"Hah??? Aren't you being way too arrogant with that!!!"
Doll, still young at the time, could not understand Austin's blunt honesty. Instead, she felt that he was trampling on the justice she upheld.
But Austin was in no hurry to explain himself in the face of the young girl's righteous indignation.
"Tch..."
Silently lighting a cigar that cost as much as ten months of Doll's salary, Austin blew a mouthful of smoke onto her pretty, heroic face.
"Phew..."
"Hey!!! You bastard!!!"
Choking, Doll staggered back repeatedly, glaring at Austin with hostile eyes.
"You'll understand someday, Doll..."
"The title of Black Emperor is no less useful than your Marines, you know~"
"The pirates the Marines can't command, I can.
The internal affairs of affiliated nations that the Marines have no authority to interfere with, I can.
The name of the Marines cannot serve as reins to restrain those ambitious men chasing enormous profits, but I can."
The Marines used their formidable military strength to deter pirates across the world and keep the peace in each region.
But Austin's claws and fangs controlled the operation of the global economy. Even in terms of military strength, they might not necessarily lose to the Marines.
Austin did not explain things to Doll in too much detail, but just a few words were enough to leave the young, beautiful Marine officer standing there in a daze.
She only came back to her senses after Austin had walked several steps away and called her name.
Yet at that moment, doubt could not help surfacing in her heart.
The justice of the Marines...
Could it truly calm this raging sea?
"Oh!!! Isn't this Kuzan? Long time no see!!!"
At the Marine Officer Training Camp, Kuzan, one of the Vice Admirals, had been dragged over to serve