For Keloat, the top priority right now is to legally reside in Dulas Port.
Don't forget, Aunt Ruili fished him out of the water, and he had nothing on him at that time. This has brought great trouble to his current life.
In this world, there are numerous countries, and governments all care about the identities of their people. Everyone needs an identity certificate. Those without one will definitely be the focus during routine police checks.
After all, having no identity certificate means having no recorded information. It's always a headache to find clues when such people commit crimes.
Therefore, what Keloat is most concerned about now is to obtain a new identity certificate. His identity doesn't allow him to constantly catch the police's eye.
Building a good relationship with the police chief is the first step of his plan. However, for a penniless and powerless person like him, it's no easy feat to gain the trust of a police chief. So, after some deep thinking, Keloat decided to make the police chief come to him voluntarily!
If the other party takes the initiative, he'll naturally save the trouble of trying to gain trust by approaching the chief himself.
In the past month, whenever the police chief entered the Deep Harbor Tavern, Keloat always deliberately showed off his great strength. For instance, he'd throw out hooligans, whether they were causing trouble or not, and fight with local ruffians passing by the door.
The reason is that Dulas Port itself is a rather chaotic place. The policemen in the garrison have been dealing with gangster forces or underground forces almost all year long.
This leads to the garrison always being in need of new police officers. And this is the opportunity Keloat wants to seize. If he wants a legal identity, the garrison that handles identity certificates is definitely the best choice. Since he'll become a policeman, the garrison will surely prepare an identity certificate for him.
Moreover, who are the ones searching for half - giants all over the world? Aren't they the policemen from government departments in various regions!
Who would ever think that a colleague they're always hanging out with is actually the half - giant species that their superiors have been eager to get rid of?
The most dangerous place is also the safest place!
Once Keloat joins an official force like the garrison, won't he be able to get the news of any half - giant capture operations immediately?
Then he can also make preparations right away.
"Chief Burke, you're here so early. I'm really sorry. I was fishing at the dock just now and lost track of time. Shall we set off now?"
Chief Burke is sitting casually by the counter, sipping milk. Keloat steps forward, pretending to be extremely embarrassed.
"Hehe, it's okay. There's still more than an hour before we set out. How's your state today? We're going to face real gangster forces later, which is different from our usual patrols."
Chief Burke reaches out and pats Keloat on the shoulder. He really admires this young man. He's heard from his subordinates that Keloat has often patrolled with them in the past two weeks. Several times, Keloat even helped them beat up troublemakers, which has really made the garrison's patrol tasks here a lot easier.
To be honest, Burke really wants to recruit Keloat into the garrison, but he just can't find the right chance to bring it up.
In Dulas Port, being a policeman isn't a desirable job. There are often cases of policemen being attacked from behind. Some powerful gangs even regard this as an initiation requirement.
Newcomers who want to join have to beat up a policeman in front of them. If they want to get promoted, killing one or two policemen isn't a big deal. Therefore, it's extremely difficult for the garrison to recruit people. Even though they've raised the treatment by two levels, many people still think their lives are more important than the salary.
If Keloat knew that this was the reason why Burke still hadn't recruited him after he'd been working hard for a month, he'd surely regret it. He thought it was because Burke suspected his identity that he hadn't received an invitation...
Following Burke, they hail a taxi on the street. In about 15 minutes, the two of them arrive outside the garrison. As a government agency, the garrison receives funds every month. And because of the rampant gangster forces in Dulas Port, the government allocates more funds to the Dulas Port Garrison than to other places in the same region.
By the way, it's necessary to talk about the general distribution of forces in this world. The places where humans live on the entire continent are roughly within the territories of the three great empires. The three great empires are: the Lorraine Empire in the east of the continent, the Stock Empire in the west of the continent, and the Moro Empire in the south. The strengths of the three great empires are about the same, each having its own pros and cons. They've been at war with each other for many years over some resource points.
Under each of these three great empires, there are several affiliated principalities. These principalities are attached to the three empires and pay tributes in the form of products and money every year to ensure the protection of the empires, which is equivalent to paying protection fees. And the place where Keloat is now belongs to the Flanders Principality, an affiliated principality of the Lorraine Empire.
The Flanders Principality has about five regions. Dulas Port is located in one of the more important economic development regions. Every year, this place provides a lot of tax revenue for the Flanders Principality. So the government agencies of the Flanders Principality in Dulas City attach great importance to this place.
Getting back to the point, Keloat, who has come to the front of the garrison, is sizing up this place that's responsible for the safety of Dulas Port.
