"..."
Having only appeared on the seas not long ago, Austin had never expected that the first familiar person... familiar fish he encountered would be him.
Fisher Tiger, who had once pledged allegiance to him—or rather, the Sun Pirates.
"Roar~"
At first, when he saw Tiger and the others, he had simply felt that it had been a long time since they last met. But for some reason,
the moment Tiger saw him, he guiltily lowered his head, his eyes full of struggle, leaving Austin utterly baffled.
Sitting casually by the side of the ship, Tiger explained what he had done like a child who had made a mistake.
"...When I first learned that those three human girls bound in chains were your slaves, my benefactor, I had not intended to save them.
But..."
Tiger's massive body slowly lowered to one knee. With a pained, conflicted expression, he gradually explained to Austin why he had done it.
Marineford Era 1507.
High atop the towering Red Line, a red Fish-Man arrived there and climbed this natural barrier with his bare hands.
"You're free!!!"
"Everyone, run!!!"
The flames of liberation burned in Tiger's hands.
None of the Celestial Dragons or World Government personnel in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise could have imagined that someone would dare to do such a thing.
The fire spread rapidly. As slaves were rescued one after another, the entire Holy Land descended into chaos. Celestial Dragons cursed and fled everywhere, while the guards were utterly unable to stabilize the situation.
Tiger ran through the sea of flames and encountered three girls inside a villa.
"Please... let us out!!!"
"Please!!!"
Having fought his way here with ruthless efficiency, Tiger instead fell into struggle and silence this time.
Because the Cipher Pol agent he had knocked to the