Pirate: I was just slacking off, do you really think I'm bad?

Looking at the surging sea beneath his feet, Raleigh felt a surge of desire to control the world.

Well, in order to master the world as soon as possible, I should go back to slacking off.

Raleigh's body once again transformed into the omnipresent wind and disappeared into the sky.

A gentle breeze swept across the sails, and Gion raised her hand to press down the hat that was placed to the side.

"Strange, where did the wind come from?"

Inside the office on the warship, Raleigh's figure shifted from blurry to solid as he sat in an office chair.

"Wow, this ability is incredibly useful."

Raleigh finally understood the joy of Borsalino; what entrance could be more pretentious than this?

He suddenly appeared in full view of everyone and suppressed the entire scene with a wave of his hand.

He waved his sleeve as he left, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

To move from the virtual to the real is to make an appearance; to move from the real to the virtual is to leave.

To display one's divine power in public!

Raleigh's eyes sparkled with golden stars; he was so handsome.

However, considering that if he became too strong, he might be sent to guard the New World, so Raleigh still wanted to keep a low profile.

It's always good to have a backup plan.

Pushing open the office door, Raleigh's feelings were completely different from before.

"Huh? Raleigh, something seems to have changed about you."

Gion looked at Raleigh with curiosity.

Although Gion couldn't quite put her finger on Raleigh's changes, she could still sense them subtly, as he was her constant companion.

Previously, Raleigh was like a mist in her eyes, impossible to see through, but she could see through it by blowing away the mist.

Raleigh now feels to her like the wind, completely unpredictable.

"Me? No. I just called the flying squirrel and then came back."

"Okay, maybe I'm just imagining things."

Gion did not dwell on this issue.

"The Kingdom of Eryokobu, I remember it's a famous resource-rich country in the North Sea. Their coal and refined iron are of very high quality. What are we going there for?"

Gion pulled out a booklet about Hokkaido and a nautical chart from somewhere, pointed at them, and asked a question.

After thinking about it, Raleigh realized there was no need to hide this from Gion.

"The Kingdom of Eryokobu does have abundant coal resources, but things have been very turbulent there recently. According to intelligence from the World Government, a large-scale uprising is very likely to break out."

"The navy has a responsibility to maintain order, so Admiral Borsalino put me in charge. After all, I am the vice admiral of the North Sea Navy, and given both my status and strength, it is only right that I take charge."

Raleigh shrugged indifferently.

He didn't want Gion to know any deeper information, since he couldn't fully trust Gion yet.

In this world, there are only two people you can trust completely.

One of them is his older brother, Borsalino.

The other is the flying squirrel, which is far away in the East China Sea.

However, according to the plan devised by Raleigh, they will probably meet in the Kingdom of Eryokobu very soon.

"I'm really looking forward to it, flying squirrel. I wonder how much you've grown this time."

"Anyway, I'll give you a big surprise when we meet this time."

Raleigh smiled happily.

Just then, Cleveland walked over with a shy smile on his face.

"Admiral Raleigh..."

"Stop, get to the point."

When Raleigh saw Cleveland's expression, he knew that the guy must want something from him.

Otherwise, given his personality, he definitely wouldn't have spoken in this tone.

Cleveland rubbed his hands together nervously and said:

"Admiral Raleigh, could you teach me how to use Haki?"

Raleigh raised an eyebrow; so that's why Cleveland had come to him.

"Are you mentally prepared? Domineering cultivation is not something that can be achieved easily."

Even Armament Haki, which is the easiest to learn, is not something everyone can master.

Less than one percent of naval lieutenant commanders, including those at headquarters on the Grand Line, possess Haki.

"Armament Haki is divided into four stages: coverage, local enhancement, external release, and internal destruction. You can only start learning from the coverage stage for now."

Raleigh stood up from the sunchair.

"Coverage, Armament Haki will envelop the entire body."

A layer of iron-blue light appeared on Raleigh's body.

"The first stage of coverage can provide immunity to low-intensity slashes and gunfire, but swordsmen who have reached the level of cutting through iron will still be injured."

"The second stage of localized enhancement is generally used to deal with Logia-type Devil Fruit users, as only Armament Haki can touch their bodies."

The bluish-black color on Raleigh's body quickly converged on his hands and forearms, becoming even darker than before.

"You should practice Iron Body Technique and hone your physique first. Only when you've mastered Iron Body Technique will you have a chance to learn Haki."

Raleigh still has high hopes for Cleveland.

"Go train."

Raleigh gave a few more instructions and then let Cleveland train on his own.

"Navigator, how much longer until we reach the Kingdom of Eryokabu?"

A navigator quickly ran up to Raleigh, holding a nautical chart in his hands, and said:

"Reporting to Admiral Raleigh, according to the nautical chart, it will take us another two days and one night to reach the Kingdom of Eryokobu. Should we speed up our journey?"

"No, just slow down a bit."

North Sea, within the high walls of the Kingdom of Eryokabu.

Long and the other members of the Self-Defense Forces have already gathered together.

Just as Long had carefully summarized, the management system of this mine was very lenient.

Aside from the morning shift and evening meals, the supervisor was almost never seen.

As for the kingdom's soldiers, they were even less likely to go into the mines to supervise them.

So on this day, Swall and Dragon spent most of their time looking for other people.

"Tell me your thoughts on this place."

Long spoke first, glancing around the room before saying:

"Based on my and Swall's research, this place has the potential to give rise to an uprising."

"And the guards were very lax. The overseers and soldiers were confident that the miners could not break through the high walls, so they rarely supervised the miners' work."

A thin, middle-aged man pushed up his glasses and said:

"No, Chief. Perhaps you just haven't encountered it yet."

"I discovered members of the World Government's intelligence organization within my team."

"Um?"

The dragon emitted a questioning sound from its nose.

"At first I didn't know either, but he was always asking about all sorts of things between the miners, big and small, and he didn't work hard at all, but he wasn't punished by the supervisor."

Dragon chose to trust Adrian Francis because he was an expert with a background in intelligence.

"Besides that, I also vaguely sensed the existence of another force. I don't know what kind of people they are, but I predict that their purpose is the same as ours."

"You mean there are still plans for an uprising?"

"Yes, Chief."

The dragon lowered its voice and said:

"I had the same feeling. Let's not make any moves that might alert them. Let's figure out what's going on here before we take action."