Boot Camp

Although Longinus did not know the details of the rest of the story, he could roughly guess that someone would be unhappy with his sudden leave.

However, he didn't care much about it. He was instead a little interested in what that Captain Adkin was up to do.

It did not take long for Longinus to meet Captain Adkin, who was carefully reviewing official documents in a simple and solemn meeting room.

"Report!"

"Come in."

"Yes!"

The officer led Longinus in and reported, "Captain, we have brought in the new recruit, Longinus, for your orders."

Longinus looked confused. How did it feel like the arrest of a major criminal?

Captain Adkin looked up sharply, and a hint of emotion appeared on his angular face, "Surely as young as Rear Admiral Jonathan said he was!"

"All right, you can go back down first." Captain Adkin gestured to the officer who led the way.

"Yes!"

After it left only the two of them in the room, Captain Adkin pulled out a smile and said, "Sit down first! I think there should be more or less some doubts in your mind right now. You are probably thinking that what you have done should not be enough for a Marine Captain to make such a fuss, right?"

"Indeed, Rear Admiral Jonathan has made his stance clear, and that should be my greatest reward." Longinus said.

"In fact, I came to you, one for public and one for private, I assume!" said Captain Adkin without hiding out.

"Because of my incompetence, the Giant Rhino Alex has evaded from the Marine many times, resulting in the destruction of several villages. Every minute and every second, my heart is suffers. Even once want to take off this uniform, in the name of the adventurer to assassinate him."

Captain Adkin clenched his fists and said, "So, after knowing that you had killed Alex, my hollow heart was finally relieved. That's why I wanted to meet you in private to express my heartfelt gratitude."

Longinus shook his head, and the kind personality said with great passion, "Such a thug as the Giant Rhino Alex, any person with a conscience and ability will not spare him."

"I knew you would say that; you are worthy of the rising star who was praised by Rear Admiral-dono as the light of the Marine." Captain Adkin said with an admiring face.

"The next thing I want to talk to you about is your future."

"My future..." Longinus' heart changed slightly. A confused look passed over his face at the right time.

"The Marine Boot Camp. You shouldn't be confused by this common name. It's the cradle of admirals in the eyes of all the marines. Those big names who have been promoted to Rear Admiral in recent years with meteoric potential all came from there."

Captain Adkin took a deep breath and said with respect, "Because the chief instructor of the Marine Boot Camp is a former Marine Admiral who has captured countless pirate criminals. He is known as a hero along with Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Garp as 'Black Arm' Zephyr!"

"Admiral... Black Arm Zephyr..." muttered Longinus. He knew from the memory of that foreign soul that he was a purely tragic figure.

"It's been eight years since Admiral Zephyr retired to the sideline, so it's normal for you new generations to not know. You just need to understand that as long as you can graduate from that boot camp successfully, you will come out at least as a Lieutenant Commander to start at least. With your talent, it is not impossible to be a Lieutenant Commander or Captain. With three years you can go through the journey of most Marine's life."

Longinus nodded, a doubtful look passing over him in due course, "Captain Adkin, your purpose in bringing this up is..."

"In private and public, I was hoping to be able to recommend you to that boot camp. Now that I found you, I also want to know your opinion."

"Stronger power is the only way to protect justice better. I naturally want to be able to better sharpen my own resolve for justice. However, this level of boot camp should not be so easy to get into it!" said Longinus with "hope and desire".

"Of course, I'm just a Marine captain, and I'm a very minor officer. How can I let you into the headquarters at once?"

"In fact, we have a hundred recommended spots every year. After two years of evaluation, we can finally decide on nine spots to send to the headquarters boot camp for further education."

"On the one hand, we need two years to clean up the possible threats. And I'm afraid you're not scared of jokes. There was once when pirates were mixed into the Marine hierarchy, causing huge losses to certain Marine operations."

"On the other hand, because the boot camp has not taken too long to develop, there are too many people eyeing this unexplored place. The offspring of martyrs who have made great contributions to the Marine in tragic deaths, as those who have made great contributions to the Marine, are definitely to be given priority."

"Two years? Two years later I am only 14 years old. This time I can still afford to wait." Longinus is not surprised. It was like the first session of boot camp with Akainu and Kizaru when they were already 23 years old and 26 years old at the time. Even in the third session, Aokiji is already 19 years old. It's strange to be so young like him.

However, after two years of waiting, they will recognize his status, and he will become a genuine part of Marine's original family. He will be recruited in the future with the same kind of treatment.

In short, it's the difference between a regular employee and a contract worker.

Seeing that Longinus did not have any objection or hesitation, Captain Adkin also relaxed his heart. He was still worried that Longinus might be too angry for his youth and think that the examination or whatever distrust him.

He is really optimistic about Longinus. He thinks that the future admiral may have a place for Longinus to pick things out with Longinus at the beginning.

"Actually, there's a government in this...," said Captain Adkin with a scowl, waved his hand, and said, "... cough, you should still have things to do. I'll let the others take you to get familiar with the barracks first next."

After Longinus walked out of the meeting room, he said in his heart, "Is it because the Marine side has produced three extremely powerful monsters in a row, so that the government side is a bit restless?"

"Perhaps after some upper-level play, the high-level Marine decided to step aside and give two years to the government. This is why they explicitly and implicitly gave the major bases a two-year assessment period."

"Still, those at the top of the government underestimating the pissed-off nature of those at the bottom of hierarchy. They didn't think about the kind of waste they'd go to the trouble of getting mixed into the boot camp. It's so much so that there was a huge disconnect between the first few sessions of the boot camp and the ones in between."

"In other words, that session in two years may be a blessing for the Marine after several years of silence. Let's hope we can meet some characters that slightly interest me!"