One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

He had no idea what had happened.

Rorschach ignored Gary's furious, slashing black blade and clenched his fists tightly.

"Crack!"

The cracking sound of bones shattering and breaking echoed in Dylan and Baines' ears.

The two of them looked at Gary, who was being held in Rorschach's hand, and saw a head filled with despair and fear roll onto the beach with a pop.

Just then, the black longsword held by the headless corpse in Luo Xia's hands, with its remaining force, slashed down on Luo Xia's wrist.

With a loud clang, the longsword, a high-level blade, exploded, sending sparks flying as it shattered into more than a dozen pieces of metal, which clattered and fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, with a muffled thud, Luo Xia casually tossed away the withered old pirate's corpse, not a drop of blood staining his fair palm.

Seeing the lion in a daze, Rorschach waved his hand, signaling the two to continue.

"You guys carry on, don't mind me, I'm just passing by."

As he spoke, he gently raised his hand and gestured towards the steamship moored on the distant sea.

The next instant, in the eyes of Dylan and Bynes, the steamship moored on the sea hundreds of meters away seemed to be squeezed tightly by an invisible giant hand, and squeezed into a crumpled mixture of iron sheets and wood blocks.

A few streaks of scarlet blood seeped from the surface of the mixture and dripped into the sea.

Rorschach then made a casual downward pressing motion with his palm.

The spherical mixture compressed from the steamship immediately sank into the sea and disappeared from Dylan and Bynes' sight.

The sea surface became completely empty, as if no steamship had ever existed.

Now, even if Dylan was slow-witted, he would realize that Rorschach's target was probably him and Baines.

"Put me down! Since we can't escape, let's work together. Maybe we can kill him and get off this island!"

Baines shouted in a panic.

The giant lion that Dylan had transformed into showed a serious expression in its eyes and released its grip on Baines.

Immediately, he grew taller and reverted to his lion-headed, human-bodied form.

"You're going to get me?"

He looked at Rorschach with a fierce glint in his eyes, unlike Baines standing beside him who seemed terrified.

"Well, I'm sorry, my secret can't be revealed. Besides, you guys left Impel Down instead of staying there, and now your life sentence has been commuted to an immediate death sentence."

As Luo Xia spoke, he walked straight toward the two people standing side by side.

"You think you can take on both of us at the same time? Do you really think you're that strong? This isn't Impel Down! My abilities aren't suppressed by Seastone, and my body has recovered. Even Whitebeard..." Dylan the Furious Lion grinned, revealing a mouthful of fangs.

"Whitebeard, I've already killed him, don't you know that?"

Luo Xia tilted his head and continued walking at a leisurely pace.

"Arrogant bastard!" Dylan roared, leaping into the air and bringing his hands into giant claws as he slashed down at Rorschach's head. At the same time, he yelled at Baines beside him, "Use your power to lock him down! I'm going to cut off his head!"

"it is good!"

Baines gritted his teeth, overcame his fear of Rorschach, and transformed his two arms into black chains, swinging them to bind Rorschach.

Seeing the two who were once enemies fighting to the death, but now joined forces against him without hesitation, Luo Xia's face remained expressionless, and his body suddenly swelled and grew taller as if inflated.

Large swaths of shadow fell, engulfing Bynes and Dylan as they rushed toward Rorschach.

The two looked up in horror, feeling the terrifying aura rushing towards them, as if their bodies and souls had been frozen in that instant.

Two terrifyingly large hands blasted through the air above their heads and came crashing down.

Its power and speed were so great that Baines and Dylan had no time to react.

When they awoke from this immense shock, their heads were already gripped by two massive, hydraulically clamp-like hands, which were slamming them against each other.

"boom!"

It was like an air explosion, with a deafening roar.

The atmosphere over half of Soft Island trembled violently, stirring up a massive storm that appeared out of nowhere.

Amidst the crackling and popping sounds, countless fragments of bone and flesh exploded.

Baines and Dylan's bodies seemed to merge into one another, becoming a large, sticky mass of flesh and blood.

Rorschach casually tossed the disgusting object in his hand into the sea beside him.

The flesh and blood, enveloped by a layer of flowing air, sank rapidly to the seabed like a large rock and was swallowed whole by a passing sea king.

Rorschach glanced at the old pirate Gary, whose body was torn apart on the ground, and then vanished from the beach in a flash.

When he reappeared, he had returned to the entrance of the mine at the foot of the mountain.

Seeing Rorschach appear, Zephyr glanced behind him and asked, "All done?"

"Yes, they're all gone."

Luo Xia said casually.

Zefa looked at Luo Xia with some emotion, "You kid, you're really getting stronger and stronger."

A hint of satisfaction shone in his eyes.

Then he asked, "Now that the gold mine is secured, what's the next step?"

“What else can we do but leak the news?” Rorschach walked to the entrance of the mine, and under the puzzled gazes of Zephyr, Enel, and Hibari, he raised his arm and punched the air in front of him.

The next moment, the entire mountain was shaking violently, collapsing as Luo Xia's powerful attack caused it to tremble.

Amidst the collapsed rocks, a patch of glittering gold was revealed.

Rorschach, wielding the longsword that the old pirate Gary had broken in half, slashed down at the exposed gold in front of him.

With a sharp sound, he easily sliced ​​off a large section of the gold mixed with dirt and gravel.

With a clang, Rorschach casually tossed the broken sword in his hand to the ground, then reached out and pulled the severed piece of gold from the ground. It weighed several hundred tons, and he picked it up with one hand and handed it to Zephyr.

