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

"Moxi Moxi~"

"Grandpa, it's your turn to step up. Come on over!"

The little monkey pouted, "Oh? So fast? Shanks is a really powerful guy!"

"Hehe, um, I secretly made it a little harder for them, so now they might be in trouble."

"Oh my gosh! I know, I'm coming right away. You keep an eye on things too, kid. If anything unexpected happens, you have to step in and make a move. Don't let Shanks really join Big Mom!"

"Don't worry, I understand! Just come quickly! Otherwise, I can't handle it alone!"

Carl then hung up the phone, changed into his navy uniform, boarded the Raven, and returned to the center of the battlefield.

The situation on the scene was far from optimistic. Almost all of the Red-Haired Pirates' officers were injured and were fighting and retreating, completely at a disadvantage.

However, during Karl's absence, the Charlotte family's casualties began to increase, but overall they still had the upper hand and kept chasing the Red-Haired Pirates.

As for Shanks and Big Mom, the battle is still undecided for the time being. Although Shanks is at a disadvantage, Big Mom has also suffered many injuries.

"Chase them, don't let them get away!"

Katakuri's gaze turned cold as he hurled his trident at Lucky Roux, who was fleeing.

Just as it was about to hit, a golden sword aura shot down from the sky, sweeping the trident away with a crisp sound.

"who is it?"

Karl landed from the air, a faint smile on his face: "I am Vice Admiral Karl of the Marine Headquarters. Could you do me the honor of ending this war here?"

"Karl?"

Katakuri raised an eyebrow. Carl, that name sounds familiar... wait, is it... the world's most handsome man?

But he couldn't care less about that now. They were pirates, born enemies of the Navy. How could they stop fighting just because someone said something?

"He's just a vice admiral, why should I give him face? Today, none of the Red-Haired Pirates will leave alive, I said it!"

"Besides, why would a marine like you protect pirates?"

Upon hearing this, the members of the Red-Haired Pirates also looked at Karl with suspicion. Right! Why would the Navy help them?

At this moment, Beckman scoffed, "Help us? They just don't want to see us join Bigom."

Karl turned to Beckman and gave him a thumbs up: "Congratulations on getting it right. As expected of the Red-Haired Pirates' external brain, you've got some skills."

"By the way, let me give you a piece of advice: Admiral Kizaru is coming soon. Do you really still want to fight?"

Katakuri frowned: "So what? Kizaru alone can't defeat Mom. Are you going to team up with the pirates?"

"Hey! Have you forgotten that Roger only defeated the Rocks Pirates by teaming up with Garp? Your mother should know that very well, right?"

"So, it's not surprising that the Navy and pirates team up, is it?"

Katakuri stretched out his arm, picked up the trident not far away, and said in a deep voice, "Stop talking nonsense, prepare to die!"

"Nutuan thrust!"

Using the power of the Mochi Mochi Fruit, he transformed his arm into a mochi ball and surrounded his weapon, the trident. He then made his arm spin continuously and thrust it forward with great power, arriving in front of Karl in the blink of an eye.

Karl took a deep breath, became serious, and instantly applied Armament Haki to Raven while simultaneously activating Observation Haki to sense Katakuri's weakness.

The weakness is... the right foot, the only point of support for the glutinous rice ball thrust!

Carl gripped the raven and slashed upwards at Katakuri's trident, parrying it with his exceptional physique and wrist strength. He then swiftly activated Shave, positioning himself to Katakuri's left side.

Grip the knife with your backhand and slash horizontally!

"Not good!" Katakuri didn't have time to change his move, so he had to "elementalize" his body to disperse, so that even if he got injured, it wouldn't be too serious.

But the next second, a sharp pain shot through his right leg, and the elemental glutinous rice ball turned into bright red blood. Fortunately, he dodged quickly and only suffered a superficial injury.

"As expected of a naval swordsman who could fight Hawkeye, he's quite skilled. But don't forget, this is Whole Cake Island, Big Mom's territory!"

"Ningli rice cake!"

As he spoke, Katakuri transformed his hand into a long, thin rice cake and combined it with Armament Haki. In an instant, he unleashed countless long, hardened rice cakes of Armament Haki at Katakuri from all directions with incredible speed.

Carl activated his Observation Haki to its fullest extent, choosing not to dodge, and stood still, waving his raven to block Katakuri's attacks one by one.

Beckman squinted and carefully examined Karl's moves, thinking that the person who had been disguised as a member of the Red-Haired Pirates was definitely Karl. Combining this with some rumors about Karl on the high seas...

