"This..."
Sengoku froze at that, then remembered this headache of a problem.
"...If possible, we should still try to secure funding from the World Government."
Zephyr offered his suggestion, but Sengoku felt there was little hope.
He vaguely knew that the World Government's current financial situation was not good either. Otherwise, it would not have cut the Navy's military budget.
They had to deal with this rampaging era, the member nations' tributes were affected by pirate attacks, and they still had to give Austin a share of the profits...
Wait!!!
Austin?!!!
Every problem, every dilemma, ultimately came down to that man!!!
"What a headache..."
Even though he noticed several people secretly watching from afar, Austin could not be bothered with them.
After all, it was teaching time now.
Naturally, after Vergo and Doll came Austin's most favored subject of late.
The most gifted animal he had encountered so far—
The Seagull King!
"Do not disappoint me, subordinate whom I bestowed with the title of king."
Austin looked at the Seagull King before him, its wings flapping and its eyes blazing with fighting spirit. The corners of his mouth rose slightly.
Perhaps it was because it came from the New World.
Or perhaps every species had extraordinarily talented monsters. The Seagull King was very different from ordinary seagulls.
For one thing, never mind ignoring the pressure of Conqueror's Haki—its strength and speed were clearly unlike those of an ordinary seagull as well.
It was more like the Austin or Big Mom of the seagull world.
With a casual kick, Austin knocked the Seagull King, which had lunged at him with its claws, to the ground. It merely flapped its wings and shook itself off, then flew back up somewhat awkwardly, as though it had suffered no major harm.
"Interesting..."
Austin