Chapter 445 Naval Cadets
"Really? As reckless as Tom." Xia Lulu flew up and grabbed Altaïr's feet and pulled them down hard. Because she was in cat form, it seemed a bit strenuous.
With a slight crisp sound, Altaïr was successfully pulled out, and a small amount of fine wood chips fell down with him. Looking up from the hole, one could see an overturned cat bed - the broken place seemed to be just below Tom's cat bed. Although he rarely lived in that bed, he always took it with him when he moved.
In this way, Zhang Da no longer had much psychological burden, because it was his own room that was damaged after all.
Xia Lulu gently placed Altaïr on the ground, preventing the poor killer from suffering any further harm. "Why is he so still and looking so pale? Did you hit him too hard?"
"No, it was just a light prick. It's not torture yet." Zhang Da also felt wronged and stepped forward to check. "It's poisoning, Wendy!"
Wendy wasn't the only one there. Besides Ye Yan, who had gone back to catch up on some sleep, and Altria, who quietly waited for Rui Mengmeng and Tom to make breakfast, everyone else was watching. After all, he was a rare assassin, and his attire and demeanor were completely different from those unprofessional guys at Baroque, so he was quite new to everyone.
"Yes!" Wendy stretched out her hand, and a bright green light emanated from her palm. This was magic to remove toxins.
Zhang Da also reached out to assist Wendy. He was decisive enough to commit suicide by poisoning the moment he regained consciousness. He was incredibly professional. The fact that he hid the poison in his mouth was a bit out of context, and the fact that the flag monsters couldn't even rupture the poison sac despite hitting him so hard in the face was quite impressive.
But with him and Wendy present at the same time, even if I want to die, I have to ask them if they agree!
Altaïr's consciousness had become blurred, and the moment he regained consciousness, he realized his situation. There was a rumor in their circle that the Amber Tour had very powerful interrogation methods, and no one wanted to go through that kind of interrogation.
So Altaïr chose to commit suicide by taking poison without hesitation. This was the decision he made when he took on the mission. However, he was kicked all the time, and neither his teeth nor his tongue obeyed him. He couldn't even commit suicide - the bad habit of the flag monsters who liked to slap him in the face inadvertently contributed to this.
"Is this what death feels like?" Altaïr felt himself gradually enveloped in warmth. "I didn't expect it to be so bad. But people like me will surely go to hell, right?"
"Yes, this is hell." A rough voice sounded, "Tell me about the sins you committed in your life. What caused your death?"
The others looked at Zhang Daye in astonishment. This guy got into the role a little too quickly.
"I 'm a killer..." Altaïr's slightly confused expression quickly cleared up, and his voice stopped abruptly. He turned his neck with great effort to look at the group of people surrounding him, and said in disbelief, "I'm not dead?"
"You are already dead. This is hell. Countless resentful souls are floating around here." Zhang Da continued to speak in a rough voice and secretly gestured to Perona.
Perona cooperated and released a bunch of negative ghosts floating around. Unfortunately, he knew the ghost princess Perona, and the negative ghosts were too cute, so they couldn't scare the killer who was gradually regaining consciousness.
Altaïr tried to move, but after confirming that he could not break free from the ropes, he simply closed his mouth and said nothing.
Zhang Da was also a little disappointed. If Brook were here, the chances of him being fooled might be even greater. However, the people who came this time seemed to be different, with much higher IQs than those fools.
"Now that you're awake, why don't you say something?" Zhang Da also coaxed him, "Look, you've taken poison and luckily survived. Just treat your past self as dead. Tell us everything that happened and start a new life..."
Altaïr glanced at Zhang Daye, but remained silent. "Does surviving in your hands really count as luck?"
"Don't give us that look. We are not devils. Just tell us who wants to deal with us and we won't do anything. At most, we will hand you over to the navy." Zhang Da also guessed that he would not believe him if he said he would let him go, so it was better for him to hand him over to the navy.
Altaïr said indifferently, "Don't waste your energy. I only kill people. I don't know the identity of my employer."
"Then where did you get the mission? There must be an organization, right?"
Altaïr was silent again. He really couldn't say this. If he did, it wouldn't be a question of death, but how miserable the death was.
"It's troublesome." Zhang Da also said, "Perona."
"You should have handed it over to me long ago, hehehe~" Perona waved her hand, and the negative ghosts who had been acting as the atmosphere group lined up and flew towards Altaïr.
Altaïr's eyes widened, a frustrated expression forced upon his stoic face. As the negative ghosts passed through him one after another, his expression gradually crumbled, and one dejected word after another escaped his lips:
"I'm not worthy of being a killer..."
"You're not a esper and you're not good at swimming. It's a disgrace to an assassin..."
"For someone like me to live in this world is simply disrespectful to the world..."
After a lot of trouble, Altaïr uncontrollably blurted out a lot of nonsense, but unfortunately it was of little value.
