One Piece: Initially tricked into joining the Marines by Garp

Chapter 186 Explosion

Three days later... New World, G5 Branch.

At that moment, a loud bang reached the ears of everyone on the island.

Everyone rushed toward the direction from which the sound came.

Garp and the others quickly arrived at the site of the explosion and discovered a crater a meter deep in the ground.

Thick black smoke was still billowing from the pit.

Smoker spat, "Is that Rorschach kid inside?"

"What did he do this time that caused an explosion?"

Gion shook his head. "It must have been him, but I wonder how he is doing now."

"Won't he die in there?"

After Gion finished speaking, almost all the marines looked into the pit.

Less than a minute later, a block of ice the size of a fist slowly climbed up.

Everyone looked puzzled when they saw the ice.

Just then, the ice block suddenly grew larger and larger, gradually transforming into a human shape. Rorschach appeared before everyone unharmed, only his hair was slightly disheveled.

“Rorschach, what have you done?” Smoker shouted.

Luo Xia patted off imaginary dust from his body and said with a frustrated expression, "Damn it, I was testing the fusion of Devil Fruits, and it exploded!"

"Luckily I reacted quickly, otherwise I would have been blown up."

Everyone was speechless upon hearing this.

"Fusing Devil Fruits? Are you crazy?" Garp's eyes widened. This was an unprecedentedly insane act.

Luo Xia pouted, "I was just thinking that if I succeeded, I would gain two abilities, how amazing would that be?"

At that moment, a naval soldier ran up from a distance and shouted, "Report! Marshal Sengoku is calling!"

Garp took the Den Den Mushi and listened as Sengoku roared on the other end, "What's going on with your G5 branch? We just detected a huge energy fluctuation!"

Garp glanced at Rorschach and said helplessly, "It's that kid Rorschach who's doing Devil Fruit fusion experiments."

"What? Does he not want to live anymore?" Zhan Guo roared even louder.

"I don't want to lose a general-level fighter, not to mention how strong Rorschach is. Garp, you know that. If Rorschach dies, I'll go to the G5 branch and beat you up."

Garp picked his nose and said with a disdainful look, "Tch, Sengoku, you can't beat me now!"

Seeing that the two were about to argue, Luo Xia quickly came over and shouted into the Den Den Mushi, "Marshal, I will definitely be more careful next time. This was just an accident."

After a moment of silence, Sengoku said, "There must never be a next time. Such dangerous behavior could endanger the entire island or even more."

"Understood, Marshal," Luo Xia replied, head bowed.

After Garp hung up the Den Den Mushi, Rorschach looked at the large crater not far from him and muttered to himself, "It's fine now, looks like I'll have to sneak off to a deserted island and try again."

Those around him were speechless when they heard what he said.

Smoker stepped forward and tapped Rorschach on the head. "You're still thinking about this? Aren't you afraid of getting yourself killed?"

Rorschach shrugged, looking nonchalant. "It's nothing. I cursed Big Mom on Fishman Island before, but that guy's a coward; he didn't even bother to fight me."

"I was getting a little bored, so I decided to try out a project I've been researching."

"Although I had expected an explosion, I didn't expect it to be this bad."

Smoker sneered, "That Big Mom might be having a son in her World of Warcraft, who knows when he'll be born."

Luo Xia said with a grin, "You know what, this fat woman might actually be like that, but oh well, she's here, there's an old man here."

Just as everyone was preparing to disperse, the soldier on the lookout tower shouted through a megaphone: "Unidentified vessel approaching!"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the G5 branch had their eyes light up, like wolves that hadn't eaten meat for many days, and they all looked towards the sea.

At this moment, a pirate ship was slowly sailing on the sea, and the flag on the ship was a straw hat-shaped flag.

According to the lookout, there was a person wearing a straw hat sitting at the bow of the ship.

Upon seeing the ship, the marines looked as wilted as eggplants after a frost.

On this island, everyone knows that their highest-ranking officer, Vice Admiral Garp, has a grandson who is a pirate.

After all, they had seen the Straw Hat crew's bounty posters.

They thought that with the arrival of a ship, they could resume their usual life as bandits.

But unexpectedly, it ended before it even started.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Garp, Rorschach, Gion, and the others also looked towards the sea.

Smoker frowned upon seeing the ships on the sea. "Straw Hat Luffy? What's he doing here?"

Rorschach grinned. "I didn't expect to leave Fishman Island so quickly."

"I thought they wouldn't pass by our G5 branch, but I actually ran into them."

Gion glanced at Rorschach and laughed, "I remember Luffy is Garp's grandson, do you dare to steal him?"

Then Gion pointed to the listless marines sitting on the ground and said, "Didn't you see that they weren't even interested in looting?"

Before Rorschach could speak, Garp, seeing this scene, couldn't hold back and immediately cursed, "Straw Hat Boy is a pirate too! Do you bastards want to taste my beloved iron fist?"

However, Garp's words had no effect whatsoever, but all the marines who had just been deflated looked at Rorschach.

"Boss, should we... rob it?"

Rorschach nodded. "I personally prefer shiny, gold things."

Rorschach glanced at Garp, who had his arms crossed, and slowly said, "After all, he's the old man's grandson. Let's change our strategy this time!"

Upon hearing this, everyone crowded closer to Luo Xia.

Luo Xia pointed to the ships on the sea and said, "Don't damage their ships."

"After all, you are no match for their captain."

In the past, whenever they went there, Rorschach's soldiers would attack the enemy ships first.

"As for the treasure, if we can't get it, we'll bring it back. I'll go and rob it myself then."

The marines all nodded in agreement.

However, they didn't quite believe what their leader said, after all, they had been cultivating for several years.

Moreover, they are Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit users, and with so many of them, how could they possibly lose to a mere Straw Hat Pirates crew?

A fire ignited in everyone's heart, as if they wanted to steal all of the Straw Hat Boy's treasure.