One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Seeing Rorschach flying uncontrollably toward him, Blackbeard finally showed a hint of joy and couldn't help but grin.

"Hahaha, Rorschach! Even someone as powerful as you can't escape my abilities!"

He opened his left hand and grabbed Luo Xia's arm with a snap. He then clenched his right fist and raised it high, his fist swirling with dark, domineering energy. He then punched Luo Xia in the abdomen.

Blackbeard's eyes were filled with anticipation and excitement.

He wanted to use this punch to shatter Rorschach's pride, and make this powerful naval monster, like Ace before him, be trampled under his feet.

"Oh!"

A dull thud rang out as Blackbeard's right fist, which he had thrown out, was caught by Rorschach's gently raised left hand, which held it firmly in his grasp.

"What? You!"

Blackbeard was terrified.

He struggled with his right arm, trying to pull his fist back, but found that Rorschach's left hand was like a million-ton hydraulic clamp, firmly holding his fist, and no matter how much he struggled, he could not pull his arm back.

Rorschach raised an eyebrow as he sensed the fruit's power within him completely subsiding.

After being captured by Blackbeard, Rorschach discovered that his abilities had indeed completely subsided, but they had not disappeared.

Unlike seawater and seastone, the Dark-Dark Fruit's power cannot cause the user to lose their strength when touched by it.

It's like a shield that can block other Devil Fruit abilities, affecting only the ability itself, without weakening the user's physique or Haki.

For example, at this moment, Luo Xia's abilities are temporarily unavailable, but his burly physique and domineering aura remain.

So, the nemesis of the Dark-Dark Fruit's power is someone with a strong physique and powerful Haki?

Perhaps this ability would be useful to those who rely heavily on Devil Fruit powers.

For example, Ace.

However, for figures like Rorschach, Kaido, and Whitebeard, who can maintain immense strength even without Devil Fruit powers, the countermeasures are quite limited.

Thinking of this, Rorschach felt somewhat bored.

If the Dark-Dark Fruit's power doesn't have the ability to steal other people's powers, then Rorschach really has a hard time accepting Blackbeard calling it the most ferocious Logia-type ability.

In this world, which of the strongest at the top would become a weakling at the mercy of others without their Devil Fruit abilities?

Even Kizaru, who is constantly criticized by Zephyr for relying too much on his Devil Fruit powers, possesses a physique far stronger than that of ordinary people, as well as Armament Haki at the level of top-tier combat power.

Even with the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, Blackbeard is far from being invincible as he envisions.

No wonder this guy wanted to steal Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit power.

One ability is strong control and ability shielding, while the other is a devastating offensive attack.

The combination of these two abilities can indeed create a world-class powerhouse.

If his domineering aura and physical strength were further enhanced, he might truly achieve the invincible feat Blackbeard spoke of.

Unfortunately, Blackbeard will never have the chance to fulfill his dream.

Looking at Blackbeard struggling wildly in his hands, Rorschach suddenly asked a question that sent chills down Blackbeard's spine.

"Blackbeard, is your monstrous body due to a special race, or was it modified to look like this? A body that can break the rules of Devil Fruit abilities and accommodate two or more Devil Fruit abilities is simply the ultimate physique that all the strong people in this world dream of."

Rorschach's right hand trembled, and his deep blue Haki repelled Blackbeard's left hand. Under Blackbeard's terrified gaze, he slowly clenched his five fingers into a fist.

He gripped Blackbeard's right fist with his left hand, and with his right fist clenched, just as Blackbeard had done to him earlier, he punched Blackbeard in the abdomen.

"Bastard! Let me go!"

Blackbeard struggled desperately as Rorschach's fist loomed larger before him. Blackbeard unleashed his black Haki and the black aura of his Dark-Dark Fruit powers, relentlessly attacking Rorschach, but all of it was blocked by a solid, thick wall of deep blue Haki.

"Teach!"

Van Augur and Lafitte, who were standing nearby, finally reacted and moved at the same time, ready to pounce on the person to save them.

Rorschach ignored them, but two massive blue-white lightning bolts, as thick as buckets, shot out from above his head, instantly covering a distance of dozens of meters, passing through Van Augur, who was holding a sniper rifle, and Lafitte, who had drawn a rapier from his waist.

Amidst the crackling noise of electricity, two humanoid charred remains, emitting black smoke, appeared on the ground.

The ten billion volts of lightning, amplified by high-level Armament Haki, instantly obliterated Van Augur and Lafitte.

The moment the two died, Blackbeard's pupils dilated, his whole body arched backward, his clothes burst open, and a thick spine bulged out of his body, like a ferocious giant centipede, almost breaking free of his body.

His mouth gaped open, and he let out a silent groan of pain.

A large amount of blood gushed out of his gaping mouth.

