"Quickdraw" Coulson

"What a huge giant..."

"Hey, is that really the legendary Deep Sea Titan, Nautilus?"

"Who knows..."

"Hey! Forget the rest. That head and that presence do look pretty similar, don't they?"

"Yeah..."

"!!"

"Don't talk nonsense. How could the Bearded Lady's servant be captured so easily? That thing has to be a fake!"

"Mm, makes sense..."

"But what if it's real?"

"No way, right?"

"Anyway, it's pretty huge, and it looks like it's made entirely of iron. I definitely don't believe something like that could rise up from the deep sea..."

"I don't believe it either!"

"Hmph! Stop arguing about useless things. Who knows if that thing's real or fake? Everyone who's seen it has died. If they said it was real, then let's just say it was!"

"..."

"Anyone who goes to sea without paying the 'Tithe' can just try it and see! Captain Jack, what do you think?"

"Well... um... I don't plan on going to sea anytime soon. Why don't one of you try it first?"

"Quit arguing. Let's go. This is boring!!"

At the Slaughter Docks in Bilgewater, early in the morning, the sun had yet to rise over the distant sea. The horizon was only faintly red and bright, and the world was still shrouded in gray. As the chaotic yet bustling port city began to stir, a crowd had already gathered near the docks: slaughterhouse butchers, laborers, captains, sailors, and other Bilgewater residents who had come to see the spectacle.

Of course, they were only there to watch. Once they had seen enough, most of them quickly went back to their own business...

In Bilgewater, a place with little order and virtually no law, anything could happen.

For the people struggling to survive—or drinking themselves into oblivion—here, news that someone had captured the legendary