One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

"Lieutenant General Thunder Dragon! Lieutenant General Thunder Dragon!"

Below the stage, the marines roared and cheered.

Akainu picked up another epaulette and handed it to Yamato, who was glaring at Enel with a defiant look.

"Yamato, on behalf of the Marine Headquarters and the World Government, I hereby confer upon you the rank of Admiral Candidate, codename 'White Wolf.' I hope you can shed your past identity and become a true Marine warrior."

Looking at Akainu with such a menacing gaze, Yamato inexplicably saw her father Kaido in her mind's eye again.

Akainu possessed the same ruthless and bloodthirsty aura as Kaido, which made Yamato somewhat uncomfortable.

With her free-spirited personality, she clearly hasn't fully adapted to the strict hierarchical relationships within the navy.

This is completely different from how casually he interacted with Rorschach and the others in G5.

"One... everything for justice." Yamato repeated Enel's words and accepted the epaulettes from Akainu.

Finally, when it was Gion's turn, Akainu's voice was somewhat low.

"Gion, do you still remember your dream?"

“I remember.” Gion bit her lip and said in a cold voice, “I want to fulfill Tsuru-nee’s unfinished wish and become the first female admiral in the Marine Headquarters.”

Akainu nodded slightly. "Keep trying, or your dream might be achieved by a newcomer before you even realize it."

“I…” Gion’s fists clenched at her sides. She turned to look at Yamato, who hadn’t understood at all. Her eyes were full of fighting spirit. She gritted her teeth and said, “I will not lose to her. I will be the first female admiral in the Marine Headquarters!”

"On behalf of the Marine Headquarters and the World Government, I hereby confer upon you the rank of Admiral Candidate of the Marine Headquarters, with the code name remaining 'Peach Rabbit'."

Akainu handed over the epaulettes, and Gion took the epaulettes that were rightfully hers. A hint of shame flashed in her eyes, but more than that, her eyes showed a defiant spirit.

She stood up straight with a snap, "Everything for justice!"

"Everything for justice."

After Akainu returned the greeting, he stepped down from the platform.

Enel and his two companions, who had been successfully promoted to general candidates, were about to step down when Geiz stopped them.

The fat man excitedly exclaimed, "Vice Admiral Thunder Dragon, Vice Admiral White Wolf, Vice Admiral Momousagi, congratulations on standing out from among many outstanding naval officers and becoming candidates for admiral. May I ask, have any of you three ever considered becoming naval admirals?"

"general?"

Enel and Gion remained silent, but Yamato's eyes lit up at Geiz's question, and she exclaimed with delight, "Is that possible? I want to become a Marine Admiral!"

Gates's chubby face broke into a bright smile as he laughed loudly, "Hahaha, of course! The three of you should know better than us that your Marine Headquarters isn't even at full strength yet. Admiral Akainu became Fleet Admiral, and Admiral Aokiji... cough cough, he's gone. Of the three current Admirals, only Admiral Kizaru remains. Even with Admiral Rorschach included, there's still one short. So..."

"So what do I need to do to become a Marine Admiral? Defeat both of them?"

Yamato raised his hand and pointed to Enel and Gion beside him.

“Idiot, if that’s how you become an admiral, then you wouldn’t be the third admiral.” Gion glanced at the excited Yamato, then looked at Enel. “It should be him.”

"Oh, you're right, this guy has already defeated us all." Yamato was immediately somewhat disappointed.

Gates wiped the sweat from his brow, suppressing his nervousness, and risking his life, looked at Akainu who had walked down from the stage, and asked loudly in a trembling voice, "Fleet Admiral Akainu! Can we know how to fill the vacancy of the third admiral in the Marine Headquarters?"

Instantly, everyone on the island turned their gaze toward Akainu.

The noisy scene suddenly quieted down.

During the ongoing global live stream, countless people were drawn to Gates' voice and looked at Akainu appearing on screen.

Akainu said expressionlessly, "It's time to fill the vacant position of the third Marine Admiral."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Kizaru and Rorschach sitting beside him.

"Borsalino, Rorschach."

"Oh dear, is it my turn again? What a hassle." Kizaru scratched his head, slowly stood up, put his hands in his pockets, and walked slowly towards the platform under the gaze of countless people.

Luo Xia also stood up amidst the excited gazes of the G5 members behind him, a faint smile on his face, and followed Kizaru towards the stage.

As the two men ascended the platform, the marines below erupted in uncontrollable cheers once again.

"Admiral Kizaru!"

"General Lan Lin!"

"Becoming a Marine Admiral is simple." Akainu's calm voice rang out again, and the surroundings immediately fell silent.

"Just pick one of them and fight them to a draw."

Akainu's calm words silenced the entire G1 team.

"Fought to a draw with Admiral Kizaru and Admiral Blue Scale?"

The marines, the journalists, and the envoys from the member states who came to observe the ceremony looked at each other, their throats bobbing.

Is this really possible?

Aside from the Four Emperors of the New World, no one present could think of many others who could fight the two standing on the platform to a draw.

