Half a month had passed since the "pirates usurping a kingdom" incident on Lodestar Island. Without a doubt, the name Longinus had once again spread throughout the first half of the Grand Line.
Unlike ordinary Marines, who established their prestige by slaughtering pirates, Longinus had built his reputation upon the heads of two Kings.
As a result, while most commoners saw Longinus as the embodiment of Justice and a hero, those Kings regarded him as a fiendish demon.
Of course, they feared him far more than they resented him.
After all, if Longinus escaping punishment after killing a King the first time could still be dismissed as an accident, then the government's active endorsement of labeling Saint Lucia's King as "pirates usurping a kingdom" had made those Kings fully understand one fact.
They absolutely could not provoke Commodore Longinus!
Even provoking the Fleet Admiral would be better than provoking Commodore Longinus!
There were even quite a few rumors circulating among the upper ranks of various kingdoms. The most widespread one claimed that Longinus was actually a World Noble with the status of a Celestial Dragon.
And this claim had gained considerable traction. Otherwise, how could one explain how this Marine commodore had killed two Kings and still lived so freely?
As a result, the CP9 commander tasked by the Five Elders with delivering a personal Den Den Mushi to Longinus had already begun considering how to flatter this "Celestial Dragon" lord without leaving any trace.
Alabasta, within a side hall of the royal palace.
"Commodore Longinus, my name is Spandine. I was specifically ordered by the Five Elders to deliver this Den Den Mushi to you." Rubbing his hands together, Spandine spoke with a fawning smile.
"How could I accept that? Come to think of it, I ought to address