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

"So, you'll be on equal footing with me then, huh?"

Carl waved his hand: "How could that be? You're over three meters tall! How could I possibly sit on equal footing with you?"

The ape grinned, glanced at his watch, and said, "Oh, sorry, I have to go to the West Sea first. Let's talk again next time."

"goodbye!"

With a whoosh, Kizaru vanished from Karl's sight in an instant.

With the ape gone and Ain nowhere to be found, Karl decided to go directly to Hancock. In the Land of Women, he was truly enjoying an emperor-like lifestyle.

"Raven, take me to the Sky Island."

"Gah! Ahhhhh! (Aren't you supposed to take off in a flash?)"

"Shut up, don't you want to get a massage from the people of Daughter Island?"

"Huh?!"

Upon hearing this, the raven immediately grew larger and obsequiously lowered its head to Karl's trouser leg.

"You've gone too far!"

Karl from Alabasta won't go; there's no point in going anyway, and Smoker should be fine with him.

As for Ace, Luffy, and the like, Karl doesn't expect Smoker to be able to catch them. After all, these guys have some kind of evil about them, and Smoker definitely can't handle them.

Actually, Karl's biggest concern right now isn't Luffy, but Ace.

If he remembers correctly, it was after the Alabasta incident that Ace found Teach, fought him, and then died.

Ace was the catalyst for all the events, so he absolutely cannot be allowed to have any accidents happen to him.

"quack!!!"

The raven's caw interrupted Karl's thoughts, and he couldn't help but pat the raven on the back: "What's wrong?"

The raven stretched its neck, gesturing for Karl to look down.

Carl looked down and was shocked!

Karl had flown the route from Marineford to the Sky Island hundreds, if not thousands, of times on his raven. He knew the conditions along this route like the back of his hand.

Carl was absolutely certain that there used to be an uninhabited island here, but now it was gone, leaving only a large black crater beneath the sea.

As far as Carl knew, there weren't many people who could move the island; he happened to know two.

One is Oars from 500 years ago, and the other is Shiki the Golden Lion, the user of the Float-Float Fruit.

The former is dead and is now sleeping on a sailboat in the Devil's Triangle, while the latter is very likely to be dead.

Thinking of this, Karl couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Descend the altitude and see what's going on!" "Caw!"

On the sea level, Karl carefully observed everything around him.

The coastline is still there, and the seawater is very murky, indicating that the deserted island was moved not long ago, most likely within the last few days.

Although he passed by here yesterday, it was already evening and visibility was poor, so he probably didn't notice.

"Raven, fly in a circle."

"Gah?"

"Fly when I tell you to, stop talking nonsense!"

"Gah..."

The ravens had no choice but to start flying around the coastline.

"Increase the altitude, okay, stop increasing, keep circling."

The raven flew by, while Karl watched intently, because if you wanted to take an island away, you couldn't leave no trace at all; at most, you'd just lose a little.

"stop!"

Karl leaped off the raven's back, and shimmering golden wings materialized on his back as he landed steadily on the sea. The golden wings then vanished, replaced by holy light condensing beneath his feet.

This allows Karl to walk freely on the sea surface; anyone who didn't know better would think he was using chakra to tread water.

That said, the reason Karl chose to stop here is because the seabed here is different from other places.

Because it's a coastline, the seabed here isn't very deep, only about 20 meters. So, as long as you have good eyesight, you can easily see what's on the seabed.

Compared to other places, the seabed here has many black rocks that stretch all the way to the large pit in front.

The more you play, the deeper you go.

What does this mean?

This indicates that the island was indeed "living" uprooted, and flew in this direction; otherwise, a stone path wouldn't have been left behind.

Carl turned to look behind him: "That looks like... the Calm Belt?"

"Raven, let's go, let's fly to the windless zone."

"Gah!"

Carl is pretty much certain that the person who took the desert island was Shiki the Golden Lion, and that he even took him to Calm Wind.

If Kalti speeds up, he might run into this guy.

Shiki's abilities are very important, at least for Karl.

Although he can't guarantee he'll get Shiki's Float-Float Fruit right now, Karl is absolutely certain that only if Shiki dies will the Float-Float Fruit have a chance to see the light of day again.

The raven moved quickly, heading towards the calm zone.

After flying for nearly 5 hours, almost out of the doldrums, we still hadn't caught anything.

Karl couldn't help but shake his head. The ocean was just too vast. It wasn't easy to run into someone. If it were that easy to find someone, why would the Navy be wandering around everywhere trying to capture a pirate?

"Gah! (I'm hungry)"

Carl waved his hand: "Got it. Look, there's a deserted island just ahead, let's rest there for the night!"

......

This is an island located on the edge of the doldrums. Although it is large, it is also dangerous because it is full of ferocious beasts.

"Ow~"

bang~

A tiger the size of a three-story villa was knocked down by Karl with a single punch, making a loud bang as it fell to the ground, sending dust flying everywhere.

"You know, wouldn't it have been better if you had just let me slide tackle you to death?"

"Raven! Raven, it's time to eat!"

A faint creaking sound came from the distant forest.

A short while later, the raven flapped its wings and descended from the sky, though it seemed to be carrying something in its beak.

"Huh? You've become a vegetarian now? Have you changed your personality... huh?"

Carl was shocked to see the raven present the fruit it was carrying to Carl's palm as if it were a treasure.

With its flashy appearance and winding patterns, isn't this a Devil Fruit?

"Where did you find it?"

"Gaa gaa gaa ah ah ah!"

The ravens cawed for a long time, but Carl didn't understand much of what they were saying. He could only understand bird language like "eat" and "tired."

"This fruit...tsk tsk, it should be a Zoan type, but I don't know exactly what it is. Raven, you're lucky!"

"Gaga (Aren't you going to have another meal?)"

Carl understood this and pointed to the big tiger next to him, saying, "Here, this is our dinner."

The sky over the southern part of the deserted island.

After a busy day (moving the island), Master Jin stretched his neck and looked at the group of meteorologists.

"We've finally left the Calm Belt. That's enough for today. We'll continue tomorrow."

Then, with a series of tinkling sounds, Shiki left.

Chapter 243 What a coincidence!

The next morning.

"How's the weather today?" Shiqi asked as soon as he came up, something the surrounding meteorologists were already used to.

Because Shiki is such a freak, otherwise he wouldn't have "invited" them all onto the ship.

"According to our monitoring, the current UV index is 20, humidity is 35%, air pressure is 1003 hPa, easterly wind is level 3, and we are currently in the South China Sea. If nothing unexpected happens, the weather today will not change much."

Shiki nodded. "That's good, that's good."

It's no wonder that Shiki was so cautious, because he was genuinely afraid.

27 years ago, he wanted to join forces with Gol D. Roger in order to rule the world. He spoke to him politely, but Roger refused. He was so angry that he almost died. After all, he was the famous admiral of the Flying Pirates. Roger was so disrespectful. He couldn't stand it.