One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

A deafening explosion resounded throughout the Tower of Justice. The wall facing the Buster Call warship exploded and collapsed. Lucci, covered in blood and bleeding from his mouth, flew out of the shattered hole, tracing a long parabola in the air before falling towards the sea.

"That was a really ugly loss, Lucci."

Just then, a soft laugh came from the sky above the Tower of Justice, causing both Issho, who was sitting at the top of the tower, and Luffy, who was already teetering on the edge, to look up involuntarily.

Above the azure sky, a sky-blue dragon-headed warship descended from the heavens. On the bow stood a silver-haired boy wearing a snow-white cloak of justice, looking down at Luffy, who was covered in blood.

"We finally meet, Monkey D. Luffy."

Chapter 584 A Smile's Answer

A dragon-headed warship with outstretched wings swept across the sky, blocking the direct sunlight and casting large shadows on the top of the Tower of Justice.

The tall figure in the snow-white military uniform was backlit, making it impossible to see his face. Suddenly, he moved his feet and fell straight down from hundreds of meters in the air.

With a soft click, Rorschach stood tall on the bridge pillar connecting to the Tower of Justice, surveying the Straw Hat Pirates members who, one after another, had fought hard-fought victories on their respective battlefields and were now crowding around their captains.

Luffy, Sanji, Robin, Nami, Usopp, Chopper, and a smiling figure with a complicated expression, floated down from the top of the tower and stood in front of Luffy and the others.

In a distant corner, Franky stood, peering furtively in their direction.

Looking at Luffy's crew gathered together, and at the seemingly incongruous yet extremely harmonious smile that Luffy and the others shared, Luo Xia couldn't help but sigh at the unpredictability of fate.

Sometimes you desperately try to change the course of something, but the world always surprises you, making the thing you want to change move in an even more unbelievable direction.

This is what is meant by the direction of the world, which cannot be changed by the will of any individual.

Human resources are sometimes limited.

"Who are you?!"

Upon seeing Rorschach's unusually tall figure, Luffy's exhausted heart immediately clenched.

Driven by his innate and powerful intuition, he sensed a terrifying and familiar feeling of oppression.

Involuntarily, the image of the man who was also nearly three meters tall, whom I had met on Long Chain Island, came to mind.

When Robin, whose handcuffs had been removed, saw Rorschach descending from the sky, her usually calm face betrayed a visible tension.

Nami, standing beside Robin holding her hand, could clearly feel the force in Robin's knuckles.

However, Nami's expression at this moment didn't look much better than Robin's.

In the entire Straw Hat Pirates crew, apart from the silly Luffy and the clueless Chopper, everyone else seemed to know who the person in front of them was.

"You're kidding, right? You...you are that man!" Nami's pupils dilated, her eyes filled with fear.

Usopp screamed and hid behind Ikki, trembling with fear. He grabbed Ikki's clothes before daring to peek out and secretly observe Rorschach, who was standing motionless.

Sanji seemed to have thought of something, and a surge of anger welled up in the depths of his eyes. His hands, which were hanging at his sides, had clenched into fists.

"The man who destroyed the Germa Kingdom."

Around the corner in the distance, Franky covered his face in distress, opened his mouth as if to say something, but ultimately couldn't utter a word.

Chopper noticed his companions' tension and fear, and couldn't help but become tense as well.

"Why is everyone so afraid? The other party looks very young. He shouldn't be the invincible admiral we encountered last time, right?"

He looked at Usopp and asked in a low voice, "Sniper King! Who is he?"

Usopp swallowed hard, his lips trembling, almost speechless with fear. He stammered, "He...he...this man is Lieutenant General Bluescale!"

"Lieutenant General?"

"Just a vice admiral?"

Chopper tilted his head, looking completely bewildered.

“Yes, I am indeed just a newly appointed vice admiral.” Rorschach’s gaze swept over the several familiar yet unfamiliar people in front of him, and he couldn’t help but smile gently.

"Stop lying!" Usopp jumped up, his hair standing on end. Terrified by Rorschach's gaze, his mask flew off, and he pointed at Rorschach, screaming tremblingly:

"Everyone, please be very careful! This guy is none other than Vice Admiral Rorschach, a candidate for Marine Admiral. He personally slaughtered ten million pirates, killed three Shichibukai, and killed the great pirate Shiki, who rivaled the Pirate King Roger. Although he's not a Marine Admiral, his strength is immense; he's a true pirate killer!"

"What? Ten...ten million?" Chopper's pupils dilated to their limit, he staggered backward and sat down on the ground with a thud. "He also killed three Shichibukai? Usopp, you're not lying, are you? He killed three pirates as powerful as Gecko Moria?"

"No! The three Shichibukai he killed were far stronger than Gecko Moria! In any case, everyone must be careful, and it's best to escape as soon as possible!"

As Usopp spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.

Chopper was almost in tears, staring longingly at Ichisho.

