They were not surprised in the least by Snack's instinctive reaction.
When it came to fear of Longinus, the Big Mom Pirates could undoubtedly rank first. Of course, the same went for hatred.
More precisely, their hatred had been washed by the passage of time until it gradually fermented into fear.
"Impressive. Is this what the real Rokushiki looks like?" Sabo asked in a lowered voice.
A few days ago, even he could easily block that marine rear admiral's Finger Pistol. But Longinus's Finger Pistol had killed a Charlotte Family mid-ranking officer from a distance.
On the other side, Jack the Drought looked calm, but he was secretly feeling rather fortunate. If he had not backed down at the time, he would probably have ended up just like that idiot from the Charlotte Family.
After all, he was not blessed with the kind of unkillable constitution Kaido had.
"Smoker, we're leaving."
"Coming."
Only after Longinus left did everyone present breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had no intention of making an issue out of what had happened. Otherwise, none of them might have been able to leave.
They exchanged glances and tacitly took the Den Den Mushi outside.
Back aboard the warship, Longinus summoned his mount and handed the Den Den Mushi to Smoker.
"Vice Admiral Smoker, I'll have to trouble you to take this Den Den Mushi back to the Holy Land."
"You aren't going back?"
"It'll take some time to pinpoint the exact sea area, so I'll head straight to South Blue."
"Huh? You're going straight to South Blue?"
Seeing that Smoker seemed tempted, Longinus smiled. "If both of us leave, it won't be safe to leave the escort duty to them."
"You're really sly, Admiral Shirozou. I have no desire to go to that oppressive Holy