Chapter 2

"Hiss~"

Karl only felt the muscles on his body begin to spasm. After a violent tremor, everything became dull and tasteless. But it wasn't over yet; Karl invested five more attribute enhancement cards, this time enhancing his perception.

"View attributes."

Host: Karl

Age: 24

Physique: E-

Perception: F

Willpower: E

Special Ability: Still as a Virgin

Karl stretched his muscles and bones, and a crackling sound came from his body. He had become stronger, but only by a little bit.

However, Karl was already very satisfied. Drinking tea, reading newspapers, fishing, and flirting every day was easily worth more than a month of his hard cultivation. Where else could he find such a good deal?

Now he just needed to arrive at the Navy Headquarters, join the Marine training camp, and start his vigorous career of slacking off!

From now on, Aokiji would be his idol forever; he would firmly resist workaholics Move Move Like Akainu!

Just kidding, with such a small salary a month, why would he risk his life!

The next morning, Karl was still happily playing with big sisters in his dreams, but the dormitory was noisy, and he could vaguely hear topics about the Navy Headquarters and Marineford.

Karl cursed under his breath, covered his ears, and continued to sleep. He had gone to bed very late yesterday, and then a "snoring exchange meeting" started in the cabin, making Karl fall asleep only after three o'clock. Now he desperately needed to catch up on sleep.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but he felt groggy and felt Move Move Like someone was calling him, yet Karl still didn't wake up.

"Bang!"

"You bastard, everyone else is up and assembled, and you're still sleeping here? It's truly incomprehensible, get up now!"

Shuzo angrily pulled off Karl's quilt and dragged him all the way to the Crescent Bay port. The other recruits were already lined up, chests out and heads high, eyes straight ahead.

Standing in front was a tall, purple-haired man, about 65 years old, with a resolute face and muscles covered all over his body.

Seeing the groggy Karl, he frowned slightly and spoke in a slightly hoarse voice: "Shuzo, what's going on?"

Shuzo restrained his anger, lowered his head respectfully, and said: "Master Zefa, this kid was sleeping in! I caught him!"

"Hmm, is that so? Recruit, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation!"

Looking at this tall man with a resolute face, Karl felt a little emotional in his heart.

Standing in front of him was the former Navy Admiral, the current Navy Chief Instructor, Black Arm Zefa!

The Navy members he trained were all over the four seas, and even his superior, that old guy Charles, was once Zefa's student.

Facing Zefa's questioning, Karl swallowed a mouthful of saliva, feeling as if he were being stared at by a fierce beast, his back feeling slightly cold.

With a numb scalp, he replied: "Report, sir! Because I knew I was coming to the Navy Headquarters yesterday, I was so excited that I didn't sleep all night, so I got up late."

A trace of a smile appeared on Zefa's expressionless face. Remembering the recruit information he had looked through yesterday, this kid seemed to have joined the Navy at 14 and had been in for 10 years.

It was his first time at the Navy Headquarters! It was normal to be a bit excited, so he wouldn't bother him. Time was precious, and anyway, there would be plenty of ways to discipline him in the future.

"Return to the ranks!"

Karl breathed a sigh of relief, walked into the queue without a word, chest out, head high, looking straight ahead.

Zefa scanned the Navy formation and nodded imperceptibly. Their spirits were good. Just as he was about to speak, he felt a dullness in his chest and began to cough loudly uncontrollably.

"Cough! Cough, cough~" Zefa waved his hand to signal Shuzo not to help. After pounding his chest a few times, he felt much better, but he was still panting slightly.

"Everyone, from today on, you are my soldiers. No matter what rank you held before, here you only have one identity, and that is recruit!"

"For the next two months, you only have one goal. Tell me, what is your goal?"

All the recruits, including Karl, shouted without hesitation: "Become stronger!"

Slacking off and becoming stronger did not conflict. Karl just wanted to slack off while becoming stronger. If he could make money while lying down, what was wrong with that?

"That's right, what I can teach you is how to become stronger. So, in the coming time, I will squeeze out every bit of your potential to make you Navy elites. Do you have the confidence?"

"Yes!"

"Very good, I believe in you. Now, cough, cough~ follow Instructor Shuzo to the training ground!!!"

Originally, Zefa had a lot more to say, but his damn asthma was acting up again.

He had to end the briefing session early and let Shuzo take this group of recruits to the training ground to test their Doriki values and see what they were made of.

Karl walked in the team, looking up at the magnificent Navy Headquarters. The building had the word "Navy" written on it, and in the middle was the Navy emblem.

Passing through the Navy family area and arriving at the Navy Headquarters, the team stopped moving.

Shuzo stood in front of the team and said loudly: "Next, everyone's Doriki value will be tested. When your name is called, come over! First, Ain!"

The youthful and energetic Ain walked out of the queue and, under Shuzo's guidance, punched the Doriki testing instrument hard. The displayed value was 401. Shuzo looked at Ain's information and said: "You are a Devil Fruit user?"

"Yes, I am a Paramecia-type, Reverse-Reverse Fruit user."

Shuzo nodded, recorded the Doriki value after Ain's name, drew a circle, and then called the next person.

After about half an hour, it was finally Karl's turn. Looking at the testing instrument in front of him, he took a deep breath and struck with all his might!

486! The highest in the whole venue. Even Shuzo, who had been looking down on him, took a few extra looks at Karl. This pretty boy seemed to have something!

But it was only a few extra looks. This result was not very outstanding. You know, the Doriki value of an ordinary Navy soldier is 10, and only those above 500 are considered supermen.

The group of arrogant CP9 members who would infiltrate Water 7 in the future had the strongest, Lucci, with a full 4000 Doriki, and the weakest, Owl, had 800 Doriki.

And this was the result Karl achieved after using an attribute enhancement card.

It could only be said that the strength of this batch of recruits was not great; it was just picking the best among the short ones.

[Career Task - Training Camp Storm]: Successfully entered the Marine training camp. Reward: Devil Fruit, Paramecia-type, Holy Light Fruit. It has been stored in the system space, please check it.

"Damn it!"

Karl spat softly. He knew that with his luck, he shouldn't even think about Mythical Zoan or Logia-type Devil Fruits.

But having one was better than nothing. Taking advantage of the waiting time, Karl hurriedly asked the system and finally figured out what this Devil Fruit was.

The Holy Light Fruit belongs to the auxiliary type of Devil Fruit. After eating it, one can use the power called Holy Light. There are two basic abilities of Holy Light: the first is healing, and the second is strengthening.

In short, as long as he eats this Holy Light Fruit, Karl can transform into a healer, capable of healing and supporting. For the Navy, which has many people, this ability is simply top-notch.

"This fruit... is quite fragrant!"

However, there was no rush for now. He would see if there was a chance to get a Mythical Zoan in the future; otherwise, he would be embarrassed to talk to others when he went out.

Ding! [Training Camp Storm Phase 2 Started]: Training phase, cumulative slacking time reaches 400 hours.

Reward: Designated Attribute Enhancement Card (Advanced) * 10.

Special Skill: [Move Move Move Like a Rabbit], in a moving state, physical stamina consumption speed is halved.

Gulp, Karl swallowed a mouthful of saliva. There was nothing more to say, just start slacking off!