Thundering Pulse

"When should we hold these literacy classes?" Hina asked.

"The recruits still have training during the day, so let's hold them at night!" Yang Yunzhi thought for a moment, then added, "Even if they can't read yet, they can't go without a code of conduct. How about we pick out a few core regulations for now, then slowly teach them the rest once they can read?"

"That works!" Hina nodded. "What do you have in mind?"

"I haven't looked through it yet. Let me read it first, then I'll talk to you this afternoon?"

"Alright!" Hina nodded, then patted Yang Yunzhi on the shoulder again. "Recruit training will probably last two months. After that, we'll be heading out to sea to catch pirates. When do you plan to start your intelligence work?"

"Once the Door-Door Fruit arrives," Yang Yunzhi said.

"That works too. The Door-Door Fruit is already at Marine Headquarters. We're just waiting for Gion to bring it over!"

After thinking it over, Hina realized she had nothing else to tell Yang Yunzhi. She patted him on the shoulder once more, then hurried off in her usual brisk fashion.

Yang Yunzhi did not rush to read the Navy Code. Instead, he opened the system first. He still had a reward draw waiting.

Normally, with a lottery-type system, he should have saved up rewards for something like a ten-pull.

Unfortunately, his system was different. Who knew how long it would take to save up for ten pulls? Naturally, he would draw every time he got the chance.

"Draw!"

"Congratulations, Host. You have obtained Thundering Pulse!"

Attack +608

CRIT DMG +66.2%

Attack +12%

When performing Normal Attacks, gain Thunder Emblems. Each stack increases Normal Attack damage by: 12/24/40%.

"Holy shit, Genshin!" Yang Yunzhi froze, then immediately realized what it was.

An Inazuma five-star divine weapon—Yoimiya's signature weapon!

Don't ask why he remembered it so clearly. He had a deep impression of all the early weapons.

As for the later ones, there had been more and more weapons released, so he did not remember them as well.

Yang Yunzhi pulled the bow from his storage space.

The bow was silver-white all over, with streams of purple light flowing across its surface. Purple thunder-pattern ornaments dangled from it, making it both gorgeous and powerful.

Though it was Yoimiya's signature weapon, its original owner had been a swordmaster. So it was both a bow and a blade.

Yang Yunzhi happened to have both [Basic Swordsmanship] and [Basic Shooting]. It was practically a perfect match for him.

He looked over the weapon effects again.

It had both flat stats and percentage boosts, making it useful in both the early and late stages.

Most importantly, this bow did not require arrows. It could gather the lightning element from the air and form lightning arrows on its own.

And because it was a five-star divine weapon, it could alter its size according to the user's build and wishes. There was no issue of it not fitting its wielder.

"Too bad the role I'm playing right now is a clerk. It looks like I won't have any use for this." Yang Yunzhi really wanted to find somewhere to practice, but now was not the right time. He could only put away Thundering Pulse for the moment.

Afterward, Yang Yunzhi opened the Navy Code on the desk and began reading.

More than two hours later, Yang Yunzhi closed the book.

He was certain now. The author of this book was truly extraordinary.

He had actually been a man from four hundred years ago, named Saint Donquixote Alfred!

That was right. He had been a Celestial Dragon, born into the Donquixote Family.

The Donquixote Family was Doflamingo's family. It was rather unusual among the Celestial Dragons because it often produced people who sympathized with ordinary civilians. Doflamingo's father had been the most exceptional of all. He had even given up his status as a Celestial Dragon and left Pangaea Castle.

Alfred had been the same kind of person. He sympathized with commoners and believed the Celestial Dragons' rule was too brutal. He also believed that allowing pirates to run rampant was detrimental to their rule.

Regardless of what his original motives had been, he had founded the Marines, and the Marines' ideal of justice had also been left behind by him.

Yang Yunzhi suddenly understood a little better why the Marines were so loyal to the Celestial Dragons. Perhaps it was not merely because of the Celestial Dragons' physical deterrence or their control over the Marines' finances.

So the Marines had been founded by the Celestial Dragons!

But thinking about it, that made sense. The Marines belonged to the World Government, so naturally they could only have been founded by the Celestial Dragons.

Alfred had not only founded the Marines, but also left behind an explanation of the ideals of justice—the Navy Code in Yang Yunzhi's hands.

The Navy Code defined the Marines' code of conduct, including not interfering in national affairs, not engaging in commerce, and treating the suppression of pirates as their core mission.

It also set professional standards for Marine soldiers, such as not harming civilians, not plundering the people, and paying for things they bought.

"So that's how it is!" Yang Yunzhi finally understood why the Marines did not engage in commerce or interfere in the affairs of affiliated nations. It was not a requirement of the World Government, but a decision laid down by the Navy Code.

Still, while this book had its positive aspects, it also had outdated ones.

First, it had been written four hundred years ago. The circumstances back then might have been completely different from those of today.

Second, Alfred had still been a Celestial Dragon. Even if he had cared about the people, his perspective had remained lofty and detached. He might have considered some of the ways Marines could harm civilians, but only some.

Overall, the portions of the code concerning the Marines were somewhat outdated, while the portions concerning individual Marine soldiers were somewhat insufficient.

Final assessment: its flaws did not outweigh its merits!

Now that he had finished reading the code, the next step was to select several important rules and put them into effect immediately.

Ordinarily, that would have been difficult. After all, it was hard to define which rules were important and which were not.

But Yang Yunzhi was a transmigrator, so he simply copied the Three Main Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention from his previous life.

In the end, he organized eleven regulations:

Obey orders, do not take civilians' property, and turn all spoils over to the public.

Speak politely, trade fairly, return borrowed items, compensate for damaged property, do not beat or insult people, do not damage crops, do not harass women, and do not mistreat prisoners.

As for whether these rules suited the Marines, Yang Yunzhi believed they did.

After all, many Marine bases were actually mixed in with civilian residences, such as Marine Base 153, Loguetown Base, Base 36, and Sabaody Archipelago Base.

Since they lived alongside civilians, soldiers would naturally have plenty of chances to come into contact with them.

And the Marines did not only fight pirates at sea. Sometimes, they would corner pirates on land as well.

If the battlefield was on land, they would naturally encounter local residents.

Since they would often have to deal with civilians, the Eight Points for Attention were naturally suitable here as well.

With the code of conduct settled, Yang Yunzhi did not forget that he had also taken on the responsibility of running a literacy class.

Fortunately, he did not need to write the literacy materials himself. He only needed to call West Blue Weekly and have them send some over.

He did not have a Den Den Mushi. Little Bean could serve as one, but he did not want to expose Little Bean, so he planned to borrow Hina's Den Den Mushi.

When he arrived at Hina's office, he found that she was not there.

Then she must be training the recruits?

He walked to the window and looked outside. Sure enough, Hina was training the recruits.

But Hina seemed to be making them do nothing but run, practice swordsmanship, and shoot. There was no discipline training, such as standing at attention, marching in step, or goose-stepping.

Thinking back to how Marine soldiers behaved in all kinds of situations, they really were always loose and sloppy.

There was no such thing as two abreast or three in a file.

"Hmm, looks like I need to teach her this and add formation training to the program!" Yang Yunzhi mused.

But he could not bring it up in front of the recruits. He had to talk to Hina privately.

Otherwise, if the recruits found out that Yang Yunzhi was the one who had added more training, he was afraid someone might throw a sack over his head in the middle of the night!