At this moment, the sky above Water 7 perfectly illustrated the phrase, "Dark clouds press down on the city, threatening to crush it."
Ink-black clouds surged from all directions, piling up in the sky like a thick, oppressive black wall, making it hard to breathe.
Water 7, shaped like a fountain, stood quietly on the undulating, deep sea, enveloped by endless gales and darkness, resembling a lonely giant.
Amidst the raging winds, a burly figure strode through the air, charging head-on toward a hundred-meter-high wave that rushed forward like a stampede of wild horses!
An invisible barrier of air formed around his body, keeping the surging seawater at bay and preventing him from losing strength upon contact with the water.
"If only the Heavenly Dragon Halberd were here, having a weapon would make it much easier to cut through this giant wave," Rorschach mused, floating fifty to sixty meters above the sea, his arms embracing the void, his fingers gripping the invisible air currents.
His movements resembled those of Fish-Man Jujutsu, where seawater is grasped and turned into a whip-like current.
The invisible air currents spun rapidly in mid-air, forming a visible tornado column.
However, the tornado column he held in his hands was different from the fully formed, hundred-meter-high tornado behind him, which continuously churned the sea.
This wind column twisted and turned in the air, like a hundred-meter-long giant serpent writhing its thick body.
"Wind Motion! Spiral Whip!"
The hundred-meter-long, barrel-thick tornado column was gripped by Rorschach's hands and lashed down at the wave less than a hundred meters away.
"Boom!"
The hundred-meter-long tornado whip struck without hesitation, splitting the towering wave and plunging into the depths of the emerald-green sea.
"Splash!"
The serpent-like wind column plunged into the oncoming seawater, spinning and churning madly.
Thousands of tons of seawater swirled around, creating a massive hole in the mountain-like crest of the tsunami.
The seawater in front formed a vortex over a hundred meters wide, pulling the surrounding water into a deeper and larger depression.
Rorschach could even see a few ferocious Sea Kings hidden within the towering waves, swept along by the tsunami.
These colossal beasts, which usually roamed the deep sea with impunity due to their massive size, were now powerless against the tsunami's might.
Like toys thrown into a washing machine, they could only go with the flow.
When Rorschach's tornado whip plunged into the depths, it stirred up a massive amount of seawater, giving a few nearby Sea Kings a chance to catch their breath. They swung their hundreds-of-meters-long bodies, breaking free from the tsunami's grasp and attempting to escape.
Seeing the two suddenly appearing Sea Kings, each over three hundred meters long and resembling a pufferfish and a crocodile, Rorschach's eyes lit up.
His stomach growled.
His intestines were churning.
"Just when I needed a pillow, here it comes. I didn't eat breakfast before coming out to work, and now I'm hungry."
Rorschach grinned, and a burst of intense lightning shot out from his right hand, spanning a hundred meters and transforming into a barrel-thick lightning pillar that struck down instantly, hitting the two roaring beasts.
"Thirty Million Volts! Lightning BBQ!"
With a sizzling noise, the two Sea Kings, which had just broken free from the tsunami, were struck by the lightning before they could fall back into the sea and escape.
"Roar!"
"Awoo!"
Two short, pained cries rang out and then vanished.
The dazzling lightning pierced their skin and muscles, spreading from the inside out, instantly electrocuting the two ferocious Sea Kings into two massive, smoking chunks of meat.
In an instant, the smell of cooked meat reached Rorschach's nose.
"Splash!"
The horizontal tornado column madly churned the oncoming tsunami.
Finally, just before the tsunami passed Rorschach and rushed toward Water 7, it tore another massive hole in the wave, splitting it into two sections.
The tsunami brushed past Water 7, rushing toward the distant sea.
Meanwhile, Rorschach transformed into a whirlwind, shooting forward and sending down a dozen thick, long wind blades that sliced off the charred skin of the Sea Kings, revealing the tender meat beneath.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The two massive chunks of Sea King meat, still emitting the aroma of cooked meat, crashed onto the undulating sea.
Rorschach landed on one of the crocodile-like beasts, eagerly tearing off a large piece of meat from its back and devouring it.
Although there were no seasonings, the Sea King's meat was delicious and rich in energy, making it quite tasty even without any flavoring.
While eating, Rorschach expanded his Observation Haki, sensing the tsunami waves rolling in from the distance.
He ate like a whirlwind, his figure turning into afterimages as he moved between the two unfortunate beasts.
His eating speed was incredibly fast, like army ants swarming their prey.
In just a few minutes, the two three-hundred-meter-long Sea Kings were reduced to massive white skeletons, bobbing on the waves.
On Rorschach's burly body, blue scales rose, emitting streams of high-temperature steam, creating a mist over the sea for hundreds of meters.
At that moment, the third wave of the tsunami came crashing in!
"Damn it! Even hanging requires a break. If it weren't for Whitebeard still being in the New World, I'd suspect he was behind this tsunami."
Rorschach took a deep breath, the air currents around his body surging as he prepared for the next wave.
Just then.
