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

Karl chuckled and patted the man in sunglasses on the shoulder: "Don't worry, we're from the Navy. The Navy won't kill innocent people indiscriminately."

The man in sunglasses glanced at the corpses around him and said, "I don't believe you!"

"I, I'll take you there!"

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"Hey!"

"It's me, Smoker. I didn't run into any human traffickers, but I did capture a bunch of pirates. Where are you guys?"

"Island Number 2, by the way, capture a few pirates and bring them over!"

"it is good!"

15 minutes ago, Island 4.

Smoker walked down the street and found that the people there seemed to be fine, except for the fear in their eyes.

"Is Karl lying to me? There aren't any human traffickers around here!"

After searching around, Smoker still couldn't find any trace of the human traffickers.

That's true. With his appearance, even human traffickers would avoid him. Even if they did encounter a human trafficker, it wouldn't be considered entrapment.

This is called double-crossing!

"Huh? A pirate ship!"

Smoker quickly stubbed out his cigar and looked at the pirate ship moored at the edge of the island.

"I don't recognize this pirate flag... Whatever! If we can't catch human traffickers, catching pirates will do!"

Smoker looked around and, finding no one paying attention, activated his elemental transformation and flew into the sky, stealthily approaching the pirate ship.

shore.

A burly man with a full beard shouted to his henchmen, "Brothers, keep a low profile! There's a navy stationed here. Hurry up and find the coating technician. Don't cause any trouble!"

There was no way around it; even though he was a pirate with a bounty of 8950 million Berries, he had to keep a low profile once he arrived in Sabaody Archipelago.

After all, the Sabaody Archipelago is adjacent to the Naval Headquarters and the Holy Land Mary Geoise, making it arguably the place in the world where you can call for support from an admiral the fastest.

Pirates who arrive at the Sabaody Archipelago must be extremely cautious, and they must even kneel and bow to the Celestial Dragons, otherwise they will face a heavy blow from the Navy.

"Boss, boss! There's someone flying in the sky!"

"what!"

Smoker made no further attempt to hide, landing directly on the ground and saying expressionlessly, "I am Major Smoker from headquarters. You are under arrest! Surrender!"

The henchmen were taken aback at first, then burst into laughter: "Hahaha, you! A mere naval lieutenant commander! Don't even dream about it!"

But Bart, as the leader, couldn't laugh. Yes, he was just a naval lieutenant commander, but he could see very clearly that the other person was a Logia-type Devil Fruit user!

In his view, what is a Logia-type Devil Fruit user? In just two words, invincible!

"Retreat! This Marine is a Logia-type Devil Fruit user; we can't beat him!"

"What! The same Devil Fruit as a Marine Admiral?"

Smoker scoffed, "Too late!"

Smoker then transformed his hands into elements, releasing a large amount of smoke that enveloped everyone.

"Cough cough cough~ What, what kind of ability is this? I can't see anything at all!"

"Boss, I...cough cough~ air, air..."

Smoker, hidden in the smoke, grinned. This smoke-based strangulation formation was just right!

In the past, he would have had to painstakingly deal with them one by one using physical skills, but now it's so much easier.

"Don't breathe, this smoke is poisonous!"

"Hold your breath! Everyone hold your breath!"

Smoker suddenly burst out of the smoke and shouted, "It's no use, you pirates!"

Then, to Bart's astonishment, a small white ball condensed and shot into his mouth.

Bart immediately tried to swat his throat, but found no foreign object at all, and immediately felt like he had been tricked.

"Damn the navy! If you've got the guts, come out and fight me one-on-one! What kind of navy are you, hiding in the shadows?"

Smoker scoffed. Dealing with pirates doesn't require martial virtue.

"Blow it up!"

Bart, who was searching for Smoker, widened his eyes, let out a chuckle, and his face turned red, then purple, then black.

Two minutes later, the smoke cleared, and Smoker stood silently in place, surrounded by corpses.

