"...I see."
After listening to Teach's words in surprise, Austin was momentarily stunned. He could not help but marvel that a king of a generation truly was something else.
They had really left behind a lot of contingencies.
In a world without destiny, there was no way this father and son would have failed.
Unfortunately,
they had been born in the wrong era.
This was the era of the D Clan,
also known as the DAD Era.
"Wait. In a few years, I'll give you the Dark-Dark Fruit, but not now."
Austin stood up and snapped his fingers.
A glass tube appeared in his hand, instantly filling with a vial of blood.
The bizarre sight made Teach swallow. He stared fixedly at the vial of blood, his mouth hanging open.
He was certain that it was his own blood.
Combined with the method Austin had just asked about, panic rose in his heart, yet he did not dare say anything.
But his instincts told him that whatever Austin was planning was definitely something major enough to overturn the world.
After all, he was a man as strong as Teach's father, perhaps even stronger.
However...
Watching Austin's slowly vanishing figure, Teach collapsed onto the bed as though drained, yet an excited smile remained on his face.
"Zehahaha, zehahahaha..."
Teach's eyes held a sharp, icy gleam he had never shown before.
"No matter what, there's finally hope for the Dark-Dark Fruit. For now, I'll let that bastard Austin turn the seas upside down!!!"
"Now isn't the time to contend with him..."
"Already!???"
Inside the sophisticated laboratory, countless instruments operated without pause. Yet Vegapunk's attention was entirely focused on the few vials of blood on the table.
Normally, whenever he needed something, every request he submitted had to pass through layer upon layer