After the Den Den Mushi call ended, Issho asked with great interest, "Golden Lion? You mean the man with the Float-Float Fruit?"
Longinus turned his head and smiled. "You haven't been out of Wano Country for long, yet you know quite a lot."
"A lot of people at Headquarters have said that my abilities are quite similar to his, so I wanted to find out what kind of person this Golden Lion really is," Issho said.
"They are indeed quite similar." Longinus nodded, then asked, "So what kind of person do you think he is?"
"In the words of Wano Country, he should be a powerful warlord!" Issho stroked his chin and answered seriously. "He's a man who will stop at nothing to gain power and authority. After disappearing for ten years and suddenly showing up again, he must have tremendous ambition and plans!"
"I think the same, so..." Longinus crouched down and said apologetically to Koala, "I may not be able to personally take you back to your homeland."
"It's all right."
"What a sensible little girl." Longinus smiled and rubbed Koala's head. He then summoned the other Marines and ordered, "Colonel Gels, Colonel Kalt, I'll have to trouble you with escorting Koala safely back to Foresight Island."
"Yes!" The two colonels saluted and shouted in unison, "Please rest assured, Vice Admiral! We guarantee the mission's success!"
Longinus nodded and called Minos, who had accompanied them, down. "Lieutenant Commander Issho, come up too!"
"Haha! Then I'll take the chance to slack off a little."
"Get a good rest and restore your energy. We'll have plenty to keep us busy next." Longinus said that aloud, but secretly thought, *Golden Lion should have already headed for the New World. The time I spent searching Paradise happened to coincide with the period