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

This skill is a bit abnormal, but not that abnormal. However, for Karl, who has the ability, he has one less weakness.

As we all know, Devil Fruit users become unable to swim. To be more specific, in addition to being unable to swim, their stamina is rapidly depleted in the ocean, thus rendering them unable to use their abilities. The same applies to Seastone.

This skill essentially grants Karl the physique of a murloc, even stronger than Jack's.

"What a great find! With this, can't I go to the Mermaid Cafe and Mermaid Island without any worries?"

"Bulu Bulu~"

"Karl, the phone's ringing!" "Coming!"

Ten minutes later, Karl walked out of the family compound and headed to the Marshal's office.

"Karl, your warship is fully staffed and ready to depart at any time. I happen to have a few tasks that need my attention; choose one to practice on!"

After finishing speaking, Sengoku slammed the intelligence report on his desk and looked at Karl with a smile.

Karl selected a few and looked at them. They were all missions to hunt down pirates, and they were all pirates who had just come to the Grand Line from the Four Seas. The bounties ranged from 1 million to 3 million. They were basically not difficult and were perfect for taking it easy.

"Huh... this task..."

Karl frowned slightly when he saw the mission name, because the mission was to investigate the mastermind behind the assassination of Princess Otohime. Was it too late to investigate someone who died last year?

Sengoku frowned after taking the intelligence from Karl and said, "Let me see. Oh! This mission is indeed very tricky, which is why no one has been willing to go."

"But there is a world noble who refuses to give up, insisting that Queen Otohime's death was a conspiracy and strongly demanding that we send someone to investigate."

"But as you know, after Queen Otohime died, the Fishman Island was in chaos and was extremely hostile to humans, so the matter had to be left unresolved."

Karl stroked his chin. This mission is interesting!

Chapter 45 Raven

While others believed that Queen Otohime was killed by human pirates, Karl knew that it was Hody Jones who did it.

In other words, this task is actually not difficult for Karl. No, no, forget it, the risk is too great, it's not worth it.

Although Fishman Island and Princess Shirahoshi were quite attractive to Karl, the risks far outweighed the rewards, and Karl didn't want to get involved in such a mess.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, you're right. Hmm, I'll take care of these pirate crews!"

Karl casually took a few documents about the pirate crews, then bid farewell to Sengoku and prepared to set off.

Crescent Bay.

Carl looked at the three naval warships in front of him with a slight sense of emotion, feeling as if everything had returned to the time of the 108th Branch.

"Reporting to Colonel Karl, everything is ready and we can depart at any time!"

"Great, what's your name?"

The burly man in front stood tall and proud, and shouted in a strong voice, "Reporting, sir, I am Nelson, a sergeant first class, and I will serve as your adjutant."

"Great, let's go!"

"Don't rush off, Karl! You forgot something!"

Karl turned his head and saw Kizaru standing behind him with a lewd look on his face, holding a rectangular box in his hand.

Upon seeing Kizaru, Lieutenant Nelson immediately saluted and excitedly exclaimed, "Admiral Kizaru!"

"This is...?" Karl seemed to have guessed something and looked at Kizaru with a look of surprise.

"That's right! Just what you think!"

Karl quickly took the box from Kizaru, opened it, glanced at it, confirmed it was a knife, and immediately closed it.

"Thank you for your help, Admiral Kizaru."

Kizaru pouted and waved his hand: "Just doing it as a favor. You'll be on a solo mission today, won't you? Time flies!"

"In that case, I won't bother you any longer. Remember to call me if you need anything."

After saying that, Kizaru turned into photons and disappeared.

Carl sighed inwardly, "Thank you, Ape. Let's slack off together sometime..."

After boarding the warship, Nelson asked, "Colonel Carl, where are we going?"

Without a second thought, Karl replied, "Go to Water Seven. A group of pirates is about to land there."

"Yes, sir!"

Back in his room, Karl rubbed his hands together and slowly opened the box. Inside was a black sword, basically similar to the first generation Kitetsu, but the hilt had changed drastically.

The tsuba (handguard) has changed from a round guard to a shape resembling a raven's wing, with feather patterns on the hilt and a red eye at the top.

