Come Join the Marines, Kid

Austin had once thought he had been reborn into a good family. After all, the man who adopted him seemed fairly dependable, and the household was well-off...

Until he was fed a mouthful of shit.

He had never eaten shit before, but the nauseating taste that hit his mouth was probably enough to make even shit admit defeat.

Austin's tiny hands and feet flailed wildly, and he even crushed the railing of his crib.

Gick was startled by the sight.

"Brat!!! Settle down! This is good stuff!!!"

Unable to hold back his fiery temper any longer, Gick still could not connect the little brat before him with the handsome, powerful Captain Austin.

All he could see now was a little bastard who refused to drink his milk properly.

Completely disregarding what the milk would taste like after he mashed the Azure Dragon Fruit into it, Gick followed Captain Austin's principle that it was safest to eat every last bit of the fruit.

He poured the "Demon Milk" into Young Austin's mouth, nearly poisoning him into unconsciousness.

In the brief moments before passing out, Austin naturally realized what that disgusting pulp-filled stuff was. He thought to himself,

Just don't let it be the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Commoner...

And as scale after scale emerged,

A monster was born...

Marineford Era 1492.

A red pirate ship slowly sailed through the waters surrounding Dullamos. The many crew members aboard stared tensely at their nautical chart.

"We're sure this is the place, right?"

"Dullamos. That's right, Gick's hometown."

Upon hearing this, the man standing in the center stroked his chin and smiled confidently. His figure-eight-shaped nose hair twitched.

"Then it looks like I'll be seeing my son soon~"

"That still hasn't been confirmed. Austin never said he was your son..."

Rayleigh shook