"Austin-kun, you..."
Seeing Austin like this, Vegapunk actually felt a chill run down his spine, helplessness showing on his face.
"The world really can't stay peaceful even if it wants to."
"These are just the growing pains of an era~"
Austin took it rather calmly. After all, what had long been divided would unite, and what had long been united would divide. The same held true in the Pirate World.
As long as human desire did not disappear, these seas would never truly be peaceful.
"Speaking of which, those things are pretty much finished, right?"
Austin had not forgotten his main reason for coming to see Vegapunk, and he immediately asked with a smile.
Vegapunk nodded helplessly, clasped his hands behind his back, and led Austin toward a laboratory.
"They're finished. The Marines have been watching closely. If not for that burst of Conqueror's Haki from Mary Geoise throwing the Marines into chaos for quite a while, they would probably have been taken away already."
Austin thought that worked out perfectly.
"Then that's great. Let me see them first~"
Austin followed Vegapunk deep into the laboratory, where numerous cultivation devices stood. Some had been funded by Austin, while others had been funded by the World Government.
Every single one of them could be called exorbitantly expensive.
"They're right there—Seraphim Shichibukai!!!"
"Humanoid weapons that could almost completely replace the Shichibukai."
As Vegapunk walked forward, he awakened them while continuing to introduce them to Austin.
"Although their combat power isn't as extreme as Sade's, they are new products. Their integration with Lunarian tribe bloodlines can be called perfect.
"Judging purely by physical foundations, Lunarian tribe bloodlines are not much weaker than Ancient Giants."
Austin pinched his chin and studied the childlike figures before him, whose faces bore a striking resemblance to the