"Main quest changed? So fast…" Kenji was slightly startled, feeling very surprised.
"Counting the time, it's been about a month since the system last issued the main quest to guard Loguetown."
"Will this main quest change involve a transfer to a New World branch base?"
Kenji had previously speculated whether the progression of subsequent main quests would be similar to the experiences of those talented cadets.
For example, the monster level genius from his graduating class, the current Fleet Admiral Kong, was promoted and transferred after guarding Loguetown for less than two months.
"Strange, why hasn't the new main quest been issued yet? Is the system not ready?"
Kenji didn't wait for the new main quest content to appear. He simply set sail directly for Samo Island, where the training camp was located.
As for Sakazuki and Magellan, he temporarily had no plans to transfer them, waiting for the specific main quest content to be issued later before making arrangements.
Half a day later, the warship arrived in the waters near Samo Island, and the large island was already visible in the distance.
The new main quest was also issued at this time, appearing directly in Kenji's field of vision.
[During your tenure guarding Loguetown, you performed exceptionally well, transforming this 'Town of Beginnings and Endings' near the Grand Line's entrance into the safest town in East Blue. Your deeds have received unanimous approval from the Marine high command!]
[Marineford, in view of your multiple successful campaigns against Legendary Pirates, has decided to exceptionally promote you once again to Marine Commodore and transfer you back to Marineford, to act directly under Headquarters' command! You are greatly encouraged and are determined to make a significant impact, hunting down even more and stronger Legendary Pirates!]
[Mission (Main): Follow Marineford's orders to investigate the whereabouts of the Legendary Pirate 'Red Count, Patrick Redfield'!]
[Reward: Upgrade a random owned trait 1 time!]
"Has it finally arrived? Hmm, it is indeed a transfer… to Headquarters to take orders?"
After Kenji finished reading all the system prompts, a sense of absurdity suddenly arose in his heart, along with a slight amusement.
Not long ago, he had just seized the Celestial Dragons' gambling house, and then he disobeyed Headquarters' orders by not going to Holy Land - Mary Geoise to guard Pangaea Castle.
It could be said that everything he had done during this period was completely contrary to following Headquarters' orders.
In the system's timeline, he had even been promoted exceptionally to Headquarters Commodore and transferred to Headquarters to take orders… it was somewhat hard to take seriously.
"The system promoted me to Commodore again in just about a month… Heh! The system is really generous!" Kenji felt a bit amused, entertained by the system's 'bold promotion.'
"This promotion speed, even the genius cadet Kong back then couldn't compare!"
Kong, who graduated at the same time as Kenji, was hailed as the strongest genius cadet, and he was only promoted again and transferred back to Headquarters two months after graduating.
But now, Kenji has surpassed Kong in promotion speed. A transcendence across a fifty-year dimension! Truly an inspiring example!
Although it's in the system's timeline…
"Hmm, even by the system's timeline, this promotion speed is too fast…"
"Is it because I recently participated in a war against a Legendary Pirate and successfully defeated a Legendary Pirate?"
Kenji noticed the phrase 'in view of your multiple successful campaigns against Legendary Pirates' in the system prompt, and his expression became thoughtful.
After all, the system takes real-world conditions as reference, so the determined promotion timeline for a Marine genius wouldn't deviate too much from reality.
"The difficulty of this main mission has increased, but the basic reward hasn't improved much."
"It seems that, in the system's timeline, I am now judged to be at least an elite among Marine officers!"
As Kenji pondered, he glanced at the main mission again.
Investigate 'Red Count, Patrick Redfield'!
This kind of investigation isn't particularly difficult, but it's not simple either. It mainly consumes a lot of energy, and often it might take ten days or half a month of investigation to get a little useful information.
Finally, after careful consideration, Kenji decided to seek help from professionals. He took out his Den Den Mushi and called the CP intelligence agent, Spandine.
"Go and investigate Red Count Patrick Redfield's recent intelligence and current location."
After the call connected, Kenji didn't waste words and directly stated his request.
Spandine on the other end of the Den Den Mushi acknowledged.
Afterward, Kenji put away his Den Den Mushi, temporarily not planning to contact the other few CP personnel he had helped.
This small matter wasn't worth using his trump cards.
A moment later, the warship docked, and Kenji stood at the bow, seeing Anna leading a group of people to greet him by the crude dock.
Aside from Anna and some administrators and construction workers, almost everyone else was a teenager in their teens, with the oldest looking no more than fifteen or sixteen.
Kenji had some impression of many of these teenagers. They should be among the vagrants he had helped.
"Are they here to participate in the training camp selection, or to help with construction?" Kenji asked Anna after disembarking.
"They are training camp interns, all from your hometown and nearby waters…" Anna led the way while introducing the current situation of the training camp.
Thanks to Kenji's long-standing reputation of helping vagrants, when news of this training camp selection spread, many teenagers came to participate.
Some even came from very distant waters, traveling thousands of miles.
After strict screening, about ten teenagers with higher potential and aptitude were selected and given the status of training camp interns.
At this time, the training camp itself had not yet been fully completed.
"I heard many more are still on their way." Anna explained that more talented individuals might join the training camp later.
Kenji raised an eyebrow, surprised, and said, "There are so many people? Strange, where are they all from…"
Anna couldn't help but narrow her eyes and chuckle, "You probably don't know how famous you are in East Blue!"
As the two talked, they arrived at the island's training camp.
After more than a month of construction, this training camp already had a basic outline, with only the details remaining to be perfected.
The training ground was already open for use, and a block of dormitory buildings had been erected.
Those intern cadets followed all the way to the training ground and began their daily routine training.
However, due to the lack of suitable instructors, these half-grown teenagers were not training very formally. Their punches and kicks looked somewhat casual.
At this moment, Kenji noticed several teenagers lingering at the edge of the training ground, pointing at the intern cadets in the training area. Two of them looked vaguely familiar to Kenji.
One was a boy who looked thirteen or fourteen, with slicked-back hair, no eyebrows, wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt, and a pistol tucked into his waistband, looking at the sweating intern cadets with a critical and disdainful gaze.
Kenji turned to ask Anna, "What's the name of that arrogant-looking kid?"
Anna followed Kenji's finger and glanced, responding, "Is it the teenager carrying the pistol?"
"His name is Crocodile!"