These pirates all had bruises on their lips and faces, their faces were swollen, and their veins were bulging; their deaths were quite gruesome.

Smoker, the instigator, burst into laughter: "So I'm that powerful?"

This was something we wouldn't have dared to imagine before. Sure enough, his development direction was completely wrong!

This time, he didn't even break a sweat; the pirates suffocated on their own without causing any damage!

"I really have to thank Karl. If it weren't for him, I'd probably still be focused on figuring out how to kill people with smoke bombs!"

After confirming that all the pirates were dead, Smoker took out a Den Den Mushi and dialed Karl's number: "It's me, Smoker..."

After hanging up the phone, Smoker stroked his chin. With so many pirates on the ground, it was really hard to choose!

ten minutes later.

Smoker used smoke to cover the corpses of a dozen or so pirates and arrived at Island 2. He was stunned when he saw the dismembered limbs scattered all over the ground.

"You guys are ruthless!"

Carl's eyes lit up when he saw Smoker: "You've come at the right time. I have a favor to ask you."

Smoker nodded: "Go ahead and speak!"

Carl pointed to the corpses around him and said, "I have just informed Brigadier General Gregory. He will be here with his men soon. You wait for him here."

"If he asks, just say that pirates fought with human traffickers, and you arrived just in time after the pirates won. Because the pirates were extremely vicious, you had no choice but to kill them."

Smoker seemed used to Carl's actions, nodded, and asked, "And what about you guys?"

"Look, this guy will take us to the human auction house for some fun."

Chapter 84 Confrontation with Doflamingo

"Okay, then I'll wait here!"

Carl and Ian then followed the man in sunglasses to Island 1.

On the surface, Island 1 appears to be very prosperous, but its prosperity is supported by human trafficking shops and human auctions, and the filth and depravity hidden inside is unimaginable.

Disco, who was enjoying his drinks in the room, suddenly felt uneasy and ran to the window. His pupils contracted when he saw the man in sunglasses and the man and woman behind him.

"Damn it, I knew it!"

Disco, preoccupied, led his men to the entrance of the auction house.

"Halt! Who are you! Don't you know this is Don Quixote family property?"

Karl smiled slightly at the security guard who had stopped them: "The Donquixote Family? Is that the Shichibukai Doflamingo?"

"That's right, our boss is none other than Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. What are you planning to do?"

Disco glanced coldly at Carl, then at the man in sunglasses, who lowered his head and remained silent.

"Oh dear, this is troublesome. A group of pirates just broke into your auction house. For your safety, we must search inside to prevent the Seven Warlords of the Sea from losing their property!"

After saying that, Karl looked at Ian and gestured for her to cooperate.

"That's right, the Seven Warlords of the Sea are allies of the Navy. As the Navy, how can we sit idly by and do nothing!"

Disco was furious at the two who were lying through their teeth, but considering Carl's strength, he decided to back down.

"Pirates? There are no pirates! We didn't see any. Even if there were, we don't need to bother the Navy. We can handle it ourselves!"

"Please leave, gentlemen!"

Karl shook his head seriously: "Hey! This won't do. Catching pirates is the Navy's duty. We can't ignore any clues."

"Hey, did you just see some pirates run in?"

The man in sunglasses nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, I saw it very clearly, several pirates ran into this auction house!"

“Look, there are eyewitnesses here. Even if Lord Doflamingo comes in person, I will search this place!”

After saying that, Karl led Ian inside. Disco was trembling with anger. In a fit of rage, he pulled out his pistol and pointed it at Karl, only to find his neck suddenly cold.

Looking down, he saw a white short sword pressed against his neck; looking up, he saw Ain's wine-red eyes staring coldly at him.

"Don't move! Even if you're one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, attacking a Marine is a serious crime!"

Disco swallowed hard, dropped his gun, and watched as the two men swaggered into the auction house.

"Boss, they've gone in. What should we do?"