"Mr. Yixiao will protect us, right?"

“Yes, I won’t let you hurt them, Rorschach.”

With a smile, he strode forward, leaning on his cane and sword, and walked towards Luo Xia.

Luo Xia looked at him quietly, then suddenly shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Yi Xiao, do you know how I feel when I see you here?"

"It's like discovering a gold mine, but before I could claim it for myself, my rival beat me to it and snatched it away halfway. I feel so empty inside."

"Gold Mountain? Where is it?" Nami's eyes suddenly gleamed with golden light.

Usopp slapped her on the shoulder and said, "Is this the time to be greedy? Idiot!"

Then he looked at Luffy and said anxiously, "Luffy! While Mr. Issho is holding that terrifying guy back, let's run away quickly!"

Luffy's chest heaved as he pushed away Chopper, who was quickly bandaging his wounds, and walked towards Rorschach, ignoring everyone's attempts to stop him.

Luo Xia stood three meters away from him, a smile appearing on his face, the scar on his eye twitching as he gave an apologetic smile.

"It is my honor to be regarded as a treasure by the renowned Lieutenant General Lan Lin. Luo Xia, I am sorry to have disappointed your invitation. However, although we are now on opposing sides, I still admire your sense of justice."

"Issho, do you know that if you don't join the Navy, who will inherit the title of Admiral Fujitora in the future?"

Luo Xia murmured to himself, but asked the question he had been asking all along the way.

"Could you tell me, Mr. Issho, why did you suddenly change your mind and choose to become a pirate?"

Upon hearing Luo Xia's question, Yi Xiao remained silent for a while.

Luo Xia had already pondered this question in his mind for more than ten minutes, and he already knew what he truly wanted in his heart, so he gave a straightforward answer.

"The reasons I initially considered joining the Navy were twofold: first, to uphold benevolent justice, and second, to abolish the Seven Warlords system."

He looked at Rorschach quietly.

“I think I don’t need to join the Navy for the latter; someone will do it for me. That person is you, Rorschach.”

Rorschach was taken aback, then gave another bitter smile.

"So that's how it is. It seems I dug my own grave."

"What about the former? I think the Navy needs your benevolent justice."

Luo Xia glanced at Luffy, who had walked to Yi Xiao's side, and asked again.

To everyone's surprise, Yixiao shook her head this time.

He sighed deeply before saying, "No, Rorschach, you know better than we do what path the navy of this era will take."

He turned to look at the five giant Buster Call warships that surrounded the Tower of Justice, observing the menacing marines aboard and the dark muzzles of their cannons.

"Did you see that?"

"In this era, because of you and Akainu, the Navy's absolute justice has taken the lead."

"The benevolence and justice that heroes like Garp and Black Arm Zephyr uphold, similar to those of me, have declined within the Navy."

"I can foresee that in the not-too-distant future, the one who will truly be at the helm of your navy will be either Akainu or you."

"Therefore, even if I were to join the Navy, I would only clash with you, who are guiding the Navy's path of justice, in future operations. So..."

Yixiao turned his head to look at Luffy standing beside him, a grim smile appearing on his face, "So I chose another path."

Luo Xia remained silent after hearing this.

He really wanted to explain to Issho that his principles of justice were different from Akainu's.

But it seems that, as Yixiao said, the future navy will indeed embark on a truly iron-blooded path.

The benevolence upheld by the older generation of naval leaders such as Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr will gradually fade from the historical stage of the navy.

Even a confused Aokiji would be expelled from the Navy because of a smile that shared the same thoughts.

At that time, Akainu will become the Fleet Admiral of the Navy and the helmsman of the Navy.

Rorschach has been promoted to Admiral, and in the future, Green Bull, who also insists on absolute justice, may join the team, along with a group of promising talents from the G5.

The entire navy will be free of dissent, united as one, becoming a sharp dagger to break through all obstacles to justice.

It can be said that as long as Akainu and Rorschach are still around, this is an inevitable trend that cannot be stopped.

Rorschach finally understood.

No wonder Yixiao made such a choice.

After a long silence, he nodded.

"I understand, I respect your choice, Yixiao."

A heavy, jet-black halberd flew out from the Kirin, which was already hovering in the center of the distant fleet, and crashed into the bridge beside Luo Xia with a loud bang.

Luo Xia reached out and grabbed the handle of the Heavenly Dragon Halberd, then looked at Yi Xiao.

"Since we've become enemies, let's have a showdown, laugh it off."

"Dare you disobey?"

Yi Xiao drew his staff-sword.

Just as the battle was about to break out, Luffy, who had been standing silently beside Ikki, suddenly stepped forward, blocking Ikki's path, and looked up at Rorschach.

"I'm the captain, I'll fight you one-on-one!"

Chapter 585 Monkey D. Luffy

"Luffy!"

"Luffy!"

Sanji, Nami, and the others were terrified when they saw Luffy standing in front of Rorschach, turning pale and letting out a gasp.