"This... what kind of ability is this!" According to the information Altaïr had, the ability of the Mononoke Princess would make people fall into negative emotions, but he always felt that something was wrong. Was this a negative state or a talkative state? It was weird!
"Hehehehe~" Perona put her hands on her hips and wanted to explain. She had a bad habit that many people in this world had.
However, Zhang Da interrupted her in time: "We are interrogating you now. That tasted quite bitter just now, didn't it? Do you want to continue the experience or confess?"
Altaïr snorted coldly and refused to cooperate. He felt that he had adapted to this ability and that as long as he gritted his teeth, he would be able to hold on.
But the next second: "Actually... my stealth skills are very poor..."
While everyone in the tavern was tormenting Altaïr, an ordinary-looking warship sailed into the port of the 66GR Naval Base.
On the warship were naturally Zephyr and his cadets. The headquarters was very close to the Sabaody Archipelago, and the Marines came directly here after morning exercises this morning.
Although Zhang Da also asked Zefa to visit him, and Zefa agreed, he still had to arrange the training tasks first.
The person in charge of receiving Zefa at the naval base was naturally Major General Kadalu, the base commander. He looked at Zefa respectfully as he got off the ship and saluted, "Teacher Zefa!"
He was also once a student of Zefa. Zefa's training camp has been in operation for 21 years. Most of the generals in the navy now are either his old comrades and subordinates, or his students.
There are only a few exceptions, such as T. Penn, who was originally a knight of a certain kingdom. Although he had heard of Zefa's reputation, he did not have much interaction with the former admiral. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why he was promoted slowly.
"Thank you for your hard work." Zefa returned the greeting earnestly. "Next, I'll need you to explain the situation in the Sabaody Archipelago to them and assign them patrol missions."
"Yes!" Kadaru watched the students get off the warship nimbly and quickly line up in an orderly queue behind Zefa.
Even after only two months of training, one can clearly feel that these people's spirit and energy are different from those of ordinary Marines.
Two of them caught Kadalu's attention. One was a relatively tall man with flame-shaped peach hair, a narrow nose, and a thick, sausage-shaped mouth. The other was a well-built female soldier with long, navy-blue hair and a delicate face, looking heroic. Both wore the standard uniform of ordinary marines, yet they felt different from the others.
"Those are Binz and Ain. They're the best of the new recruits right now." Zefa saw Kadaru staring at them and introduced them. "But there's no need to give them preferential treatment. You know my style."
"Yes." Kadaru was a little confused by Zefa's wording of "for now", but he didn't ask much. Instead, he and Zefa took the trainees to the largest combat meeting room in the base.
A video Den Den Mushi was placed on the podium in the conference room, projecting a detailed map of Shampoo Land onto the large screen in front.
"I'm Kadalu, the commander of the Sabaody Naval Base. I'll now explain the topography of the Sabaody Archipelago to you all." Kadalu introduced himself briefly before leaving to continue his lecture. "The Sabaody Archipelago has 79 islands of varying sizes. GRs 1 to 30 were once known as lawless areas, but recently..."
At this point, Kadalu paused, his expression somewhat unnatural, but he could only bite the bullet and continue, "Thanks to the active activities of the Amber Tour Group, the criminals here have been almost wiped out, and we are now taking over this area again."
Good news, the lawless land has been reclaimed;
Bad news, it’s not our navy’s credit.
Although Kadaru admired the actions of the Amber Tour Group, he felt a little embarrassed to say such words in front of Zefa and the other students.
The students were a bit agitated. They were familiar with the name Amber Tour Group, and while some admired it, others naturally criticized it. However, as Zefa's gaze swept over them, everyone quickly calmed down.
Kadalu pointed at several locations on the map with a long stick. "Well, since the thirty islands that were once lawless areas have only recently been recovered, they're still a bit unstable. There are often some opportunistic people looking for opportunities to commit crimes, and the pressure to maintain law and order is quite high. Your next task will be to patrol these areas."
Kadaru was also troubled by the matter of maintaining public order. There would always be people who were unwilling to make money in an honest and lawful way, and some of them could be very difficult to deal with, such as the kidnappers that Lieutenant Colonel T. Peng had led a team to search for for a long time without any clues.
"Also, the Sabaody Archipelago is the only way to the New World, so pirates often land here to prepare for plating. These pirates are usually very powerful, so everyone should be prepared."
Upon hearing this, the students showed excitement on their faces. Of course, what they most looked forward to when coming here was to fight with the pirates. It didn't matter if they were a little stronger, as it was a good opportunity to show the results of their training. What was the point of patrolling all day?
Seeing how excited they were, Kadaru had something stuck in his throat that he couldn't bear to say. Rather than the strength of the pirates, what you should worry about more is someone stealing the monsters.
Those guys move too fast. Not to mention you recruits, even our most dedicated Lieutenant Colonel T Peng En often can't catch any pirates to fight!
