Austin VS the Three Admirals (Part 2)

"Austin... killed Sakazuki?"

Hearing the soldiers' startled cries beside him, Garp, who had been calmly sipping hot tea, instantly sprayed it from his mouth.

It splattered straight across Sengoku's face. His expression turned terrifyingly dark, veins bulging across his forehead.

"Garp!!!"

"You bastard!!!"

Sengoku grabbed Garp by the collar and yanked him over, but Garp looked utterly unconcerned.

"What, Sengoku? Isn't this hardly the time to worry about that?!"

"You heard it, didn't you? Austin took Sakazuki down..."

Only then did Sengoku release Garp's collar with an annoyed snort and walk aside to pick up a pair of binoculars.

"No matter how you think about it, that's impossible..."

As he spoke, he raised the binoculars and looked toward the distant island. After one glance, his words caught in his throat.

"This..."

What had he seen?

Sakazuki's fist was still blazing with scorching magma, while Austin, who had been trading punches with him moments ago, had vanished without anyone knowing when.

In the blink of an eye, he appeared behind Sakazuki, and then...

"Pfft—!!!!"

A fist covered in dragon scales suddenly burst out through Sakazuki's chest.

That was right...

It had simply appeared like that, piercing straight through him.

"How is that possible..."

Sengoku's eyes instantly filled with bloodshot veins.

When he had tacitly allowed this trial to proceed, he had never intended for the future of the Marines to truly slaughter one another.

Every one of these Admiral candidates was invaluable to the Marines' future.

He had just been about to intervene and stop the trial, even at the risk of offending the Five Elders, when a large hand pressed down on his shoulder.

Sengoku turned his head.

"Zephyr???"

"Relax. Austin knows his limits."

Hearing that, Sengoku calmed down somewhat and looked again with apprehension.

Austin had indeed pierced straight