Free Web NovelChapter 55: Chapter 55
Chapter 55
"Ha? King of the World? Is there something wrong with your head?"
Nami reached out and touched Rorschach’s forehead, then touched her own.
No fever. So why was he spouting such nonsense?
Rorschach could only smile wryly.
"Captain Rorschach actually wants to challenge the authority of the World Government? That’s quite a shocking statement."
Robin covered her mouth, pretending to be startled. But with this woman’s personality, it was most likely just an act.
"Hmph, what an ambitious captain."
After securing the rudder, Reiju walked over with a smile.
"Well, if you don’t believe it, that’s fine. One day I’ll show you all." ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
Seeing that everyone looked skeptical about him becoming King of the World, Rorschach could only mutter to himself.
...
The aftershocks of Rorschach shocking the world were still spreading.
The Navy once again issued a disposition on Crocodile, not only stripping him of his Warlord of the Sea title.
His long-dormant bounty was raised to 350 million berries. Mainly because Crocodile’s defeat had damaged the prestige of both the Warlords and the Navy.
The distance between Jaya Island and Alabasta wasn’t too far. They only sailed for two days before reaching their destination.
Upon arriving at Jaya Island, Rorschach didn’t rush straight to Skypiea. Instead, he wanted to go to Mock Town first to gather some interesting intelligence.
"The magnetic field on this island is indeed abnormal. The Log Pose is actually pointing toward the sky. Looks like there really is a Skypiea above this land."
Nami looked at the constantly trembling and rising Log Pose and sighed.
"Hehe, have you heard the story of the Great Liar Mont Blanc Noland? The Golden City of Shandora in his story actually exists, and it’s on the Skypiea right above our heads."
Rorschach pointed upward as he spoke.
"What?! The Golden City of Shandora!"
Nami and Karina immediately perked up. When it came to money, they were never sleepy.
Especially a legendary Golden City said to contain countless amounts of gold — a place countless pirates across the seas dreamed of.
"You bastard, why are you only telling us now! Why didn’t you say anything earlier? We could have come here sooner! Tell us! What else are you hiding?!"
The two suddenly reacted. Rorschach had only mentioned the Skypiea before but never said a word about the Golden City.
He always pulled this cryptic routine, luring people in before telling them the situation.
"Hahahaha, nothing else. I just wanted to stay in Alabasta a few more days. The gold up there won’t run away whether we come early or late. Might as well enjoy a couple days in Alabasta."
"Hmph."
The two girls simply turned their heads away from Rorschach’s explanation. Rorschach could only shrug — you guys never asked me.
He still needed to complete the sign-in. If he had told Nami and the others earlier, they probably would have dragged him straight to the Skypiea to collect gold before he could even sign in.
"Speaking of which, don’t you guys feel like this town is a bit too quiet?"
Robin looked strangely at the unusually deserted town. Everything here gave off a slightly eerie feeling.
"Hm?"
Rorschach also sensed something was off. Mock Town should logically be a gathering place for pirates and quite lively.
But right now it was eerily quiet, which was indeed abnormal. Rorschach activated his Observation Haki to cover the entire island and began sensing the life signatures. Since the island wasn’t too large, his current level of Observation Haki could still envelop everything.
"This is... What exactly happened here?"
Rorschach sensed the living beings on this small town and found only a very small number of active life signatures.
And those surviving lives were on the other side of the island’s coast — probably Mont Blanc Cricket, who helped Luffy in the original story.
Besides that, the closest presence was a single person in a tavern not far away.
"What’s wrong, Rorschach?"
Reiju was the first to notice Rorschach’s abnormality and asked.
With Reiju’s question, everyone else also noticed something was off with Rorschach. They saw him frowning tightly with a serious expression.
"Looks like a pretty formidable guy has come here. All the pirates on the island have been cleaned up. Right now, this small town only has one person left."
"Who did this?"
Nami immediately asked anxiously.
"I don’t know, but it’s very likely the guy in the tavern. Who exactly would clear out all the pirates on this island?"
"Karina, be ready to open your barriers to protect everyone at any moment. Let’s go meet this guy."
"No problem!"
Karina made an OK gesture, then followed Rorschach as he led the way toward the tavern in the small town.
Creak.
Rorschach pushed open the tavern door. Inside, a nearly three-meter-tall man was slumped over the counter, fast asleep.
The sound of the door opening didn’t wake him. Instead, he continued snoring away.
Rorschach looked at this unfamiliar back, but it gave him a sense of familiarity.
Thump. Thump.
The sound of footsteps on the wooden tavern floor suddenly seemed to alert the sleeping man.
He had shown no reaction when the door opened earlier, but now just two steps closer and he immediately woke up alert from his sleep. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
"Uwaaaah~ Slept so comfortably."
"Hm? Here to drink? Sorry, the owner of this shop probably won’t be able to open for business for a while."
Kuzan let out a heavy yawn, wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth while sleeping, and waved his hand casually after noticing the people behind him.
When Kuzan turned around, Robin at the doorway clearly saw his face. Her expression changed drastically, cold sweat breaking out on her forehead.
"H-How is this possible... Why is he here..."
Robin spoke with a trembling voice, her body involuntarily stepping back. Her legs shook uncontrollably, and she nearly stumbled and fell to the ground.
"Robin, what’s wrong?"
Nami and the other girls asked with concern.
"Navy Admiral Aokiji. What business brings you here? Are you here for me?"
Rorschach sensed Robin’s abnormality. Combined with the familiar feeling from the man before him, he instantly thought of Navy Admiral Kuzan.
"What?! Navy Admiral Aokiji!"
The girls all cried out in shock, looking at this lazy man who had just been wiping drool from his mouth. No matter how you looked at him, he didn’t seem like a Navy Admiral at all.
"Ah, I did come to see you. But the main reason was to check out this rookie who defeated Crocodile — the East Blue supernova bounty hunter Rorschach!"
Kuzan had a lazy, laid-back appearance, but all his attention was focused on Rorschach.
So this is the man who defeated that Crocodile? He looks really young. Just as the rumors said.
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