In Hibari's courtyard, Rorschach frowned, looking at Hibari's angry face. A complex emotion immediately welled up within him.
Everyone was immersed in the joy of reuniting with their most cherished loved ones. How should he wake them up?
Should he let them spend some happy time in this beautiful illusory dream?
Rorschach asked himself, if it were him, he would probably be willing to sink into the embrace of family for a while.
When he was in the Sabaody Archipelago, wasn't the experience of being dreamt by Black Horse just like what these people were experiencing now?
However, Black Horse's dream invasion was purely a spiritual intrusion.
But the island and town before Rorschach's eyes were composed of illusion and reality.
The loved ones people longed for were truly created, possessing human life signatures. They could speak, be touched, and interacted with.
It wasn't something a mere illusion could compare to.
It was precisely this reality that deepened the reluctance and immersion in everyone's hearts.
Did he really have to shatter everyone's beautiful fantasies?
Looking at the blurry-faced monster standing behind Hibari, and then at the fake him, Rorschach made up his mind.
"These are ultimately fake. There's only one Yomi Yomi no Mi. The deceased are ultimately gone. What is lost is destined not to return. Instead of dwelling on past memories and nostalgia, it's better to cherish what you have in the present!"
He took a step, walking towards Hibari.
"Hibari, wake up."
Watching Rorschach approach step by step, Hibari gritted her teeth. White clouds rapidly condensed around her body, transforming into multiple copies of herself, all rushing towards Rorschach.
While charging at Rorschach, Hibari shouted loudly behind her, "Brother Rorschach! Take my mom away, I'll stop him!"
Rorschach couldn't help but smile wryly at her words.
Rumble!
The swirling dark clouds overhead timely unleashed a lightning bolt, striking Rorschach, but he was unharmed.
Hibari gritted her teeth and angrily yelled, "Die! Armament Hellhound!"
A faint black Haki covered the surface of her slender fist. Her arm extended like mist, punching towards Rorschach's chest.
At the same time, the surrounding Hibari clones also rushed forward, as if to drown Rorschach.
Rorschach waved his hand.
The howling winds swirled, and dozens of Hibari clones instantly dispersed into mist.
He extended his powerful hand, firmly grasping Hibari's incoming punch. In her astonished gaze, he smiled and pulled Hibari into his embrace. With his left arm, deep blue Haki flowed, instantly capturing Hibari's physical body and holding her firmly.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
Hibari struggled to break free, but no matter how she punched, or twisted her small body, she couldn't escape an inch.
Moreover, a powerful deep blue Haki transformed into a suit of armor, covering her body as well.
Hibari's small face was filled with despair, her eyes red-rimmed, and tears faintly shimmering at the corners.
Seeing her like this, Rorschach could only smile bitterly.
How did he become the bad guy?
He sighed, shook his head, and stomped his foot.
Boom!
The ground within dozens of meters exploded, and the entire courtyard, along with the street outside, shook.
Rorschach held the crying Hibari with one hand, and with the other, he formed an invisible claw, infused with flowing deep blue Haki, and reached out to grab the imposter opposite him.
The might of high-level deep blue Haki made Rorschach at this moment seem like a falling mountain, crushing down on the two people opposite him!
Rorschach saw a clear look of fear on the face of his counterpart opposite him. Without any hesitation, he blurred, about to retreat into the house behind.
The blurry-faced woman was simply abandoned.
The moment Rorschach's large hand grasped the monster's shoulder, he saw that the blurry face on its face suddenly rapidly peeled away, like melting wax.
No, not wax.
Looking at the fine threads hanging down, Rorschach raised an eyebrow.
"Is this... spider silk?"
And when a large amount of spider silk fell from the woman's collapsed and melted body, a large spider, three or four meters long, unfurled from its curled-up state. The human face on its back showed a clear look of resentment, and a sharp shriek emanated from its open maw as it thrust four sharp spider legs at Rorschach.
The two-meter-long spider legs were covered in countless sharp thorns and barbs. If struck...
Smack!
Rorschach slapped down, and a violent gust of air exploded in his palm, tearing the large spider in front of him into pieces, its black fur flying everywhere.
"No! Mama! No!"
Hibari in his arms widened her eyes, and tears immediately streamed down her face like a broken string of pearls.
"But that was clearly a spider."
Rorschach was speechless. To prevent Hibari from being overly distressed, he lightly patted the back of her head, knocking the crying, tear-stained little girl unconscious.
Then, as if remembering something, he reached out and pinched Hibari's small mouth. The air in front of him transformed into invisible tentacles, which probed into Hibari's mouth.
