On top of a building not far away.
An ordinary-looking officer from the Naval Headquarters was recording the combat scores of Coles and Verroch on the report board.
Next to this officer was a naval captain with handsome features.
"Kahn, I heard that he was a recruit you taught before. What do you think of him?"
Kahn chose his words carefully and answered, "Charlotte Coles has a high talent for swordsmanship and excellent comprehension. He is a very rare genius."
"You were his instructor when he was a rookie. Do you have any other comments about him?" the officer in charge of recording the scores asked.
"The rest of the evaluation has already been filled out. If there is no change in his current personality, this is it."
Kahn replied coldly. His identity as an undercover agent of the Revolutionary Army was sensitive. If he showed too much intimacy with Coles now and it was exposed later, it would definitely implicate Coles.
Therefore, the distant attitude when landing yesterday, in addition to being a reminder to Mod and Dashiqi, was also a statement to Coles.
"Are you sure there are no more?" the officer who was recording the score asked again.
"No." Kahn nodded seriously.
…
After Veroher was taken away for treatment with serious injuries, the excitement at the scene gradually faded away.
However, the far-reaching impact of Coles's knife-wounding of Verroch was far from over.
"Major, your stuff."
After the battle, Tashigi quickly handed the navy coat and silver pocket watch back to Coles.
"Cole, do you want to go to the infirmary?" asked Maude, who came along with him.
"No, it's just a small problem."
Coles shook his head and refused, taking his things from Dashiqi.
Maude was speechless. There was blood on one side of his face. Is this still a small problem
"Thank you, Major."
After returning the things to Coles, Dashiqi bowed 90 degrees to express her gratitude.
"No, I just want to test my strength through combat, helping you is just a side job."
Coles just glanced at Dashiqi indifferently, then turned and left.
"Thank you anyway."
Dashi Qi kept bowing. She knew that Major Coles was a cold-faced but warm-hearted person. He didn't like to accept thanks from others, just like the first time he encountered pirates as a recruit.
But Coles didn't bother to care what Dashiqi thought. He just moved forward on his own and began to think about what he had gained from the battle.
The biggest gain.
Naturally, it is to enter the realm of cutting iron.
In addition, he also witnessed the combat power of the lieutenant colonel in the New World, which was completely incomparable to the lieutenant colonel in the East China Sea. There were also rare ancient animal species...
When we walked to the dormitory building.
Coles suddenly realized that the injury on his head was getting serious and needed treatment to stop the bleeding, so he turned around and looked for the infirmary here.
In front of the dormitory building.
Some sailors who didn't know what was going on were confused as to why Coles' head was bleeding, and they discussed it in low voices.
"Hey, what's wrong with this young man?"
"Was he injured by someone? He looks a little frail!"
"I think I've seen him before. He's a navy member recommended by the East China Sea. But now elites from all branches of the navy gather here. It's normal for a conflict to occur and for him to get hurt."
Faced with the discussions of these navy personnel who came to participate in the elite training camp selection.
Coles paid no attention.
After confirming the location of the infirmary, he walked towards it without stopping.
"I heard that there are several navy officers who have directly reserved places in the elite training camp this time. They are all devil fruit users. Among them, the strength of Verroch from the G5 branch of the navy is very terrifying."
"I know this. Verohe has a bad temper. He even injured three or four marines who came for the selection a few days ago."
"I heard that his devil fruit is a rare ancient species of the animal type. I guess he is the strongest one in this year's elite training camp."
In front of the dormitory building.
The sailors were whispering to each other as they watched Coles disappear into the distance.
About a few minutes later.
The news that Veroher was defeated by the rising star of the East China Sea slowly spread back to the dormitory building, causing a burst of exclamations and discussions.
"You know, Verokh from the Marine G5 branch was defeated."
"Doesn't Verokh possess a rare ancient species of animals? How could he be defeated by someone with such powerful strength?"
"I was just watching the scene. The one who defeated Verroch was the devil fruit user from the East China Sea, the handsome young navy man who came from the East China Sea yesterday. That battle was extremely fierce...
Finally, Coles drew the long sword from his waist and killed Verroch instantly with one sword move. "
Flash sale!
Is the animal an ancient species
After hearing this, the navy officers from each branch couldn't help but swallow their saliva, somewhat in disbelief.
At this time,
They also thought back to Coles whom they had just seen, and were stunned for a moment.
