One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

"Uncle Sakazuki, now that the outcome is decided, let's stop."

Rorschach opened his right hand and steadily caught Akainu's right fist that was about to smash into Aokiji's head, then stepped in front of Aokiji to block it.

"Stop? Why should we stop?" Akainu's eyes were cold and devoid of any emotion as he said in a chilling voice, "Stop now and let him go, are you waiting for him to retaliate in the future? Rorschach, you've become soft-hearted. You've forgotten what I've always told you: when dealing with enemies, you must be as ruthless as the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. Get out of the way! Let me kill him!"

With that, Akainu stretched out his left hand and shoved Rorschach aside. He then raised his right fist again, ready to kill Aokiji with a single blow.

"Uncle Kuzan is not our enemy!"

As Rorschach stomped his right foot on the ground, a violent gust of wind instantly arose between them. Deep blue Haki surged out from beneath Rorschach's feet like a raging tide, covering the invisible air wall that rose between Akainu and Aokiji, blocking Akainu's magma fist once again.

At the same time, Rorschach reached out his right hand and grabbed Akainu's right arm, immobilizing him.

With its other hand, it conjured a powerful storm, lifting the Aokiji from the ground and carrying it to a warship floating on the distant sea.

Akainu tried to bypass him to chase after Aokiji, but Rorschach blocked him with his arms outstretched.

Looking at Akainu's cold expression and violent aura, Rorschach coughed and said softly, "Alright, Uncle Sakazuki, Uncle Kuzan is already far away, so there's no need to act so realistically."

Akainu stopped in his tracks, his face cold as he looked at Rorschach. "You mean... I'm acting?"

Seeing the cold expression on his face, Luo Xia couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

He forced a stiff smile and quickly explained, "No, no, no, I mean, even if I hadn't intervened, Uncle Sakazuki probably wouldn't have killed Uncle Kuzan, right? Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have been able to save him in time. You probably wanted me to save him so that Uncle Kuzan would owe me a favor, right?

Under Akainu's indifferent gaze, Rorschach's voice grew softer and softer.

By the end, his voice had become so faint it was barely audible.

"Hmph! You're just being presumptuous."

Akainu snorted coldly, and the lava and black smoke on his body gradually disappeared.

"Phew...that was close." Luo Xia breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Akainu's tall back, pursed his lips, and muttered under his breath, "Fine, whatever you say. All of the above was just my wishful thinking. You really are a vicious and ruthless villain..."

"What did you say?" Akainu stopped in his tracks and turned his head.

“I was thinking… Uncle Sakazuki, should we get your frostbite on your neck treated as soon as possible? Let’s hurry back to G5. I’ll have Law treat your injuries so they don’t leave permanent scars.” Rorschach shuddered, looking at the frostbite scars on Akainu’s neck and cheek, and quickly said.

Ignoring the sweating Rorschach, Akainu turned and walked straight to a bubbling lava lake. He reached into the boiling lava, pulled out the fiery red longsword, and, under Rorschach's curious gaze, reinserted it into his body until it disappeared.

Seeing the longsword flowing with lava and flames, Rorschach's mind was once again filled with the terrifying slash he had just witnessed. Unable to contain his curiosity, he caught up with Akainu and cautiously asked:

"Uncle Sakazuki, you... why are you using a sword? I don't think I've ever seen you use a sword before. Is that a famous sword? Do you know swordsmanship? Are you a swordsman too? Also, how did you hide that sword in your body? Oh, I think I know that. Did you develop your magma ability into something similar to the Swamp-Swamp Fruit?"

Faced with Rorschach's barrage of questions, Akainu only answered one of them.

"Levantin".

"what?"

Akainu's cryptic and succinct reply left Rorschach utterly bewildered.

It took him a long time to realize what was happening.

Is Akainu referring to the name of that flaming sword?

But what's the point of saying it?

Whether it's a famous sword or not, Akainu won't say.

However, any weapon in this world that has its own name is at least a fine and sharp blade.

And this longsword named Levantine, with its terrifying power, is clearly no ordinary fine sword.

Come to think of it, what kind of fine sword could be boiled by Akainu's magma day and night?

So, is this longsword flowing with magma and flames a Grade Sword, or... a Supreme Grade Sword?

Or perhaps, like Kizaru's Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, it's just a magma sword condensed from natural elements by Akainu.

Driven by curiosity, Rorschach kept pressing Akainu for answers.

However, Akainu completely ignored him and simply walked step by step toward the edge of the island.

Not getting the answer he wanted, Luo Xia felt a tickling sensation in his heart.

Rorschach had assumed Akainu would return to the warship, but to his surprise, he simply walked out of the center of Punk Hazard, came to the edge of the island, sat on a solidified magma rock, and took out a silver Den Den Mushi from his pocket.

This action left Luo Xia completely stunned.

Where did Akainu get that Den Den Mushi from?

If it had been kept in my pocket, the Den Den Mushi would have either been frozen to dust or burned to ashes in that intense battle.

After thinking for a long time, Luo Xia could only think of one possibility.

That is, Akainu stored the Den Den Mushi inside his body by using Armament Haki to block it.

Lava and swamps are, in a sense, both flowing solids. If swamps can store things, why can't magma?

As Rorschach was pondering those bizarre and chaotic ideas, Akainu dialed the Den Den Mushi in his hand.

The silver Den Den Mushi rang a few times before being answered.

