"Captain Buggy!!!"
"We swear to follow you unto death!!!"
"What's going on?! My blood is boiling all over!!!"
The underlings' cries were deafening, as if they were about to overturn the entire base.
Buggy's voice had stirred up the dreams they had buried deep in their hearts for years.
"Set out toward our dreams!!!"
"Behind us..."
"But, Captain Buggy!!!"
The underlings were in tears, but Crocodile and Mihawk wore strange expressions.
Why had the goal of the force they had painstakingly built been changed just like that?!!!
"Hey!!! Austin!!!"
"No matter how you look at it, isn't this way too childish?!!!"
Crocodile clenched her cigar between her teeth and glared at the suddenly appearing figure, her face full of displeasure and gloom.
"This isn't anything like what we imagined!!!"
She looked at Buggy outside. His body was wrapped in bandages as he received the fervent adoration of his underlings.
In a secret chamber behind Cross Guild, Austin sat before Crocodile and Mihawk, drinking.
"Long time no see, Little Hawk and Little Sand~"
"What do you mean, 'long time no see'?! I'm talking to you about something extremely serious!!!"
Little Sand was nearly furious enough to faint. Her golden hook snagged Austin by the collar as she questioned him with an unfriendly expression.
There were probably only a handful of people on the seas capable of doing this now.
Austin remained completely unruffled. He merely smiled calmly and glanced at Mihawk.
Mihawk looked helpless as he poured himself some red wine and drank.
"Don't get so worked up. Buggy is very talented. His strength simply hasn't been brought out for certain reasons~"
As he spoke, Austin raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.
Under the two's puzzled gazes, a red-and-white skull pirate captain's hat appeared in his hand. With a