The garrison looks rather ordinary. It's just a relatively large two - story building. If it weren't for the flag of the Flanders Principality and the iconic badge of the garrison hanging on the building, it would really be hard to spot.
Nighttime is a busy time for the garrison because many people like to cause trouble at this time. So Keloat sees that the garrison is brightly lit inside. There are also many teams of policemen at the door, holding batons and shields, with pistols on their waists. They're fully armed and ready for a routine patrol.
"Let's go. Our team should be almost assembled. You still need to make some preparations. There may be a gunfight later. You can't just go up in this kind of clothes and empty - handed. I've prepared weapons and a shield for you."
Burke leads Keloat into the garrison in front. From their previous conversations, Keloat knows that Burke holds a relatively high - level position in Dulas Port. It's no problem for him to prepare a set of equipment for Keloat. Getting a set of equipment for himself is also one of the reasons why Keloat gets close to Burke.
The positions in Dulas Port are roughly divided into ordinary policemen, elite policemen, police chiefs, and police superintendents. Burke's position is that of a police chief, which means that the only person above him is the police superintendent who's in charge of the entire garrison. Naturally, the treatment varies according to different positions.
As a police chief, Burke is responsible for cracking down on gangster forces. He has about eight elite policemen and twenty ordinary policemen under his command.
Today's operation should be quite important. When Keloat comes to Chief Burke's office, he finds that there are already four policemen in elite police uniforms standing inside, and there are ten ordinary policemen standing outside, wearing the same uniforms as the patrol team.
Elite - level policemen are probably those who have officially entered the primary stage of body - forging and are moving towards the intermediate stage. Most of them can defeat up to five armed ordinary strong men bare - handed. And those ordinary policemen are mostly just starting to get the hang of body - forging. Their abilities are only slightly higher than those of ordinary people.
"Let me introduce. This is the person I've invited to help. You should have heard of Keloat from the Deep Harbor Tavern. This young man has quite good combat capabilities and has seen blood. I've personally verified this. Later, we may have a direct conflict with the Banka Gang. With him here, we'll have a great advantage when the two sides get mixed up."
Seeing that their superior appreciates this young man so much, these four elite policemen naturally won't show a bad attitude to Keloat. Moreover, Dulas Port isn't a big place. They've all heard a little about the powerful guard in the Deep Harbor Tavern. They're somewhat looking forward to Keloat's combat capabilities.
Keloat can tell that these people are sizing him up secretly, but he keeps the simple and honest smile on his face. He steps forward and shakes hands with each of them one by one. As the saying goes, one should not hit a person who reaches out with a smile. Since he has lowered his stance first, although those elite policemen are a bit unfamiliar with him, they still have a good initial impression of him.
At this time, Burke walks to the door and says a few words to the ordinary policemen outside. Soon, someone comes in with a shield that's much wider than the ones the patrolmen are holding and a one - handed short axe, and hands them to Keloat.
"This is the largest shield in our garrison. Most people can't even lift it. I thought it would be quite suitable for you, so I asked someone to find it. And you should make good use of the short - handled axe later."
Why isn't there a pistol? Burke isn't unwilling to equip Keloat with one. In his eyes, this young man is a novice when it comes to using guns. He hasn't received any special training in this regard. Giving him a gun would be useless. There might even be accidents because he doesn't know how to use it. So it's better to just give him a short - handled axe for close - combat.
Of course, there's also a bit of Burke's self - interest in this. The implication of not giving Keloat a long - range firearm is obvious. He hopes that Keloat will stand at the front of the team to withstand the firepower and reduce possible casualties.
Keloat isn't dissatisfied with what Burke has given him. With his height of about two meters, this shield, which can cover most of an ordinary person's body, is just right for him. A short - handled axe, a weapon with extremely strong close - combat destructive power, will surely be very terrifying with the boost of his intermediate - level burning skill strength.
In fact, Keloat doesn't really need a firearm. As mentioned before, because of the blood of the tidal giant in his body, his eyesight on land isn't very good. He's actually nearsighted. He'll have a bit of a blurry view of targets more than ten meters away. Coupled with his complete lack of shooting experience, it would be a miracle if he could hit a cow from twenty meters away. So even if he's given a firearm, he wouldn't know how to use it.
As for Burke's idea of using Keloat as a human shield, to be honest, Keloat has already considered it. With his current physical condition, as long as it isn't a vital part like his head being shot, getting shot one or two times in other places won't cause any problems at all. He'll only need to rest for a few days to recover.
This is the case when he's afraid of revealing his identity and doesn't activate the water - element protective film. If he fully activates his defensive ability, it's almost impossible for the bullets of ordinary firearms to injure him.