One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

The two sat down on the sofa in the office with smiles on their faces. Rorschach personally picked up the tea on the table and poured Morgans a cup of hot tea.

"Oh dear, how can I let Lieutenant General Lan Lin pour me tea? I can do it myself, I can do it myself."

Morgans hurriedly got up, snatched the tea from Rorschach's hand, poured a cup for Rorschach without saying a word, then poured one for himself, before humbly sitting down.

Luo Xia sat opposite Morgans with a smile on his face. "President Morgans, there's no need to be so polite. Don't call me Lieutenant General Lan Lin. Just call me Luo Xia."

Morgans laughed heartily and said, "Then I'll accept it without hesitation."

Luo Xia took a sip of tea, exchanged a few polite words with Morgans, and then got straight to the point, asking, "President Morgans, did you come here specifically to have some photos taken with me?"

"You're the president of the prestigious World News Daily! For something this trivial, just send a few reporters over. Or simply give me a notification, and I'll take some photos and send them to you."

"Mainly because it's close by. There's been one exciting piece of news after another in the New World lately, so I've been staying in the G1 sea area and Tottoland recently."

"That's why, as soon as Fleet Admiral Akainu mentioned your Navy's recruitment to me, I thought of you. Of course, besides wanting to come and see you in person, I also wanted to express my gratitude to you in person."

Morgans was all smiles; it was quite remarkable that he could make such a vivid expression despite having an albatross-like face.

Rorschach was surprised: "Oh? To express your gratitude to me? What do you mean?"

Morgans laughed and said, "It's very simple, because your appearance can be said to have saved my newspaper."

Rorschach, you probably don't know this, but before you burst onto the scene, my newspaper had been experiencing a sharp decline in sales for more than a decade.

The newspaper's performance had been declining year after year, and its sales had also been decreasing annually. Until your arrival, especially your performance in the G1 naval battle, which directly brought my newspaper back to life.

That one incident alone caused our newspaper's sales worldwide to triple.

The numerous major events you subsequently accomplished, such as annihilating the Big Mom Pirates, defeating Doflamingo, fighting Kaido, and the recent battle at Marineford, as well as your arrest and imprisonment, all caused my newspapers to sell out, to the point that my printing plant couldn't keep up with the demand.

Do you think I should come and express my gratitude to you in person?

Morgans chuckled as he spoke, reaching into his pocket to pull out a World Government Bank check, which he then held with both hands and pushed in front of Rorschach.

Luo Xia's expression shifted, and a slight smile appeared on his lips. "What's this, President Morgans?"

"This is just a small token of my appreciation."

Luo Xia glanced at it and gasped inwardly.

Good heavens, 10 billion Pelés!

Rorschach almost thought he was seeing things.

Ten billion peles is no small number.

You might not get a sense of how much money this is just by looking at the numbers.

Take the fleet that G5 is currently building as an example. The cost of a single large warship is one billion Berries. Morgans has ten of them, enough for Rorschach to arm a fifth fleet.

The improved Pacifista now has a lower cost, costing only 300 million Berries per unit, which is enough to buy 33 units.

Kaido's bounty is only 46 billion, so 100 billion could buy two Kaidos.

Are newspaper owners all this rich now?

Just for a simple thank you, he casually gave me 10 billion peles?

Rorschach was a little unsure of Morgans' true thoughts.

Little did they know, the benefits Morgans offered went far beyond that.

He continued with a smile, "I hope you won't think it's too little, Rorschach. Also, I'd like to personally gift you three percent of the news agency's shares. It's not much, but if sales can maintain the current level, it will allow you to receive a dividend of three billion Berries every year. I hope Lieutenant General Rorschach won't find it offensive."

Rorschach was genuinely a bit bewildered.

What is this called?

How can military funds fall from the sky while people sit at home?

Morgans came up with a check for 10 billion dollars, plus 3 percent of the news agency's shares. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably be speechless with shock just hearing about this huge number.

It's fortunate that Rorschach has never valued money much.

He's not short of money either; there are tens of thousands of tons of gold transported from the Sky Island and still on G5 Island.

However, Rorschach wasn't so arrogant as to truly believe that his charm could even win over a world-leading businessman like Morgans.

So, is Morgans... trying to invest in himself in advance?

After much thought, this was the only possibility that Luo Xia could come up with.

Thinking of this, Luo Xia smiled and picked up the check that Morgans handed him. "Then I will accept it without hesitation, President Morgans. If you or your news agency encounter any trouble in the future, just come to me. I will definitely not stand idly by if I can solve it."

"Good, good, that's straightforward. That's exactly what I've been waiting for, Lieutenant General Rorschach, no, I mean General Rorschach. That's exactly what I've been waiting for General Rorschach to say." Seeing that Rorschach had accepted the money, Morgans was overjoyed. He picked up the tea in front of him, clinked glasses with Rorschach, and drank it all in one gulp.

Noticing that Rorschach remained calm and composed, showing no sign of losing his composure despite the checks and shares offered, Morgans secretly praised him, giving him an even higher opinion of Rorschach.

In fact, Rorschach's guess about him was only half right.

Morgans made a special trip and offered Rorschach such a large sum of money for two reasons. Besides betting his future sales on Rorschach, another important reason was to leverage Rorschach's future influence in the Navy to seek protection for his news agency.

Although he was stubborn and often defied the World Government's attempts to tamper with the real news, he also placed the news agency's headquarters on a homeless hot air balloon to evade the tracking of CP personnel.