Blackbeard felt as if his body had been completely blasted through by Rorschach's punch.

It felt as if my internal organs had been thrown into a blender and pulverized into pieces.

The pain that would normally suffocate an ordinary person was amplified by the Dark-Dark Fruit's double pain. Blackbeard couldn't even last three seconds before his eyes rolled back and he promptly passed out.

Just a second before he lost consciousness, Blackbeard's mind was still filled with a dazed and confused feeling, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

"What exactly happened? This is completely different from what I expected!"

"Lieutenant General Lan Lin! You damned beast, I hate you to death!"

Chapter 620 What? You arrested them all?

When Rorschach found Ace, dragging the unconscious Blackbeard like a dead dog, Ace was sitting quietly on a hill on the edge of Tassan Island, silently watching the shattered earth in the basin in front of him.

The ground in the basin was charred black, with traces of fire everywhere.

Large amounts of black charcoal were splattered like ink across every corner of the basin; these were fragments of wooden houses burned to ashes by the raging fire.

Originally, this place had a small town with a population of over a thousand, called Tassan.

When the Blackbeard Pirates landed, they killed dozens of unarmed civilians in revenge, causing panic in the town.

But on Tassan Island, surrounded by the sea, the villagers had nowhere to escape and could only live in fear and grief.

Then there is no more then.

The aftershocks of the battle between Ace and Blackbeard completely destroyed the entire town of Tassan. Not a single villager was able to escape, and even their corpses were torn apart by the violent suction force and burned into nothingness by the blazing flames at thousands of degrees Celsius.

When Rorschach arrived, he found that apart from Blackbeard and Ace, there was no one else on the island.

This is the tragedy of the weak, the ordinary people.

Their fragile lives cannot even withstand the aftershocks of a clash between the strong.

Here, the destruction caused by a battle between Blackbeard and Ace alone affected the entire island, claiming the lives of thousands.

It is easy to imagine how many people would be swallowed by the sea when Whitebeard, known as the strongest man in the world, used his Tremor-Tremor Fruit power to fight, causing sea tremors, air tremors, and towering tsunamis.

Rorschach glanced at Ace, who looked dejected.

Do you regret it?

Ace's body trembled, and he slowly raised his head.

He glanced at Blackbeard, who was being held in Rorschach's hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "I never regret the choices I've made, no matter... which one."

Rorschach nodded.

"So, have you found the answer you're looking for?"

"Answer? What answer?" Ace asked, somewhat bewildered.

"The meaning of life".

Rorschach's calm voice stunned Ace.

Then, his head drooped, and his shoulders began to tremble.

"Tick, tick..."

Tears streamed down his face, shattering on the ground beneath him.

He cried.

Luo Xia watched quietly, without saying a word.

After a long while, he reached out and grabbed Ace's shoulder.

“Let’s go back to Marineford. There, a tormented old man awaits you.”

Ace remained silent, a deep sense of guilt welling up in his eyes.

Thank you.

He said softly in a hoarse voice.

“No need, you know I hate the Seven Warlords system.” Rorschach shook his head, grabbed him and Blackbeard, and soared into the sky, quickly disappearing from Tassan Island.

Several hours later, in a secluded room of the Marineford underground laboratory.

"Huh? You...you arrested them all?"

Sengoku stared blankly at Ace and Blackbeard, who were being held in Rorschach's hands, one on each side, and it took him a long time to recover from his chaotic thoughts.

It wasn't until he heard several footsteps behind him that he snapped out of his dazed state of mind.

He watched as Luo Xia tossed the two men he was holding into the room like trash, clapped his hands, turned to him, and said with a smile, "Mission accomplished perfectly, old man. You can rest assured that there is absolutely no possibility of any leaks about what happened on Tassan Island."

Sengoku's face was full of black lines, his back teeth were almost ground to powder, and his presbyopic eyes behind his round-framed glasses were wide open like bull's eyes. He couldn't help but open his mouth and roar at Luo Xia.

"You brat! What are you doing? Why did you bring Blackbeard back too? He's been recognized as a Shichibukai because he captured Ace! The Shichibukai are eating your rice, and you're always picking fights with them. Can't you just give me a break?"

"Snacks? What snacks?" Luo Xia licked his lips and rubbed his stomach. "I flew over a thousand miles early this morning, so I'm a bit hungry."

"Stop interrupting me!!"

The Warring States period was so angry that he almost had a heart attack.

He regretted having spoken so frankly with Luo Xia yesterday.

Xiao He even said that the boy had grown up and become more mature.

If this can be called composure, then Sengoku felt he might not be able to live to retire as marshal.

Because he would be driven to his death by Rorschach.

However, seeing that Blackbeard was still alive, Sengoku finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Rorschach finally knew to restrain himself and didn't kill Blackbeard outright.