Chapter 194

Leaving the Navy Headquarters building, a tall man stood with his arms crossed, his gaze hooking onto Karl like a claw.

"I heard you've been catching corrupt Navy personnel in the Four Seas recently?"

Karl nodded: "Admiral Akainu, your sources are truly well-informed."

A smile tugged at Akainu's stern face, though to Karl, it was hard to call it a smile.

"Well done. These parasites should have been cleaned out long ago. If I hadn't been so busy all this time, hehehe, this bunch of scum..."

Akainu has a rigid personality and uses cruel methods without showing any mercy; he absolutely does not allow the existence of even a shred of "evil." If he were the one sent to fight corruption, he probably wouldn't bring a single one back—they would all be executed on the spot by him.

"Rest assured, Admiral Akainu, they are destined to be nailed to the pillar of shame. That is far more painful than just killing them, isn't it?"

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

"That's true. You kid really do suit my tastes, what a pity!"

Although he hadn't met Karl in a long time, he had been silently following Karl's deeds: assisting in the capture of Kaido, encountering the Witch Pirates, confronting Marco...

The point that satisfied Akainu the most was that Karl never showed mercy to pirates; he killed when he should kill and captured when he should capture.

At the very least, as the leader of the Hawk Faction, Akainu greatly appreciated Karl's methods.

"Hahaha, so Admiral Akainu values me this much? But there's nothing to pity. We are all members of the Navy, and that is enough."

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

Watching Akainu's back gradually disappear, Karl scratched his head, preparing to go to the training ground to visit Master Zefa and help him adjust his body or something.

The next day.

"Caw~ Caw!"

The raven let out a harsh cry, waking Karl from his sleep. Opening his eyes, he saw the raven still had a newspaper in its beak; if nothing went wrong, it must have snatched it from a news gull.

"Let me see... 【The problem of Navy corruption is becoming increasingly serious; corruption is frequently occurring in many Navy branches across the Four Seas】"

The newspaper then introduced some "glorious" deeds of corrupt Navy personnel, focusing on the phenomenon of collusion between corrupt Navy personnel and pirates, inciting public dissatisfaction with the Navy.

"Tsk tsk, it seems Fleet Admiral Sengoku is quite savvy! This self-smearing tactic is played too smoothly."

Leaving the family quarters and arriving at the plaza, Karl found that most Navy personnel were discussing these issues.

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

"They are Navy! How can they collude with pirates? Doesn't Fleet Admiral Sengoku care?"

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

New World, Dressrosa Island.

Doflamingo, who had long cultivated the habit of reading newspapers diligently, gradually frowned. He wasn't very concerned about the corruption within the Navy, but was thinking that there were still his moles inside the Navy; if the Navy Headquarters started a thorough internal investigation, would Vergo be exposed?

Soon, Doflamingo received a message: Vergo said not to contact him for a while.

"Fufufu~ What a headache!"

The Moby Dick.

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

Bai Huzi picked up a bowl of wine and gulped it down, saying indifferently: "Silly son, are those the Navy branches in the Four Seas you're looking at?"

"Although the Navy is the largest force in the world, there are ultimately places they cannot reach. It's normal for some problems to arise..."

Saying this, Bai Huzi was thinking that their Bai Huzi Pirates also had a large family and business, with so many divisions and so many affiliated pirate crews; wouldn't problems arise there too?

Forget it, too lazy to think so much. Anyway, they are all family; as long as they don't hurt their companions and family members don't plot against each other, they can do whatever they want, and he can handle it.

Navy Headquarters, conference room.

Sengoku originally didn't want to hold a meeting, but too many generals unaware of the truth had come to him, volunteering to go to the Four Seas to capture those corrupt Navy personnel. With no other choice, he had to summon the Navy generals without missions to hold a meeting.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku! Now everyone is discussing the corruption within the Navy, why are we still sitting here?"

"That's right! If you ask me, we should hurry up and arrest those parasites now!"

"Exactly, and then thoroughly investigate all personnel within the Navy to find those potential parasites!"

Sengoku shouted: "Quiet!"

The discussion in the conference room gradually subsided, and Sengoku took a deep breath and said: "The report in the news was intentionally leaked by me to the news agency."

"What? Why?" "Fleet Admiral Sengoku, this, this, this..."

"But the situation is basically true. Everyone, listen to me slowly. A few months ago, Gasparde defected from the Navy, and Major General Karl..."

Subsequently, Sengoku recounted the whole story, including the public trial of corrupt Navy personnel and the idea of establishing an Independent Commission Against Corruption.

The Navy generals present suddenly realized, and their gazes turned toward Karl on the side.

"Major General Karl, the idea of the Independent Commission Against Corruption is fantastic, well done!"

"I support you!"

Facing these praises, Karl remained unmoved, still leaning calmly on his seat, his chest rising and falling rhythmically.

Seeing Karl, who was unfazed by favor or humiliation, Sengoku was very gratified; he was indeed the Navy officer he valued. But why was this kid wearing sunglasses indoors?

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

"Hiss~"

Karl took off his sunglasses and glared at Ain: "Ouch! What are you doing?"

Ain didn't speak, looking around at the surroundings, and Karl immediately stopped talking.

Because he discovered that everyone else's eyes seemed to be looking at him. Damn, he was discovered the first time he slept; his luck was bad!

Sengoku covered his face; he was careless. This kid was actually slacking off! He couldn't have learned this from that bastard Garp, could he?

"Ahem, since everyone already understands the ins and outs, don't come to me again. The top priority now is the public trial of corrupt Navy personnel and the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption."

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

"Meeting adjourned!"

Leaving the conference room, many Navy generals came to talk to Karl, making Karl somewhat overwhelmed; his face was almost stiff from smiling.

"It's truly terrifying~ You kid created a major event without a sound!"

"No way, since they won't let me go to the New World, I can only find something to do!"

Kizaru's small mouth immediately puckered into a chrysanthemum: "Others might not know, but can't I know you? I'm afraid you just moved your lips, and others did all the work, right?"

Kizaru, you know too much...