One Piece: Starting as a Marine Lieutenant, I Slack Off and Get Stronger

"Yes, I understand!!!"

Carl then hung up the phone. He originally wanted to tell Sengoku that he had killed Enel, but he decided to let things play out for a while and let the destruction of Mary Geoise become widely known before returning to Marineford with Enel's body.

tsk tsk~

Karl immediately cast a Holy Light on Enel's corpse, not to resurrect him, but to keep his body as "fresh" as possible.

Then... bang!

Karl took out a huge refrigerator from his system space. Don't ask why Karl's space has such a thing; the answer is that he was afraid Garp would carry it away.

Wow~

Karl emptied all the soda from the refrigerator, stuffed Enel inside, closed the refrigerator door, and put it into the system space.

Now, all we need to do is let the bullets fly for a while.

a few days later.

"Gah!"

Carl took the newspaper from the raven, which it had somehow snatched, unfolded it, and grinned.

Has it finally reached its breaking point?

He had expected the news of Mary Geoise's destruction to be reported soon, but it didn't happen for a day or two until today.

Of course, there's also Enel's bounty poster.

Enel (hand-drawn illustration)

DEAD OR ALIVE

God Enel

Bounty: 48 ...

"Tsk tsk, it must have been drawn based on the ape's description, but it's quite similar. Nearly 49 billion bounty, that's almost as much as Whitebeard's..."

Enel's high bounty is actually understandable. Just look at the ruins of Mary Geoise and the more than thirty Celestial Dragons who died; his bounty is really not that high.

After all, the bounty on Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, is only a little over 40 billion. All he has done is form a Revolutionary Army and lead the opposition against the World Government. Over the years, he has not caused any major incidents, let alone attacked Mary Geoise or killed any Celestial Dragons.

It can be said that what Enel did was exactly what the Revolutionary Army had always wanted to do, but unfortunately they couldn't, while Enel could.

"Excellent, excellent! Such a high reward is worthy of such a great achievement..."

Carl whistled, and the raven cawed and began to transform into the Raven, but Carl stopped the raven after it took to the sky.

Although Long Chain Island was already devastated by Enel's bombing a few days ago, there are very few traces of him. This is hard to believe. No, we need to try a different approach.

Taking Enel's corpse directly to Marineford... Karl thought that wouldn't work.

Zheng~

Carl drew his Autumn Water and Thunderstorm, and leaped into the sky on the back of a raven.

"Dual Sword Style: Gale and Rain!!!"

Swish swish swish~

A barrage of flying slashes rained down on Long Chain Island, making the already precarious island even worse off.

Boom! Smoke and dust billowed up, and waves splashed everywhere.

One corner of Long Chain Island is submerged in the sea, and the island keeps making creaking and groaning sounds, as if it is about to fall apart.

Carl then landed on Long Chain Island, took Enel's body out of the freezer, and quietly waited for it to thaw.

Three hours later...

"Marshal of the Warring States Period, I am Karl."

"Have you found any trace of Enel?"

Karl chuckled: "Reporting to Marshal Sengoku, the criminal Enel has been killed."

"Oh, I see... What?!"

"I have already killed the criminal Enel, and his body is on Long Chain Island. I am there too. Fleet Admiral Sengoku, please send someone to pick me up!"

Sengoku jumped up, a smile spreading across his face: "Good, good, good, that's great, Karl, I'll send someone to pick you up right away."

Meanwhile, news of Mary Geoise's destruction caused a huge uproar at sea.

Some people applauded, some panicked, some marveled, and some were indifferent.

But undeniably, this person, known as God Enel, is etched in people's memories.

Just how powerful must one be to destroy Mary Geoise overnight and escape unscathed?

A bounty of nearly 49 billion? A lot. Among living pirates, only Whitebeard has a higher bounty, but did Whitebeard ever kill a Celestial Dragon? No.

