One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Despite Rorschach's harmless appearance, like a handsome young man, Zoro is well aware of the immense mental pressure he will face when confronting him.

This pressure wasn't something Rorschach deliberately released; rather, it was a natural aura and spirit of a powerful figure.

He could feel that heavy sense of oppression, let alone Sukiyaki, who was just like an ordinary person.

Especially when Rorschach became indifferent, the pressure became even more terrifying, no less than what Kin'emon and the others felt when facing Kaido.

It's already quite good that the sukiyaki wasn't driven to a mental breakdown by the intimidation.

The place he mentioned, where the Hades warship was located, was beneath the temple in this Flower City.

Zoro wasn't particularly concerned about why Rorschach knew about the existence of ancient weapons in Wano Country.

More than anything, he wanted to know what these legendary ancient weapons, said to possess world-destroying power, actually looked like, how to use them, and whether they were really as powerful as the legends claimed.

Several strong and burly warriors stood guard at the entrance of the temple, but no one noticed when Rorschach and Zoro walked in side by side.

The air around them distorted. Unless these samurai possessed Observation Haki and maintained a constant state of awareness, they would not be able to detect that there were two intruders within arm's reach.

The temple was large and contained some ancient sculptures. Rorschach quickly found a sealed-off secret chamber.

Once you get here, there's no way to avoid taking action.

Because they didn't have the key to open the heavy stone chamber, they had no choice but to break it open by force.

“Cut it open, Sauron,” Rorschach said, pointing to the stone door several meters thick in front of him.

Without saying a word, and regardless of whether the guards outside would hear, Zoro reached out and drew his sword. The Wado Ichimonji at his waist swung out instantly, drawing a dazzling streak of light. Silently, it sliced ​​open the stone door in front of him, shattering it into several large pieces of stone that fell inside.

Before the deafening crash of the boulder could even be heard, all the guards inside the temple were instantly struck down by bolts of lightning, falling unconscious.

The secret room was empty except for a dark opening leading underground.

Inside the cave entrance, a winding stone staircase extends for thousands of meters downwards.

Rorschach led the way inside, with Zoro following closely behind.

The two moved quickly, arriving at an open area in just over ten seconds.

This is a cave chamber located hundreds of meters underground under the temple. There are ancient murals on the walls, the floor is polished smooth, and in the middle is a ten-meter square red stone tablet.

Even though Zoro had never seen anything like it before, he roughly knew that the red cube in front of him, covered with incomprehensible writing, was probably the legendary Road Poneglyph that could lead to the final island, Laugh Tale.

"This is a real treasure! If it were left out on the open sea, people would probably fight tooth and nail to steal it. To find the Great Treasure, you need to collect all four landmarks. I never imagined one would be hidden here."

Zoro stepped forward, stroked the ancient characters on the stone tablet, and sighed.

Rorschach chuckled and teased, "You're interested in the One Piece too, Zoro? Why don't you carry this thing up on your back? I'll allow you to take it. Take it back to your Bounty Hunter Guild headquarters; maybe it can become a prized possession."

"I'm only interested in the sword in my hand." Zoro turned to look at Rorschach. "I heard from your Marines that you defeated Hawkeye. Is that true?"

"Yes, I also got some loot, his black sword. How about it, interested in exchanging it for a sword? It's a Supreme Grade Sword."

Luo Xia did not go up to look at the red historical inscription stone tablet.

He didn't understand it, nor was he interested.

"I have my own sword." Zoro looked at Rorschach's tall figure, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

He knew there was a huge gap between him and Rorschach, but he never expected that Rorschach could even defeat Hawkeye.

When Zoro heard from Bepo that Hawkeye had been defeated by Rorschach, and saw Kirin holding the black sword Yoru, he was stunned for a long time.

Because Zoro has always subconsciously associated the world's greatest swordsman with the world's strongest person.

Or rather, he subconsciously believed that Hawkeye, as the world's greatest swordsman, should possess the strongest level of strength in the world.

In fact, Hawkeye does possess world-class strength.

But unexpectedly, Rorschach was even stronger.

The boy who had given Qiu Shui to him out of nowhere at the Reverse Mountain had reached a height that he could never have imagined in just a few years.

Zoro suddenly seemed a little confused.

He didn't know whether he should continue to strive to become the world's number one swordsman, Hawkeye, or take Rorschach, who had defeated Hawkeye, as his new target.

But Rorschach isn't a great swordsman.

However, Zoro is no ordinary person; with his strong will, he quickly adjusted.

Currently, neither Hawkeye nor Rorschach are his equals; his strength is still far from reaching the pinnacle of this ocean.

Therefore, it's best to focus on strengthening yourself first.

"Zoro, let's go."

From a corner of the cave, at a stone staircase that continued to meander downwards, came Rorschach's shout.

Zoro glanced at the quietly standing Poneglyph and silently followed.

A few more minutes passed, and the two walked down a distance of several kilometers.

Just when Zoro thought they were going to never reach the end of the road, they came to another underground cave.

