One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

If they were unprepared, even someone as strong as Whitebeard would have been injured.

Not to mention Hancock right in front of us.

Before Rorschach could even unleash his thunderous breath, Hancock was struck by a few stray bolts of lightning. Her Armament Haki armor was utterly destroyed, and her delicate body was blasted from mid-air by the lightning, blood spilling from the corner of her mouth as she crashed heavily onto the ground below.

Watching Hancock being blasted by bolts of lightning with billions of volts of power, Rorschach slowly raised his pillar-like hooves and stomped down, the enormous shadow instantly engulfing Hancock on the ground.

"Stop! Lieutenant General Lan Lin!"

Suddenly, an urgent, aged voice rang out amidst the booming thunder.

Although the sound was very faint, Rorschach still heard it.

He lowered his head, looked at Granny New who had leaped forward and stood in front of Hancock, and said in a deep voice, "Gloriosa, are you going to stand up for her?"

Granny New, who stood in front of Hancock, now directly faced the terrifying aura emanating from Rorschach.

Her frail body could not support her any longer, and she trembled as she knelt down with a thud, fine beads of sweat appearing on her forehead.

Granny New insisted, "Vice Admiral Bluescale, please stop. Snake Princess did not kill any of the Marine soldiers present, nor did she attack Garp. Garp's injuries were sustained during his battle with Rayleigh, and have nothing to do with Snake Princess or the Kuja Pirates."

“I know she didn’t do it, otherwise, the island would be gone by now.”

Rorschach's raised hooves stopped a few meters above the heads of Granny Newt and Hancock.

Upon seeing this, Granny Niu felt as if she had collapsed from exhaustion and slumped to the ground, panting heavily.

Hancock, on the other hand, lay on the ground with disheveled hair and torn clothes, her chest heaving, her eyes filled with shame and indignation.

If you look closely, you'll find a hint of vulnerability and resentment deep in her eyes that no one else can detect.

lost.

She was defeated by Rorschach once again.

Just like on Marineford, she was defeated without any resistance. She couldn't even hurt Rorschach, let alone cause him any trouble.

Last time, Luo Xia even threw a punch at her, but this time, he didn't even throw a punch. He just shot out a few bolts of lightning, which crushed her powerless to fight back and ruthlessly shattered her strong sense of self-esteem along with it.

In front of this man, her beauty and abilities seemed to have lost their purpose, and all her strength seemed like a joke.

The colossal Qilin beast, as large as a mountain, rapidly shrank, its snow-white, wide cloak of justice unfurling in the wind. Rorschach ignored Hancock and walked straight to Garp, whose injuries had been treated by Dawes, taking out the inconspicuous golden bead from his hand.

"Doss, how is Grandpa Karp's injury?"

Seeing Rorschach approach, Bogart looked sorrowful, while Doss was dejected and said softly:

"It's terrible. He has too many wounds, many of which have penetrated deep into his internal organs. The muscle damage on the surface is one thing, but the most fatal part is that his internal organs have been severely damaged by the domineering aura and the slashing attacks, causing massive internal bleeding."

Furthermore, Vice Admiral Garp's will to live doesn't seem strong; it seems... it seems he's deliberately courting death. You know, for strong individuals like Rorschach and Vice Admiral Garp, if they were willing to use Life Return to heal in conjunction with proper nutrition, even the most severe injuries would have enough time to recover. But now... sigh..."

Doss sighed, looked down at Garp whose eyes were closed, and said with a sigh, "If Lieutenant General Garp doesn't pull himself together soon, I doubt he'll be able to hold out until we get back to Marineford. I mean, at the speed you were flying at, Rorschach."

Rorschach nodded. "So, he only has a few tens of minutes left to live?"

His tone was calm, and you couldn't tell how sad he was.

Doss glanced at Rorschach and nodded, "Yes, his life force is rapidly draining away, irreversibly, and blood transfusions are useless now. His body is like a leaky water bag, rapidly deflated..."

Before Dawes could finish speaking, he saw Rorschach point a finger at Karp's chest.

"Zizzizi..."

A powerful bio-current, radiating vitality, surged like adrenaline, flowing from Rorschach's fingertips into Garp's heart.

The next moment, inside Capuna's blood-soaked body, his heart began to beat faster, pumping the blood to every part of his body.

His faint life force surged several times over in an instant, and in Bogart's perception of his domineering aura, it seemed as if he had suddenly regained his health.

Bogart looked at Rorschach with surprise and doubt. He had no idea that Rorschach could do something that even Dawes, the top-level military doctor of the headquarters, could not do. He pulled Karp back from the brink of death in an instant, and he seemed to have recovered a lot. Even his pale face had regained some color.

Bogart breathed a sigh of relief, a grateful smile appearing on his face.

But Doss, standing to the side, frowned and looked at Rorschach with a puzzled expression.

Bogart wasn't a doctor and had no idea what terrible consequences Rorschach's actions would have.

Garp seemed to have recovered most of his vitality, but in Doss's eyes, Garp at this moment was like a flame about to be extinguished, which was then doused with a bucket of kerosene.

The flames appeared to have increased several times in size, but the burning firewood simply couldn't support such a terrifying rate of combustion.

Therefore, Rorschach's approach will not only fail to save Garp, but will also hasten his death!

