One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Not far away, Issho and Rayleigh, their bodies also wrapped in bandages, stood as silent as mountains, watching Luffy and the others cry and vent their emotions.

They are older and have experienced a lot.

Even when they lose a comrade, they feel the pain but don't show it so directly.

However, Rayleigh and Issho have now noticed that something is wrong with Sanji and the others.

"Their minds, or rather their souls, are not in their own bodies, but have been transferred to the bodies of other people. If I'm not mistaken, this ability should be the ability of that Op-Op Fruit user."

He smiled as he looked at Sanji and the other three, whose behavior was quite different from usual.

"After shifting my mindset... seeing them like this, I feel like I've seen similar scenes somewhere before."

Rayleigh stroked his beard and fell into deep thought.

"The problem now is how to restore them. They've already lost their hearts, and if their souls are swapped as well, their lives will probably become extremely chaotic."

Rayleigh was jolted out of his reverie by a smile, and the faint sense of familiarity he had just caught in his mind immediately faded and disappeared.

He looked at Sanji, Robin, Franky, and Chopper, whose minds were in turmoil, and raised his palm.

"To break free from the influence of a Devil Fruit ability, all you need to do is have more Haki than the person who released the ability; help from others is also acceptable..."

“It’s no use, I’ve already tried. Neither my heart nor my mind has returned to normal.” Yi Xiao shook his head slightly. “I suspect it’s because what’s being affected is the intangible soul, which the domineering aura can’t specifically touch. And since the heart isn’t here, it can’t recover either.”

"Is the power of the Op-Op Fruit really that troublesome? It alters both the soul and the body at the same time. No wonder it's a legendary power that can perform immortality surgery."

Rayleigh pondered for a moment, then turned his head to look at the sea beside him.

"Since that's the case, we can only try to see if we can use seawater to remove these abnormal states. If the domineering aura doesn't work, seawater and seastone will definitely be effective."

Yi Xiao waved her hand gently, "In the current situation, it's not appropriate to do this kind of thing. Let's wait until they calm down before we talk about it."

He looked somewhat overwhelmed and very anxious.

Having joined the Straw Hat Pirates for over half a year, Ikko is well aware of Luffy's personality.

Now that he has lost a comrade who shared life and death with him, and is being forced to disband his pirate crew, unable to continue sailing to fulfill his dream, it would probably be an incredibly cruel thing for Luffy, worse than death.

When Luffy agreed to Rorschach's request, he was not in his right mind and it's unclear whether he heard it or not.

Therefore, Ichisho has no idea how to tell Luffy this terrible news.

Rayleigh noticed his troubles, sighed, walked to the side, took out Granny New's Den Den Mushi, and recounted everything that had happened.

"That's the situation, Grandma New. I might need to trouble you to bring some more ice, food, and clean clothes."

After saying that, Rayleigh picked up a pair of sea stone handcuffs from the ground beside him.

These handcuffs were taken from Luffy's hands. Rayleigh planned to use them to touch Sanji and the others later to see if he could break their mental turmoil.

A few hours later, a red ship towed by two snakes slowly sailed from a distance and approached the coast of Ruscena Island.

On the bow deck, the female pirates of the Kuja Pirates were all perched on the ship's side, curiously watching Luffy and his crew on the island.

Surrounded by the female pirates, Hancock stared intently at Luffy, who was too heartbroken to speak.

She seemed to have just heard Rayleigh's voice coming from Granny New's Den Den Mushi, saying that this boy had beaten up a Celestial Dragon.

Moreover, because he attacked a Celestial Dragon, he was surrounded and captured by the Navy, and lost an important comrade.

Therefore, Hancock wanted to see what kind of person dared to defy the world and beat up the gods of this world.

Now, upon closer inspection, it appears to be a small child with snot and tears on his face, covered in dust, mud, and blood.

Hancock was somewhat skeptical of what Rayleigh was saying.

On the open ground, after Luffy had cried and vented his emotions, he gritted his teeth, smiled, and stepped forward to recount his promise to Rorschach word for word.

When he revealed that Rorschach demanded the Straw Hat Pirates disband immediately and pay 10 billion Berries in compensation for assaulting a Celestial Dragon, everyone present was furious.

"That beast, Lieutenant General Lan Lin! I swear, I will never forgive him! He killed Barto and then took everyone's hearts to threaten us. Is this his justice? What's the difference between him and a demon?"

Robin slammed his fist into the ground in a fit of rage.

Then she looked at Franky apologetically, touching her fist where the skin had been scraped by the rough rocks.

"I'm sorry, Robin-chan, I didn't mean to."

Franky's eyes were filled with sadness. He didn't speak, but slowly shook his head and gently stroked the back of Nami, who had fainted in his arms, with his large hand.

With his arm bandaged, Usopp gritted his teeth and said with bloodshot eyes, "They killed our comrades, took our hearts, and now they want us to pay 10 billion Berries in compensation? Where are we supposed to find 10 billion Berries?!"

The crowd launched a scathing attack on Luo Xia.

Luffy sat on the ground in silence for a long time, clutching his straw hat tightly in his hand.

