One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

That terrifying weapon with devastating destructive power was definitely not already in the air above Wanbo Island. It must have been deliberately moved from somewhere else after the events on Wanbo Island occurred.

Based on the similar beam of light seen by their intelligence personnel in the waters near Wano Country, and the sudden death of the giant elephant Zou, Dragon can easily guess that the ancient weapon that destroyed Manpoku Island was probably in the airspace above the waters of Wano Country.

This shows that the ancient weapon moved at an extremely fast speed.

A powerful weapon with incredible speed and destructive power must not be used without restriction. Otherwise, the World Government would not have been put in such a passive and embarrassing situation by the Great Pirate Era started by Roger. They could have easily used the Ancient Weapons to sink the islands where the Four Emperors were located.

The limitation that allowed this ancient weapon to be used was likely energy.

This is probably why the Five Elders personally led the Navy to Egg Point Island, because there is an infinite energy source that Vegapunk has been researching for decades.

So how did this ancient weapon, hidden deep in the sky, locate the island at sea?

The first and most likely guess that Dorrag and the others thought of was the magnetic field.

In the Grand Line, the weather, ocean currents, and other factors do not change according to normal rules. Therefore, ordinary logistic pointers or compasses cannot find the correct location in the Grand Line, while permanent pointers will always point to a certain island and will never change direction.

The permanent pointers here record the magnetic fields of those islands.

With the island's magnetic field records and some distance calculations, its location can be precisely pinpointed. In fact, the maps of various sea areas held by the World Government and their Revolutionary Army are drawn using this method, and usually there are no errors.

This typical situation refers to the absence of interference from floating islands, such as sky islands.

Sky islands also have magnetic fields. For example, ships passing through Mogu Town will find that their log pointers become erratic and point to the sky. This is because there are many sky islands, such as Jaya Island, in the sky above Mogu Town.

This is because the sky island overlaps with the ground below, causing a disturbance in the magnetic field, which affects the magnetic field recording of the recording pointer.

This might be one way to evade attacks from the mysterious ancient weapons in the hands of the World Government.

This conclusion was reached after a long discussion between Dragon and Sabo, among others, not long ago. Now, seeing G5 islands being sent into the sky by Zephyr, Dragon is even more certain of their deduction.

Thinking of ancient weapons, he couldn't help but look to his side, where there was a huge, transparent, spherical container containing a leaping, burning flame. According to Vegapunk, this flame was the greatest achievement of his decades-long research on infinite energy: the Mother Flame.

This seemingly small flame contained energy that, in Dragon's perception, was as vast as a small, burning sun.

Of Vegapunk's six clones, York, the one who chose to betray him, had stolen a portion of the Mother Spark. Now that I think about it, perhaps the portion of the Mother Spark that York stole was used by the World Government as the energy source for that mysterious ancient weapon.

Now, the remaining portion of the Mother Flame has been brought to G5 by Rorschach. Just as Dragon was wondering if Rorschach had his eye on the infinite energy that Vegapunk had researched and wanted to possess it, he saw a long, narrow, silver steel warship, bathed in a dazzling burst of electricity, fly out from the G5 island. At the bow of the warship stood Enel, a blond-haired man.

Enel flashed to Dragon's side, his speed so fast it was as if he teleported. He coldly examined the Mother Flame inside the spherical container and said to Rorschach, "Is this the Mother Flame you mentioned, the one that can be used to activate Hades' energy?"

Rorschach nodded, and under the horrified gazes of Dragon and the others, he smashed the spherical container of the Mother Flame. He extended a massive, scaly hand that expanded rapidly, growing to over ten meters long in an instant. Countless lightning bolts crackled around his fingertips as he spread his five fingers, grasping the leaping Mother Flame. He grabbed the ball of flame containing terrifying energy in his hand, and with a flash, he arrived atop the bright silver steel warship, pressing the Mother Flame he was holding into the warship's deck.

As Rorschach sent the Mother Spark into the warship's engine room, the heavy steel warship immediately began to vibrate. Countless sophisticated instrument dials in the cabin lit up with indicator lights, and lines and gears seemed to come alive, transmitting the enormous energy contained within the Mother Spark to all parts of the warship.

