Shadow Bat, Flamingo

An expected outcome.

Austin stopped in his tracks, but did not turn around to look at Moria.

He had no desire to casually accept such kneeling for one's companions head-on.

Although this method was indeed somewhat underhanded, Austin did not consider himself some upright figure. Or rather, his justice was nowhere near as pure as that of other Marines.

So long as it did not cross his bottom line, Austin was extremely flexible when it came to achieving his goals.

If Moria had refused to kneel just now for the sake of his own pride,

Austin might truly have wiped out the entire Moria Pirates.

In Austin's eyes as a "Marine," pirates with genuine feelings still held some value for saving—or rather, using.

But if they were purely evil pirates, like a certain fat black guy, Austin would have no intention of recruiting them at all.

Austin did not turn around. He merely tossed a key behind him.

It was the key to unlock the Seastone shackles.

"The second member—Shadow Bat."

In truth, before suffering any major setbacks, Moria's combat strength had been quite respectable.

After all, Kaido was one of the heavyweight figures to emerge from God Valley. Even though Moria had lost, being able to exchange a few moves with him already made him exceptional.

With further tempering, reaching the average level of the Shichibukai would not have been a problem.

Afterward, Austin swaggered toward the third cell with two people following behind him.

Inside was a flamingo reading a newspaper.

"Fuffuffuffuffu!!!!"

"You're only imprisoning me at Marine Headquarters? You really do have your concerns, Marines..."

Little Mingo was extremely confident at the moment.

He believed that, since he possessed the Celestial Dragons' secrets and had been imprisoned at Marine Headquarters rather than transferred to Impel Down,