Chapter 55

Warship lounge.

"Ding~ [Don't Hit Your Own People 2/7] mission completed."

"Reward: Active skill [Shadow Vision], Observation Haki enhancement card * 5."

Karl nodded with satisfaction. Moria is really a good person!

Mihawk, watch more and learn more! Look at how others are Warlords of the Sea!

"Use all Observation Haki enhancement cards!"

In this way, Karl's Observation Haki just happened to be upgraded from LV2 to LV4.

"Hmm, got a little stronger again."

Observation Haki jumped two levels at once. Karl could clearly feel that the perception range of Observation Haki had expanded a lot—250 meters or 300 meters?

Karl didn't know, but every move within this range could be clearly perceived.

"Right, there's also this!"

Karl turned on the light, looked at the shadow on the floor, and whispered: "Split!"

It was as if a mysterious force had shrunk Karl's shadow by a circle, and there was an extra black gas mass the size of an apple in Karl's hand. This should be the shadow he just split off.

"Success or failure depends on this!"

Shadow Vision describes objects, and Raven is both a weapon and a creature. He didn't know if it would work, but he'd try it anyway.

Just Move Move Like that, Karl placed the gas mass in his hand at the hilt of Raven. Soon, the shadow mass quickly merged into Raven's blade, but there was no change.

To verify if it was successful, Karl closed his eyes.

A magical thing happened. Karl discovered himself standing in the room from another perspective. This perspective was... Raven!

"Raven, turn into a bird!"

"Caw, caw~"

The bird-form Raven tilted its head and smoothed its feathers, as if it didn't feel anything unusual.

"Raven, go out and fly a circle!" "Caw, ah~"

Raven immediately flapped its wings and flew out. Karl sat in the room Move Move Like this, then closed his eyes, and the perspective began to switch.

Outside, Nelson was talking to the navigator, and other soldiers were cleaning or patrolling, each performing their duties.

The sea was still foggy, but it had faded a lot compared to the Thriller Bark.

Karl opened his eyes in the room, feeling Move Move Like he was playing VR just now. This was a different kind of experience.

Given Raven's particularity, Karl could even feel hearing, physical sensations, etc. In this way, Raven was equivalent to becoming his own clone, the kind of clone that could be controlled regardless of distance.

"A bit interesting."

Karl nodded with satisfaction. In this way, Raven's functionality exploded.

However, the biggest gain today was still the Black Blade Shusui that Karl had been thinking about for a long time.

"Hmm, a bit heavy, but it doesn't have much impact."

Shusui was a bit heavier than Raven, but the overall length was about 5cm shorter than Raven. Its blade was a chaotic-blade large reverse-clove pattern, the blade body was black-purple, and it had red serrated patterns.

After Karl slashed a few times, he found that this sword was quite handy, and the appearance was also good.

The most important thing was that it was a full-level sword, unlike Raven, which had to grow into a black blade through constant fighting.

Although it was already very black itself, even if it became a black blade, it probably wouldn't be visible.

Click~

Karl put Shusui into the scabbard and hung it at his waist as one of his permanent weapons. In this way, Karl could be considered a two-sword style swordsman... maybe.

"Colonel, we have left the Florian Triangle. Where should we go next?"

Karl stroked his chin and said: "Where is the nearest navy branch?"

Nelson pointed to the chart and said: "Colonel, the nearest one to us is the 048 Navy Branch."

"Hmm, let's go to the 048 branch for supplies, and then you go notify Impel Down to have them lock up White Wolf Wolf."

"Yes, sir."

After arriving at the 048 branch, Karl and the garrison commander of the 048 branch, Major General Nasr, exchanged business pleasantries, and then temporarily detained White Wolf Wolf in the 048 branch prison.

While replenishing supplies, a navy chore boy sneaked out, talked to a local reporter, sold the video of Karl's battle with Mihawk to the reporter, and then sneaked back into the team.

Karl knew nothing about all this, because he was either slacking off or on the way to slacking off; how could he have time to manage these sesame-sized things.

After a short rest at the 048 branch for one day, the warship set sail again. This time the target was the Broken Wind Pirate Crew, with a total bounty of just 100 million berries, also a small character.

"Colonel, this is today's newspaper, there is news about you on it!"

Karl was stunned. His news? After seeing the headline, Karl gasped.

"Navy Swordsman Karl VS World's Greatest Swordsman Mihawk"

At that time, he and Hawkeye were clearly fighting on Scrap Island. Except for his subordinates, there were no other witnesses. How did it still leak out?

There is a mole in the team!

Seeing that it was written at the end that the two did not distinguish between victory and defeat, Karl breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this reporter had professional ethics and basically reported truthfully, not writing extravagantly for the sake of sales.

"Eh~" Karl's peripheral vision saw another piece of news, but after reading it, he shook his head.

Kaido and Jack sank the transport ship and fled, nowhere to be found. Karl originally thought it would be a few days earlier, but didn't expect them to run only now.

"Bulu, bulu, bulu~"

Karl picked up the Den Den Mushi, and the corner of his mouth curled when he saw the lewd face simulated by the Den Den Mushi.

He knew that besides him, only Monkey-boy could see the newspaper at this time.

"Moshi, moshi~"

"It's really terrifying, Karl, to be able to injure Hawkeye, your progress speed is really fast!"

"You have to know that this guy is even a bit tricky for me!"

Karl said with a bitter smile: "Sigh! Don't praise me, Mihawk didn't take it seriously at all, otherwise how could I have injured him!"

"That's true. By the way, the World Conference is about to be held recently, and the World Government requires the navy to increase its crackdown on pirates to ensure the smooth holding of the World Conference."

"So the tasks will be relatively heavy next. You kid, remember to restrain yourself. I won't say more, you should understand!"

"Hahaha, that goes without saying. Thanks to Admiral Kizaru for the reminder, goodbye!"

Karl hung up the phone directly. Calculating the time, two months later it would be the year 1514 of the Sea Circle Calendar, another new year!

"Bulu, bulu~" Another phone call.

This was a Den Den Mushi face Karl hadn't seen before. It looked Move Move Like a woman, a bit Move Move Like Vice Admiral Gion, and a bit Move Move Like Hina.

"Hello, I'm Karl! You are..."

"He-he-he~ Little brother Karl, don't you recognize me so soon?"

As soon as he heard the voice, Karl knew who it was and replied hurriedly: "Hahaha, so it's Sister Gion! Why, do you have something to do with me?"

"You little slippery head, you hide quite deep! Why didn't I see that you were also a swordsman last time?"

"Where did I have a chance to take action last time!"

"He-he, that's true. By the way, little brother Karl, I happen to be at Navy Headquarters next month. Why don't we spar? Sister is very interested in your swordsmanship now!"

"I'm very sorry, Sister Gion, I have to chase pirates recently. Why don't..."

"Another day?"