One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

“Excellent, Barry. Keep building at this pace. Also, train some more shipwrights for me, and I'll give you a satisfactory commission.”

"Don't worry! Leave it to me, Lieutenant General Rorschach." Barry pounded his chest loudly, agreeing with great pride.

He was covered in glittering gold jewelry from head to toe, looking extremely flashy, like a nouveau riche who had owned a gold mine.

Barry was one of the top shipwrights at Carrera Company. Rorschach specially invited him from Water Seven to build a shipyard on G5 Island to build warships, civilian fishing boats, merchant ships, and even submarines for G5.

Considering that Barry could not stay at G5 to work for him indefinitely, Rorschach spent a lot of money to hire Barry as a mentor at G5 to train a large number of shipwrights.

These people learning shipbuilding techniques came from various backgrounds: some from the G5 military, some from the island's residents, and some from orphans who had been rescued by the G5 military.

Surrounding the shipyard is a vast steel jungle that has sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Various military and civilian factories sprang up all over the island and were operating at a great pace.

For these factories that could bring rapid development to G5, Rorschach, the base commander who held absolute power in G5, did not hesitate to grant them the greatest privileges and convenience.

The military factory is entirely controlled by the G5 branch itself, with technical guidance coming from the Navy Headquarters' research and development units.

Civilian factories, such as many food processing plants, garment factories, and hardware factories, are invested in by G5 and operated in partnership with experienced businessmen through a controlling stake.

Rorschach knew nothing about these things; he just did whatever he had heard in his previous life, making do as he pleased as long as it ensured that both G5 and the merchants made money.

Although it is indeed a bit unreliable, fortunately, G5 is in charge, and for the time being, no one has come to cause him trouble because of it.

The population of G5 Island has now exceeded 50,000.

The branch's strength also exceeded 30,000.

Construction on the island was in full swing every day, giving Rorschach a sense of exhilaration, like a creator.

When he became the base leader of the G5 branch and entered the New World, it was still a broken island that had been conquered.

But now, it has become the world's largest and most prosperous naval base.

none of them.

Even G1 and the main building don't look as imposing and massive as the current G5.

Just as Rorschach was standing on the beach, marveling at how rapidly the world was changing, the Den Den Mushi in his arms suddenly rang.

He took it out and looked at it, and his smile widened even more.

"Senmonumaru, you've arrived? Okay, I'll be right there!"

A few minutes later, Luo Xia crossed the sky above G5 Island, which is more than ten kilometers away, and landed in the inner bay harbor.

At this moment, on the inner bay where dozens of warships of various sizes were anchored, a particularly conspicuous super-large warship was slowly approaching the port under the towing of a tugboat.

At the bow of the warship, Sentomaru, wearing a conspicuous bellyband and carrying a giant axe on his shoulder, shouted in a hoarse voice from afar:

"Rorschach, the 20 Pacifistas you requested have been delivered. Let me make this clear first: these Pacifistas are initial versions and don't have many features yet. Don't use them like fully-fledged soldiers. Also, each Pacifista costs one billion Berries. Remember to pay when you accept these weapons of war."

Luo Xia's smile froze, his brows furrowed, and he was somewhat displeased. He jumped onto the bow of the warship and reached out to grab Sentomaru by the neck.

"Hey Fatty, didn't I say I wanted a hundred? Why did you only send me 20? It's only one billion Berries per ship! Do you think I can't afford a G5? Tell Vegapunk and Uncle Borsalino that I want to equip each of my G5 warships with ten!"

Sentomaru nearly rolled his eyes back from being choked, dropping the large axe he was holding to the ground. He gripped Rorschach's arm, which felt like a hydraulic clamp, and muttered angrily:

"Don't joke around, Rorschach."

"Do you know what a hundred Pacifistas mean? The first batch of Pacifistas cloned based on Xiong Gong only numbered one hundred. Last time, Colonel Ain took fifty from Egg Point Island under the pretext of testing weapons, and now she's taken them all to Gingerbread Island. So there are only fifty on Egg Point Island in total..."

"Then bring them all! Do you think I can't afford it? It's just 50 billion Berries, right? Hibari! Hibari!"

Luo Xia grabbed Sentomaru's thick neck with one hand and shouted at the top of his lungs toward the square.

Hibari, who was using his Cloud-Cloud Fruit powers to create various extreme weather conditions, flew over from afar upon hearing Rorschach's shout.

Hibari landed lightly on the warship, ignoring Sentomaru, whose eyes were rolling back in his head from being strangled by Rorschach, and only looking at Rorschach.

"Brother Luo Xia, you were looking for me?"

“Yeah.” Luo Xia nodded, pointing at Sentomaru with great pride and asking Hibari, “Hibari, you tell Sentomaru, how much money does G5 have left? That fatso Sentomaru dares to look down on G5. We asked him to send over a hundred Pacifistas, but he's being stingy and only gave us a paltry 20…”

"Brother Luo Xia..."

The lark's voice suddenly softened, and she stammered, "It seems we really are out of money..."

"What? You're out of money?"

Rorschach's eyes widened.

He released Sentomaru, who was about to stick out his tongue, reached out and pulled Hibari aside, and asked in a low voice, "What's going on? How come G5 is short of money? Didn't we exchange a full 100 billion Berries with Tesoro last time?"

"Yes, it's all gone. The money we exchanged last time has long been spent, Brother Rorschach. Now, G5's money comes from the industries on the island, the taxes collected from some of the islands we protect, and the bounties on the pirates we recently captured."

When money was mentioned, Lark became somewhat sullen.

She was assigned by Rorschach to manage the finances of the G5.

On a daily basis, G5's income and expenses all pass through Yun Que's hands.

