A banner was displayed on the street with the words " Navy Conscription " written on it. There were many people gathered at the entrance. Among the crowd, there were marine soldiers standing guard. As an honest man, Bai Chuan obediently lined up. The long line slowly shrank, and soon it was Bai Chuan's turn.
" Name: " In the conscription office, the marine soldier who was in charge of registration did not even raise his head as he carried out his usual inquiry.
"Bai Chuan!"
"Age: "
"Seventeen years old."
After a series of questions, the soldier inside filled in the basic information. He looked up at Bai Chuan and was about to hand the form to him when he was stunned. The form he handed over froze for a moment before he pulled it back.
"You can't." The soldier shook his head.
"Why not?" Bai Chuan was stunned.
"No means no." Hai Bing shook his head.
"Hey, what's wrong? Hurry up!”The soldiers behind him urged.
"Give me a reason!" Bai Chuan turned his head to look at the people in the queue behind him, then looked at the marine soldier who was registering.
"What happened?" A second lieutenant wearing a one-bar and one-star epaulet rushed over when he saw Bai Chuan blocking the queue.
"Sir." The soldier looked at Bai Chuan and quickly stood up with the form. He saluted and whispered something into the second lieutenant's ear.
"Got it. Go do your work first. Follow me.”The second lieutenant glanced at Bai Chuan and the white mastiff beside him. He took the form from the soldier and said to Bai Chuan. Then, he turned around and left, indicating for Bai Chuan to follow.
The second lieutenant brought Bai Chuan to a training ground. There were already a lot of people gathered there, lined up in a row, and they were being lectured. The second lieutenant brought Bai Chuan to the side.
"See that!" The second lieutenant said to Bai Chuan.
"I saw it." Bai Chuan nodded.
"We are recruiting brave navy soldiers, not natives who use bows and arrows and have dogs like pets.”The second lieutenant said coldly.
"What do you mean?" Bai Chuan's face instantly turned cold. Even if he was a native, so what? It was ridiculous to reject him from joining the navy for such a reason.
"Come here." The second lieutenant casually pointed at a soldier standing not far away. The soldier immediately walked over, but the second lieutenant snatched the musket from his hand and pointed it at Bai Chuan.
"We are using firearms, not archery.”The second lieutenant wanted to say that he wasn't using outdated bows and arrows to fight against pirates and uphold justice, but before he could finish, an arrow was pointed at his nose.
"I can use a bow and arrow faster than you." Bai Chuan looked at the second lieutenant with contempt. The arrow in his hand was already nocked on the bowstring. With a gentle release, it would pierce through the second lieutenant's face.
"A bow and arrow will be faster than a flintlock." The second lieutenant was shocked when the tip of the arrow was suddenly pointed at his nose. However, when he heard Bai Chuan's words, he could not help but laugh and open the safety of the flintlock in his hand.
"What are you guys doing?" An angry shout was heard, and a huge shadow covered the confrontation between Bai Chuan and the navy lieutenant.
"Lieutenant General John." When the second lieutenant heard this voice, he was shocked. He put down his gun and saluted.
"F * ck, what is this?" Bai Chuan was also a little stunned. He looked up and saw a giant. It was a giant that was only half his height in the conscription office. He was wearing a navy uniform and a triangular hat. There were two medals on his chest, and the military rank on his shoulder could not be seen at all. However, from the words of the navy second lieutenant, it could be heard that he was a lieutenant general, a giant lieutenant general of the navy headquarters.
"What are you guys doing? Kid, you dare to aim your bow at the navy?”The giant lieutenant general glared at Bai Chuan.
"I'm just proving it to him.”Bai Chuan retorted.
"What competition? This was a recruitment, not a competition.”John said angrily.
"I came here to recruit soldiers, but he complained that I was dressed like a native. He even said that using a bow and arrow was inferior to using a gun. He pointed the gun at me and wanted to prove that my bow and arrow were faster than his gun.”Bai Chuan looked at this big guy and suddenly thought of a person. John Giandro. In the original novel, the lieutenant general who announced Luffy's first bounty and challenged the white-bearded man was this person.
"Yes!" John could not help but frown. He suddenly understood. All along, the navy had refused to allow backward natives who were not members of the World Government to participate.
"Where are you from?" John adjusted his words. He welcomed people who joined the navy and defended justice, but he could not violate the navy's rules.
"I'm not a native. I'm a commoner from the Kingdom of Gea. I was captured by pirates in an accident, and then I was shipwrecked. I drifted to ü-Tsang Island for a period of time, where I learned archery.”Bai Chuan deliberately changed the pirate ship's sinking to a shipwreck, not wanting to give the navy a bad impression.
"So that's how it is!" John's brows immediately relaxed. It was good that they were not those backward natives.
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