Buggy waved several treasure maps around excitedly, impatient to open them and inspect their contents.
After taking a closer look, his eyes shone even brighter.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!! These treasures are all buried on islands in the East Blue!! This is perfect!!!"
A severed hand wearing a white glove traced across the treasure maps as Buggy recognized the shapes of many islands on them.
Some of them were even islands he had visited before.
"I never would've thought it. Those islands that looked so ordinary actually had treasure buried on them..."
Buggy studied them with sparkling eyes.
Beside him, Austin adjusted his collar with a smile on his face.
"Huh? Really... What a coincidence, hahahahaha..."
For a time, host and guest were both delighted. Buggy split apart, his upper body flying up to stand shoulder to shoulder with Austin as the two best buddies slung their arms around each other.
Nearby, Mihawk folded his arms and watched the two with some embarrassment, not knowing what to say.
Treasure maps...
If he meant the stack of papers Austin had just handed Buggy, then Little Hawk could say for certain—
Those so-called "treasure maps" were drawn on the spot by Austin using paper and pens he had found on the way there.
He had even crumpled them several times and stomped on them a few times to make them look old.
Then he had called Sammy on a Den Den Mushi.
"Hey, Sammy, I'll send you a few pictures of treasure maps through the Den Den Mushi. Send people to bury some treasure at those places. A few hundred million at each spot will do."
"Yeah, remember to have someone keep watch in secret. Don't let anyone dig them up first."
Whether it was an illusion or not, Mihawk always felt that