One Piece: General Blue

In the grassy area of Red Tree Zone 40, Zephyr and his group were gathered outside a tent, silently awaiting Black Horse to finish using his ability.

"It's been so long already—what's happening? Could it be that Black Horse hasn't managed to break his mental defenses yet and get the answers we need?"

Gringo's face was full of doubt.

"Or maybe he's deliberately stalling."

He cast a subtle glance at Zephyr and the others, his eyes filled with suspicion.

Zephyr, however, wasn't paying any attention to Gringo's gaze. His focus was elsewhere.

"Hm?"

Sitting at a distance with his arms crossed, Akainu suddenly opened his eyes.

At the same moment, all the strong fighters present sensed a storm-like aura erupting violently from within the tent.

Boom!

The massive tent was blasted apart by a surge of energy, shredded into pieces mid-air.

A dense black-and-red energy sphere rapidly expanded from the tent, covering hundreds, then thousands of meters in an instant.

Half of the Sabaody Archipelago was engulfed by its violent radiance.

This energy was overwhelming, savage, and chaotic to the extreme, accompanied by an intense metallic scent of blood.

In the instant the sphere spread, all civilians, pirates, nobles, and numerous naval soldiers within its reach rolled their eyes back, foaming at the mouth as they collapsed unconscious.

"What a ferocious aura! This is Conqueror's Haki—does it belong to Black Horse?"

A CP0 agent gasped in shock.

"No, it's not Black Horse. It's that navy youth—he's awakened Conqueror's Haki at this moment!"

Gringo's pupils contracted. "And…"

As the deep, explosive Conqueror's Haki surged forth, the unconscious youth within the tent underwent a shocking transformation.

His body expanded rapidly, morphing into a massive blue qilin, over 60 meters long and 10 meters tall.

"Whooosh!"

"Zzzzzt!"

Winds and lightning erupted simultaneously around the colossal beast.

The qilin's scales lifted, revealing thick black smoke seeping out, dyeing the entire creature jet black.

The beast's fierce yet majestic dragon-like head glowed with blood-red eyes radiating a bloodthirsty light.

It opened its jaws wide, unleashing a thunderous beam of lightning as thick as a barrel. The blast struck Black Horse, who stood nearby.

Bang!

Black Horse, eyes closed, let out a muffled grunt, blood trickling from his mouth as he was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing into a distant hillside.

The qilin, cloaked in dark energy, let out a sky-shaking roar, its massive frame leaping into the air as it soared upward on powerful winds.

Rumble!

The skies were filled with thunder, dark clouds gathering, and fierce winds howling across the heavens.

The massive qilin, over 60 meters long, rode the storm, commanding lightning and wind.

Bolts of immense lightning rained indiscriminately upon the ground below, as though the beast intended to destroy the world itself.

"Rorschach!" Zephyr shouted. "What's happening? His aura is off—he seems to have lost his mind. Has his spirit collapsed?"

"That bastard Tenjo! If he's damaged Rosha's mind, I won't let him off!" Garp roared in fury.

"Stop standing around! Get a hold of him before he wreaks havoc. If those bolts hit, it'll cause a serious disaster," Sengoku shouted as he emerged from the warship.

Yet, in Sengoku's eyes, there was an unprecedented gleam of excitement.

Conqueror's Haki!

How many years had it been since another Conqueror's Haki user emerged in the Navy headquarters?

Conqueror's Haki was not just a measure of potential—it symbolized an iron will and an unyielding spirit.

Those who possessed Conqueror's Haki often bore the belief that they could challenge heaven and earth itself, never bowing in defeat.

People like this are born unwilling to submit to the control and constraints of others.

For a long time, very few individuals within the Navy have been able to awaken Conqueror's Haki.

This isn't because individuals like Akainu or Kizaru lack talent.

Becoming an Admiral of the Navy is no small feat, and it would be laughable if their qualifications fell short of individuals like Doflamingo or Kid.

The reason for this rarity lies in the nature of the Navy itself—it is a subordinate institution of the World Government, destined to operate under its authority. For a subordinate to unleash their innate nature is as difficult as reaching the heavens.

"Terrifying, isn't it, Rorschach? To have awakened Conqueror's Haki. Kuzan, use your ability to freeze him."

At some point, Kizaru and Aokiji had also appeared in the clearing.

Kuzan nodded.

With a leap, he ascended into the sky, hundreds of meters high.

Frost swirled around his hands, erupting in a torrent that took the form of two massive ice pillars, shooting toward the dark qilin soaring through the air.

"Ice Ball!"

A cascade of icy torrents surged from Kuzan's hands, directed at the qilin in midair.

"Roar!"

The qilin let out a thunderous roar toward the sky. From its gaping maw came beams of lightning as thick as barrels, shattering the incoming ice pillars into countless fragments that burst into a mist of ice.

"Ah-la-la, it seems the power of this lightning has grown even stronger," Kuzan remarked as the deep blue, Haki-infused lightning struck him, disintegrating his frozen form midair.

Meanwhile, the winds surrounding the qilin compressed into crescent-shaped wind blades, cascading like a rainstorm.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Hundreds of crescent-shaped wind blades rained down, slashing toward everyone below.

Gringo's right hand instinctively moved to the hilt of his rapier, but noticing Garp's stern face nearby, he hesitated and withdrew his hand.

As the myriad wind blades descended, golden beams of light shot from Kizaru's hands, intercepting and shattering each blade with precision.

In midair, Kuzan's form reconstituted from frost. Crossing his hands, he released a massive surge of freezing energy, which descended like a waterfall to envelop the qilin entirely.

Quickly, the cold engulfed the massive beast, freezing it completely.

The ice thickened rapidly, forming an enormous block that plummeted toward the ground with a roar.

"Swish!"

With a crisp sound, Garp leapt from behind Gringo, soared into the air, and caught the enormous block of ice with both hands, steadying it with ease.

.....

Within Rorschach's Dream World:

Having devoured Jericho, Rosha had fully transformed into a bloodthirsty beast, exuding an aura of ferocity and destruction. He clashed with Tenjo, who had assumed a hybrid human-beast form, engaging in primal, brutal combat.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Each massive fist collided with the other's chest, releasing shockwaves of power.

The air shattered with each blow, and the dreamscape island, constructed from Rosha's memories, fragmented and dissolved into streams of gray chaos.

Black Horse grew increasingly alarmed.

In someone else's dream world, he could usually unleash his full strength, while his targets, suppressed by his abilities, could barely exert a fraction of their power.

Yet despite this, the silver-haired youth before him had managed to hold his ground against Black Horse's relentless attacks for so long.

Such strength and talent were truly terrifying.

Although Black Horse's power didn't quite match that of a Navy Admiral, he was no less formidable than an Admiral candidate.

Rorschach, with his awakened Conqueror's Haki, seemed even stronger within this dream world.

Such was the power of conviction: even in a virtual dream, a strong enough spirit could firmly maintain control over oneself.

Black Horse was reflecting on this when Rosha suddenly froze mid-action, his entire body stiffening.

"Perfect opportunity!" Black Horse rejoiced.

With a mighty black fist enveloped in roaring flames, he struck downward, landing a powerful blow directly on the qilin-headed beast's skull.

With a deafening boom, Rorschach's head finally exploded.

The isolated dream island began to collapse and disintegrate, the chaotic gray air engulfing everything.

As Black Horse's vision shifted, the scenery around him transformed.

What appeared before him was the massive treetops of Sabaody Archipelago, bubbling endlessly with soap-like spheres.

"This is… Sabaody."

(End of Chapter)

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