I originally thought that the handsome young navy was very weak, but I didn’t expect Coles to be so strong!
"By the way, does Verroch have a younger brother? I heard he's a vice admiral of the navy. I wonder if he will cause trouble for Coles?"
"You mentioned Vice Admiral Vergo of the G5 branch of the Navy. He is a gentleman in the Navy and he will not cause trouble for Coles because of this."
"By the way, why is Mr. Vergo already a vice admiral, while his brother Verroch is still a lieutenant colonel?" (Note 1)
"I heard that they were separated when they were young and only met in recent years. Veroher was just an ordinary guard of a country in the Grand Line before and just joined the navy in recent years."
…
Navy Headquarters Tower.
Inside a meeting room on one of the floors.
A group of senior Navy personnel are discussing this year's elite training camp.
Da da da!
Outside the conference room, a captain from the Navy Headquarters knocked on the door.
The meeting on the field was temporarily suspended.
Zhan Guo looked at the adjutant outside the door and asked, "What's the matter?"
The adjutant reported: "Report, Verroch and Charlotte Coles, who were scheduled to attend the elite training camp, just had a challenge duel."
Hearing the names of these two Devil Fruit users, Sengoku couldn't help but become interested.
"Tell me about it."
"Yes." The adjutant opened the report and read aloud: "At the beginning, the two of them fought each other with physical skills... In the end, the result of the battle was that Charlotte Coles used the sword to defeat Verroch with one move."
As the adjutant finished his report, the meeting room fell into silence.
Kakaka!
"Hahaha, interesting. I've been very optimistic about the navy player Charlotte Coles. Her strength has improved quite well." Cap continued to eat donuts and broke the silence with laughter.
Afterwards, other vice admirals also expressed their opinions.
"I didn't expect that a rare ancient animal-type ability user would be defeated. This Coles..."
"A magnificent sword? It seems that this young man's swordsmanship has already reached the level of cutting iron..."
"I checked his information. He has only been learning swordplay for a year, but he has already reached the level of a swordsman. He is truly gifted!"
…
After listening to the comments of these vice admirals, Zefa also became interested in the young sailor named Charlotte Coles.
He took out the information of the young navy officer from the files in front of him.
Name: Charlotte Coles
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Joined the Navy: One year
Rank: Lieutenant Commander, Naval Headquarters
Special: Devil Fruit ability user, the fruit is called "Shadow Fruit"
Skilled in: Swordsmanship
Zefa was also somewhat surprised at Coles's talent and strength.
Eighteen-year-old lieutenant commander of the Navy Headquarters!
He is indeed a rising star of the Navy.
You have to know that he was only eighteen years old and had just participated in actual combat.
Zefa sighed slightly that times have changed, and then looked at the evaluation column.
Evaluation: His strength grows very fast (Smoker), he has a cold personality, is unruly at heart, and often disobeys orders. It is recommended to observe and polish him (Kahn)
After seeing Smoker's name.
Zefa couldn't help but sigh in his heart, hoping that this young sailor named Coles would not become the next "lone ranger" who disobeyed his superiors' orders.
…
Time passed quickly at the Navy Headquarters.
The time for the branch navy to come to the training camp is getting closer.
Four days, three days, two days, one day...
It was the evening before the formal examination.
All the sailors preparing to participate in the elite training camp have already started to rest and gather their strength for tomorrow's assessment.
Among them, Coles is an exception.
Because of the benefits brought by the Shadow Fruit, he basically meditates until three in the morning before going to bed, and tonight will be no exception.
This has long become a habit.
After meditating until three o'clock and consolidating his sword skills, Coles began to sleep, waiting to take the test tomorrow.
Although it is a reserved place, this preliminary assessment still needs to be recorded.
After waking up the next day, the navy men recommended by each branch were all taken to the place to participate in the assessment by officers from the headquarters.
Along the way.
Except for the reserved navy and the navy that were particularly confident in their own strength, most of the rest of the navy were somewhat excited and uneasy, not knowing whether they could pass.
Among them, Mod and Dashigi are the representatives of those who are extremely uneasy.
Not long.
The officer of the Navy Headquarters led everyone to a huge and extremely spacious room, which contained some special testing instruments.
Preliminary screening assessment for the elite training camp.
here we go!
…
PS: (Note 1) Verroch, the original character of this book, is related to Vergo's lost relative, and will be arranged reasonably later