One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

In this fierce battle, among the surviving marines of the Navy Headquarters, the number of wounded exceeded 10,000, of whom 3,000 to 4,000 were seriously wounded and dying.

If they are not given effective treatment as soon as possible, the navy may continue to suffer huge personnel losses.

In order to treat these wounded soldiers, the Navy Headquarters summoned almost all the military doctors from all the branches in the Paradise Sea area.

In recent days, this makeshift hospital has seen seriously wounded marines die every day, and military doctors who have been working at high intensity for several days and nights have collapsed from exhaustion.

Right now, in front of the flying squirrel are several rows of Den Den Mushi connecting various wards. They have been sounding alarms non-stop for the past few days, keeping the flying squirrel in charge of this ward extremely busy every day.

Upon hearing that there was no doctor, the flying squirrel didn't hesitate. It grabbed a pair of medical gloves and, its feet barely touching the ground, rushed toward the ward indicated by the Den Den Mushi.

Inside Ward 5.

"Colonel Vincent! Please hang in there a little longer, a doctor will be here soon to give you a blood transfusion. Don't fall asleep, think of your family, think of your children. Hello! Colonel Vincent!"

Covered in vomit and bloodstains, Koby stood anxiously in front of a hospital bed, quickly wrapping bandages around the wounded soldier lying on the bed, desperately trying to stop the fountain of blood gushing from the chest of the colonel named Vincent.

The blood flowing from the open wound stained the thick white gauze a shocking crimson, making Koby's eyes red and almost bring tears to his eyes.

Colonel Vincent himself was deathly pale, and his pupils were gradually dilating as he opened his eyes.

Seeing this, Koby forgot about continuing to bandage his wounds and instead leaned down to shout in his ear, "Colonel Vincent, don't sleep! Tell me about your child, what's his name?"

Perhaps upon hearing the word "child," Colonel Vincent's eyes, which had been gradually unfocusing, regained a slight focus.

A weak voice came from his mouth.

“Jesse…”

"Jesse?" Coby's face lit up with joy, and he quickly asked loudly, "Yes! Jesse! Colonel Vincent, your son Jesse has come to see you. He... uh, he requested a visitation request. I need to verify his identity with you now. Please tell me, is Jesse a boy or a girl?"

“Jesse…my darling…daughter, she is…a gentle and kind…girl.”

Colonel Vincent, a middle-aged man, gave a pale smile, as if he were thinking of his beautiful and sensible daughter. Every time he returned home after a mission to capture pirates, he would see her standing at the door, looking up at him with a sweet smile, and then shouting "Daddy!" before rushing into his arms.

Every time Vincent sees his daughter's smile or hears her voice, he feels that all the hard work and struggle he has put in is worthwhile.

At first, Vincent thought it was a telepathic connection between him and his daughter, but he later learned that whenever he was ordered to carry out a mission, Jesse would silently wait at the door every day, praying for his safe return.

This deeply moved Vincent, who secretly vowed to survive the mission, become a hero in his daughter's eyes, and return with glory.

“Jesse.” A crystal tear rolled down his cheek, making Koby’s nose sting and almost cry as well.

"Yes! It's a girl, she must be very beautiful."

What color is her hair?

"Was she wearing a red dress?"

"How tall is she, Colonel Vincent? Please tell me! I'll bring her to you right away!"

Koby continued yelling and asking all sorts of questions to keep Vincent awake.

He knew very well that someone like Vincent, who was bleeding so heavily, might never wake up again once he fell into a coma.

In the days he had been assisting the medics, Koby had seen far too many wounded soldiers die for this reason.

Koby felt extremely ashamed that he and Helmeppo did not participate in the war at Marineford because they were too weak.

As soon as the war ended, they quickly arrived at the battlefield as logistics soldiers and began various tasks.

They assisted the military doctors at the makeshift hospital, helping to deliver medicine or change dressings for the wounded.

Although he was extremely busy, Koby didn't complain at all; instead, he forced himself to save people.

Yes, he wanted to save people.

