I Want to Become a True "King"!!!

"Austin..."

At such a critical moment, Austin's appearance instantly shattered the tense atmosphere. Borsalino turned to look at him, his eyes filled with complicated emotions.

"You really came at just the right time~"

The charged laser beam slowly subsided, and the yellow glow faded. Kizaru slowly raised his hands.

"Without orders from the World Government, I can't go to war with you, the legendary pirate Black Spear..."

"In that case, all we can do is wait for orders."

Uncle Kizaru's gaze was dark and unreadable. As for whether he was truly following the rules or simply going with the flow, everyone knew perfectly well.

Austin rubbed his chin and looked at Kizaru with a baffled expression, then stepped half a pace aside.

"Alright, I won't stop you anymore. Go on, then?"

Borsalino: ???

Vegapunk: ???

"You..."

Vegapunk was stunned.

Didn't we agree? I'd help complete Sade's modifications and let him fully transform from Dark Sun into the Dark Sun God, and you'd keep me safe.

So why did you suddenly...

And it was not just him. Borsalino was also left frozen by Austin's move.

The lecherous smile that had almost never changed was now replaced by nothing but bewilderment.

Austin almost laughed at the sight.

(Dragon meme holding back laughter) When you're really told to kill him, you hesitate again.

Austin stopped teasing Kizaru after that. He did not even use Haki or his Devil Fruit ability, casually kicking him once.

To the Marines watching from the shore, however, it looked like the legendary pirate Black Spear had launched an attack on Marine Headquarters Admiral Kizaru.

Borsalino immediately looked as if he had been kicked brutally hard. He spat out several mouthfuls of blood as his body turned into a flash of light and flew backward.

"Bang—!!!"

The flash of