Longinus Quotations

"But to be idolized by so many people, that Longinus of the Marine must be a compelling guy!" Here, Shanks flipped through the pamphlet with great interest.

"In November 1498 of Age of Kaien, Warrant Officer Longinus arrested the rotten marine, liberated five towns under the reign of evil, and spoke to that rotten marine, 'I believe this to be the infallible truth, that what is gained by the sword will also be lost by the sword.'"

"In May 1499 of Age of Kaien, Warrant Officer Longinus assisted in pacifying the kingdom of Nora, lamenting on the bloody and brutal battlefield, 'War is the feast of death, and it will open the gates to hell!'"

"In July 1499 of Age of Kaien, Warrant Officer Longinus..."

The pamphlet is only a few brief pages, not massive, and does not go into detail about each deed at length, and I wonder if the author thought the thin little volume would soon be filled with more, or if he thought the brief words would be enough to make an impact.

Anyway, the cynical smile on Shanks' face had faded away as he watched it, and was replaced by a dignified and solemn look.

"Boss, I must say, this guy is indeed a very charismatic man, with legendary deeds and quotations, fantastic strength and looks, if I were one of those little girls I'd probably go crazy with obsession because of him." A little punk dressed as a gunslinger, at some point leaned over to Shanks and looked at the quotations ridiculously.

He did make Shanks laugh at that, "I don't think that Marine Ensign would be too happy if he knew you were madly obsessed with him too."

"Shanks, Yassop, what are you two laughing at, the stuff has been purchased, let's get out to sea before anyone pays attention now." The cool man with a lance strapped to his waist with sideburn of his hair at his left side whispered as he squeezed into the sea of people.

Who knows, Shanks grabbed his shoulder and laughed heartlessly, "Beckman, relax, we're not officially at sea yet, and we don't want the Marine, so what are we afraid of?"

"I'm fine with Yassop and me, but not so much with you, Captain, a former member of the Pirate King's crew." Benn Beckman said without moving from Shanks' grasp, then spoke quietly.

"Shh! Shh!" Shanks looked "terrified" and whistled into Beckman's ear, "Keep your voice down. I don't want to be noticed by the marines so soon!"

Benn Beckman pushed him away in disgust and said with a look of apathy, "You're the captain anyway, so do what you want!"

"Haha! Don't worry. I'll leave with you as soon as I'm done watching that whatever ceremony for Ensign Longinus's award. I'm not doing this for fun, and as your captain, it's only natural that I'd risk spying on the enemy!" Shanks boasted, completely ignoring the scowl in both men's eyes.

The marines in the square went by one after that. At last, the atmosphere was brought to its highest pitch the moment when Longinus made his entrance.

"Ah! Longinus-dono has appeared!"

"I will always support you, Ensign Longinus!"

Seeing several ladies around them excited to the point of fainting, Shanks was stunned with surprise and looked at Longinus, who was being decorated by the three kings in the square, and said unconvincingly, "This guy looks nothing but ordinary, are they bothered by that?"

While Yassop took a hand on Shanks' shoulder and smiled, he said, "Jealousy is the devil, boss!"

Benn Beckman also commented with a look of apathy, "He does look much better than you."

Seeing Shanks looks beaten down, the scumbag Yassop, on the other hand, taught from experience, "Boss, you don't understand this, when these little girls get past the surficial stage of chasing looks, they'll know that the most important thing for a mature man is substance."

"It's with this melancholy and sad appearance that I managed to attract Makino's attention..." said Yassop. Who paused for a moment before continuing to tease, "Like these three scars on your left eye, Boss, you can tell at a glance if you look at them With a vicarious story to tell, it'll be more popular than that marine later on, HA!"

"Is that so? Hahaha!" Shanks quickly laughed out loud without emotion, drawing frequent looks of discontent from the bystanders.

"The ordination ceremony is over, so can we go now?"

"Haha! It's a rare visit, so why don't we..." seeing that Beckman had already cast his icy gaze on him, Shanks threw his hands up in surrender, "Okay, okay, I get it!"

The three of them quietly left from the crowd while there was still a lot of excitement.

On the deserted pedestrian street, Beckman shoved his hands in his pants pockets.

"Captain, have you figured out where you're going next?"

"Well! I intend to follow Captain Roger's path, to witness what he has been through, and to finish that unfinished journey all over again." Shanks pressed the straw hat on his head with a determined gaze.

He and Buggy were not strong enough to get off the ship in the middle of the day, and it became a constant regret in his mind that he did not accomplish his great sail.

"The Pirates' Path? Not bad..." nodded Beckman approvingly.

"Huh? It's like someone is screaming for help!" Shanks was suddenly alert and looked away.

"Hey, hey, boss, we're pirates, man! You're not going to be a marine hero who guards justice after reading that Marine quotes, are you?" Yassop teased with a laugh.

"Haha! At least we know each other, so I don't want her to suffer in front of my eyes!" Shanks said and quickly ran ahead.

"Someone you know? Is it that chick from before? Is it any wonder the boss is in the spring?" Yassop, with a lusty (harmonic) grin on his face, soon followed suit.

In the corner of the alley, the petite girl is cornered by three gangsters.

"Hey, everyone else has gone to the square to see those marines, and we were going to steal something while we were at it, but now, well, it looks like we have a better option!"

"Cut the crap and let me be the first if you keep talking."

"That's not going to happen, I told you last time, if there's another good thing like this you have to let me be the first."

The young girl trembled and threatened, "You...you don't come over here, or Ensign Longinus will surely punish you, villains!"

The three of them looked at each other and laughed madly, "At a time like this, no one will come to your rescue even if you scream until your throat breaks. But maybe it'll mean something else when you scream for his life later."

The bad boy standing at the front was already arrogantly removing the waistband of his trousers, only to hear a sudden gunshot, the bad boy stunned to look down, then let out a heartbreaking scream of pain.

"My balls...my balls..."

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, I was going to hit your hand, but I accidentally missed it a little."

Hearing a voice from the rear, the two malicious teenagers who hadn't had time to react looked back, only to see a guy dressed similarly to them spinning a pistol, the naughty words coming out of his mouth.

Published in Qidian, March 03, 2019