First Promote Foreign Affairs, Then Secure the Interior?

If this shocking conversation were to get out, the entire world would throw into turmoil, but the two people involved were both very calm and did not feel the least bit out of place in each other's words.

"Heh! You think too highly of yourself!" Akainu laughed coldly, "They will make this kind of decision, of course, there is your personal factor in it, but more than that, is that they do not want to see an overly powerful Marine Headquarters appear in this world."

Longinus smiled and nodded and did not refute.

"I originally thought your statement at the time was too bizarre, but now that seems to be a reasonable explanation! Only pirates would not want to see the Marine become too strong!" Akainu' eyes solemn, murderous said, "Let a group of pirates' descendants stole the world's supreme power; it is simply a shame of this world!"

"Not sure yet; that's just some future fragment that I happened to see." Longinus' index finger gently tapped on the armrest, the crisp sound echoed in the room.

Only by involving the cosmic pirates and those Celestial Dragons he can secure the consent of Akainu as to whether there is a relationship between them or not; it does not matter, he kept those cosmic pirates, was not to throw dirty water on them?

Under his description, the cosmic pirates are 10,000 times worse than the pirates' Goko; ordinary pirates destroy countries, while those cosmic pirates are trying to enslave the world.

If it is not Longinus put forward the policy of "first to promote foreign and then domestic", Akainu will not be so easily spared the Whitebeard Pirates' remnants.

"At least, so far, everything you have seen has become a reality!" To choose between Gorosei and Longinus, Akainu is indeed decided to believe in his preferences of Longinus, not to mention that Longinus has proved himself with repeated "prophecy".

"That's what I'm worried about; in the future, I see, the descendants of those pirates left with enough power to destroy the world! In the absence of absolute certainty, everything we have planned must not let outsiders know!" Longinus lowered his voice and said.

"Of course I won't tell anyone, and as for you, it's best not to let anyone else know too much either."

"The only two who know the whole plan are us."

This time, Akainu is a little surprised, "Do not you have a better relationship with Aokiji, Garp and the others?"

Longinus shook his head and said, "I respect them, but they are not enough, they are not enough courage to purge the world, only I and you, Admiral Akainu!"

Even with Akainu's heart, he narrowed his eyes after being praised by Longinus, "Good that you know, by the way, what do you plan to do after you let me deliberately create conflicts to fool those Gorosei?"

Longinus sighed lightly, "Of course it is to do what they expect, don't they want to see an overpowering Marine Headquarters emerge? Then we also had to put those Gorosei at ease as much as possible."

"What you mean is ..."

"Split the Marine Headquarters!"

"Form a new Marine? Kind of interesting!" Akainu continued, "However, they should not be so easily convinced that our conflict has reached that point, right?"

"So, we have to let the conflict further intensify in the next battle for the fleet admiral, preferably to the point where both sides fight and can only solve the problem by fighting!" Longinus said.

"A fight? I've longed for a real fight with you too! The one who loses the battle, get the hell out of here and make your own way!"

"Admiral Akainu, you ..."

"Hmph! What do you mean by looking at me like that? Think I'll definitely lose?" Akainu snorted coldly with arrogance.

"Of course not, Admiral Akainu you are my most respected opponent!" Longinus said sincerely.

"There is one thing that I have to remind you of."

"Please speak, Admiral Akainu."

"Justice can never go wrong!" Akainu firmly said, "Therefore, after all the pirates are destroyed, the one who betrayed the Marine must also go to death!"

"Admiral Akainu, you ..." Longinus was shocked; he indeed did not expect Akainu's heart to be decisive to this extent.

"People who are not ruthless enough can't do great things, if you can't do it, then I will beat you to death and then I will do it myself!" Akainu finished speaking and walked outside without looking back.

Longinus understood that Akainu did not have much regard for him but honestly believed that only the strongest and most capable person could bring justice to the world.

"For the sake of justice, do whatever it takes, even forsake yourself; this Admiral Akainu is terrifying!" Longinus' sighing voice echoed softly in the darkness.

...

The next day, Marineford.

Although Whitebeard did not destroy the Marine Headquarters as in the original story, the destruction of the buildings in the war is also numerous; the entire Marineford is currently in a state of ruin.

Thanks to the war's victory, all the marine soldiers involved in the post-war reconstruction are enthusiastic, and the surrounding debris is a stark contrast.

In particular, the presence of someone who is building a home with them makes these soldiers so excited that their bodies' blood is boiling up.

"Admiral Hitsujiza, I'll help you!"

"Admiral Hitsujiza, your injury is still not healed, sit down and rest first!"

"I'm only a little wounded, not a broken arm or leg, how come in your mouth, I can't even do something like carrying bricks?" Longinus had a spring-like smile on his face and lifted a boulder from the ruins with ease.

"Haha, this kid is not the kind of person who needs help!"

A group of marines were still angry thinking about which bastard dared to be so disrespectful to Admiral Longinus, turned their heads, and were all excited to shout.

"Hey, it's Vice Admiral Garp!"

"Are you here to move bricks with us, too?"

"Moving bricks? Haha, yes, I'm here to move bricks too!" Garp let out an awkward laugh and lifted a boulder from the ruins that were dozens of times larger than his body to follow.

"So smooth, Vice Admiral Garp must have often carried bricks before!"

"I heard that Vice Admiral Garp used to move a lot of bricks in order to defeat a pirate called Don Chinjao!"

"So moving bricks is also a practice?"

Listening to the surrounding soldiers "whisper" discussion, the corners of Garp's mouth straight twitch; he was carrying the mountain, okay?

How did it become a brick in their mouths?

However, he did not bother to explain anything. He looked to the side and whispered, "So, um, yesterday, thanks a lot, ha!

Longinus looked sideways at someone who pretended to be unintentional, pretending to be picking his nose, to hear a word of thanks from this mouth is indeed very difficult.

However, in this place surrounded by marine soldiers, he is not good to point out.

So, Longinus just smiled and said back, "I just did what I had to do."

Published in Qidian, October 28, 2019