“Vice Admiral Enel might be able to.” A marine looked at Enel with awe and whispered, “Vice Admiral Enel is the only one among the candidates for Admiral to have won all four of his matches. He crushed Vice Admirals Yamato, Gion, Kakei, and Shiryu with absolute strength. If it were him, he should be able to…”

"Did they really win? Those are Admiral Kizaru and Admiral Blue Scale! Especially Admiral Blue Scale, he genuinely killed a large group of world-renowned powerhouses. Every battle was real, even god-like figures like Golden Lion and Whitebeard were killed by Admiral Blue Scale. I really can't think of anyone here who could fight him."

Marines were discussing it amongst themselves.

Audiences around the world are also engaged in heated discussions.

Some people believe that Enel's strength is comparable to that of an Admiral because, like Kizaru, he possesses a Logia-type ability of calamity level, and the power of his Rumble-Rumble Fruit is even greater than that of Kizaru's Glint-Glint Fruit.

Some people believe that Yamato can fight against Kizaru and Rorschach.

Because Yamato is also a Mythical Zoan user, and possesses all three types of Haki, as well as the technique of Haki Entanglement.

The reason he lost to Enel was because he couldn't fly.

If they fought on the ground, even Enel might not be a match for Yamato.

A minority believe that Gion also has the strength to fight a general.

The rank of candidate for general means that one can fill the vacancy when a position of general becomes vacant.

Therefore, the gap between a candidate for general and a general is actually very small.

Listening to the discussions among the crowd below, and noticing the eager looks on the faces of Enel and the other two beside him, Rorschach's lips curled up slightly, and he suddenly said, "Then let's have a fight, a three-on-three battle, to bring this world broadcast from headquarters to a perfect close."

"Three vs three?"

Luo Xia's words silenced the arguing crowd below the stage, and then some people were puzzled.

Where did this 3v3 come from?

Including the three general candidates, there are only five people on the stage.

"How about it? Want to fight me, Aramaki?"

Rorschach shouted in a certain direction below the stage.

"Huang Mu? Who's that? I've never heard of that name before."

The marines followed Luo Xia's gaze with surprise and doubt, and saw a man about three meters tall with long dark green hair, his upper body bare with the four large characters "Shikawa Shinju" tattooed on it, sitting idly on the gun emplacement of the inner bay breakwater, smoking a cigarette.

Seeing Huang Mu's appearance, everyone immediately recalled the terrifying scene shown in the live broadcast where Huang Mu manipulated countless plant roots to easily drain the life force of giant beasts, and they exclaimed in shock.

Upon hearing Luo Xia's voice, Huang Mu glanced back at the stage, a slow smile spreading across his face.

"Alright, let's have a fight then, kid."

Aramaki's answer caused an instant uproar in G1 Plaza.

"Kid? That guy actually dared to call General Luo Xia a kid? Bastard! He's so arrogant!"

"Where does he get his confidence from? How can he be so arrogant?"

"Since General Luo Xia has challenged him to a duel, this guy named Huang Mu must be no weakling. But why have we never heard of him before? Where did he come from? Is he a reclusive master?"

Amidst the angry condemnations of the marines, Rorschach led Enel and the others through the crowd to stand before Aramaki.

Huang Mu slowly stood up from the ground and looked at Luo Xia.

"How do you want to fight? The two of us?" He spat out the cigarette butt from his mouth, put another one in, and pointed at Luo Xia and himself.

“No, Huang Mu, you need to understand one thing.” Luo Xia’s face remained a faint smile, completely ignoring Huang Mu’s provocative tone. “You are the one who challenged me.”

"Hmm, so what?" Aramaki tilted his head and lit a cigarette in his mouth.

"So, first prove whether you're qualified to challenge me."

As soon as Rorschach finished speaking, Enel, Yamato, and Gion, who were standing behind him, all locked their cold gazes onto Aramaki.

Huang Mu didn't care at all, glancing at the three of them, "All three of you coming at me together? No problem."

"You arrogant bastard, let me fight him!"

Yamato took a step forward, his right hand already gripping the spiked club that was tied to his waist.

But Gion was faster than her.

Gion's long legs strode out, blocking Yamato's path, her gaze falling on the unidentified longsword hanging at Aramaki's waist.

"Are you a swordsman?"

Aramaki glanced down at his sword and scratched his cheek: "I guess... I guess so. I use this sword to cut fruit."

Gion nodded and drew the gold-plated dagger from her waist. "Then I'll fight you."

"It doesn't matter, I'll go easy on you. I'm always very patient with beautiful women."

With a cigarette dangling from his lips, Huang Mu turned around and stepped directly into the sea in the inner bay.

Luo Xia and the others saw that before his feet even touched the sea, several seeds had already been shaken off Huang Mu's body and fallen into the seawater.

Then, a thick log quickly rose to the surface of the sea.

The log, like a giant python, kept sucking up seawater and grew rapidly on the sea surface, stretching towards the island of Vermeer, as if building a floating bridge across the sea between the two islands.

Meanwhile, Huang Mu, who had landed on the driftwood, stood with his hands in his pockets, and as the driftwood grew, he rushed towards Wilmeyou at high speed.

Seeing this, Gion didn't say a word. She used Moon Step and followed Aramaki in a flash.

"What a strange ability." Yamato slung his spiked club over his shoulder, turned to Rorschach, and said nonchalantly, "Let's have a fight, Rorschach! This time, I'll avenge myself and defeat you!"

"Um... well, you'd better keep it up."

After Luo Xia finished speaking, he vanished instantly.