One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

"Let's go! We'll find the injured Aokiji!"

"Hehehe~, I think this will be a very bold, but also worthwhile, operation!"

Chapter 709 New Recruit Yamato [Thanks to "Burning Memories for Warmth" for the 588 points donation]

One week before the decisive battle between Akainu and Aokiji.

At the G5 branch port, a warship sailed in from the distant sea and slowly slowed down to dock.

Rorschach and Lark stood on the embankment of the inner bay, as if waiting for someone to arrive.

Before the warship had completely come to a stop, Hibari whispered in front of Rorschach, her voice barely audible, "Brother Rorschach, are you serious? You really want that girl to join our G5? She's Kaido's daughter. Even if she genuinely wants to rebel against her father and stay in our navy, her father Kaido might not agree..."

Seeing the worry deep in Hibari's eyes, Rorschach patted her shoulder and comforted her, "As long as she's truly willing to join, why should we willingly give up a powerful fighter at the level of an admiral candidate? As for what Kaido thinks, we don't need to care at all. He's a pirate, and he's our enemy to begin with. Even if he doesn't come looking for trouble because of his daughter, one day we'll have to go to Wano Country to cause him trouble."

"Just watch, it won't be long before we end the chaos in the New World. Not just pirates, but also slave traders, warmongers, and all criminals who disregard moral boundaries and commit evil deeds will be eradicated."

He looked up at Yamato, who appeared on the gangway of the warship, wearing Seastone handcuffs and leg irons, being escorted down. His voice contained a confidence that made Hibari feel at ease.

"Hey! Is this your territory? It looks pretty good."

As soon as Yamato stepped onto the port, he couldn't help but look around G5 Island with curiosity.

This was her first time openly entering a naval base, the stronghold of an enemy force, and she was very curious about everything in front of her.

Oh no, it should be considered the second time.

The only difference is that last time she went there as an enemy, but this time, her identity has undergone a complete transformation.

She successfully joined the Navy, becoming a newly enlisted third-class recruit in the G5 branch.

Actually, she could have come to report for duty with Hibari, Enel, and the others half a month ago and familiarized herself with the environment in advance.

Only Rorschach knew her personality so well that he could trust her to join the Navy so casually, while Sengoku was not so sure.

After all, Yamato is Kaido's daughter.

Moreover, she was arrested for interfering with the public execution at Marineford. How could Sengoku feel at ease letting her enter G5 without Rorschach in charge?

If Yamato goes on a rampage in G5, probably no one can stop him.

In the entire G5 branch, apart from Rorschach, even Enel, the strongest among them, might not be her match.

Yamato's strength can be said to be in the first tier below the Emperor's level, on par with Marco, Katakuri, and King.

That is why the Warring States period spent several days thinking about her request but couldn't come up with a decision.

Fortunately, Akainu is now in power, and he readily agreed to Rorschach's request.

Sure enough, not long after he became the new Fleet Admiral, he had Yamato, who was imprisoned in Marineford, escorted to G5 for Rorschach to take over.

The person in charge of escorting Yamato was Shiryu, an old acquaintance of Rorschach.

Looking at Shiryu's two arms, which had no skin and were made of blood formed purely from his Blood-Blood Fruit ability, Rorschach clicked his tongue inwardly.

Shiryu was really unlucky. Not only did he fail to defeat Vista in the Marineford War, but he also had both of his hands cut off by Rayleigh.

As a swordsman, even if you lose an arm, you can learn from Shanks and your strength will not only not decline but will actually increase, becoming even stronger than before.

However, if Shiryu loses both arms, unless he also learns from Zoro and fights with his sword bitten by his teeth, his strength is destined to decrease significantly.

If it weren't for the fact that his Blood-Blood Fruit gave him a Logia-like ability to mimic objects, allowing him to conjure arms like Katakuri even after losing his hands, Rorschach suspected that Shiryu would have chosen to end his own life because of it.

Despite his cruel and tyrannical demeanor, he is actually quite proud at heart.

