"But... there are lots of people outside watching over me."
Yamato looked troubled, but the anticipation in her eyes had already given away how badly she wanted to run outside and play freely.
She was a child, after all~
"No problem. I have my ways."
"Ways?"
Thud...
Thud...
Buzz—
Overwhelming power swept through the area. Without its main officers, the Beasts Pirates were little more than roadside weeds in Austin's eyes.
He could crush them with ease.
"Hey, grunt."
With the little girl sitting on his shoulder, Austin deliberately left one soldier conscious. He planted his foot atop the man's Viking-like helmet and spoke dismissively.
"When Kaido comes back, tell him that I, Austin, have taken his daughter. I'll return her after a while."
"Let's go play, let's go play~"
Yamato became even more convinced of Austin's identity. Someone this powerful being her father's friend seemed perfectly reasonable.
It had to be said, anyone determined to become an idiot was probably an idiot to begin with.
She had been lured away so easily!
When Kaido returned to the base with Oden and the others in tow, he saw the Beasts Pirates members sprawled across the ground and immediately felt his head buzzing.
"What happened here!!!"
Furious, Kaido spotted the only conscious grunt. He grabbed the man by the collar and glared at him with murderous eyes.
The soldier was nearly scared senseless, tears streaming down his face as he cried,
"Boss Kaido, it was... it was... the Black Emperor, Dotol Austin!!!
Young Master Yamato was also taken away by that guy!!!"
"What???"
"Austin!!!"
On the outskirts of Wano Country, with young Yamato sitting on his shoulder, Austin's figure flashed, and in the blink of an eye, he had traveled hundreds of kilometers away.
He did not know where