Dragon: I'm Already Used to Taking the Blame For Such Things!

Digging graves is undoubtedly an unethical thing to do, and digging a hero's grave is even more so.

Both are well aware that if they are caught, they will beat them into a soft vegetative state.

Therefore, the two are working with fear and trepidation, lest the slightest sound attracts the patrol.

Luckily, the operation went more smoothly than the two had imagined.

"Is this Tiger-san?" Inazuma asked, holding the red-skinned Fishman in his arms.

"That's right, it's big brother Tiger!" Hack said in a lowered voice as he held back the stirring in his heart.

"Then hurry up and retreat!"

...

On the other side, the warship on its return voyage.

In the infirmary;

"Vice Admiral Longinus, your arm ..." the adjutant asked with a low sob.

"Don't worry, I'll replace it with mechanical prosthetics when I get back." Longinus smiled carelessly.

"Vice Admiral, you have never done anything wrong, why do you have to go this far?" A group of lieutenant commander looked at them once spirited Vice Admiral, but now more than empty cloak sleeves, their hearts are indescribably challenging to feel.

"It is true that from the point of view of the Headquarters and the government, but from the point of view of the Fishmen, what I have done is perhaps unforgivable!" Longinus laughed to himself.

"It's just a bunch of ugly fish, Vice Admiral you don't have to care what they think!" A Lieutenant Commander said with justified anger.

"You are too radical in your thinking!" Longinus did not rebuke harshly but gently admonished, "In this world, no one is more noble than anyone else! If I could use one of my arms to mitigate their anger, it would be too good a deal!"

"Vice Admiral, you, you ..." a group of officers is choked up speechless; they never thought that a person could be decent and kind to this extent.

"Okay, I'm going back to rest! Don't bother me for a while if you don't have anything important to do." Longinus said, heading for his room.

A group of officers nodded heavily, thinking to themselves that they could not let anyone else disturb the vice admiral's rest, even if they were dead.

Back in the room, the door was closed.

In the shadow of the corner, a figure stands.

"What? Is Dragon-senpai planning to take advantage of the present to settle a future afterthought?" Longinus laughed without any semblance of fear at the uninvited guest in the room.

Dragon slowly shook his head, pulled down his hood, and bent at ninety degrees in acknowledgment, "I'm here to show my appreciation!"

"Hmm? I don't understand what you mean." Longinus frowned.

"You purposely cut off your left arm because you sensed my presence, right!" Dragon's face was complicated, "Facing you in your full state, it was almost impossible for me to take Tiger away from you."

"Even, I dare not appear will be a question." Dragon laughed at himself, "As long as you are entangled for a while, when the World Government's reinforcements arrive, I, the leader of the revolutionary army, may be announced the end!"

"Dragon-senpai, you're the one who thinks too great of me!" Longinus said indifferently, "The last time we met was two years ago, so who knows how we will change in those two years?"

"Without prior communication, I just cut off my own arm in front of the government's greatest enemy, wouldn't I be wronged if you killed me?"

"People do change, but a person's nature does not change!" Dragon said sincerely, "Just as I know what kind of a person you are, I believe that you also know what kind of a person I am!"

"Stop saying that!" Longinus' voice abruptly pulled up a cut. Fortunately, the soundproof performance of his captain's room is better; it did not leak out, "Now I have already fallen into the darkness, what I do, even my inner justice can not adhere to!"

"Even I don't know what kind of a person I am, so how could you possibly know?"

Even a tough-minded man like him began to give up on himself; it is hard to imagine how much he suffered inside after going against his beliefs ... Dragon sighed in this way, then looked serious and said.

"You are a hero, a hero who can hold on to his beliefs and bottom line in the darkness! Take this time, if you had not eased the anger of the fishman, even if the World Government gave up retaliation, the fishman side will not give up, at that time, the peace between the two races may never come!"

"It was me who lost my temper and made you look ridiculous!" Longinus calmed his countenance, "But such words as hero, don't mention it again!"

"It seems that you are willing to accept my thanks?"

"Don't be ridiculous, Dragon-senpai!" Longinus slowly shook his head, "I told you it's not because of you guys, I chopped off my left arm just to make a fool of myself."

"What is this?" Dragon cried a bit, "Are you worried that I'll record you and use that to threaten you to join the revolutionary army?"

"I'm just being honest." Longinus said indifferently, "While it's true that my beliefs have taken a considerable hit, it doesn't mean that I want to get involved with your revolutionary army."

"The next time we meet again, I will still choose to arrest you!"

"Okay!" Dragon said helplessly, "It's just this arm of yours, is it really okay?"

"That is not for you, the leader of the revolutionary army, to care about!" Longinus took a deep breath and said, " Dragon-senpai, I hope you can understand that as long as the government does not completely turn its back on justice, I will always be your enemy!"

"To imagine the enemy too well is irresponsible to you, and even more irresponsible to those revolutionaries who follow you!"

Dragon was silent for a long time and flew out through the window slit as a breeze, "The next time I see you, it will be on a real battlefield."

"But there is one thing I can be sure of, you ... are still the same person you used to be!"

Longinus stood silent for a moment, then walked aside and sat down, sighing quietly, "That you are right, I am indeed still the same me, never ... changed!"

...

Baltigo, Island of White Soil.

When Dragon arrived at the infirmary, he could already see the red Fishman lying quietly on the bed, surrounded only by the Okama King, Inazuma, and Hack.

"How's it going?" Dragon asked.

"Don't worry, the moment you injected the fake death hormones into his body, his body functions completely froze up!" Okama King said, "I have just injected recovery hormones and healing hormones into it, it won't take long for him to fully recover!"

"That's good, I was worried I'd hit it too hard!" Dragon sighed with relief.

"Chief, I, I ... really don't know what I should say to thank you!" Hack fiercely fell into tears.

"You're welcome, it's a loss to the world to let a hero like Tiger-san die!"

Okama King then exclaimed, "I didn't think you could really fool that monster Longinus."

Dragon shook his head and did not tell the truth, this kind of thing, the fewer people know, the better.

"But there is one thing, Tiger-san's existence cannot be exposed in the eyes of the World Government, otherwise, Fishman Island will only suffer a greater crisis!" Okama King reminded.

"Well! It's true that we can only temporarily relent to Tiger-san for now!"

"That's not what I'm talking about!" Okama King anxiously jumped up and down and said, "If this matter cannot be exposed, you will be treated as the murderer of Tiger-san!"

"Obviously it was you who saved Tiger-san, but to be slandered as a murderer, such things are unpleasant to think about!"

"That's what you're talking about!" Dragon looked odd, "I've been used to things like black pots for a long time!"

Published in Qidian, June 21, 2019