8:00 a.m., Commodore's Office.
"Luo Ya took over two hundred recruits and sailed off in a warship?"
Hearing his adjutant's report, Murak did not even have the strength to get angry. Compared to Luo Ya's previous outrageous behavior, taking a warship without authorization was only a minor matter.
Let that brat do whatever he wanted. Better yet, let them all die out there!
Murak cursed inwardly, but a smile soon appeared on his face. In a few days, whether he liked it or not, that brat would have to leave Loguetown!
"The inspector from Headquarters should be arriving soon, right?"
"According to the message from the communications officer, he will reach Loguetown before noon."
"Then let's go welcome him now!"
As one of East Blue's rising young captains over the past two years, Luo Ya had to be taken seriously by Headquarters, which had specifically dispatched an inspector.
If the accusations from the Loguetown Branch proved true, Headquarters would naturally handle the matter impartially. Reassigning him away from the branch would be the minimum punishment; the most likely outcome was that he would be sent back to the 153rd Branch.
At 10:00 a.m., the Headquarters warship docked.
After confirming each other's identities, the Headquarters inspector introduced himself with a smile. "Commodore Murak, I am Lieutenant Commander Gordon from Headquarters. I have been ordered to investigate Lieutenant Commander Luo Ya's disruption of military discipline."
"Hello, Lieutenant Commander Gordon!"
Murak shook his hand enthusiastically. Though Gordon was only a lieutenant commander, within the Navy's system, a Headquarters lieutenant commander held no less status than a branch commodore like him.
"Lieutenant Commander Gordon, you must be tired from the journey. I have prepared a banquet, so please take this chance to relax."
"Then I'll gladly accept."
Lieutenant Commander Gordon did not refuse. Lowering