The cold, hard steel cannon at the bow of the warship seemed to transform into a deep, dark hole, emanating a chilling aura that sent shivers down the spines of Dorrag and his men. The warning of death swelled in their minds, forcing them to leave and move away from the direction the steel warship's cannon was aimed at.

Dragon's pupils contracted sharply as he stared at the steel warship where Rorschach was. An uncontrollable thought surfaced in his mind, and he blurted out, "Rorschach! Could this warship be... one of the legendary three ancient weapons, Pluto, the Hades?"

Rorschach didn't hide anything. Touching the cannon barrel of the Pluto warship, he nodded and said, "Yes, this time, I will take this Pluto warship to take down the World Government."

"Great! With Pluto and your strength, Rorschach, we can definitely destroy the World Government's rule in one fell swoop! Rorschach, when do we make our move? I can't wait." Seeing the Pluto warship, even the usually calm and collected Dragon couldn't contain his excitement, and his voice trembled slightly.

However, Rorschach glanced at the excited man and slowly shook his head, saying, "No, Dragon, I am the only one traveling to Mary Geoise on this Pluton battleship. You and the G5 navy will all stay behind."

"What? Why?" Dragon was taken aback, his face full of confusion.

"Because I am enough on my own, there is no need for others to sacrifice their lives in vain. Originally, I was only 50% confident in defeating the World Government, but now with the fully charged Pluton battleship, that confidence has become 90%. No, it's 100%. The remaining 10% is in Mary Geoise."

Rorschach turned to look at Zephyr, Lark, and the others who were flying from the depths of G5 Island, his eyes filled with deep reluctance and longing.

"I'm starting to understand why I came into this world."

Chapter 842 Reluctance and Farewell

The next day, on G5 Island, in Rorschach's home, in his bedroom, Lark was helping Rorschach put on his general's uniform, which he hadn't worn in a long time.

As his strength increased day by day, his opponents changed from small-time pirates in Paradise to the Seven Warlords and Four Queens of the New World. Even the finest clothes would be badly damaged in a battle if worn by him.

In addition, his fighting style is wild and savage. Once he enters a battle and gets into the heat of the moment, he often activates his Blue Scale form or even his Qilin form, which expands his size several times or even dozens of times. Ordinary clothes become even more useless, as they are easily torn apart with a single transformation.

After experiencing several battles where he was "naked," Rorschach rarely wore the regular military uniform issued by the Navy Headquarters, and instead wore the costume-changing bracelet from Lilith Research.

After the Wano Country incident, his abilities were once again fully enhanced, and he was able to transform the lightning and flames he controlled into clothing, achieving an effect similar to the elemental transformation of Logia-type characters. He no longer needed to worry about his clothes being damaged during battle.

But today, he once again donned the admiral's uniform that the Navy Headquarters had specially tailored for him when he was promoted to admiral.

This general's uniform consists of several parts: a sky-blue shirt and trousers, black military boots, a white hat, and the white justice cloak that is the hallmark of a naval admiral. The shoulders of the shirt are decorated with golden ears of wheat, corresponding to the governor's rank.

Luo Xia was much taller than Yun Que, so he could only sit in front of the dressing mirror, looking at Yun Que, who was also dressed in a lieutenant general's uniform, and reached out his hands to fasten the buttons on his chest one by one.

Yun Que's expression was very serious. She pursed her lips slightly and gently fastened the last button on Luo Xia's chest, then smoothed out the wrinkles on his clothes with her hands.

Through the mirror behind her, Rorschach could see Lark's frail body trembling slightly, unable to stop it.

Watching the girl in front of him walk past him with her lips pursed, head down, and reaching for the cloak of justice on the bed, Luo Xia, who had already made up his mind and was determined to be resolute, felt a pang of pain in his heart. He sighed deeply and said in a hoarse voice, "Yun Que, I'm sorry."

Hearing his sigh and voice, Lark, who was clutching the white cloak with both hands, trembled violently. The composure he had been putting on, which was turned away from Rorschach, crumbled, and his eyes instantly turned red, with tears streaming down his face.

