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

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Chapter 113 News Campaign

As they left the Naval Headquarters building, a tall man stood with his arms crossed, his gaze hooked as he looked at Karl.

"I heard you've been cracking down on corrupt naval officers all over the world lately?"

Karl nodded: "Admiral Akainu is really well-informed."

Akainu's resolute face broke into a smile, though in Karl's eyes it was hard to call it a smile.

"Well done. These parasites should have been cleaned up long ago. If I hadn't been too busy, hehehe, these scumbags..."

Akainu is straightforward and ruthless, showing no mercy and never allowing any "evil" to exist. If he were to fight corruption, he probably wouldn't be able to catch a single person; they would all be executed on the spot.

"Admiral Akainu, rest assured, they are destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame. Isn't that more painful than simply killing them?"

Karl skillfully pulled out a cigar and handed it to Akainu. Akainu hesitated for a moment, then took it, put it in his mouth, and lit it with a flick of his finger.

"That's true, you're quite to my liking, what a pity!"

Although he hadn't seen Karl in a long time, he had been quietly following Karl's exploits: assisting in the capture of Kaido, encountering the Witch Pirates, and fighting Marco...

What Akainu was most satisfied with was that Karl never showed mercy to pirates; he killed those who deserved to be killed and arrested those who deserved to be arrested.

At least as the leader of the hawks, Akainu greatly admired Karl's approach.

"Haha, so Admiral Akainu values ​​me that much? But there's nothing to regret. We're all members of the Navy, and that's enough."

Akainu shook his head, said nothing more, and silently walked into the Marine Headquarters building.

As Akainu's figure gradually disappeared, Karl scratched his head, preparing to go to the training ground to visit Zeff and perhaps help him get some medical attention.

The next day.

"Gaa~Gaa!"

The raven's unpleasant cawing woke Carl from his sleep. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the raven was carrying a newspaper in its beak, which it had probably snatched from the beak of the paper gull.

"Let me see... [Corruption in the Navy is becoming increasingly serious, with frequent corruption cases occurring in multiple naval branches across the country.]"

The newspaper then introduced some of the "glorious" deeds of corrupt naval officers, highlighting the collusion between corrupt naval officers and pirates, which aroused public dissatisfaction with the navy.

"Tsk tsk, it seems the Warring States Marshal is quite savvy! He's really good at self-deprecation."

Upon leaving the family quarters and arriving at the plaza, Carl discovered that most of the navy personnel were discussing these issues.

"These damned black sheep! The Navy's image is being ruined by these people!"

"They're from the Navy! How can they collude with pirates? Doesn't Fleet Admiral Sengoku care about this?"

Seeing this, Karl smiled slightly; public opinion had already begun to ferment...

The New World, Dressrosa.

Doflamingo, who had long developed the habit of reading newspapers, gradually frowned. He wasn't too concerned about the corruption within the Navy, but rather about the fact that there were still his moles in the Navy. If the Navy Headquarters started a thorough internal investigation, would it expose Vergo?

Soon, Ming received a message from Vergo saying not to contact him for a while.

"Ugh, this is such a headache!"

Moby Dick.

"Dad, is the Navy's problem really this serious? How come we didn't notice it?"

Whitebeard picked up a bowl of sake and gulped it down, saying nonchalantly, "Silly son, do you see those as the naval branches of the Four Seas?"

"Although the navy is the world's largest power, it's bound to have areas it can't cover, so it's normal for problems to arise..."

While saying this, Whitebeard was thinking that his Whitebeard Pirates was also a large and powerful organization with so many divisions and affiliated pirate crews. Wouldn't there be problems?

Forget it, I'm too lazy to think about it so much. Anyway, they're all family. As long as they don't hurt their companions and family members don't scheme against each other, they can do whatever they want. I can handle it.

Naval Headquarters, Conference Room.

Sengoku originally didn't want to hold a meeting, but too many generals who didn't know the truth came to him, volunteering to go to the four seas to arrest those corrupt naval officers. He had no choice but to convene a meeting with the naval officers who had no missions.

"Marshal Sengoku! Everyone's talking about corruption within the navy right now, what are we still doing sitting here?"

"Yes! If you ask me, we should catch those parasites right now!"

"That's right, then thoroughly investigate all personnel within the Navy and find those potential traitors!"