He suddenly raised an eyebrow, noticing two massive seahorse-like Bull pulling a dozens-of-meters-long ship in the left wave of the oncoming tsunami. The two Bull were vomiting blood from the impact of the towering waves, rolling in the seawater.
A blue-haired man wearing only shorts was screaming, gripping the reins of the Bull tightly, being tossed by the violent waves, and at risk of drowning in the chaotic depths.
"Is that... Franky?"
It was the Emperor Bull tamed by the Franky Family, along with Franky, who had disappeared with 500 million Beri.
At the same time, Rorschach keenly noticed that the ship being pulled by the Emperor Bull was tied with thick, straight logs.
His eyes lit up.
"Is that the legendary wood of the Adam Tree?"
The wood of the Adam Tree was said to be the sturdiest and most resilient wood in the world, perfect for shipbuilding.
The keel made from it was indestructible, harder than steel.
The ship's body was incredibly sturdy, capable of withstanding the most violent waves.
The Oro Jackson, the ship of the Pirate King Gol D. Roger, was built from this legendary wood.
Seeing this, Rorschach didn't hesitate. His tall figure rode the wind, using Moon Walk to swiftly move toward Franky.
As he got closer to the third tsunami wave, the roar of the waves grew louder.
The crest of this third wave was two hundred meters high.
Trying to resist such a natural disaster while saving someone.
Even Rorschach, with his great skills and boldness, felt a bit nervous.
He was a Devil Fruit user.
If he accidentally lost the air barrier around his body and fell into the deep sea, he might end up in serious trouble.
"Wahhh! It's fine! As long as I can reach that place, as long as I can rush into the Scrap Island, I still have a chance to be saved!"
"Kimoira! Don't give up! Charge! This week's me is super strong! Gulp gulp... Ugh!"
On the rolling back of the Emperor Bull, Franky's stomach was bloated with seawater.
His muscles ached unbearably, and the hand gripping the reins had rubbed to the point of revealing the steel structure beneath.
The flesh on his back was also scraped in many places, revealing large, bloody wounds.
Soaked in seawater, the pain was excruciating, making him want to let go.
But if he let go, he would disappear into the vast tsunami.
The chance of surviving and returning to Water 7 was almost zero.
The thought of dying made Franky clench his teeth.
He wasn't afraid of death.
If he were afraid, he wouldn't have used his flesh and blood to block the sea train that took away Tom.
But Franky didn't want to die now.
"If I die, who will protect that kind idiot Iceberg?"
"If I die, how sad would the Franky Family members be? Who will protect them in the future?"
"I can't die! I absolutely can't die in this mere tsunami!"
"Charge! Kimoira!"
"Moo!"
The two Emperor Bull, blood dripping from their mouths, let out mournful cries, trying their best to break free from the tsunami's grasp.
But their strength was like an ant's compared to the Aqua Laguna, known as the Water God.
In the face of such a world-ending disaster, the strength of humans and Sea Kings alike was insignificant.
"Boom!"
Another massive wave crashed down, and the thick ropes tied to the Emperor Bull finally reached their limit and began to snap.
"No! Kimoira! The Franky Family's dismantling ship! The Adam Tree wood!"
Despair filled Franky's eyes as he held onto a broken piece of the reins, his body falling toward the deep sea.
"Am I... going to die?"
In the few seconds of falling, Franky's mind flashed through countless memories.
Arguing with Iceberg, building ships in Tom's workshop.
Watching his mentor and father figure, Tom, being taken away and executed by the World Government.
Recklessly using his flesh and blood to block the sea train, narrowly surviving, and then modifying his body with steel.
Returning to Water 7, gathering the homeless street thugs, and founding the Franky House.
The last image in his mind was Iceberg's smiling face.
"Damn it! The cola energy is also used up, otherwise..."
Just as Franky was about to sink into the deep sea, he felt an invisible force grab his heavy cyborg body and pull him out of the raging seawater like a cannonball, lifting him into the sky.
Not just him.
Franky even saw the two Emperor Bull, along with the dismantling ship and the Adam Tree wood, all flying into the sky.
"Huh? What's going on?"
As soon as this thought arose, Franky heard a deep, authoritative voice thunder in his ears, making his blood churn.
"Franky! I've got you, you thief."
"What? The victim has come to collect? Are you kidding me? You chased me into the tsunami?"
Franky's eyes widened as he turned to see a terrifying large hand grabbing his shoulder.
"What are you doing? Let go of me!"
Franky instinctively reached out to pry off the hand gripping his shoulder.
Wait.
Not a hand, but something like a claw, squeezing his steel body until it creaked, as if it were about to be crushed.
Franky looked up and froze.
He saw a fearsome giant covered in blue scales.
Through the giant's somewhat familiar face and the silver hair flowing behind him, Franky's mind flashed to Rorschach's silver-haired, blue-eyed image.
"You're... that Marine officer!"
"Now's not the time for chit-chat. The third wave is coming."
Rorschach glanced to the right.
Franky followed his gaze and saw a sky-covering wave crashing down.
"It's over... we're done for, we're going to die!"
Then, his body was grabbed by the strange man, who swung his arm like he was throwing a javelin.
