General Lanlin of One Piece

Chapter 784 Warring States Luo

On the Shipwreck Island, Yun Que looked at Lucci, who was leaving the Water 7 City with Kaku, Gabra and others on the black World Government ship with a cold face and no words. He looked at Rorschach standing next to him with some curiosity, and approached him and asked in a low voice:

"Brother Rorschach, what did you tell him? Why did Rob Lucci just leave like that? That was pure gold, and he just gave up like that?"

"Pure gold? Where does pure gold come from?" Rorschach's mouth curled up slightly. "He admitted that he recognized the wrong person. There is no Dr. Asier who can make pure gold here. There are only ordinary civilians, a father and a daughter who run a tavern. How can ordinary humans live for more than 200 years?"

"Brother Rorschach, you don't believe what you said, right? Rob Lucci is an extremely shrewd CP agent. If he hadn't been well prepared, how could he have found Asier and his daughter so quickly? Okay, stop playing tricks and tell me." Skylark gave Rorschach a reproachful look.

Luo Xia's heart beat faster when he was glanced at by her charming face. He thought that Yun Que was becoming more charming and attractive day by day.

Especially now, ever since she met Qilin and was called "Mom" several times by Qilin, the girl suddenly exuded a maternal tenderness, as if she had suddenly grown from a young and immature girl into a gentle and virtuous wife.

Rorschach admitted that he couldn't control himself.

Looking at the girl with a sweet smile and her white neck tilted up to look at him, Luo Xia suddenly had an idea in his mind.

'Should I find time to make up for the wedding? After all, I already have a child. If I don't get married soon, the child will be grown up in a few years. If the news of Yun Que having a child before marriage spreads, Uncle Sakaski will probably use the Dog-Eating Red Lotus to blow my head off.'

While Rorschach was daydreaming, Yun Que poked Rorschach's waist.

"Brother Rorschach, what are you thinking about? So absorbed in it?"

"Huh? No... nothing."

Rorschach woke up from his fantasy, his old face flushed, and he quickly changed the subject and explained to Yun Que why Rob Lucci retreated empty-handed.

The reason is simple, Rob Lucci doesn't want to die.

Rorschach told him that if he insisted on taking Asiye and his daughter away, Rorschach would kill him afterwards unless he stayed in the holy land forever.

Yes, Rorschach threatened Lucci.

The reason why his threat was successful was because the current Lucci was different from the cold-blooded killer Rob Lucci on Judicial Island.

Lucci is now the strongest shield under the World Government and the highest commander of CP0. The power he holds is no less than that of the Navy Admirals. He can be said to have achieved great success.

Power is a good thing. It can make people addicted to it, forget their original intentions, lose their former fighting spirit, and become afraid of death.

Although Lucci is not yet afraid of death, he already enjoys the freedom and privileges that come with this high position.

Now he can even ignore Akainu and Rorschach, and use the feathers of the Five Elders as a token of authority to scold Akainu and Rorschach to their faces. It can be seen how inflated his mentality is.

In addition, Rorschach learned from Kaku that the Five Elders were actually unaware of their mission this time, and they just did it out of convenience.

A few years ago, when Asiye and his daughter separated from Rorschach and the others and settled in the Water City, Lucci, Kaku and others were still undercover here, investigating the design drawings of the Pluto battleship.

At that time, they met the father and daughter several times, but did not take it too seriously.

But since he turned a disaster into a blessing and became CP0, Lucci, the head of CP0, has been able to access many secrets of the World Government.

For example, the training methods to quickly develop the fruit ability and achieve fruit awakening, and various secret news.

Among them are records of pure gold.

And when Lucci saw the photos of Asier and his daughter more than two hundred years ago in the archives of pure gold, he remembered Asier and Olga, whom he had met several times in the Seven Water City.

So, we have this scene today.

Lu Qi planned to capture Asiye and his daughter to see if he could get pure gold from them to offer to the Five Elders in order to gain greater power and status.

