What Skill Is There in Robbing the Poor?

The Animal Protection Association's basic framework was quickly established.

For the time being, it had four members.

The first three had already had their joining processes described in great detail. As for the last one...

Austin said that Mihawk, who seemed the most troublesome and strongest of them all, was actually the easiest to deal with.

Austin merely provoked him a little in swordsmanship and said that if he did not join, he would never again have the chance to challenge Austin.

Mihawk, unwilling to remain a loser forever, agreed after only a very brief consideration.

To him, whether the organization was called the Shichibukai or something else did not matter.

What mattered most was that he could not allow himself to be defeated by someone else in swordsmanship.

In the days to come, he would surpass Austin.

However, before they officially joined as formal employees, Austin still had to give them a "theoretical training course."

Inside a Marine office,

Austin sat at the head of the table, peeling a piece of candy.

Of course, Austin also liked fragrant food such as roasted meat, but if it came to his favorite, it was naturally anything sweet.

Unlike normal people, the bodies of natural monsters like him and Big Mom could not function properly without massive amounts of energy.

This dietary preference might not stand out much on a woman like Big Mom.

But among the mainstream pirate mentality of men who all loved drinking and eating meat, it was still seen as something childish.

Yet none of the others present dared underestimate Austin.

Even Crocodile, who liked smoking cigars, silently sat there without saying anything.

"So what exactly is this about?"

Mihawk propped Black Blade Yoru beside the table, crossed his arms, and sat beside Austin at the head of