Because this is the first time in eight hundred years that such a thing has happened. Even descendants of the creator can die, right? Heh.

Dressrosa, Royal Palace.

"Fufufufu~" Ming covered his face, grinned, and his maniacal laughter echoed in the empty room.

When the laughter subsided, Ming gave a wicked smile: "Those old guys must be in a real mess right now!"

"That's true. With over thirty idiots dead, how many people are left from the remaining 18 families?"

Doflamingo stood up, supporting himself on his knees, and looked towards the Red Line. A transparent thread shattered the window, and then Doflamingo's figure disappeared from the room.

A background music started playing in my daze: "The Failed Man, the Failed Man..."

Long chain of islands.

"My God, look! Is this still Long Chain Island? How did it become like this?"

"Nonsense, that's a criminal with a bounty of nearly 49 billion. Catching him isn't that easy. Lieutenant General White Raven must have gone to great lengths to kill him!"

Seeing the naval warships approaching from the sea, Karl's expression turned serious, and he quickly struck a cool pose, standing beside a large pit.

Enel's body was in the pit, with Lei Yu still stuck in his chest, making it look like he had been nailed to the pit.

"Oh my, you're really quick! We're still searching for him, and you've already killed him."

Karl smiled slightly: "Not at all, if it were Admiral Aokiji, he could do the same."

"I was just lucky."

Chapter 169 A Triumphant Return to Marineford

Aokiji took out Enel's wanted poster and carefully compared it with the corpse in the pit.

After watching for a while, he said with some emotion, "It really is this guy. The guy with a bounty of nearly 49 billion, died so easily?"

Karl shook his head: "He just committed a terrible crime. He wasn't that strong. He was able to destroy Mary Geoise entirely because of the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit."

"Of course, this guy is really hard to deal with. If he's determined to run away, I really can't do anything about him."

Aokiji asked with great interest, "Then isn't he just like that Borsalino guy?"

Karl paused for a moment, then nodded: "More or less, but he's more agile than Admiral Kizaru. After all, Admiral Kizaru is straightforward, but this guy's movements are not so predictable."

"Oh, that's really troublesome. You there, clean up the body and get ready to head back."

"Yes!"

The naval soldier carefully used a wooden stick to pry Lei Yu out. He had heard stories about this demonic sword, so he dared not handle it casually.

"Lieutenant General Karl, here is your knife."

Karl smiled slightly, took Lei Yu, and sheathed his sword: "Thank you."

"You're too kind, Lieutenant General Karl. It's what I should do!"

Seeing this, Aokiji smiled and felt even more that Karl was a good navy officer, at least not a hawk, and in short, he was very much to his liking.

"Alright, let's hurry up and leave! This island probably won't last much longer."

With just a casual glance, Aokiji knew what kind of battle this place had gone through; it was a miracle that the island had survived until now without cracking open.

Back on the warship, Karl was drinking water when Aokiji kindly got him some ice cubes.

"You've really done a great job this time. It probably won't be long before you're on equal footing with us! I'm so envious!"

"General Aokiji is joking. Didn't you all go through the same thing back then?"

Aokiji smiled and shook his head, looking at the distant sea, and said seemingly casually, "If Fleet Admiral Sengoku were to retire, who do you think would be a good successor to the position of Fleet Admiral?"

I'm not saying this to be mean, Aokiji, but the way you're plotting is so cunning, I can practically hear the clattering sounds from the North Sea. The Warring States period hasn't even ended yet!

"Well, personally, I think it should be Admiral Kizaru..."

"Kizaru?" Aokiji was taken aback, then smiled and shook his head, pulling down his eye patch.

Once the blindfold is on, I don't care about anyone.

Since Karl doesn't want to discuss this issue, then let's not discuss it. As long as Karl doesn't lean towards the hawks, it doesn't matter whether he's a dove or a neutral party.

Marineford, Marshal's office.

"Enel was beheaded so quickly? Who did it?"