Zefa asked, puzzled, "What's going on?"

“The gold mine here has been discovered, so it makes sense that some of it has to be mined out.” Rorschach pointed in the direction where Baines and the others died. “Wald and Barrett’s most trusted lieutenants are all dead. If Wald and Barrett had their Vivre Cards, they would know by now. If not, then those two guys took the gold mine and ran away, wanting to go it alone. Either way, the Devil Pirates and the Ward Pirates will come to investigate. With this gold mine here, they will be tied down, which will make things easier for us.”

Zefa suddenly realized, and looked at Luo Xia with satisfaction, "You've thought this through so well, Luo Xia. You've really grown a lot."

As he spoke, he took out the 'Devil Fruit' from the mechanical arm, which was no longer made of seastone, and handed it to Rorschach.

"What about this Tremor-Tremor Fruit? Should we just leave it here too?"

"The Tremor-Tremor Fruit..."

Hibari looked at the blue spiral fruit in Zephyr's hand with a strange expression.

The shape of this fruit is somewhat similar to that of a gourd.

Anyone who has seen a Devil Fruit encyclopedia will know that this fruit looks exactly like Whitebeard's Paramecia-type Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

But it's clear that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit in Zephyr's possession is a fake that Rorschach had Binz make at his behest, intended to be used as bait to catch fish.

Rorschach took the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and said to Hibari, "Hibari, do you remember what Baines looks like? Use your ability to transform into his appearance. I want to take a picture and send it to Morgans so he can print it in the newspaper."

"Baines?" A question mark appeared above Lark's head.

“It’s that bearded guy,” Rorschach said.

"Oh, I remember." Yun Que nodded hurriedly like a chick pecking at rice, but then hesitated and said, "But... wasn't he already killed by you, Brother Luo Xia? What's the point of taking pictures with his image?"

Rorschach said, "It's alright. I just want to muddy the waters as much as possible. Even if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter. After all, there's still a real gold mine here, isn't there?"

"OK then."

Upon hearing this, Hibari said no more and immediately used the disguise and transformation ability of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit to transform into Baines' appearance.

Rorschach took out his video Den Den Mushi and filmed for a few seconds. He didn't send the footage directly to Morgans, but planned to have someone anonymously submit it to Morgans' World News Agency after returning to G5.

After doing all this, Rorschach casually tossed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit he was holding into the forest of Soft Island, then reached out and pulled the slightly blushing Hibari into his arms, looking at Zephyr and saying, "Zeff, you can take this gold mine back with you. Please think of a way to lure the Beasts Pirates over here."

"Are we going to bring the Beasts Pirates too? Won't that be too many people?" Zephyr was taken aback, feeling that Rorschach was playing with fire.

"No, it's more fun with more people. This time, I'm going to do something big, preferably drag the World Government into it too. I just don't know if they'll take the bait."

Chapter 740 The Beginning of the Great Battle

G5.

"Admiral! The main force of headquarters has been fully assembled and is on its way at full speed. It is expected to arrive at the G5 sea area in just one day. Admiral Kizaru called us via Den Den Mushi to ask if we are ready."

With the withered tree trunk on his back, Peng En quickly ran into the fortress base and reported the urgent intelligence to Luo Xia, who was sitting behind his desk.

Rorschach nodded and said, "Tell him that the G5 army is ready and waiting for them to join us."

"Yes!" Peng En accepted the order and left.

"Is our G5 really going to mobilize its entire force this time?" Yun Que, who was acting as Luo Xia's secretary, asked softly.

As Rorschach's most trusted person, Lark was involved in the entire process of Rorschach's communication with Zephyr and the subsequent actions. Of course, he knew that even if G5 went all out this time, they were not going to fight the NEO Navy.

Rorschach shook his head: "No, this time let Rorschach stay behind with his Red Heart fleet to guard G5."

"Huh? General... are we going to stay?" Bepo, who had been looking forward to the upcoming battle and was thinking that he would definitely perform better than that big oaf Palmer on the battlefield, suddenly showed a look of disappointment on the sofa.

Looking at the bear ears drooping down his head, Rorschach couldn't help but smile.

"Well, you guys stay here and guard the base this time. Of the five fleets in G5, your Red Heart Fleet is the most reliable and steady. With you guarding the base, we can go out to fight with peace of mind. Bepo, may I entrust you with the important task of protecting G5?"

Rorschach looked at Bepo with a serious expression and a sincere tone.

"Is our Red Heart Fleet the most stable and reliable among the five G5 fleets?" Bepo's eyes instantly sparkled.

“Yes, the most reliable and dependable one.” Rorschach nodded.

"Is Biparmel's fleet more reliable?"

"Yes, even more reliable than the Thunder Dragon Fleet."

"Whoa~, Vice Admiral, did you hear that? Admiral Rorschach said that our Heart Fleet is the most stable and reliable in G5." Bepo's bear face turned red with joy as he turned to Rorschach beside him and said.

"Ah." Luo remained calm, not even looking up, and continued to examine the new world map on the desktop.

Bepo was overjoyed for a moment, but then remembered that he hadn't yet responded to Rorschach's approval. He immediately stood up, raised his hand in salute, and said excitedly, "Please rest assured that you will entrust me with the important task of guarding G5. I guarantee that I will complete the mission! I will absolutely not let a single pirate, no, not even a fly, get to G5 Island."