Although the CP0 commander is impressive, there is the Knights of God above him. After the fruit awakens, Lucci also wants to go one step further and climb to a higher position in the World Government system, either to join the Knights of God and become a member of the Knights, or to be appointed by the Five Elders like Aramaki and serve as a general in the navy or army.

Before the pure gold was obtained and the matter was not successful, Lucci would certainly not inform the Five Elders in advance, so the Five Elders were unaware of the matter of Asiye and his daughter.

Finally, they did not immediately notice that Asier and Olga were carrying pure gold.

Asiye is not stupid.

He was able to research pure gold, a miraculous substance that defies nature, in just over 200 years. He is a genius scientist with a well-developed mind and knows very well how tempting pure gold is to those in power in the world government.

In addition, more than two hundred years ago, their family was wanted by the World Government and was forced to be swallowed by a lantern fish. They lived in isolation from the world in the lantern fish's belly for two hundred years.

Now that he had finally gotten out, Asiye didn't want the same disaster to happen to him again due to his own negligence.

The most important thing is that he doesn't want anything to happen to his daughter Olga.

In addition, because she was wearing pure gold, Olga was still a child after more than two hundred years and it was time for her to grow up.

So as early as when they arrived at the Seven Water City, Asiye took off the pure gold rings worn by himself and his daughter and hid them.

If possible, Asiye would never dig out those two pure gold rings and continue to wear them for the rest of his life.

He had experienced the taste of eternal life, and found that it was not as wonderful as people imagined.

He had spent so much effort studying pure gold not for immortality, but to cure Olga's illness.

Now, two hundred years have passed, and the imperial fever, which was considered a terminal illness at the time, now has a cure, so Asiye has been running a tavern to save money to treat his daughter.

He thought that one day when Olga recovered from her illness, he would take his daughter back to his hometown to see what his hometown looked like now and see where his wife was buried.

In this way, with the huge pressure from Rorschach and the fact that no pure gold was found on the spot, Asiye also said that the ability to produce pure gold was purely coincidental, and Lucci could only leave in disgrace.

As for what he really thought, Rorschach didn't care.

Lucci was a smart man, and Rorschach believed he would not risk his life.

Rorschach and his companions did not stay in the Seven Water City for long.

After resting for a while and waiting for Smoker and Drake to join them, he returned with everyone.

a few days later.

On the waters of the inner bay of Marinford, the two G5 fleets that were in charge of carrying out the mission of capturing the Seven Warlords of the Sea returned victoriously with two captured Seven Warlords of the Sea. A line of twelve warships came against the wind and waves, and slowly slowed down to dock.

Zhan Guo, now a retired old man, stood out with his head full of white hair in the Neiwan Naval Port. Rorschach saw him from afar.

Moreover, next to Zhan Guo, there stood a giant with a tall stature, double horns on his head, and devil wings on his back.

"Uncle Magellan, I didn't expect you to come and escort the prisoner in person."

Rorschach jumped off the warship and looked at Magellan with a smile.

"The criminals are two Shichibukai, so we have to take them seriously. Although Marshal Sengoku said that you can send them directly to Impel Down, after thinking about it, I still can't trouble you. The New World needs you, Rorschach, and your G5 to go back and take charge, so as to prevent those pirates from wreaking havoc on the sea."

A rare gentle smile appeared on Magellan's hideous face.

Although, in the eyes of the jailers and marines nearby, it was still very terrifying.

Sengoku looked at Hancock and Moria being escorted by Palmer and Bepo, and a hint of emotion appeared in his eyes.

"It's really unpredictable. Times have changed."

At the beginning, he was in charge of these veteran Seven Warlords of the Sea, and he personally invited them one by one to take up the positions.

There were countless contradictions and conflicts caused by this, including the fact that the World Government made Edward Weeble one of the Shichibukai despite the opposition of the Navy, which made him very anxious.

Now, all of this has finally come to an end, and there will no longer be any Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Rorschach looked at the white-haired Zhan Guo, feeling the old man's energy and spirit, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Zhan Guo still looks energetic. Although he is obviously old, he is still in good health.

