Free Web NovelChapter 198: Chapter 198
Chapter 198
"Marines? Lord Rorschach, you really like to joke around. How could I, the king of a country, suddenly go become a Marine?"
’Besides... you’re a pirate. If I joined the Marines, wouldn’t I have to arrest you?’
Hearing Rorschach’s sarcastic remark, Neptune broke into a cold sweat and replied awkwardly.
At the same time, he couldn’t help but complain inwardly.
"Well, I was just making a passing comment."
"I’ve already taken care of the guy for you. He’s not dead. From here on, whether it’s interrogation or anything else, that’s up to you. I have a feeling he’s still hiding quite a few secrets. Jinbe mentioned that the drug he was taking is supposedly your national treasure?"
Rorschach shrugged and clapped his hands before walking back to Nami and the others.
However, he still subtly brought up the fact that Hody was hiding something important.
The matter of Hody killing Queen Otohime years ago was something only Shirahoshi knew about. Whether they could dig that information out of him now would depend on Neptune himself.
"I understand. Thank you very much for your help today, Lord Rorschach. We are truly grateful!"
Neptune bowed his head and thanked Rorschach sincerely.
The three princes, who had been rescued, also came forward to express their gratitude.
Rorschach simply waved his hand, showing that he didn’t care much about it.
He had only come here because Jinbe was heading over, and he decided to lend a hand while he was at it.
However, he had now noticed someone far more interesting.
Rorschach’s eyes moved toward the sky. A blue flame was rapidly approaching from a distance.
With his sharp eyesight, Rorschach could tell that the flame had the shape of a bird, and upon closer look, it almost resembled a human.
From the aura he sensed, this person’s strength was quite considerable.
Rorschach already had a guess in his mind about who it was.
"That is...?"
Nami followed Rorschach’s line of sight.
Her Observation Haki had also picked up on someone approaching from the sky.
However, the distance was still too great to make out their appearance clearly. She could only judge from the sound — the flapping of wings.
"A Zoan-type Devil Fruit user? A bird?"
Nami muttered in confusion.
"A Devil Fruit user?"
The girls also looked up at the sky. A blue flame soon entered everyone’s view.
"Is it an enemy?"
Nami frowned and asked.
"You could say so."
"If I’m not mistaken, that should be Marco, the First Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates."
Rorschach shook his head and explained.
He hadn’t expected his first meeting with someone from the Whitebeard Pirates to happen in this kind of situation.
Then again, it made sense. Fish-Man Island was under Whitebeard’s protection, so Marco appearing here wasn’t strange.
"Marco!"
Neptune also noticed Marco in the sky, and his eyes lit up with joy.
This was his old friend Whitebeard’s crew member — someone he could consider a junior.
He hadn’t expected Marco to come here personally. He wondered what business he had. It had been a long time since he last saw Whitebeard. He wondered how his old friend was doing these days.
A nostalgic look appeared in Neptune’s eyes.
"Yo. I could hear the noise from far away. It’s pretty lively here."
Marco came to a stylish stop in mid-air, half-closing his eyes as he spoke with a smile.
After speaking, he dispersed the flames around his body and landed gracefully.
"Marco, it’s been a long time!"
Neptune couldn’t hide the excitement in his voice as he smiled at him.
"Yeah, it’s been a while, King Neptune. Pops has been wanting to see you."
Marco also raised his hand and greeted Neptune with a smile.
He then swept his gaze across the chaotic state of the square. His brows furrowed, especially when his eyes landed on Rorschach and his group. His expression grew even more serious.
"This is quite a brutal battlefield. So... who’s responsible for turning this place into such a mess?"
Marco’s tone sounded like he was asking a question, but his eyes were fixed warily on Rorschach’s group.
He was calculating whether he could drive Rorschach back if things came to a fight here.
He assumed that Rorschach’s crew had come to Fish-Man Island and caused this chaos.
This island was under his father Whitebeard’s protection. There was no way he could ignore something like this.
The atmosphere in the square instantly became tense.
Neptune could tell that Marco had misunderstood the situation. He quickly stepped forward to clarify things for Rorschach.
"A rebellion just broke out here. It was caused by Hody from Fish-Man Street. Lord Rorschach is the one who helped us defeat him just now."
"As you can see, the place is still a complete mess."
Hearing this, Marco’s hostility lessened considerably, though he still remained somewhat cautious.
His gaze then shifted toward Hody, who was lying on the ground, and the countless fishmen who had been knocked unconscious by Conqueror’s Haki.
He didn’t know who Hody was. From the looks of it, he seemed like some unknown small fry.
But this large number of people — tens of thousands lying on the ground — showed clear signs of being affected by Conqueror’s Haki.
The range of that Haki had covered an entire large square, big enough to hold around two hundred thousand people even if they stood apart.
That was quite an impressive range.
"Just like the rumors say... That’s some incredibly powerful Conqueror’s Haki."
"Lord Rorschach."
Marco spoke in a low voice.
"Well, it’s nothing special. They were just a bunch of small fries."
"Still... I didn’t expect to run into you here. First Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates — Little Marco."
Rorschach spoke in a teasing tone.
’Little Marco? What kind of weird nickname is that?’
Marco frowned slightly, feeling puzzled. Was it because of his name?
However, he didn’t sense any malice in Rorschach’s words. He simply assumed that Rorschach had a habit of giving people strange nicknames.
He shook his head and put the thought aside for now.
"I could say the same. I didn’t expect to meet such a big figure here — the one who’s been making waves across the world recently, the so-called ’Golden Lion II’, Rorschach."
"I heard you caused quite a scene at Sabaody Archipelago, and then stirred things up again at Big Mom’s tea party."
"You should be in the New World right now. What brings you to Fish-Man Island all of a sudden?"
Marco responded in kind to Rorschach’s seemingly polite words.
"Me? No special reason. I was just feeling bored and decided to travel around a bit. I’m someone who really enjoys adventure."
"If I don’t go out, how am I supposed to meet and get to know more people?"
Rorschach replied while waving his hand casually.
Marco looked at the large group of beautiful female crew members behind Rorschach, along with the many mermaid girls.
A drop of sweat rolled down his forehead.
You call this enjoying adventure and meeting people? It looks more like you’re out hunting for women.
Still, this confirmed the rumors about Rorschach. He really did have a strong preference for women, and all his crew members were female.
According to the newspapers, quite a few of these women weren’t ordinary either. At least three of them had bounties over 500 million berries. freewebnøvel.com
Rorschach’s own bounty had already exceeded 3 billion. In terms of bounty alone, he was already in the same league as Whitebeard and the other Emperors.
He was on a completely different level compared to the division commanders like himself.
"I see. That’s quite a nice hobby."
Marco shook his head helplessly.
Now that he knew Rorschach wasn’t here to cause trouble, he decided not to dwell on it.
As long as the mermaid girls weren’t being forced, Marco had no intention of interfering — even if there were this many of them.
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