One Piece: Initially tricked into joining the Marines by Garp

Chapter 18 Amazing Abilities

Luo Xia took the mirror from Zhiyuan's hand, and instantly his eyes lit up.

In the mirror in front of him, half of Luo Xia's face was covered with ice-blue ice cubes, making him look quite handsome.

"Hey, he's pretty handsome. No wonder Sister Gion wants to marry me."

However, Gion, who was standing closest to Luo Xia, overheard Luo Xia's mutterings. Gion lightly punched him, but showed no displeasure on his face.

Chaton, standing next to Aokiji, watched the two interact without showing any expression. It seemed that Chaton hadn't heard what was said, otherwise he wouldn't be expressionless.

After looking at it for a while, Luo Xia put down the mirror, walked to the side, touched the ice crystals on his face with his hand, and then started rubbing them off. But after rubbing for a long time, he couldn't rub off a single one.

"Oh no, oh no, is half of my face going to be frozen solid?"

Rorschach knew he had eaten a Devil Fruit, but surely a Devil Fruit shouldn't affect the user's appearance?

Besides, it's only half a face, and he can't show an expression of knowing everything here, otherwise he won't be able to explain it.

And he really didn't know how to eliminate it.

Just as Rorschach was frantically rubbing ice crystals, Aokiji, who was standing not far away, seemed to be deep in thought. He then patted Garp on the shoulder and walked towards Rorschach.

During those few meters, Aokiji also conjured an ice blade.

Then, to Luo Xia's astonishment, Aokiji slashed towards his waist, his face expressionless. However, Luo Xia sensed no killing intent in Aokiji's eyes.

With the ice blade being thrown, and the wielder being a general, Luo Xia was instantly cut in half at the waist, his body split in two.

Gion, unaware of what was happening, widened her eyes instantly, grabbed the Kinpira placed to the side, and rushed to Aokiji, her eyes blazing with anger, "Damn it, Admiral Aokiji, what are you doing?"

"Why...why did you kill Rorschach?"

"This is my newly adopted younger brother, and he's not a pirate!"

Despite Gion's loud questioning of Aokiji, Aokiji maintained a helpless expression, his eyes fixed on Rorschach the entire time, as if expecting something to happen.

Luo Xia, who had been cut in half at the waist, touched his upper body and looked at his severed lower body, then sighed helplessly.

"Things don't look good!"

Luo Xia also realized that he seemed to have been exposed. After Xuanji's body, which was split in two, turned into countless pieces of ice and underwent a process of reorganization, Luo Xia regained his form, and in the same form as before.

Gion, who was facing off against Aokiji with a sword drawn, stiffly turned his head and saw Rorschach with a silly smile on his face.

Gion rubbed her eyes, and after confirming that she wasn't seeing things, she asked, "R...Rorschach, you weren't cut in half by Admiral Aokiji?"

Rorschach frowned. "What are you talking about? How could I die? I won't die until I've lived a leisurely life!"

Aokiji and Garp both burst out laughing when they saw this, especially Garp, who laughed heartily.

"Hahahahaha!"

"Just as I thought."

Aokiji stared intently at Luo Xia, as if he were looking at a precious treasure.

"Only a user of the Ice-Ice Fruit could be in that state just now and have the ability to freeze Capssan's villa to the bone."

“Rorschach… I’m becoming more and more curious about you!” Aokiji said to himself.

Garp strode toward Rorschach, laughing as he patted Rorschach on the shoulder. But before he could even touch him, Rorschach used his Ice-Ice Fruit ability to freeze Garp's hand in place.

Luo Xia had no idea whether he had Armament Haki on his hands; if he did, then he would be in trouble.

Moreover, he had never seen Armament Haki since arriving in the pirate world. Everyone says that Armament Haki is colorless, like a kind of energy, so Rorschach naturally wanted to freeze Garp first.

"You brat, I came here out of kindness to congratulate you, and you actually dared to use your power to freeze me?"

Luo Xia sighed helplessly and pointed speechlessly to the sofa, which had been frozen solid, saying, "I know you have a lot of questions, why don't we talk about them?"

"Yeah!"

Everyone present was seated on the ice sofa, but apart from Aokiji and Rorschach, the other three felt a little uncomfortable.

"First of all, aren't you all very surprised that I have the abilities of Admiral Aokiji?"

The four nodded in unison, especially Aokiji, whose eyes were now exceptionally bright, a stark contrast to his previous sleepy gaze.

Rorschach activated his ability on his own, saying, "This is probably an ability derived from absorbing Admiral Aokiji's cold energy, and this power feels... feels like it's permanent!"

"Of course, it's just a feeling!"

After speaking, Luo Xia lowered his head guiltily. He had little education and couldn't find an excuse.

When Luo Xia said this, everyone present gasped in shock; they were all stunned by the news.

Based on Rorschach's information on Aokiji's desk, Aokiji was quite certain that Rorschach possessed the ability to synthesize Devil Fruits. However, he hadn't expected this change, especially such a change.

Garp, in particular, was completely stunned, unaware that snot was running down his nose, and his eyes were wide open.

He still can't believe it. He only initially took a liking to Luo Xia's senbei ability. He never expected that after picking up Luo Xia, he would discover that... Luo Xia has the potential to be a great general!

After Luo Xia said these words, no one spoke for a long time, and now it was Luo Xia's turn to get anxious.

"You have to believe me! Although I don't know if previous users of the Synthesis Fruit have noticed this change, this is how I am now."

Luo Xia was afraid they wouldn't believe him, so he lit up his hand with an ice-blue light, and an ice-blue rice cracker instantly appeared in his palm.

This scene left Luo Xia somewhat stunned. He... he ate a fruit, and even his senbei (rice crackers) have changed flavor?

Rorschach held the senbei to Garp's mouth, and Garp took a bite. The moment it entered his mouth, a cool sensation exploded in his mouth.

Wow! This... is so delicious!

"I love this flavor!"

"It's so refreshingly cool!"

Rorschach shrugged, then looked at Gion and Aokiji, "Look, this really is a synthetic ability!"

"Hmm, it feels like a dual Devil Fruit ability, what do you think, Momousagi?"

Momousagi nodded. "That's right, Admiral Aokiji, this is a double Devil Fruit, combining and freezing, how amazing!"

"Brother Luo Xia, this is truly astonishing. We must inform Marshal Zhan Guo!"

Seeing Aokiji with such a serious expression, Rorschach nodded.

Sengoku would find out about this sooner or later; it was just a matter of time. Anyway, Luo Xia was very good at making up lies, and he could fool Sengoku no matter what he said.

"I'm fine, Admiral Aokiji!"

"That's good, then I'll take my leave now!"