Daily Life (2)

"Captured? You, Dawn?"

Dawn's words immediately piqued Hina's curiosity.

As for the background of her companion Dawn, she only knew that Aokiji and Yukimura had brought him back from an uninhabited island after a mission.

Beyond that, she knew nothing at all.

"Yes. Before I ended up on that island, pirates nearly captured me and sold me as a slave," Dawn said. "Then Uncle Yukimura saved me, but the forces backing the Slave Catchers retaliated against him, and that was how I ended up stranded on a Desolate Island."

Dawn smiled and continued, "After I was captured, there was a navigator among them. Once he revealed his identity and took command of the ship, he immediately became a member of the pirate crew."

"No way?" Hina's little mouth fell open in surprise. It was unclear whether she was shocked by Dawn's experience of being captured or by the fact that navigators were truly so important.

But Dawn knew that if a ship had an exceptionally skilled navigator, regardless of whether they were strong in combat, they would definitely have a great deal of say aboard that vessel.

Even if they were unlucky enough to be captured by another pirate crew, their chances of surviving would certainly be higher than everyone else's. At worst, they could still be sold at a high price as valuable talent.

That was the importance of navigators. Becoming an outstanding navigator required a vast amount of knowledge and experience, and even talent.

And outstanding navigators were precious talents.

Otherwise, why would Golden Lion target the Straw Hat Pirates? Wasn't it because Nami was an exceptionally capable navigator?

Otherwise, even if Golden Lion had grown old, would he really be unable to find a navigator?

Elsewhere.

In the office of Fleet Admiral Kong, a Video Den Den Mushi was currently projecting battles from the training grounds onto the wall.

For some reason, the future Fleet Admiral Sengoku, along with Garp, Aokiji, and the others, were not busy. Instead, they were watching the "live broadcast" in this room.

After all the battles ended, Sengoku asked Aokiji beside him, "Aokiji, I remember you saying that the child you brought back had already joined the Advanced Training Camp. Why haven't I seen him?"

"Crunch, crunch."

Garp sat on the sofa, continuously eating senbei. Through a mouthful of food, he said indistinctly, "Hahaha, you mean the brat Aokiji brought back from the Boin Archipelago? I'm interested in that brat too!"

After the two big shots spoke, they waited for Aokiji's response, but after a long while, they still heard nothing.

Looking more closely... they discovered that Aokiji was curled up on the sofa, an eye mask somehow covering his eyes. He had actually fallen asleep...

"You brat, you actually dared to sleep in the Fleet Admiral's office!" Garp walked over to Aokiji's sofa and punched his afro.

"That hurts! Mr. Garp, why did you hit me?" Aokiji yawned helplessly.

Sengoku had long since grown accustomed to Aokiji's personality, so he repeated his previous question. Aokiji yawned and replied lazily:

"Dawn's Navigation class conflicted with his training today, so he should be in the classroom studying Navigation. Still, I'd be quite interested in seeing Dawn fight. I want to see how much he has improved recently."

As he spoke, Aokiji pushed his eye mask up to his forehead and struggled to sit up from the soft sofa. He lazily yawned again, trying to wake himself up from his sleep.

The Advanced Training Camp was where cadets learned the Marine Six Powers. Usually, only older cadets entered it to begin studying the Marine Six Powers.

These Marines were the elites of their generation, the Navy's fresh blood and future backbone. That was why they could continue their studies and learn the Six Powers directly without military merit.

Navigation was also one of the subjects these young Marines needed to learn.

Sengoku and the others knew that most children would choose to replenish their strength after training, yet they still scheduled Navigation classes afterward.

Because this was also a form of test and evaluation.

If someone still had the energy to easily study Navigation and other academic subjects after completing training, it proved that he handled training with ease and was a promising candidate worth further cultivation.

Moreover, if he could settle down and study, it meant he had a relatively calm and steady temperament. Even if he was not both scholarly and martial, at least he would not be a hotheaded brute.

After further training, such a person could become the commander of a branch base after graduation.

Those who could not settle down to study, had more violent temperaments, but possessed talent could serve as pure combat personnel, following officers out to strike pirates.

And if their strength did not measure up, but they could persist in studying Navigation and other academic subjects,

then after completing their basic training, their talent and preferences would determine whether they developed toward becoming navigators or civil officials.

For positions like those, it did not matter if their strength was somewhat lacking. What mattered was whether they could apply the knowledge they had learned.

For example, sailing at sea, or serving as a secretary to help an officer handle branch affairs.

It could be said that Marine Headquarters did quite well in selecting talent, allowing everyone to fulfill their proper role.

After all, a massive organization could not function solely on warriors of strength without the wisdom of civil officials to keep it running.

After graduating from the training camp and tempering themselves under officers, they would officially become Marines, then receive ranks based on their strength and achievements.

The Advanced Training Camp was not only for little ones like Hina. It gathered recommended talents from Marine branches around the world, with people of all age groups under thirty.

As for the training camp Hina and Dawn had attended before, it was more like Marine Headquarters' kindergarten or elementary school. Most of its students were descendants of Marines, or gifted children like Dawn who had joined the Navy for various reasons.

Only after arriving here did Dawn learn that Marine Headquarters held so much information that had never been revealed in his previous life. But that was normal; after all, the anime's perspective had only followed Luffy and his crew.

This place, however, was a complete and real world.

On Dawn's side, he had just cleverly persuaded Hina to study Navigation properly and was preparing to help her review the Navigation knowledge she had missed.

Then the academic teacher suddenly appeared and informed Dawn that he needed to go to the training camp for testing.

Upon hearing the teacher's notice, Hina cheered and declared, "Hina is very happy!" Then she eagerly grabbed Dawn and pulled him toward the training grounds.

Seeing Hina beside him so happy that she did not have to study because Dawn needed to be tested, Dawn smiled helplessly.

She was still a child after all. Although she was willing to study seriously, the moment she had an excuse not to study, she was still delighted.

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