Seeing Yamato walk straight past him, stop in front of the marines who were doing physical training, and look around, Rorschach's face darkened. He raised his chin at Hibari and said, "Hibari, take her home to wash up and change her clothes. Keep an eye on her and don't let her run around. If she doesn't behave, tell me, and I'll kill her."

"Um... to kill someone for disobeying? That's too much, isn't it?" Hibari blinked, walked to Yamato's side, and under the curious gazes of a group of trained marines, pulled Yamato toward Rorschach's house in G5.

Yamato clearly heard Rorschach's voice, but he didn't retort.

She's very weak right now, and if she were to actually go against Luo Xia, she'd definitely get a good beating.

Having been beaten by Rorschach twice, Yamato already knows that Rorschach is a monster just like Kaido.

Even in his prime, he was no match for him, let alone now that he's so weak he's unsteady on his feet.

Since we can't win, there's no need to make a fool of ourselves.

However, Yamato secretly vowed that once he developed new techniques and became stronger, he would definitely get his revenge.

Without his two arms, Shiryu was clearly not as arrogant as before. After successfully escorting Yamato to G5, he didn't even say goodbye to Rorschach, and turned around to leave and return to G1.

Seeing this, Rorschach chuckled, "Shiryu, where's your sword? I remember that sword, it's called Thunderstorm, right? It's one of the 21 Great Grade Swords, a demon sword that's on par with the Second Generation Kitetsu."

Shiryu paused, turned around, a crimson glint in his eyes, and stared coldly at Rorschach, his voice icy as he said, "What do you mean? Are you trying to humiliate me?"

Do I look like such a boring person to you?

Seeing Shiryu grip the hilt of his long sword at his waist with his blood-soaked right hand, as if he might draw his sword at any moment, Rorschach smiled and shook his head, then casually waved in the direction of his house.

With a faint flash of electricity, a whooshing sound came from afar.

Shiryu's eyes narrowed as he saw a crimson phantom streak sweep across the plaza and hurtle toward him.

He sensed a familiar, bloody aura emanating from that crimson phantom.

Shiryu was taken aback. His blood-soaked arm stretched out and grabbed forward, producing a long sword with a blade that looked as if it had been soaked in blood and turned blood red.

This was none other than his demon sword, Raiyu, which had been stolen by Rayleigh.

When Shiliu regained the weapon that had been with him for decades, he paused for a moment, looking at Rorschach with some confusion.

He was not good with words, so of course he couldn't thank Rorschach for it.

Rorschach didn't expect Shiliu's gratitude either.

He just smiled. "Rayleigh is dead, did you know?"

Shiryu nodded. "I know, Hero Garp killed him."

"Yes, your knife is the one I got back for you from Rayleigh."

Rorschach's somewhat casual tone silenced Shiryu.

He suddenly realized that almost every time he saw this young man, the other's strength would undergo a dramatic change.

But he just couldn't see the chasm between them, and each time he overestimated himself and wanted to fight him again to get revenge for the two times he was beaten.

Or perhaps it wasn't that I couldn't see things clearly in the past, but rather that I was unwilling, frustrated, or... jealous?

Rorschach grew up too fast, so fast that Rorschach was far behind him and unable to catch up.

Looking at the silent Shiryu, Rorschach curled his lip.

Shiryu is indeed an arrogant fellow. I helped him retrieve his weapon, but he couldn't even say thank you.

Fortunately, he was mentally prepared and didn't care. Instead, he pointed to Shiryu's hands, which were severed at the elbow, and said, "Do you want to reattach a pair of your hands?"

"What did you say?"

Shiryu, who had been standing silently in place for a long time, suddenly raised his head and stared straight at Rorschach.

"Literally, come with me. We've caught quite a few foolish pirates these past few days. I'll have Law attach two new ones for you. They might not be the same as the originals, but it's better than nothing. Of course, you can also go to Egg Point Island and ask Vegapunk for help to get two cloned arms, or maybe a mechanical prosthetic or something."

