"What's this?!"
"Nani?!"
Everyone looked toward the tall figure slowly rising on the platform.
Some broke out in cold sweat, their pupils trembling.
"Is he finally going to make a move?!"
Others wore faint smiles.
"So we finally get to witness the strength that supposedly suppressed an entire era of the sea?!"
But contrary to expectations, Austin did not enter the battlefield immediately. Instead, he gently raised one hand.
"I've been looking forward to bird fighting for a long time."
"Come on, Seagull King."
With that quiet murmur—
In a low corner of the chaotic battlefield, a seagull that had been filming the live broadcast suddenly raised its head, unnoticed by everyone.
It spread its wings, and a violent gale swept out.
Countless Marines and pirates were blown off their feet.
Then it slowly landed on Austin's arm.
Austin smiled as he took the live-streaming Den Den Mushi and aimed it toward Whitebeard at the bow of the Moby Dick in the distance.
"Go, Seagull King. As my pet, I have great faith in you~"
As the camera shifted, everyone following the World Economic News Paper's live broadcast heard his frivolous whisper.
"A pet?!"
"What does that mean? That seagull?"
"Even for that man, sending a pet out as the vanguard is way too much of a stretch, isn't it?!"
Perhaps knowing Austin was broadcasting live, a sharp glint flashed through Seagull King's eyes.
With a cry, the seagull beat its wings and shot straight toward the Whitebeard Pirates.
Its target was clearly...
"Captain Marco, watch out!!!"
A sharp-eyed pirate noticed that the seagull Austin had released was flying like an arrow straight toward Marco.
"Nani? Is it coming for me?"
Marco's expression turned grave as his hands transformed into Phoenix wings, shielding him from the front.
He knew this