North Blue Trivialities (5/5)

Six months later, North Blue, Kingdom of Germa.

"Captain Longinus, I'm so sorry, but the technology for the Devil Fruit item is still under development, and it's possible ... may not be able to develop it in a short time!" Judge's voice was trembling. Ever since he knew that King Flevance died in the hands of the other side, his fear of Longinus has increased, afraid that the other side is not satisfied with him to sacrifice him to heaven.

"There's no need to be nervous, Your Majesty Judge, this was originally just a little personal curiosity of mine, it's good to be able to develop it, but it won't be much of a problem if you can't." Longinus said with a smiling face.

I don't believe you!

Judge, who was being stared at by Longinus, only felt as if he was on his back, his whole body sweating. His desire to survive was extreme. "What kind of words is that Captain Longinus, that promise, but the testimony of friendship between us, even if we encounter great difficulties, I will never give up!"

Longinus nodded his head in satisfaction, "Your Majesty Judge is truly a man who keeps his word, and it's really lucky for me to have a friend like Your Majesty!"

Sensing that the killing intent around him was receding like a tidal wave, Judge sputtered in relief, "Having a 'friend' like you is definitely the most unfortunate thing in my life!"

"I'm actually here this time to say goodbye to Your Majesty, it won't be long before my term in the North Blue comes to an end."

Judge, who was grieving inwardly, suddenly heard what Longinus said and could barely tense his upturned lips, "Is Captain Longinus about to leave the North Blue? And yes, only a world as wide as the Grand Line is the Captain's stage."

"Your Majesty seems pleased?"

Judge stiffened slightly and sighed, "It's hard to leave, but as a friend, I can only be happy for the Captain to step onto a broader stage."

"Is Longinus-sama returning to this headquarters? That's disappointing!" A dark blue, warped-haired little Niji said.

"Mostly, we're all still too young to be real warriors." The red-haired Reiju, on the other hand, explained calmly.

"Nah! Sometimes I really envy Sanji, not being as bright and early as we are and being able to grow up with the body like most of the normal people without talent." Head topped with relief coloring, Yonji scoffed.

In a sense, Sanji is useless, and then Ichi's three brothers are only half-finished because all they have been robbed of are feelings of pity, sadness, and cowardice that seem useless to Judge.

As for the other feelings of pride, arrogance, irritability, and lustfulness, they instead magnified infinitely in their bodies, so that each of them possessed unique gifts but were never able to become truly strong.

However, their power-chasing natures, endowed by Judge, instead made them worship Longinus in their hearts and turn to despise Judge's cowardice.

Judge looked depressed, and at the same time, his heart was glad that the Lineage Factor had implanted the command not to resist him. Otherwise, this would have been a real happy father.

"That's no good, Sanji is your brother, and brothers should support and encourage each other," Longinus said, rubbing the trio's puppy heads.

"He's not 'lucky' like you guys to be born with extraordinary talents and early wisdom, but that's why it's all the more reason for you to care about him."

Although Ichi and others were unconvinced, they ended up reluctantly nodding since it was Longinus who had said the words.

"And Reiju, as a sister, you must be more concerned about your brothers in the future." Longinus said, rubbing the little loli's cathead.

"Mmmmmmmm!" With a solemn nod, Reiju took out a hand towel and wiped it all over the snotty Sanji's face like a little adult.

"Reiju will take good care of Sanji!" Reiju said so, but her eyes drifted over to Longinus, raising her neck slightly, like a kitten waiting for a compliment.

However, Longinus was the one with the slightest twitch of his mouth.

Because, Reiju didn't give a damn about Sanji, and with a quick wipe, she wiped snot right all over Sanji's face, her pink little face filled with despair.

Women are terrifying!

"Reiju sure is a good girl!" Longinus praised in good conscience.

...

Back at 666th branch of the North Blue, the sounds of fighting could be heard coming from the training ground from a distance.

Longinus followed the sound towards the training ground, where there were two fighting figures and several cheering soldiers standing around them.

"Come on Lieutenant Vergo, take down that kid."

"Hold on Chief Petty Officer Drake! Never go down here!"

Drake, who is much leaner and stronger than before, is struggling under an indifferent-looking Vergo in the field.

Although he hadn't eaten the fruit, Drake did have the right talent in physical skills, and after only nine months, he already had some fighting power.

Of course, the gap between him and Vergo was still too big to overcome, and he would have been out of the game if the other man hadn't been converging on his power.

After noticing Longinus's arrival, Drake's attack intensified, as if he wanted to show the results of his training in front of his teacher.

He was scratching like crazy!

Perhaps it was because he was from a pirate's dens, but Drake's fighting style had always been ferocious and fierce, and every attack was directed towards his opponent's vital points.

"It ends here!"

However, it seemed that Vergo wasn't going to give him the chance to show it, and with a low cry, his figure appeared in shadow, steeply appearing behind Drake to grab his shoulder and smash it into the ground.

Boom!

The solid ground shook slightly, dust mist drifted, and Vergo stood beside him with a cold face, Drake's cough sounding in the dust.

"Sensei, I've failed again!" Drake crawled up from the shattered pit, unconcerned about his injuries but bowing his head in some shame.

"Nothing can be achieved overnight, and to have made it this far is a testament to the results of your training." Longinus said with a smile and a pat on his shoulder.

"But ... but sensei you were already catching pirates when you were my age and I ...," said Drake resignedly.

"Defeating others means nothing. Defeating yourself is the greatest achievement." Longinus said, after pouring a bowl of chicken soup into his Drake, looked at Mushroom Head, whom he had often "entrusted" with the task, and asked:

"Lieutenant Vergo, any word from Headquarters?"

"Driver," "instructor," "security guard," "cook," "operator" "..." Vergo twitched obscurely and said to the envious eyes of the others, "There has been word that the term is over and you are ready to begin your return journey any time, Captain."

"Finally, we can go back!" Longinus sighed and looked out over the sea, "It's time to make the name Longinus known to the world!"