"Brother Luo Xia!" She turned around, her voice choked with sobs, and threw herself into Luo Xia's arms. She stretched out her hands and hugged Luo Xia tightly with all her might, as if he would disappear from her sight if she let go. The tears that rolled down her cheeks quickly soaked the front of Luo Xia's clothes.

Her petite body trembled uncontrollably as she nestled in Luo Xia's arms and cried, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

The growing indifference in Luo Xia's eyes vanished completely, replaced by an unprecedented gentleness. He slowly reached out and gently embraced the crying girl in his arms, placing his large palm on Yun Que's head and stroking it gently, as if comforting a child, patting her back lightly.

Hibari, who was crying in his arms, raised her teary eyes and looked up at Luo Xia's apologetic face. She reached out and touched Luo Xia's hard cheek, shaking her head desperately, "Brother Luo Xia, you don't need to apologize to me. The one who should be apologizing is me. It's because I didn't work hard enough, it's because I wasn't good enough. If I could be stronger, you wouldn't...you wouldn't..."

The words that he heard and saw every day in this chaotic world were now impossible for Hibari to utter.

She dared not think about it, did not want to think about it, what her world would be like without Luo Xia.

Last night, Luo Xia told her everything that had happened to him without reservation, and also revealed his plans.

When Hibari learned from Rorschach that his life was coming to an end and that he planned to go to Mary Geoise alone to fight the entire World Government to the death, she felt as if her world had collapsed.

She simply couldn't believe that Luo Xia, who had always appeared so strong and was in the prime of his life, would soon be heading towards the end of his life.

She didn't want to believe anything Luo Xia said, but Yun Que knew that Luo Xia wouldn't lie to her, and he had never lied to her. Because of this, Yun Que felt even more heartbroken; she didn't want to lose Luo Xia.

In Hibari's heart, Rorschach was family, her husband. They were always open and honest with each other, and although they weren't officially married, their relationship was closer than that of a married couple, and they had even consummated their marriage recently. Rorschach even planned to take her to her father after the Battle of Onigashima to confess their relationship and propose to her. Hibari had been blissfully happy about this for a long time, fantasizing about the romantic scene of herself wearing a white wedding dress, becoming Rorschach's wife in front of everyone.

However, who could have imagined that this romantic fantasy would soon burst like a soap bubble?

After Rorschach was struck head-on by Uranus's destructive beam on the island of Expo, he was indeed considered dead.

At that time, his entire body was bombarded and annihilated by super-density energy, and his soul was also severely damaged and on the verge of collapse, leaving only a skeleton.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will die completely in a few seconds, and the fruit on his body will soon be reborn somewhere in the sea.

However, Rorschach never expected that he would be saved by a crazy guy.

The person who saved him was Barrett, who was with him at the time and was also being attacked by the Heavenly King.

Barrett, that madman, recklessly used the Fusion Fruit ability, frantically absorbing and fusing countless people and Devil Fruit users. During his time in the Sakura world, he was constantly in a state of uncontrollable madness, but the vigor of his life force was even greater than that of Rorschach, who devoured the life force of Kaido and Zunesha.

Even so, under the direct bombardment of the Heavenly King's high-powered destructive ray, his life force was completely evaporated, and like Rorschach, he was about to die.

But a madman's thinking is different from that of an ordinary person. When faced with death, the madman Barrett thought of Rorschach's ability to devour his life force and actually chose to die willingly, offering his soul to Rorschach so that Rorschach could devour him.

At that point, when he and Barrett reached that level, they were like the Five Elders on Egg Point Island. Physical injuries could no longer pose a fatal threat to them; only the destruction of their souls would result in complete death.

Therefore, after absorbing the soul that Barrett voluntarily contributed, Rorschach's nearly disintegrated soul was able to stabilize and reside in the immortal Black Blade-level skeleton. Later, on Elbaf Island, he came into contact with other life forms, absorbed enough life force, and successfully revived, returning to life.

But as Barrett, who still exists within his soul, said, Rorschach's body is now filled with too many soul consciousnesses that do not belong to him.

