One Piece: General Blue

"You're asking me why?"

Aristo's face twitched, his jaw clenched, and thick veins bulged on his forehead.

He suddenly roared, like a raging tiger.

"You have the nerve to ask me why? It was the Navy's doing, yet you can't admit it? Hypocrites! Hypocrites! Hypocrites!"

With Aristo's furious shout, the bloody waves beneath his feet surged violently, like a raging tsunami, crashing toward Rosha.

The vast quantity of blood filled the air within a thousand-meter radius with a sickening stench.

"Water Tornado!"

Facing the overwhelming, surging blood waves, Rorschach remained unflinching, simply raising his left hand.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Powerful gusts materialized out of thin air, forming a rapidly spinning tornado dozens of meters away.

The three-meter-wide wind column plunged into the sea of blood, stirring up the blood pouring from Aristo's body, forming a massive blood-red water tornado.

Sharp, invisible wind blades shot out from the spinning tornado, slicing through the surroundings like scythes, leaving the grass and trees in disarray.

Even Aristo's massive body was slashed with deep wounds, revealing red muscle beneath.

"Only killing someone with power like this will hurt the Navy! Trash like before, even if I killed hundreds or thousands of them, wouldn't bring me any joy!"

From behind the spinning blood tornado, Aristo's mouth twisted into a savage grin. His towering form lunged forward, and he slashed his rapier diagonally.

"Swish!"

A ten-meter-long blade of blood shot out, aimed directly at Rorschach's face.

With a cold gaze, Rorschach gripped his spear single-handedly and swung.

"Boom!"

The air exploded in front of him, and the heavy war spear shattered the incoming blood blade.

"Wind Speed Shave!"

"Whoosh!"

Swirling wind wrapped around Rorschach's legs, propelling his Shave technique three to four times faster than Lawrence's, vanishing from Aristo's sight in an instant.

"So fast!"

Aristo's heart tensed, releasing his Observation Haki to cover the hundred meters around him.

"Swish!"

From his left, a sharp black spear blade sliced through the air, silently aiming for his temple.

Aristo twisted his body 180 degrees on the spot, swinging his rapier to intercept the black spear.

"Clang!"

With a thunderous clash, a terrifying force surged, pushing Aristo back three steps before he could stabilize.

"Such strength!"

Aristo's eyes gleamed as he flexed his right arm, releasing another slash of blood-red energy.

With a precise arc, the small rapier traced a winding path that belied Aristo's massive build, producing a surprisingly agile sword aura.

"One-Sword Style! Blood Serpent!"

The blood-red energy transformed mid-air into a serpent with gaping jaws, circling around Rorschach's spear to strike at his neck.

"As soon as even a scratch appears on your skin, I'll control the blood inside you!"

"Don't worry! A warrior as strong as you—I'll drain every drop of your blood and make you my first Marine specimen!"

Aristo released his rapier and spread his hands wide, preparing to activate his Blood-Blood Fruit powers to drain Rorschach's blood once the blood serpent made contact.

However, as the blood-red blade drew near, Rorschach seemed unfazed, gripping the spear shaft with both hands, his whole body bursting with energy.

A fierce surge of thunderous power wrapped around the blade of Rorschach's Dragon Spear, which he swung forcefully toward the disarmed Aristo.

"Thirty Million Volts! Thunder Slash!"

"Swish!"

The lightning-infused strike flashed past the stunned Aristo. "Boom!"

The ground in front of Rorschach exploded, leaving a wide, hundred-meter-long fissure. Aristo, who had taken the brunt of the strike, was sliced in two and then exploded into a storm of blood under the chaotic thunder's impact, scattering across the earth.

"Whoosh!"

The blood pooled, gathered, and reformed into Aristo's figure. His pupils contracted intensely, his heart filled with speechless shock as he looked at Rorschach.

Standing on the ground before him, Rorschach was now enveloped in a deep blue aura of Armament Haki, covering his entire body. The aura cloaked his lean form, resembling a suit of elegant blue armor. Strands of lightning flickered along the surface, adding intricate patterns to the blue armor, making it appear both mysterious and magnificent.

It was this full-body Armament Haki that had nullified Aristo's earlier bizarre strike. When the blood-red sword light had struck Rosha's neck, it had been completely blocked by the deep blue armor.

"Full-body Armament Haki!"

Aristo's pupils shook with disbelief. The Marine youth before him was clearly young, certainly not over twenty! Yet here he was, wielding a full-body Armament Haki without a single weak point.

How could someone so young wield such a degree of Haki?

The deep blue gleam spread from Rorschach's right arm to envelop his black war spear, covering it bit by bit.

He stepped forward, and the ground beneath him shattered with a boom. A ten-meter-wide area collapsed, the large red tree roots within the earth crushed by the force of his step.

"Boom!"

The war spear, infused with deep blue Haki and thunderous wind energy, thrust toward Aristo's chest.

There was no need to aim for vital points. With Haki of this level, any part of Aristo's body struck by Rorschach would suffer dire consequences.

"Blood Diamond Shield!"

Aristo raised his hand, and a crimson wave surged before him, condensing into a massive, translucent blood-red shield as a defense.

"Crack!"

The deep blue spear tip pierced through the blood shield, continuing toward his chest.

"Whoosh!"

Aristo's body elevated, and his chest opened to reveal a large hollow, allowing the black war spear to pass through without harm.

"Blood Sea Creation! Tentacles of the Kraken!"

With a gesture of his hand, Aristo commanded the swirling blood tornado to condense into thick, octopus-like tentacles, which lashed, coiled, and thrust at Rorschach.

"War Armor!"

Facing the torrent of blood tentacles, Rorschach remained unphased. His Haki surged endlessly, deepening in color. His war spear rotated, slicing through the shields in his path, emitting bursts of lightning that targeted Aristo.

"You...!"

Aristo felt stifled and had no choice but to retreat, avoiding Rorschach's spear strikes.

This was the first time since he'd set sail that Aristo encountered someone with such relentless and ferocious attacks attacks even more vicious than his own.

The worst part was that his techniques couldn't even break through Rorschach's Haki! Yet he dared not face Rorschach's strikes head-on.

"What kind of monster are you?!"

(End of Chapter)

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