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

Smoker paused for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face.

"Tsk tsk tsk, these guys got here really fast!"

"Sir, I'll take men right away..."

Smoker waved his hand: "No need for that. Just keep an eye on them. I'm going to meet them myself."

"Yes, sir."

Smoker stood up, opened the window, and looked at the port not far away. His smile gradually faded.

"Even though you are Vice Admiral Garp's grandson, I will not show you any mercy, Straw Hat Luffy."

"Today is the day your pirate career ends."

What Smoker didn't know was that two other groups of pirates had also arrived today...

This scene today might be something Smoker can brag about to his son many years from now.

Back in the day, he was a man who single-handedly chased down two sea emperors!

Back to Drum Island.

After an hour's trek, the two finally arrived at the bottom of Magnolia Peak.

In Aion's words, this is a winter outing, going out to enjoy the snow.

"It's so tall up close! Shall we take the cable car instead?"

Carlton gasped, causing the already low temperature to drop a few degrees.

"No! I don't want to walk for half a day in the wind and snow again. Getting up is easy. Raven, Moonwalk, it's all fine. It just takes a little effort."

Ain's eyebrows shot up: "Fine, so you just don't want to walk with me, huh?"

"Ahem, of course not. If you want to walk, I can walk with you for the rest of my life. I'm just worried you'll get cold."

"Hmph, not a single word he speaks is true."

"Then... I'll carry you up?"

Ain then smiled and said, "Okay, that's more like it."

"Let's go!"

Carl grabbed Ian and hoisted her onto his shoulder. The snow beneath their feet instantly exploded, revealing black soil, and Carl and Ian vanished.

Magnetic Drum Peak.

Sniff sniff~

"Hmm, it seems someone's coming. It's a scent I've never smelled before." The blue-nosed reindeer, wearing a hat and shorts, showed a human-like astonishment and quickly put down the pills in its hand.

"Doctor Doriel! It's terrible! Someone's coming!!! Doctor Doriel! Something's wrong..."

"Whoosh~" Clang.

A sharp axe flew past Chopper's ear and embedded itself firmly in the wall, startling Chopper into a cold sweat.

"Shut up, Chopper! It's just someone coming, what's so strange about that?"

Chopper said, sounding a little aggrieved, "But...it's a stranger...I'm scared..."

"Tch, what strangers could there be? That Walbourne guy ran away a long time ago. Do you think someone else would drive us away?"

Praise, praise, praise!

Chopper suddenly looked outside; it was the sound of the castle gates being pushed open.

"Ahhh, they're here!"

......

Ain, with her keen hearing, heard Chopper's scream and asked with a puzzled look, "Why is there screaming here? Does someone live here?"

“I heard that too. It seems there are still people here. I’ll go ask them.”

"Hey! Fellow countryman! Open the door, we're from the Navy!"

Kureha, who was getting dressed, paused slightly, "Navy? Why would the Navy be here? That's strange. Hey Chopper, did you hear that? They're not bad guys, you coward."

Chopper, who had been hiding by the wall with most of his butt exposed, peeked out slightly. Okay, now the whole deer was out.

"The Navy? Is it the Navy that's going to catch pirates?"

"Hey, that should be right. I'm going out to take a look. Do you want to come with me?"

Chopper quickly shook his head: "No, I don't want to go out."

crunch...

The door was pushed open, revealing Karl's handsome face with a smile: "Sorry to bother you."

"Ahhh!" Chopper quickly hid his "whole body" behind the wall, "secretly" peeking at Karl.

Karl brushed the snow off his clothes and looked at his energetic younger sister Kureha with a smile, "Hello, I am Vice Admiral Karl from the Marine Headquarters. I'm here to investigate the Blackbeard Pirates' attack on Drum Kingdom. I heard this is the castle of the King of Drum Kingdom, is that right?"

"By the way, this is Vice Admiral Ain from the Navy Headquarters. She's with me."

