Chapter 73

"Alright! Then I will stay for a moment."

"No, no, no, just come directly to the VIP room. Rear Admiral Karl has been waiting for a long time."

Jinbe looked at Hancock strangely. If he remembered correctly, this Pirate Empress was supposed to be very difficult to get along with!

Why is she so attentive to this Rear Admiral Karl? Wait, Karl—could it be the Karl who fought Marco to a draw?

Jinbe nodded with a heavy heart and left with Hancock.

Corridor outside the VIP room.

Karl was teasing a raven when a golden light flashed, and the handsome guy made a shining entrance.

"Admiral Huang Yuan? Why are you here?"

Huang Yuan pursed his lips and said: "You kid have been quite busy lately! You're already a Rear Admiral! Truly scary!"

Karl waved his hand: "Pfft! How can I compare to you! Is there anything you need from me this time?"

Huang Yuan nodded and slowly took a document out of his pocket and handed it to Karl.

"Indeed a small matter. Aren't you just about to send those Seven Warlords back to the Calm Belt! Here, it's on the way."

Karl looked at the document, his eyebrows slightly wrinkled: "This is... asking me to go to the Great Underwater Prison?"

The mission was simple: have him transfer 500 prisoners from Impel Down and then escort them to Punk Hazard.

"Yes, I'm a bit busy lately. You don't have a problem with this mission, right!"

"No problem, I happen to want to visit Impel Down too!"

"Then I'll leave it to you, I have to go!"

After saying this, Huang Yuan turned into a flash of light and disappeared. Even Karl had to sigh that Monkey was truly a busy man!

Don't look at him as always slacking off; Monkey was a genuine born-to-work employee.

What is the Navy's most troublesome problem?

Timing!

Many times, when pirates are looting towns, the Navy has already received the news, but by the time they arrive, it's too late, and the pirates have already fled.

But this is reality. No matter how fast a warship is, it can't just fly over, right!

Monkey is different. If there's a mission, OK, he arrives at the scene in minutes and starts fighting pirates.

As for the process of fighting! It all depends on Monkey's mood.

"Rear Admiral Karl!"

Karl turned his head and saw Hancock standing prettily beside him, her eyes flowing as she looked at him, with a blue fat guy beside her.

"I am Headquarters Rear Admiral Karl, nice to meet you."

Facing the goodwill released by Karl, Jinbe said expressionlessly: "Rear Admiral Karl, may I ask what you want with me?"

Karl's expression turned serious, and he gave Hancock a look. Hancock walked into her room, leaving only him and Jinbe in the corridor.

"I have been hunting a pirate crew recently that is preparing to pass through Fish-Man Island to the New World. I want to ambush this group of pirates directly at Fish-Man Island."

"Since Fish-Man Island is your territory, I naturally have to greet you first."

Jinbe frowned: "This... can't you just ambush them in the New World? Why must it be Fish-Man Island?"

Karl shook his head: "No, this group of pirates is very cunning. Once they reach the New World, it will be difficult for me to track their movements."

"After all, that's a group of vicious pirates with a total bounty of over 300 million. You wouldn't want them causing trouble on Fish-Man Island, would you?"

Jinbe: ...

"No need, it's only 300 million. I can handle it alone."

After saying this, Jinbe turned and left without nostalgia, not giving Karl any chance to speak.

Karl, left in place, rubbed his chin. He seemed a bit difficult to talk to. Was the excuse too perfunctory?

Forget it, the preventive shot had already been taken anyway. When the time comes, just dock the ship and that's it!

Inside the VIP room, Hancock leaned lazily on Karl's shoulder, playing with the buttons on his chest.

"Sigh~ After returning to Amazon Lily, it will be hard for me to see you again. What should I do!"

Hancock, in the honeymoon period, wished she could be with Karl every moment, but that was impossible.

She was the Empress of a country, shouldering the heavy burden of the nation. Currently, she couldn't shake off this burden.

"As long as we love each other, why must we be together day and night? Will you suddenly stop loving me one day?"

Hancock quickly covered Karl's mouth with her finger: "No, I won't. I will only love you in this life."

"Me too..."

The next day, the Seastone warship was ready. Smoker, Ain, and Nelson were all in position.

"Set sail!"

"Yes!"

After sending Hancock into her room, Karl came out and saw Ain and Smoker chatting, so he sneaked over.

"Hey! What are you two talking about?"

Ain smiled quietly: "Nothing, Major Smoker is just curious about my ability."

"Yeah! What a magical ability! Sigh~" It felt much stronger than his ability.

Why did he have to eat the Smoke-Smoke Fruit!

Look at Tina, the Cage-Cage Fruit, fierce at catching pirates!

Look at Karl, the Holy Light Fruit, can strengthen and heal, comprehensive!

Look at Ain, the Reverse-Reverse Fruit, can make people younger in minutes, perverted!

And look at him, damn!

Karl teased Smoker: "You're not envious of Ain's fruit ability, are you!"

Smoker didn't act coy and nodded: "Yeah! Don't look at me as a Logia user, but the lethality of smoke can't compare to the Admirals at all. In the end, I still have to rely on physical skills to fight."

"Might as well have eaten a Paramecia Devil Fruit! At least it would be stronger than now!"

Karl shook his head, indicating he didn't agree with Smoker's view. In his opinion, the Smoke-Smoke Fruit clearly still had great potential.

"Smoker, can you control the density of the smoke now?"

Smoker nodded: "Yes! Why?"

"Then have you ever thought about spreading the smoke over a large area to achieve a suffocating effect?"

"Or even further, sending the smoke directly into someone's body and then controlling it to destroy internal organs?"

Listening to Karl's explanation, Smoker's eyes lit up. Right! Why hadn't he thought of that before?

The more Smoker thought about it, the more he felt Karl's idea was correct, and he couldn't help but release a large amount of smoke, enveloping the three of them.

"Cough, cough, cough~" Ain suddenly felt her breathing obstructed, her throat feeling Move Move Like it was stuck with a foreign object, quite uncomfortable, so she quickly used Shave to escape the smoke range.

With smoke swirling around, Karl, holding his breath, seemed to be looking for Smoker's figure, but found he couldn't find him no matter what, so he had to activate Observation Haki.

Only then did he find Smoker's figure in the smoke. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration hit Karl's head.

"Smoker, try elementalization!"

"Elementalization? Okay!"

After Smoker activated elementalization, he completely merged with the smoke. Karl, who had activated Observation Haki, couldn't find him!