Pirate Dark General

Longinus knew very well that one person playing two identities was not a long-term solution. The best way to solve this problem was to use the power of Devil Fruit.

Of course, he himself would not eat Devil Fruits. Once his ability is exposed, it will be more likely to attract suspicion, but Devil Fruit items are different. As long as they are kept carefully, who knows how much equipment he hides?

However, the source of this Devil Fruit item cannot be Vegapunk.

Although it is said that after Vegapunk develops the technology for Devil Fruit items, given his status at that time, he would probably be able to proactively request a customized piece of equipment, but doing so would undoubtedly completely expose his ambitions.

Excluding Vegapunk, there are still people in this world who may be able to develop Devil Fruit item technology. Only Vinsmoke Gaji and Caesar Courant, who are also involved in blood factor research, have this possibility.

Caesar is still a member of the scientific force of the Navy Headquarters, and is naturally excluded. Therefore, it is not surprising that Gaji will be targeted by Longinus.

"It's a pity that developing Devil Fruit item technology doesn't happen overnight. Before Gaji completes his research, I can only let Apophis appear in front of the world as little as possible!" Standing on the returning warship, greeting Breathing the sea breeze, Longinus thought to himself.

On the giant ship of the Kingdom of Germa, watching Longinus leave, Gage, who was saying goodbye with tears, felt relieved for a while.

The big devil has finally left!

The humiliation he suffered today can almost be said to be second only to the time in his life when he escaped from the great route. However, Gage didn't have many thoughts of hatred and revenge in his heart.

Why the team that conducted illegal research back then, like Vegapunk and Caesar Courant, were all captured into the scientific army, but he was able to escape back to the North Sea and live a comfortable life, wasn't because he knew the importance of following the heart.

Even the first thing I did when I escaped back was to express my opinion to the government father, even if I don’t have the land, it can’t stop my determination to become a member country and contribute to the government!

Therefore, when Longinus left an indelible and terrible impression on his heart, his first reaction was not revenge but flattery.

"Bancroft."

"Your Majesty, here is my minister."

"Tell me, can Iji and the others grow up to the level of Colonel Longinus?"

"This..." the civil servant wearing glasses said cautiously, "several princes and royal highnesses all possess extraordinary talents. Coupled with the superhuman strength given by the blood factor, it may be possible to grow into that kind of terrifying power. Go ahead!"

"Tell me the truth, how much is that possible?"

"One thousandth? Two thousandths?" Bancroft cautiously probed while observing Gaji's face, "Maybe five thousandths?"

Gaji was surprisingly not angry and just sighed, "Colonel Longinus looks very young. An ordinary person can actually achieve that kind of achievement. Could it be that the power given by the blood factor is not as good as the potential of human beings themselves?" ?"

"Your Majesty, do you want to train His Highness Sanji?"

"Hmph! It's not like you don't know how low the probability of a genius appearing among ordinary people is. With his performance, he doesn't match up with a genius at all. My idea is to extend his assessment time a little bit and see if it works. Give me some surprises!"

"I have noticed that Colonel Longinus' eyes seemed to stay on His Highnesses Sanji and Reiju for a little longer. Maybe the Colonel is very optimistic about the potential of these two Highnesses!"

"Forget Sanji, clumsiness is annoying, but my precious daughter may really have amazing potential."

"Forget it, let's talk about this kind of thing later, now, hurry up and buy me two devil fruits on the black market."

"Your Majesty, are you going to start researching now?" The man with glasses looked confused. After being so humiliated, did he turn around and start licking it?

"This is something Colonel Longinus specially told me. Don't take it seriously. Do you want to recall the fear you experienced today again?"

……

Three months later.

White Kingdom, Freifans.

The ground and trees in this country are as white and flawless as the ice and snow kingdom in fairy tales. It is as beautiful as a fairyland on earth. Every family in the kingdom is very wealthy.

This kingdom can almost be said to be a tourist attraction that everyone yearns for in the whole of Beihai, and countless people come here every year.

"Wow! It's so beautiful here!" Walking on the silver street, Gion sighed softly, then looked aside and asked, "Is this the headquarters of the Don Quixote family?"

Longinus nodded slightly, "Although the senior cadres have followed Doflamingo to the great route, no one dares to underestimate them with the power he left behind."

"On the contrary, this country may be destroyed in two or three years!"

"Destruction?" Gion's eyes widened. "Is the Don Quixote family planning to seize this country by force?"

"Observing carefully, we can find that most of the people walking in the streets and alleys are tourists from other places like us. There are actually very few people who really belong to this kingdom, and among them, there are young people who are fully wrapped up mostly."

"Strange, it seems true when you say that." Gion rested his fingers on his chin, his expression seemed a little puzzled.

"Because, under their tight clothes, there is pale skin, like white plaques that are constantly eroding their bodies."

Longinus continued, "Not to mention other people, even the people in this country are afraid of their own bodies."

"Moreover, the erosion process is accompanied by uncontrollable pain that will not stop until death."

"What the hell happened in this kingdom?" Gion's voice was low, and the relaxed mood that he had previously thought of as a date was completely gone.

"It's platinum lead, the platinum lead that brings wealth to this kingdom." Longinus said in a deep voice, "I've been paying attention to this country for a while."

"After some investigations, I finally came to such a terrible conclusion, that is, in the process of continuous mining of platinum and lead, the composition of lead will remain in the body of the miners, and continue from generation to generation."

"When the platinum-lead disease fully broke out, the common life span in this kingdom was only ten or twenty years old, so it was difficult to see older people."

Hearing what Longinus said, Gion felt shuddered and couldn't help but blurt out, "Didn't the royal family and the government realize that something was wrong for so long?"

"No, they already knew about this a hundred years ago, but in order to benefit from the mining of platinum and lead, they hid it all!"

"The government and the royal family actually..." Gion took a deep breath and couldn't believe his ears.

"When the government and the royal family cannot represent justice, what position should our navy take?" Longinus asked, looking straight into Gion's eyes.