He walked forward with a smile and said hello.

"Grandpa, are you feeling well?" "You bastard, you still miss me?" Zhan Guo didn't appreciate it at all and rolled his eyes.

Rorschach complained, "How can you say that, old man? I have always been a model soldier who respects the elderly and loves the young in the Navy Headquarters. Otherwise, get on board and I will take you to the New World to experience the fun street in the Totland Sea. How about it? I will pay for all the expenses, you can have fun however you want."

"Get lost! You've become an admiral but you still don't behave properly. Watch your words and actions, you bastard."

The corner of Zhan Guo's mouth twitched, and he raised his fist in anger, wanting to hit Rorschach, but Rorschach dodged with a smile.

After laughing for a while, Zhan Guo waved his hand unhappily, "Alright, alright, go and do your thing. An old man like me is not worth spending too much of your time. Let me talk to Luo."

"Okay, you guys chat, I just happen to have something to say to Uncle Magellan."

Rorschach walks away with a smile and finds Magellan.

He asked, "Uncle Magellan, your strength seems to be much stronger than before. I can feel it. Could it be that you have made a breakthrough?"

Magellan nodded. "Well, my Armament Haki has indeed successfully broken into the high level. Now I am practicing the Human Black Blade Training Method you taught me. It has shown initial results. My body has become much stronger. My internal organs are protected by the high-level Armament Haki. The side effects of the Poison-Poison Fruit have also been reduced a lot. Now, I don't have to squat in the toilet all day. For me, this is simply... like a new life."

As he spoke, he looked at Rorschach very formally, and even bent down and bowed to express his gratitude to Rorschach.

"Thank you for your help, Rorschach. Without your advice and help, I would still be the diarrhea bastard that Hannibal mentioned. You changed my life."

"Uncle Magellan, there's no need to be like this. I was just talking casually at the time. The breakthrough in armament color is the result of your own efforts." Rorschach was a little flattered and quickly dodged.

Magellan shook his head: "No, before this, I worked hard for decades, but I still couldn't escape the fate of squatting in the toilet for eight hours a day."

He added, "Also, I know everything you did on Soft Island. I neglected my duty and let those extremely evil people like Barrett, Ryder, and Walder go. You killed many of them and helped me wash away my shame and sins. I am very grateful!"

"Rorschach, if you find Barrett again and want to attack him, please call me. I will redeem myself even if it costs me my life."

"I will." Rorschach nodded solemnly.

"Well, see you next time. I'm leaving now."

Magellan left as soon as he said he would, without any delay, and immediately took Hancock and Moria, who had completed the handover, and left and returned to Impel Down.

Before leaving, he stuffed a golden bean into Rorschach's hand despite Rorschach's objection.

This golden bean was a small piece of pure gold that Rorschach gave him.

Rorschach didn't expect that in the face of the temptation of eternal life, Magellan had no attachment at all.

This made Rorschach admire him even more.

I heard from Zhan Guo that ever since the prison break in Impel Down, the guilty Magellan has been wanting to commit suicide to atone for his sins.

If it weren't for Sengoku's persuasion with the righteousness of defending the city, Magellan would have committed suicide.

Even though he is in the darkest and most evil deep-sea prison, and looks ferocious like a devil, he sticks to justice in his heart and is worthy of the name of the backbone of Impel Down.

In a corner not far away, Zhan Guo was smiling kindly and talking to Luo in a friendly manner.

It was obvious that Luo was still not used to this kind of elder-like concern. He kept his eyes lowered the whole time, and his occasional responses were also extremely brief.

After learning about Law's recent situation in G5, Sengoku hesitated for a moment, but still asked in a lowered voice, even older, "Law, is your ability of the surgery fruit about to awaken?"

"Yes, it's almost done." Luo was as concise as ever, and he didn't hide anything about Zhan Guo, so he admitted it directly.

Zhan Guo narrowed his eyes and his voice became even lower.

