Slacking Major

Episode 1, Ocean Calendar October 1498, one week after the execution of Pirate King Roger. The weather at the Loguetown Marine branch was warm and pleasant, and the cool sea breeze blew through the windows into the office, making the room feel exceptionally refreshing.

An occupant sat inside the office, wearing a white military t-shirt and relaxing comfortably on a recliner. His gull-patterned marine cap rested over his face, obscuring his features.

A lazy voice sounded from the recliner, "Has Vice Admiral Garp not left yet?"

"Major Mu Chen?"

"Vice Admiral Garp is still wandering around Loguetown." Next to him, a young marine soldier was busy cracking an open coconut.

The marine soldier spoke while holding the opened coconut in his hand, preparing to hand it to Adrian on the recliner.

Ah, what a cozy life!

Adrian thoroughly enjoyed it, especially in the safest East Blue.

Just then, with a loud crash, the office door was shattered directly. Shards of the door scattered across the floor. Adrian was jolted awake instantly, and he quickly stood up as his hat fell to the ground.

Ah!

Adrian stood nearly 1.9 meters tall, featuring a masculine and handsome face, black hair, black pupils, yellow skin, and muscle lines that were faintly visible through his t-shirt.

"One of the cripples of the pirate world, Major Adrian!"

The marine soldier nearby also shouted subconsciously.

In truth, the marine soldier was terrified. After all, the Pirate King Roger had just been executed right here, and the Great Age of Pirates had been kicked off. He feared some blind pirate would come here to cause trouble.

The next second, a middle-aged man wearing a dog-head hat, with a sturdy build and a height approaching 3 meters, walked in.

Adrian looked. Wasn't this Vice Admiral Garp?

Even with Adrian's height of 1.9 meters, standing in front of Garp, who was close to 3 meters tall, he truly looked like an infant.

What the hell, what kind of performance was Garp pulling after the execution?

The Pirate King Roger was gone, yet Garp hadn't left, running over to smash his door with the Fist of Love.

Garp let out a carefree laugh first. The scene was so familiar that nerves twitched too fast.

Adrian didn't give Garp any face at all. Wasn't he clear on what kind of virtue Garp possessed?

"Vice Admiral Garp, don't, don't think you're a marine hero and just smash my door. Pay for the damages! Eh, hahaha. Anyway, speaking of which, you brat are slacking off again, hahahaha!"

"Roger has already been brought to justice and executed, can't I enjoy myself?"

Adrian also complained. Back then, in order to execute the Pirate King Roger, all the marines in East Blue had started rushing around months in advance. That kind of life was simply not something a working stiff could endure, and on top of that, he was constantly bossed around by Garp. He still remembered that grudge.

"Roger left behind the One Piece, and everyone wants it now. Everyone is going out to sea to become a pirate. As a righteous marine, how can you sleep?"

Garp also said unhappily. Although he was strolling around Loguetown just to see how East Blue was reacting now, the number of people going out to sea to become pirates was increasing steadily, which brought a lot of trouble to marines like them.

Therefore, facing the slacking Adrian, Garp felt both helpless and a bit angry.

Adrian didn't feel anything was wrong at all. "It's the general trend, what can a tiny major like me do? Isn't it enough to just manage my own patch of land?"

After all, he alone couldn't stop so many people's determination to go out to sea. That was the One Piece left behind by the Pirate King Roger after all. Everyone wanted to be the Pirate King, who wouldn't be tempted?

Seeing Adrian speaking with such a lazy expression, Garp's anger flared up again. He was a vice admiral, a marine hero, and a tough guy who had even refused the position of marine admiral, yet Adrian remained in that lazy state. Was he himself not fierce enough, or did he lack prestige?

Suddenly, Garp changed the subject, his tone turning serious.

"Adrian Mu Chen, age 19, major of the Loguetown Marine branch. Decent strength, comparable to a colonel or above in combat power. Suspected of using Haki, and his eyes turn red during battle. However, he has a lazy disposition, often goofing off during work hours, and even invented a new term for this slacking: slacking off."

"The soldiers in the base call you the Slacking Major, while the pirates call you Blood Eyes."

When Garp finished speaking, the entire office fell into silence.

Adrian frowned tightly. Garp investigated me? Did I bring this last name with me when I time-traveled?

It hasn't been called out in a long time, and doesn't this "Blood Eyes" title clash with the pirate world? It should be called Red Copper Adrian.

Having traveled to this pirate world for more than two years, in his previous life on Blue Star, he had been a corporate drone for several years before dying of sudden cardiac arrest right at the company. Being a corporate drone was out of the question; his previous life ended in utter exhaustion. Upon coming to the pirate world, he bound the Slacking System, which required him to slack off at work every day to earn Slacking Points, which could be exchanged for numerous rewards.

As for why he became a marine, the reason was simple: marines could clock in for work every day, steady as clockwork.

As for being a pirate, forget about it. Not to mention that they were all vicious criminals, he might just lose his little life while trying to slack off.

Frankly speaking, if the pirate profession didn't have Luffy as the protagonist to prop it up, probably no one would even read this manga.

What could pirates do besides kill, burn, and loot?

They were simply scum.

The world's two major pests: pirates and Celestial Dragons.

At this moment, Adrian was very curious why Garp had investigated him.

He was merely slacking off and hadn't committed any major offenses. Even though he would slack off during missions, the end result was still catching pirates.

Adrian asked Garp suspiciously, "Vice Admiral Garp, I don't know what you mean by saying all this." Under these circumstances, Adrian didn't even know if Garp had some wire crossed in his brain again.

He had walked in laughing just a moment ago, only to solemnly recite his personal information the next second.