One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Flames lit up the arena's circular stands, followed by bullets and shells whistling out from all directions, all aimed at Rorschach, who stood in mid-air.

Not only that, but some pirates who knew Moonwalk, or who possessed some flying ability or modification technology, directly rushed out, wielding weapons and charging towards Rorschach.

Everyone was eager to impress their boss, Doflamingo, hoping to gain his favor and receive a reward.

After all, everyone knows that the Four Emperors are extremely wealthy and have plenty of money.

It's not just money; the Donquixote Family has amassed countless treasures over the years, such as Devil Fruits and legendary swords.

At this very moment, on the grandstand next to Doflamingo, there were three dazzling golden treasure chests containing three Devil Fruits that Doflamingo had carefully selected as rewards for the top three finishers in this tournament. These fruits had attracted the covetous eyes of countless pirates, who couldn't wait to get their hands on them right now.

"Hahaha, you arrogant navy brat, your head is mine..."

"Noisy."

Amidst the dense barrage of bullets, shells, and soaring pirates, Rorschach's gaze grew increasingly cold; his pupils, as deep as the ocean and as blue as the sky, suddenly narrowed.

"boom!"

A massive, mountain-like aura, like an erupting volcano, burst forth from his body, instantly transforming into a black and red storm that swept across the entire arena.

"Boom!"

Thin bolts of black and red lightning filled the sky above Rorschach's head, spreading out like a spider web.

The hundreds of pirates who charged forward using Moonwalk had their sinister smiles freeze on their faces. Their forward momentum stopped in mid-air, their footsteps ceased, and their eyes rolled back. Under the impact of the expanding and spreading black and red energy ball, they lost consciousness, coughed up blood, and fell from the sky hundreds of meters high like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

"Bang bang bang!"

One by one, the unconscious pirates crashed onto the arena below without any protection, landing around Kyros and Rebecca.

The cracking sounds of bones breaking, muscles tearing, and flesh being crushed echoed continuously in their ears, turning Rebecca's face deathly pale.

A pirate fell headfirst from the sky and landed right on the edge of the arena.

In an instant, the sound of bones cracking rang out as his neck and cervical vertebrae were broken and snapped, blood splattering and turning the arena red.

The seawater beside the arena kept exploding, and ferocious fighting fish, each more than ten meters long, leaped out of the water, excitedly opening their mouths full of fangs to catch the delicious flesh and blood falling from the sky.

Rorschach's Conqueror's Haki attack is far more powerful than this.

As the black and red energy orbs surged and raged wildly in the arena like a raging storm, none of the tens of thousands of pirates sitting in the audience were spared. On the spot, tens of thousands of pirates were blown away by the Conqueror's Haki, foaming at the mouth and collapsing in their seats with their eyes glazed over.

Various swords, spears, and cannons fell to the ground from the pirates' hands, making a clanging and clattering sound.

The rest, who managed to regain their composure, also gripped their swords with grim faces, panting heavily, sweat pouring down their faces, their eyes filled with intense fear as they stared at Luo Xia hovering in the sky.

The once bustling bullfighting arena fell silent instantly, replaced by a deathly stillness.

Doflamingo was closest to Rorschach and was the first to directly feel the impact of Rorschach's Conqueror's Haki. At this moment, he couldn't help but have a gloomy look in his eyes, and his fingers curled up reflexively, almost unable to resist being provoked by Rorschach to suddenly attack.

You could hear a pin drop in the entire arena.

Gradually, as the pirates in the audience calmed down, some of them began to recognize Rorschach's identity.

"Lieutenant General Lan Lin! It's Lieutenant General Lan Lin, the base commander of the G5 branch!"

"It was that Kirin Demon King, the strongest creature in the Navy. He's the one who cut off Katakuri's arm!"

"What was that just now? Conqueror's Haki? Are you kidding me? How could there be such terrifying Conqueror's Haki! It even cracked the rocky ground of the arena. Hey! You guys better pull yourselves together!"

On the arena, Rebecca stared blankly at the chaotic scene, muttering to herself, "Is he the Marine hero Aunt Violet mentioned who's coming to take care of Doflamingo?"

Cyrus gripped his longsword tightly, took a deep breath, and nodded solemnly.

"That's right, he is Vice Admiral Rorschach of the Navy. So strong! I can feel his life force. It's like facing a super-giant sea king!"

In the top tier of the stands, Doflamingo's expression shifted repeatedly before finally reappearing a wanton, wicked smile as he looked at Rorschach, who was slowly descending from the sky and standing before him.

"Fufufufu, Rorschach, I know you really want to kill me. I want to kill you right now too. But hold on, we're old rivals. Although it's been over two years since we last met, we've clashed several times. Fufufu, I must say, your excellence has exceeded my expectations. Even Kaido, Rose, and even Shiki couldn't stop you from growing."

"If you don't mind, let's sit down and have a chat."

As Doflamingo spoke, he gestured to the table in front of him, indicating that Rorschach should take a seat.

Luo Xia stood still, staring at him expressionlessly.

"I have nothing to talk to you about. Doflamingo, as far as I know you, arrogance, conceit, and overbearing are your true nature. There is no room for compromise between us, so let's just start fighting. I came here to kill you, and no matter what you do, you are going to die today."

The surrounding pirates fell silent again, and countless eyes were focused on Doflamingo and Rorschach.

Hearing Rorschach's incredibly direct words, Doflamingo calmed down instead. He pulled out a chair and sat down again, slowly picked up a bottle of wine in front of him, poured himself a glass, and poured another glass for Rorschach.

He reached out and picked up the wine glass in front of him, gently swirling it. The red wine in the crystal glass rippled, spreading out a blood-red hue.