Although he wasn't a military doctor, he didn't want to see these marines, who were far more capable than him, die in such a painful way.

So these past few days, Koby hasn't rested, but has been helping as much as possible.

He wanted to help the overworked military doctors with some of their workload, so that perhaps more wounded soldiers could be saved.

Although he missed that brutal war, this is his battlefield.

"I won't let you die, Colonel Vincent! Please hold on, Jesse can't lose a righteous, brave, heroic father!"

Koby gripped Colonel Vincent's hand tightly and shouted.

Meanwhile, in the same ward, not far away, at a hospital bed, Berumeber, covered in sweat, reached out and pressed on the body of an unconscious major general.

He frantically pressed the buttons while shouting towards Coby, "Coby! What do we do? Major General Ravre has gone into shock! What should I do? Think of something quick!"

"Press on his chest and give him artificial respiration. Check if anything is stuck in his throat, and whether he's in shock due to suffocation! There's a defibrillator nearby; use that to give him a shock!"

Koby remained calm and quickly explained the treatment method.

Bellemere was skeptical. "Will it really work? What if the wrong treatment method is used, and Major General Ravre accidentally..."

"Don't hesitate! I learned all of this from Major General Doss and Major General Trafalgar! Saving lives is all about speed, don't think about anything else!"

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

A bewildered Bellemere was instructed by Koby to examine the shocking Major General Ravre one by one, and to perform chest compressions and electric shocks.

He pressed the buttons dozens of times and gave five or six electric shocks. When he was covered in sweat and his hands were trembling, Major General Lavré, who was in shock, suddenly his chest heaved, he let out a groan, and he opened his eyes abruptly and began to gulp down the legendary words.

"He's...he's alive!"

Bellemere's tense mind relaxed, and his body went limp, causing him to fall to the ground with a thud, tears streaming down his face.

When the flying squirrel rushed into the ward, it was greeted by a scene that shocked it so much that its eyes widened in astonishment.

"Coby, Helmeppo, did you... manage to save them?"

"We've only temporarily stabilized their injuries; they'll need a doctor to treat them further. Our treatment methods are still too rudimentary," Koby said with some shame.

"No, you did a great job."

The flying squirrel forced a stiff smile and offered a compliment.

A while later, Luo, whose face was a little pale, rushed over and gave the wounded soldiers in room number one emergency treatment.

Looking at Vincent, who had received a blood transfusion and was now fast asleep, Koby asked Law with concern, "Major General Trafalgar, will Colonel Vincent be alright? He has a daughter named Jesse waiting for him at home."

Luo wiped the blood from his hands, gave Coby an approving look, and said softly, "He won't die. You did a good job. Your mind is much sharper than his; you even remembered our treatment methods. It seems Lieutenant General Garp was right; you are indeed a promising talent. When you graduate from basic training, you can come to G5 to find me, and I'll arrange a job for you."

"Really? Thank you so much!" Koby was so excited that he saluted and bowed repeatedly.

After watching Luo finish treating all the wounded in the room and then hurriedly leave for the next ward, Bellmare stared at Koby with envy and jealousy.

"Me? I just saved someone too! Why didn't Rear Admiral Trafalgar invite me to G5? That's Vice Admiral Rorschach's branch. I heard that marines who go there advance rapidly and are on their way to the top. Damn it, Coby, you're so lucky!"

"Hehe, really?" Koby scratched his head shyly, then took a deep breath, picked up the surgical instruments beside him, and walked out, shouting to Helmeppo behind him, "Now is not the time to chat. Let's go, Helmeppo, there are more people who need help."

"coming."

The two worked at the hospital until late at night before being forcibly kicked out by the flying squirrel after four consecutive days without rest, and forced to take a half-day break.

Exhausted, Coby and Helmeppo helped each other out of the hospital. Looking at the star-studded Marineford night sky, Coby couldn't help but sigh.

"Berumeber, is this the price of war? So many people have died, those powerful officers, turned into cold corpses one by one. I can't imagine the pain their families will face."

