"I didn't expect that our young swordsman, a genius who was once highly praised by Teacher Zefa and Lieutenant General Garp, is still a third-class private after half a year."
Gion has never cared too much about her military rank. What she cares about is her own strength. As for things like military rank, as long as her strength improves, everything will fall into place.
However, Gion didn't know why, when he saw Wood, whom he hadn't seen for half a year, and looked at his unchanged military rank, and the envious look in his eyes, he unexpectedly took on the airs of a colonel and teased Wood.
Ever since he met Wood, Gion felt like he was always failing.
What I am most proud of is my swordsmanship, but the opponent is a swordsman younger than me.
He thought that his strength surpassed that of the other party, and he was complacent about it for a while, and even tried to admonish the other party as a strong man, but unexpectedly he was slapped in the face again.
Half a year has passed, and Gion doesn't know how strong Wood is now.
But at this moment, seeing Wood's expression of envy and jealousy towards his military rank, Gion suddenly felt in a good mood, and felt that he had finally regained control after being depressed for so long.
"Tsk, dirty politics, it's different when there are people behind the Navy Headquarters. It's only been half a year since I graduated, and I've just jumped so many ranks, from sergeant to navy captain."
I have to say that Wood was really envious when he saw that Gion was still a colonel.
His target is the colonel of Hongye Island Naval Branch, although the branch's naval colonel is not as important as the headquarters' naval colonel.
But if you want to be transferred from the Navy Headquarters to a branch as a colonel, you must at least be at the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Navy.
Wood's current military rank is private, which is separated from the level of major in the headquarters by private, first class, corporal (corporate commander), sergeant (sergeant), staff sergeant (Cao commander), and warrant officer.
Second lieutenant, lieutenant, captain, there are nine levels.
There is a full eleven levels difference between him and the current Gion, who is a naval captain!
They all graduated from the same school and were students in the same class, but the gap is too big...
"What nonsense are you talking about? I was able to become a captain at the Navy Headquarters entirely due to my own abilities, not through backdoor connections.
As for you, I originally thought that you would maintain your principle of keeping a low profile.
But I never thought that you would keep such a low profile!
Do you know how much effort I put into trying to find you from the Navy’s roster?”
The internal structure of the navy is very large. In addition to the special scientific research and development units, there are various units.
Gion didn't know where Wood was transferred, so he could only use his military rank to screen.
After all, although the navy has a large number of people, more than 90% of them are ordinary soldiers.
In the beginning, Gion was screened in the navy based on the same criteria as himself, a "naval colonel."
However, after hundreds of naval captains scanned the area, Gion did not find Wood's name.
Then soon, Gion thought that Wood was extremely low-key. Everyone else wanted to express themselves, but he always tried to make himself inconspicuous.
Also considering Wood's character, Gion began to search for Wood's name among naval admirals at the level of lieutenant colonel and major.
The result is undoubtedly that Gion still gained nothing.
Gion, who refuses to admit defeat, will naturally not give up so easily. Unless the opponent dies in battle, the name on the navy roster will definitely be registered.
Originally, it was impossible for this roster to be casually browsed, but Marshal Sengoku had spoken before, and she could choose the navy below the rank of admiral at will, so Gion was given such a privilege.
Not only had the list of school-level generals been read, but now even the names of lieutenant-level generals had been read. Gion's eyes were red, but he still couldn't find Wood's name!
With the strength that Wood showed half a year ago, coupled with his cautious and cunning character, Gion didn't believe that Wood would die so easily.
Gion began to doubt whether Wood had become a general above the school level, but after asking Lieutenant General Tsuru, Lieutenant General Tsuru said that there are many "general-level" naval admirals in the Navy Headquarters.
If there were people of their age who became general-level non-commissioned officers, they would undoubtedly be as talented as Qingzhi and Kizaru. There was no way she wouldn't know about it.
Unwilling to give up, Gion spent another whole night after returning, and finally found the name of Wood among the numerous third-class privates.
Gion was even glad that Wood, a guy like him, had found a "Private Third Class" when he graduated. If he had been an ordinary naval soldier, finding him would have been like finding a needle in a haystack.
After all, this is the medieval era, and there is no such thing as a computer. Registration and information processing still rely on original written records.
There are as many ordinary navies as there are stars. Even if there are guys named Wood, there are probably more than one or two.
Gion really couldn't understand that based on Wood's strength, no matter how miserable he was, in half a year, he could at least become a sergeant, not to mention becoming a captain of the Navy.
After all, they are also elites who have received intensive training in the naval academy. As Mr. Zefa's students, the one who is in the worst situation now is at least a corporal.
Wood, this guy, is still a third-class private. This is a bit too low-key...
Unfortunately, what Gion didn't know was that this time it was really not him who wanted to keep a low profile. Wood even thought about working hard to get promoted in order to leave the Navy Headquarters as soon as possible and go to a certain naval branch to become a supporting colonel.
But now the problem is that the place he was assigned to is really bad...
After staying in Impel Down for half a year, let alone the Navy Headquarters, they forgot about a small person like him. Even the members of the team who were with him almost forgot about Wood.
He can't go to sea to chase pirates, and even holding a civilian job is marginalized. How the hell is he going to get a promotion and a raise!
"I also know that you are used to keeping a low profile, but this time I have a task, and I really need the help of a few capable people.
If the mission can be successfully completed, I think you should be promoted to at least the sergeant level.
Of course, considering that you always like to keep a low profile, if you want to redeem your military rank promotion for other rewards, I can help you apply for it."
When he saw Gion, Wood felt that there would definitely be trouble again, and sure enough, the next second the other party bluntly stated his purpose of recalling him to the Navy Headquarters.
At first, Wood was not interested in the mission mentioned by Gion at all, and even planned to refuse without even thinking about it.
However, after hearing that if this mission was completed, he would be directly promoted to sergeant, Wood's plan to leave suddenly stopped.