"Enel, you want to destroy Bika, don't you?" Longinus's very first sentence frightened Enel badly.
"D-Divine Envoy, I don't really understand what you mean?" Sweat beaded on Enel's forehead. For some reason, he did not dare look directly into the man's eyes.
"The hatred in your eyes shines brighter than sparks." Longinus smiled. "Under the gaze of God, your heart cannot lie."
Seeing Enel remain silent, Longinus continued, "It was because of rejection, wasn't it? Ever since childhood, others had treated you as an outcast. From the moment you became aware of things, you hated everything around you. After accumulating more than twenty years of hatred, you were bound to find an outlet for it."
Enel could not help backing away. They had clearly only met for the first time, so why did the other man seem to understand him better than he understood himself?
Was this the power of God?
"Then, Divine Envoy, how do you intend to punish me?" Enel had no intention of resisting. After witnessing that earlier scene, he knew there was a gulf between himself and the man before him.
"Why would you ask that?" Longinus asked in "confusion." "Aren't you the one who was persecuted?"
"Huh? Me?" Enel froze. He had long grown accustomed to the malice of others.
In other words, he was practically a veteran sufferer of persecution delusions.
Even after obtaining the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's nearly invincible power in the future, he had created God's Trial to keep others from approaching him.
As for Endless Vearth.
Rather than saying only Endless Vearth was worthy of his status, it was more accurate to say Endless Vearth made him feel safer.
"But my thoughts are so dangerous. Divine Envoy, don't you plan to nip me in the bud?" Enel could not help asking.
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