NOVEL NEXT Chapter 9: Chapter 9
The morning ended in boring lectures.
After lunch at 11:30 in the morning, everyone had a half-hour break.
Luffy took advantage of this time to ask Cook about the situation in the recruit camp.
There are more than 1,200 recruits in this recruit camp, most of whom were recruited from nearby places in the Grand Line.
Some were selected to join through the introduction of various branches.
Of course, there are also those who "go through the back door" like Luffy.
However, among these people, those who are really capable have been retained.
And those who want to slack off and those who failed the assessment were sent back to where they came from by Chief Instructor Prue.
In the end, this batch of academies was divided into 25 classes.
Each class ranges from 40 to 60 people. Cook is a member of Class 6, and the instructor in charge of their class is McGinn.
If nothing unexpected happens, Luffy should also stay in Class 6.
At 12 o'clock in the afternoon, Instructor McGinn appeared in the classroom on time.
All the recruits who had not rested for a long time were gathered and brought to the training yard.
"Now we will start the live-fire shooting. Everyone line up and come up to receive your weapons."
Luffy is still very interested in shooting.
He has touched a gun in this life, which was a collection given to his grandfather by someone else.
But he has never shot live ammunition and doesn't know how good his shooting skills are.
When it was Luffy's turn, McGinn looked at his height, thought for a while, took out a pistol and said:
"You can't use the long gun, you can use this small one."
Seeing this scene, many recruits couldn't help laughing.
Luffy was also embarrassed. After taking the pistol and bullets, he quickly ran back to his position.
However, when he returned to his position, he found a very embarrassing problem, that is, he didn't know how to load the bullets at all.
"Um, Cook, how do you use this thing?"
Luffy looked at the pistol over and over again, helplessly asking Cook beside him for advice.
Cook secretly laughed, thinking, 'A kid is a kid, finally there is something he can't do.'
"Okay, watch me do it."
Cook took the gun, turned the handle upwards, opened the bottom cover, and poured 10 bullets into it.
Then he closed the cover and handed the gun back to Luffy, who was confused.
"Okay, it's done. To fire, just pull the hammer and pull the trigger."
Cook explained seriously, but Luffy's mind became even more confused.
'No, that's it?! Where's the gunpowder?! What is the principle?!
You have a musket; I can accept front loading or back loading.
But what the hell is it that you pour it directly from the handle! Do you think it's a toy! '
Luffy, who couldn't understand, checked the pistol inside and out, but he just couldn't understand its principle.
But he soon gave up. He had come to this world with devil fruits, why should he think so much.
Besides, in the anime, muskets don't need to be loaded, they can fire continuously.
Now the one in his hand still needs to be loaded, which is normal enough.
After comforting himself in this way, Luffy suddenly became enlightened.
When it was his turn to shoot, under the guidance and care of McGinn, he fired all the bullets in the gun in a row and had a great time.
Looking at the pistol in his hand, Luffy seemed to understand something.
'Grandpa, this thing is much more interesting than Haki! '
Just when he was imagining himself becoming a sniper, relying on the assistance of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and blasting Blackbeard's head with a shot from 800 miles away, McGinn put down the telescope and scolded him with a dark face.
"Idiot, you missed all the target, go run 10 laps on the training yard!"
"ah——?"
After practicing shooting, they also practiced rope climbing, swordsmanship, frog jumps, etc.
After finally finishing dinner and thinking they could rest, they were pulled back to the classroom by the instructor for lectures.
When they returned to the dormitory, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.
Luffy dragged his tired body and found dormitory No. 1067.
Fortunately, Cook happened to be his roommate.
In addition to him, there were four other people in the dormitory, and everyone said hello to each other.
After briefly introducing themselves, they said good night to each other and climbed directly into bed and fell asleep......
In the days that followed, Luffy lived this boring life every day.
As time went on, the training requirements began to become increasingly outrageous. The number of running laps every morning increased from 50 to 200.
The number of push-ups also increased from 200 to 2,000.
At the same time, there were various other trainings. If you didn't faint from exhaustion several times a day, you would be considered lazy.
However, with the exaggerated recovery ability brought by his devil fruit, his strength began to improve rapidly.
After staying in the recruit camp for a whole year, they finally graduated on this day.
"Beep-beep-beep——!"
"Everyone, assemble!"
Just at 6 o'clock in the morning, along with a rapid whistle, McGinn's voice came from outside the dormitory.
Like a conditioned reflex, Luffy sat up from the bed abruptly, grabbed his clothes and began to put them on.
Next to him, Cook on another bed did the same.
The two quickly put on their clothes, put on their marine caps and rushed out.
It is worth mentioning that now there are only two of them left in dormitory No. 1067.
For some reason, the four people who shared the dormitory with them couldn't bear it and were eliminated.
After a year of sharing weal and woe, the friendship between the two people in the same dormitory has become deeper.
Cook: "Idiot, you've got the wrong hat, that's mine."
Luffy :"Asshole, why is your hat on my bed, what are you scheming."
Cook :"Bullshit, give me back my hat!"
The two exchanged marine caps noisily and ran out of the dormitory building.
When they saw McGinn with his hands behind his back and a serious expression, they immediately stopped talking and stood in their own positions.
They were the first to rush out, and after they stood in place, the others quickly took their places.
In just 3 minutes, everyone was assembled.
McGinn nodded with satisfaction, looking at these students who had been with him for a year, he felt very relieved.
"Very good, after a year of hard training, you have reached the standard of an excellent marine."
It was rare to hear words of praise from McGinn, and everyone felt a little surprised.
But he soon changed the subject and returned to his usual stern demeanor.
"You will have one hour to wash and eat, and gather in the training yard in one hour. Disband!"
At the command, the confused marines dispersed one after another.