Chapter 198: Spacetime Coordinate (23)
The apocalyptic tsunami finally subsided. The soldiers aboard the warships released their hands from their ears, opened their tightly shut eyes, and forced their weak bodies to look around.
The sea had been dyed red with blood. Fragments of Sea King corpses floated on the surface, while the dense fog that had blanketed this area year-round had been dispersed. Golden sunlight pierced through the clouds and spilled down.
"We... we survived?"
A hesitant whisper first broke the deathly silence, followed by deafening cheers.
"Great! We all survived!"
"Commodore Longinus saved us! Long live Commodore Longinus!"
"This guy's reputation really is growing higher and higher. I thought he would unquestionably be our generation's candidate for Fleet Admiral after the next one, but now..." Borsalino looked at the center of the crowd and took a deep breath. "A ten-year head start isn't secure at all!"
"Commodore Longinus really is an incredibly terrifying monster!" Borsalino shrugged. "But what does that have to do with me?"
"I'll leave this kind of troublesome matter to Kuzan and Sakazuki to worry about. I'll just sit back and watch the show!"
"Help! Help!"
"Everyone, there's no need for this. This crisis was actually resolved through your strength..." Longinus was smiling as he reassured the crowd when his brow suddenly furrowed. That fleeting sound just now... was it a cry for help?
"Vice Admiral Borsalino, did you hear that? It sounded like someone was calling for help," Longinus asked the man beside him.
"Commodore Longinus heard it too?" Borsalino wore an astonished expression. "You scared me to death. I thought I was hearing things!"
The surrounding soldiers looked bewildered. A cry for help? Why had they heard nothing at all?
Besides, this was the sparsely populated Devil Triangle Sea Area. No matter how