Dark Ritual

"Left-handed?" Longinus smiled calmly, "I don't suppose it's that easy to do such things, is it?"

"Indeed, there are still two sides to the story at the moment." Zephyr said with a sigh.

"First, Ain is unable to control time precisely for the time being, and every time she uses her ability, she will make her target rewind back to twelve years ago."

"Twelve years!" Longinus said with a rare sigh, "What a terrible ability, if regressed back twelve years ago, my strength, I'm afraid, will be weakened to the level of cadet officer!"

"In this regard, it is a rare time that we old guys have an advantage." Zephyr first smiled, then said squarely, "In fact, the next second point, is the real limitations of Modo Modo no Mi."

"Once the ability user is defeated or fainted, the ability will be disabled, in fact, this can also be considered a common problem of most regular fruit abilities."

Longinus also nodded, "If I suddenly lost an arm in the middle of a battle, it would indeed have a significant impact on me, so I might as well use this already accustomed form to begin with."

"And ..." said Longinus, as his right hand crawled up his remaining arm, smiling spontaneously, "It is also my own salvation."

"You, ah, are just too ..."

Just then, a messenger hurriedly came running.

"Admiral Zephyr!" He saluted Zephyr before looking aside, "Vice Admiral Longinus, Admiral Sengoku asks you to come."

"Zephyr-sensei, then I will leave first."

"Go ahead, it shouldn't be a trivial matter for Sengoku to ask for you."

...

Longinus was the last to arrive; there are Sengoku, Garp, Kuzan, Gion, and Tokikake.

There is no doubt that this is such an extravagant lineup that even a single group of Yonko Pirates would not be able to hold off such a formation.

"You guys are too slow to come." Garp complained while stuffing doughnuts into his mouth.

"I' m really sorry about that." Longinus said helplessly.

"Young people nowadays are really not aggressive at all about their tasks." Garp said, feeling good about himself, "Like in my day..."

Sengoku couldn't even listen to it anymore and unmercifully exposed it, "Is someone like you who often misses time because of sleep qualified to say such things? Not to mention, Longinus was still busy with his business."

"Haha! Is there such a thing?" Garp was not the least bit ashamed of rubbing his head and laughed, "No memory of it at all! It must be that you remember wrongly, Sengoku, I think ah, maybe you put yourself on my head for missing time ..."

"One more word, and you won't be leaving the headquarters this time!" Sengoku took a deep breath to calm down and then offered a direct line of killers.

"All right, fine." Garp laughed and turned his head and ate a doughnut mindlessly.

"Got to hurry up and send this bastard out, or my blood pressure is going to rise again." Sengoku rubbed his brow, then opened his mouth and said, "Apophis has made a move, indeed, as we began to say, he sent to all sides of the pirates to the invitation are prepared for the Pirates Festival."

"Now the New World, has been completely messed up."

"And I'm worried that pure gold is just a trigger, Apophis may have even more terrifying plans, so my idea is for you guys to also join in the Festival and keep an eye on the dynamics of the various forces."

"Would it be too risky for us to just show up at the Pirates Festival with such fanfare?" Gion frowned; apparently, even such a lineup makes her feel a little less secure.

"Within the Yonko, Whitebeard and Akagami are not people who will actively cause trouble, as for Apophis, this celebration is hosted by him, most likely will not actively spoil his own plans, the only thing to worry about is Kaido that crazy."

Sengoku went on to say, "For you, one Kaido is completely free of worry, of course, if things really change, we also have a backup, CP0 will help you secretly contribute to the situation by lurking into the venue."

"Are we responsible for attracting firepower and CP0 for disrupting the situation?" Longinus was not surprised that the Marine, who stood in front of the stage and enjoyed the flowers and applause, naturally had to carry the corresponding danger and responsibility at such a moment.

"Until the last moment, it is best not to disrupt the venue." Sengoku shook his head and said, "This is, after all, the dark ritual of the pirates, in case the whole place is targeted, even you will be in danger."

"Arara, the dark ritual?" Kuzan said with a yawn, "Still one can not raise the heart of underestimation in any way ah!"

"Kuzan, this is perhaps a bit aggravating to say. But at least for this celebration, forget about hatred for a while." Sengoku said with a gloomy face.

He naturally remembered that five years ago, Kuzan was almost beaten to death by Apophis combined with another masked man.

Under normal circumstances, he should not let Kuzan participate in this operation.

But the problem was that several other people seemed more inappropriate.

Replace with Sakazuki; maybe the first day will make trouble.

Borsalino, right, always felt a little unreliable.

As for Issho, he was even more worried; after all, how could there be less gambling in the Pirates Fair?

After thinking about it, only Kuzan was the most reliable.

There is also the most crucial point. This operation is Kuzan's initiative to participate, which is already very rare for the lazy nature of Kuzan, so he finally agreed to Kuzan's request.

"Hatred?" Kuzan was stunned, then asked with some tears and laughter, "Admiral Sengoku, you didn't think I was planning to seek revenge on Apophis before taking the initiative to request this operation, did you?"

"Ahem, I do have concerns about that."

"Arara, I'm not the kind of person who holds grudges." Kuzan raised his hands and said, "Besides, he didn't kill me in the end, instead, I owe him."

"You ... are really open-minded." Sengoku sighed.

"Since it is not for Apophis, then, he is actually for Robin, right?" Longinus said in his heart, "Although Eneru who took Robin is still quite hidden, but this guy that has been secretly monitoring Robin's loli control, it is normal that has not escaped his tracing."

"In any case, you and Apophis still have a certain gap between you, I can not let you lead the team, this time by Longinus is fully responsible for it." Sengoku said.

"I have no opinion, Longinus, he ..."

"Wait, I have an opinion." Garp, who has been watching the show, finally could not help but say, "This kind of thing, shouldn't the old man be in charge? Let the old man with a rich of life experience, lead them to a successful completion of this mission!"

"Shut up, the only one who can't be trusted is you!" Sengoku yelled down.

"I protest, you're getting revenge on me!"

"Protest is invalid."

"Damned Sengoku, it's time to give you a taste of the old man's iron fist of love!"

"How dare you hit me, you bastard?"

"It's you that's hitting!"

Seeing the sudden chaos in the scene, Longinus sighed, "Let's just leave."

Tokikake nodded heavily, "We seem to be a bit redundant."

Just as several people were about to leave, another warning from Sengoku came from behind them, "Be careful yourselves, CP0 can infiltrate, as can other forces."

"How dare you get distracted? Take a shot of my iron fist!"

"Bastard, Big Buddha Impact Wave!"

Published in Qidian, August 02, 2019