Regarding the details and background of this mission, Sora seemed unwilling to explain more to him.
I just reminded him many times of the importance of the task and asked him to complete the task without allowing any problems.
This made Xia Le, who had hung up the phone, couldn't help but have various guesses in his mind and became even more curious.
"In addition, be sure to remember that no rumors about anything within Egeheden are allowed to be leaked!"
"This is an order, you must strictly abide by it, Xia Le!"
Even, at the end, Sora gave a solemn warning.
This shows how seriously the Navy Headquarters attaches importance to this mission.
One is to send a powerful but young navy, perhaps because they don't want to attract the attention of the world. The second is to strictly keep the information on the target island secret, which also shows that everything on the island may be extremely important to the navy.
Moments after receiving the mission, Adjutant T. Penn received news from the headquarters.
"Major General Sakaski is heading towards where we are."
"Let us wait where we are."
Hearing this, Xia Le nodded lightly.
Then, he looked at the group of trainee marines on the ship, with a smile on his lips.
He naturally heard the conversation between these guys yesterday.
"Evans."
Xia Le gave a casual shout and glanced down at the seven epaulettes in his hand.
"arrive!"
Evans responded quickly.
"Gather everyone on board."
Xia Le said.
"Yes, sir!"
Evans saluted and quickly informed everyone.
But in a moment, Evans, Rosinandi, Yagyubei, Slow, Mina, Kira, and Crocodile all came to him, standing in a neat row with their heads held high.
Everyone had doubts in their eyes, not understanding the purpose of suddenly summoning them.
After Xia Le glanced around, a smile appeared on his face.
"I heard everything you talked about yesterday!"
After a pause, when he saw the excitement and excitement in everyone's eyes, he smiled again.
"In view of the outstanding performance of the seven of you in combat recently when you were in the navy, I reported it to the headquarters and put forward my own opinions."
"Finally, this department seeks my opinion and evaluation of everyone."
"I agree to this awarding act!"
After all, he is not a lieutenant general, nor is he a veteran with a high degree of freedom such as Capuna. Therefore, the promotion of the rank of subordinate soldiers also needs to be reported.
"From today on, you will become a qualified and official naval officer!"
Xia Le stopped his smile and said in a deep voice.
"officer?"
"Not a soldier?"
Rocinante said doubtfully.
Xia Le did not explain his question, but shouted loudly.
"Evans!"
The latter immediately stood up straight and responded loudly: "Here we come!"
"I will grant you the rank of lieutenant today. From this moment on, you are a naval officer!"
"I hope you will strictly abide by the justice in your heart and realize your ideals in your future life!"
Xia Le shouted loudly.
Evans was startled and nodded solemnly: "Yes! Sir!"
Afterwards, Xia Le stepped forward, put his military rank on his head, and straightened out the wrinkles on his clothes.
"Don't let the gun in your hand get lost. You should know in your heart who it should be pointed at."
Evans was shocked and then saluted.
"Rosinandee!"
Xia Le walked to one side.
"arrive!"
Rocinante said excitedly.
"You have been commissioned with the rank of Second Lieutenant."
"As your superior, I solemnly warn you."
"The dreams in your heart and the morality you insist on require strong force to support them."
"So, you should understand something better."
"Your fist will determine your life!"
"So, you must work hard to become stronger, you brat!"
Xia Le stared at the tall, yet youthful and innocent face in front of him, recalling the other person's future ending, and couldn't help but speak in a deep voice.
These words made Rocinante blink, and then he suddenly shouted loudly.
"Yes, sir!"
"I will definitely work hard, hard, hard to become stronger!!"
"Strive to be as powerful as your fist!"
Xia Le smiled when he heard this, clenched his fist and hit the opponent's chest. The latter grinned in pain, but couldn't help but burst into laughter with joy.
Later, Yagyu Bei, Mina, Kira, Slow and others were all awarded the rank of lieutenant.
He personally awarded titles to several people and left his own words of caution to remind them of their future path, what they should insist on, and what they should protect.
The last person was Crocodile standing upright.
At this moment, the Sand Crocodile's body was tense, looking serious and nervous, but he could not hide the restrained joy in his eyes. As a young man, his left hand was intact, not the golden hook.
"Crocodale!"
Xia Le chuckled softly.
"arrive!"
Crocodile said loudly.
"On behalf of the Navy Headquarters, I personally grant you the rank of lieutenant."
Xia Le smiled.
Then, carefully and slowly, he put on the epaulette for the other party.
"Everyone has a past and memories."
"It may be beautiful, it may be cruel, it may be sad."
“But we should always live in the present and long for a brighter future.”
He used his hands to adjust the clothes of the other party, and looked at Lao Sha, who had a completely different aura from before, and said softly.
"You can pursue the past, but that's just the past!"
"Your today and tomorrow will be written by you yourself!"
"You should know which version of yourself you choose to be!"
Crocodile was stunned. The fragmented memories in his mind flashed rapidly in a trance, and finally passed through one after another, and settled into a young face staring at him with a smile.
The investiture ceremony was short and simple. The only difference was that there were seven less trainees and seven more lieutenants on Xia Le's warship.
Perhaps a lieutenant is the lowest rank in the naval rank system, but he has truly embarked on the path of an officer, which represents recognition from his own department.
On this day, everyone on the boat told each other about their excitement and looked forward to the bright future.
In the blink of an eye, the night passed and the next day came.
Sakaski's warship arrived at noon.
Xia Le crossed his arms and stood at the front, followed by T Penn, Crocodile and others.
Everyone stood up straight and stared straight ahead. Even though they were pirates not long ago, their aura has already changed after becoming navy.
Ahead, a warship slowly approached.
Standing at the bow of the ship was a burly man wearing a white shirt, a knife behind his back, and a navy hat. His expression was serious, and the light in his eyes was cold, carrying an invisible iron-blooded majesty.
It was Sakaski.
"Xia Le!"
Soon, the warship stopped ten meters away from Xia Le. Sakaski stared at the man in front of him and spoke coldly.
"Sakaski!"
Xia Le also replied calmly.
He didn't have any friendship with this guy. When they met for the first time in two thousand years, they stunned each other with a look of dominance. It can be said that the favorability is definitely negative.
"You don't seem to have changed much in more than two years."
Sakaski said coldly.
"Oh, no, something has changed."
His gaze was like a knife, looking past Xia Le and towards Evans and the others behind him, with a hint of sneer and disdain on his face.
