"Oh???"
Austin sat on Seagull King's back, enjoying some food.
His Observation Haki spread out, and in an instant, he saw Little Sand, locked up with Seastone and leaning against the wall of a ship's brig as she read a newspaper.
At the same time, the Den Den Mushi in front of him was still connected to Doflamingo.
"A big shot like you actually came to a little place like Paradise?"
At Austin's teasing, several drops of sweat instantly appeared on Doflamingo's face.
"Fuffuffuffuffu... I'm no big shot. Crocodile got arrested, so the World Government summoned the Shichibukai for a meeting. I'm just going to attend.
And while I'm at it, I'll take a look at some little punk borrowing my name."
"A little punk?"
Austin had no interest in the World Government meeting. It was nothing more than an attempt to probe his side.
The World Government had naturally informed him about it as well, but he had no interest in responding.
Still, he asked one more question about the latter matter. Doflamingo had nothing to hide.
"Just some nobody, a pirate with a bounty of a few tens of millions. Bellamy.
He wanted to join my crew a long time ago, but in the end, he's just a brat who lived too comfortably and came out looking for thrills."
"Really... I think I remember him a little."
Doflamingo's fanatic fanboy—Austin knew about that much.
Yet despite being loyal until his death, he had never received Doflamingo's true acceptance.
At the root of it, Bellamy's ideals simply differed from those of the Donquixote Family.
He had been a rich second-generation kid since childhood. Because he disdained things like dreams, he wanted to become evil and prove himself through strength.
Doflamingo's childhood was something everyone knew about, so he despised