One Piece: I Start with a Married Woman, I Am the Evil Admiral!

Chapter 7: Accidentally Showed Off

The ice demon in his hand slashed at "Iron Wall" Palu at an odd angle through the air.

Extremely fast!

Unexpectedly, "Iron Wall" Palu also had a trick up his sleeve. He raised his shield directly upwards, blocking Aini's attack.

And the next second, dozens of fire bullets shot out from under the shield.

Fortunately, Aini had already acquired Observation Haki and could predict the arrival of the attack. He stood still, swaying his body continuously.

With "Iron Wall" Palu looking utterly shocked, he easily dodged all the bullets.

"how is this possible?"

Aini's ability has shattered decades of conventional wisdom for "Iron Wall" Paru.

"Ice Tiger..."

Aini moved, but this time he went all out, and a sword intent surged from his body, transforming into a giant white tiger.

At this moment, Aini was standing in the center of the white tiger.

The next second, Aini shot out like a cannonball. Almost instantly, he arrived at "Iron Wall" Palu, and with terrifying force, the Ice Demon in his hand slammed into "Iron Wall" Palu's chest, onto the huge shield that was almost the size of his entire body.

"boom...."

Although the attack didn't cleave the massive shield, its powerful impact sent "Iron Wall" Palu flying.

"Click-clack..."

At the same time, a layer of frost appeared on the huge shield on his body.

Aini narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself, "If I reached the Iron-Cutting Realm, this strike should be enough to end the battle."

It seems that once he returns to Rogue Town, he'll need to find a way to get his hands on the Flame Dragon. Only then can he reach the Iron-Cutting Realm...

"Dragon Fang..."

This was his strongest move, and a surge of sword intent erupted from his body once more, transforming into a giant dragon. He then charged forward, the dragon's head snapping towards "Iron Wall" Palu.

Inside the dragon's mouth was Aini, making a thrusting motion.

"clang..."

In the next instant, Aini had already caught up with the flying "Iron Wall" Palu. The Ice Demon in her hand slammed into the center of the great shield.

This time, the impact was far greater than the previous blow.

"Iron Wall" Palu flew out at an even faster speed, finally crashing into a small building made of bluestone on the street.

Its immense power was so great that even the small building made of bluestone could not withstand it. A crater was blasted into the wall.

"Iron Wall" Palu was completely embedded in the wall.

The shield on his body did indeed provide him with powerful defense. However, it couldn't withstand the impact... Under the two terrifying impacts, and the recoil from hitting the wall, he was knocked unconscious.

"Whoosh..."

Just then, Smoker vanished in a cloud of smoke, hurtling past Enni. For a fleeting moment, the two locked eyes.

Smoker stared in shock at the defeated "Iron Wall" Paru.

This isn't one of those lowly henchmen; it's a pirate with a 500 million bounty. And this pirate, clad in a "turtle shell," is the third-ranking member of the Krieg Pirates—he's someone most people couldn't handle.

However, Smoker did not stop, but chased after Krieg, who was fleeing at high speed.

"have to..."

Enni, who had initially intended to give chase, immediately stopped. After all, now that the hostage was gone, wouldn't Smoker, a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, be able to take down Krieg with child's play?

So, dragging the unconscious "Iron Wall" Palu, they headed towards the warship.

.....

When he dragged "Iron Wall" Paru back to the warship, the eyes of the naval officers of the thirty warships under his command lit up.

"second lieutenant!"

The moment everyone saw Aini, they gave her a military salute. This was a treatment the original owner of this body had never received before.

Seeing this, Aini's lips curled up slightly: "Lock this guy up in jail too."

"It's a lieutenant!"

Two officers immediately stepped forward, lifted "Iron Wall" Paru up, and dragged him into the cell at the bottom of the ship.

Half an hour later, Smoker and Tashigi returned one after the other. The way they looked at Enni was completely different now.

It was as if I was getting to know Aini all over again.

There was also a hint of scrutiny in his voice.

A moment later, Tashigi stepped forward, her face sincere: "Thank you for saving me earlier."

Eni waved her hand: "We are all navy personnel. Once we're on the battlefield, we're comrades who can entrust our backs to the enemy."

"Can you turn your back on the other side's comrades?"

Smoker pondered the sentence carefully, and at that moment, his gaze toward Aini changed again.

The initial aversion and disgust towards Aini had now transformed into appreciation: "You performed exceptionally well in this capture. I will report the facts truthfully..."

After saying that, he added, "This time you should be promoted exceptionally, but you still need to work hard. After all, it's not easy to be promoted directly to the school level."

Tashigi said with envy, "Colonel Smoker, this time Lieutenant Enni single-handedly took down Gin and Baru the Iron Wall. At the very least, he should be promoted directly to captain!"

Smoker nodded.

After all, one of them had a bounty of 1200 million, and the other had a bounty of 500 million. In the East China Sea, this was an extraordinary achievement.

Based solely on this achievement.

After a few more years, promotion to major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel is practically guaranteed. Of course, this only applies to the East China Sea.

But then, as if realizing something, Smoker continued, "Those townspeople you stabbed all avoided vital organs. It seemed like an instant kill, but they were actually not seriously injured. Their wounds would heal completely in a month or two... You planned all of this, didn't you!"

Smoker couldn't help but think about the expressions on everyone's faces after they woke up and the doctor examined them one by one.

Neither he nor the townspeople are fools.

Aini shook his head: "Wrong, all the townspeople I stabbed are already dead. Colonel Smoker, you still need to spread this news, preferably so that everyone in the East Sea knows about it."

"what?"

The naive Tashigi looked completely bewildered: "Won't this ruin your reputation?"

Smoker was also confused for a moment, but after thinking it over carefully, he looked at Ani and his eyes widened in shock.

There was even a hint of respect in it.

That's right, it's respect.

Smoker paused for a moment, then said with a serious expression, "Are you trying to use your infamy to make all the pirates in the East Blue understand that taking hostages doesn't work? So that we can avoid situations like Krieg's, where he takes a large number of hostages to threaten the Navy, from happening again?"

Tashigi was stunned. At this moment, she realized: "Is this to sacrifice his own reputation in order to intimidate all the pirates in the East Blue?"

However, the consequences would be severe. Although the Navy also values ​​strength, if one's reputation is truly ruined, the path to promotion will inevitably be much more difficult than for others.

At this moment, Tashigi's gaze towards Ani carried a mixture of respect and admiration.