By March of Grand Line Era 2002, Flame Dragon School's enrollment season had arrived. In an instant, parents and students crowded around the school gates so tightly that not even water could pass through. The place was packed black with people, like shoppers fighting over groceries at a supermarket.
Pablo dispatched a large number of patrol members to maintain order, demanding that the parents line up and forbidding them from pushing. Only then did the tens of thousands of parents obediently form queues.
Five lines were set up outside the school gates. One was for students applying to high school, another for those applying to middle school, one for elementary school applicants, one for the Orphanage, and another for students sent by the Revolutionary Army. The entire entrance buzzed with chatter, and the scene was incredibly noisy.
All the teachers at Flame Dragon School had been mobilized, standing at the gates to register the incoming students. Some upperclassmen had also joined the teachers, helping them with the registration.
Math Teacher Tedara wore a stern expression as he watched the parents registering their children. Whenever a parent tried to cut in line, he shouted, "Can't you line up? Do you have no manners at all? With that kind of behavior, how are you going to raise your children?" His furious roar made the parents stop in their tracks, their faces full of embarrassment. Meanwhile, Orphanage staff brought groups of children to register together. One registration form could cover dozens of students at once.
At Flame Dragon Home, Julian watched a group of little redheads standing neatly behind their mothers. Every child carried their own little backpack. At the front were Noah, Tenoch, Nock, Numin, Noland, Nolene, Norton, as well as Nore of the Giant Bloodline and Nottan from Amazon Lily. Julian