Rorschach recognized the face displayed by the Den Den Mushi; it was Satan Saint, one of the Five Elders who dealt most frequently with the Navy.

"Akainu, since you were the one who called the Den Den Mushi, it seems you've already won, right?"

Akainu stretched his neck, which had been frostbitten by Aokiji, and said in a deep, resonant voice, "Yes, I defeated Aokiji."

"Hmm, your victory was within our expectations. How about Aokiji? Did you... take him down?"

Satan Saint's next words made Rorschach frown upon hearing his voice.

Because the tone of Satan's question didn't sound like a question, but rather like he wanted to know a definite answer.

It felt like... that Satan had given Akainu the order to kill Aokiji before the duel even began!

The moment this thought crossed Luo Xia's mind, his eyes gradually turned cold.

Akainu glanced up at him and continued in his deep, unwavering voice, "No, he escaped. I couldn't stop him."

"What? You failed to kill Aokiji?"

Satan was somewhat surprised, and Luo Xia even detected a hint of dissatisfaction.

"No."

Akainu answered in a taciturn manner, without explaining the details of the duel or why Aokiji was able to escape from him.

The Five Elders seemed to understand Akainu's rigid personality and did not scold or complain.

After a few minutes of silence, Saint Satan on the other end of the Den Den Mushi said in a low voice, "Alright, we understand. Now that you have won out over the two candidates for Fleet Admiral, the position of Fleet Admiral of the Sengoku Navy is yours. Come to the Holy Land at some time to hand over the position of Fleet Admiral. At the same time, the Holy Land needs you to guard it for a long time."

"The handover of the Fleet Admiral position is fine, but the guarding of the Holy Land needs to be arranged after the Navy's global recruitment drive," Akainu added.

Saint Satan considered it for a moment and agreed with Akainu's statement.

"Well, yes."

After saying that, he hung up the Den Den Mushi.

Seeing this, Rorschach moved his lips as if he wanted to ask something, but then he saw Akainu put away his Den Den Mushi, walk to the edge of the island, and head towards the approaching warship.

"Uncle Sakazuki..."

Just as Rorschach was about to ask further, he heard Akainu's voice.

Don't ask those meaningless questions.

"Is it meaningless?" Luo Xia pondered the question for a moment, then nodded somewhat unhappily.

Akainu is right, it really is meaningless.

So what if we know that Satan Saint has murderous intentions towards Aokiji?

From this moment forward, Akainu has emerged victorious in this Fleet Admiral election and has been successfully promoted to the new Fleet Admiral.

As for Aokiji, he will leave the Marine Headquarters.

As for where he goes in the future, that's none of the Navy's business.

With this thought in mind, Rorschach quickly pulled out a Den Den Mushi from his pocket, secretly glanced at Akainu's back, and dialed the number.

"Hello, Professor Zeffa, this is Rorschach..."

Rorschach, however, did not notice that when he dialed the Den Den Mushi in his hand, Akainu, who was facing away from him, twitched his cheek almost imperceptibly.

When Rorschach returned to the warship satisfied, he discovered that Aokiji, whom he had sent over earlier, had already left.

The naval lieutenant commander in charge of sailing the warship said with some shame that he had failed to stop the seriously injured Admiral Aokiji.

Rorschach didn't blame him for this.

In fact, he had already seen Aokiji leave clearly on Punk Hazard Island.

His departure was inevitable, and forcing him to stay and recover would only make Aokiji feel more awkward.

Since that's the case, we might as well let him leave.

Anyway, I've already notified Zephyr, so I figured Zephyr would definitely come to pick up Aokiji as soon as possible.

A few days later, news of the duel on Punk Hazard Island, like the news of Rayleigh's death in the duel with Garp, spread like wildfire around the world, causing a huge sensation worldwide.

At the same time, the news that Admiral Akainu had stepped down from his position and been officially promoted to Fleet Admiral was also announced, along with the news that Admiral Aokiji had left the Navy after his defeat.

Sengoku and Garp, who were in Marineford, were unhappy about this, but the matter was already settled and there was nothing they could do about it.

A few days later, Sengoku, Garp, and Vice Admiral Tsuru jointly submitted their resignations to the World Government, wanting to retire and return home to enjoy their old age.

After the Five Elders approved the application, considering the advanced age of the three men, they were granted permission, but were required to take charge of instructing new naval recruits in their spare time.

Soon after, the newly appointed Fleet Admiral Akainu announced his first major move since taking office: the Marine Headquarters began a massive worldwide recruitment drive.

Chapter 707 Tichi

New World, Totland Sea, Potato Island.

Inside a building in the center of the island that resembles a peeled potato, a tall man with slender limbs, a three- or four-meter-long sword on his back, and a scarf around his neck, is humming a soul song that has been passed down from all over the world while slowly throwing potato slices into the oil pan in front of him.

The potato slices he sliced ​​as thin as cicada wings sizzled as they were fried in the boiling oil, and curled up in no time.

Seeing this, the man reached into the boiling oil and scooped out more than a dozen fried potato slices. Not caring about getting burned, he stuffed them into his mouth and chewed them with a crunching sound. A smile of enjoyment appeared on his long, pointed nose.

"Crunch, crunch, what a wonderful taste these fried potato chips have. If you sprinkle some cumin for grilling on top, they'll taste even better. I'll fry a lot today and send them to Katakuri and the others to try later."