Seeing these pirates with bounties of over a hundred million defeated with such ease, the surrounding Marines looked at Longinus with admiration and yearning.
After shouting their response, they swarmed forward and captured all the pirates. Although quite a few of them were unharmed, they had long since lost the courage to resist.
After all, that Marine Admiral was watching from right beside them!
"It was their destined fate. Why resist?" Hawkins sighed, unable to understand the suicidal behavior of Luffy and the others.
"Supernovas? What a truly laughable title!" Capone Bege lay on the ground, gazing up at the sky with self-mockery.
Elsewhere, Luffy somehow staggered to his feet again. He did not resist the handcuffs, but decisively dropped to his knees. "Let them go, please!"
"Luffy, don't do this!"
"Weren't you going to become the Pirate King?"
Luffy ignored Zoro and the others' angry shouts. "I was the one who sent the Celestial Dragon flying. This has nothing to do with them!"
"Why do people always wait until things are beyond saving before they start regretting them?" Longinus sighed.
"I don't regret it. I just feel that I'm too weak!"
"That isn't wrong. All the pain in life is, at its core, anger at one's own helplessness. Just like your father back then, he was even more..." Longinus shook his head, then changed the subject. "The crime of sending the Celestial Dragon flying won't be placed on their heads. If they show a good attitude during their reformation, they might be released after five or ten years."
"As for you..." Longinus gave him a deep look. "This may very well be the last time you ever see the sun!"
"They still have a chance to get out? That's great!" Luffy said earnestly. "Thank you!"
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