One Piece: Initially tricked into joining the Marines by Garp

Chapter 211 Bartolomeo's Nervousness

Rorschach crossed his arms and looked at Bartolomeo next to Ace, "This is the one I want..."

Ace quickly introduced, "Boss, this is Bartolomeo, Luffy's underling, the guy you asked me to catch."

Rorschach glared at Ace and said speechlessly, "I told you to go and invite them, not to go and arrest them!"

Ace, upon hearing Rorschach's words, couldn't help but wonder if he had misheard. "Could I have misheard?"

However, Bartolomeo stammered nervously, "Lord Rorschach... hello."

"I am Bartolomeo!"

Then Bartolomeo actually bowed ninety degrees to Rorschach.

Luo Xia waved his hand helplessly, "No need to be so nervous. We didn't invite you here just to arrest you."

Upon hearing this, Bartolomeo relaxed a little. "Is that so? Well... that's wonderful!"

Rorschach glanced at the two of them, then snapped his fingers. In an instant, Bartolomeo and Ace were enveloped by a gray-white line and vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Luo Xia smiled slightly, snapped his fingers again, and the next second Luo Xia appeared in the room.

However, Bartolomeo, who had been teleported back by Rorschach, was now slumped on the ground, staring in shock at Garp picking his nose.

"Garp...?"

"Young Garp?"

Rorschach smiled helplessly, "With a coward like you, you want to be a pirate?"

"If it weren't for your Devil Fruit ability being decent, I would have already ground you to dust."

Bartolomeo swallowed hard, then stood up, forcing himself to remain calm. "Hmph, I... I'm not afraid at all!"

After picking his nose, Garp snapped his fingers and looked at Bartolomeo, "Kid, don't push yourself!"

At this moment, Ace patted Bartolomeo on the shoulder, "Don't mind him, that's just how the boss is."

Bartolomeo nodded, but his gaze remained somewhat evasive.

Rorschach walked to the table, poured himself a glass of water, took a sip, and said, "Bartolomeo, I've called you here because I want your Devil Fruit ability."

Bartolomeo frowned. "What? You want my abilities?"

"You want me dead?!"

Luo Xia put down his water glass and shook his head. "I don't want you to die. I just want to copy your abilities."

Bartolomeo asked in confusion, "Copy? The Copy Fruit ability?"

Rorschach smiled. "That's right!"

Bartolomeo's expression changed, and his mind was filled with a myriad of thoughts.

As Bartolomeo was pondering, Rorschach reminded him, "I'll give you ten minutes!"

Bartolomeo gritted his teeth, "Lord Rorschach, how can you guarantee that the copy won't harm me?"

"And you're a Marine, not to mention this... this young Garp."

Luo Xia spread his hands, "If I really wanted to harm you, why would I go through all this trouble? With my strength, I could simply take away your abilities."

Bartolomeo thought of Rorschach's immense power and his ability to teleport people, which was definitely beyond his ability to defeat. Thinking of this, Bartolomeo couldn't help but shudder.

Ace also advised, "Cockscomb, the boss always keeps his word."

Bartolomeo took a deep breath. "Okay, I believe you."

Rorschach nodded in satisfaction. "In that case, use your abilities to attack me!"

"Huh...what is this?" Bartolomeo was completely dumbfounded.

Ace stepped forward and explained, "Boss, this ability requires attacks from other ability users."

"Oh, I see. Okay... okay!"

Bartolomeo swallowed hard, and a shield-like spatula suddenly appeared in his hand. The next second, the spatula slammed directly onto Rorschach's palm, which was radiating a blue light.

at the same time.

A system notification sounded in Luo Xia's mind: [Ding! Congratulations on obtaining Barrier Fruit Fragment x2]

As time passed, Bartolomeo's breathing became somewhat unsteady.

Luo Xia looked at Bartolomeo in front of him speechlessly and said, "Hey, you're already done after just a couple of swings?"

Bartolomeo blushed. "I...I can still do it!"

As he spoke, he raised the spatula again and attacked Luo Xia. Luo Xia caught it steadily, teasingly remarking, "A little improvement, but still too slow."

Ace, watching anxiously from the sidelines, shouted, "Cockscomb, keep it up!"

Bartolomeo gritted his teeth, constantly adjusting his breathing, and his hand movements became faster and faster.

As Rorschach interacted with the fruit's abilities, he also sensed the changes in the system.

[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining Barrier Fruit Fragment x3]

Just then, Bartolomeo slipped and fell forward.

Rorschach nimbly moved away from his original position, dodging the lunge with a sidestep.

Bartolomeo's face slammed steadily onto the floor.

Bartolomeo steadied himself, glanced at Rorschach speechlessly, and then rallied to continue his attack.

Finally, [Ding! Congratulations on obtaining 2000 Barrier Fruit ability fragments, enough to synthesize ten.]

Luo Xia stopped, satisfied, while Bartolomeo collapsed to the ground, exhausted.

Luo Xia smiled and said to him, "Thank you for your cooperation. Don't worry, if you encounter any danger in the future, you can come to me."

"Of course, if the navy wants to arrest you, then never mind what I said."

Bartolomeo replied, panting, "That's as good as saying nothing, Lord Rorschach."

After resting for about ten minutes, Bartolomeo recovered.

Bartolomeo asked nervously, "Am I alright now?"

Luo Xia laughed and said, "Of course, you can leave now. And if anyone bullies you in the future, just mention my name."

Bartolomeo was moved to tears. "Thank you, Lord Rorschach," he said, and then hurriedly left.

Ace leaned closer and asked curiously, "Boss, what use do you need his abilities for?"

Luo Xia smiled slightly, "I want to perform fruit fusion once again."

Ace's eyes lit up. "Boss, what kind of Devil Fruit are you planning to fuse this time?"

Rorschach smiled mysteriously, "I plan to fuse the Barrier Fruit with the Glint-Glint Fruit I obtained earlier, which may create a brand new super-powerful fruit that combines both defense and offense."

After hearing this, Karp scratched his head and said, "I can't believe you even thought of something like this, kid."

"If another explosion occurs, I will definitely tell that Sengoku guy about it."

Luo Xia curled his lip and said speechlessly, "Old man, all you know how to do is tattle."

Garp crossed his arms and said seriously, "You've forgotten about the previous explosions, haven't you?"

"It's okay, I won't die anyway."

At this moment, Gion came to Garp's side and advised, "Mr. Garp, let's just leave this guy alone. Besides, don't you know Rorschach's personality?"

"If he doesn't succeed once, he'll definitely do it again."

With that, Gion turned around and looked at Luo Xia seriously, saying, "You better behave yourself and wait until we've sorted things out here!"

"I know, I know, I don't want to blow up the civilians here either!" Luo Xia waved his hand.