The sails on the pirate ship were hoisted, and the William Pirates officially left the port of Rogue Town.
And as William Pirates evacuated.
The robbery of naval recruits in Rogge Town finally came to an end.
Under the leadership of Kahn, the rescued recruits followed to the Rogue Town Naval Base.
Originally, the training of new recruits was going to start today, but because of the incident with the William Pirate Group, Kahn temporarily gave the new recruits a day off.
Let the recruits recover and adjust their mental state before formal teaching and training begin tomorrow.
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In the recruits' dormitory.
There was complete silence.
Every naval recruit was thinking about his own things, and so was Coles.
The knife William slashed at him before was too fast and he had no time to dodge.
If it weren't for Major Kahn, he would be a cold corpse now.
Still too weak!
Even with devil fruit powers.
But without proficiency and development, once you encounter a powerful pirate like William, there is almost no chance of winning.
Become stronger!
We must become stronger quickly!
Coles kept reminding himself in his heart, because William's last words before he left clearly showed that he was targeting him. If he didn't improve his strength quickly, he might really die the next time he met the other party.
After all, who could guarantee that Major Kahn would always be by his side
In this chaotic era of pirates, the best way to protect yourself is to become stronger!
Coles lay on the upper bunk in the dormitory with his hands behind his head, staring absentmindedly at the wall while thinking about how to become stronger.
After summoning the shadow soldier Adun, he felt that the number of shadows he could summon had temporarily reached saturation.
He can only summon ten shadow soldiers at most now. If he wants to increase the number of summoned shadow soldiers, he should improve his proficiency in the shadow fruit...
Except for the shadow fruit.
There should also be room for development of one's own strength, such as physical skills, swordsmanship, etc.
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the next day.
Fifty-eight naval recruits sat collectively in a white-painted classroom.
Although only twenty people, including Coles, passed the review of the Navy Recruiting Office this month, the Rogue Town Naval Base recruits new soldiers every month.
However, due to issues such as number of people and time, the Rogue Town Naval Base unified the teaching into batches of three months, so this time Kahn needed to teach 58 sailors.
Without letting everyone wait for long, Kahn, wearing a navy coat, walked into the classroom. After glancing at everyone, he spoke:
"Some of you already know me, but some of you don't. Let me introduce myself first. I am Lieutenant Commander Kahn from Rogue Town, and I will be your instructor during the recruit training period.
During the three-month recruit period, you all need to obey my command, understand?"
"clear!"
Some of the recruits had not yet recovered from being kidnapped yesterday, so their responses were somewhat disjointed.
In response, Kahn did not say anything, but opened a roll call list and began to call the roll of the new recruits.
"Dashiqi."
"Here." A short-haired girl wearing glasses stood up and responded.
Tashigi did not encounter the kidnapping incident yesterday because she did not find her glasses when she got up yesterday, which delayed her for half an hour before she got to the naval base, thus avoiding the pirates from William's pirate group.
Coles was sitting in the back row of the classroom. When he heard the name Dashiqi, he was a little surprised.
I had never expected that I would be part of the same batch of recruits as this future "female idiot".
"Louis Art."
"arrive."
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"Charlotte Coles."
"arrive."
When Kahn called out his name, Coles responded immediately with full force.
"Good, very energetic."
Kahn gave a thumbs-up to the last Coles, then looked around at all the recruits in the classroom.
"From the moment you put on the white uniform, you are a member of the Navy. You are always welcome at the Rogers Naval Base."
"But you are not yet qualified sailors, because you are just new recruits who have just joined the navy. Only after three months of recruit training can you become a real sailor."
"Now, I'm going to give you navy recruits your first lesson!"
As Kahn finished his words, the recruits almost perked up, wondering what the first lesson would be about.
Kahn first asked the recruits below: "What do you think is the obligation of the Navy?"
Faced with the instructor's question, the recruits began to give their own answers.
"The Navy's duty is to eradicate pirates!"
“Maintain order!”
"Obey orders!"
Various answers were heard in the classroom.
Kahn waved his hand slightly, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then wrote two words on the blackboard:
"Protect!"
After writing down the true naval duties, Kahn began to explain in detail to these naval recruits:
"Why is the navy's duty to protect? Because that's what the navy was originally created for!"
"Suppressing pirates and maintaining order are all extensions of protection. What do we in the navy want to protect? We want to protect civilians, the weak, and the innocent."
After Kahn and the other naval recruits below digested all of this, they continued their storytelling with great emotion.
"Why do we have to keep recruiting new soldiers at our naval base? Because in the battles with pirates, our navy is injured and dies every day.
To this day, I still remember my subordinate Vic, who was shot through the heart by a pirate because he was protecting a seven-year-old child who was captured...
Lant, a young navy man, rushed into the fire scene alone to rescue a family of civilians trapped by pirates' arson. However, due to the huge fire, he was burned all over his body and now can only lie on a hospital bed...
There are many more deeds of the navy. Some of them left their names, and some left quietly, but they are great, glorious, and worthy of praise.
When you, the new recruits of the Navy, grow up, I hope you can protect more innocent people."
As Kahn finished speaking, many recruits fell silent and began to think.
At this time, a naval recruit who had not experienced yesterday's kidnapping incident expressed doubts.
"Instructor Kahn, I have a question.
Isn't the pirate Jeff you let go yesterday a huge hidden danger? When the William Pirates fight the Navy, won't more Navy members die at Jeff's hands? "
Kahn looked directly at the Marine recruit who asked the question and answered very seriously.
"Everyone's answer to this may be different. But I am a lieutenant commander in the navy, and I can't abandon the current navy recruits and watch them die at the hands of pirates.
As for what Jeff will do in the future, I can't predict it. All I can do is to protect what I can in the present as much as possible..."
At this time, a slight sea breeze blows in from the window, making people feel relaxed and happy.
Gentle light also penetrated from outside, reflecting on Instructor Kahn and the blackboard, adding a sense of solemnity.
"Because the Navy's duty is to protect, not to force others to sacrifice."
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