Boom!
Two columns of water erupted from the surface as Yuji, clad in a green suit, and Niji, clad in a blue suit, shot out of the water in quick succession, floating in the air.
Yuji glanced at his broken right wrist, a look of surprise crossing his face. He then extended his left hand, grabbing his broken wrist and adjusting it with a snap.
From start to finish, no expression of pain appeared on his face.
It was as if the broken hand didn't belong to him.
Niji, floating beside him, did the same.
His neck had almost been snapped by Rorschach's kick, but now, as if nothing had happened, he was adjusting his crooked neck with his hands.
The three of them floated in the air without needing to use the "Moonwalk" technique.
Air bubbles under their shoes and jets of fire from their heels allowed them to remain suspended in the air.
This made Rorschach feel a bit envious.
The level of technology in this world is incredibly advanced.
Advanced enough to create laser weapons, intelligent humanoid robots, androids, and clones.
Yet, most of the island nations remain at a basic level of agriculture.
In a small kingdom like "Prince" in the northern sea, flintlock rifles are still used in battles.
And most of the flintlock rifles are cheaply made, coming from small local workshops, with poor quality.
Sometimes, handcrafted weapons are far superior.
From a distance, when Drake, Law, and Gross saw the three floating in the air, they were excited as if they'd seen their heroes.
"It's the scientific combat suits of the evil army! Glowing red, electric blue, and suffocating green!"
"Does this mean Rorschach is the righteous Marine hero, Zora? Come on! Ror-Zora-shag!"
Drake was shouting from afar, causing black lines to appear on Rorschach's forehead.
These guys, are they really in their twenties?
How could they be so obsessed with this kind of childish comic book?
Stories about righteous Marines wiping out the evil army in the seas.
Meanwhile, on the distant snail ship, Judge finally realized he wasn't attacking pirates.
Because a tall, thin man had unexpectedly appeared on the deck behind him, lying on a chair carved out of ice, emitting white steam.
"Oka… Aokiji!"
Judge felt his heart sink.
He thought to himself, "What a mess."
Because he was in such a hurry to capture 10,000 pirates to compete for the franchise rights of the Prince Kingdom.
So he had ordered his army that if they encountered any suspicious ship at sea, they could open fire immediately.
Even if they made a mistake, it wasn't a problem.
Who would dare to challenge the Germa 66 Army in the North Blue?
But Judge didn't expect his first attack to target a big fish.
No, a sea monster!
He had bombarded the submarine of a Marine Admiral!
It was such a coincidence that Judge didn't know what to say.
How could a great Marine Admiral have a submarine without flying the Marine flag?
The atmosphere was charged with awkwardness.
Kuzan remained lying on his ice chair, even lowering the visor that had been on his forehead.
It seemed he was planning to take a nap on this ship.
After a moment of hesitation, Judge tried to steady himself, pretending to be calm, and cautiously spoke to Kuzan lying there... offering an explanation.
"Admiral Aokiji, there has been a misunderstanding. My fleet was patrolling the North Blue and mistook your submarine for a pirate ship. Fortunately, we caused no damage. I will immediately order my fleet to cease fire. As a gesture of apology, I would like to make a donation of 300 million Berries to the Marines to support the cause of justice."
Judge was smiling while boiling with anger inside.
The mission had failed from the start; he hadn't captured a single pirate and had insulted a Marine Admiral.
As for the 300 million Berries, it was just a small matter.
As long as he could get rid of this ghost, Judge was willing to pay even more.
"Ah, don't worry, I'm just taking a break here."
Kuzan didn't even raise his head, "Tell them to stop the shelling, but your three sons and… my nephew can continue the fight. Yes, let that be the compensation. Let them be training partners for Rorschach."
Kuzan scratched his head.
Rorschach called him uncle, so wouldn't that make him a nephew?
It seems so.
"Your nephew?"
Judge froze, quickly turning to look in the direction of the three. He saw four shadows fighting in the air at incredible speed, forming four colored streaks of light.
Blue, red, green, white, these colors were constantly clashing, emitting muffled sounds.
In the sky, the wind was whistling around Rorschach's massive body, giving him immense power to move at even higher speeds.
With the wind's support, the speed of "Geppo" that Rorschach used had tripled from before.
Even with the Germa scientific combat suits, Yuji and Niji could barely keep up with his attacks.
However, Rorschach wasn't actively attacking at this moment.
Instead, he was pondering Kuzan's earlier words and trying to understand the changes in his body in the hybrid human-animal form during the rapid battle with Yuji and Niji.
"Blue Scales mode" is the name he gave to his hybrid human-animal form.
Because after the transformation, his body was entirely covered in shiny blue scales, increasing his defensive power as if he was wearing an iron armor.
Earlier on the submarine, he asked Drake to attack him with a sword to test the strength of these defensive scales.
To ensure the maximum capacity of these scales, he also asked Kuzan to strike him with his ice sword.
The experiment proved that the blue scales could withstand Drake's powerful attacks that could cut through iron.
But they couldn't hold up against Kuzan's ice sword imbued with Haki.
Aside from the scales covering his body, there were red horns protruding from his forehead, which hadn't shown any special function yet and seemed to be purely cosmetic, like the four prominent fangs from his mouth.
Then there were the claws shaped like a Kirin's claws, which could develop on his hands and feet.
Curved claws a foot long, like five steel swords, sharp and incredibly tough.
The toughness of the claws even surpassed the scales covering his body.
And finally, the terrifying tail that grows from his back.
The tail is somewhat similar to a crocodile's tail.
Covered in blue scales, with some white bony spikes at the end of the tail.
In the "Blue Scales mode," the skeleton, muscles, and blood vessels are significantly enhanced.
Rorschach's power can completely dominate Drake's old "T-Rex" form.
These are the physical changes.
Then there's the process of cellular transformation in his body after the transformation, where cells begin to generate electricity naturally, like an eel, producing a strong electric current that stimulates all parts of the body.
However, electricity is generated in this state much faster than in an eel.
This is different from the "Thunder Fruit," which transforms completely into electricity.
Because the "Zoan Fruit" primarily relies on changes in the body's structure.
Internal and external stimulation continuously makes Rorschach's body stronger in the "Blue Scales mode."
Currently, in his natural human state, Rorschach's body can't generate electricity.
Perhaps because he consumed an animal-type fruit instead of a natural fruit.
Only after the transformation does the structure of his cells change.
(End of Chapter)
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