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

Ain's lips curled up slightly, and her heart raced as she looked at Karl's mischievous grin.

"You're smart! I'm going to find Professor Zephyr!" With that, Ain blushed and ran away.

"Hey! Remember to report to my place the day after tomorrow morning!"

"understood!!!"

After Ain left, Carl left with a smile. He hadn't seen the blonde nurse Monica for months and missed her terribly.

The rain stopped abruptly at night.

Monica, panting heavily, slumped against Karl, tracing circles on his chest with her finger.

"I'm planning to move out in a few days."

Karl frowned and looked directly into Monica's eyes: "Why?"

Was it because of the recent news, or did someone say something to her?

"You're too dazzling... I'm not good enough for you, and besides, you're always out there fighting pirates, I... I don't feel safe..."

Carl fell silent, lit a cigarette, got out of bed, and walked to the window.

After his cigarette burned out, Carl looked at Monica, who was already "asleep," and whispered, "I'm sorry..."

On the bed, Monica, who was pretending to be asleep, shed a hot tear, soaking the pillow.

She had already anticipated this outcome, hadn't she?

Carl sighed. Monica was, after all, just an ordinary person, and all an ordinary person wants is companionship.

But as a naval officer, he couldn't provide that kind of companionship.

In the dead of night, Karl suddenly opened his eyes, got out of bed, took out 100 million Berries from his system space, and put them into Monica's suitcase.

Then he broke off a strand of Monica's blonde hair, intending to make it into a Vivre Card.

In this way, even if they can't be together in the future, Monica can still live a wealthy life, and with the life card, he can detect it in time if Monica's life is threatened.

.......

The next day, Crescent Bay.

"Look, isn't that Major General Karl?" "That's him, sisters, don't let him get away!"

I heard that after Karl returned, a large number of female naval officers surrounded him, calling him Rear Admiral Karl repeatedly.

"Major General Karl, could you do me a favor?"

The female navy woman pointed to the knife scar on his cheek, and Karl instantly understood that the debt he owed at the G-2 branch would have to be repaid sooner or later.

"Haha, no problem! Wait, let me find a place..."

So Dr. Carl's clinic officially opened, and female marines lined up one after another to see him and get their scars removed.

In the end, the entire Marineford was in an uproar. Everyone with a minor illness or injury came. If Karl hadn't been able to use Holy Light on a large scale, he would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago.

Taking a vacation is more tiring than going to work, Karl is speechless, but this behavior has greatly enhanced Karl's reputation within the Navy.

At least in Marineford, the name of the legendary healer Karl was known to all.

Chapter 57 Heading to the Calm Belt

The next day, Marineford, Crescent Bay.

A medium-sized Seastone warship was quietly moored on the sea. It was about 80 meters long and its appearance was no different from that of an ordinary warship.

"Major General, is this our new ship?"

Karl nodded: "That's good. From now on, we'll use this Seastone powered boat when we go out. We can travel freely even in the Calm Belt."

"By the way, congratulations on your promotion to second lieutenant, Nelson."

Nelson scratched his head and grinned sheepishly, "It's all thanks to you."

"Karl!"

Nelson turned his head and saw a female marine's voice. Soon she came running over, dragging her suitcase, her long, sea-blue hair swaying up and down.

"I thought you weren't coming!"

"Pfft~ How could that be! Don't even think about leaving me behind."

Ain playfully nudged Karl, glanced at Nelson, and then turned her gaze to the warship in front of her, revealing a smile.

Today, Ain was wearing a cream-colored short skirt marine uniform, dark gray stockings, and a pair of small, mid-heeled black leather shoes. On her back was a white justice cape, just like Karl's.

She looks both dashing and youthful, with a subtle allure of a uniform.

Karl was taken aback; this girl had come prepared!

"By the way, let me introduce you. This is Lieutenant Nelson, my adjutant."

"This beautiful lady is a fellow trainee from my training camp, and also my friend, Young Master Ain... By the way, Young Master Ain, what's your rank again?"

Upon hearing this, Ain puffed out her cheeks, pouted, and turned her head away, seemingly very dissatisfied that Karl didn't even know her rank.

Carl coughed and said somewhat awkwardly, "Well, anyway, she'll be my adjutant from now on, and of course, you'll be my adjutant too."

Nelson breathed a sigh of relief; he had thought... thank goodness.

"Alright, let's get on the boat! Our destination is Daughter Island."

After saying that, Karl went straight to the Seastone warship and headed straight for the lounge. Ain was stunned. It seemed that what Gion-neechan taught her was not very effective!

"Lieutenant Nelson, you can just call me Major Ian from now on."

Nelson nodded blankly, his status decreasing by 1.

Three minutes later, the Seastone warship slowly started up and headed towards the direction where his daughter had arrived.

Inside the lounge, Karl was sitting with his legs crossed, drinking tea and reading the newspaper, while Raven and Autumn Water sat quietly to the side, unnoticed.

After walking in, Ain said somewhat speechlessly, "You're really living a leisurely life!"

"You're here! Have a seat!"

"Want some tea?"

Ain waved her hand, looked at the two knives next to Karl, and her eyes lit up: "Hey! These two knives look pretty good."

"Oh! You mean this? Here, take it and play with it!"

Karl casually picked up two knives and tossed them into Ayn's arms for her to play with.

"My God! This is the Black Sword Shusui, one of the 21 Great Grade Swords? The legendary sword of the dragon-slaying samurai Ryuma! Where did you find it?"

"This? Gecko Moria gave it to me, and it's quite handy to use. Would you like to try it?"

Ain quickly shook his head, somewhat discouraged, and said, "Forget it! My swordsmanship is only at the beginner level, unlike you, who can already fight the world's greatest swordsman."

Upon hearing this, Karl put down his newspaper and looked at Ain in shock: "You use a sword?"

Ain nodded, stretched out her hands, and two silver-white short swords appeared in her left and right hands, the light shining on the short blades and emitting a cold gleam.

"Wow! Impressive."

Then Carl picked up the newspaper again and began reading it with great interest, completely ignoring the beautiful woman beside him.

Ain stared at Karl in disbelief. Had she just been ignored like that?

"Hey! Carl!"

"Talk about something!"

"Can't I just call you?"

Carl sighed. "If you're really bored, you can bite the lighter, but don't bother me while I'm slacking off, okay?"

"Sure, why not!"

Then the room fell silent again. Ain looked at Karl, who was engrossed in slacking off, and couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. So she simply followed Karl's example and sat on the sofa, picking up a newspaper.

The only sounds in the lounge were the turning of newspapers and the sipping of tea, and the morning passed just like that.

Seeing that Karl finally put down the newspaper, Ain wondered if Karl did this every day.

Hey! You know what, it's true. When traveling, Karl would spend the whole day with just a cup of tea, a pack of cigarettes, and a newspaper.

"Hey! What are you still doing here?"

Ain rolled her eyes: "What else? Nothing to do, it's time to eat, do you want to come with me?"

Carl glanced at the time and nodded; it was indeed time for lunch.

"Well, let's go!"

The two walked out of the lounge side by side. Karl noticed that the soldiers were looking at them with a hint of gossip. Karl didn't care, but Ain's face did turn red.

Ain didn't dare to look the marines in the eye. She thought to herself that if she were in their shoes, she would have misunderstood something if a man and a woman had spent the whole morning alone in a lounge.

But who would have thought that she and Carl would sit in the lounge all morning without exchanging more than a few words?

After dinner, Karl noticed the sun was shining brightly and said to Ain, "The sun feels nice today, want to sunbathe together?"

Ain: ? ? ?