Suddenly, a clear, cold female voice broke in.

"I can give you 10 billion pegories."

Sanji and the others looked up in astonishment and saw Hancock, with an arrogant expression, walk up to Luffy and look down at the stunned Luffy.

"The Pirate Empress? Why...why? We don't seem to have ever crossed paths before."

Sanji recognized the stunning beauty before him, and somewhat hesitant to look at her breathtaking face, he lowered his head and asked in a muffled voice.

Hancock looked down at the crowd with such an extremely arrogant posture that all they could see were her snow-white collarbone and chin.

"There's no reason! I'll do whatever I want! I don't need to explain myself to you!"

Hancock's arrogant words once again stunned Sanji, Usopp, and the others.

Grandma New and Rayleigh, who was standing nearby, exchanged a glance and felt a pang of emotion.

"If... you're only willing to pay this money for us because we beat up that Celestial Dragon, then I think we're unworthy of it and can't accept it."

Chopper suddenly pursed his lips and spoke.

"As I have said, my decisions do not require explanation or your consent..." Hancock's eyes were cold and arrogant.

"No! Let me finish! Because this time... it might really be that we made a mistake!"

Chopper's voice choked with emotion, and he was about to burst into tears again.

Sobbing, he recounted everything Frisis had told him before turning to Hancock through his tears and saying, "...So, it's very likely we've targeted the wrong person. That Celestial Dragon uncle was trying to save Camie..."

"shut up!!"

Before Chopper could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Hancock's angry rebuke.

Chopper, Sanji, and the others present felt a powerful and icy aura suddenly pressing down on Hancock, making their hearts heavy and causing them to be horrified.

They had felt that same aura from Rorschach before.

This is Conqueror's Haki.

Hancock's face was as cold as ice, her eyes filled with undisguised anger and hatred. She said in a chilling voice, "There are no good Celestial Dragons in this world! If you utter such words again, get out of here!"

Hancock's aura was cold and menacing, sending chills down Sanji's spine.

Even Nami, who had fainted from grief, was jolted awake, her eyes filled with terror and helplessness.

Stimulated by Hancock's imposing aura and sensing the panic among his crew, Luffy, who had been in a daze for a long time, finally came to his senses.

He gripped his straw hat tightly, stood up from the ground, and walked step by step toward Hancock.

As he approached, an aura no less imposing than Hancock's aura emanated from him, like a suppressed volcano awakening.

His eyes lost their confusion and became sharp.

His face, covered in grime, couldn't conceal his commanding presence as captain.

Hancock's icy eyes actually flinched the moment they met Luffy's sharp gaze.

"Don't make things difficult for my partner! I agree to all the conditions that Rorschach mentioned."

"Luffy!"

"Luffy!"

Sanji, Chopper, and the others immediately became anxious and looked at Luffy.

"Everyone, there's no need to say anything more. I've already made up my mind."

Luffy slowly placed the straw hat over his head and clenched his fist.

"The Straw Hat Pirates will not be rebuilt until Rorschach is defeated and everyone's hearts are retrieved! As for now..."

He turned to look at the ice coffin placed beside him.

"Let's work together to send Barto's body back to his hometown."

"Luffy!"

Upon hearing this, Chopper, Nami, and the others all cried sadly.

A few minutes later, the Thousand Sunny, with Yixiao's power, took to the sky and flew towards Bartolomeo's hometown, Rogge in the East Blue.

On Ruscany Island, Hancock stood on the shore, staring blankly at the departing Thousand Sunny, unusually lost in thought.

Xia Qi and Granny Niu exchanged a glance, both with a strange look in their eyes.

"I never expected that this little guy Shanks was talking about would actually win Hancock's heart," Shakky said with a light laugh as she lit a cigarette at Rayleigh.

"Is this the time to worry about this?" Rayleigh sighed and took out his flask and Den Den Mushi. "I didn't expect that even I couldn't perfectly resolve this matter. This is troublesome. I don't know how to explain this to Shanks."

"Don't blame yourself. Blame that powerful Lieutenant General Lan Lin, and the equally powerful G5 branch. Lieutenant General Lan Lin, Luo Xia, I heard he's the same age as Little Meng Qi, yet even you admit he's no match for him. He's truly an extraordinary guy," Xia Qi sighed.

Several days have passed in the blink of an eye.

East China Sea, Rogge Town Port.

Sanji and the others, whose chaotic minds had been restored by the sea stone handcuffs, followed Luffy, who was carrying an ice coffin, as they disembarked from the Thousand Sunny and headed towards Loguetown.

They looked somewhat absent-minded.

After Luffy decided to return Bartolomeo's body to his grandmother's house, he officially announced the disbandment of the Straw Hat Pirates.

At that time, they will each return to their hometowns.

This is mandatory.

Even though Sanji and the others were extremely unwilling, there was nothing they could do.

Although their minds have returned to normal, their hearts are still in Rorschach's hands.

Although Luffy said he would definitely defeat the great demon king Rorschach as soon as possible, retrieve their hearts, and reunite them at sea.