Chapter 965: Encounter at Sea
The execution date of 'Fire Fist' Ace was set for a week later, when the Navy and the Whitebeard Pirates would surely unleash a bloody storm. On the eve of the coming of this storm, more than 80% of the people on the entire ocean could not sleep well.
A few days ago, the " Bugy . Although Kizaru captured "Fire Fist" Ace at that time, the main culprit "Bugy the Clown" escaped. So in order to give an explanation to the World Government, he captured other pirates on the island and finally captured about 500 pirates before retreating.
Because this large-scale manhunt came suddenly, many pirates who had already arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago and were planning to enter the New World had not even finished coating. They could only choose to temporarily leave the island to avoid the crisis and wander in the nearby waters. They only returned to the island now.
Noon, in the waters near the Chabao Archipelago.
The Straw Hat Pirates' Golden Merry and Buggy's Big Top, the two pirate ships were separated by a distance and headed towards the Sabaody Archipelago together.
After leaving the Thriller Bark, the people on the island were divided into three parts. The group led by Lola went to the Water Seven City, just like their sea adventure; Luffy and Buggy went to the Sabaody Archipelago as planned, preparing to buy a permanent pointer there and coat the ship.
As for Stinger , Roger, and the two cats, Recter and Flosh, they naturally followed them and took advantage of the BIG TOP to go to the Sabaody Archipelago to meet Gildarts.
Due to his friendship with Gildarts, and also because he wanted to curry favor with the wizard, Buggy generously gave them convenience and treated them to delicious food and drinks along the way.
"Paki-san, I have a question about the plan you made for Luffy and the others."
Although he was young, Roger, who was always careful, took the sketch that Buggy had drawn for everyone at that time and walked towards Buggy, who was drinking and counting gold in the treasure pile.
"What's wrong?" Bucky was drunk and didn't even raise his head, as if he was immersed in the treasure.
Rogge spread out the sketch in front of him, pointed at the arrows on it that indicated the direction of the ocean currents, and asked, "The direction of the ocean currents on both sides of the Gate of Justice is outward, which means that it shouldn't be that easy to enter the inner ring of ocean currents from the bottom of the sea, right?"
Bucky's eyes widened and he woke up suddenly. His hand, which was counting the treasure, trembled at the same time. A gold coin fell on the deck and rolled out. But he didn't have the heart to pick up the gold coin now. Instead, he stood up and looked at the sketch.
As he watched, cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "Okay...it seems so..."
Damn it! I actually overlooked the most important thing!!
Think about it carefully, if this triangular circulation can be invaded so easily, it would not become the navy's exclusive shipping lane, and the 'Gate of Justice' would not become an 'unavoidable checkpoint'!
If this method doesn't work, then all my previous efforts to pretend in front of the Straw Hat Boy would be in vain?
In the original plot, the Whitebeard Pirates were able to break through the ocean currents because there were fish-men in their group, and fish-men could change the direction of the ocean currents, but Buggy's previous plan obviously did not take this into consideration.
After realizing the loophole in his plan, Bucky panicked instantly. The alcohol he had just drunk turned into cold sweat in his body, and a trace of guilt arose from the bottom of his heart.
But soon this feeling of guilt was swallowed up by his black heart of making a lot of money. He threw the sketch aside and fell backwards, lazily lying on the pile of treasures extorted from Luffy: "Never mind! Anyway, these treasures are already in hand, and the method has been given to the Straw Hat Boys. If they can't get in at that time, it's their own business!"
"Besides, Impel is so dangerous, and forcing it in is tantamount to seeking death. It's better not to go! This can be regarded as indirectly saving their lives. They should be grateful to me!"
Roger patted Bucky's remaining treasure expressionlessly and said, "You took so much money, but you didn't help people get things done. Is this how you do business?"
Buggy sneered and said nonchalantly: "Come on, I'm a pirate! Not a businessman! What integrity do you have to talk about?"
As he spoke, Buggy controlled his right hand to fly out, picked up the gold coin that had just rolled out, put it in Roger's hand, and said lightly: "This is for you, and don't tell anyone about this. Just pretend that you didn't find anything!"
"If others knew that my brilliant plan didn't work, it would have a huge impact on my reputation!"
"...You are too shameless, aren't you?!" Rogge was shocked. Looking at the hush money in his hand, the corners of his eyes twitched constantly.
Buggy said calmly, "You are still too young, boy! When you see more, you will know that pirates in this sea are just so selfish!"
"I mean... you want to get rid of me with just one gold coin? Aren't you underestimating my justice?"
“It costs more!”