Rorschach was very reassured about this and had great faith in Lark's abilities.

A while ago, Rorschach said he was short of money, so he reluctantly called Akainu's Den Den Mushi to inquire about the Skypiea Gold.

Then, a few days later, Akainu sent Shiryu with a fleet to transport about 50,000 tons of gold to G5.

Based on the current global value of gold, these 50,000 tons of gold could be exchanged for approximately 5 trillion peggis.

Of course, considering inflation and market demand, Rorschach would never be able to dump so much gold at once.

After several days of selling off, a very wealthy man came to the door and said he wanted to buy all of Rorschach's gold.

Luo Xia was stunned by the other party's tone.

But when he learned that the visitor was the Golden Emperor Gilles de Tezzo, Rorschach felt relieved.

If we're talking about the richest power in the world, it's undoubtedly the world government.

But if we're talking about who's the world's richest person, it's definitely the Golden Emperor.

Gilles Tezzoro owns 20 percent of the world's Pelés, making him the undisputed richest person in the world.

Jonathan's old man's stash of money is nothing compared to Tezzoro's.

The Gold Ship in Tezzoro is the world's most luxurious money pit, attracting countless wealthy people to spend money there every year.

One year's income is Jonathan's lifetime income.

He is also a user of the Gold-Gold Fruit, and his fruit ability has been developed to the point of awakening. His efficiency in exploring gold mines and refining gold is the strongest in the world, bar none.

Because of the Gold-Gold Fruit's power, Tesoro can only manipulate gold, not turn matter into gold.

Moreover, the more gold he controls, the stronger he becomes.

Therefore, Tesoro's demand for gold is also the highest in the world.

His gold ship, the Tesoro, reportedly contained hundreds of thousands of tons of gold.

There is no one in the world more suitable than Tezzoro, who has the demand and the money to acquire the large amount of gold in Rorschach's possession.

Therefore, the first deal the two made was a gold deal worth 100 billion pegories.

Rorschach paid for this with 1,500 tons of high-purity gold.

Krosha remembers that this deal was made less than two months ago, right?

"We spent 100 billion Berries in just two months? Lark, have you been hiding some money from your family?"

Rorschach was a little incredulous.

"Brother Luo Xia! How could you think of me like that? Am I that kind of person?"

The lark pouted, looking aggrieved, with a hint of tears welling up in its eyes. Luo Xia panicked a little and quickly tried to comfort it.

After a long period of reassurance, Yun Que pouted and said, "You have no idea how fast we've spent money these past two months. The warships at the shipyard, the cannons, ammunition, flintlock muskets, and shields at the arsenal, the road construction, shipbuilding, land reclamation, and housing on the island, the disaster relief on other islands, the establishment of branch offices, and the salaries of the marines, as well as the compensation for those injured or killed..."

"Okay, okay, I got it. The money wasn't wasted."

Luo Xia quickly stopped Yun Que's inventory, feeling his head spin.

"What's wrong, Rorschach? I think I heard you guys saying you're out of money. Let me be blunt, if you don't have the money, then you can't get these Pacifistas. Each Pacifista is very expensive to build, and we didn't even agree to send them over for free from G1's request."

Sentomaru's muffled voice came at just the right moment, interrupting Rorschach's distress.

He instantly regained his dignified demeanor as the commander of G5 base, and waved his hand dismissively.

"Who said we're short of money? It's only a billion per unit! Buy it!"

Then, he smiled and affectionately put his arm around Sentomaru's shoulder.

"However, it will probably take a few days. It takes time for me to withdraw that much money from the bank. Sentomaru, you can have some fun in my G5 for a few days."

"I don't have time to waste here. My time is very precious," Sentomaru snorted.

"Come on, you fatso, what important thing could you possibly have to do? If it's training, we can do it in G5. I have a group of people here who can be your sparring partners. I can even be your sparring partner myself, but of course, it won't be free. You know my time is precious. Hmm, one pacifist per session, how about that? Pretty good deal, right?"

Luo Xia's words made Yun Que, who was standing next to him, burst out laughing.

Sentomaru rolled his eyes, his face darkening.

However, he still subconsciously said:

"Of course I have important things to attend to. Vegapunk is researching an even more powerful weapon of war, codenamed Seraph. I need to go back and take charge of the defense of Egg Point Island."

"Seraph?"

Rorschach's eyes lit up instantly, and he hurriedly leaned over to ask, "How's the research going? Have the first batch of Seraphim been made yet? How much does one cost? I want to buy them, as many as you have. Tell Vegapunk I'll pay double, no, triple!"

Sentomaru grabbed the red bodice from his chest, stuffed it into his mouth and bit it, covered his ears, and plopped down on the deck, ignoring Rorschach's questions and immediately falling asleep.

Seeing that Sentomaru had activated flight mode, Rorschach had no choice but to temporarily abandon his questioning of Sentomaru.

He looked at the twenty pacifist flanks lined up on the deck before him, his face beaming with undisguised satisfaction.

It has the appearance of twenty large bears, can fire lasers, and its body is modified from special metal and cloned bear flesh.

One of them costs as much as a large warship and its combat power is no weaker than that of an ordinary naval rear admiral.

In large-scale wars, it can exert terrifying destructive power, delivering a tremendous psychological and physical blow to the enemy.

The arrival of these pacifists has significantly boosted the overall strength of the G5.

With these pacifists in place, Rorschach was finally able to return to Paradise in peace to find the missing Blackbeard.

However, Rorschach believed that if the Navy changed the appearance of all the Pacifistas to resemble Akainu, their destructive power would probably increase to another level, creating a psychological deterrent effect like an aura of fear.