Chapter 197

"Lord Rorschach! You’re okay! That’s great!"

Seeing Rorschach’s figure again, Shirahoshi finally smiled. Her tightly clenched fists unconsciously relaxed.

"I told you, this guy is ridiculously tough. Normal people can’t even break through his defense."

Nami shrugged and said.

"Still, no matter what, he’s our captain."

"Since they dared to attack our captain, they should’ve been ready to die."

Nami and Kalifa spoke in unison.

After that, both of them appeared beside Rorschach at the same time.

Kalifa raised her hands and created a barrier, while electricity crackled around Nami’s hands.

Both had changed into their future-style battle outfits, which perfectly suited their figures and gave them a sharp, heroic look.

"You’ve already prepared yourselves, right?!"

Nami and Kalifa smirked as they spoke together.

The officers who had been knocked down looked at Nami and Kalifa, who had suddenly appeared, and felt the situation had become much more troublesome.

At the edge of the square, the giant rocks were slowly being pushed aside.

Hody was kneeling on the ground, breathing heavily, one hand clutching the spot where Rorschach had kicked him. A clear footprint was still visible on his stomach.

"Damn it..."

"A mere human... actually has this much power."

"In that case... I have no choice but to go all out."

Hody took out handful after handful of Energy Steroid pills from his pocket and shoved them into his mouth.

The sound of bones and muscles shifting rang out again. Hody’s already swollen muscles grew even larger.

He once again fell into agony. The side effects of the drug weren’t easy to handle.

He had already consumed over a hundred pills earlier, and now he grabbed another large handful. No one knew exactly how many he had taken in total.

"Graaaahhh!"

Hody let out another scream of pain.

His body expanded further. His original height of over three meters was now approaching four meters.

"Guhahaha! Human! I’ll show you once again just how powerful my revenge really is!"

Feeling the power surging through his body, Hody burst into loud laughter. The pain from the previous attack had completely disappeared.

The effect of Energy Steroid had activated once more, erasing his pain.

"Now this is getting interesting. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have any way to kill time."

Rorschach nodded, sensing that Hody’s aura had grown stronger again.

The drug had given him a brief moment of peak power and removed his sense of pain.

"Water Shot."

Hody gathered a large mass of water in his palm and, using the force from a high-speed swing, fired a powerful water bullet.

In the original anime, this move was strong enough to shatter several massive coral pillars. Right now, its power was much greater.

Rorschach extended his hand to block it, covering his arm with Armament Haki.

Boom!

A numbing sensation spread through his palm. The power Hody was so proud of was casually dispersed by Rorschach.

"Your current strength isn’t bad. If I hold back a little, I might actually be able to enjoy this for a while."

Rorschach spoke in a playful tone.

He was treating this like entertainment. Since he came here to kill time, he didn’t want Hody to die too quickly.

If he went all out, forget these fishmen — even Fish-Man Island itself would be destroyed.

This time, Hody didn’t respond to his words. He flashed to Rorschach’s side.

Since long-range attacks weren’t working, he decided to fight in close combat.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sounds of punches and kicks rang out.

Hody’s attack speed was fast enough to create afterimages, but Rorschach blocked every single strike using just one finger coated in Armament Haki.

"Tch."

Seeing that close combat wasn’t effective either, Hody clicked his tongue.

He then opened both hands and directly grabbed Rorschach’s arm.

"Rough Shark"

A powerful grip strength transmitted through Rorschach’s arm.

The fishmen’s naturally strong wrist power, combined with the effects of countless Energy Steroids, finally managed to injure Rorschach — faint marks appeared on his arm where Hody was gripping him.

"Not bad technique. If you systematically learned it, I believe you’d make a pretty good masseur."

Rorschach smiled as he spoke provocatively.

This level of strength only felt like a massage to him. Even Nami and the others used more force when giving him massages.

"Damn human! You dare call me a masseur?! Go to hell!"

Hody roared in rage and swung his head forward, trying to headbutt Rorschach unconscious.

Rorschach looked disgusted and leaned back slightly while pulling his arm out of Hody’s grip.

He had no interest in playing headbutt games with a man. It felt gross.

"Dragon Cannon"

Red lightning and dragon energy gathered in Rorschach’s mouth.

Under Hody’s shocked gaze, a massive Dragon Cannon shot out from Rorschach’s mouth and completely engulfed him.

When the red light faded, only Hody’s charred body remained lying on the ground.

’He still has a faint pulse... Looks like my control over my power has improved again.’

Rorschach nodded in satisfaction. He was pleased that he had managed to control the Dragon Cannon’s power perfectly on his first use.

He had promised Jinbe earlier that he wouldn’t kill these people, and he intended to keep his word.

As for Hody’s insults, he didn’t care at all.

Just like how humans don’t care about ants provoking them — they simply step on them.

But since a friend wanted to keep this ant alive to play with, he didn’t mind.

On the other side, Nami and the others had also easily dealt with the remaining officers.

"Amazing! Just three people defeated Hody’s entire group! That’s incredible!"

"Long live the Rorschach Pirates! Long live Lord Rorschach! You’re heroes of Fish-Man Island!"

"Damn you, Hody! You tried to start a rebellion and take over Fish-Man Island, and now you know the consequences!"

The civilians of Fish-Man Island cheered loudly.

Hody had not only trampled on Queen Otohime’s portrait but had also defeated the three princes and tried to publicly execute them. Seeing him reduced to this state naturally made them celebrate.

Rorschach had unexpectedly been given the title of "hero" by the residents of Fish-Man Island.

As for Hody, who had always dreamed of becoming a hero since childhood, he had instead become a villain — just like the evil dragon (Arlong) whose will he inherited. He was never meant to become a hero of Fish-Man Island.

"Damn you, Hody! What the hell were you trying to do?! How dare you attack the residents of Fish-Man Island?!"

At that moment, a voice came from the sky.

Neptune had finally arrived with his army, though he was quite late.

Not knowing the current situation, he roared angrily from the sky.

After landing in a rage, what he saw was complete chaos.

Fishmen lying all over the place, a charred Hody whose condition was unknown, and Rorschach’s group standing in the middle.

His anger quickly turned into confusion. His expression could only be described as dumbfounded.

"This... Lord Rorschach, have you already defeated Hody?"

Neptune asked with a blank face.

"If you joined the Marines, you’d fit right in."

Rorschach looked at the late-arriving Neptune and spoke somewhat speechlessly.

The Marines weren’t good at much, but they were extremely skilled at arriving after a village had already been destroyed, cleaning up the mess, and giving long speeches.

--------------------------

Support us on P@tre0n and gain access to 100 Chapters in advance!

[email protected]/inkshield