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

With a deafening roar, Oz the Younger collapsed onto the ground in Marineford Square.

Under the attacks of the giant vice admiral and the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the live target was not right, and Little Oars quickly fell to his knees.

Ace was in great pain, tears streaming down his face.

Why, why does everyone have to come and save him? It would have been enough if only he had died!

Ace actually knew why, but he was unwilling to admit it, and the self-blame in his heart had already swallowed him up.

Aboard Moby Dick.

Whitebeard stared silently at Oars's corpse...

After a long silence, he shouted, "We must march over Oz's body and into Marineford Square! We cannot let Oz's sacrifice be in vain!!!"

"Oh my god! Ace!!! We're here to save you!!!"

It seems that Oars was quite popular within the Whitebeard Pirates. Because of his death, the Whitebeard Pirates did not feel any sense of loss or sympathy, but instead became even angrier and more eager to fight.

The war continues...

On the execution platform.

Garp appeared at some point.

Ace turned his head and muttered, "Old man..."

Sengoku turned his head and saw that it was Garp. He immediately had a bad feeling and quickly said, "What are you doing here?"

"Any objections to the operation?"

Garp shook his head: "No, the opponent is a pirate, not someone to be pitied."

"So..."

"Shut up!" After yelling, Garp slowly sat down next to Ace. "What's wrong with me staying here?"

"While the villains don't deserve sympathy, family is a different story. What should I do..."

"Ace, you bastard, why didn't you do as I told you? Why did you have to become a pirate?"

For a moment, Garp was overcome with emotion and tears streamed down his face.

Seeing this, Sengoku took a deep breath and said calmly, "Now that things have come to this, if you try anything funny, I will absolutely not let you off the hook, Garp!"

"If I were going to do it, I would have done it already!"

......

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

A scream came from the sky, and a wrecked warship fell from the sky, with a dozen or so figures in prison uniforms visible.

puff~

The warship smashed through the ice with a deafening roar, and almost everyone on board fell into the sea. Fortunately, Jinbe was there. It would have been too humiliating for Buggy and Luffy, two future Yonko, to die like that.

Shortly after, Luffy woke up first. He looked around the battlefield and found Ace on the execution platform in front of him. Luffy was stunned.

He then took a deep breath and shouted, "Ace!!!"

On the execution platform, Ace suddenly raised his head, looked at the familiar figure in the distance, and shouted back, "Luffy!!!"

"Ace!!! I've finally found you! Ace, wait for me, I'm coming to save you!!!"

Carl, who was chatting with Hancock, also noticed this scene and couldn't help but chuckle: "Tsk tsk tsk, to actually come like this, really..."

Hancock asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"Ace's brother is here. He's the same group of pirates who came to Skypiea last time. He's the captain. I need to report to Fleet Admiral Sengoku. You can just go through the motions. Be careful."

"Yes, yes, I know, and so do you!"

On the execution platform.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, oh, Vice Admiral Garp is here too!"

Garp glanced at Karl indifferently without saying a word. Karl knew that Garp was in a bad mood, so he walked past Garp and went to Sengoku's side.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, the Straw Hat Pirates have escaped from Impel Down, bringing with them a lot of prisoners. It seems Teach and his crew will be here soon. We need to speed things up!"

Sengoku nodded: "That's right, it's time to speed things up. Go and inform Kizaru and Aokiji later, and have them join forces to deal with Whitebeard. Have you rested enough?"

Carl patted his chest: "It's almost done."

"Alright then, you'll handle the rest of the Whitebeard Pirates! Don't go easy on them!"

"Don't worry, from today onwards, the Whitebeard Pirates will be completely history."

After saying this, Karl left the execution platform.

"Admiral Akainu, we need to speed things up."

Akainu glanced at Straw Hat Luffy one last time and said calmly, "Understood."

Carl then left, and the next one was Aokiji.

"Kuzan, your chance has come. Whitebeard's head is very valuable! He can die at the hands of anyone, but he absolutely cannot die at the hands of Admiral Akainu, otherwise it will be very troublesome."

Aokiji looked at the white-bearded figure in the distance and nodded seriously. The surrounding temperature dropped significantly in an instant.

"clear."

Next up, the ape.

"Old man, stop slacking off. We'll be going to fight Whitebeard soon. You don't need to worry too much, just help out."

"And what about you, kid?"

Karl smiled slightly: "Me? Of course I'll go and kill all the leaders of the Whitebeard Pirates one by one!"

......

"Look! Vice Admiral Karl, the naval hero, is he finally going to make his move?"

"Great! With Lieutenant General Karl here, things will be much easier for us!"

Carl's first target was... "Floral" Vista, for no other reason than that he was too flashy, with his cherry blossoms and dazzling lights, it was hard not to attract attention.

"Vista the Flower Sword, Captain of the Fifth Division, are you ready to die?"

Vista crossed his two swords, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Don't look down on me, Marine. I heard you defeated Hawkeye a while ago and became the world's greatest swordsman. Hmph! Let's see if you're really capable!"

"Rose Dances!!!"

Vista leaped into the air, brandishing his twin swords as he looked down, unleashing a shower of red rose petals—gorgeous yet deadly.

Karl twisted his neck, his body radiating a dazzling golden light—Holy Light Arbiter form, reporting for duty.

"Sorry, I'm too busy to play house with you, so please go to hell!"

"One-Sword Style: Fleeting Brilliance!!!"

shuh~

Carl was enveloped in a dazzling golden light, like a flashbang, making it impossible for Vista to open his eyes.

The next instant, Karl appeared behind Vista and slowly wiped the blood off the Raven Blade with his hand.

"Captain Vista!!!"

There was no response, because Vista had become a headless horseman.

The Whitebeard Pirates were devastated. Vista was one of the strongest among the Whitebeard Pirates' commanders, how could he have died so quickly! Was the Marine hero really that strong?

"Oh my gosh! Long live Lieutenant General Karl!!!"

The navy, on the other hand, was completely different from the pirates. They were all very excited, as if it were New Year's Day.

"Hmm, who's next... Hmm, you're next!"

Bramanco, the sixth division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, is a user of the Bag-Bag Fruit.

Chapter 278 Preparing to Activate the Encirclement Barrier

Karl went all out with almost no reservations, unleashing his full power from scratch.

It didn't take long for Bramanck to also die by Karl's blade.

"Captain Bramank!!!"

"Damn the navy! I'll fight you to the death..."

A flash of light, and the pirate who wanted to fight Karl to the death was instantly taken from this beautiful world.

"Hmph! Fight me to the death? If you had that kind of ability, the Whitebeard Pirates captain wouldn't be that old man Whitebeard."

After saying that, Karl helped up a helmeted marine at his feet: "How are you? Can you still fight?"

Gudong~

T-Peng looked at Karl with excitement in his eyes, then quickly shook his head: "Vice Admiral Karl, I'm fine, I can still fight pirates!"

"Haha, not bad spirit! Keep it up, just don't die!"

T. Penn saluted Carl solemnly: "Yes, sir!!!"