General Lanlin of One Piece

Chapter 794 Pluto Battleship
When Kaido was killing people in Boro Town, Rorschach and Zoro quietly came to the Flower Capital, in front of a solemn temple.

"Is that old man reliable? Is the ancient weapon you want to find really under here?"

Zoro didn't quite believe Sukiyaki's answer to Rorschach.

Earlier, after he had taken out Kurozumi Orochi, Rorschach asked Sukiyaki about some things about the Pluto battleship.

It was obvious that Sukiyaki didn't want to say it.

But under the pressure of Rorschach, he finally chose to compromise.

Although Rorschach looks harmless and like a handsome young man, Zoro is actually very clear about the tremendous mental pressure he will have to endure when facing Rorschach.

This kind of pressure was not released deliberately by Rorschach, but was a natural aura and spirit of a strong man.

Even he could feel the heavy sense of oppression, let alone the Sukiyaki that was almost the same as that of an ordinary person.

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

It's good enough that Sukiyaki didn't become insane due to being intimidated.

And the place where Pluto's battleship is located, as he said, is the basement of the temple in this flower city.

Zoro didn't really care about why Rorschach knew about the existence of ancient weapons in Wano Country.

In comparison, he wanted to know what these ancient weapons that were said to have the power to destroy the world looked like, how to use them, and whether they were really as powerful as the legend said.

There were some strong warriors guarding the entrance of the temple. When Rorschach and Zoro walked in side by side, no one noticed them.

The air around them was distorted. Unless these warriors possessed the Observation Haki and were always in a state of perception, they would not be able to discover that there were two intruders within such a close distance.

The temple was very large, and contained some very old sculptures. Rorschach soon found a sealed secret room.

There is no way to avoid taking action at this point.

Because they didn't have the key to open the heavy stone chamber, they could only break it open by force.

"Cut it open, Zoro." Rorschach said, pointing at the several meters thick stone door in front of him.

Zoro said nothing, and without caring whether the guards outside would hear him, he reached out and drew his sword. The Wado Ichimonji on his waist was swung out instantly, drawing a dazzling streak that silently cut the stone door in front of him, breaking it into several large pieces of rubble that fell inside.

Before the loud sound of the boulder falling to the ground could be heard, all the guards in the temple were knocked to the ground by lightning in an instant, losing consciousness.

There was nothing in the secret room except for a dark hole leading to the underground.

Inside the cave entrance, there are winding stone steps extending down for several thousand meters.

Rorschach took the lead and walked in, followed closely by Zoro.

The two of them moved very quickly, and in just a dozen seconds, they arrived at an open area.

This is a cave chamber located several hundred meters underground in the temple. There are ancient murals on the walls, the ground is polished very smoothly, and in the middle there is a ten-meter square red stone tablet.

Even though Zoro had never seen such a thing, he roughly knew that the red cube in front of him, engraved with incomprehensible words, should be the legendary historical text that could point to the final island, Raftel.

"This is a great treasure. If it were placed out in the open sea, people would probably fight to get it. To find the great treasure, you must collect four landmarks. I never thought there would be one hidden here."

Zoro stepped forward, touched the concave and convex ancient characters on the stone tablet, and sighed.

Rorschach smiled and teased, "Are you also interested in the great secret treasure, Zoro? Why don't you carry this thing on your back? I'll allow you to take it away. Take it back to your bounty hunter guild headquarters, maybe it can become a treasure of the town guild."

"I'm only interested in the sword in my hand." Zoro turned around and looked at Rorschach, "I heard from the navy under your command that you defeated Hawkeye. Is that true?"

"Yes, I also got the spoils, his black knife. How about it? Are you interested in exchanging it for a knife? It's the supreme and fast knife."

Rorschach did not go forward to look at the red historical text stele.

He couldn't understand it and wasn't interested.

"I have my own sword." Zoro looked at Rorschach's tall back, feeling mixed emotions.

He knew that there was a huge gap between him and Rorschach, but he didn't expect that Rorschach could even defeat Hawkeye.

When Zoro heard the news from Bepo that Hawkeye was defeated by Rorschach and saw the black sword Nighthawk held by Kirin, he was stunned for a long time.

Because all along, Zoro has subconsciously associated the world's number one swordsman with the world's strongest man.

In other words, he subconsciously believed that Hawkeye, as the world's greatest swordsman, should possess the world's strongest level of strength.

In fact, Hawkeye does possess world-class strength.

But unexpectedly, Rorschach was stronger.

The young man who had given Qiu Shui to him for no reason at the Upside-Down Mountain, had reached a height that he himself could never reach in just a few years.

Zoro was suddenly confused.

