Time flew by, and another half month passed in the blink of an eye.
Wu Biao, who had risen directly from a civilian to second lieutenant and then been promoted to colonel within just a few weeks, had gained a certain reputation at Marine Headquarters.
Of course, that also had to do with Wu Biao leading the recruit camp on two cleanup missions, each resulting in the arrest of a pirate who had made the civilians of various islands miserable. Both pirates had bounties exceeding 100 million.
The entire Grand Line had been thrown into a state of unease by Wu Biao's frequent operations, with people assuming the Marines were planning some major move. After all, on the Grand Line, anyone with a bounty over 100 million was already a bona fide great pirate.
Yet the man at the center of it all had no idea about the commotion he had caused, because Garp had picked both targets from Marine intelligence—criminals who fit Wu Biao's standards and whose locations had been discovered by the Marines!
Naturally, Wu Biao had no reason to refuse cleanup missions that let him complete his work while fighting powerful opponents.
This greatly comforted Sengoku, who had originally found Wu Biao extremely displeasing. The man might be a little crazy, but Sengoku really liked his get-things-done attitude!
Bang!
Wu Biao stretched his muscles comfortably, looked at the recruits sprawled all over the ground before him, and nodded with satisfaction as he lit a cigarette. "Not bad. We'll do this again tomorrow!"
"..."
The recruit camp members all looked like they were on the verge of tears. If graduation did not guarantee them an assignment, they would have quit long ago.
"Thank you for your help, Colonel Wu Biao!" an instructor said with a smile.
"Don't mention