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

Shiki's eyes changed. He had thought this guy was only good at swordsmanship, but he didn't expect him to have the same speed as Kizaru. This was going to be difficult.

I've never heard of him having this ability before.

"You dare to stand there and wait while I'm fighting? I think you're tired of living!"

Upon hearing Karl's voice, Shiki's expression changed drastically, and he immediately flew towards the ground.

He thought he had escaped a disaster, but little did he know that Karl was already waiting for him.

"How is this possible? You clearly... wait, why..."

Just as Shiki was about to explain why his Observation Haki couldn't predict Karl's next move, Karl's sword came flying at him. Shiki had no choice but to flip over and use the deadwood to block Karl's attack.

"How could this be? How could my Observation Haki be completely unable to predict his movements?"

Karl couldn't help but chuckle when he heard Shiki's mutterings. Just kidding, after slacking off for so many years and accumulating so many skills, wasn't it all for this moment?

"Kill by sight? I bet you've never even heard of that!"

Zheng~

Conqueror's Haki coils around the Raven Blade, adding a special effect representing Conqueror's Haki to the gleaming blade.

"Holy Light Arbitration!!!"

Shiki's eyes widened, alarm bells blaring in his mind. He wanted to run, but his body wouldn't obey him, and he could only watch helplessly as the knife slashed at him.

"Oh my god! I'm not going to sit here and wait to die!"

At the last moment, Shiki successfully twisted his body and used Sakura Ten to block Karl's Holy Light Arbitration.

With a crisp sound, the moment it separated from the raven, Sakura Jū, who was imbued with Armament Haki, suddenly shattered, turning into a piece of metal fragment that embedded itself into Shiki's body.

Fortunately, Sakura's sacrifice bought Shiki time, and when Raven struck him, Shiki assumed a defensive stance.

bang~

Can you withstand the power of seven years of skill in this strike?

Clearly, Shiki couldn't withstand it, spitting out a mouthful of blood and flying straight away.

Considering that Shiki could fly and was very fast, Carl didn't hesitate to follow. If he got away, it wouldn't be so easy to find him next time.

After all, this guy had been hiding for so long without being discovered. If he hadn't been lucky, he might not have been able to run into him.

Sure enough, as soon as Carl caught up, Shiki staggered and flew into the sky, covering several hundred meters in a short time.

"Want to run? It's not that easy!"

Despite the excruciating pain, Shiki flew toward the clouds, not having time to look back, because he dared not delay for even a moment.

This kid is ridiculously strong. I have no choice but to run, or I might really lose my life here.

It wasn't that he was afraid or anything, but mainly because his revenge plan had been brewing for so many years, and he didn't want to die here in vain.

"Hey, isn't this Admiral Shiki the Golden Lion of the Flying Pirates? Where are you headed?"

Chapter 245 Head Kick

"what?"

By the time Shiki realized what was happening, Karl's leather shoes came into view.

Bang!

"Ahhhh!"

That kick almost gave the Golden Lion a concussion, but it was close.

"Ahhhhh!!!!"

As he fell, Shiki clutched his head and let out a painful howl.

It turned out that Karl's kick had directly shattered the ship's rudder on Shiki's head, and fragments of the rudder pierced Shiki's brain, causing him immense pain.

Karl frowned slightly. Why did Shiki seem a little fragile?

That's true. Big Mom and Kaido are both tough and resilient fighters. When Karl fought them, even though his wounds looked scary, they weren't serious injuries to them at all. He could recover after catching his breath for a while.

Shanks is a bit fragile, but he's agile. His skills and Haki are top-notch, making him a tough opponent. The only way to beat him is to wear him down.

Shiki's strength is not bad, but he is no longer at his peak. For an old man with a chronic head injury and no legs, he is already very strong.

It's just a pity that he ran into Karl...

No, no, no, thankfully he met Karl, otherwise there was a 99% chance that Shiki would have been defeated by Straw Hat Luffy. For him... well, all I can say is that even Roger and Whitebeard would have been defeated together in the movie, so Shiki's defeat was not unjust.

Splash! Water splashed everywhere, and Shiki's blood stained the sea, turning the surrounding water red.

Carl slowly descended above Shiki, grabbed Shiki by the neck, and flew back to the desert island.

"Cough cough cough~ Just kill me!"

Carl looked down at Skeeter and said with a faint smile, "How did you know I wanted to kill you?"

"Hmph, do you think I don't know you marines? I'm the legendary pirate Shiki, after all! Cough cough, take my head and exchange it for merit!"

After saying that, Shiki closed his eyes. Even if Karl didn't kill him, he wouldn't live much longer. Karl's kick just now made his already precarious head condition even worse. Even the best doctors in the world wouldn't be able to help him.

It's better to die a quick death than to suffer a painful one.

Karl chuckled, took the famous sword Muku from Shiki's leg, and handed it to Shiki: "You're a decent man, end it yourself!"

Shiki slowly opened his eyes, looked at the piece of wood handed to him, and laughed loudly, "Hehehehe! Roger, I've come down there to find you!"

呲~

The knife tip pierced his heart, then twisted forcefully. Shiki took one last look at the azure sky, a relieved smile on his face.

"What a pity..."

above the sky.

With the death of Shiki, the floating islands he created lost the blessing of the Float-Float Fruit, and the islands fell into the sea like meteorites.

bang bang bang...

With a series of loud bangs, islands crashed into the sea one after another, creating towering waves.

In other words, the altitude wasn't high, otherwise the waves it generated would have been enough to swallow up the deserted island where Karl was.

Carl was about to turn and leave, but then he suddenly stopped. If he remembered correctly, the Golden Lion seemed to have kidnapped quite a few innocent villagers.

"Sigh, what can we do? We're in the navy, after all."

At that moment, Karl became light.

......

"Karl, is something the matter?"

"Ahem, there is something, Shiki the Golden Lion, you know?"

Sengoku was immediately startled: "Shiki?! You've run into him?"

"Uh, yes, to be precise, he's dead."

Warring States Period: ...

"are you serious?"

Karl said helplessly, "Marshal Sengoku, do I look like the kind of person who likes to joke around?"

Sengoku took a deep breath, his mind replaying the scene from the last time he saw Shiki. Back then, he and Garp fought Shiki for days and nights, almost destroying the Marine Headquarters, before finally subduing Shiki and sending him to Impel Down.

Just when everyone thought the matter was settled, Shiki escaped by cutting off his own legs and has been missing ever since.

Based on Sengoku's understanding of Shiki, this guy was definitely plotting something somewhere, because Shiki was never a peaceful person.

Unexpectedly, this guy ended up dying at Karl's hands.

"How did he die?"

“He had a ship's wheel on his head, you should know that! Then I kicked it, and he was done for.”

"Phew, I understand. If possible, bring back Shiki the Golden Lion's corpse!"

"Uh, okay, whatever makes you happy."

Carl then hung up the phone, looking at Shiki's corpse with a headache.

......

Naval Headquarters, Marinevandor.

Sengoku and Garp solemnly lifted the white cloth, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar faces, and couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

Garp sighed deeply: "It really was Shiki! What a terrible death!"

"Back in the day, it took us days to beat this guy even when he had a ship's wheel stuck on his head! But Karl took him down all by himself."

"Time is the deadliest weapon. Garp and Shiki are old, Newgate is old, and so are we."

"Now, it's the era of young people."

Garp nodded silently: "Yes, we old guys probably won't be long before we have to retire from the stage of history."