Franky's throat tightened, and he said with difficulty, "Hey... what are you doing? Don't do anything reckless."
"Fist Bone!"
The muscles on Rorschach's right arm rippled like waves, unleashing immense power as he grabbed Franky and hurled him toward Water 7!
"Meteor!"
"Boom!"
The air in front exploded into a white sonic boom ring.
Franky's body broke through the air, surpassing the speed of sound, and with a long parabolic arc, he crashed into the high city wall.
The wall shattered, bricks and stones flying everywhere.
The Emperor Bull and the ship, also lifted by the wind, were thrown hundreds of meters by Rorschach, crashing onto the sea.
Behind them, the suffocating wave crashed down!
"Life Return!"
"Deep Blue Armament!"
"Air Barrier!"
Rorschach's already burly body expanded further, covered in scales. The giant spread his thick arms, bracing against the void in front of him.
Endless air currents surged, forming a three-thousand-meter-wide, two-hundred-meter-high air barrier, which Rorschach pressed against the oncoming tsunami.
"Boom!!"
A deafening roar echoed.
The world-ending wave, like a stampede of beasts or the sky collapsing, slammed into the invisible air barrier.
"Pfft!"
Rorschach spat out a mouthful of blood, his face instantly pale.
Because he had saved Franky, the time to form the air barrier was too short.
After just a brief contact with the overwhelming tsunami, the air barrier Rorschach had gathered collapsed, shattered by the billions of tons of raging water.
The two-hundred-meter-high wave, like a god's palm, slammed into the air shield around Rorschach, sending him flying like a fly.
"Boom!"
A massive air ring exploded in mid-air.
A straight chasm opened on the sea, leading toward Water 7.
Rorschach's body, like a meteor, streaked across the sky, crashing through the buildings of the lower city, and finally slammed into the high wall of Water 7.
"Boom!"
Another earth-shattering explosion, and the entire Water 7 trembled violently!
On top of the high wall, Law, Hibari, Iceberg, and others, who had arranged everything but couldn't calm their hearts, witnessed this shocking scene, their faces pale.
In the distance, the mountain-like wave, unimpeded by Rorschach, rumbled forward!
"Rorschach!"
"Big Brother Rorschach!"
"Commander Rorschach!"
Tearful cries rang out on the high wall.
Franky struggled to climb out of the hole in the wall, peering at the much larger hole not far to the right.
The diameter of that hole was ten times larger than his.
The high wall, standing for hundreds of years, was almost completely shattered.
Thick cracks spread like a spiderweb.
Large chunks of stone and brick fell from above.
Seeing this and hearing the mournful cries, Franky finally understood that the Marine officer had been saving Water 7!
Facing a natural disaster alone!
Using a mortal body to block the Aqua Laguna, the strongest natural disaster in the Grand Line!
Tears poured from Franky's eyes.
His voice choked with sobs, his face full of guilt, he grabbed his hair.
"Waaah! What have I done! I stole money from such a man!"
"Even though I stole his money, he didn't hold it against me and saved me from the Aqua Laguna. What a noble character!"
"Hey! Marine named Rorschach!"
"You can't die! If you die, I'll feel guilty for the rest of my life!"
"Boom!"
The earth shook, the sea boiled.
The Aqua Laguna, the Water God, fully displayed its god-like, world-ending power.
The two-hundred-meter-high wave rolled toward Water 7!
"Thud!"
In Franky's blurred vision, a large hand covered in blue scales, oozing blood, gripped the edge of the shattered wall.
Then, a towering figure, like a mountain capable of holding up the sky, burst with an overwhelming, domineering aura, baring bloodied fangs at the oncoming third super tsunami.
"Kirin!!"
In the resounding roar, the ancient wall of Water 7, standing for eight hundred years, completely collapsed, shattered, and exploded!
"Roar!"
A majestic, sacred dragon head emerged from the shattered stones.
The swirling air currents sent Hibari, Law, Lucci, and others flying.
A sixty-meter-long, twenty-meter-high blue Kirin beast roared into the sky, stirring wind and thunder.
The air currents within a ten-mile radius surged, covering the blue beast, its long dragon whiskers and mane fluttering in the wind.
The pillar-like hooves stomped the sky, creating thunderous booms, carrying the force of ten thousand jun, and with an overwhelmingly domineering and wild posture, like a blue comet, streaked across the sky of Water 7, crashing into the world-ending wave!
"Boom!"
The mountain-like wave shattered in the middle, turning into a cascade of seawater.
The charging Kirin beast continued forward, rushing several kilometers before the massive air currents around it dispersed.
The giant beast rapidly shrank, soon turning into a silver-haired, blue-eyed youth, falling like a meteor toward the sea.
The split Aqua Laguna brushed past Water 7 again, rushing into the distance.
The thick dark clouds in the sky for dozens of miles were blown away by the violent air currents.
Beams of golden light pierced the darkness, bathing Water 7 in sunlight.
At this moment, countless people were moved to tears.
Franky stood in the shattered wall, staring blankly at the magnificent scene.
"That man conquered the tsunami!"
(End of Chapter)
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