When the rest of the marines woke up from their coma, it was already the last day of their recruit period.
Chaotic deck marks.
The ground is full of pirate corpses!
All this indicates that an extremely fierce battle took place on the deck last night.
It was just because they were out of control that no one except Coles and Kahn knew what happened on the ghost ship and patrol ship last night.
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Rogue Town, infirmary.
When Coles woke up, he found himself lying here, with white walls, white curtains, and a white bed...
All I see is white.
Coles turned his head in confusion.
On the bed next to him, Major Kahn was lying there quietly.
Coles couldn't help but frown. Wasn't he on the patrol ship before
After achieving a breakthrough in precise swordsmanship, he used the moves he had created through meditation.
Iai: Knight's Elegy!
He killed hundreds of Kro with one strike.
Afterwards, relying on extreme mental exhaustion, he fought against the entire Black Cat Pirates.
After waiting for Maud to wake up, I realized that I had fallen into a coma. Why did it feel like I had slept for a long time
At this moment, Maude heard some noise in the ward and walked in from outside.
"Kors, you're awake."
"Yeah." After seeing that it was Maude, Coles's original vigilance was relieved.
"Where is this place?"
Mod replied: "Don't worry, we have returned to the Rogue Town Naval Base from the sea."
After hearing that they had returned to the naval base, Coles suddenly felt unusually relieved.
"So how long did I sleep?"
Maude exclaimed, "You've been in a coma for three whole days. I never thought that you, who only need to sleep three hours a day, would sleep for so long this time."
Three days
Coles fell into thought.
This time is indeed too long for him who possesses the Shadow Fruit.
However, this should be related to the consumption of mental energy. After all, he summoned Lanros and twelve shadow knights on the ghost ship.
Besides that, his spirit and willpower were already overloaded after fighting the Black Cat Pirates.
It is reasonable to be in a coma for such a long time.
Maude continued, "Your three-month recruit period has ended. After returning to the naval base, Colonel Smoker commissioned the new recruits...
As for your military rank, it has not yet been determined because some military merits need to be confirmed."
"Yeah." Coles didn't care much about his naval rank.
"Then I will start recording. What happened on the ghost ship after the rest of us navy members fell unconscious? And why did the killed Hyakuke Kuro and many pirates from the Black Cat Pirates appear on the patrol ship?"
Maude asked the questions that had been bothering him for the past few days, and also took out a report to record the situation at the time.
Coles did not answer immediately, but asked, "How is the major?"
Maude had already gotten used to Coles' irrelevant questions.
"Major Kahn's injuries are very serious now. With the doctor's treatment, his extremely serious injuries have been temporarily stabilized, but there is no sign of him waking up yet."
"At the beginning, even the doctor couldn't help but gasp when he saw your injuries. I really don't know how you got injured so badly!"
Seeing that Major Kahn was not in danger of death, Coles put his worries to rest and turned to look at Maude: "Aren't you going to record what happened at that time?"
"Yes, because it involves great military merit." Maude nodded in response.
Perhaps out of guilt or perhaps out of gratitude, Coles decided to cover up what happened on the ghost ship and give the military credit to Major Kahn.
"Nothing happened on the ghost ship at that time, except that you fell into a coma for unknown reasons. After that, the patrol ship encountered the Black Cat Pirates."
Mod began to record the information carefully: "Did you and Major Kahn defeat the Black Cat Pirates and kill Bai Ke Kuro together?"
Coles shook his head in denial.
"It wasn't me and Major Kahn... it was Major Kahn who defeated the Black Cat Pirates alone, including the one who killed Hyakuke Kuro."
You know.
The Hyakuji Kro is a very famous pirate group in the East China Sea. Defeating the Black Cat Pirates is a great achievement. As long as they participate in the battle, even if they don't play any role in the battle, they can get a great merit.
That's exactly why.
Smoker did not immediately award Coles the rank, but waited for the two to wake up and determine the situation before discussing and deciding.
"Are you sure?"
Maude was a little confused. Why didn't Coles participate in this battle
But how do you explain the serious injuries
Coles glanced at Major Kahn who was still unconscious next to him and answered firmly.
"Yes, I am sure."
Maud showed a look of disbelief on his face and asked, "Then how do you explain your injuries and the scene I saw after I woke up?"
Coles had no guilty conscience.
"I was actually the same as you. I was also affected by an unknown force at the time. After discovering the Black Cat Pirates, I fell into a coma, but I woke up earlier than you.
Just like you saw me, I also saw Major Kahn standing in the middle of the deck covered in blood. The wounds on the major's body were all left after fighting with the Black Cat Pirates.
Major Kahn told me to wait for you to wake up, and then I fell asleep.
As for my injuries, they were caused by a cannon fired by the vice-captain of the Black Cat Pirates during their evacuation, and I was unable to dodge and was injured by the explosion. "
"What about the knife wound on your body?"
"That was caused by Clo's use of the spoon, which completely covered the ship."
"Are you sure you're not lying?"
"No! If you don't believe me, you can go to the Appraisal Office and have someone check it out. The injuries on the pirates of the Black Cat Pirates, including Captain Crowe, were all caused by the Major's famous sword."
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Admiralty Building, sixth floor.
Maude knocked on the door and walked into Smoker's office. The office was filled with white fog, apparently because Colonel Smoker closed the window and smoked a cigar.
"Report to Colonel Smoker, Charlotte Coles has just woken up and told us what happened three days ago."
"Really? Let me see."
Smoker took the recorded report with two cigars in his mouth.
For the new recruit Coles.
Smoker is very optimistic.
From the first time he met Coles at the execution ground, he felt that Coles was particularly different from ordinary people.
Coles' performance in the recruit training made Smoker even more satisfied.
Therefore, he often pays attention to this navy recruit who possesses the ability of a devil fruit.
The record in the report is very brief.
Smoker knew all the contents after just two glances, but he still looked at it several times to make sure he had not seen it clearly.
"Coles didn't participate in the battle against the Black Cat Pirates?"
Facing Colonel Smoker's question, Maude answered seriously and earnestly.
"Yes, that's what Coles said. The Identification Office also confirmed that the wounds on the pirates of the Black Cat Pirates were all caused by Major Kahn's famous sword."
Smoker expressed his understanding: "I see, you can go and take care of your business first."
"yes."
Maude saluted and turned to leave the smoke-filled office.
After Maude leaves.
Smoker picked up the report again and sighed slightly in his heart.
He originally thought that Coles would be able to use his advantage as a Devil Fruit user to achieve brilliant results in his encounter with the Black Cat Pirates.
But I didn’t expect that Coles would also be affected by that mysterious force and fell into a coma!
What a pity to miss such a good opportunity!
To this.
Smoker didn't suspect anything.
There are all kinds of mysterious forces hidden in the sea, so it is not surprising that the ghost ship caused people to fall into sleep.