Waiting area, dormitory building.
At this time, each candidate received a score notification issued by the assessing officer.
The same is true for Dashigi and Mod.
As the file bag was opened, what caught their eyes were two evaluations with the same letters.
"D-class!"
It's just that their ranking numbers are different.
Dashigi's ranking is NO.312, and Mod's ranking is NO.103!
Dashigi looked at her ranking and evaluation, and her expression darkened.
Even if I train swordsmanship from dawn to dusk every day, is the gap between me and others still so huge
She couldn't help but feel disappointed. Could she really fulfill her dream
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Different from the long distance between us.
Mod is only three people away from the top. If his score could be higher and if he worked harder, maybe he could get closer!
But am I really not working hard enough
For the sake of his seriously ill family member, he had been training continuously like Coles, but he simply couldn't hold on. After all, he was just an ordinary person, and it was too difficult for him to reach the level of genius!
It was all Maude could do.
Just by virtue of his fearlessness of life and death and heroic fighting in battle, he hopes to be promoted to a higher military rank and increase his strength.
But, it’s still a little bit short!
Even though the gap is only three places, it still cannot change the fact that he failed this time!
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Waiting area, hospital.
Inside a white ward.
Lieutenant General Vergo, wearing a plaid coat, sunglasses, and lightning-shaped sideburns on both sides of his face, was standing quietly in front of the window eating a hamburger.
As the burger was finished, a piece of remaining bread was found on Vergo's face, but Vergo didn't notice it at all.
In the bed behind Virgo.
At this time, there was a middle-aged man with messy black hair lying there. He was about forty years old, two years older than Vergo. It was Veroher who had fought with Coles and was seriously injured.
Even though five or six days have passed, his injuries are still too severe and he has not recovered yet. This is why Verohe did not participate in this preliminary screening assessment.
However, as a navy who has already reserved a place in the elite training camp, it doesn't matter whether Verokh participates in this assessment or not.
Virgo looked at the fine drizzle outside the window, his face silent and calm.
It's hard to guess what he's thinking.
It’s not that Vergo doesn’t like talking, but in order to avoid exposing his identity as a spy, he can only stay vigilant in this way.
As the highest-ranking cadre of the Don Quixote family and the first generation of Heart "Corazon", he obeyed Doflamingo's orders, abandoned his original pirate identity, and went undercover as a spy in the navy camp.
During the thirteen years, he did not reveal many flaws because of his silence.
And during this period.
He also gained the deep trust of the navy and his military rank was promoted to vice admiral.
This is a spy trip.
It can be said to be very successful!
However, something unexpected happened...
A few years ago.
According to the intelligence from the navy, he actually found his long-lost brother Verokh!
Before joining the navy, and even before joining the Don Quixote family.
Virgo also had a family.
After school, his brother Veroch would always buy him hamburgers, which was his favorite food. However, due to a war, he and his family disappeared completely.
At that time, the city was affected by the war, order disappeared, and crime was rampant.
How can Virgo, who has lost his family and is only eight years old, survive
In order to survive, Vergo learned to endure, learned to fight and use violence, and learned how to continue to ensure his own safety in a harsh environment.
Later, he joined the Don Quixote family and had a new family and relationship.
Vergo would give everything for his family, which is why he stayed undercover in the navy for thirteen years just because of Dover's orders.
After reuniting with Verroch,
Virgo was extremely happy.
In order to make up for the regrets of these years, he tried his best to fulfill his brother Verohe's wishes.
Want to join the Navy
Vergo arranged for him to join the Navy's G5 branch, and now Veroch is a lieutenant colonel in the Navy.
Want powerful strength
Vergo asked Dover to find the devil fruit, and eventually the navy robbed and killed pirates, allowing Verroch to obtain the ancient animal-type devil fruit.
Originally, Dover wanted to give this fruit to him, but Vergo gave it to Verohe.
Because that's his family love.
He can give everything for his family, and likewise, he will never allow anyone to hurt his family.
Even if the opponent is today's rising star in the Navy, Charlotte Coles!
Although he couldn't take action against Coles now because of Dover's plan, Virgo had already remembered the name Charlotte Coles.
Whenever there is an opportunity,
He will definitely settle this account!
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the next day.
Marinford, a crescent-shaped port.
Naval warships came and went, transporting supplies, battle spoils, captured pirates, etc. Despite the large number of people, everything was still carried out in an orderly manner under the arrangement of the headquarters.
At this time, Coles and Kahn, wearing navy coats and with famous swords hanging on their waists, were here to see off Tashigi and Mod.
The two men failed the initial assessment of the elite training camp and were not admitted, so they naturally had to return to the naval base in Rogue Town.
Facing this failure.
Both Dashigi and Mod looked dejected and depressed.
After all, they came here with excitement and anticipation from the very beginning, but they didn't expect to end up in failure.
Seeing this, Kahn comforted:
“Don’t be afraid of failure, because success and failure happen to everyone.
What you should care about is not the result of failure, but whether you are unwilling to accept failure.
If so, then seize your unwillingness and turn it into motivation. As long as you don’t get discouraged, you will succeed one day! ”
Facing Kahn's teachings.
Dashigi seemed to understand, but also seemed not to understand, and could only keep thinking about it in her heart.
Maud raised his slightly lowered head, a hopeful look on his face, and asked the doubts in his heart.
"Colonel Kahn, can ordinary people like us achieve success?"
Hearing this, Kahn was silent for a moment.
Then, he looked at this former subordinate, put his hand on Maude's shoulder, and taught him very seriously.
"Maude, you have to believe in yourself.
Even if you grow slowly, as long as you persevere, even if you fall behind or fail, you will definitely reach your goal in the future. "
“So, don’t stand still because of failure. Move forward, overcome obstacles, and face difficulties head-on!”
"I believe in you. You can do it. One day you will get the success you want!"
With Kahn's encouragement, Mod felt a huge surge of gratitude in his heart.
He raised his hand in salute.
"Thank you, Major!"
Mod did not call Kahn "Colonel". He called him the same name he had used to address Kahn in Rogue Town before, perhaps it came from his heart.
At this moment.
The warship gave the signal to depart.
"Major Coles, goodbye!"
"Colonel Kahn, goodbye!"
After saying goodbye to each other.
Dashigi and Mod turned and climbed the stairs, following the other marines who failed the assessment and did not enter the elite training camp and returned to the East China Sea.
A moment later.
The warship started to move away from the port.
In the sight, the figures of Tashigi and Mod gradually became blurred, and finally turned into black dots along with the warship and disappeared on the sea.
In the process of farewell.
Coles remained silent.
He didn't say anything encouraging, not because he didn't think highly of Tashigi and Mod, but because of his personality, he didn't want to talk much.
For hard work.
Coles has always been in awe, because no one has the right to look down on others' efforts.
Even if Tashigi and Moder will need a very long time of effort and sweat in the future to catch up with his current strength, this process of effort should at least not be ridiculed.
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