Elsewhere, aboard the enormous passenger ship.
I never expected to run into Red-Haired here. But why had he gone after World? Longinus thought, feeling slightly relieved.
Longinus knew very well that someone like Red-Haired rarely killed over so-called positions unless he had truly been enraged.
But Beckman was different. Smart people had always been ruthless, and smart pirates even more so.
If he were truly discovered, he would most likely abandon the ship and flee.
After all, the Red Hair Pirates were different from the World Pirates.
He dared challenge the World Pirates alone only because World had no truly threatening figures under him.
But Red-Haired had quite a few powerful men at his side. Even if he himself had not yet reached his peak, the threat he posed was far beyond anything World could compare to.
Of course, that was merely considering the worst-case scenario.
The current Red Hair Pirates were not yet the future Four Emperors crew. Their main enemies should have been other pirates, not a Marine like him.
"And there was that thought that flashed through Charles's mind earlier. It mentioned that World intended to use Sea Transport King Umit as a bridge to cooperate with Big Mom."
Longinus crossed his arms and sat atop the railing, lost in thought. "I received no such intelligence before setting sail. So was this an unforeseen development?"
His original plan had been to strike directly, infiltrate the enemy's headquarters alone, and kill World, establishing his prestige and spreading the name Longinus across the seas.
After all, reputation itself was an invisible resource.
The greater his reputation and authority, the easier it would be to advance in rank, and the less resistance he would encounter in the things he wanted to do later.
The future backbone of the Marines, people