"..."
Austin sat across from Vegapunk with his arms folded, his expression unchanged despite Vegapunk's utterly horrified gaze.
He even closed his eyes as if deep in thought.
After a long while...
Vegapunk swallowed, seemingly waiting for Austin to say something even more shocking, but Austin slowly opened his eyes and looked at him.
"More importantly... it seems you have some other guests on this island."
"???"
Vegapunk nearly collapsed to the floor, the corner of his mouth twitching nonstop.
Was there really anything more important than the two absurd monsters standing before him right now?
And that name, Joy Boy...
But seeing that Austin had no intention of answering and merely pointed outside, Vegapunk had no way to deal with him.
He could only pack up and head out.
Austin put his things away and walked outside as well.
There were also government personnel here, but they were not surprised by Austin's presence.
Ever since Austin had asked Vegapunk to modify guns, the Five Elders had known there was a connection between Austin and Vegapunk.
Knowing was one thing, but there was nothing they could do about it.
They merely assumed that Austin, a young man, was interested in Vegapunk's high-tech creations.
Thus, apart from the Mother Seed and the Seraphim, they did not completely restrict Vegapunk's other technological products, and even provided funding.
After all, Austin was far wealthier than they were. If Vegapunk ran off and started working for Austin, that would be truly troublesome for them.
Even in the Original Work, Vegapunk had possessed a certain degree of autonomy, holding some command authority over things like robotic modified weapons.
Now that Austin had his back, this was even more so. Vegapunk no longer feared the Marines or the World Government as much.
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