One Piece: Initially tricked into joining the Marines by Garp

Chapter 234 World Government Investigation

A short while later, Fujitora also came over.

Fujitora nodded to Sengoku and said, "Marshal, this incident has been resolved satisfactorily. There were no civilian casualties, and apart from the one that Lord Seiryu just captured, I haven't caught the rest of the pirates."

Fujitora spoke these words in an increasingly soft voice.

Luo Xia muttered to himself, "It's all thanks to me."

Zhiyuan overheard this and lightly tapped Luo Xia's head, "Stop being so vain."

Fujitora didn't care about Rorschach's mutterings, and then said to Sengoku, "However, Lord Seiryu's strength is extraordinary, as expected of Vice Admiral Seiryu."

Zhan Guo stroked his beard and looked at Luo Xia, saying, "Qinglong, your performance this time was indeed good, but don't be arrogant."

Luo Xia curled his lip, looking indifferent, "Understood, Marshal!"

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Rorschach asked abruptly, "By the way, Fujitora, what about those pirates? Did they run away?"

"Yes, I originally wanted to capture them, but they escaped by boat."

"However, the straw hat boy on the ship was quite excited."

"I was originally planning to wait for him to come down and fight him, but his companions stopped me."

"They should be quite far away by now."

Luo Xia nodded thoughtfully. "I see, I understand!"

"Now that things are over, our G5 branch will take our leave. We'll leave the rest to Marshal Sengoku!"

Zhan Guo nodded slightly. "You can go back now."

As soon as Zhan Guo finished speaking, Luo Xia waved his hand, and a large gray-white door appeared. Luo Xia then led the members of the G5 branch away.

Burgess, who had been captured, also left with Rorschach.

After Rorschach and the others returned to the G5 branch through the gray-white gate, they imprisoned Burgess.

Smoker walked over with a cigar in his mouth. "Rorschach, it looks like things are going well."

Luo Xia smiled and said, "There's nothing I can do about it; being too strong just makes you stand out."

Smoker rolled his eyes at him. "Don't get too cocky. That Straw Hat Luffy is getting stronger and stronger. He'll probably be a tough opponent in the future."

Luo Xia frowned slightly. "It's alright. After all, we have Luffy's grandfather, Vice Admiral Garp. No matter how strong the Straw Hat Pirates are, they're nothing in front of the old man."

Smoker scoffed. "I hope so. But those Straw Hat crew are always causing trouble. Who knows what kind of mess they'll make next?"

Rorschach crossed his arms and chuckled, "Maybe the next time we hear from him, it'll be about an attack on Big Mom?"

"How is that possible? This kid's strength hasn't even reached the level of a Yonko yet." Smoker rolled his eyes at Rorschach.

Just then, a soldier ran over and reported, "Boss, news came from the cell that Bages has been shouting and yelling that he should be released."

Luo Xia waved his hand, "It's alright, let him yell. If he dares to yell again, you guys all have hands and feet, don't you?"

"Beat them to death!"

"It doesn't matter if he dies. After all, I never thought he would leave alive when I brought this bastard back."

Upon hearing Rorschach's words, the soldier was overjoyed and quickly ran off, seemingly ready to give Burgess a good welcome.

Smoker exhaled a smoke ring. "That guy doesn't look like a good guy. Keeping him around is just trouble."

Rorschach waved his hand, "Let's keep him for now. Maybe we can get some information about the Blackbeard Pirates from him later."

One morning three days later...

A soldier hurriedly knocked on Rorschach's door.

The continuous noise kept Luo Xia and Zhiyuan from sleeping.

Luo Xia stood up, grabbed a piece of clothing, and walked towards the door.

As soon as Luo Xia opened the door, he said speechlessly, "What? If you don't have something reasonable to say, I'll break your legs!"

The soldier said tremblingly, "Boss, there are more than a dozen people from the World Government outside!"

"What?" Luo Xia's eyes widened, and all his sleepiness vanished instantly.

“When we were patrolling the sea this morning, we spotted World Government ships, but then we found that they were heading straight for our G5, and more than a dozen people got off.”

"And their auras are very strong; they're probably not easy to deal with!"

Luo Xia looked puzzled, but still said, "Although I don't know why they're here, we still have to go and see!"

At that moment, Smoker arrived. "The World Government people are here?"

"Could it be that they want you to synthesize a Devil Fruit?"

After calming down and thinking for a moment, Luo Xia said, "Notify everyone to stay on guard. No one is allowed to come out without my permission. Anyone who dares to come out will be killed on sight!"

Luo Xia straightened his clothes and walked out of the base, accompanied by the generals of the G5 branch.

Upon arriving outside the base, one could see a dozen or so World Government personnel dressed in white and wearing masks standing ramrod straight.

One of them stepped forward, took out a document bearing the World Government's insignia, and said, "Vice Admiral Qinglong, we have been ordered to investigate the matter of life and death and reincarnation. All of you must undergo our investigation."

Luo Xia frowned. "Why should I? You dare to act like this on my turf? Do you want to die?"

The newcomer sneered, "This is an order from above; you have no right to question it."

Luo Xia crossed his arms, radiating a chilling aura. "What if I don't allow it today?"

The atmosphere instantly became tense, with both sides seemingly on the verge of fighting at the slightest provocation.

At this moment, Gion came out and gently advised, "Rorschach, don't be impulsive. The World Government has a powerful backer."

Luo Xia waved his hand, and his aura exploded instantly. Shura was pulled out by Luo Xia, and it seemed that he was ready to fight.

Just as tensions were about to rise, the leader of the World Government personnel slowly raised his hand, signaling his side not to act rashly.

"Lieutenant General Qinglong, we have no ill intentions, but this matter is of great importance. The cycle of life and death should be a natural law, and we are only acting in accordance with orders."

Luo Xia squinted, "Then why did you find our G5 branch?"

"Do they think my G5 branch is easy to bully?"

"If you think we're easy to bully, then you've really kicked a hornet's nest."

"If we don't count the seamen, our combat strength is actually more robust than that of the Navy Headquarters."

"Anyone who wants to die, step forward! I'll send them to the underworld ahead of time!"

Luo Xia's domineering words caused the dozen or so people on the other side to instinctively take a step back.

The leader swallowed hard and explained, "Because only the Azure Dragon General in this world possesses a magical item that could potentially resurrect the dead, we were sent here to investigate."

Seeing that the World Government personnel had softened their tone, Rorschach pondered for a moment and said, "Fine, an investigation is fine, but you all better behave yourselves, or I'll kill you all!"