Chapter 50: Internship Ended

Watching the flames swallow the pirate ship, Karl sighed faintly.

"Finally, it's over..."

Zephyr did not lose his students, did not lose his arm, and Weevil did not have the chance to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. In that case, Master Zephyr shouldn't end up dying at the hands of the Navy!

As for disappointment in the Navy, Karl felt it was nothing. As long as one didn't hold expectations for the Navy, one wouldn't be disappointed.

He had been like this since the day he joined the Navy. It wasn't that he hadn't thought about changing the status quo, but his words carried no weight, and saying more was completely useless.

He still didn't have the ability to change the Navy's status quo, but Karl believed this day wouldn't be too far off. He was very young, only 24 years old.

On the sea not far away, several Navy warships slowly arrived to transfer the people from the training ship to the warships, which officially declared the end of their internship period.

After returning to Navy Headquarters, they would officially take up their posts and shine for the Navy.

Two days later, Marineford.

Zephyr sat calmly in front of Sengoku, handing the report of this internship mission to Sengoku.

"This is the summary report for the 24th recruit training camp internship mission. Sengoku, take a look."

Sengoku accepted it, opened it, and began to read quietly. Zephyr didn't speak, and the office was left with only the sound of Sengoku turning the pages.

Seeing the record of Karl leading the recruits to annihilate the Firearm Pirate Crew and the Hunting Blade Pirate Crew, and assisting Zephyr in defeating Edward Weevil, he couldn't help but reveal a smile.

"Hahaha, Zephyr, you've taught another good student! This Karl is truly a talent."

"Rich in combat experience, methodical in command, and even his strength is outstanding. Wait, he even awakened dual-color Haki during the battle!"

Sengoku looked at Zephyr in disbelief. He really couldn't believe that a recruit in the internship period could awaken dual-color Ambition so quickly. One had to know that even Akainu and the others had awakened Ambition successively only after countless subsequent battles, from which they soared into the sky.

But Karl had actually awakened dual-color Haki simultaneously in a single battle. What kind of genius was this?

The only doubt was, how had such a talent remained obscure until now?

Listening to Sengoku's praise for Karl, a proud smile appeared on Zephyr's face.

"Actually, he already showed signs of awakening before, it just lacked some pressure. It just so happened that Weevil provided enough pressure, so he awakened. If you ask me, this is also very normal."

"If he couldn't awaken under the pressure of life and death, I wouldn't know how he could ever awaken."

Sengoku nodded with satisfaction. The new generation of the Navy had finally produced a genius, and Karl's ability could also assist in enhancing the Navy's high-end combat power. Once he grew up, the Navy's strength would reach a higher level.

Such a talent should enjoy better treatment and a faster promotion speed. After pondering for a while, Sengoku made up his mind.

"Zephyr, how about this: I will first grant Karl the rank of Major in the Headquarters. After he settles down under Kizaru for a period of time, accumulates military merit and seniority, I will then let him lead a team independently to build his reputation."

"Only in this way will Karl's subsequent promotions be convincing and not invite criticism. What do you think?"

Zephyr nodded. What Sengoku said made a lot of sense. Promotions within the Navy depended first on strength, second on military merit, and third on seniority. Only by meeting all three points could one advance further.

A Headquarters Major rank wasn't a leap to the sky for Karl, nor would it invite criticism. After all, he was previously a Captain, so it was only a one-rank promotion.

Even if Karl's strength was strong, he had to take it one step at a time. It was impossible for anyone to be promoted directly from Captain to Commodore, right?

Karl would say, "Eh! In the future, you'll see, it's possible to go directly from a civilian to an Admiral."

"You are the Fleet Admiral, you have the final say. Anyway, as long as you have a plan in mind, I'm leaving."

"Ding~ 【Career Mission - Training Camp Storm】 has officially ended, calculating rewards..."

"Host has accumulated a total of 732 hours of slacking off, exceeding the mission requirements. Random reward is being drawn... Congratulations on obtaining the Devil Fruit - Zoan Bird-Bird Fruit, Raven Model."

"【Career Mission - King of Slacking Off】 has been activated. Mission requirements: Accumulated slacking off time reaches 500/1000/2000/3500/5000 hours."

"Reward: According to the slacking off time, obtain phased rewards (Advanced/Special Attribute Enhancement Card + Random Rare Reward)."

"Detected that the host's current rank is Headquarters Major, daily mission rewards have been upgraded to 3 designated attribute enhancement cards + 3 random rewards, and the probability of obtaining rare items from random rewards has increased to 3%."

Karl, who was reading the newspaper, was stunned by the ding-dong notification sounds of the system and couldn't help but exclaim, "Holy crap!"

"5000 hours. If I slack off for 8 hours a day, 5000 hours is 625 days! That's less than two years, it's very simple!"

Karl calculated slightly and then threw it to the back of his mind. This thing couldn't be rushed; it could only be accumulated slowly. He valued the improvement of daily rewards more; that was the big deal.

"Oh right, it seems I just obtained another Devil Fruit."

Karl looked at the system space. It was a round, purple-black Devil Fruit, but he lost interest upon seeing it was just an ordinary Zoan.

"Now I have ten advanced attribute enhancement cards and 8 ordinary attribute enhancement cards. System, use them all, enhance physique!"

His physique was already C+, so these should be enough to push his physique to B-grade. After the enhancement was completed, Karl's attributes were as follows.

Host: Karl

Age: 24 years old

Physique: B-

Perception: D

Will: C-

Haki: Armament Haki LV1, Observation Haki LV1

Special Abilities: 【Still as a Virgin】, 【Moving as a Hare】

Holy Light Fruit: 13.6% (Awakening Progress)

Active Skill: Frail (Usable)

Now his physique had far exceeded his other attributes. To be precise, it had far exceeded his perception, because his will would automatically increase with the improvement of his strength, so there was no need to invest attribute enhancement cards into it.

Therefore, Karl's next strategy was to focus on perception. Perception affected his reaction speed and insight, and had a huge bonus to Observation Haki. In short, Karl's goal was to be a hexagonal warrior.

"Hey, Smoker, have you heard?" ===== CHAPTER 52 =====