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

"You betrayed justice, so you should have expected this day to come!"

Gaspardie laughed maniacally: "Justice? Justice is bullshit! Can it give me rights? No!"

"Can it give me strength? No!"

"Can it bring me countless riches? No!"

"Then what use is it to me? Smoker, quit being a Marine and become a pirate instead!"

Gaspard got more and more excited as he talked, and finally even invited Smoker to join him. After all, this guy had complained about the Navy before, so he must have been unhappy with the Navy for a long time!

But he didn't notice that Smoker's face was getting darker and darker, and his anger level was off the charts.

"Shut up! You're beyond redemption. Prepare to go to Impel Down to repent!!!"

"Smoke Annihilation Array!"

shuh~

A thick cloud of smoke enveloped the Salamander...

Carl, who was watching from a distance, nodded slightly. It seemed that Smoker had already taken action, and it was time for him to begin as well.

Looking at the thunderstorm in the system space, Karl muttered to himself, "Come to think of it, I've had the thunderstorm for so long but haven't used it yet! Today's a good day to give it a try."

Zheng~

A flash of red light streaked across the sky, and the thunder and rain trembled slightly, as if expressing a thirst for blood.

"One-Sword Style: Severing Jade!"

shuh~

A massive red flying slash swept across the entire area, instantly creating a crack in the mountainside, followed by a deafening sound.

This mountain is about to break apart.

The pirates inside the cave panicked even more, running out as if their lives depended on it.

shuh~

Karl's figure flashed by, and dozens of pirates perished, their blood gushing out like rain, making Lei Yu's blade even more crimson.

You can even vaguely sense its craving for more killing and bloodshed.

"Fine, I'll grant your wish today!"

Outside, artillery fire roared.

The warships had already surrounded the island, relentlessly bombarding every pirate ship that attempted to escape the encirclement.

Inside, blood flowed like a river.

Karl ruthlessly reaps the lives of pirates; anyone who appears in Karl's sight will be gone from this beautiful world in the next second.

"That's enough! That's enough, don't be too greedy!"

After saying that, Karl did not hesitate to sheath Thunderstorm, whistle, and call the raven back to his hand.

Ravens are better behaved; thunderstorms are too unpredictable.

Meanwhile, Smoker, hidden in the smoke, punched Gaspard in the head, only to find his fist completely embedded in the ground.

"Hahaha, useless Smoker, your fists have no effect on me!"

"Now, it's my turn!"

Gaspard missed his target and awkwardly withdrew his fist. Damn it, this guy is an "invincible" Logia-type!

"It seems we can't determine a winner!"

"is it?"

"Compressed smoke grenade!"

"What?! Ugh~"

Gaspard swallowed the smoke bomb whole, and realizing something was wrong, he quickly tried to gag his throat, but nothing came out. After a while, he realized something was wrong and started choking himself!

"Ugh, uh, help, help me!!!"

Smoker watched silently as Gaspard collapsed, his face contorted in rage, and lit a cigar.

“I’m not the same person I used to be, Gaspard…”

Half an hour later, Carl met up with Smoker, with Gaspard behind him, who was bound hand and foot and was still unconscious.

Smoker was about to ask Carl if he had any seastone handcuffs or anything like that, but before he could even speak, Carl pulled out a pistol and shot Gaspardy in each of his limbs.

"Seastone bullets are sometimes more effective than seastone handcuffs. Would you like to give them a try?"

Smoker shook his head immediately. "Try it? I'd die if I tried!"

Chapter 102 Fairness and Justice

The artillery fire from Hannabar continued to roar.

But Carl and Smoker had already returned to the warship with Gaspard, having arrived aboard the Salamander.

This ship is really fast. Karl likes it very much and is preparing to take it back to headquarters to have it modified so that it can become his second warship.

"No pirates are escaping from Hannabar anymore, what should we do?"

Karl stroked his chin and said, "Notify all warships to approach Hannabar and carry out the arrest. You and Smoker go!"

"Yes!"

The cannon fire gradually subsided, but Hannabar's gunfire intensified. The pirates were still unwilling to give up and wanted to break through the encirclement to fight for a chance to survive.

Unfortunately, surrounded by thousands of naval forces, they were almost powerless to resist.

While others were engaged in a heated battle, Karl quietly enjoyed sunbathing and even took a nap; he was so comfortable that it goes without saying.

"Carl, Karl!"

"Oh, it's you! How are things?"

Smoker said happily, "Not a single one escaped. They were all caught. It's just that quite a few died during the capture. You know my abilities. Those with average physical strength just suffocated to death."

Karl waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. Catching them is just a side effect. Just hand them over to the branch. Let's go!"

"Go straight back to Naval Headquarters?"

Karl nodded: "Of course, otherwise how can I have a proper 'talk' with Marshal Sengoku?"

Smoker clenched his fists involuntarily, a fire burning fiercely within him.

Two days later, Marineford, Marshal's office.

“Not bad, not bad. Not only did you capture Gaspard, but you also took down so many small pirate crews that were causing trouble on the sea. You are becoming more and more satisfactory to me.”

After finishing his sentence, Sengoku stroked his chin, observing Karl. Why did it seem like he had gotten stronger again?

"Marshal Sengoku, during the capture of Gaspard, a somewhat immature idea came to me..."

"Just say it!"

Karl's lips curled slightly as he said, "That's right. Gaspard's defection has greatly damaged the Navy's reputation and also exposed a problem: if there's a first Gaspard, how can we guarantee there won't be a second one?"

"Or countless other navy personnel who share Gaspard's ideas but dare not openly defect?"

Sengoku's expression turned serious. Karl's words had only made things worse, and now that he had mentioned it, it had indeed become a problem.

"Furthermore, when I asked Gaspard why he defected to the Navy, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, do you know what he said?"

Zhan Guo said in a deep voice, "Don't keep me in suspense, just tell me!"

Karl took a deep breath. Looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, he said with deep sorrow, "Money, power, status—these are things the Navy can't give him, but becoming a pirate is something he can easily possess."

"He's a promising lieutenant in the Navy Headquarters. If he says this, what do the branch officers all over the world think?"

"Especially those remote branches, far from the central government, with no hope of promotion, and only earning a meager salary every day, would they be content with that?"

Sengoku took off his glasses and rubbed his eye sockets: "Sigh~ Do you think I don't know these things? The world is so big, there will always be places we can't take care of, and there's nothing we can do about it."

"From what you're saying, do you have some good ideas?"

Karl nodded: "Yes, I have taken the liberty of applying to Marshal Sengoku to establish a new department, the Naval Integrity Agency."

Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)?

Seeing an opening, Carl immediately explained, "The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is responsible for accepting and reviewing corruption cases within the Navy..."

"In addition, we should also reward those navy personnel who have good conduct and work diligently, so that they can be rewarded for their work and receive the treatment they deserve."

"The purpose is to rectify the bad practices within the navy and uphold fairness and justice within the navy, so that we can represent justice, right?"

Sengoku nodded: "Your idea is very good, but have you considered this issue? Won't such a high-profile arrest of corrupt naval officers alert them?"

"Please let me finish. What I want is to create a 'stirring up the enemy' effect. How about this..."

An hour later, Karl left the marshal's office satisfied, holding the document requesting access to intelligence data.

"Hahaha, Karl, long time no see!"

Karl was taken aback, then smiled at the tall man in front of him: "Long time no see, Vice Admiral Garp. How have you been?"