Longinus returned to Marine Headquarters before Gion and the others, but he was not worried. With Issho stationed aboard their ship on the way back, there were very few people in the New World who could stop them.
After returning to Marine Headquarters, Longinus went to report to Sengoku. The commotion this time had been considerable, so they still had to go through the proper procedures.
At the same time, he noticed something.
Fleet Admiral Kong was appearing at Marine Headquarters less and less often, while Admiral Sengoku was becoming increasingly busy handling affairs.
Is everyone about to get promoted? Longinus thought to himself.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
"Come in!"
Longinus pushed open the door. Inside was Sengoku, the lonely old man left behind in Headquarters. As for his best friend, he seemed to have gone somewhere else to play.
When Sengoku saw Longinus enter, he visibly relaxed. "You're finally back. I was almost about to send Sakazuki to assist you."
Clearly, he had received the report about the man and dragon chasing each other.
"It's a good thing you didn't, or we would have had one more major headache!" Longinus said, shaking his head.
"Indeed! If we really brought Kaido back, we'd be the ones suffering again!" Sengoku sighed.
Marine Headquarters had captured Kaido more than once or twice. In theory, there was no way they could let him escape every single time.
In truth, neither Headquarters nor the World Government knew how to deal with that ticking time bomb. In the end, they simply turned a blind eye and deliberately let Kaido escape while he was being transported to his execution.
Because his true form was a dragon, even if they shackled him with Seastone chains and temporarily deprived him of his abilities, his overwhelming strength could not be