The moment Karl picked up the knife, it changed. The knife writhed and transformed into a black raven with blood-red eyes staring intently at Karl.

Its eyes were wary, and it kept flapping its wings, as if warning Karl not to come closer.

"Hmph, quite fierce, huh!"

Karl's gaze sharpened, and he grabbed Raven's body, saying in a deep voice, "Submission or death?"

"Ah! Gaaah!!"

The raven flapped its wings frantically, emitting eerie cries, but its movements grew weaker and weaker until it finally gave up the struggle and bowed its head in submission.

"From this day forward, your name will be Raven, and you will become a blade!"

The raven nodded, transformed back into a knife, and landed automatically in Karl's palm.

"not bad!"

Carl nodded silently; the knife met his requirements perfectly in terms of both appearance and quality.

Wuhuan?

Let's not contact each other anymore, I'm afraid Raven will misunderstand.

Three minutes later, Carl stepped out of the cabin and watched the naval soldiers working methodically under Nelson's command, nodding in satisfaction.

Now he can just be a hands-off manager, slacking off when there's nothing to do and getting things done when there is.

"Hey! Colonel Carl, what's that bird on your shoulder...?"

Karl smiled slightly and couldn't help but show off, "This! This is my weapon, it's called Raven."

As soon as he finished speaking, the raven transformed from bird form into weapon form, and a cool black longsword appeared in Karl's hand, drawing gasps of amazement from the onlooking naval soldiers.

"What, what's going on?"

"Hahahaha, have you heard of ability transfer technology? This Raven is an ability weapon."

Although Nelson couldn't understand, he was greatly shocked. But he remembered the important matter and quickly asked, "By the way, Colonel Carl, who is our target this time?"

“Here you go!” Karl pulled out a bounty poster.

"Roach Thompson of the Flame Pirates! Bounty: 8700 million Berries!"

Karl nodded: "That's right, our goal is to lie in wait in Water Seven and then send them to Impel Down. Are you confident?"

Nelson and his soldiers thought to themselves, "Is that even a question? Everyone knows that Colonel Karl can easily handle pirates with bounties of nearly 300 million. Roach Thompson? He's nothing."

"have!!!"

"Very good, then let's speed up and try to take them down in one fell swoop!"

"Oooo!!!"

After three days of sailing, Karl's warship finally arrived at Water Seven. Looking at the familiar buildings, Karl couldn't help but smile. He had finally come to an island he knew.

To avoid being discovered by pirates and having an ambush, Karl deliberately sailed his warship into Water 7 and assigned several marines to keep an eye on Shipwreck Island, so he could start his vacation.

As Carl walked down the main street of Water Seven, he noticed that he seemed to be attracting a lot of attention.

How could a dashing and handsome young naval commander not attract attention? Karl was already used to it.

"Boss, how much does it cost to rent one of these blue pheasants?"

The owner of the Blue Rental Shop quickly put on a smile: "Oh, it's the Navy Commander! 1000, no, 500 Berries, 500 Berries will do!"

"That's great! I'll take the blue Blue!"

Sitting on Blue, which looked like a sea donkey, Carl couldn't help but light a cigarette. He wished there was a woman by his side.

"Blue, please show me around!"

Blue called out, seemingly already used to it, and slowly moved forward along the waterway.

Carl wasn't idle during this time either; he took the opportunity to use the daily rewards he had accumulated over the past four days.

After using 20 enhancement cards, his perception remained at D+, showing no change. However, the 12 random rewards gave him a pleasant surprise.

"Congratulations on obtaining 3 swordsmanship skill cards, 1 Observation Haki enhancement card, 6 x 20-day lifespan cards, 1 case of soda, and 500 million Berries."

What could Karl say? It's like a pillow being delivered to someone who's about to fall asleep; it's truly a mature system that understands its host's needs perfectly.

After using all of them, Karl's Observation Haki was still LV2, but he gained Swordsmanship LV2 (max level LV5).

Although he was only LV2, he seemed like a swordsman who had practiced for a long time. He not only comprehended the breath of all things, but could also unleash flying slashes at will.

He can use Armament Haki to harden his sword and can use flying slashes. He can call himself a swordsman, right?