Kaido's Azure Dragon consciousness, the demon Totemjika, Barrett, along with his own Kirin consciousness and his own soul, a multitude of complex souls crammed into one body, have already overburdened Rorschach's body, threatening to collapse at any moment.

He is now like Lucy, the female protagonist in Lucy, whose overly powerful consciousness completely overrides his fragile body, and is uncontrollably heading towards self-destruction.

There is only one way to solve this problem: to possess a powerful body that matches his powerful soul.

However, physical enhancement requires gradual training and cannot be achieved like the soul, which can be rapidly strengthened by directly devouring the souls of other life forms. Even if Luo Xia continues to use his devouring ability to absorb the life force of other life forms, it is merely an accumulation of life force in quantity, and cannot fundamentally improve the level of the physical body.

He needs time, plenty of time. But right now, what Rorschach lacks most is time. The chaotic and complex soul within him constantly oppresses his spirit, extinguishes his humanity, and causes him to lose himself.

On Egg Point Island, after he once again devoured the demonic consciousness of Satan and Pit Saint, the rate of annihilation increased dramatically again.

Rorschach is now like an unstoppable train, constantly accelerating towards its inevitable doom.

Even if he doesn't go to Mary Geoise and confront the World Government, he won't have much time left.

Rorschach was never afraid of death, but he was afraid of seeing Lark's tears. It would make his guilt and reluctance rise infinitely, and make him hesitate and waver.

He thought once again of the rainbow mist that could transport him to the past.

If such a thing truly exists in this world, Rorschach wants to go back to the past.

If he could relive his life, he wouldn't want to meet Yun Que in Beihai. He wouldn't want to ruin the rest of a kind girl's life because of himself.

Rorschach was never a womanizer; on the contrary, he was easily satisfied.

He has met quite a few outstanding girls along the way.

The bold and unrestrained Peacock, the unconventional Sera, the gentle and sweet Vivi, the graceful and intellectual Tina, the shy and charming Tashigi... Among them are many girls who admire him, but Rorschach never dares to easily accept them.

He always felt that he was already happy enough, because he had Yun Que, a beautiful, kind, gentle and considerate girl, who had accompanied him and warmed his heart since the most difficult time of his life.

From the instant connection in the North Sea to the heartfelt joy of their reunion in Marineford. From the heartfelt confessions under the night sky of Water Seven to the eternal romance of ringing the Golden Bell together atop a sky island thousands of meters above the ground. From fighting side-by-side in the G1 naval battle to their tight embrace before Impel Down…

In just a few short years, countless unforgettable memories have been shared between him and the girl in front of him through spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Compared to his previous life, he didn't seem to have lived that long in this one, but Luo Xia had never felt so happy.

"Thank you, Lark."

He cupped the lark's face in his hands, gently leaned down, and gave the girl he could never forget a deep kiss.

A tear rolled down Luo Xia's cheek. Yun Que reached out her hand with heartache, wanting to wipe it away, but her hand fell limply halfway down. The tear slid down Luo Xia's cheek and dripped onto her slowly closing eyelids, wetting her eyelashes.

Luo Xia gently picked up the unconscious Lark as if she were a fragile piece of porcelain, and placed her on the bed in the bedroom with utmost tenderness. He then reached out to wipe away the tears on her face and pulled the blanket over her.

Luo Xia stood at the head of the bed, quietly watching the sleeping Yun Que, looking at her face, as if he wanted to remember her appearance forever in his heart and in the depths of his soul.

After a long while, he picked up the cloak of justice from the bed.

"Click".

The door opened, and Luo Xia, dressed in a sky-blue military uniform, strode out, his snow-white cloak bearing the words "Justice" fluttering behind him.

He strode to the courtyard gate and saw an old man with a full head of purple hair and a frail appearance standing there, looking at him with kind and gratified eyes.

"Teacher, the future of the Navy, the future of this world, is in your hands." Rorschach walked up to Zephyr and, just like many years ago when he was training at Marineford, stood up straight, raised his arms and straightened his chest, and gave the respected old man a standard military salute like a new recruit.

"Go with peace of mind. With me here, the navy won't be in chaos, and neither will the future of this world."

Zefa returned the salute, then opened his arms and gave Rorschach a tight hug.