Helmeppo sighed and said angrily, "Blame Whitebeard! Because of him alone, we lost tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Even Fire Mountain, Strobelli, Vice Admiral Gmir, and others... And Rayleigh, the Dark King, many marines died by his sword. Vice Admiral Shiryu of G1 had both his hands severed by him. Vice Admiral Shiryu was a great swordsman. For a great swordsman to lose his hands is worse than death."

Koby didn't speak, he just stared blankly at the night sky.

But Bellumber continued speaking.

“These past few days, Coby, you’ve heard the complaints from the wounded soldiers, haven’t you? They say that if it weren’t for Rayleigh and the others interfering with our war against the Whitebeard Pirates, we could have easily crushed them with our six admiral-level strength and won without paying such a heavy price.”

Helmeppo glanced cautiously at Coby's expression before speaking softly, "Coby, I also heard from many wounded soldiers that Rayleigh and the blind swordsman Itsho were all... were brought here by Straw Hat Luffy because he wanted to save his brother. So... many marine deaths will probably be blamed on Straw Hat Luffy. Vice Admiral Lonzo was also severely injured by him and is still unconscious."

"Luffy isn't like that..."

Koby wanted to refute Bellemere's words, but the words caught in his throat and he couldn't say them.

He thought of the marines who had lost their limbs, wailing in pain in their hospital rooms, and dying with reluctance.

If Rayleigh and his men hadn't come, perhaps those wounded soldiers wouldn't have died, wouldn't have lost their limbs, and wouldn't have become crippled.

Although Coby firmly believes that Luffy is definitely not the kind of bad guy Helmeppo described.

But he knew he had no right to forgive the enemy on behalf of the wounded soldiers who were struggling in pain.

And Luffy is the Navy's enemy in this war.

"Bermebo, let's go back and rest. I'm tired." Koby's mind was filled with many thoughts, and he felt as heavy as if his mind and body were filled with lead.

The two of them, supporting each other, stumbled and waded into the darkness.

Unbeknownst to them, on a distant mound of earth, a burly figure had been standing silently for an entire day.

"Bogart, have you found Rayleigh's whereabouts?" Garp watched his two prized disciples leave quietly, then suddenly asked in a hoarse voice.

In the darkness, a figure quickly approached and stood behind Garp. After a moment's hesitation, the figure whispered, "Found him. Rayleigh, the Hades, is in the Land of Women."

"Alright, let's go then."

Chapter 692 Iron Fist VS Hades [Thanks to Brother Green Tea Red for the 800 points reward]

Calm Belt, Kingdom of Women, Nine-Eyed Snake Island.

The female warriors of the Kuja Pirates, guarding the coastline, watched in shock as the sea exploded before them. A sea king, hundreds of meters long, roared in agony as it was cleaved in two by a flash of light and crashed onto the sea, quickly turning a large area of ​​water blood red.

Then, an elderly man with a full head of white hair emerged from the seawater, walked barefoot to the shore, and took off his shirt and wrung it out.

"It's Rayleigh!" someone exclaimed upon recognizing the newcomer.

The enormous Mariegret hurried over, looking at Rayleigh in surprise. "Rayleigh, you didn't swim all the way from Ruskena Island, did you?"

Rayleigh chuckled, took off his glasses, wiped them, and put them back on. He looked into Amazon Lily. "Yes, there are no boats over there, and I didn't want to bother you all to come and pick me up every time, so I simply swam over."

"They...swam over here?"

Even though the female warriors of the Kuja Pirates were well-traveled and experienced, they looked at Rayleigh as if he were a monster.

This is not a simple sea area like the Four Seas.

This is the Calm Belt, and no one knows how many sea kings, as large as mountains, lurk beneath the surface of the ocean.

For ordinary people, let alone swimming in this place, even riding on a warship inlaid with sea stone cannot guarantee complete safety.

"What are you doing here? Is there something you need?" Mariegrud asked curiously.

Rayleigh nodded and looked at the palace complex where the royal palace was located. "I wanted to see if Hancock's injuries had healed."