Zhan Guo shouted, "Quiet!"

The murmurs in the meeting room gradually subsided. Zhan Guo took a deep breath and said, "The news report was something I deliberately leaked to the news agency."

"What? Why?" "Marshal of the Warring States Period, this, this..."

"But the situation is basically true. Let me explain. A few months ago, Gaspard defected to the Navy, and Rear Admiral Carl..."

Sengoku then recounted the entire story, including the public trial of the corrupt navy and the idea of ​​establishing the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

The naval officers present suddenly realized what was happening and all turned their gazes to Karl standing to the side.

"Major General Carl, the Independent Commission Against Corruption's idea is fantastic, well done!"

"I support you!"

Unmoved by the praise, Karl remained calmly leaning back in his seat, his chest rising and falling rhythmically.

Seeing Karl remain calm and composed, Sengoku was very pleased. He was indeed worthy of the navy he had chosen. But why was that kid wearing sunglasses indoors?

Sitting next to Karl, Ain couldn't stand it anymore and secretly pinched Karl.

"Sigh~"

Carl ripped off his sunglasses and glared at Ian: "Hey! What are you doing?"

Ian didn't speak, but looked around. Carl then fell silent.

He noticed that everyone seemed to be looking at him; he'd been caught sleeping on his first tryst. What bad luck!

Sengoku covered his face, realizing he'd been careless; this kid had been slacking off! Could he have learned it from that bastard Garp?

"Ahem, now that everyone knows the whole story, there's no need to come looking for me anymore. The most important thing now is to publicly try the corrupt navy and establish the Independent Commission Against Corruption."

"Therefore, the news will continue to generate momentum for the public trial in the next few days. We want the whole world to know the Navy's determination!"

"The meeting is dismissed!"

As he left the conference room, many naval officers came to chat with Karl, leaving him overwhelmed and his face almost stiff from smiling.

"That's terrifying! You little rascal, you've stirred up a huge incident without making a sound!"

"There's nothing I can do. They won't let me go to the New World, so I can only find something to do!"

Kizaru's small mouth immediately pouted like a chrysanthemum: "Others may not know, but do you think I don't know you? I'm afraid you're all talk and no action, and others do all the work, right?"

Yuanzi, you know too much...

Chapter 114 The crowd is excited

Why should those who slack off make things difficult for others?

Yuanzi, can't you learn from Aokiji? Look at him, he just sleeps, rides a bicycle, and plays with raising loli characters every day, unlike you who keeps talking so much.

"Hmph! Believe it or not!"

Carl turned and left to avoid being teased by the ape again.

"Hey, wait a minute! I need to talk to you!"

Carl turned his head and looked up at the ape: "What is it now?"

Kizaru said in a serious tone, "It's big news, you know about the Red-Haired Pirates, right? They've been targeted by the Big Mom Pirates."

Shanks is being targeted by Big Mom? Well, that's normal. Any pirate who makes a name for himself in the New World gets targeted by Big Mom. Given Shanks' strength, he'll either become her husband or her son-in-law.

But what does this have to do with the Navy? Isn't it something the Navy would be happy to see—a love-hate relationship between supernovas and sea rulers?

"How to say?"

Kizaru pouted and started babbling: "You should have heard that Big Mom likes to hold tea parties all the time. Recently, they sent an invitation to the Red-Haired Pirates to go to Whole Cake Island."

"Hmm, and then? Shanks agreed?"

Kizaru nodded: "Yeah! Young people these days are terrifying!"

Karl became interested and said thoughtfully, "So, you received a mission?"

"Sigh~ What can I do, I'm just destined to be a hard worker. But I'm only going to check things out. In any case, I absolutely cannot let Shanks join the Big Mom Pirates."

Now that he heard that, Karl understood. Trying to mediate? No, it was more like fanning the flames.

Everything depends on Shanks' choice. If he goes to war with Big Mom, then the Navy will just stand by and watch how things develop.

If Shanks is going to yo-yo, then the Navy will have to help push his butt so that Shanks and Big Mom can get down to business.

In short, we must make the Red-Haired Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates fight, but we must not give Big Mom any support.

Carl loved this kind of thing. He didn't have to lift a finger and could still have a good time. Was there anything more enjoyable than that?