Ain gave a formulaic smile, her eyes looking curiously to the other side, where it looked like a horned raccoon, fluffy and quite cute.

Looking at Karl's face, Kureha's eyes flashed with a sharp light. Wasn't this Karl, the naval hero who was all the rage not long ago? Right, this guy was in the newspapers yesterday too, saying that he defeated a little guy named Mihawk in the East Blue, and today he's on the Grand Line. That speed, tsk tsk tsk.

Do you also want to know my secret to staying young?

"Chi~"

Upon hearing this, Ain suddenly laughed. Karl gave Ain a strange look, and Ain immediately waved her hand apologetically.

"Ahem, eternal youth? That's unnecessary. I just wanted to ask if your actions still have any impact on Blackbeard's crew's attack on Drum Kingdom?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity, what a handsome face..."

Carl shook his head helplessly: "May I ask who you are...?"

"Dr. Kureha, a doctor."

Chapter 226 Kureha

"Dr. Kureha, if you truly have no information about Blackbeard's crew, then I apologize for bothering you..."

"Hehehehe, I do know a little about that group!"

"That's great! How much do you know?"

Kurehaton started drinking, wiped the wine stains from the corner of her mouth, and said, "Why should I tell you?"

Carl: ......

"The king of this country is Walpo, right?"

"Tch, he's a king? He's just a fool."

Carl smiled and said, "It seems you really dislike him. That's good, you'll never have to see him again."

Kureha's gaze sharpened: "You killed him? No, no, no, impossible. The Navy has no right to lay a hand on the king of a World Government member state, and you wouldn't dare either."

Normally speaking, that's true. As long as the king of a member state of the World Government is a benevolent king who loves his people like his own children, or a tyrant who treats human life like dirt, the Navy has no right to interfere with him. Of course, the premise is that you've paid protection money—no, heavenly money.

If you don't pay the Heavenly Gold, sorry, you're no longer a member of the World Government's member states. In that case, if your country is invaded by pirates, it won't just be the Navy's problem, unless you happen to be there.

"Haha, if he were still the king of the member state, I really wouldn't be able to do anything to him. However, when the Blackbeard Pirates invaded this country, he abandoned it and chose to become a pirate."

"Since we're all pirates now, hehe, is there a problem?"

Kureha was silent for a moment, glanced at Chopper behind her, and then said nonchalantly, "Tch, I thought this guy was scared out of his wits by pirates."

Chopper, hiding behind, swallowed hard and stared in shock at the handsome human in front of him. Wapol, that guy, is he really dead?

The thought of Dr. Hiruluk's fate filled Chopper with a pang of pain.

Perhaps this is what they mean by "the wicked will be punished by heaven."

But is this all there is to the navy?

In Chopper's understanding, the Navy is naturally on the opposite side of pirates and is their natural enemy, but he has only heard about it from others and has never seen it with his own eyes.

Aside from being a little better looking, they don't seem to be any different from other humans.

There was just one thing he couldn't understand: among pirates there were bad pirates, and there were also pirates like Dr. Hiluluk who pursued their dreams and freedom. Would the Navy, as the natural enemy of pirates, treat them all the same?

If Carl knew what Chopper was thinking, he would definitely tell him clearly, "Yes, unless you have connections."

"Kid, since you took care of Wapol, I can tell you about that Blackbeard Pirates."

"Appreciate further details."

Kureha looked up at the ceiling and began to recount everything she knew.

"That day, they came riding on a log. There were only five of them, but each of them possessed the strength to take on a hundred, especially the fat, dark-skinned guy; his strength was terrifying..."

According to Kureha's account, Carl roughly understood the details of the Black Gang's attack on Drum Island.

Blackbeard eventually found the four men: fighting champion Gizas Burgess, Sound Van Oka, Sheriff Lafitte, and Death Q.

This is also the core of the Blackbeard Pirates.