One Piece: Arkham: Buggy the Clown

Chapter 158 Smile and Laughter

Artificial Devil Fruit...

Rene recognized this thing. Foreign pirates often talked about this devil fruit with polka dots on it.

It has spread throughout the underworld.

Some people even found out that the Beasts Pirates have used this fruit to build a legion of more than 300 people with special abilities.

"Smile or laugh, which one do you want to choose?"

Buggy weighed the fruit in his hand with an interested look in his eyes.

"Well, the smile means that after you eat it, there is a 50% chance that you will turn into a fool who only smiles, like this... hehe."

He raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.

"As for the wild laughter, you should understand."

"But remember to do me a favor."

"Trust me, no one can eat my food for free."

"strength…"

Why are you laughing so hard?

Because of power.

Only if you become a user with special abilities, even if you are the most ordinary animal-type user, you will not be a piece of meat on the chopping board to be slaughtered at will.

René's mouth felt dry.

My heart was pounding as if it was about to jump out.

I went to the dance hall to have some fun just because I was happy about the bombing of the factory.

I didn’t expect to have such an opportunity!
"You know, I might have been married, and I might have had children."

He stared, his hands at a loss.

"But I don't remember their existence at all. I don't even know why I keep working. They can't give me anything!"

"There are only two toy dolls that sometimes come into my house..."

The Don Quixote family is a mafia family composed of criminals and orphans.

This means that they will only continue to exploit the value of the people.

Maybe when Brother Ming opened the factory, he wanted to provide them with food and clothing, but the money went through many layers of hands, including family cadres and factory foremen.

For Rene, it became constant work and a weak, hungry body.

When they can no longer work, they will be transferred to the family's slave trading guild or bullfighting arena to squeeze out the last bit of value.

The closed loop was successfully achieved.

Therefore, there is a very interesting phenomenon in the kingdom: during the period when the country is no longer poor and pirates dare not invade, the population is constantly decreasing.

Under the King's Highlands, many empty houses and toy dolls appeared.

"so what?"

Bucky smiled.

He was not surprised by the situation, but he did not have any sympathy.

Risk your sanity and help him.

This is the greatest kindness the Joker has ever shown.

Unless the other party says that they will stick to the principle of not killing individuals and execute all criminals in the town at the same time.

Then Baki could consider finding a bat fruit for the other party.

"So, I can risk my life!"

Renee's hands were shaking, but he took the fruit with a determined look on his face.

The fruit is held in the palms of both hands.

Take extra care.

This is his chance to change his destiny.

It may also be the only time!
The next moment, Rene devoured the fruit like a starving ghost, not even letting go of the core.

The sound of heartbeat...very clear!

He closed his eyes and his hands were covered in cold sweat.

Waiting for the changes to come...

after a little while.

"what about the taste?"

Rene opened his eyes, and the clown's teasing expression was still in front of him.

“Like an apple.”

He answered honestly.

Not sure what my situation is.

"bingo!"

The clown clapped his hands, "It's just a dyed apple. Don't worry, I used edible dye."

"Well, as long as you don't overdo it, it will be fine."

"... "

The dancer on the stage stumbled and almost fell.

"Do you like my jokes?"

The clown tilted his head with the corners of his mouth raised high in a grin.

He liked Rene's fearless expression just now.

René felt a tightness in his chest and shortness of breath.

I even had the urge to scold the other person.

However, considering the other party's strength in controlling the dancer, he still endured it and revealed a smile that was uglier than crying.

Not just any dancer can open a proper dance hall.

Pirates don't care whether you are decent or not.

"I really don't have that much luck, but...thank you for the fruit anyway."

"Why don't you choose again?"

Bucky had no interest in responding to his forced politeness. He leaned back and was caught by a ball of soft snow.

The seats in the dance hall are simple round wooden stools.

"One could be a surprise, and one could be a nightmare."

He took out two more fruits.

This time they were two ordinary-looking fruits.

"Just give it a try. You won't get into trouble anyway."