Now it was Bucky's turn to be shocked.
He opened his eyes and looked at the 14-year-old boy with a pale and gloomy face in disbelief. For the first time in his life, he felt like he had met a worthy opponent. "I think you have a talent for being a pirate. Do you want to join my pirate group?"
"No way! I'm a wizard from Fairy Tail!!"
"Really? That's such a pity!"
Three minutes later, Roger returned to Flosh with bulging pockets. The silly little cat was nibbling on the freshly grilled fish fed to him by the pirates.
"How's it going, Roger? Did Baki-san explain the strange part of the plan you just mentioned?"
Stinger was also eating and drinking heartily, not feeling like an outsider at all.
With his sunny, hot-blooded and brainless personality, he easily gets along with the pirates. Also, because he is young and strong, he is also very popular on the ship.
Rogge weighed the heavy object in his pocket and secretly sighed that he had learned a lot of useful things from Kilasan: "Well, let's talk about this later..."
"Oh, okay then." Stinger obviously had no idea about these things and had no interest in them, so he continued to eat.
Just then, a pirate crew member suddenly shouted.
"Captain Buggy, a pirate ship has been spotted ahead!"
The lookout called out three or four times before Bucky slowly walked to the bow and asked, "Do you know who it is?"
"According to the pirate flag, the opponent should be this year's supernova, the 'Surgeon of Death' Trafalgar Law, who was born in the North Sea and has a bounty of 200 million berries!"
The pirate brother handed over a bounty, Buggy took a look, compared the strength of the two, and felt that he could not beat him, so he turned around and shouted: "Don't pay attention to it, we just go our way!"
"But……"
"What's wrong?"
"They seem to be coming towards us!!"
Bucky's face suddenly changed: "What did you say?!"
On the other side, on the Polar Diver, Captain Trafalgar Law was standing at the bow, looking at the BIG TOP not far away, his eyes revealing deep interest.
"I didn't expect to meet them here... It turned out to be the right decision not to enter the new world so early, but to wander around the sea nearby!"
Crew member Pei Jin looked puzzled: "Captain, why do you want to meet them so much?"
Luo, holding the Demon Sword Gui Ku, leaned against the side of the ship and said with interest: "That was the first person who dared to fight a celestial dragon in the street in hundreds of years. Don't you want to see what kind of person he is?"
"I am interested, but I think it might get me into big trouble..."
"Is it troublesome... maybe, but that's what sea adventures are all about! Are you sure you don't want to go?"
"Not at all!"
“I want to sail!”
Luo smiled and said, "Then I'll go there by myself! ROOM!"
He just spread out the five fingers of his right hand, and released a light blue surgical field out of thin air, covering the Polar Diver and the BIG TOP. Then he looked into the distance, selected a small stone on the other ship, and used one of the abilities of the 'Surgery Fruit'.
Space replacement!
In the blink of an eye, Luo had arrived on the BIG TOP.
Seeing a person suddenly appear on the boat, the members of the Buggy Pirates were shocked and frightened. They all stood up and looked at Law leaning against the side of the boat, their eyes full of vigilance.
"How did you get up here? What do you want to do?!"
"Don't be careless! This guy has a bounty of 200 million berries, and I don't know how many people he has killed. I think we should let Captain Buggy do it ..."
“Hmm?? Oh!! That’s right, Captain Buggy, it’s up to you!!”
"Captain Buggy, show him your might!!"
“…”
Originally, these pirates were worried that this madman with a bounty of 200 million would slaughter them all like cutting melons and vegetables, but when they saw Law holding a knife in his hand, they immediately felt relieved.
Since he is a swordsman, he will be completely defeated by Captain Buggy!
Luo raised his eyebrows in surprise, thinking to himself: "These guys... obviously they are not that strong, but they are not afraid of me at all? Could it be that they have enough confidence in their captain? ! The fact that Buggy didn't react at all... is it because he is used to this situation?"
Thinking of this, he looked at Buggy with a little more scrutiny: "How interesting! Sure enough, people who can do such a big thing are not simple? I want to see how strong this guy is! ! "
"Don't be so nervous, Boss Bucky, I mean no harm!"
"Let me introduce myself. I'm Trafalgar Law, and I'm also a pirate!"
Luo's eyes kept looking at Buggy. He could not see any aura of a strong man on Buggy at all. Subconsciously, he thought that the other party had reached the state of being able to control his aura freely.
"I just came here to say hello and take a look at what kind of person you are, the one who caused a big disturbance in the Sabaody Archipelago, beat up the Celestial Dragons, evaded the pursuit of the admirals, and made us pirates miserable."
