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

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After making a scene for a while, Karl and Garp left with their men. Of course, it was only a fait accompli; in reality, they went to Water Seven for a visit.

To avoid making Luffy and his crew uncomfortable, and the Marines uncomfortable as well.

In the evening, at the urging of Franky's younger brother, a grand banquet began, and everyone had a great time.

Robin leaned against the wall with her drink, smiling as she watched Chopper and the others making their silly gestures, a feeling of inexplicable satisfaction welling up inside her.

From now on, she was no longer alone.

"Just listen, Nico Robin." Kuzan's voice came from behind the wall where Robin was leaning.

"Aokiji?!"

Kuzan asked calmly, "Why didn't you run away like before? You should have been able to escape from CP9 on your own."

Call ~

Robin let out a long sigh and said seriously, "Things are different now than they were in the past."

"I can't just stand by and watch them die for me."

Chapter 262 Capturing Ace Alive

Evening at the port of the City of Seven Waters.

"Have you finished talking with Robin?"

Kuzan nodded: "Yes! It's all over. It seems that from today onwards, I won't need to look after her anymore."

"Yes! She already has her own partner, so you need to work harder too! Strive to become a Fleet Admiral as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Kuzan couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's not that easy. Sakazuki has the support of the World Government. With my current achievements, it's too difficult to defeat Sakazuki with certainty."

"Hahaha! Keep it up, you're guaranteed to win as long as you shut the World Government up, and the chance... uh, the phone's ringing, wait a minute."

Carl pulls out a Den Den Mushi: "Moshimoshi?"

"Karl, I just received news that Shanks and Whitebeard met during the day today. I don't know exactly what they talked about, but the reason behind it is definitely not simple."

"You've met so soon? But Shanks is a generation younger than Whitebeard, there's no way Whitebeard would agree to an alliance with Shanks, right?"

"Based on my understanding of Newgate, that's how it should be. No matter what, with Whitebeard around, the Whitebeard Pirates are the strongest pirate crew in the world. If they were to ally with Shanks, it would be troublesome."

"Okay, what do you need me to do?"

"Is Aokiji with you?"

Carl turned to look at Aokiji: "Yeah, I was just talking to him."

"That's great, so I won't have to call him again. The situation at sea has been quite unstable lately, so you'd better not go too far and try to stay near the naval headquarters, ready to be deployed at any time."

"Yes, Marshal of the Warring States Period."

After hanging up the phone, Carl smiled at Kuzan: "See, the opportunity has come."

"what chance?"

Karl shook his head: "Don't pretend you don't know anything, Kuzan. Fleet Admiral Sengoku has wanted to take action against the Whitebeard Pirates for a long time. As an admiral, you can't possibly not know that."

"The only thing missing now is an opportunity, an opportunity that would make Whitebeard disregard everything."

Kuzan nodded silently, then sighed, "Is the long-calm sea finally about to become chaotic?"

"Nonsense, when has the sea ever been calm since Roger died? Alright, there's no point in saying more. Where's that old man Garp?"

Kuzan looked in the direction of Water Seven: "I'm not sure, but it's not on the warship."

Carl stroked his chin: "I can't be bothered with him anymore. Let's just stay here tonight! By the way, I heard there's a really good bar in Water Seven. I'm thinking of checking it out. Do you want to come along?"

"No, it's best not to drink alcohol for a while."

"Tch, who goes to a bar just to drink? If you're not going, fine, I'll go by myself."

Kuzan suddenly realized something and grabbed Karl's sleeve: "Hey, you're not thinking of going out to find some women, are you? Does Ain know about this?"

"Hey, it's just a charade. How would she know if you don't tell her? Besides, I'm just giving back to my fans. They might get my body, but they'll never get my heart."

Kuzan silently gave a thumbs up and went for a solo 6.

The following day, Barona Island.

Fire Fist Ace encountered Blackbeard and his crew.

"I've been looking for you so hard, Teach!" Ace squatted on the roof, looking coldly at Teach on the ground. He ignored everyone else; in his eyes, only Teach was the most important.