Rene originally wanted to refuse, as such a teasing was too hurtful to his self-esteem, especially after he had expressed his true feelings to the person.

But after hearing what Bucky said next, he changed his mind.

Anyway, nothing will happen to you.

The same is true for your own life.

Eat a sweet fruit, and then continue to be drained by the four words Don Quixote.

Or...really change!
Damn it, why am I so cheap!
I always feel that there will be an opportunity to favor myself!
Rene wanted to slap himself, but looking at the fruit in front of him, he didn't hesitate at all. He grabbed the fruit on his left hand and swallowed it whole.

The taste is pungent, hard and extremely sour.

But there was a kind of magical power that froze Rene's body, as if something... was replacing himself!

"it's a pity."

Buggy shook his head and peeled off the skin of the fruit on his right, revealing the conspicuous curly patterns of the devil fruit.

He has some stock of this thing.

If the other party is lucky, he doesn't mind having a try.

By the way, experiment with the process of regenerating devil fruits after the ability user dies.

"Want to try?"

He spoke to the two women still standing on the field.

Rene was curled up on the ground, holding his head and twitching.

The dancer and the soft snowball both took a step back at the same time.

The dancer knew that it was common sense that she couldn't eat two fruits at once.

Monet felt that he did not have the ability like Buggy to subdue and replace a demon.

The dance is over.

The neon lights went out one by one.

Violet changed into a light outfit and moved quickly between the red pottery roofs and white lime walls.

She wants to inform the family about the Joker's appearance in the country.

As for the conditions proposed by the clown, the dancer had no intention of mentioning them at all, as that would only draw Mingge's attention to his father again.

This is not a good thing.

Especially what the other party said, that if the mission failed, he would give away a hand, it was too scary!

As long as Mingge knew the existence of the Joker, the dispute would focus on the two of them and would have nothing to do with himself and his father.

There's even a chance to... achieve your own revenge!

Violet's mind was constantly organizing the words.

Relying on the identity of a family killer, he passed through the guards of the cadres, climbed up to the King's Heights, and entered the gate of the palace.

The rear hall of the palace.

Violet easily met the current ruler of this country, Doflamingo.

The guy was wearing polka dot loafers and standing with his feet crossed in front of the blue arc-shaped stained glass window, looking into the distance. A factory below was still emitting billowing black smoke.

The fighting group led by Diamanti and the special forces Pica Army rushed around to put out fires.

"I guess that guy showed up."

Ming Ge looked at the chaos outside and rubbed his hands. "Yes."

Violet nodded silently. Before she knew the feud between Mingo and the Joker, she thought it was better to say less.

"Interesting, he found you?"

"The Joker said that a flying ship loaded with explosives will be loaded to King's Heights at dawn."

Violet wasn't trying to deceive, she was just telling part of the truth.

"You don't seem to be at peace."

Ming Ge raised the corner of his mouth, and his eyes behind his sunglasses revealed a hint of cruelty.

"I saw Monet, she was with the clown."

bang.

Mingge kicked the floor with his toes, and the stone protruded out.

“咈咈咈咈咈咈——”

His laughter had a sinister tone.

"clown!"

“I’m really not disappointed.”

"You have instigated another member of my family to rebel, and you have added fuel to the family fire."

“I haven’t seen such a lively scene for a long time.”

Violet lowered her head and didn't dare to interrupt.

As a marginalized person and captive of the family, her way of survival is to say less and do more.

"But I don't think what he wants you to convey is that simple. There must be something more interesting that you haven't said."

Violet's elbow was suddenly lifted upside down, and several thin wires penetrated into her body.

"No...no more!"

The dancer's pupils shrank sharply and she felt a surge of fear in her heart.

Doflamingo.

Although his bounty was only 340 million berries, that was ten years ago. After he became one of the Shichibukai, the bounty was cancelled.

But Violet knew better that in the past ten years, this demon had destroyed no less than eight towns, and the white line had claimed tens of thousands of lives.

