#20 - Chapter 20: First High-Level Meeting in the South China Sea

Right at the moment of receiving the reward.

Jin An felt his perception ability seemed to have become stronger.

He could easily perceive every move of the people on the square.

"It seems you have awakened a new ability."

Karp exclaimed in admiration. As it stood, this kid was unbelievably talented. Only in his twenties, yet already at this level, his future was truly promising.

After resting for a while, Jin An felt the pain in his abdomen lessen, and he wanted to try to stand up.

Seeing that he wasn't in any serious trouble, Karp also stood up and extended a hand to Jin An.

Without hesitation, he grasped the hand, and then, with Karp's pull, he stood up.

Jin An looked at Karp, a smile appearing on his face: "If there's a chance next time, I'll ask you for guidance again."

Through this exchange, Jin An realized that he was still far from the top experts of this world.

Fighting with experts is one of the best ways to improve.

Another way to improve faster is through life-and-death battles. There is great terror between life and death, and if you can overcome it, you can advance rapidly.

"Keep working hard, Jin An."

"You now have the strength to roam the seas, but you must remember that there is always someone better."

"You just grasped Haki, right?"

"If you go to the Marine Headquarters, you can find Zefa. He has a unique understanding of Haki."

"Work hard to train this power, it will take you further. When that time comes, you will truly be able to step onto the stage of this world."

As for the elusive Conqueror's Haki, only Sengoku in the entire Navy has awakened that power.

However, there was still a hint of anticipation in Karp's eyes. Maybe this little guy could do it too.

Jin An was happy to receive Karp's message, but if he had a girl's concern right now, he felt he would be even better...

Karp sneezed beside him.

"Is Sengoku thinking about me again?" He scratched his head and put these things behind him.

"Captain Jin An, you are really amazing!"

Looking at Jin An walking to the edge of the field, Fire Fist laughed and gave him a thumbs up.

People in the Navy were very clear about Karp's strength, and they would naturally give the greatest praise to Jin An, who could fight Karp.

"I thank you..."

Jin An rolled his eyes while rubbing his stomach and sighed as he looked at Fire Fist, who never opened his eyes.

He transmigrated too early. There were many things he didn't know during this period, and most of his 'acquaintances' hadn't been born yet.

This is really too painful...

"Kid, do you still want to set up the base in the Sorbet Kingdom?" Karp asked after thinking about it.

Jin An nodded without thinking: "Of course, that's the place I'm most familiar with."

Moreover, most of his industries were in that place.

Karp reminded: "But the Sorbet Kingdom Marine Base doesn't seem to be as big as this one."

"It doesn't matter, I'll just expand it myself when the time comes, and I think the current size is enough." Jin An didn't care. There was no need to put so much thought into the workplace.

Karp didn't say anything more: "You rest first, I'll arrange for someone to send the prisoners away."

Saying that, he slowly walked away amidst the cheers of the people.

Jin An looked at the devastated training ground: "It should cost a lot of money to repair this, right?"

"Report, Captain, it will cost about hundreds of thousands of Berries to repair it." A Marine in the base replied.

He and Karp damaged it, wouldn't they have to pay for the repairs?

Turning his head to look at where Karp disappeared, Karp wouldn't have run so fast because of this, right...

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Naval Base Conference Room

This is the place where the Navy goes most often, and all matters, large and small, are finalized here.

So this is considered a relatively important place, and ordinary people cannot enter here.

In this hall, a group of Marines sat around a table.

Sitting at the head was naturally Jin An, who had just become a Marine Captain, and beside him were people with a certain weight in the South Sea.

The atmosphere in the conference room was not good, and some people wearing coats were glaring at Jin An, who was sitting at the head.

Many people who couldn't get on the table looked at the not-so-good atmosphere and chose to stand quietly on the side.

"When did the South Sea become like this? Even a young brat can ride on our heads." A Marine Captain's opening remark provoked some people to glare angrily.

Jin An waved his hand to his subordinates, "Isn't whether you will be ridden on determined by everyone sitting here?"

Hearing Jin An's words, those people became even more angry, their hands pointing at Jin An trembling constantly, but they were unable to refute.

"I can sit here because I have the ability and strength." Jin An's eyes swept across the officers below, "Anyone who is not convinced can stand up and speak."

These people below all knew about the sparring match between this young man and Karp, so naturally they didn't dare to stand up.

"Where is the person who spoke earlier? Why don't you stand up?" Jin An said lightly.

"Captain Jin An, I was impulsive."

The Captain who had just ridiculed Jin An took a deep breath and said in a low voice. He had indeed been inconsiderate before, which led to him being dealt with by Jin An as a scapegoat. Although he was still unconvinced in his heart, he could only lower his head.

The pirate world is, in the end, about strength. Since you can't beat them, then you can only choose to swallow your anger, which is better than losing your life.

"We were indeed a little impulsive." Someone came out to be the peacemaker.

We were wrong, don't you have any faults? It takes two to tango, aren't you just a little stronger than us?

Of course, they only dared to think about these words in their hearts.

"Then I'll ask again, do you all agree with the things I proposed earlier?" Jin An asked, staring at them.

"We have no objection to opening schools and commercial companies in the South Sea region." Everyone looked at each other and spoke at the same time.

"But we need to consider the matter of establishing an Inspection Office."

An agency like the Inspection Office is very detrimental to these local emperors. If this department is suddenly established, their every move will be monitored by this department in the future.

They won't be able to do many things, so how will they make money?

"We are strictly an organization under the jurisdiction of the World Government. If you want to suddenly establish a new organization like this, do you need to ask the people above?"

Now they were in the right, even if they made a fuss in the Holy Land, they believed those people would be on their side.

"You don't need to worry about that. This organization will be directly under my responsibility, and I will pay for the operating expenses. You only need to execute it."

"Moreover, this is a notice, not a discussion with you!"

Jin An slammed the table, directly put on his coat, and didn't bother to continue seeing these people.

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