He suddenly understood why the Charlotte family's strength had suddenly increased for a period of time; it turned out that this guy had been secretly helping the Charlotte family.

Driving away wolves and tigers! This navy is far too cunning, but what can he do? He can only swallow his anger.

Beckman said to the others, "Now's the time, let's go!"

"What about Shanks? He's still fighting that old lady!"

"The Navy is here, Shanks will be fine! I believe in him!"

The others were slightly taken aback, then nodded in unison and quickly followed Beckman, fleeing towards the ship.

"Brother Katakuri, they're trying to escape! Everyone, stop them!"

Seeing this, Karl kicked Katakuri away and unleashed several flying slashes at the people who wanted to chase after the Red-Haired Pirates.

"I've already said it, this war can stop. Don't you understand?"

Katakuri looked at Carl with a serious expression and said in a deep voice to his brothers and sisters, "Forget about those stray dogs, deal with this damned Marine first!"

"Trying to use sheer numbers? Fine, as long as you're not afraid of them dying... After all, I've already killed several!"

Katakuri's body trembled, and he looked at Karl in disbelief. This size, this voice, this sword... why did they look so familiar?

"It was you! Just now you... your navy is truly despicable!"

Karl grinned: "Thanks for the compliment. By the way, just a heads up, if you don't put in some effort soon, Admiral Kizaru will be here, and then you won't have a chance to avenge your brothers and sisters!"

"I don't need you to remind me!!! Get out of the way!!!"

A red glint flashed in Katakuri's eyes, and he plunged his left hand into the opposite side. The shattered ground instantly turned into a white, non-Newtonian liquid, and anyone who wasn't careful would sink into it.

"Fruit awakening? You've actually reached this stage?"

Katakuri said coldly, "You will pay the price for what you've done today!!!"

"Cuiyu Nuomi!"

Chapter 125 The Monkey is Here

The ground began to undulate, as if an invisible hand was kneading rice cake strips.

Katakuri made a huge pile of them, and the rice cake strips were still covered with a thin layer of black substance, which was enough to show how strong Katakuri's mastery of Armament Haki was.

"Great!"

Karl's figure kept flashing, using his Observation Haki and speed to dodge Katakuri's attacks, but unfortunately there were too many of them, and he was accidentally whipped.

"Sigh~"

"Hmph! Looks like your strength isn't all that great after all!"

Karl quickly regained his composure, condensed a ball of white holy light, and merged it into his body, instantly healing the minor injury he had just sustained.

"This is..."

The moment Katakuri saw Karl condense holy light, a thunderclap resounded in his mind. Wasn't this healing power the same power he had just felt?

It can not only cure diseases, but also strengthen the body!

"It's you! Why are you helping us?"

Karl spread his hands helplessly and said, "My mission is to prevent the Red-Haired Pirates from being defeated by you, so they need to lose a few people to boost their morale, right?"

"Besides, I didn't help for nothing. Isn't this a good way to pay off my debt by killing your younger siblings? So there's no need for thanks."

giggle~

Katakuri clenched his fists, his arms trembling slightly, showing just how furious he was.

This navy is simply, simply despicable. Is this the navy's justice?

"Super Strength Rice Cake!!!"

Rice cakes sprouted from the ground and formed the shape of a donut, there were more than a dozen of them. Then Katakuri used his fist to manipulate the giant arm, which was strengthened by horned mochi, to attack Katakuri.

It is extremely similar to Luffy's Gear Fourth technique, and each punch is imbued with Armament Haki.

Carl remained silent, calmly and quickly closing in on Katakuri while perfectly dodging the arm thrust.

"Elbaf's Spear·Powerful Country!"

For Karl, whose swordsmanship level is LV4, this move is not difficult. The only requirement is that his physique must meet the standard. After strengthening, Karl can easily use this move. However, Ba Guo has to consume a lot of stamina to use it.

"A giant's secret technique! How could you... Pfft!!"

The massive golden flying slash severed several mochi fists and struck directly at Katakuri's body, instantly injuring him severely.

It wasn't that he didn't want to dodge, but that he simply couldn't. Otherwise, Karl wouldn't have used this move at such close range.

The invincible Katakuri fell, blood gushing from his chest. He struggled to stand up, but eventually passed out.

He had been engaged in intense battles with Beckman, and his stamina was already low. Moreover, he had used his Devil Fruit Awakening, so he was very tired now.

"Katakuri, brother!!!" "Brother, are you alright?!"