Baiting Little Loli

On the ship, the lamps are lighted, and the wine is flowing.

"Guys, let's Hic...hic...together for little Longinus hic...cheers!" The drunken Louis holds Longinus' shoulders and yells loudly, showing his supremely wrong side to his usual dignified authority. In contrast, Hina, who is standing at the side, covers her small face in shame, acting as if she doesn't know her father.

"Hahaha! Drink...for little Longinus...for General Louis...for Captain Jack... "

"Today... it was a great day, crushing the enemy's plans not to mention... but also... meeting the future of the marine like little boy Longinus!"

The people around them were also in the great clamor, fell to the ground intoxicated, and raised their right hands, which firmly held the glass as if it were stolen from a corpse. They laughed idiotically poured the wine over their faces.

Longinus was speechless as he twitched his lips. He had always had no respect for things like alcohol cause He didn't like the feeling of losing control. It would put him and everyone around him in danger.

It was a good thing that his young face provided him with the perfect disguise to keep these drunkards from forcing him too much, and Longinus knew that they were looking for an excuse to let loose and drink their wine, not that he had to.

...

"I... I'm not drunk, give me another bottle..." a zombie-like Louis was left on the bed by Longinus as if trying to break free from the blanket's seal. Still, like a magic weapon with powerful sealing properties, the blanket was not easy to break free at all, and Louis' voice soon became lower and inaudible as he fell asleep.

"Hina's so ashamed of making it so difficult for you, Longinus-san!" Hina stood pretty to the side and blushed a little, her fingers subconsciously twisting her coat's corners.

Hearing this familiar phrase made Longinus instantly sure that the 10-year-old loli in front of him was the valiantly beautiful Marine some twenty years later.

"It's nothing." Longinus smiled as he walked outside and shook his head.

Hina followed with small steps and asked curiously, "Longinus-san, Hina is curious to know how you managed to tame the sea king class?"

"It is the instinct of all creatures to submit to the strong, and the sea-kings are naturally no exception." Longinus spouted severe such nonsense.

"Oh! Hina understands it's a strong power that makes them not dare to resist." Hina's eyes shone with admiration, "But Longinus-san is strong, I heard from my dad that the sea king types are extremely ferocious creatures, even those fish people in the sea don't dare to mess with them easily."

"Of course, only a strong force can guard the peace, and it is for this reason that I intend to become a marine who implements the concept of justice!" Longinus's kind personality acted naturally, warmly petting Hina's head, "Has Hina ever thought of any plans for the future?"

Naturally, the ten-year-old loli didn't have any other thoughts. Hina just felt the warmth of his palms and replied with a clear and sweet voice, "Hina also wants to become a marine just like Longinus-san. If Hina can become a marine, then Hina won't be restricted to one country and one island. Hina can travel around the world to the fullest! And the sea is beautiful."

"The Marine isn't always as pleasant as you think it is, both the restrictions and the responsibilities, and once you carry those two names, you're not in control a lot of the time."

"So why would Longinus-san still want to become a Marine?" Hina tilted her head, not quite sure what Longinus was saying and yet feeling like it made sense.

"You may need a reason to kill someone, but where is the reason to help someone?" Longinus smiled and said that in this personality state, his every word contained pure kindness.

...

The next morning, Louis, who was acting like nothing was wrong, laughed as soon as he saw Longinus, " Longinus-san, I heard Hina mention that you're planning to join the Marine G2 branch?"

Longinus smiled kindly: "Yeah, I hope I can make it!"

"Longinus-san, too much modesty is a sign of arrogance, and in my opinion, it's not even difficult to be directly qualified as a Captain with your strength," Louis said with genuine sincerity.

Longinus shook his head, knowing full well that while the Marine was also a place that relied on strength fundamentally. For example, Fujitora and Ryokugyu, who had been promoted to Admiral without any meritorious military service more than twenty years later, were based on their monster strength and the Marine's weakened condition as never before.

But his strength is still far from making the Marine break the rules for him, not to mention that three monsters are rising in the Marine, and he can only start from the bottom when the situation is so good.

Of course, the higher-ups in the Marines weren't idiots. They knew how badly Roger's words before his execution would affect the next era, that's why they were starting a new round of world conscription, and they desperately needed more strength in the middle and upper echelons to fill the gaps.

In this case, anyone with strength and talent could be promoted faster than ever before, and Longinus chose to join the Marine at this time because he could obtain more opportunities for promotion.

To use the marines resources to find Daisy as quickly as possible, he has to do a better job of showing his worth and even making himself recognized as one of the Marines' leading models.

Longinus knows very well that it is not wrong for a tree to be beautiful in the forest and the wind to destroy it, but if you don't even dare to face the wind alone, you will never be able to grow into a forest.

"And again joking aside, if Longinus-san isn't satisfied with the Marine, the doors of our Hiskar Kingdom will always be open for you. Although our Hiskar Kingdom is not as powerful as superpowers like Alabasta on the Sandy Islan, looking at the entire first half of the Grand Line, it's a pretty prestigious world government affiliate."

It was the sort of thing Longinus would listen to unless it were a top-ranked power like Elbaff or Wano Country. The power of the state was powerless in the face of the Marine and the World Government.

It's just that any mighty pirate can topple a royal family or even the protector of a superior kingdom like Alabasta, which is at best the pirate level with a 20-30 million bounty. In which case, Longinus would only join the kingdom's forces if a donkey kicked his brain.

"Dad~," said Hina with her long dissatisfied voice, " Longinus nii-san will be an admiral, who is interested in your position as the guardian of the kingdom?"

"Ahem..." exclaimed Louis with a dramatic cough and resignedly muttered, "My little princess, save some face for your father in front of everyone else!"

"No way, you can't even beat a pirate with a 24 million bounty, dad, you're too shameful!"

"A strategic retreat can't be considered a loss." Louis argued with a blushing face, "The war thing...can it be considered a loss?"

Publish in Qidian, February 16, 2019