Doflamingo, like a noble young master, elegantly raised his glass, took a sip, and looked at Rorschach with a faint smile, saying, "I know you want to kill me right now, but don't rush. At least for the sake of the lives of tens of thousands of residents of Dressrosa, I suggest you sit down."

"What do you mean?"

Luo Xia frowned slightly.

“Literal meaning.” Doflamingo put down his glass, a slight smile playing on his lips. “I know your Observation Haki has an extremely wide range of perception. Now, thoroughly investigate this Dressrosa capital and see how many residents are left.”

Rorschach turned his head, frowned, and looked towards the direction outside the arena. His powerful Observation Haki swept out, instantly spreading throughout the entire Dressrosa island.

He soon discovered that the situation on the royal island was indeed as Doflamingo had said: there were fewer than 20,000 residents left.

Although Rorschach didn't know how many people originally lived in the royal capital of Dressrosa.

But since Doflamingo has already made the statement, it means that he did indeed capture a group of innocent people.

Rorschach's gaze toward Doflamingo intensified with killing intent.

He stepped forward, pulled out the chair opposite Doflamingo, and sat down.

Seeing Rorschach's actions, Doflamingo laughed.

"Fufufufu, very good, Rorschach, you truly deserve to be called the new naval hero. Your actions just now saved the lives of 50,000 residents of Dressrosa."

He sighed self-deprecatingly, "To be honest, you're very strong. I can't see through you at all now. You're completely different from that hot-blooded, impulsive young man you were back in the North Blue. So, I had to make some arrangements for you in advance. But you can rest assured, I, Doflamingo, always keep my word. If I said I wouldn't kill them, they'll live. Oh, right, I forgot to mention, I sent those people to Oven Island, the island where you killed that idiot Weevil."

Rorschach didn't drink the red wine placed beside him. Instead, he reached out and grabbed a little tontatta girl who was lying on the table next to Doflamingo.

Doflamingo did not stop him, allowing Rorschach to take the unconscious Mansherry away.

Luo Xia looked down at the little human princess lying in his palm, his expression growing increasingly grim and cold.

Princess Mansherry, whom Leo and his companions desperately wanted to rescue, was in a truly pitiful state.

The little girl, no bigger than the palm of a hand, was covered in bruises and wounds.

Various new and old wounds piled up on Mansherry's body, making her smooth, fair, and delicate skin rough and covered with scabs.

This situation would be acceptable to most people.

However, Mansherry herself is a Paramecia-type Heal-Heal Fruit user, and her recovery speed is arguably one of the fastest in the world.

However, even as a user of the Healing Fruit, she was unable to heal her injuries at this moment.

Her face, barely the size of a fingertip, was swollen and red, her eyes vacant and unfocused, as if she had run out of tears.

Mansherry's healing ability is that she heals herself or others through her tears.

Luo Xia held the unconscious Mansherry and slowly channeled a gentle bio-current into the little princess's body to alleviate her injuries and pain.

He looked up at Doflamingo sitting opposite him, his eyes blazing with murderous intent that materialized into sharp, tangible energy. Like the eyes of a hawk, he unleashed two whistling beams of energy towards Doflamingo.

"You really deserve to die, Doflamingo."

Chapter 544 Poor Wolves

On the tabletop, the air whistled sharply, and two sharp beams of energy shot out from Rorschach's eyes, hurtling towards Doflamingo's face.

Doflamingo raised his right hand with lightning speed to block in front of him, catching the incoming energy in his hand, crushing it in one swift motion, and then looking at Rorschach with a smile.

"Rorschach, you are indeed my mortal enemy."

"You may not know this, but actually, back in Beihai two years ago, your performance in the stage play that kid Ilya designed left a very deep impression on me."

Rorschach remained silent, but Doflamingo, unconcerned, continued speaking.

“I’m not saying you killed Gladius, I’m referring to those remarks you made about this world. What was that line again? Let me think.”

Doflamingo pressed his forehead, seemingly recalling the past.

After a while, he stopped smiling, became serious, and spoke in a deep, resonant voice, slightly angry, as if he were rebuking someone, saying something that even Luo Xia had forgotten.

"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!"

The massive bullfighting arena was deathly silent. Doflamingo's words, like the resounding toll of a great bell, echoed in the air above the arena and in the ears of the surrounding pirates.

Tens of thousands of pirates stared in astonishment at Doflamingo's impassioned speech.

Doflamingo spoke with righteous indignation the words that Rorschach had uttered in the capital of Prince Edward.

It was as if he wasn't one of the Four Emperors of the New World, but a naval admiral giving a speech at an award ceremony.

His actions not only stunned his own pirates, but also left Kyros and Rebecca, who were standing on the arena, looking at him with strange expressions, as if they were dreaming.

Rorschach sat silently, without uttering a word.

Doflamingo ignored the expressions of the others and continued speaking.

"Listen to this! How passionate, shameful, and naive it is! Just hearing it would give any outsider goosebumps!"

"Fufufufu, saying that as long as you have good intentions, you can make the world a better place."

Doflamingo was smiling, but there was no smile in his eyes.

Behind the glasses, his eyes held memories of the past, along with a subtle sadness that Rorschach had already noticed.

Doflamingo's smile vanished, and his voice became calm, like a still pond.

"This naive and ridiculous statement is exactly the same as what my naive younger brother insists on."

“Back in Mary Geoise, that guy and I were completely different kinds of people. Compared to me, he was more like a father, a mother, and more like that idiot Musgarud now. In the Holy Land, a place that cannibalizes people, they not only don't eat people, but they also want to save people. Not only do they want to save people, but they also want to give up their status as gods and become mortals.”

"They don't know that those lowly mortals revere us because we are gods! We hold the power of life and death over all of them, and we can control their lives and deaths!"