Seeing the instructor "lash out in embarrassment," the recruits hurriedly stood at attention as well, each one holding their heads high and puffing out their chests, as if all the gossip from earlier had been nothing but an illusion.
Gregory gave a slight nod and was just about to begin today's training when his brows quickly furrowed and his expression turned completely cold. "Where are Calvin and Dylan? Don't tell me they've even forgotten the time for formation?"
The recruits instinctively looked toward two spots in the formation, and sure enough, those familiar figures were nowhere to be seen.
"These two have some nerve! They even dared to skip formation training!"
"Could they have collapsed from exhaustion after adding extra training for themselves yesterday?"
"It's possible. Even watching the kind of training those two do scares me!"
"Maybe they wanted to immerse themselves in training and forget the pain!"
Seeing that even the recruits seemed unaware of what had happened, Gregory grew worried and prepared to turn around and leave to look for them.
Just then, a cold voice suddenly rang out. "There's no need to look."
Gregory turned around and saw that the speaker was Major General Kahn, another instructor like himself. "What do you mean?"
Kahn's face was icy. "What do I mean? If someone hadn't reported it, I wouldn't have known that there's a traitor's family member in this training camp!"
Gregory's brows knitted tightly. "It's hard to say whether Fleet Four really betrayed us. If the Big Mom Pirates were threatening the lives of all the soldiers aboard the ship..."
"Betrayal is betrayal. There's no need to look for excuses!" Kahn interrupted forcefully. "Regardless of the reason, the fact that Fleet Four falsified information, preventing Marine Headquarters from receiving the intelligence in time and resulting in