He didn't know whether he should continue to aim to become the world's number one swordsman with Hawkeye, or make Rorschach, who defeated Hawkeye, his new target.

But Rorschach is not a great swordsman.

But Zoro is not an ordinary person. He has a strong character and he quickly adjusted himself.

At present, neither Hawkeye nor Rorschach can match him, and his strength is far from the pinnacle of this ocean.

So, just strengthen yourself quietly first.

"Zoro, let's go."

In the corner of the cave, on a stone staircase that continued to wind downward, Rorschach's shout was heard.

Zoro glanced at the historical text standing quietly and followed silently.

After a few more minutes, the two walked down a distance of several thousand meters.

Just when Zoro thought that this road would never end, they came to an underground cave.

At this point, the stone steps seem to have reached an end. Further ahead is a deep lake, and no one knows where it leads to.

Could it be that the Pluto battleship that Sukiyaki mentioned is in this lake?
So, that guy was just deceiving them?
Zoro didn't think for too long before he saw Rorschach grab casually, and the surrounding air surged and gathered together to form a flowing air shield on the surface of the two people.

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

Rorschach said.

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

Zoro followed closely behind.

This should be the inland lake surrounded by a huge wall, several thousand meters deep under the ground of Wano Country, as mentioned by Yamato.

Because the depth was so great, the bottom of the lake was pitch black and you couldn't see your hand in front of you.

Fortunately, there was some free electric light emerging from Rorschach's body, illuminating the surrounding scene.

The air shield on the body's surface not only isolates the lake water, but also isolates the huge water pressure thousands of meters deep.

The two of them walked along the bottom of the lake, occasionally seeing schools of huge carp swimming overhead, which looked spectacular.

Soon, the boring walk on the lakebed ended, and the view ahead suddenly became clear. A large stretch of lakebed buildings appeared in the sight of the two.

Pavilions, towers, temples, palaces, street archways, shops, houses of all types are lined up, quietly sitting at the bottom of the dark lake, like a group of silent giants, quietly watching the two outsiders, Rorschach and Zoro.

Huge carps of various colors swim among these buildings, making it look like an underwater kingdom.

Is this the ancient Wano Country that Rorschach mentioned?

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

Rorschach couldn't help but sigh that the scenery was nice.

But where is the Pluto battleship?
He saw Rorschach walking straight in one direction, as if he had discovered something, and immediately hurried to follow him.

After a while, the two came to the entrance of a long street similar to a dock, and Sauron saw a strange-looking large ship quietly docked at the port of the underwater kingdom. The ship was covered with thick underwater plants, and the material of the ship could no longer be seen. The hull was full of various aquatic organisms attached to it.

Even on the decks and in the cabins, there are giant lobsters, crabs, and carp swimming around, as if they have made this place their home.

The reason why Zoro felt that this ship was strange was that he did not see the masts, sails, and watchtowers that a normal ship should have on it.

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

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

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

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

On the most conspicuous part of the bow deck of the ship, there is a turret covered with a large amount of algae. It is dozens of meters long and points straight forward like a long spear, which looks very deterrent.

If the ship in front of him is the Pluto battleship mentioned by Sukiyaki, then this turret is likely to be a cannon that can destroy an island with a single shot.

The question now is how they can get the ship aboard.

This is the bottom of a lake several thousand meters deep, and no one knows how many years this ship has been sunk here. At this moment, it looks like it has merged with this sunken ancient country of Wano.

In addition, Zoro was not sure whether an ancient ship that had sunk for thousands of years could still be used normally?

There's a high probability that once it's salvaged, it will disintegrate due to oxidation, right?
No.

There is no need to even fish it out; perhaps just moving it would cause the ship to collapse.

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

A circle of dazzling electric light spread out from Rorschach and enveloped the ship in front of him.

All kinds of aquatic creatures covering it were instantly electrocuted.

Rorschach slapped again, hitting the surface of the hull.

Even at the bottom of the lake several thousand meters deep, a muffled sound still reached Sauron's ears.

All he saw was the lake water in front of Rorschach boiling, as if some powerful explosive had been detonated at the bottom of the lake. A powerful shock wave swept across the hull along with the turbulent lake water.

In an instant, mud and sand rolled, algae were torn apart, and all kinds of shells, snails and parasites were blown away.

When the mud and sand rolled and settled a little, in Sauron's eyes, the sword-like ship had completely changed its appearance and turned into a bright silver sword-shaped warship.

The huge straight muzzle points to the sky, as if declaring war on the gods in the sky, and the pressure is at its maximum.

"Let's go, Zoro!"

Rorschach waved from a distance.

