"What's going on!!!"
"After a brief yet intense clash, only two contestants remain!!!"
From the commentator's booth, Gazz gave an impassioned play-by-play.
"Mr. Augur, who do you think will win?!!!"
Austin stood in the commentator's booth, his eyes behind dark sunglasses fixed on the two men in the arena. A Den Den Mushi used for commentary amplification sat beside him.
"Though that burly guy with the paper bag over his head is pretty fierce..."
"That sleepy-looking young man might just give the audience a surprise~"
As soon as he finished speaking, the two newly added giant screens in the arena displayed the contestants' faces.
"Wihahahaha!!!"
Seeing this, Burgess stopped pretending and immediately tore the paper bag off his head.
The audience stared in stunned disbelief.
The man before them was none other than the infamous member of the Blackbeard Pirates.
Jesus Burgess!!!
"Wihahahaha!!! A strategic Devil Fruit like the Float-Float Fruit naturally belongs to the Blackbeard Pirates!!!"
Seeing himself on the giant screens and all the spectators looking his way, Burgess immediately grew smug.
He brazenly flexed his muscles, paying no attention whatsoever to the young man in the red captain's coat.
The sleeping figure slowly woke up as well. Hearing the other man's arrogant voice, a sharp glint appeared in his eyes.
"So... one of Teach's men..."
The hat he had used as a disguise was gradually blown away by the wind, revealing the young man's short black middle-parted hair.
The camera slowly turned toward him at that moment.
Suddenly,
some older, well-traveled spectators noticed something was wrong, and they gradually fell silent.
Then, seemingly unable to believe it, cold sweat appeared on their foreheads.
"That young man... looks strangely familiar..."
"That face, and that mustache..."
An image of a bold, universally known execution gradually seemed to overlap with