The Destroyer, and the Inheritor

Time flew by, and the year had already reached Marineford Era 1500.

Many things happened that year.

For example, the Ohara incident erupted, and the Buster Call once again shocked the world.

Everyone trembled in fear, and many nations that had once shown signs of revolution were greatly intimidated at this moment.

Yet compared to Ohara's destruction, another matter occurred on Cake Island—one that was more secretive and even more unbelievable.

It was the birth of the [World's Strongest Creature].

Austin had already taken leave overnight and headed for the New World for this most important matter.

Austin, the executioner in the eyes of the world, briefly disappearing from the seas also gave those anxious people a moment to catch their breath.

Among them was an uninvited guest who arrived at Ohara's ruins a few months later.

Ohara had already become a field of ruins. Looking at the wasteland around him, Vegapunk's eyes filled with complicated emotions.

"It was really destroyed..."

To Vegapunk, Dr. Clover could be considered a friend. The historical truth the man had always pursued, and his spirit of never retreating, had always inspired him as well.

He just had not expected the man to sacrifice himself so soon.

And at the hands of their own people.

The young Dr. Vegapunk, whose hair was still black, held flowers in his hands. He placed them on the ground to mourn those who had died in the war.

"But according to what Austin said, this is only temporary..."

Even a genius like Vegapunk sometimes had to yield and compromise with reality, such as when it came to research funding.

And after meeting Austin, he had naturally been deeply affected as well.

In the past, he probably would have merely sighed and grieved in his heart, feeling sorrow for Ohara's