Afternoon.

Heavy snow has once again shrouded this perennially frozen island on the sea.

In addition to the new colonel's ruthless and unsympathetic style, there was also the act of helping Captain Vito and the warm smile like a spring breeze.

Many of the young recruits were quite admirable to Vito, who would rather be scolded himself than reason with Heiko, and finally angered the colonel, causing Vito to be punished.

And those old oilmen who have been in the barracks for a long time, although they are not grateful to Vito for such a trivial matter, but the original hostile and indifferent attitude has also been eliminated a lot, and they faintly began to treat this captain who came to the base with the new colonel as half of their own.

However, there are always exceptions.

For example, a pink-haired girl who once witnessed Vito's other face and thought she had a glimpse of the truth in the tube.

…………

"Fake! It's all fake! ”

At dusk, Tina, who was walking on the way home, kicked the stones on the side of the street, and said in pieces, "That guy must be acting, obviously he had that kind of face yesterday, but today he put on such a look......"

Her emotions at the moment were quite subtle.

First, she was still immersed in the shock that the group of people she met yesterday turned out to be the new commander of the base.

Second, the image that Vito shows today, whether it is the warm and healing sunny smile, or the appearance of not being afraid of power and reasoning, is consistent with the perfect naval image in her mind before joining the army.

But all of this was punctured by what she saw and heard on the street yesterday, and turned into a complete illusion.

As a result, I was inevitably a little angry, especially when I saw many recruits praising Vito, and I felt a little annoyed that they had been deceived so easily.

"It's really going to win people's hearts......"

In the blink of an eye, Tina was still thinking about Vito in her mind, but her hands began to pack her luggage neatly, preparing in advance for tomorrow's move.

All navies must live in the base and are not allowed to go out without permission - this was Colonel Heiko's order, so even if Tina was already a branch lieutenant, she could not have the privilege of living outside, and could only live in the base honestly.

This was originally a matter of indifference, Tina was not afraid of hardship, not to mention that as a second lieutenant, she also had her own independent room on the third floor of the fortress building, and the accommodation environment was not much worse than at home.

But when she thought that there was such a guy as Vito in the current base who deceived everyone, Tina couldn't help but be entangled for a while, not knowing how to face such a bastard with a higher rank than herself in the future.

She didn't think it was Heiko and Vito who were singing and acting, and the nineteen-year-old girl had never been deeply involved in the world and had never thought of such a far-reaching place.

Although Heiko didn't leave a good impression on her, probably a base commander who was unapproachable and cold, but compared to Vito, who had two faces in front of her and behind her, these shortcomings were nothing.

"It seems that we have to find a way, leave this hellish place early, and report to the elite training camp of the headquarters......

She remembered her long-standing dream again, and suddenly felt a little worried, "But it's not so easy to enter the headquarters, I heard that there are all kinds of assessments, and the navy that has already served in the branch still needs the recommendation of the base commander......

She has been exercising hard since she was a child, and her qualities are far beyond ordinary people, and she is the best among the soldiers in the branch, and she was promoted to second lieutenant because she had captured a pirate leader with a reward of millions.

But just to this extent, it is a bit difficult to enter the elite training camp taught by the former general Zefa in the headquarters.

Smack.

In the midst of her embarrassment, Tina inadvertently elbowed open the cabinet under the closet, and the Devil Fruit, which had been hidden in it since it had been picked last night, re-entered her sight.

“……”

Looking at this Devil Fruit, Tina, who was reluctant to swallow it yesterday, her eyes were a little uncertain, she took it out, gently rubbed the complex lines on it, and suddenly seemed to have made up her mind, closed her eyes suddenly, and took a big bite.

No matter!

In order to enter the elite camp of the headquarters, she must improve her strength as soon as possible, and after becoming a Devil Fruit ability, no matter how the guy named Vito plans to continue to deceive the entire branch, she also has the confidence to advance and retreat freely!

"Vomit ......"

As soon as the Devil Fruit entered the mouth, her face changed drastically, and she rushed to the toilet with a lunge, vomiting loudly, and when she finally raised her head again, she looked at herself in the mirror, and her face was already green from prostration.

How can this thing be so unpalatable?

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At the same time, 78 branches within the base.

Colonel Heiko, who had just taken over the affairs of the base and had finished his day's work, should have returned to his luxurious suite to rest in the eyes of his subordinates.

But in fact, at this moment, he appeared in the hidden corridor under the base building, bent down humbly and respectfully, and opened the basement door in front of Vito.

A huge training room, which had not been used for a long time, but was quite clean and tidy, appeared in front of Vito.

"This is the largest room in the entire base, Lord Vito."

Heiko had a smile on his face, and the fat piled up, making it difficult to associate it with the image of an unsmiling and fierce style on stage during the day.

"This place was originally used to imprison important prisoners, but the 78th branch has never had this opportunity, so it can't be used, and the key to the entire underground corridor is only available to the colonel, which is definitely hidden enough, are you satisfied with it?"

"It's okay."

Vito looked at the room, which was about three hundred square meters, the walls were covered with thick iron plates, and there were some training facilities in the corners.

"The sound insulation is good, the dust looks like it has just been cleaned, and the ventilation has been done." Vito looked at Heiko with a smirk, "I didn't see the rest of the people on the way here, so it can't be that Mr. Colonel did the work himself, right?" ”

"That's for sure, how can I rest assured that this kind of thing is handed over to others."

Heiko replied without hesitation, "Find a hidden training room, this is a matter you explained, no matter how hard and tired I am, I have to do it with all my heart." ”

"Well done."

Vito casually complimented him, knowing that Heiko had seen his cleanliness reaction to entering the colonel's office yesterday, so he couldn't help but laugh.

"But you're a colonel, you have a lot of things to do, and in the future, just leave this kind of work to Hathaway, she is professional."

With that, he stepped through the door, lit a cigarette, and smoked as he silently looked around the training room, as if thinking about something.

"That, Lord Vito......"

Heiko followed behind and did not dare to interrupt his train of thought until Vito returned to the door, and after hesitating for a long time, he carefully asked:

"There are basically nothing wrong with today's plan, but ...... The last point is not in the script, do you really plan to get up early in the morning tomorrow and run ten laps around the base with those soldiers who have been punished for violating the rules? ”