When Zoro paddled onto the brand new ancient warship, Rorschach raised his hand and lightning burst out of his body, covering the warship under his feet.

The next moment, this warship, which was more than 200 meters long and made entirely of unknown metal, slowly broke away from the bottom of the lake and rose upwards, with an increasingly faster speed, like a sharp sword that had been sealed for many years, breaking free from its shackles and eager to descend into the world.

The lake water was boiling and was broken open by the warship, scaring the surrounding creatures on the lake bottom to flee in all directions.

Just a few minutes later, the two men steered the bright silver steel battleship under their feet and broke through the surface of the lake.

A large amount of lake water poured out from the deck, washing over the lake surface, making a roar like thousands of horses galloping.

When we came to the surface of the water, the view suddenly became clear.

When Zoro looked up, he saw a huge mountain that pierced the clouds and stood in front of him, like a giant sword piercing the sky.

This is Fujiyama in Wano Country. It is located next to the Flower Capital. It is the center of the entire Wano Country and the pillar supporting this country.

"Where to go now?" Zoro looked at Rorschach.

Rorschach turned his head and first glanced in the direction of Onigashima.

This place is far away from Ghost Island, at least dozens of kilometers away, but he has already heard the loud roar coming from there.

In the sky of Wano Country, dark clouds rolled like a tsunami, and countless thick lightning bolts continued to gather and transform into a ball of thunder as dazzling as the sun, which fell straight towards the location of Onigashima, like a divine punishment coming to the world.

The roar of thunder and lightning resounded through the sky.

This huge commotion was probably known not only to Wano Country, but also to the New World Ocean outside.

Zoro also saw this magnificent sight.

"The war over there has already begun."

A hint of fighting spirit appeared in his eyes, and he looked at Rorschach again, "How about I go over there to support them? If you want to fight Kaido alone, I don't think I can interfere with the fight between you two."

Rorschach thought about it and nodded slightly, "Okay, but do you know the way?"

Zoro pointed at the thick lightning pillar that connected the sky and the earth, "Isn't this nonsense? With such a big sign, even an idiot wouldn't go wrong, right?"

"Hard to say."

Rorschach curled his lips.

An idiot might not, but a person with poor sense of direction might not.

As soon as Zoro left the huge steel ship, which might be Pluto's battleship, Rorschach walked to the huge gun muzzle at the bow and put his hand on it.

He felt the cold touch of the metal of the gun barrel.

At this moment, this steel battleship was like a famous sword that no one was wielding, cold and stiff.

Rorschach did not find a steam room on the ship, which means that the ship was not steam-powered.

There were extremely sophisticated mechanical structures in the cabin. He even saw some wiring arrangements and control buttons that were out of tune with this world. It gave him the feeling of a high-tech product.

Rorschach placed his hands on the gun barrel, and massive amounts of lightning began to surge out, penetrating into the interior of the steel battleship.

"Well, let me try to see if I can use lightning to drive this ancient weapon that is said to be able to destroy an island with one shot."

"Two billion volts, sea of ​​thunder."

"Sizzsssssssssss..."

Rorschach's body swelled and grew taller, blood-red thunderclouds swirled behind his head, and endless lightning blasted into the iron battleship beneath him.

The terrifying aura and energy fluctuations that burst out in an instant made Zoro's hair stand on end as he turned around and was about to leave. He couldn't help but look back.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Violent thunder and lightning intertwined in the sky, forming a large net that wrapped around the bright silver steel battleship, as if trying to melt it.

As massive amounts of lightning were infused into the ship, countless densely packed gears in a certain area inside the battleship began to turn faster and faster. Those sophisticated circuits began to operate, and indicator lights lit up on the dashboard in the control room.

The cold steel battleship seemed to wake up at this moment, madly absorbing the lightning that Rorschach infused into it, and converging towards the turret at the bow along the countless lines inside the hull.

Zoro saw that the black muzzle was lit up by a dazzling white light, and the energy fluctuations emanating from it were heart-pounding.

"It really works."

Seeing that the lightning he instilled had taken effect, Rorschach showed a satisfied smile on his face.

However, the amount of lightning energy absorbed by this battleship seems to be a bit too much.

Rorschach felt that 60% of the massive amount of lightning accumulated in his body was absorbed by the warship in just a dozen seconds, and the warship was still absorbing it at an accelerated rate, as if it wanted to drain him dry.

Thinking that he would have to fight Kaido in the future, Rorschach immediately cut off the infusion of lightning power, raised his hand to turn the battleship around, and aimed it towards the direction of Boro Town in Jiuli.

"I wonder if Kaido, the strongest creature on land, sea, and air, can withstand a shot from this Pluto battleship?"

(End of this chapter)