37: Chapter 37 I'm Here to Deliver a Gift

The moment the voice fell.

Karl ignored everyone's horrified gazes and silently awakened the system in his mind.

"System, open the panel and check the currently accumulated Majesty Points."

[Ding! System panel expanded!]

[Host: Karl]

[Current Majesty Points balance: 450,000! (From the extreme mental breakdown and shock of Kizaru, Sengoku, Rayleigh, Luffy, and others)]

Looking at this huge fortune, a satisfied glint flashed in Karl's eyes.

The crazy antics at Sabaody Archipelago earlier were finally worth the effort.

"System, open the Heavens and Myriad Worlds Skill Mall for me," Karl thought silently.

[Ding! Mall opened, filtering God-level skills suitable for the current realm for the host...]

Soon, Karl's gaze locked onto a skill icon at the very top of the mall, radiating a dazzling golden light.

[God-level Incantation Skill: Word of Power (Pseudo)]

[Skill Description: Redeemable for 100,000 Majesty Points! This is the prototype of a top-tier rule-based skill from the Heavens and Myriad Worlds!]

[Skill Effect: After activating this skill, the host can issue absolute commands through speech for a short period!]

[Judgment Condition: For targets weaker than the host, or those with a 'blood/nominal kinship' with the host, the command is irresistible!]

"Good stuff!"

Karl laughed wildly in his heart.

With this skill, it has simply become the most unsolvable double sanction of physical and mental control on this sea!

"System, redeem [Word of Power (Pseudo)] for me!"

[Ding! Deducted 100,000 Majesty Points, redemption successful!]

[Congratulations to the host for mastering the prototype of a rule-based skill, current skill level: Beginner, each use consumes a trace amount of Conqueror's Haki.]

Accompanied by the system's prompt sound.

A mysterious and profound power of rules, seemingly capable of Word of Power, instantly fused into Karl's throat and vocal cords!

Karl felt that every breath he took seemed to cause a slight resonance in the surrounding space.

"Come on, let's test the effect."

Karl suddenly turned his head to look at Luffy, who was taking advantage of his uncle's distraction to sneakily stuff steak into his mouth.

Karl glared, activated the newly redeemed skill, and shouted in a deep voice:

"Luffy, put down the meat and go wash your hair upside down!"

This command, which sounded extremely absurd and could even be called nonsensical, had just been spoken.

An invisible ripple of rules instantly enveloped Luffy's entire body!

"Clatter!"

Luffy widened his eyes in horror; he found that his hands had completely lost control and let go of the steak!

Immediately after, under the ghost-seeing gazes of Ace and Smoker.

Luffy's body, like a puppet on strings, walked straight towards the bucket beside the deck.

With a "bang," Luffy stood directly upside down, plunged his head fiercely into the bucket, and began scrubbing frantically!

"Woooo... glug glug... Uncle! I can't control myself!" Luffy screamed desperately in the water.

"Holy sh*t!" Ace jumped up in fright, the pen in his hand trembling.

"Uncle, you... you know sorcery?!"

Smoker even bit through all six cigars in his mouth, his eyeballs almost falling into the sea.

"What sorcery? This is called absolute authority!"

"Smoker, don't just stand there!"

Karl waved his hand, pointing towards the depths of the Grand Line.

"Full speed ahead! Target, Marineford!"

...

Three days later.

Marineford, Marine Headquarters.

At this moment, the atmosphere at Marineford was so oppressive that it felt like the air was about to freeze!

Inside the huge crescent-shaped harbor, fifty heavy battleships of the highest specifications were densely docked.

One hundred thousand fully armed, grim-eyed Marineford elite soldiers were lined up on the plaza like a steel wall.

At the very front of the plaza.

A full twenty brand-new Pacifista were flashing with cold red light, all laser cannons fully charged.

And on the high execution platform.

The new acting Fleet Admiral, "Akainu" Sakazuki.

Was wearing the Fleet Admiral's cloak representing Absolute Justice, looking down at the end of the horizon with a face as gloomy as water.

His right arm had completely turned into rolling dark red magma, and the terrifying high temperature twisted the surrounding air to an extreme degree!

"Lord Fleet Admiral."

Brannew ran to Akainu's side, sweating profusely, his voice trembling.

"The scout ship sent an urgent telegram, Admiral Karl... oh no, Karl's ship has already broken through the outer defense line of the Gates of Justice!"

"The target hasn't slowed down! They... they are heading straight for Headquarters!"

Hearing this news, the one hundred thousand elites on the entire plaza immediately caused quite a commotion.

Karl really came! That peerless monster who slapped Kizaru away and angered Sengoku into illness had actually come to the headquarters all by himself!

"Quiet!"

Akainu suddenly let out a heaven-shaking roar like a wild beast.

"He is just a traitor who has been stripped of his military rank!"

"I said long ago that a bastard like Karl, who has no discipline and acts recklessly, never deserved to wear the cloak of justice from the beginning!"

"Today, since he dares to seek his own death, I will use this scorching magma to completely erase this tumor from the sea!"

Just as Akainu was spouting nonsense!

"Woo—!"

A piercing, sky-penetrating warship siren sounded at the entrance of the Marineford bay!

A warship with a peculiar shape and a large "Uncle" flag hanging from the bow charged into the inner bay extremely arrogantly!

Ignoring the tens of thousands of dark cannon muzzles surrounding it!

Ignoring the murderous gazes of the one hundred thousand elites!

Karl's warship swaggered in and stopped steadily less than a hundred meters away from the plaza!

Silence.

Marineford fell into a deathly silence, and everyone's breathing stopped at this moment.

"Click... clack..."

On the warship's deck, footsteps came, extremely calm, yet seemingly stepping on everyone's hearts.

Under the gaze of one hundred thousand eyes.

Karl, wearing that iconic floral shirt and flip-flops, walked slowly to the bow.

Behind him followed the nervous Smoker, as well as Luffy and Ace, who were hugging each other in fear.

Even more unbelievable was.

In Karl's hand, he was actually carrying a huge, exquisitely wrapped gift box tied with a pink ribbon!

"Sakazuki."

Karl stood at the bow, his deep black eyes crossing the hundred thousand-strong army, piercing straight at Akainu on the execution platform.

His voice wasn't loud, but with the support of his dark purple Conqueror's Haki, it echoed like thunder over the entire Marineford.

"I heard you, this red dog, got a promotion."

Karl carelessly raised the gift box in his hand, a sneer of extreme arrogance curling at the corner of his mouth.

"A few days ago at Sabaody Archipelago, I specifically prepared a big gift for you."