He said in a deep voice: "Luo, you must be careful of the people around you, especially those from the World Government. Your surgery fruit is coveted by countless people. When your fruit is successfully awakened, you will gain the ability to perform an anti-aging surgery on people. In the face of the temptation of eternal life, no one can resist. And the price of this surgery is something you cannot afford. I don't want to see that happen to you."

Luo was silent.

As a user of the Ope Ope Fruit, and one who is about to develop this ability to the point of awakening, Luo naturally understands the Ope Ope Fruit much more clearly than Sengoku.

He knew that Zhan Guo was right.

Compared to many fruits, the Operation Fruit is not as powerful, but because it can perform anti-aging surgery on people, it has a value of over 5 billion Beli.

The prerequisite for this anti-aging surgery is that the person with the ability has at least developed his ability to the level of awakening.

Luo also knew the price of this operation, which was the life of the person with the ability.

It can be said that in this world, there are very few people who are willing to sacrifice their own lives in order to enable another to gain eternal life.

Therefore, when the day comes that Luo awakens the power of the Ope Ope Fruit, he is destined to be in danger and will be targeted by many people with ulterior motives.

Even the people around you may not be trustworthy sometimes.

Luo knew that Zhan Guo said this out of concern for him, not because he did not trust Luo Xia and the others.

So he didn't refute, nodded silently, and said softly: "I understand."

Zhan Guo looked at Luo, who was more mature and stable than a few years ago, with relief in his eyes.

He reached out and patted Luo's shoulder, smiling and said, "Just be clear about it. Go ahead. I believe that you are the safest in G5, next to Luo Xia."

"Take care of yourself..."

Luo nodded again, lowered his head and turned to leave.

After walking a dozen steps, he turned his head slightly and glanced at Zhan Guo.

This former naval marshal who once had the righteousness to dominate the world now had white hair and a face full of wrinkles. Although he was still tall, his back was slightly bent and no longer as straight as before.

His eyes, which were full of wisdom, had become a little cloudy, no longer showing the high spirits of General Xianshi during the Warring States Period of Buddhism.

"Go, but don't be too stubborn. The new world is very dangerous. Protect yourself." Seeing Luo looking back, Zhan Guo smiled and waved.

Luo's eyes became hot and he quickly lowered his head, not wanting others to see his red eyes.

A few minutes later, the warship left the port and sailed towards the elevator passage of the Red Earth Continent.

On the warship, Luo stood silently, still looking in the direction of Marinford.

"Luo, I think he really wants to hear you call him grandpa. The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop, the son wants to take care of his parents but they are no longer there. Don't wait until you lose them before you regret it. Love should be expressed bravely."

Luo Xia's slow voice came from the side, making Luo's face twitch in silence.

"I'm not kidding, here, don't say I didn't give you a chance."

Rorschach threw something over casually, and Luo reached out and grabbed it in his hand.

He spread it out and found it was a golden bean. He looked at Rorschach in confusion.

"Pure gold, if you wear it, you will have eternal life. That Asiye made it two hundred years ago, and I got some of it." Rorschach shrugged, patted his shoulder, and laughed, "So, don't worry that I will sell you out after your fruit awakens. Isn't this thing more convenient than your immortality surgery that cost you your life?"

Luo was slightly surprised, then he completely relaxed, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he tossed the pure gold beans in his hand.

With a whoosh, a circle of air waves suddenly spread out, spreading over a range of several thousand meters, covering the Neiwan Naval Port not far away, and the golden beans thrown in Luo's hand disappeared.

When it appeared again, the golden bean the size of a soybean suddenly appeared in front of Zhan Guo.

Zhan Guo was stunned and subconsciously reached out to catch it.

At the same time, he seemed to hear something, his eyes slightly opened, and he stared blankly at the golden beans in his hand.

After a long time, Zhan Guo raised his head and looked at the warships gradually moving away, a relieved smile appearing on his old face.

"It seems that I was worrying too much. Luo, you really found a group of trustworthy partners."

(End of this chapter)