Special Treatment

The warmth soars as the bright morning light shines.

Longinus ate his noodles slowly without delay, but the bowl of noodles before Bone was already empty. His chair seemed to be covered with prickles, causing him to wriggle around anxiously. Sometimes he looked away from the barracks.

Longinus said with a chuckle, "There's no need to rush, it's still early."

Bone touched the back of his head with his hands and smiled awkwardly, "No...no, I...I'm a little nervous."

Longinus shook his head, from what he had learned in the past two days, among the recruits enlisted in the G2 branch this time, Bone's strength could be placed in the top ten.

Although this round of world conscription does not engage in any ranking or anything like that, Bone is a quality recruit that the Marine side would only reject if a donkey kicked their brains.

"Well, I'm done eating it, so get ready to go," Longinus said as he finished the last bite gracefully and orderly.

"Ha...haha!" Bone smirked twice, his ugly face becoming more fierce instead, scaring many of the shop customers and making them tremble.

Seeing Longinus and Bone walking towards him, the owner who made the noodles almost trembled with fear in his legs. Although many of today's customers were scared away because of that hideous big man, he didn't have any complaints in his heart because he was utterly overwhelmed with fear.

"A, a, a, a... aniki, this is the sales of this morning, even more, I will only be able to go home to get..." The boss, who looks to be in his forties, almost kneeled to the "fierce and evil" Bone, who was busy taking out the full amount of money in the drawer.

Longinus was speechless. Bone's intimidation was still indeed great with that impressive face!

"Boss, don't get me wrong, we..."

"Eh, wait, aren't you that...that hero who saved the little girl?" Turning his attention to Longinus, the boss finally yelled out like a dream, "I remember, so this...was this the other hero at the time?"

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

On the one hand, Longinus's passionate rhetoric was more impressive at the time, and the kind of silent struggle that Bone was having didn't fit the expectations of a hero.

On the other hand, Bone's malevolent and terrifying face gives the first impression as an evil villain, while Longinus' fresh and sunny faces are more in line with the definition of a hero.

However, Bone didn't complain about this but instead was grateful to Longinus. Thanks to Longinus being able to swipe his face as well, he could be recognized for the first time even after the incident. He said with great excitement, "Hmmm! It's me, it's me, I'm not the bad guy!"

"Look at that, how can a hero praised by the Rear Admiral-sama be a bad guy!" The boss waved his hand with no sign that he was guilty and said, "But I can't take this money, and if I even take money from a hero like you, my conscience won't accept it."

...

After some friendly talk, they finally escaped by tossing their tickets, and on the way to the barracks, Bone was giggling that it scared the crowds and caused all of the pedestrians around them to flee.

It was only after arriving that they both found out.

Before the warm sunlight had even been cast, there were already five long lines in the barracks, and their numbers were even increasing visually, so two of them quickly seized the opportunity to get in line.

Quickly, most of the people who were going to line up in this line were reduced by half. Even those trying to take advantage of the small number of people were separated from Bone as if the line was split off a considerable distance from Bone.

This immediate effect made Longinus even wonder if Bone had eaten the Ugly Fruit or the Stinky Fruit.

The enlistment process was simple, just testing for physical disabilities and physical fitness. After all, most marine soldiers fought with firearms, and the most basic ability to run with heavy loads for long distances was still required.

However, even with this simple test, many people cannot reach the standard. Because, in this chaotic and dangerous world of pirates, many of the lower class civilians do not even have enough to eat and suffer from long-term malnutrition, so naturally, it is impossible to reach the standard of "normal" adults.

As the process was simple and didn't take long, Longinus' turn to stand at the front of the line was soon.

The register clerk said without looking up mechanically: "Name, age, and country of origin, then take the register to the back square to test your fitness."

"Longinus, twelve years old, Fallen Leaf on the Grand Line." Longinus was not amused; it would have been challenging to maintain the passion for a monotonous and dull job like this.

"Take this..."

The register clerk's left hand that handed the registration form stopped in midair, then looked up quickly and asked, "You're Longinus? The Longinus who defeated the Giant Rhino Alex?"

"...it's me!"

"It is you, great, Captain Adkin instructed us a long time ago to wait for you, now come with me." The registrar was delighted as he grabbed Longinus and headed to the rear as the other recruits who had signed up were stunning. The discrepancy in treatment was too significant!

Some uninformed recruits have already started a stir, is it possible that the Marine, which symbolizes absolute justice in their hearts, is also bound to bow down to those powerful men and women?

"Stop it, be quiet!" A Marine captain in a coat of justice stepped forward to stop it loudly.

After the bubbling plaza had calmed down a bit, that marine captain continued, "Give me a break with your ridiculous ideas. if you want to be as respected as Longinus, try to raise your strength to kill pirates, the Marine is ultimately a place of merit and strength."

Most of the uproar was from the newcomers who had arrived during the last two days. As long as they knew about the incident that happened two days ago, they were mostly more envious rather than jealous of Longinus's treatment.

After all, anyone with a little sense could tell that kind of monster, and they were not meant to be in the same world.

However, some shady people forcefully hold down their disgust and walk up to Bone to "fight injustice": "Hey, big guy, don't you feel unhappy? You were the one who came forward first, but now everyone only knows about the cheating brat and not... ah! What are you trying to do to me, you ugly bastard?"

The guy trying to stir up the relationship between the two was grabbed by an angry Bone and lifted into the air as a warning: "It's okay for me to talk what you want, but to Longinus-san, try to keep your mouth shut!"

Although Bone looked naive and straightforward, his type of ostracized people has carried continuously in his heart, like this guy who talks for his good. Still, the disgust in his eyes is not doing anything to hide, so naturally, Bone does not have any feelings for him.

"I...I know, put me down, help...help!" The man who had picked the fight was quite strong, but he was still too far from the Penn, who could be a top-ranked soldier among all the recruits, and even the stinky yellow liquid kept dripping after being squeezed into the air without any resistance.

The Marine, who was initially still frowning a bit, after hearing Bone's angry rebuke and seeing the wretched performance of the provocateur, also remained silent and didn't do anything to stop him. Like real soldiers, they had only admiration for Longinus' deeds and naturally sided with Bone.

"Get out of here!" Bone also knew where this was and restrained his anger, swinging and throwing the frightened pisser several hundred meters away.

Ahhh!

After hearing that miserable scream, even the marines' eyebrows jumped wildly. This guy who only dared to grab his head and crouch to defend had this kind of strength?

Published in Qidian, February 18, 2019