One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

"The only explanation I can think of is that Teach is probably the only one among us who knows the name of that Devil Fruit. That fruit must be extremely important to him. Important enough that he would abandon his companions and betray his family. The power of that fruit... must be incredibly strong. So, he doesn't dare to gamble, he doesn't dare to gamble that Thatch would really give it to him."

"What ability could be more important than family? Teach... damn it!!"

Ace slammed his fist on the bulkhead, then suddenly turned and walked outside.

Marco was startled, then stood up and shouted, "Ace! Where are you going?"

"I'm going to go and bring that bastard Teach back!"

Ace roared without turning his head.

"Don't be impulsive, Ace! I think we should first investigate what kind of power that Devil Fruit Teach took is."

Marco rushed up and grabbed Ace's arm, trying to stop him from leaving, but Ace angrily shook him off.

"Don't stop me! Marco!"

Ace was extremely agitated, his eyes red as he roared, "Teach is a member of my second division! His crime is murdering a comrade! Everyone knows that on this sea, the most inviolable rule of our Whitebeard Pirates is not to kill a comrade! As his captain, I absolutely cannot let him get away with this!"

"But we need to stay calm! That Teach guy isn't that simple. Once we find out news about him, we'll go together!"

Marco held onto Ace tightly, preventing him from leaving.

Whitebeard sighed dejectedly and looked at the furious Ace.

"Ace, listen to Marco. For some reason, I have a bad feeling this time."

"Dad!"

Ace broke free from Marco's grasp once more, his body erupting in raging flames. Gritting his teeth, he looked at Whitebeard and choked out, "That Teach guy... killed his comrade! How can I stay calm like this!"

With that, he ignored the surrounding pirates' attempts to dissuade him, his figure transformed into a streak of fire as he left the Moby Dick. Under the watchful eyes of Marco and the others, he jumped onto his small boat and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

Marco, feeling worried, turned to look at Whitebeard.

"Dad, what should we do?"

"Pass down the order: have everyone investigate Teach's whereabouts. Once his location is discovered, set out immediately and capture him!"

Whitebeard bent down and held the dead Thatch in his arms, speaking in a hoarse voice.

A few days later, at the G5 branch fortress.

"What? You're saying the Whitebeard Pirates are searching the world for Marshall D. Teach?"

Luo Xia, who was sitting behind the desk reviewing a large stack of documents, looked up and stared at Yun Que in surprise.

"Ah."

The lark nodded its little head and waved the piece of paper in its hand.

"Look, they've even put a bounty of up to a billion Berries on Marshall D. Teach, and it's made it into Morgans' newspaper."

Upon hearing this, Luo Xia could no longer continue reviewing the documents in front of him. He got up, walked over, and took the bounty poster from Yun Que's hand.

Rorschach stared blankly at the headshot of the black-bearded man with a missing front tooth for a long time.

"I never expected that it would still happen. I thought some things might not happen because of my interference. But it seems what was destined to happen has come. Is this the fate of this world, Blackbeard..."

Hearing Luo Xia muttering to himself, Yun Que curiously came over and asked, "Brother Luo Xia, what are you whispering about?"

"Didn't say anything. Do you have a newspaper? The one you mentioned earlier about Blackbeard having a bounty on his head."

Luo Xia reached out his large hand and gently rubbed her head as she leaned over.

Suddenly attacked by Rorschach's large hand, Hibari subconsciously narrowed his eyes, revealing an expression of enjoyment like a kitten being petted.

But she quickly realized where she was and panicked, her face turning red.

"Yes...yes, the newspaper is on the table, I'll give it to Brother Rorschach."

She stammered as she turned to grab the newspaper from the table, but Luo Xia grabbed her slender waist, picked her up like a child, and carried her to the sofa to sit down.

Let's watch it together.

Luo Xia naturally placed Hibari's petite body on his lap, reached for the newspaper on the table, rested his chin on the girl's head, and spread the newspaper out in Hibari's arms.

"Eh... eh?"

The lark's beak was slightly open, its mind completely blank.

Looking at the round newspaper in front of him, Luo Xia finally understood the general outline of what had happened.

According to the bounty poster published in the newspaper, Blackbeard Teach violated the rules of the Whitebeard Pirates a few days ago by killing his crewmates and defecting.

"A few days ago..."

Luo Xia stroked his chin and thought for a moment.

A few days ago, the Whitebeard Pirates must have stopped on that deserted island they had stayed on, right?

If Blackbeard killed Thatch at that time, then wouldn't that mean...

"Damn, no way? Could the Dark-Dark Fruit be on that deserted island?"

Rorschach's eyes widened.

If my guess is true, doesn't that mean I missed out on the Dark Fruit?

The thought of this possibility made Luo Xia feel uneasy.

