Be good, when you wake up, you'll be a girl

"The future is called Dotol?"

"What kind of cringe line is that...?"

When Austin saw the newspaper, heaven knew how hard his toes had curled. The force was probably enough to instantly kill any pirate with a bounty under a hundred million.

"You brat, watch yourself!!!"

"We're Marines, not some Sea Overlord!!!"

Sengoku glared at the young man he had watched grow up, veins bulging across his face.

But Austin seemed not to care at all and merely spread his hands.

"Yes, yes... I got it..."

Though that was what he said, the perfunctory look on his face was exactly like Garp's.

Sengoku had no way to deal with this little bastard. In the end, he could only wave him out in irritation.

But before Austin left, Sengoku still asked him one more question.

"The pirates you captured—why aren't you sending them to Impel Down? What are you keeping them for?"

"What am I keeping them for?"

Hearing that, Austin rubbed his chin.

"Probably... to reform them~"

"There are plenty of monsters on the seas. Wouldn't it be a waste to kill them so simply?"

The Marines who had served under Austin and sailed aboard his warship all knew this.

Austin hated waste most of all. He would usually clean every single grain of rice from his bowl.

How could Austin possibly let such living human resources go so easily?

It was precisely because of this selfless and dedicated spirit that, aside from the portion he handed over to the Marines, Austin distributed most of the treasure he seized to the soldiers aboard his ship who needed it.

Some had children to raise, while others needed to pay for their family's medical treatment...

At Austin's level, the amount of money no longer meant anything to him. Whatever he wanted, he