The Resourceful Captain Locke

"Those guys... how dare they interrupt this master's vacation time? It's unforgivable!" A large, sharp-eyed golden eagle soared through the sky, his eyes searching like radar, while his mouth chattered and muttered, "But I guess it's not my turn to teach those guys a lesson, Longinus will teach them what fear is!"

"Target spotted... there..." and Gregory dove hovering with his wings flapping.

Gregory, who had returned to the ground in human form, shook his head at the tragedy on the isolated island and exclaimed, "Ensign Longinus still has no mercy when it comes to dealing with his enemies!"

"What's the phrase that captain said, treating the people as warm as spring and the enemy as cruel as winter, perhaps it was such a firm belief that created a legend like him."

Gregory did not stop and continues to walk deeper into the island.

The lack of bloodstained remains along the corpse shows the killer's high fighting skills, who kill the enemy in one hit before they can react.

All the pirates died peacefully, retaining the smile on their faces before they died, but this situation was instead a strange and frightening feeling on the lonely island of death.

"It's a good thing I've seen enough of this kind of thing, or I'd have to have a heart attack sooner or later!" Gregory said as he let out an exhausted breath.

"I'm sorry about that, but I'm not used to messing up blood on the ground when dealing with this level's enemies." In his coat of justice, Longinus walked out from the forest, waving the silvery moonlight without a speck of dust.

"Haha! I accidentally let boss heard that!" Gregory was not the least bit embarrassed and turned his head to look around, "Have all the Giant Axe pirates been cleared out?"

"Well! Some minor characters, it won't take long." Longinus strolled out into the forest, Gregory following in his steps.

"That's right, and these guys dare to get their ideas on you, brother, I don't know if the word for death is written."

Reaching an exact spot outside the forest, Gregory transformed himself into a giant golden eagle with great skill. At the same time, Longinus leaped onto its back, and the next moment the dark silent island was already as far away from view as a black spot.

"By the way, boss, how did you manage to break free from Kairoseki handcuffs? I thought I remembered that those things usually only come with a set of keys?" Gregory was swinging through the midnight dust fog and making weird noises in his animal form.

"Unlocking the potential of the body, instilling willpower in the brain so that every part of the body can act as an arm, so that you can do things that would be impossible to do in common, such as controlling your hair to change into a key to open the Kairoseki handcuffs..." said Longinus lightly, as if he was describing something quite ordinary.a

Gregory was silent for a moment before he spoke grudgingly, "Well, I guess I'm what you call a normal person according to the boss, I want some peace, don't ask me who the peace is."

Longinus laughed hoarsely but said no more.

He used to open the handcuffs with Seimei Kikan, known as the "Marine Rokushiki with a seventh style is common sense." Although he roughly knew how to train Marine Rokushiki, but without a complete theory to guide him, Longinus could only master the most basic Soru and the easiest Seimei Kikan for him in these two years.

After all, Seimei Kikan is nothing more than the ultimate manipulation of the body. For people like him, who are born with an overbearing power of Kenbunshoku Haki and even a soul strength far beyond that of ordinary people, it isn't too challenging to control Seimei Kikan when he knows the direction.

...

With Gregory pushing his speed to the limit, the sea between several islands was quickly crossed, and shortly afterward, he was at the temporary base where he had been stationed.

As soon as they landed, a large number of marine soldiers gathered around excitedly.

"Great! I knew you'd be fine, Ensign Longinus!"

"How could those little pirates be a match for Ensign Longinus!"

Gregory, who had transformed into human form, pushed through the crowd and said, "You can withdraw the bounty on the Giant Axe Pirates. Ensign Longinus already took those guys."

"Whoa! Ensign Longinus is just amazing!"

In prison, Giant Axe Locke, who had been transferred to the standard cell due to his good behavior, heard the cheering sounds that kept coming from outside and curiously asked the guarding marine, "Excuse me, has anything happened outside here in the big work?"

In addition to Locke's excellent behavior before, which is to combat the pirate rampage against the toxic atmosphere, a few guards of the prison navy did not have much resentment towards him. Plus, this matter is more or less associated with him, so he said: "Your Giant Axe Pirates was destroyed, those idiots think that Ensign Longinus with the Kairoseki handcuffs to tie his own hands and feet can not do anything about it! Regrettably, by the time they understand how powerful our Captain is, it's too late."

"You, you, you, you... how can you insult people's innocence without reason? I have nothing to do with the Giant Axe Pirates right now!" Giant Axe Locke reddened and argued, then patted his chest in fear, "I knew that idiot Bart was shooting himself in the foot, even a piece of trash like him would dare to make an enemy of Ensign Longinus!"

The personnel of the Giant Axe Pirates who had been caught in with Giant Axe Locke, still resentful of their own Captain's cowardice, also cheered after hearing what had happened to the Giant Axe Pirates, "Captain is wise, Captain is mighty!"

"Idiot, there's no such thing as a captain here. We're all inmates here to redeem ourselves for changing our fate and future!" Locke said, hastily stating his position.

A crowd of pirate bondmen also nodded their heads repeatedly like chickens pecking at rice, "We will definitely cleanse our hearts, rehabilitate ourselves, study hard, and improve every day."

...

Longinus gently scratched his finger and set aside the newspaper in front of him. At the same time, Adkin, who had been promoted to Commodore, chuckled, "Nevermind, in these times when chaos has been increasing, the Marine also needs a model as much as possible, and they can't let a perfect image like yours pass unnoticed."

"I'm used to this, after all, it's not like it's been in the paper for two years, but some of this is just... really exaggerated."

Longinus was forced to smile, while his gaze was cast to several other newspapers on the table, only to see those written in bright red letters:

Published in Qidian, February 21, 2019