Soon, a black spider, confined and compressed by an invisible air barrier, was extracted from Hibari's stomach by Rorschach's air manipulation.
Releasing his hand from Hibari's small mouth, Rorschach casually wiped the tears from her face.
"You're quite troublesome."
Tightening his hold on the little loli in his arms, Rorschach extended a deep blue Haki, forming an armored shield, and charged forward like lightning, rushing towards the person who was fleeing ahead.
Boom!
All the obstructing buildings and houses in front shattered, creating a straight path.
Rorschach was unstoppable, like a high-speed sea train, violently crashing through every obstacle in his path. In the other person's terrified gaze, he extended his right hand, clenched into a claw, and grabbed their body.
Then, Rorschach froze.
"Die! Shameless Marine!" A furious female voice came from the Rorschach opposite him, followed by a long leg kicking towards Rorschach's face.
"A woman?" Rorschach's mouth twitched as he watched a long-legged woman, shedding large amounts of spider silk from her body, emerge from the original shell.
So that's how the disguise was achieved?
But how did this person know he looked like that?
And this woman's height and build were even larger than his.
He wondered how she had been reduced to a smaller Rorschach with those spider silks.
This was a Longleg Tribe woman, at least three and a half meters tall.
A layer of black Haki covered her long, tanned legs, kicking up a gust of wind as she aimed at Rorschach.
Looking at her two long legs, perfectly wrapped in black Haki, Rorschach couldn't help but rub his nose.
Similar, very similar.
Perhaps out of shame and rage, the woman even forgot to escape, furiously kicking the deep blue armor covering Rorschach's body with her long legs like a whirlwind.
A large hand, ignoring the Haki-clad leg kicks, grasped her face in the woman's changing expression and pressed downwards.
Boom!
The woman's head was smashed into the hard ground. Her mouth hung wide open, coughing up large amounts of blood.
"You!"
She reached out with both hands, grasping Rorschach's arm, trying to pry it open, but how could she?
In the woman's terrified gaze, a shining ball of electric light emerged from Rorschach's right hand and blasted into her body.
The Longleg Tribe woman convulsed violently, then went limp, black smoke rising from her forehead, her eyes rolling back as she passed out.
Rorschach stood up, glancing at the woman.
This woman was quite strong. If she were in Marine Headquarters, just with her proficient Armament Haki and kicks, she would be at least a Rear Admiral level Marine.
As the change occurred, the town, which had been filled with happiness and contentment, suddenly fell silent, as if a pause button had been pressed.
The parents, sister, and Rocinante, who had been laughing and talking with Law, lost their smiles and became expressionless.
The Mink Tribe couple, who had been holding Bepo's hands and whose faces couldn't be clearly seen, stopped in their tracks.
The muscular giant standing in front of Pammer, whose chest had split open, had his raised hand frozen in mid-air.
Further away, the Marine soldiers who had been chatting with Ain, Bins, and others also froze.
In Zephyr's courtyard, Zephyr's howl echoed, like the mournful cry of a lone wolf.
"No!"
In front of him, the woman holding the infant froze, her smile solidified, sitting there like a statue.
Above the basin, mist materialized out of thin air, forming a beautiful face that uttered a dream-like whisper.
"Eliminate the stubborn invaders, and your beautiful dreams can continue to be woven. Go, dream-dwellers, and dream managers."
"Dream managers? Weaving beautiful dreams?"
Hearing the words of the stunning three-eyed woman in the sky, Rorschach's heart pounded. He instantly connected everything he had just seen and thought about.
Indeed, she was a special ability user in the spiritual domain, possessing abilities similar to Black Horse.
Her prolonged absence, merely letting her subordinates disguised as people's fond memories of loved ones deal with Rorschach, did that mean her true combat power was actually not strong?
Before he could think further, as the face in the sky dispersed into mist, the basin, which had been silent for a moment, instantly erupted. Tens of thousands of people surged out from various houses, streets, and squares, like a tidal wave, rushing towards Rorschach.
If an ordinary person faced such a surging crowd, they would probably be scared away without even fighting.
It was important to note that among these rushing people, there were not only ordinary individuals with weak auras but also Law, Ain, Bins, and more than a dozen unfamiliar strong individuals with considerable auras.
But Zephyr remained motionless, standing like a stone statue in that courtyard.
And the stiff figures of the woman and infant in front of him began to move again, as if nothing had happened.
"Is it a human wave tactic again?"
Looking at the grim-faced crowd charging at him, Rorschach's expression remained unchanged. He simply adjusted the unconscious girl he was holding higher in his arms, and his azure pupils sharply contracted!
Buzz!