"Hehehe, isn't that Captain Ace?" Teach grinned and took a few steps toward Ace.

"Shut up! At this point, I'm no longer a captain. Don't think I'll let you off the hook!"

Lafitte, standing behind Teach, gave a wicked smile and said in a sarcastic tone, "Oh dear, you must be that Fire Fist, Ace!"

Ace replied perfunctorily, "Oh yes, yes, it was me." Then he looked at Teach.

"You're an excellent captain now, aren't you! Captain Marshall D. Teach of the Blackbeard Pirates..."

"Hehehehe, what is it, Ace? Long time no see! What's wrong? How did you know I was here?"

"Teach, let's stop talking nonsense. You've lived so many more years than others, you can't possibly not understand the situation, right..."

Teach waved his hand: "Hehe, I know, there's no point in talking about this. By the way, Ace, how about you become my ally and join me in conquering the world!"

"Teach raised his hands high and shouted in a seductive tone, 'I've already planned my path to supremacy!'"

"Whitebeard's era is over, I should be the Pirate King!"

"First, let's kill Straw Hat Luffy in Water 7 as a gift to the World Government!"

Upon hearing this name, Ace's gaze sharpened: "Luffy, what are you talking about?"

"Ah! Do you know him?"

Ace slowly stood up from the roof and said calmly, "I have less and less reason to let you off the hook! The Luffy you're talking about is my little brother!"

Click! Bang!

Van Augur raised his musket, and a bullet instantly pierced Ace's forehead. Unfortunately, Ace was a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, and ordinary bullets were useless.

"What an impolite fellow here... musket!"

This also signifies the official start of the battle between Ace and Blackbeard!

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The capital of seven waters.

"Grandma, this must be delicious sea salt! You've made so much, why don't you sell me some?"

"Alright, young man, then I'll give you a bag! You can decide how much to pay!"

Without hesitation, Karl said, "Grandma, I'm not short of money, can you sell them all to me?"

The old woman shook her head. This was delicious sea salt that she had painstakingly scraped down from the eaves and sifted clean; she didn't want to sell it all.

“Young man, if you want some delicious sea salt, there’s plenty on the roof over there. You can get it yourself. I need to keep these for myself!”

Karl shook his head helplessly, turned to the pedestrians on the street and shouted, "I am Vice Admiral Karl. I need to purchase a batch of delicious sea salt as military supplies to be delivered to the Navy Headquarters. I need as much as you can!"

"The purchase price is 3 Berries per kilogram!"

"What! Is this true?"

"Is there such a good thing?"

Everyone immediately felt like they had encountered the legendary sucker. Merchants had bought before, but the price was only around 1 Berries. This Navy was offering 3 Berries. What else could this be but a sucker?

Karl doesn't care what others think; he's got plenty of money anyway.

Soon, the word spread like wildfire among the people on the street, and one after another, they climbed onto the roofs and began to tear off tiles, creating quite a scene.

BLU BRU BRU.

"Hey, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, what? Ace was defeated? When? Just now?"

"Okay, okay, I got it. I'll go and escort Ace to Impel Down right away."

Chapter 263 Sent to Impel Down

After hanging up the phone, Carl couldn't help but feel a little wistful.

It was bound to happen; Blackbeard was incredibly powerful.

However, we can't tell Garp about this yet, otherwise who knows what kind of terrible things he might do. Let's wait until Garp sends Ace to Impel Down before we talk about it!

After entrusting the task of collecting delicious sea salt to a shopkeeper, Carl set off immediately, since Water Seven wasn't too far from Barona Island.

After half an hour.

Barona Island.

"Captain, there seems to be a bird in the sky, it's huge, should we shoot it down?" Van Augur, with his sharpest eyes, had already spotted the raven, but hadn't seen Carl, hence the question.

Teach's expression changed, and he quickly said, "No! That's a Navy person, and it's very likely that Navy hero, Vice Admiral White Raven. That's not someone we can mess with at this stage."