That's the Dark-Dark Fruit!

After consuming it, one can manipulate black hole-like gravity, absorbing and destroying surrounding objects; it is the natural enemy of Devil Fruit users.

It might even have the ability to extract Devil Fruit powers from other Devil Fruit users.

If one could obtain this fruit, it would mean being able to strip others of their abilities and create the strongest army of ability users.

Compared to this, Kaido's elaborate artificial Devil Fruit army is utterly pathetic.

Although I am not Blackbeard and cannot eat a second Devil Fruit, I can give it to others around me.

You can give it to Zefa too.

If I could obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit two years earlier, wouldn't Shiki's Float-Float Fruit ability, Wang Zhi's Teleport-Teleport Fruit ability, Big Mom's Soul-Soul Fruit ability, and Doflamingo's String-String Fruit ability all be mine?

Rorschach thought about it more and more and felt that the Dark-Dark Fruit might be the fruit power that could overthrow the World Government's rule in the shortest amount of time.

Compared to this, even if the Nika Fruit is powerful, it's still just the strength of one person.

Unless everyone is Nika...

Thinking about this, Luo Xia couldn't sit still any longer.

"No, I have to go back to Paradise and see if I can catch Blackbeard and get Vegapunk to find a way to get the Dark-Dark Fruit out of him. Now that Blackbeard has the Dark-Dark Fruit, he's definitely left the New World and gone to Paradise to gather his crew and start causing trouble."

Lark was getting restless.

Being held in Rorschach's arms in broad daylight, sitting on his lap in the G5 base commander's office—this was still too exciting for the little girl.

The thought of possibly being seen by the marines who came to report on the situation made Hibari's legs go weak.

She twisted her body, trying to break free from Rorschach's embrace.

"Brother Luo Xia, put me down..."

"What's wrong?" Rorschach's throat bobbed.

He hadn't thought anything of it at first, but now that the girl was nestled in his arms, a surge of anger welled up inside him.

"Someone...someone will see us." Hibari turned her face away, her ears turning weak.

Rorschach instinctively said, "No, my Observation Haki is very strong; I can even foresee the future..."

As soon as Luo Xia finished speaking, he regretted it.

The lark's face turned so red it looked like it was about to bleed, and she went limp all over.

"Is Observation Haki, which allows you to see the future, just for bullying Hibari? Brother Rorschach... is a big bad guy."

Chapter 609 The Pacifist

Over the next few months, the chaotic situation in the New World gradually stabilized as Tottoland was divided among three factions.

In the Beasts Pirates, Kaido is busy building his army of Zoan-type Devil Fruit users.

Because of the deaths of Doflamingo and Caesar, he could only entrust his dream to the lazy and good-for-nothing Queen.

Therefore, we were caught in a period of aimless tinkering.

Zephyr's Neo Navy is said to have discovered a gold mine on Gingerbread Island and is selling off large amounts of gold in exchange for a large amount of Beli and other resources to vigorously develop his new naval power.

Many non-member nations in the New World have partnered with the Neo Navy because of Zephyr's policy of helping to eliminate pirates for free without charging Celestial Gold. They have invited Zephyr to send his troops to these non-member nations to establish Neo Navy bases.

Meanwhile, G5, with Luo Xia at the helm, has also entered a period of rapid development.

Enel and several other G5 warriors began to make their mark in the New World.

The recruitment drive of the G5 branch has never stopped, with new recruits joining almost every day.

The number of warships is also constantly increasing.

The number and size of military buildings on the island continued to increase.

The massive turrets almost completely surrounded the coastline of G5, making it practically armed to the teeth.

Not only that, the G5 branch has also spread to more than ten islands in Tottoland and several islands in the Kingdom of Dressrosa.

As for the islands in the G5 sea area, it goes without saying that almost every island is garrisoned by a small but well-trained naval branch.

The Navy Headquarters had initially expressed reservations about the large-scale development of the G5.

However, because the G5 did not demand large sums of additional military funding from the Navy Headquarters, the Headquarters turned a blind eye and did not require the G5 to stop its expansion.

After all, the G5's actions can be seen as strengthening the Navy's voice in the New World.

However, the Navy Headquarters is still very curious about where G5's money comes from.

The admiral repeatedly inquired about the relevant issues with Vice Admiral Rorschach, the commander of G5 base, but never received a satisfactory answer.

It is said that the marshal was so angry about this that he didn't eat for several days.

As a result, Vice Admiral Lan Lin offended the Fleet Admiral, and despite his strength reaching the level of an Admiral, he was unable to be promoted to the fourth Admiral of the Marine Headquarters.

At the newly built shipyard port behind G5 Island, Rorschach looked at the freshly completed 100-meter-long warship in front of him, nodded with great satisfaction, and smiled at Barry in front of him.