The port of the Holy Land Mary Geoise was constantly bustling.
As a Marine Headquarters fleet, Longinus and the others naturally did not need to pass through Fish-Man Island beneath the Red Line to enter the New World.
The entire process was uneventful. Longinus, who had expected the Celestial Dragons to create some minor disturbance, raised an eyebrow slightly. "Was it the Five Elders' restraint, or were those Celestial Dragons simply completely uninterested in something like this?"
"Your first time in the New World?"
Hearing a steady, powerful voice behind him, Longinus turned around. "Yes, Vice Admiral Sakazuki."
"Then take a good look at these waters. This is a paradise for the strong, a graveyard for the weak, and evil soil that has bred countless pirates."
"Vice Admiral Sakazuki, do you hope Marine Headquarters will shift its focus in fighting pirates to the New World?" Longinus remembered that this was the ruthless man who, after becoming Fleet Admiral, had moved Headquarters directly into the New World to demonstrate his determination to fight pirates.
"Though the Four Blues and Paradise are where pirates are born, the New World is the true banner of evil that leads them. If we cannot purge the New World, then true Justice can never be achieved!" Sakazuki said decisively.
"Oh my, it's been so many years, yet you still sound as terrifying as ever, Sakazuki!" A somewhat sleazy voice cut in.
"That's because you haven't been to the New World in two years, Borsalino!" Sakazuki did not even need to turn around to know who was behind him.
"I've been staying in the rear, supplying Headquarters with outstanding talent. Isn't that right, Major Longinus?" Borsalino said with a crooked grin that was rather comical.
"Vice Admiral Borsalino, it has been a long time." Fortunately, Longinus was