A bursting aura shot straight into the sky, transforming into a black and red lightning storm that swept in all directions.
The surging crowd, as if meeting a crashing tsunami, fell down ninety-nine percent in an instant.
Among the remaining hundred or so people, dozens turned pale and knelt on the ground, gasping for breath.
No more than twenty people remained conscious under the impact of this explosive Conqueror's Haki.
Looking at the silver-haired young man, who was gracefully walking through the prone crowd, holding a sleeping Marine girl with one hand, the remaining dozen or so people froze in place. For a moment, they didn't know whether to continue the charge.
Suddenly, a transparent giant dome appeared out of nowhere, enclosing the dozen or so people who were still standing, along with the approaching Rorschach.
The next instant, all dozen or so people appeared out of thin air around Rorschach.
The first to charge was Law, gripping his Kikoku katana with both hands.
He held the sword with both hands, black Haki emerging on the blade, simultaneously flashing with a wisp of electric arc, as he thrust towards Rorschach's chest.
"That's not a good idea, Law."
Rorschach's lips curled into a smile. He sidestepped the incoming katana, clenched his right five fingers into a fist, and punched Law in the abdomen.
Boom!
Law's back clothing burst open with a large hole, his body bent and arched, his mouth wide open, coughing sounds coming from his throat. His eyes slowly rolled back, and finally, he slid limply from Rorschach's fist, falling to the ground with a thud.
"Work together! This guy is too strong!"
The giant's chest, which Pammer had faced earlier, split open. From inside emerged a massive man with a T-shaped ramming horn on his forehead, covered in bluish-black armor, and bulging muscles. He roared, swinging his giant fist down towards Rorschach's head.
Rorschach raised his hand, opening his five fingers to meet the giant's enormous fist.
Boom!!
A deafening air blast erupted at the point where the fist and palm met.
A look of surprise appeared in Rorschach's eyes. The ground where he stood, for a hundred meters around, shattered and exploded.
He felt a terrifying immense force surging towards him from the giant's fist.
The opponent was very strong!
"Urgh!"
The burly man who had thrown the giant punch grunted. The skin and muscles on his thick arm twisted and tore, a large amount of blood gushing out, staining half of his body.
The look in his eyes towards Rorschach instantly turned to fear.
What terrifying physical strength was this!
Although he was not a Giant, he was a Devil Fruit user of the Beetle-Beetle Fruit, Rhinoceros Beetle form.
His strength was so immense that even true Giant warriors were no match for him.
With just one punch, and with the opponent even in a defensive stance, the power that erupted from the opponent's palm had destructively shattered the giant man's entire right arm.
Not only were the surface muscles and skin torn and broken, but even the bones inside were snapped into pieces.
"Elbaf Spear!"
A resounding roar came from Pammer's mouth. He angrily punched towards Rorschach's face.
"Spear your head, you dare to attack a superior officer? You're going to Impel Down."
Rorschach's figure flickered, soaring into the air. Just as he was about to grab this guy's shoulder and throw him, more than a dozen figures suddenly surged up in the air in front of him, all pouncing at him.
Among them were Bepo, Bins, Ain, and several men and women who had shed their disguises and revealed their true forms.
Of these people, Rorschach was only wary of Ain.
Ain's "Return-Return Fruit" ability was very powerful. If he were accidentally hit by her ability, his age would reverse by twelve years.
With Rorschach's current age, just under fifteen, if twelve years were subtracted, he would become a two or three-year-old child.
Of course, with the high-level Armament Haki currently covering his body, Ain's ability might not even be able to penetrate his Haki and affect him.
However, there was no need to attempt such a dangerous experiment now.
Rorschach's body suddenly swelled, and in everyone's terrified gaze, he transformed into an eight-meter-tall Kirin beast-human. With one tail whip, he sent the roaring Pammer flying to the ground. A circle of flashing electric light expanded and surged from his body, striking the charging dozen or so people like lightning.
In an instant, everyone was electrocuted and fell to the ground with thuds, like dumplings.
When Rorschach turned his head to look, the Rhinoceros Beetle Giant's massive, giant-like body trembled, and he retreated a few steps in fear.
At this moment, his eyes were filled with terror as he looked at Rorschach.
Why was this Marine also so powerful?
Just like that purple-haired old man.
Thud, thud, thud.
At this moment, muffled footsteps sounded from a distance.
Accompanied by the clang-clang of mechanical impacts.
Rorschach sighed inwardly, ignored the terrified giant beside him, and turned to look at the purple-haired old man dragging his heavy mechanical arm.
"Teacher Zephyr, what has it come to?"
(End of Chapter)
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