User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-31137559-20170408150347/@comment-1359322-20170409165122

More like an excuse to keep the 3 Longinus (the physical states at least) by his side. Indra probably plans on making those 3 his vanguards once they return from Hades' realm of the dead and need the Longinus somewhere near to him.