Chapter 17: Internship Ship Sets Sail

After the "Naval Competition" ended, there was a three-day holiday.

During the holiday, there were no slacking tasks. Karl said it was very dry, but there was no way. Only working days were called slacking. On holidays, you could do whatever you wanted!

"Ah! It’s already eight o'clock! No, I’m going to be late! Karl, stop messing around!"

Monica hurriedly climbed out of bed and pushed away Karl’s mischievous hand. It was all Karl’s fault; he tossed and turned all night last night, causing her not to rest well.

"Mm, you go! I, I’ll sleep a little longer."

Then a slight snoring sound came from the room. Monica quickly packed up and left the room.

One hour later...

"Bang, bang, bang!"

"Who?"

"It’s me, Smoker. I know you are at home, open the door quickly!"

Smoker? What is this guy looking for me for? No way, people are already at the door, so Karl had to climb out of bed.

"What are you looking for me for? Eh! Why is there a woman!"

The woman was naturally Hina. She had long pink hair, wore a dark red suit, and had a cold and glamorous face. Move Move Like Smoker, she had a cigarette in her mouth.

Although Karl knew her name, they didn't know each other on the surface, so he could only pretend not to know her.

"Oh, this is Hina. We are training camp students of the same period. She can be considered my good friend!"

Hearing "considered," Hina’s face turned cold: "Hina is very disappointed. We have known each other for so many years, and we are only 'considered' good friends?"

"Uh, okay, okay, okay, you are my good friend, okay! Forget it, I’m too lazy to talk to you about this. Karl, let’s go, go to the training ground with me!"

Karl had an "Ouch, what are you doing" expression, pushing Smoker’s hand away.

"Did you make a mistake? It’s hard to have a holiday! I won't go to the training ground!"

Smoker sneered disdainfully: "Don't think I don't know. Master Zefa told me everything. Don't pretend here."

"We didn't decide the winner yesterday! Let’s compare again today!"

"No, I admit defeat, okay!"

Karl refused without thinking. How can you, a Logia type, be embarrassed to ask for a sparring match with someone who doesn't even know Armament Haki!

"Eh! At worst, I won't use elementalization, okay! Let’s have a real fight, how about it?"

Karl looked at Smoker suspiciously, seriously suspecting that he just wanted to find his place and teach himself a lesson.

"Come on, Karl! You can't stay at home for all three days, right? Maybe if we spar, we will suddenly awaken Haki?"

Eh, don't say, this makes some sense. Zefa had long told him that the probability of awakening Haki during battle was higher.

But whether it was him or Shuzo, they could easily handle Karl and couldn't give Karl any pressure at all. After all, they couldn't beat him.

So an opponent Move Move Like Smoker who was evenly matched with him was the best tool man.

"Okay! Wait for me to pack up!"

A quarter of an hour later, Karl and Smoker stood on both sides of the training ground in turn, while Hina acted as the referee.

"Are you both ready?"

Karl patted Holy Light into his body, his strength rose linearly, and the physique on the panel temporarily changed from C to C+. If converted into enhancement cards, it would probably take more than 50 cards to increase his physique from C to C+.

"Come on!"

Shave!

The two touched and fired, and they fought back and forth.

The next two days of vacation were basically spent sparring with Smoker and Hina.

Now Smoker, on the premise of not elementalizing, was not Karl’s opponent at all.

It was okay when his stamina was abundant, but once his stamina was exhausted and he revealed a flaw, he would be taken away by Karl, who was still full of stamina.

Simply put, the healing provided by Holy Light plus the physical exertion reduction provided by [Move as a Rabbit] made Karl’s physical fitness far exceed Smoker and Hina.

Especially the recovery ability, which was no worse than a Zoan ability user.

Of course, if Smoker turned on elementalization, it would be very difficult for Karl to defeat Smoker.

Besides Smoker, Hina had also sparred with Karl several times. Hina’s ability was the Cage-Cage Fruit, and her control ability was very strong. Once locked by her, Karl was difficult to break free. The two were considered five-to-five.

As the saying goes, you don't know each other without fighting. Karl soon became friends with these two young naval generals of similar age.

"Phew~ Thank you, Karl. Your ability is really great. No wonder your sustained combat ability is so strong!"

Hina closed her eyes comfortably, feeling the warm energy wandering in her body. The injuries left by sparring with Karl just now healed instantly, and even her stamina recovered quite a bit.

Although she had been healed Move Move Like this many times, she couldn't help but sigh.

"That’s not false! If I could catch pirates with Karl, it would definitely be very easy, and I wouldn't have to worry about getting hurt. No wonder the three Admirals all want Karl to be their adjutant!"

After personally experiencing Karl’s ability, Smoker sighed more than once why he ate the Smoke-Smoke Fruit. He couldn't do anything, and in the end, he had to use martial arts.

"Hahahaha, look at what you guys are saying. We are all Navy; we will definitely have the opportunity to fight side by side in the future."

Smoker nodded: "Also, by the way, you are going to catch pirates tomorrow, right!"

"That’s right, I’m leaving in the morning."

It didn't matter to Karl whether he had a holiday or not. Anyway, most of the time was used for slacking off. On the contrary, there were no daily tasks on holidays.

"I wish you a smooth internship. I should go tomorrow too. How about you, Hina?"

"Hina is going to the New World with Staff Officer Tsuru tomorrow. Recently, a newcomer named Jack in the Beasts Pirates is too arrogant, so Staff Officer Tsuru is preparing to implement a capture plan for him, so she asked Hina to help."

Karl’s heart moved, thinking that they wouldn't be able to meet for a long time in the future. Should they have a meal together or something? But thinking about it, forget it. After all, they all had missions.

"Since that’s the case, let’s say goodbye here! We must have a good gathering next time we meet!"

"It’s a deal!" "Hina agrees!"

The next day.

"Monica, I’m going out to perform a mission this month. Wait for me to come back obediently, okay?" ===== CHAPTER 29 =====