Longinus's "Grand Vision"!

Longinus had no worries about what consequences revealing his identity might bring.

His reputation was so good that people would go to any lengths to paint his actions in the best possible light!

Even if someone else had exposed him, countless devoted supporters would still have come up with reasonable explanations for him!

The Marines below the stage were stunned, but they held their tongues. Only after Longinus finished explaining the first part of the truth did their reactions erupt.

"So Senior was fighting this dark world in his own way twenty years ago?" Smoker, his staunchest fan, said in shock, without a trace of doubt.

"No wonder Apophis was a pirate who kept freeing slaves and killing other pirates!" Kaki exclaimed. "Come to think of it, the Demon Sword Pirates were much better at fighting among themselves than outsiders. So the boss was behind it all?"

"Oh my, those pirates had it rough!" Kizaru said with a look of "pity." "Even their own boss was one of us Marines!"

"No wonder Apophis could have killed me back then but didn't. Still, for injuring me so badly, one month..." Aokiji rubbed his chin and muttered, "No, I won't agree to a truce without two months off!"

"So Fleet Admiral Brother avenged my brother twenty years ago?" Tears filled Hiyori's eyes. "Mother, you must have foreseen this future when you sent me to his side!"

"He killed Apophis, then used Apophis's identity as an alias!" Garp's eyes widened with regret. "How did I never think of something that fun? If I had, I might've become the Pirate King myself!"

Their reactions were hardly surprising.

For one thing, Longinus's "explanation" was ninety percent true. Even those who knew him best could only see the "truth" he chose to show them!

For another,