One Piece: Initially tricked into joining the Marines by Garp

Chapter 253 The Blackbeard Pirates' Predicament

Looking at the fruits, Sengoku suddenly asked, "What kind of fruits are these?"

Before Gion could reply, Rorschach spoke first: "A dignified Fleet Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, don't you even look at the criminals on those wanted posters?"

Sengoku's face darkened, and he snorted coldly, "Of course I've seen them, but Devil Fruits are so varied that I didn't recognize them at the moment."

Luo Xia smiled, picked up a fruit and shook it. "I took this one from that ugly woman. I think it's called a Zoan-type Mythical Zoan-type Inu Inu no Mi (Dog-Dog Fruit) in Nine-Tailed Fox form. I don't need to tell you what happens after you eat it, right?"

Gion also came over and pointed to another fruit, saying, "This is the Teleportation Fruit. It allows for short-distance teleportation, and the more you develop it, the greater the teleportation distance."

The two introduced them one by one, until they got to the golden Devil Fruit. Rorschach suddenly sat down on the ground and said indignantly, "This is a Zoan type, Mythical Zoan, Ape form."

"However, I don't know its specific name; it's not in the encyclopedia."

"It was because Blackbeard had this trick up his sleeve that I almost got caught up in it."

Sengoku raised an eyebrow. "This Blackbeard is indeed quite cunning."

Rorschach rubbed his nose. "That's right, who would have thought he had three Devil Fruit abilities? I thought I could easily finish the fight, but he almost killed me."

Gion gently stroked the knife in her hand, saying, "In any case, at least the crisis is over."

At that moment, Sengoku's eyes lit up, his gaze fixed on the golden Devil Fruit in Rorschach's hand. "Kid, how about I have that fruit you're holding?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Xia immediately clutched the fruit tightly to his chest, looking at Sengoku warily. "Old man, you wish! This is a spoil of war I worked so hard to obtain, why should I give it to you?"

Zhan Guo frowned and said seriously, "You brat, this fruit will only be wasted if you keep it. It can be put to a greater use if you give it to me."

"Besides, your G5 branch is full of Devil Fruit users, so why would you lack Devil Fruits?"

Luo Xia scoffed dismissively, "Anyway, I don't care, anything else is fine, just this one... no, none of the others are fine either."

"I'm still thinking about my experiments, and I can't do without these Devil Fruits."

"When I get a little stronger, I'll move the G1 branch under the old man's jurisdiction over here as well."

"If we can't move them all, it's good to give them the fruit."

Upon hearing Luo Xia's words, Zhan Guo was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, "You brat, you are truly lawless, daring to covet the G1 branch."

Luo Xia shrugged nonchalantly, "Marshal, I'm just strengthening the G1 branch, how can that be considered coveting?"

"Besides, all I can do now is destroy; I can't control such a large island."

Seeing this, Gion quickly tried to smooth things over, "Alright, alright, you two stop arguing. Since Rorschach values ​​this fruit so much, Marshal, you shouldn't insist."

Sengoku glared at Luo Xia, feeling unwilling but knowing he couldn't take it by force.

Just as the atmosphere became slightly awkward, Luo Xia suddenly rolled his eyes and said with a wicked smile, "Marshal, when I find a suitable person to eat this fruit, I will synthesize a few fruits and send them to you."

"That works too, then I'll trouble you!"

Luo Xia waved his hand, "It's okay, we can just write an IOU later."

"Okay, okay, I got it."

After finishing these trivial matters, Rorschach returned to his room and began to sleep soundly. Gion also went to bed with him.

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The next morning, Luo Xia stretched and then went outside.

The reason for coming so early is, of course, to see those bastards we caught yesterday.

Rorschach strolled lazily to G5 prison. The marines who were originally sitting there to guard him immediately stood up, stood at attention, and saluted him in a smooth and efficient manner.

Luo Xia nodded and smiled, "Nothing happened last night, right?"

Marine replied, "Reporting to the boss, last night Blackbeard and his gang in the prison were very disruptive and kept threatening me, so I found an iron bar and hit each of them on the head."

"I didn't expect it to cause such a commotion. Well done, keep it up."

"There's no need to show mercy to this kind of person; it's okay even if you beat them to death."

Luo Xia then heard the marines looking excited, "Yes, thank you for the compliment, boss."

"Okay, you go and rest first. I'll take a look at these bastards." Luo Xia waved for him to leave.

The marine obediently left.

After the marines left, Rorschach clicked his tongue twice. "Looks like these guys really got cocky. I didn't expect them to dare threaten my soldiers even on my turf."

Even though Rorschach said that, none of the people in the cells showed any signs of waking up, so it seemed that they were indeed beaten quite badly yesterday!

Rorschach looked through the cells one by one, and when he saw Blackbeard Teach, he couldn't help but sneer.

He opened the cell door, squatted down, and patted Blackbeard's face hard. "Hey, wake up."

Blackbeard groggily opened his eyes. When he saw Rorschach, a flash of ferocity crossed his eyes, which was replaced by a simple and obsequious look. "Vice Admiral Azure Dragon, spare my life!" Blackbeard shamelessly begged.

Luo Xia scoffed, "You're begging for mercy? You're a user of three Devil Fruits, and you're begging me for mercy? Don't play dumb with me."

"Have you forgotten how you knelt down and begged Whitebeard for mercy during the Marineford War?"

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Blackbeard's face, but he quickly retorted, "Vice Admiral Qinglong, everyone has aspirations..."

Before Blackbeard could launch into his long-winded explanation, Rorschach interrupted him impatiently, "Your pursuit is betrayal? It's about using any means necessary?"

Blackbeard lowered his head, then raised it again after a moment, his eyes filled with madness. "I only want power, to stand at the top of the world. In this dog-eat-dog world, only the strong can make the rules."

Luo Xia stood up and looked down at him. "Your so-called path to strength is full of deception and bloodshed. That is not true strength."

At that moment, Shiryu of the Rain's deep voice rang out from the cell next door: "Vice Admiral Seiryu, how noble do you think you are? Are all the navy people good people?"

Rorschach approached Shiryu of the Rain and said calmly, "The Navy may not be all good people, but we maintain the basic order of this sea. As for you pirates, you burn, kill, plunder, and commit all sorts of evil deeds."

After saying that, Rorschach plopped down on the prison corridor with a smile on his face. "Stop talking nonsense. Anyway, today either Blackbeard dies or I throw him into Impel Down."

"As for you, Shiryu of the Rain, Magellan must miss you dearly!"