Navy Rookie: The Azure Dragon Holding a Nuclear Blast

As Austin grew older,

whether within the Navy, the pirate world, or anywhere else, no one could deny the terrifying speed of his progress.

It was actually easy enough to understand.

Even Kong Ao, who had never devoted himself entirely to getting stronger or fighting and had balanced training with leisure, had steadily reached a level utterly beyond his peers aboard Roger's ship.

How much more so for Azure Austin, with his "three hundred times the effort"?

Though he was only twelve or thirteen, Austin believed he had already opened a sufficiently vast gap between himself and those of his generation.

At the very least...

even if Admirals and Four Emperors hunted him down, Austin was confident he could survive through various means.

With that thought, Austin finally let out a sigh of relief.

It hadn't been easy...

"Hey, that Marine over there..."

"Huh?"

The nearby private tensed up when their normally stern and unsmiling officer suddenly called out to him.

Then he heard him say,

"Bring me a lounge chair, a parasol, and a glass of juice."

"Huh?? Yes, sir!!!"

What followed was a scene that made them question their lives.

Vice Admiral Austin, usually the most murderous and intimidating of them all, was actually lying in a chair and leisurely drinking juice.

"Uh... you guys don't have to stand around either. Do whatever you want."

Seeing everyone frozen in place, Austin casually waved a hand.

He had already decided.

He would get some proper rest and, for the time being, neither return to headquarters nor answer its calls.

Austin had actually been considering this for a long time.

Given his nature, Kong Ao's life was the lifestyle he liked best. The fact that he had kept up this mad pursuit of strength for so many years had already