But his news agency has a huge number of printing plants and branches all over the world. If he were to completely oppose the World Government and be purged by the Five Elders, he might be able to escape, but his branches all over the world wouldn't be able to either.

Therefore, Morgans made some investments before Rorschach fully ascended to the pinnacle of naval power.

Morgans, having achieved his goal, and Rorschach, who had benefited, were both delighted and immediately began to chat even more enthusiastically.

After talking for several tens of minutes, Morgans seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said, "Oh, by the way, Lieutenant General Rorschach, I heard you've been looking for the missing Blackbeard? I have some very interesting news here, which may be related to the Blackbeard you're looking for."

Rorschach narrowed his eyes and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh? Really?"

Chapter 711 Rebirth as a Media Tycoon in One Piece

"Oh? You found Blackbeard?"

Rorschach looked at Morgans with some surprise, not expecting to get news of Blackbeard, who had disappeared for many days, from him.

However, upon closer reflection, it's not surprising at all that Morgans knew Blackbeard's whereabouts.

In a world without the internet, people would have to rely on a lot of manpower to actively investigate in order to obtain information.

When it comes to intelligence gathering or uncovering various kinds of information, apart from the CP agency under the World Government, the World News Agency, with its journalists and freelance writers all over the world, is the best example.

Morgans' newspaper was able to grow so large because he was willing to spend a lot of money to pursue the most authentic and sensational news.

Morgans said seriously, "Yes, just yesterday, our reporters in Totto Land captured a brief encounter between the Ward Pirates and NEO Marine Commander-in-Chief Zephyr, as well as Aokiji. And the Blackbeard you're looking for, Marshall D. Teach, should be in the Ward Pirates."

As he spoke, he pulled out an extremely blurry photograph from his pocket.

Slightly shaken, Rorschach picked up the photograph and glanced at it, confirming that Morgans' words were true.

The fat, dark-skinned man standing next to Wald, emanating black energy, is Blackbeard, who disappeared on Marineford Island!

But how did Blackbeard end up joining Wald's pirate crew and getting into a fight with Zephyr's side?

and many more……

Zefa?

Rorschach recalled contacting Zephyr earlier and asking him to pick up Aokiji after he left the Navy.

He had called Zeff's Den Den Mushi again a few days ago to confirm the matter, and learned that Zeff had not yet found the whereabouts of the injured Aokiji and was having his Neo Marine soldiers search the Totto Land waters.

Thinking of Blackbeard's Dark-Dark Fruit ability, Rorschach's eyes turned cold.

Did Blackbeard use the severely injured Aokiji as his prey?

They're really bold to show up in the Tottoran waters.

Thinking of this, Rorschach asked, "What was the outcome of that battle?"

"The Ward Pirates suffered heavy losses. Under the siege of Zephyr and Aokiji, they were almost completely wiped out, with only a few dozen key members, including Ward, escaping."

Morgans sighed and said, "A Marine Admiral is indeed a Marine Admiral. Although Aokiji has retired from the Marines, his ability to easily freeze the sea with a wave of his hand is truly terrifying. Add to that Black Arm Zephyr, tsk tsk, I really didn't expect that old man to have obtained Shiki's Float-Float Fruit ability without a word. Wald's loss was not unjust."

"What? Elder Zephyr... he actually obtained the Golden Lion's power?"

Rorschach was shocked.

When did this happen?

He didn't even know about such a big thing.

That old man Zephyr is really something. I've talked to him on Den Den Mushi several times, but he still hasn't told me about getting the Float-Float Fruit.

This is a strategic-level fruit ability.

After muttering a few words to himself about Zephyr, Rorschach was also happy that Zephyr had obtained the power of the Float-Float Fruit.

Because in this way, he could be completely at ease, and he could gain a foothold next to Kaido's Beasts Pirates.

'I'll call the Den Den Mushi later to ask about the situation.'

Thinking this, Rorschach looked at Morgans and asked, "Do you know where the Ward Pirates went after their defeat?"

"I'm not sure. According to the reporter who took the photos, the last two ships of the Ward Pirates disappeared without a trace after a burst of black smoke."

Morgans' answer surprised Rorschach, and he finally understood why Blackbeard had disappeared in Marineford.

"Is it the Dark-Dark Fruit's Dark Hole Space? Similar to the Door-Door Fruit's Other Dimension. Blackbeard, I really underestimated you. I didn't expect you to have this hidden trick up your sleeve."

Upon hearing Morgans's words, Rorschach gained a deeper understanding of Blackbeard's cunning.

If we follow Akainu's theory, then Blackbeard, after dying once, should be able to acquire at most one more Devil Fruit ability.

So, does this mean he's set his sights on Bondiwald?

Wald's Paramecia-type Multiply Fruit ability is indeed an extremely powerful ability, capable of increasing the user's speed by up to a hundredfold.

Speed ​​is power, and with this kind of super-fast amplification, ability users can often unleash extremely terrifying destructive power.

It's just that Wald's basic strength is really too poor. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to even sit on the throne of one of the Four Emperors, and would have been beaten up by Barrett and Zeff one after another.

No wonder Blackbeard would set his sights on him.

However, since Blackbeard couldn't stand the loneliness and came out again, Rorschach believed that he would meet him in the New World sooner or later.

There's no rush to capture him. In the new world, there are far more dangerous people than Blackbeard.

Even if he were to successfully obtain Wald's multiplication fruit, it probably wouldn't reach the power level of the combined abilities of Dark and Tremor.

A hundredfold increase may seem terrifying, but if you think about it carefully, it's not that big of a deal.