Longinus had never forgotten that the primary purpose of bringing Apophis back before the eyes of the world was to completely and utterly separate their identities.
Many people had speculated about why Apophis wore a Ghoul Mask every time he appeared.
For example, perhaps Apophis was actually ugly, or perhaps the face beneath the mask was too cute and would have no intimidation factor without it. There were even ridiculous claims that Apophis was faceless.
Among all these differing opinions, the most widely accepted was that beneath Apophis's mask was another face well known to the world.
Fortunately, the differences between Longinus and Apophis were so great that no one had ever suspected that possibility.
But for Longinus, he could only act without reservations once every hidden danger had been completely eliminated. And the best way to eliminate that danger was to have the two appear at the same time, perhaps even fight each other fiercely.
As witnesses to this battle, naturally, they could not just be minor figures like Kuina, who had no credibility whatsoever.
The Red Hair Pirates were the ideal audience Longinus had carefully selected.
Sure enough.
Seeing that the two giants seemed intent on fighting, the Red Hair Pirates all grew faintly excited.
Even as pirates from a Three Emperors crew, they rarely got to witness battles at such a high level.
"Those two bastards, are they treating me like air?" Red-Haired grumbled unhappily.
"Look on the bright side, Boss. Who told you to lose an arm?"
"Yeah, Chief! Didn't Longinus only make his return after recuperating for two years?" Lucky Roux stuffed the half-eaten chicken leg into Red-Haired's mouth. "Here, eat something and calm down."
"Captain, those two both look incredibly strong. In your current condition, you'd better not fight them!" Makino said worriedly.
Could