Blackbeard: This patience and strategic genius of mine is almost half as good as mine!

Chapter 705: Blackbeard's patience and strategic genius were almost half as good as mine!

Amid such intense excitement, Blackbeard poured cold water over everyone. "Since you knew everything more than ten years ago, why did you wait until now to tell us? Don't give me any nonsense about it being unbelievable. With your reputation, people would believe you as long as you said it, right?"

The people who had been caught up in the frenzy also calmed down slightly. Indeed, why had he waited until now to reveal something that would only become more dangerous the longer he delayed?

Quite a few people thought of something, their gazes shifting as they looked upward.

Longinus fell silent for a moment, then nodded slightly. "That is precisely what I was about to explain! This concerns the survival of an entire world, so I had to treat it with the utmost caution! Then, an opportunity ten years ago allowed me to see hope!"

Ten years ago... The crowd looked puzzled. Nothing major seemed to have happened ten years ago, had it?

"It was Franky, the disciple of Tom, the builder of the Water Train, as well as the blueprints for Pluton in Franky's hands!" As he spoke, Longinus looked toward the wide-eyed, horned Fish-Man and apologized. "Mr. Tom, I'm very sorry. For the sake of this world's future, I had no choice but to keep you in the dark all this time. Now, I can clear Franky's name. He wasn't an ambitious man who betrayed his teacher and friends. He was a hero who was willing to bear infamy for the sake of the world!"

The builder of the Water Train...? Quite a few people turned their attention toward him. Their ability to reach Marine Headquarters in such a short time was also