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"Who would've thought Vice Admiral Kizaru would wait on the sofa for so long just to personally receive us?"

"He's probably doing it out of respect for Instructor Zephyr. After all, he's also the instructor's disciple, so he counts as our senior brother."

"Yeah, and he seems like a pretty nice guy too. Friendly and approachable, without any airs. These three months of internship under him should be fairly comfortable..."

At dusk, Brandon led the group toward the accommodations arranged for them by G2 Branch. Naturally, they excitedly discussed their earlier meeting along the way.

Kizaru had spent less than half an hour with them, offering a few polite words of welcome and exchanging some pleasantries with Brandon before leaving.

Yet he had clearly left an excellent impression on everyone.

They all agreed on one thing.

For Vice Admiral Kizaru, a branch commander responsible for coordinating tens of thousands of Marines, to take the time to wait there in advance and welcome a bunch of unknown new recruits like them was truly rare and spoke greatly of his character.

Only Noah scoffed at that.

As if he didn't know what Kizaru was really like.

Approachable? Kind and friendly? Total bullshit.

That guy had gone to squat in the reception room so early, yawning nonstop. He had obviously used welcoming them as an excuse to slack off openly while waiting for the end of the workday!

Of course, it was enough for Noah to know that in his heart. There was no need to expose it.

About half an hour later, the group finally arrived at their accommodations.

The living conditions were somewhat inferior to those at the Marine Headquarters Elite Training Camp, but the place was still clean and tidy, and everyone had their own room.

They were already