Jin An and the Navy

Time flew.

Inside an exquisite little villa.

"Big brother, I finished all of today's tasks. (Though it only took thirty minutes.)"

A red-haired boy approached Jin An, who was resting in a rocking chair, with light steps.

"Shanks, you're here." Jin An stopped rocking and picked up a reward from beside him, handing it over. "Here, your favorite BC Calcium Milk."

Ever since Emporio Ivankov had left four years ago, the system had issued several more tasks.

Compared to the first task, these ones had been a piece of cake, completed with barely any effort.

But the rewards had been pitifully few—just a handful of formulas, with BC Calcium Milk being one of them.

Still, thanks to those things, the four of them had been living quite comfortably, and before they knew it, they had become the richest people in the Sorbet Kingdom.

Improving their lives was secondary. The most important thing was accumulating capital.

The Navy was powerful in this world, right? Yet it still had no choice but to obediently follow the World Government's orders.

The root cause of that was simple: no money.

Most of the pirate world was water. Farming was a dead end, while business was nearly impossible with so many pirates around. What were people supposed to do when they had no money? They could only go to sea and become pirates, or starve to death.

And so the vicious cycle continued, turning the world into the distorted mess it was today.

Therefore, Jin An had decided to make money first. Of course, he would never touch those shady businesses.

Naturally, he had not neglected physical training either.

Jin An glanced at the panel.

[Host: Jin An]

[Physique: 79]

[Mental Strength: 59]

[Swordsmanship: 79 (Great Swordsman-level swordsman)] (80–89 Master, 100 Grandmaster)

[Soru: 79 (Can stomp the ground dozens of times within 0.2 seconds)]

[Finger Pistol: 79 (The power concentrated in the fingers can easily pierce through multiple layers of steel)]

[Armament Haki: 59 (Not awakened)]

[Observation Haki: 59 (Not awakened)]

[Conqueror's Haki: 0 (Not awakened)]

[Remaining Points: 1000]

[Points can be obtained by collecting emotions and completing system-issued tasks. Points can be used to unlock the Training Space and make purchases in the store.]

(Time in the Training Space flows at 1:50. Training results apply to the host's body. The stronger the attributes, the harder they are to increase.)

Jin An had an ancient gripe stuck in his throat, with no idea how to spit it out. Everything had failed to meet the standard, and one of them was even a big fat zero.

The last time he had used a limited-time card, he had discovered that 80 was a threshold. He had not expected to train for four years only to be blocked by the threshold of 60.

"This trash system is completely useless!" Jin An had never seen such a useless system.

If the system could talk, it would definitely say, If it weren't for this panel, I couldn't clear my name even by jumping into the Yellow River.

"Big brother, what the teacher taught at elementary school today was way too easy. I was bored to death." Shanks drank his BC Calcium Milk without pausing his endless chatter.

Jin An rolled his eyes, feeling somewhat helpless but unable to say much.

After all, this little guy had learned most of the knowledge by the age of three. He was a genuine child prodigy.

"Can I go study at the university you built early?" Shanks looked at him expectantly, trying to achieve his goal by acting cute.

Jin An shook his head. "At every age, you should do things appropriate for that age. I'd like to go back to elementary school myself."

"But elementary school is so boring." Shanks pouted unhappily.

"..."

"Tell me what you learned at school today first." Jin An stroked Shanks's head and had him lie down beside him.

Counting on his fingers, Shanks said, "Basic studies—mixed lessons from books like the Three Character Classic, mainly teaching people how to behave—natural studies, and then the Five Arts, minus charioteering."

"But the university's courses are much more interesting. Medicine, law, economics... I'm super interested in all of those."

"It's a pity there aren't courses like meteorology or astronomy."

Jin An looked up at the sky without answering. He did not want to admit that the system had yet to reward the knowledge systems for astronomy and meteorology in this world.

"We'll talk about it later."

"..."

"I have something to do, so I'm heading out first. If you're bored, go find your Brother Kuma and Sister Ginny."

Jin An walked over to the coat rack, put on the coat issued by the Navy, and slowly headed outside.

He had joined the Navy three and a half years ago. Under the system's guidance, he had killed who knew how many pirates before barely reaching the rank of major, taking responsibility for guarding the Sorbet Kingdom.

He had thought that becoming the highest-ranking officer in a region would let him slack off.

He had not expected there to be even more work.

He still needed to keep climbing. He refused to believe that anyone would assign him tasks once he reached the very top.

Sorbet Kingdom Navy Branch.

Jin An entered the building through the main entrance with practiced ease and walked into his office.

The branch he was stationed at had originally had fewer than a thousand personnel at full capacity. After his renovations and the completion of its basic facilities, it had expanded to more than two thousand people.

Moreover, those people were absolutely loyal to him. After all, who could refuse a BOSS who never delayed wages, offered extra bonuses, and even gave year-end bonuses?

His butt had barely touched his office chair.

When he casually flipped through the pile of documents on the desk, he found they were all trivial matters.

As he looked at the documents, Jin An stroked the stubble on his chin. It seemed he needed to hire a secretary. If he handed all these matters to a secretary, he could take a vacation himself.

After several years of clearing out pirates, there were fewer and fewer of them in the surrounding area.

His subordinates could easily handle those merely passing through, without needing him to intervene at all. As a result, his relationship with the current king, Bekori, had become quite harmonious.

During a casual conversation, Bekori had once mentioned that if Jin An had not suddenly appeared, the king might have been forced by the pressure of the Celestial Tribute to divide the country in two within a few years.

That would reduce the amount of Celestial Tribute due. One half would retain the nation's protection, while the other would become a lawless land.

That alone showed just how absurdly the Celestial Dragons exploited this world.

Just then, a curly-haired man in a standard Navy uniform knocked on the door and walked in.

When he saw Jin An resting in his chair, a trace of admiration appeared in his eyes. But remembering that he had a mission, he swiftly composed himself. "Sir, I have a report."

Jin An put away some of his laziness and sat up a little straighter, looking at the boy before him, who was already as tall as he was at fifteen.

"It's you, Kuzan. What is it?"

The Navy man was named Kuzan, the future Aokiji. When Jin An had just become a lieutenant, Kuzan had specifically requested to join his command. His strength, character, and potential were all excellent, making him one of Jin An's right-hand men.

"Major Jin An..."

Kuzan's expression was somewhat solemn. After hesitating briefly, he said in a deep voice:

"At noon today, we received an urgent report. A group of pirates is approaching an island north of the Sorbet Kingdom and is expected to arrive this afternoon."

Remembering the arrangements he had made before coming here, Kuzan said anxiously:

"I already sent people to investigate, but they still haven't returned. I'm worried..."

"However, I also sent a group of men to the island to protect the civilians."

"But I'm still worried and want to go over personally to take a look."

The men he had sent out were all experts among the scouts, highly skilled at concealing their tracks. If something had happened to them, the enemy was probably troublesome.

[Ding! Go to Saint Andre to investigate and resolve the incident.]

[Reward: 2,000 points, 1 hour of Training Space usage time.]

Two thousand points? Even a dog would shake its head at that. Converted into training time, it was only two hours, and there was no need to even mention the items in the store—he could not afford even a single course.

And it did not even give skill points. Damn dog system.

"For matters like this, just call me through a Den Den Mushi in the future. Don't waste time waiting for me to reach the office."

Jin An put on his coat, took his sword, and pushed the door open as he walked out.

"Time waits for no one. Come with me. Just show me the way."

Even a mosquito's leg was still meat...