Rorschach turned and walked toward the fortress.

Shiryu's chest heaved a few times, the bloodshot in his eyes faded, he threw the ordinary longsword at his waist into the sea in the inner bay, put the Thunderstorm Longsword he had regained back into its sheath, and then silently followed behind Rorschach, walking together toward the fortress.

A few hours later, as the sun set and dusk fell, at Rorschach's house.

Enel, Law, Palmer, Smoker, Drake, Tashigi, and others gathered together.

Even Shiryu, whose two new arms had been reattached by Law, was present.

As Peng En, carrying Sakura Ten on his back, followed Bepo somewhat awkwardly into Rorschach's courtyard, he saw a group of G5 executives sitting around a large round table, and Rorschach sitting in the main seat. He immediately stood up straight and nervously saluted, saying, "Lieutenant General Rorschach!"

"Don't be nervous, Peng En, come, come, sit down. There's nothing special about calling everyone here today, it's just that we haven't gotten together in a long time, so we invited everyone over for a meal or something."

Luo Xia waved to Peng En and pointed to Yamato, who was sitting next to Hibari and engrossed in eating. He smiled and said to everyone, "At the same time, I would like to introduce a new member to everyone. Come on, Yamato, introduce yourself to everyone."

The people sitting at the round table had already noticed Yamato, who was stuffing himself with food.

Everyone is certainly familiar with Yamato.

But no one present could figure out why Yamato would appear so openly at G5, and even at Rorschach's house.

Is Yamato going to join their G5?

Or is it true, like the rumors circulating in the New World from the Beasts Pirates, that Kaido wants to make Vice Admiral Rorschach of G5 his son-in-law and marry Yamato to him?

Everyone made wild guesses until Rorschach revealed the answer, and they realized that Yamato was indeed going to join the G5.

This left Smoker, Drake, and others who joined later looking at each other in bewilderment.

They couldn't help but be shocked.

This is Kaido's daughter!

The daughter of one of the Four Emperors of the New World has joined the Navy. What kind of operation is this?

Drake, in particular, was sent to become a pirate by Sengoku in the first place. The reason was to have him join the Beasts Pirates as an undercover agent under Kaido, so that the Navy could obtain the Beasts Pirates' internal secrets and intelligence.

However, fate played a cruel trick on him. Not only did his undercover work as a pirate suddenly come to an abrupt end, but the future heir of the Beasts Pirates, Kaido's daughter, unexpectedly turned against him and joined the Navy.

How could this not be baffling to Drake?

Seeing Yamato still engrossed in his food, seemingly oblivious to his words, Luo Xia's face darkened. He picked up a large lobster, about the length of an arm, and, amidst the strange looks from the crowd, slammed it onto Yamato's head with a loud thud.

The large lobster, steamed and roasted by Hibari until its skin was fiery red, was placed perfectly on the two devil horns standing upright on Yamato's head, making it look like she was wearing a lifelike lobster headdress.

"Huh?" Yamato looked up blankly, a few grains of fried rice still stuck to his lips.

"What nonsense! I'm asking you to introduce yourself to everyone. These people are all your seniors. They'll be the ones teaching you a lot of things in the future."

"Oh." Yamato scratched his head, took off the large lobster he was wearing on his head, and couldn't help but swallow as he looked at the delicious food in his hand.

However, seeing Rorschach's dark face, she hesitated for a moment, then put the lobster she was holding on the table, hastily wiped her greasy hands on her clothes, wiped her mouth, stood up, looked around, her gaze sweeping over Rorschach, Hibari, Enel, and the others one by one, and patted her chest casually, saying:

"Hello everyone, I am Light..."

"Ok?"

Before she could finish speaking, she heard Luo Xia grunt in response, and she quickly corrected herself, saying, "I am Yamato."

After Yamato finished announcing his name, he hurriedly sat back down in his chair and picked up the large lobster again, about to put it in his mouth.