Chapter 115: Heavy News

Kuja Palace.

The moment she saw Karl's figure, Hancock opened her arms and pounced on Karl.

"My dear, you finally came to see me. I missed you so much!"

Since they parted last time, they hadn't seen each other for nearly 4 or 5 months, and Hancock had almost fallen ill with lovesickness.

Karl patted Hancock's back and said with a smile: "I missed you too. I'm hungry, is there anything good to eat?"

"Yes, of course there is. Someone, come here!"

Hancock had prepared a table full of dishes, fearing Karl wouldn't be full, and even wanted to feed Karl herself.

"Are you still hungry? Do you want to eat a little more?"

"Enough, enough. *Hiccup~*"

Karl unbuckled his belt, revealing his round belly, took a deep breath, and activated Life Return.

"My dear, the day before yesterday was your birthday. I have a gift I want to give you."

Karl raised an eyebrow: "Oh? What gift?"

A faint blush appeared on Hancock's face. She grabbed Karl's hand and pointed to the path leading to the bedchamber: "Let's go, let's go inside and talk..."

After a while, Marigold and Sandersonia, with flushed faces, dispersed all the servants in the palace and forbade anyone from entering.

Karl finally knew what the gift Hancock mentioned was.

Holy Light, have you seen that enemy? Look! That guy looks worth a fight!

Please grant me infinite power and inexhaustible stamina to help me defeat this enemy!

In the end, Karl defeated Hancock without any effort. Of course, the Holy Light provided a little bit of help.

"My dear, today is my dangerous period!"

Karl's tiger body shook. He quickly condensed white holy light and shouted: "Purify!"

Hancock only felt her body warm up, and then there was no then, but Karl let out a long sigh of relief.

"You just..."

Karl revealed a gentle smile: "It's nothing, I was afraid you'd be tired."

"Ying, you're so kind..."

The next day.

The raven brought the snatched newspaper and placed it beside Karl, then dove into the "canteen" to eat.

"Today's news?"

Karl nodded and spread out the newspaper.

"So fast!"

Today's newspaper content was even more explosive: Fleet Admiral Sengoku ordered the arrest of all corrupt Marines, to be detained at Marineford, and a public trial would be held in three days.

Although it was slightly different from the facts, it was for publicity! It wasn't shameful; anyway, his position as Vice Admiral was already secure.

Seeing the newspaper content, Hancock covered her mouth: "Is that old man Sengoku going to play this big?"

"Yeah! After all, this is the result of my hard work over the past few months!"

"What? My dear, you mean these corrupt Marines were all caught by you?"

Karl nodded: "More or less."

"Damn Sengoku, he actually stole all the credit!" Hancock said quite indignantly.

"Hahahaha, don't talk nonsense. This is something I agreed upon with Fleet Admiral Sengoku long ago. Anyway, before long, I'll be a Vice Admiral."

Hancock's face lit up with joy: "That's great, my dear. Wait, if you become a Vice Admiral, won't you be even busier?"

Karl shook his head and said confidently: "That's not necessarily true."

Once the news of the public trial came out, the whole sea was shocked.

When the Pirate King Roger was executed back then, they didn't seem to have such a big move, right? Not to mention that the objects of this trial were Marines. Exposing the Navy's internal problems to the public eye Move Move Like this, weren't they afraid of losing face?

Whether the Navy lost face or not, the civilians loved to watch the fun—other people's fun.

Baltigo.

Dragon looked at the newspaper and fell into deep thought. In his view, neither the World Government nor the Navy could tolerate the Navy's internal scandals being made public, but they not only did it, they also announced it widely. There must be a hidden agenda.

"Chief, Comrade Bartholomew has no intelligence on this move by the Navy."

"Forget it, don't worry about it. I think I've guessed it."

Dragon took a deep breath. Although he didn't know what the Navy was trying to do, he could guess seven or eight out of ten.

"Public trial... That's right. After the trial, they will announce some measures to prevent corrupt Marines, thereby restoring the Navy's prestige, and perhaps even taking the Navy's prestige to a higher level!"

If it were him, he would definitely do this!

To be honest, he didn't have any ill will toward the Navy. After all, he was once a Marine, but it was a pity they were all Marines of the World Government, forming a natural hostile relationship with the Revolutionary Army.

As an enemy, of course, he hoped the Navy would be as incompetent as possible, so that the civilians would be disappointed in the Navy and the World Government, and then they could show their skills.

"Sigh~ What a pity..."

Two days later.

Hancock, glowing with health, reluctantly said goodbye to Karl and watched him leave Amazon Lily on the raven.

"Goodbye, Hancock. I'll come to see you often!"

"Mm, my dear, I'll be waiting for you!"

After three hours of flight, Karl finally returned to Marineford.

"Rear Admiral Karl!"

Karl patted the Marine on the shoulder and pointed to the busy Marines in the plaza, asking: "Are you setting up the trial site?"

"Yes, it's almost set up. We are currently testing the video Den Den Mushi."

Karl nodded and headed straight for the Marine Headquarters building.

"Little brother Karl, long time no see!"

Gion waved at Karl with a smile. Karl nodded in response. The next second, Cancer's face appeared beside Gion, looking at Karl with a calm expression.

"Vice Admiral Cancer, you're here too! Long time no see!"

Cancer pulled out an ugly smile: "Long time no see. You're still as... dashing as ever."

"Little brother Karl, Fleet Admiral Sengoku is already waiting for you. Go find him quickly!"

"Thank you, Sister Gion. I'm off then!"

After Karl left, Gion's face turned black: "Cancer, can you stay away from me? Can you stop following me all the time?"

Cancer pretended to be heartbroken and covered his chest: "Gion, that's so heartbreaking. I, I'm just fond of you, aren't I?"

Gion helplessly covered her forehead, suppressed the urge to draw her sword, and walked away quickly from Cancer.

"Hey! Gion, don't be in such a hurry to leave! How about we have dinner together tonight?"

"No!!!"

Fleet Admiral's office.

Just as he walked in, Karl saw Garp stealing Sengoku's senbei. Sengoku was looking at Garp angrily, and Staff Officer Tsuru was sitting to the side, closing her eyes to rest. What a scene of life.

"Karl, you're here!"

Seeing Karl enter, Sengoku couldn't be bothered to argue with Garp anymore, so as not to affect his tall image in Karl's heart.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, is there anything you need me for?"

Sengoku took out a stack of documents and handed them to Karl: "These are the criminal evidences of those corrupt Marines. I'll trouble you to announce the evidence tomorrow. After all, you are the face of the Navy!"

Originally, Karl wanted to refuse, but on second thought, this seemed Move Move Like a good opportunity to show his face.

After all, no matter how handsome you are, you need exposure. How can you accumulate fans if you don't show your face often? How would his "Heart-Thief" bonus come about?

"Hahahaha, I knew you would agree. Then I'll leave it to you tomorrow!"

"It's my duty, Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"