In the alley.
The first person to arrive was a man in his thirties wearing a navy coat. He had a handsome face and a righteous look between his eyebrows.
After noticing the navy uniform Coles was wearing, the naval officer introduced himself.
"I'm Major Kahn from the Rogue Naval Base, and I'm also the instructor for this training session. How are you? Are you injured? And what exactly happened here?"
Coles saluted immediately.
This lieutenant commander named Kahn gave people a very upright impression, and the words he asked about his injuries made him feel a sense of closeness.
"Reporting to Major Kahn, I am Charlotte Coles, a new recruit preparing to report to the base. I am not injured."
Then, Coles began to narrate everything about the two pirates, only casually mentioning his own abilities.
"Just now in this alley, two experienced pirates tried to kidnap me, but I used my own abilities to kill one of them and then fought off the other pirate..."
It was Charlotte Coles!
Kahn was not unfamiliar with this name. Coles was the most special one among the new recruits this time, possessing the superhuman ability of a devil fruit.
Being able to kill a pirate with a bounty of seven million shows that his abilities are indeed very good.
And according to the identity of the dead pirate.
Kahn also understood why there were only a few naval recruits at the base, and he immediately asked a naval soldier to report to Colonel Smoker.
Then, Kahn praised:
"Charlotte Coles, you have done very well as a naval recruit."
"Now, I need to rescue the other navy recruits who were captured by the pirates. You can choose to go with us, or you can choose to go back to the naval base and wait."
Faced with these two choices, Coles chose the first one without hesitation.
"I want to follow the major to the rescue."
If a recruit wants to become stronger and get promoted in the navy, the various performances of the recruits are very important, because this is related to whether they can get the recognition of their superiors.
And the current situation.
It’s an excellent opportunity to perform.
Of course, apart from this factor, Coles had another reason for wanting to go.
That is, he wanted to know which pirate group the pirate who attacked him belonged to.
He needs to know this.
Even with his current strength, he is not enough to fight against that powerful pirate group.
"Good, very good!" Kahn once again praised the young naval recruit.
After encountering such a situation, he was still willing to work with the navy to rescue other naval recruits. This recruit named Coles had very good qualities.
"Walk!"
As Kahn gave the order, a hunting dog trained by the navy began to sniff the scent of the pirate who had just escaped and led the way frantically.
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Rogue Town Port.
A huge pirate ship was quietly docked on the shore. The navy originally stationed at the port had now been eliminated by the pirates.
This also resulted in the naval base in Rogue Town being unaware of the landing of the William Pirate Group.
As for the residents of Rogue Town, they did not show any signs of panic or fear, because the William Pirates were a rare pirate group in the East China Sea that did not harm civilians.
On the pier on the shore.
There were some cargo crates stacked up, and dozens of steady pirates were quietly waiting there.
Not far from these pirates was a group of tied-up naval recruits.
These navy recruits have not received any training yet. It can be said that this is the first time they have encountered such a situation. They are all very nervous, not knowing what these pirates will do to them...
In the center of the pirates' circle was a young man with yellow hair.
His eyes are sunken and his face has a heroic look. He wears a black coat and possesses a powerful aura that no one else can match.
He is the captain of the William Pirates.
George William!
For some reason, his deputy captain Jeff was captured by the navy of Rogue Town.
Jeff is an old member of William's pirate group and a companion who has shared weal and woe with him. He is of great significance to the pirate group, and it is impossible for him not to come to rescue them.
However, as an island near the entrance to the Grand Line, Rogue Town has naval forces that are no less than a naval branch. It would undoubtedly be difficult to rescue Jeff with so many naval forces.
It would be an extremely unwise decision to go to war directly with the navy of Rogue Town.
In desperation, William had to take another roundabout approach and kidnap the naval recruits to threaten the Rogue Town Naval Base.
The reason why they didn't kidnap the navy directly was because the navy had been trained and had the concept of self-sacrifice, and the plan might fail.
Since naval recruits have not yet received naval education and training, they are an excellent choice for either kidnapping or control.
This is a very feasible plan!
If the naval base in Rogue Town does not care about the safety of these naval recruits, William will force the other party to agree.
Suddenly, a young pirate saw Adulon returning anxiously from a distance.
"Captain William, Brother Adulon is back!"
"Hey, why didn't Yaton come back? Is Adulon injured?"
A pirate officer discovered something unusual.
William looked at the injury on Adulon's arm, a trace of worry appeared on his calm face, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.
"Aduren, where's Adon?"
Facing the captain's question, Adulon's expression became gloomy, and he blamed himself: "Captain, I'm sorry, I was too careless. I didn't expect that the navy recruit I captured at the end was actually a devil fruit user. Unfortunately, Atton died in his hands..."
The scene fell into silence for a moment!
Afterwards, the pirates burst into cursing and even a noisy quarrel!
"Aton died just like that?! Damn the navy, how about killing these new recruits to avenge Aton?"
"We can't kill him. The deputy captain hasn't been replaced yet!"
"Then kill a few first. There are so many navy recruits anyway!"
…
It is hard to imagine that a pirate group would end up in such a scene because of the death of a companion.
"Go stop the bleeding first."
William asked the ship's doctor to take Adulon to get bandaged first, and then fell silent.
Not far away.
The tied-up navy recruits immediately became frightened after hearing the words of these pirates, fearing that they would become the unlucky ones.
At the same time, they also felt a little bit unbelievable in their hearts. Actually, there were new recruits in the navy who could kill the pirates of this pirate group
You know, after they met these pirates, they were almost always knocked down in one encounter and had no power to fight back at all.
Who is that new Marine recruit that could do this
Amid the increasingly intense noise, Captain William finally spoke.
"Quiet!"
All of a sudden, the originally noisy scene became unusually quiet.
William turned slowly, his solemn gaze fixed on all the crew members present.
Some of them had shared hardships with him and founded the pirate group, while others had only joined in recent years, but no matter who they were, they were all waiting for his opinion.
"Haven't we already risked our lives the moment we decided to become pirates?"
William's words struck everyone's heart, causing these pirates to fall silent!
Indeed, since the day they became pirates, they have been prepared to be killed by the navy.
The same is true for Aton.
It's just that he unfortunately died at the hands of a naval recruit, which was a bit pathetic.
William didn't say anything else. He turned around and continued to sit on the wooden box cargo, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Rogue Town Navy. At the same time, he quickly rehearsed in his mind the situation that might happen next.
The atmosphere on the scene gradually became depressing!
Not long after.
Kahn appeared at the port with dozens of naval soldiers, including Coles.
Suddenly.
The navy and the pirates are in a standoff.
"George William!"
After seeing the William Pirates and the kidnapped navy recruits, Kahn immediately understood what was going on.
William stood up to show his respect and greeted him like an acquaintance.
"Long time no see, Brother Kahn!"
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