Doss stared blankly at Rorschach, completely baffled as to why Rorschach would do such a thing.

Seeing Doss standing there in a daze, Rorschach waved his hand in front of his eyes. "Alright, stop spacing out. Pack your things and let's go back to Marineford. Old Man Cap is a lucky man; he'll be alright."

With that, Rorschach waved his hand, and an invisible current immediately lifted Garp's body, who was lying on the ground, and flew behind Bogart and Dawes toward the dog-headed warship anchored on the sea.

Doss turned to look at Rorschach, his eyes filled with complex emotions, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

In that instant, a terrible thought involuntarily arose in Doss's mind.

Rorschach deliberately wanted Garp to die here.

But why?

What does Rorschach gain by doing this?

More fame?

Rorschach has no shortage of such things.

Since the Navy compiled and released the detailed account of the Marineford War to the world a few days ago, Rorschach's reputation has skyrocketed to the highest level in the Navy Headquarters.

His feat of killing Whitebeard made his glory shine as brightly as the sun, attracting the attention and awe of people all over the world.

Even Garp, who is also a naval hero, is now overshadowed by Rorschach's brilliance.

He truly became a new naval hero of the Navy Headquarters and the most admired idol in the hearts of young marines all over the world.

Although the Navy has not officially announced Rorschach's promotion to Admiral, everyone already considers him to be an Admiral.

The name of General Lan Lin has already swept across the world like a storm.

If in the past some people would have brought up Rorschach's youth, now that Rorschach has proven himself with a series of terrifying achievements, no one dares to underestimate him because of his age anymore.

So, if Rorschach wasn't after fame, why would he do this?

Even if Rorschach did nothing, Garp, in his current state, wouldn't last more than a few tens of minutes before dying.

But Rorschach did exactly that, which made Doss, a doctor, involuntarily feel uneasy.

"Hey, Daosi, what exactly do you take me for, Luo Xia? Am I really that worthless in your eyes?"

Rorschach slapped Doss's shoulder hard, making Doss wince in pain while also giving him an embarrassed smile.

"Hehe, you figured it out?"

"Nonsense! Your thoughts are written all over your face, you're practically asking me directly, aren't you?" Luo Xia rolled his eyes.

"Then why..." Doss wanted to ask, but he didn't know how to phrase it, afraid of hurting Rorschach's feelings.

"Heh, you're a top-tier doctor from headquarters, can't you go see for yourself? Do you need an outsider like me to explain the reasons to you?"

Faced with Doss's doubts, Rorschach smiled without saying a word, letting Doss walk toward Karp with a head full of questions.

He himself turned to look at Rayleigh, who was lying quietly on the ground, looking miserable and whose body was completely cold.

Looking at Rayleigh, who died with a smile on his face, Rorschach couldn't help but sigh.

Another legend has fallen.

He recalled the time a few years ago in the Sabaody Archipelago, when, in his immature state of mind, he, along with Hibari and Law, recklessly did something that ended up with Rayleigh, who was living in seclusion in Sabaody, taking the blame.

Logically speaking, he was indirectly indebted to Rayleigh.

But as a member of the navy, he was destined to be unable to repay this favor.

He can't be like Garp, because he had a brief collaboration with the Roger Pirates during the God Valley Incident and subsequently developed a friendship with Roger.

If I were to become acquainted with pirates, then the sense of justice I hold dear would never be realized.

Not to mention ending this great pirate era and changing the world.

So even when he was on the golden ship, Rorschach didn't repay Rayleigh's favor.

Rorschach admires Garp, but doesn't want to become the second Garp.

In this chaotic world where everyone is giving up, only decisive action can quickly resolve the problem; indecisiveness will only make things worse.

And that day is not far away.

He waved his hand, picked up the blood-red demon sword that had fallen beside Rayleigh, and then led the hundreds of marines, whose petrification had been removed by Hancock, onto the dog-headed warship.

As for Hancock and her Kuja Pirates on the island, Rorschach ignored them completely.

It may sound cold-blooded, but even the proud peacock-like Hancock won't be free for long in this seemingly safe Calm Belt.

When the Navy completes its global conscription and the Seraphim from Egg Point Island is created, that will be the end of Hancock and the other Shichibukai's good days.

On Garp's dog-headed warship, Doss stared wide-eyed at Garp, who, despite several tens of minutes having passed, still maintained a steady breathing and rosy complexion, and looked at Rorschach with an incredulous expression.

"Impossible! My diagnosis shouldn't be wrong! Rorschach, what exactly did you do?"

Doss found it unbelievable.

In his mind, Garp, whose life force was rapidly fading, should not have lasted more than an hour and should have died from various serious complications.

But now, Garp shows no signs of dying at all.

Rorschach took the Den Den Mushi from Bogart, sat leisurely in a wicker chair on the deck, and smiled mysteriously at Doss, who was scratching his head.

"you guess?"

Chapter 697 A Hero's Twilight

Two days later, at the main hospital.

On the hospital bed covered with a new quilt, Garp slowly opened his heavy eyelids. The first thing he saw was the ceiling, which had been painted snow-white.

His cloudy eyes darted left and right until they finally focused when they saw two young marines sleeping soundly to the side.

"Coby, Helmeppo, why...why didn't I die?"

Karp's chapped lips trembled slightly, as if he could hardly believe he was still alive.