over immediately."

After saying that, he quickly took out a Den Den Mushi.

"Puff puff..."

The Den Den Mushi rang only twice before being answered by the person on the other end.

"Is that Jennifer? Send people to the island immediately to deal with the disaster in Prince City. Also, Drake and the others are seriously injured and need immediate treatment. Send people over quickly."

At this moment, several thick straw ropes extended from the cliff edge leading from the inland sea to the royal city, and a dozen or so naval officers climbed up from below.

Upon seeing the group, the officers immediately led Gross over.

Further away, Bepo and his two companions were awakened by the cold ice beneath them and ran back to the house where they had been hiding, carrying the unconscious Peacock out on their backs.

When Bepo and the others saw Law with a missing arm, their eyes instantly welled up with tears.

Seeing that the peacock was also covered in blood and burns, Kuzan's expression turned even more grim.

He instructed a dozen or so officers to send a few men to the capital to check the situation and bring over the military doctor from the 177th branch.

He stood up and walked towards Doflamingo and Illya, who were about to start fighting again.

As Kuzan approached, the temperature in the air began to drop rapidly, as if we had arrived in the Arctic.

Doflamingo lowered his raised hand and turned his head to look at Kuzan who was walking towards him.

Kuzan didn't look at him, but instead focused his gaze on Ilya.

"Are you the mastermind behind the coup in the Kingdom of Prince, Prince Ilya?"

Ilya wiped away the blood that flowed from Doflamingo's attack and looked at Kuzan with a smile.

"It is I. Greetings, Admiral Aokiji."

"Why do you do this?" Kuzan asked expressionlessly, without a trace of a smile.

"Because I want to get that answer!"

"What exactly is controlling this world?"

On Ilya's gloomy face, which originally resembled Hawkins' temperament somewhat, the same neurotic expression appeared again.

He pointed to his brother Gross, who was lying unconscious on the ground, and said, “Look, Gross is the representative of the bloodline. Father is willing to hand over the throne to him, who is inferior to me in every way. Just because he is of royal blood, he can take over the kingdom without paying any price.”

Ilya then pointed at Doflamingo, whose face was grim.

"The powerful Seven Warlords of the Sea represent strength, and their intervention has brought about new changes in the bloodline inheritance."

"Your navy, also representing orthodoxy, has come in the name of justice to defend the peace of this country and drive out pirates."

"Justice will inevitably triumph over evil! Is this an unchanging destiny that has existed for thousands of years?"

"And I alone will represent wisdom."

Ilya pointed to himself, “At the age of fifteen, I was able to manipulate the countries of the North Sea, causing several neighboring countries to start wars over trivial matters, allowing the Kingdom of Prince to reap the benefits and earn endless wealth. I offered pirates small favors, and they swarmed from all over the North Sea like sharks smelling blood, working for me.”

"I traded the food I stole from the pirates for the Revolutionary Army's strategic-level Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit."

"Use the fruits of mythical beasts to lure the Donquixote Family into a trap."

"Right now, in this small kingdom of Prince, bloodline, destiny, power, and wisdom have gathered—the four factors I believe are most capable of dominating this world. But..."

Ilya smiled and pointed at the expressionless Kuzan.

"Now I understand that wisdom is the most useless factor here."

“The nobles of the kingdom have bloodlines but no power; in the end, it's all for naught.”

"Destiny ultimately triumphed, but it was based on strength. Without your intervention as the Navy's top combatant, the final answer to this stage play would have been strength!"

"So, is the ultimate solution to this problem a combination of fate and power? Is that the most crucial factor that dominates this world? Hahaha."

Ilya threw his head back and laughed loudly, "Haven't I seen through the true nature of the world? Hahaha!"

Doflamingo stared at him coldly, as if he were looking at a dead man.

Rorschach!

Suddenly, Drake's shout came from behind Kuzan.

Kuzan turned around and saw Rorschach, covered in blood, struggling to walk towards him step by step.

He stared at Ilya, who was laughing maniacally, with his deep blue eyes.

"So, for such a trivial question and answer, you personally destroyed your own country, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians and turning neighboring countries, islands, and villages into rivers of blood?"

"How could it be boring? This is a very meaningful thing! With only tens of thousands of lives, we have glimpsed the essence of the world. Isn't that a wonderful thing?"

Ilya opened his arms, his smile growing even brighter.

Luo Xia's cheeks twitched, and the corners of his mouth turned up. He felt an indescribable sense of suffocation and anger filling his chest.

He pointed at Drake, whose head was split open, at Law, whose arm was broken, and at the unconscious Peacock and Gross.

"Let me tell you what governs this world!"

"What governs this world has never been bloodline, wisdom, power, or the fate of a nobody!"

"It is the most basic conscience and kindness that every human being possesses!"

"It is an innate human quality: the courage to challenge the unknown, to break through the powerful, and to face life and death!"

"The greatness of mankind lies in the greatness of courage; the hymn of mankind is a hymn to courage!"

"Only by having good intentions and conscience, and by having unwavering courage and faith, can we change this world that is riddled with problems!"

Rorschach watched as Ilya's smile faded, and then looked at Doflamingo, whose face was grim.

"People like you who treat human life like dirt will never understand this kind of thing."

After saying that, he seemed to have exhausted his last bit of strength, and his body swayed and collapsed.

Kuzan reached out and caught his falling body, his pupils trembling.

"Can we change this world, which is riddled with problems, only by having good intentions and conscience, and by having unwavering courage and faith?"

Kuzan suddenly felt a surge of heat in his heart.

"This is what the navy should be like, this is what justice should be like!"

Doflamingo's face remained expressionless for a long time before a wild smile gradually appeared.

"Fufufu, fufufufu, does being born a human being automatically grant you conscience and kindness? How arrogant! Kid! How much real darkness and cruelty have you experienced? Go out to sea, go see this world riddled with holes, and see if your naive beliefs can change it! Fufufufu!"

His figure rose from the ground, carrying Torrepol and the others soaring upwards into the distance.

Not far away, Drake, Hawkins, Law, Bepo, and the officers silently watched the silver-haired boy in the arena, their emotions involuntarily fluctuating.

boom!

boom!

Off the coast of Prince's Kingdom, naval warriors from various branches of the North Sea are launching warships to besiege dozens of pirate crews of varying sizes gathered in the Kingdom of Prince.

The roar of cannons on the sea heralded the final curtain call.

Chapter 66 Kuzan

Ten days later, Thousand Rock Island.