One Piece: Initially tricked into joining the Marines by Garp

Chapter 223 Birdcage

One day later...

At this moment, Rorschach, Gion, Blood Phoenix, Garp, and Ace were all gathered in an open space at the G5 branch.

Rorschach stood at the front, his expression languid. He snapped his fingers, and the next second a gray-white Anywhere Door appeared in front of them.

Luo Xia glanced at the crowd and said slowly, "Let's go, it's time to take over the battlefield."

With the arrival of the five members, the G5 branch resumed its usual shouts during training.

Meanwhile, in Dressrosa.

The moment everyone emerged from the Anywhere Door, the scene before them nearly made their jaws drop.

Because Rorschach teleported to the streets of Dressrosa, the area was very crowded.

What they saw now was a scene of ruins, with various houses collapsed, and amidst the cries and screams of agony.

It's so good it's unbearable.

Luo Xia still wore a languid expression, but a hint of seriousness had crept into his eyes. Blood Phoenix clenched her fists and said angrily, "Who did this? How could they destroy this place like this!"

Gion calmly observed her surroundings and said, "Judging from the extent of the damage, it doesn't seem to be the work of ordinary pirates."

Ace frowned as he stared at some strange marks in the ruins.

Garp crossed his arms and remained silent.

At this moment, Luo Xia pointed to the sky above and said, "You can look up and see who did it."

Everyone looked up and saw silvery-white threads at the very top. Calling them threads might be a bit of a stretch, but they were indeed threads.

Ace stared at the threads above, his eyes widening in an instant. "This is what's surrounding Dressrosa, and it seems to be moving slowly."

Rorschach snapped his fingers. "Bingo! That's right, not bad observation skills!"

"And not far away, your brother Luffy is fighting Doflamingo!"

Hearing that Luffy was fighting nearby, Ace immediately rushed over. Rorschach stopped him, saying, "Don't rush, this isn't as simple as it seems."

"Besides, your brother is perfectly capable of taking down Doflamingo."

Only after Rorschach affirmed Luffy's abilities did Ace manage to suppress his impulsive impulses.

Blood Phoenix nodded. "We need to be careful, or we might get trapped inside."

Karp pointed to the place in the distance where countless people had gathered: "It seems that's the source. We must cut it off to resolve the crisis." Everyone agreed.

So, the group followed the direction of the silver thread to find its source. On their way, Rorschach and his companions discovered many fleeing civilians, some of whom had fallen in panic.

Soon, Luo Xia and his group of five arrived at the source, and right in front of them, every meter there was a person using a knife or a sword to block the ever-moving silver threads.

"Oh? The Heavenly Demon's skill!"

"Looks like he wants to take the person in the birdcage down with him!"

Gion drew her sword and tried to cut a silver thread, but the thread only wobbled and did not break. "So hard," she murmured.

The Blood Phoenix spread its wings and flew into the air, spitting flames at the silver threads. However, the silver threads were not ignited; instead, the flames surged back towards the Blood Phoenix along the threads. The Blood Phoenix hurriedly dodged.

Garp roared and slammed his fist into the ground. A shockwave rushed toward Silver Silk, but it only made Silver Silk sway.

Just as Ace was about to make a move, he heard an old voice say, "Is that Lieutenant General Rorschach?"

"Yes, it's me, Fujitora."

Rorschach replied, "Fujitora, how are you?"

Fujitora sighed helplessly, "These threads are extremely troublesome. I have tried many methods but have been unable to completely destroy them."

"You should come with us and stop these threads. If we let them continue to advance, all the fleeing civilians will die!"

Rorschach nodded. "While you're right, I'd rather kill this guy now than wait here for the Straw Hats to take care of Doflamingo!"

"However, I don't intend to do that!"

"Rorschach slowly drew the Shura from his waist. The moment he drew it, Conqueror's Haki shot straight into the sky. The terrifying power made some pirates' legs go weak."

Fujitora was secretly surprised by the domineering aura emanating from him.

Luo Xia, holding the Shura sword, walked towards the silver thread. His eyes were piercing, and he exuded a powerful aura.

He stopped in front of and behind Fujitora, saying, "Fujitora, and you green-haired guy over there, get out of the way and let me try cutting you!"

Upon hearing Rorschach's words, Fujitora and Zoro both stepped aside, as did the people around them.

"After all, with such a powerful aura behind you, anyone would react like that!"

Luo Xia took a deep breath, raised the Shura sword high, and suddenly slashed down at the silver thread. A black and red sword aura roared out, bursting forth with intense light upon impact with the silver thread.

"At the same time, the collision between the two generated a violent shock wave."

As the light faded, everyone around them showed expressions of surprise and delight.

Because at this moment, Rorschach had actually cut a large hole in the silver thread.

"Tch, I thought I could just smash the whole birdcage to pieces!" Rorschach muttered to himself.

Blood Phoenix's eyes lit up behind him, and he shouted, "Boss, you're so amazing! So amazing!"

Gion chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, that's amazing!"

Luo Xia grinned and then said in surprise, "Even though I chopped a big hole in it, it can still move. You're not bad at using this ability!"

At this moment, Luo Xia looked at the stunned crowd around him and said, "I've already opened up a huge hole. If you want to die, you don't have to come out!"

Everyone snapped out of their daze and rushed towards the large hole. Rorschach was the last to pass through, glancing back at Luffy fighting Doflamingo in the sky, and shouted, "Hurry up and fight, Straw Hat! I need to eat lunch!!"

Just after Rorschach shouted, a burst of maniacal laughter suddenly came from above. It was Doflamingo, who arrogantly said while manipulating the strings of the Birdcage, "Damn Marines, you think you can ruin my plan like this?"

Luo Xia rolled his eyes. "You ugly freak, you're really noisy."

Luffy, however, was completely unaffected and shouted, "Gum-Gum—Giant Gun!" He struck Doflamingo with a single blow.

Doflamingo was knocked away, but quickly regained his footing.

"Hmph, I'll take care of Straw Hat Kid first, then I'll kill you all!"

Luo Xia crossed his arms, a mocking look on his face. "You? Don't talk big too soon."

Doflamingo's eyes widened in fury, his hands moving rapidly, sending even more silver threads hurtling towards Luffy. Luffy nimbly dodged them, his body stretching and deforming like rubber.

Seeing this, Ace couldn't help but go up to help, but Rorschach just looked at him indifferently, but his eyes were full of warning.

When Ace saw Rorschach staring at him like that, he froze for a moment, unsure whether to go or not.

Until Rorschach said, "If you want to die again, then go ahead!"

Upon hearing this, Ace was truly too scared to go anymore and could only sit down on the ground to watch the battle.