One Piece: Shadow of the Navy

"What do you think?" Cohen looked at the soldiers around him, "Stand and watch."

"Now that Major Salinas has made up his mind, let's quickly divide the soldiers into two teams." Cohen looked up at the sky. "It just so happens that it's still early. Let's try to clean up the island today."

Seeing that Salinas was about to say something else, Cohen urged him without giving him a chance to speak.

Salinas shut his mouth angrily and began to divide the soldiers into two teams.

"Then it's up to you." After seeing Salinas assigning the soldiers, Cohen said to him.

Salinas obviously didn't want to listen to Cohen, but when he opened his mouth, he found that there was nothing to say.Although Cohen's tone of voice was not that good, there was nothing wrong with what he said. If he insisted on finding a problem, it would turn out to be something wrong with him.

Seeing that Salinas didn't speak, Cohen turned around and said to a group of soldiers assigned to the right, "You already know what we are going to do. Now follow me and go faster."

After speaking, Cohen ignored the soldiers and walked towards the coastline on the right.

The soldiers looked at each other, and then they took steps to catch up with Cohen.

The island is not very large, but Cohen and others spent a lot of time walking around the coastline of the island. They started setting off near noon, and it was not until the evening that the two teams met again.

Of course, the reason why it takes so long is not only that the island is not small, but also because the beasts have to be cleared away.

Usually, it is Cohen who urges the Haki of Knowledge to find the location of the beast, and then leaves it to the soldiers to clean it up. Cohen takes advantage of this period to rest, restores Haki of Knowledge, and waits until the soldiers deal with the beast. , Cohen also almost recovered the consumed Haki.

Moreover, Cohen's group cleared the beasts faster because Cohen's Haki of Knowledge covered a wider area, so they cleared more distance than the Salinas group.

When they met, Cohen's group had probably cleared three-fifths of the entire length of the coastline. This was the result of Cohen's failure to do his best.

Salinas looked up at the sky and said, "Brigadier General Cohen, it's almost dark today. We can't carry out the mission at night. We can only wait until dawn tomorrow before continuing. We'll find a place near here tonight." How about setting up camp?"

Salinas looked at Cohen.

"Okay, you can make up your mind, I'm just here to help." Cohen didn't say anything about Salinas' arrangement.

But after Salinas heard what he said, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. Thinking of General Zefa's instructions, a mouthful stuck in his throat, and he couldn't help but want to spit it out, but thinking of Cohen's military rank, he felt it again. Bian swallowed his words.

Afterwards, Salinas ignored Cohen and took some soldiers to clean up the camping site.

Soon, when the sky was completely dark, four large bonfires were burning around an open space.

About two hundred soldiers were divided into four teams and sat around four bonfires.

The beast meat roasted on the campfire was already "sizzling" with oil and water.

A sailor pulled a piece of roasted meat from the leg of an unknown beast and handed it to Cohen, "Commodore, come here, the meat is roasted and ready to eat."

"Thank you, Lieutenant." Cohen reached out and took the barbecue from the Lieutenant, thanked him, and then took a big bite of the barbecue.

"Hahaha, you're so polite, Brigadier General." After hearing Cohen's thanks, the second lieutenant looked at Cohen who was chewing meat, and was slightly stunned. Then his face turned rosy at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he laughed with a grin. With.

While talking to Cohen, he pulled off another large piece of meat from the beast, then sat back next to Cohen, and like Cohen, he also held the barbecue and started to rip it off.

"This is my first time to have close contact with a big man like you, Brigadier General. I didn't expect you to be so approachable." The second lieutenant said vaguely to Cohen while chewing barbecue.

"Oh?" Cohen swallowed the roast meat in his mouth and turned to glance at the second lieutenant, "You actually think I'm approachable?"

There was a rare hint of surprise in Cohen's tone, but of course, the second lieutenant could not hear it.

"Ah, yes, although you were always cold-faced when performing the mission..." At this point, the second lieutenant suddenly felt that it was not good to say this to the person involved, and couldn't help turning his head to look at Cohen, and said apologetically, "Sorry, sir, it seems a little inappropriate for me to describe you this way."

"It's ok."

Seeing that Cohen really didn't mind, the second lieutenant felt relieved and continued, "But you would actually say thank you to someone like me. You know, even our major, I have never heard him say thank you." We subordinates have said a word of thanks,"

"Not to mention those big people who can only be seen from a distance. They always look aloof. I always thought that big people are so aloof." At this point, the second lieutenant couldn't help but shook his head. He didn't say anything more and threw the bones in his hand into the bonfire.

Then he stood up and pulled off another large piece of meat from the beast, and handed it to Cohen, who had also finished chewing the barbecue.

This time, Cohen didn't say anything else. He took the barbecue and continued to gnaw on it.

"Brigadier General, I see that you are not very young, you must be less than 30 years old, right?" The second lieutenant sat back down next to Cohen, holding a piece of barbecue.

"Yeah." Cohen nodded and said nothing.

"You are a brigadier general who is not yet 30 years old. Your Excellency, you are really young and promising. Moreover, Your Excellency, you are so strong that you will definitely continue to rise in the ranks. You are so awesome." The second lieutenant's voice was full of envy.

"Actually, when I joined the Navy, I also wanted to become a great big shot. Unfortunately, after I joined the Navy, I discovered that although I have been trained and diligent, hard work is not enough to keep me from becoming a big shot."

Although the second lieutenant acted nonchalantly when he said this, the disappointment in his tone could not be concealed.

"After more than ten years, I have gradually come to understand the reality. Although I am still just a young second lieutenant, I have a wife and children, so I can live my life well."

Although the second lieutenant's tone was still filled with disappointment, it was also mixed with a different kind of satisfaction.

"Oh, you already have a child? I really didn't expect this." Cohen raised the barbecue in his hand towards the second lieutenant and signaled.

The second lieutenant also raised the barbecue in his hand, with a smile on his face, "Hahaha, he is already three years old."

"He is quite handsome. When he grows up, I plan to let him join the navy. I will continue my dream and strive to become a great person."

"Yes, it's a good idea."

"Yes, I have already planned it. When he grows up, I will tell him that if he is like me, then let him train my grandson to become a navy and continue my wish. I believe that it will continue like this. , our family will definitely produce a great person." The second lieutenant said with a heroic look, he had already arranged the path for his descendants.

Around the four bonfires, the commotion continued until late at night, and then gradually became quiet.

The night passed like that.

The next day, on the warship.

"Comradore, wouldn't it be bad if we just left one of them there?" The second lieutenant turned to look at the island that was gradually going away, and said to Cohen with a little worry.

"It's okay. I will explain the situation clearly to General Zefa when I get back. I have to leave something interesting for them, but I can't just let them live in peace." Cohen waved his hand, not worried at all. said.

"Okay." The second lieutenant nodded and said nothing more.

Although he didn't understand what Cohen was talking about, since the people in charge didn't worry, he had nothing to worry about.