Upon reaching this point, the stone steps seemed to come to an end, and beyond that lay a deep, dark lake, its destination unknown.

Could the Pluto warship mentioned by Sukiyaki be in this lake?

Or was it that the guy was just deceiving them?

Zoro didn't think for long before he saw Rorschach casually grab something, and the surrounding air currents surged and converged, forming a flowing air shield around their bodies.

"Let's go down and take a look."

Rorschach said.

Then, he took the lead and stepped into the bottomless lake.

Zoro followed closely behind.

This should be the inland lake surrounded by a huge wall, thousands of meters underground in Wano Country, as Yamato mentioned.

Because of the extreme depth, the lake bottom was pitch black, and one could not see their own hand in front of their face.

Fortunately, stray electric sparks appeared on Rorschach's body, illuminating the surrounding scenery.

The air shield on its body not only insulates it from the lake water, but also from the immense water pressure thousands of meters deep.

The two walked along the bottom of the lake, occasionally seeing schools of huge carp swimming overhead, a truly spectacular sight.

Soon, the monotonous walk on the lakebed came to an end, and suddenly the view opened up, revealing a vast expanse of underwater structures in their sight.

Pavilions, towers, temples, palaces, streets, archways, shops, and houses of all types, lined up one after another, sitting quietly at the bottom of this dark lake, like a group of silent giants, silently watching Rorschach and Sauron, the two outsiders.

Giant carp of various colors swim among these buildings, creating the illusion of an underwater kingdom.

Is this the ancient land of Wano that Rorschach spoke of?

It does indeed look much larger than Wano Country on the ground.

Luo Xia couldn't help but admire the beautiful scenery.

But where is the Pluto warship?

He saw Rorschach walk straight in one direction, seemingly having discovered something, and immediately followed.

Before long, the two arrived at the entrance of a long street that resembled a dock. Zoro saw a strangely shaped large ship, quietly docked in the port of this underwater kingdom.

The large ship was covered with a thick layer of seaweed, making it impossible to see the materials used to build it. The hull was covered with various aquatic organisms that had attached themselves to it.

Even on the deck and in the cabin, there are huge lobsters, crabs, and carp swimming around, as if they have made this place their home.

Zoro found the ship peculiar because he didn't see the masts, sails, and watchtowers that a normal ship should have.

There was no rudder on the bow deck, and no steam turbines were visible on either side.

However, at the stern of the ship, there was a huge propeller that was covered with mud and sand.

It's somewhat like a submarine, but it's not a completely enclosed hull structure.

The ship is very long, even larger than the large warships of the G5, but it does not look bulky like a warship. Instead, it appears very slender, like a double-edged sword.

On the most conspicuous part of the bow deck of this ship, there is a gun turret covered with a large amount of algae. It is tens of meters long and looks like a long spear pointing straight ahead, which looks very intimidating.

If the ship in front of us is indeed the Pluto warship that Sukiyaki mentioned, then this gun emplacement is very likely a cannon capable of destroying an entire island with a single shot.

The problem now is how they're going to get the ship on board.

This is at the bottom of a lake thousands of meters deep. This ship has been submerged here for who knows how many years. At this moment, it looks as if it has become one with this sunken ancient Wano Country.

In addition, Zoro was not sure if an ancient ship that had been sunk for over a thousand years could still be used normally.

It's highly likely that once it's salvaged, it will immediately disintegrate due to oxidation, right?

No.

There's no need to even salvage it; perhaps just moving it would cause the ship to collapse.

But the next moment, a scene that completely surprised him appeared.

A dazzling ring of lightning emanated from Rorschach, enveloping the ship in front of him.

The various aquatic creatures covering the surface were instantly overturned by the electric shock.

Rorschach slapped it again, this time onto the surface of the ship.

Even at the bottom of the lake, thousands of meters deep, a muffled sound still reached Zoro's ears.

All he saw was the lake water surging and boiling in front of Rorschach, as if some kind of powerful explosive had been detonated at the bottom of the lake. The powerful shockwaves swept across the hull of the boat along with the surging lake water.

In an instant, mud and sand churned, algae were torn apart, and all sorts of shellfish, snails, and other parasitic creatures were blasted away.

As the silt settled, the ship that resembled a longsword in Zoro's eyes completely changed, becoming a bright silver, sword-shaped warship.

The huge, straight cannon muzzle pointed to the sky, as if it were about to wage war against the gods in the heavens, exuding an overwhelming sense of oppression.

"Let's go, Zoro!"

Rorschach waved from afar.

As Zoro swam aboard the newly renovated ancient warship, Rorschach raised his hand, and lightning surged from his body, enveloping the warship beneath his feet.

The next moment, the warship, which was over two hundred meters long and made entirely of an unknown metal, slowly detached from the lake bottom and rose upwards, its speed increasing rapidly, like a long-sealed sword breaking free of its shackles and eager to descend into the world.

The lake water boiled, and the warship broke through it, startling the surrounding lake creatures into scattering in all directions.

Just a few minutes later, the two piloted the gleaming silver steel warship beneath their feet, breaking through the lake's surface.