Special Treatment

The bright morning light shines with warmth ascending.

Longinus ate noodles without haste, while the bowl of noodles in front of Bone had long been empty. The bench seemed to be full of prickles, which made him turn around with anxiety and restlessness. He cast his eyes from time to time to the distant military camp.

Longinus said with amusement, "There is no need to hurry. It is still early."

Bone rubbed the back of his head with his hands at ease and laughed awkwardly, "No... not really, I... I'm a little nervous."

Longinus shook his head. With what he had learned in the past two days, the strength of Bone could definitely be ranked among the top ten among the recruits enlisted in the G2 branch this time.

Although this year's world military draft will not do any sorting and so on, such top-quality soldiers as Bone can reject him only if a donkey kicks a Marine's brain.

"Well, I'm done eating. Let's get ready to go." Longinus methodically said as he finished his last bite with grace.

"Ha... hahaha!" Bone giggled twice. His ugly face became scarier in turn, scaring many diners in the inn.

Seeing Longinus and Bone coming towards himself, the boss who was making the noodles almost trembled on his legs in fear. Although many of today's customers were scared away because of the big man who was so ugly, he didn't have half a grudge in his heart. It was because fear had completely taken over his mind.

"A a a a... aniki, this is this morning's turnover. If there' s no more, I can only go home to get..." The boss, who seemed to be in his forties, almost fell to his knees at the "fierce" Bone. He was busy taking out the full amount of money from the drawer.

Longinus was speechless. With that dignified face of Bone, the deterrent effect was still great!

"Oyaji, don't misunderstand, we..."

"Eh, wait, aren't you the... hero who saved the little girl?" The boss who turned his eyes to Longinus finally exclaimed as if waking up from a dream, "I remember, then this... is another hero at that time?"

Obviously, Bone first came forward at the time, but he now has to rely on Longinus to be recognized.

On the one hand, it was Longinus' fierce rhetoric at the time that was more memorable. Bone's kind of silent struggle didn't match what one would expect from a hero.

Bone, on the other hand, has an evil spirit-like face of terror. The first impression is that he is an evil villain, while Longinus' clean, fresh and sunny face is more in line with people's definition of a hero.

However, Bone did not have any complaints about this but was grateful to Longinus. Thanks to the fact that Longinus could also refresh his face. He could be recognized for the first time, even afterward. He could not help but say with great emotions, "Mmmmmm! It's me, it's me, I'm not a bad guy!"

"Look at that, a hero praised by the Rear Admiral, how could he be a bad guy!" The boss waved his hand without any trace of shame and said, "However, I can't accept this money even more. My conscience will not agree if I even accept money from heroes like you."

...

After a good deal of talk, the two finally fled by throwing down the bill. Bone giggled a bit haunted on the way to the barracks, scaring the walkers around to flee in all directions.

It was only upon arrival that the two found out the truth.

The gentle sun was not long cast when five long lines had formed in the barracks. The number of people was even increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye. The two quickly seized the chance to line up in the middle of the line.

Almost instantly, the people who are ready to line up to this line will be less than half. Even those who see the few people who want to take advantage of it are far away from Bone. The line is disconnected from Bone by a large margin.

This immediate effect made Longinus even wonder if Bone had eaten the Mazui Mazui no Mi or Akushū Akushū no Mi.

The recruitment process is very simple. You just need to test whether the body has disabilities and can meet physical fitness requirements. After all, most of the marines are fighting with guns, and the most basic long-distance running ability with weight is still necessary.

However, such a simple test, there are still many people who can not meet the standard. In this chaotic and distorted world of pirates, many civilians at the lower level do not even have enough to eat and are in a state of chronic malnutrition. Naturally, it is impossible to reach the standard of "normal" adults.

Because the process is simple and takes little time, it was soon the turn of Longinus to stand at the front of the line.

The recruiter said mechanically without raising his head: "Name, age, origin, then take the registration form to the rear square to test physical ability."

"Longinus, 12 years old, the town of Fallen Leaves on the Grand Line." Longinus was not bothered. It would have been difficult to maintain passion for a monotonous and boring job like this one.

"Take this one..."

The left hand of the recruiter who handed the registration form froze in mid-air, then looked up sharply and asked, "Are you Longinus? The Longinus who defeated the Giant Rhino Alex?"

"... It's me!"

"It's really you, great! Captain Adkin instructed us to wait for you a long time ago; now come with me." The officer was thrilled as he pulled Longinus to the rear. The other recruits who had signed up were stunned at the difference in treatment!

Some recruits who did not know what to expect were already in trouble. Is it possible that the Marine, which symbolizes absolute justice in their hearts, cannot help but bow down to those powerful people and those big shots?

"Shut up and be quiet!" One Marine captain wearing a coat of justice stepped forward and shouted to stop it.

After the roaring square quieted down a bit, the marine captain continued: "Put away your boring ideas. If you want to be respected like Longinus, try to improve your strength to kill pirates. The Marine is still a place where merit and strength matter in the end."

In fact, most of the agitating people are the newcomers who just arrived during these two days. As long as they know about the incident that happened two days ago, most of them are more envious than jealous of the treatment that Longinus has enjoyed.

After all, people with a little bit of sense can know that that kind of monster, and they would not have been in the same world.

However, there are also people with shadier minds. He forced his hearts to hold down his disgust and go up to Bone to "fight" for him: "Hey, big guy, don't you feel resentful? Obviously you were the first to come forward, but now everyone only knows there is that acting brat, and not... ah! What do you ugly bastard want to do to me?"

The guy who wanted to provoke the tension between the two was grabbed by an angry Bone and lifted into mid-air, and warned, "It doesn't matter what you say about me. When it comes to Longinus-san, keep your mouth as clean as possible!"

Although Bone looks naive, but he is the kind of ostracized people. In fact, his heart has always had a bar, as this mouth said for his good. But there is disgust in the eyes of the guy who does not do any hiding. Bone naturally does not have any good opinion.

"I... I know. Just put me down, help... help!" The strength of this person who picked the trouble is not bad at all. However, against Bone, who can be ranked among all recruits, it is still too far from resisting it. After being pinched in mid-air, even the yellowish liquid keeps dripping down.

The Marine, who was still frowning a bit after hearing Bone's angry rebuke and seeing the wretched display of the troublemaker, was also silent and did not interfere. As true soldiers, they only admired Longinus' actions and naturally sided with Bone on this side.

"Get lost!" Bone also knew what kind of place this was. Restraint of his anger inside, he swung the scared, pissed guy round and threw him flying hundreds of meters away.

Ahhh!

After hearing the harsh and frightening scream, the whole Marine also frowned madly. This guy who only dared to take advantage of the situation had this strength?