In the dancer's opinion, it is even scarier than the clown.

"what--"

Violet growled in pain.

The increasingly tight threads caused bright red blood to seep into her skin.

She was suddenly lifted upside down by a thin thread.

“Have you ever seen a jigsaw…?”

There was an extremely terrifying murderous look in Mingge's eyes.

He is unhappy.

He was unhappy about yet another family member's betrayal, unhappy about the clown's survival, unhappy about the pirates outside who had no regard for his reputation, and unhappy about the evasive look of the woman in front of him.

"It should be an honor for you to be my family."

“I have always cherished these two words.”

He flicked his fingers twice, and the thin thread pulled the upside-down dancer in front of Brother Ming.

"Go ahead, tell me everything that happened after you met the Joker. We still have plenty of time."

The dancer’s disguise is actually quite good.

But she overlooked one thing.

Observation Haki is able to sense emotions.

She showed her inner fear without hiding it in front of Brother Ming.

Violet could only tell the story in full.

My throat became drier and drier as I spoke, and it felt like something was about to jump out of my throat.

The neck... is where the clown pinched it.

Brother Ming went to bed before her.

Suddenly, a red light flashed twice at the dancer's neck.

Then, a muffled sound suddenly came from the towering palace!
The clown hid a well-hidden bomb on the dancer's neck.

Still with sound effects.

After the muffled sound, the clown's cheerful laughter was heard.

"call!"

"It seems I guessed it right!"

On the red terracotta roof, Bucky looked up.

After seeing the thick smoke coming out of the palace, he whistled happily.

He guessed that the dancer would go to Brother Ming first, not her father.

"Yeah, smile bomb, I like that idea."

There was a sudden noise in the palace.

In addition to the fighting group and the special forces Pica Army, the family also has a Torebol Army that is specifically responsible for guarding the royal palace.

A team with special abilities that protects Sugar.

"Young Master, what happened!?"

"How could there be an explosion in the palace?"

"Tsk..." Brother Ming walked out from the dust with a grim smile on his face and a few gravel in his hands, "Someone is just saying hello to me."

The explosion was loud, but not very damaging.

For Doflamingo, it was extremely humiliating.

The veins on his forehead were already particularly clear.

"Notify me."

"Block the port from now on and don't let a single ship leave."

"But... there are still many pirates in the port. Even the Seven Warlords have come to join in the fun. If we block it hastily..."

His subordinates looked bewildered.

"Just do it."

He waved his hand, unceremoniously.

"in addition…"

There was still a lot of dust on Mingge's face, and there was a cut on the right eye of his pink cat-eye sunglasses, which matched his hideous smile.

The family cadres soon understood.

The young master was very angry at this time.

"Tell all the major powers that the Joker is in this country right now. If you want the Smile Factory and the 3 billion bounty, you can use his head in exchange."

"Otherwise, I won't give them a cent even if I blow up this factory."

The Joker used the popularity of the artificial devil fruit and the Smile Factory to make Dressrosa a target of public criticism and create endless chaos in his territory.

Mingge can also do the opposite.

Offer a coveted factory as a reward.

In his heart, the clown's head was even more important than the factory that he had built with so much painstaking effort.

"Young... Young Master..."

The subordinates were obviously particularly surprised by Mingge's determination.

In their view, the clown did not conflict with the family business and even promoted the family business.

Whether it's just the Joker's copycat criminals or the fruit awakening theory, the chaos in this world has been further exacerbated.

They even had to buy slaves from other places to work.

But when facing Mingge's extremely terrifying eyes, he had to suppress his doubts.

They are not top officials.

After Mingge finished his instructions, he walked out of the palace on his own.

He was going to find King Riku.

Although I don't know why the Joker specifically asked the other party to arrive at the King's Highland before dawn, but since it has been brought up...

Brother Ming plans to seize it first.

If the mission fails, you will get a hand as a gift. This plan is really good.

……

……

When Renee opened his eyes again.

There was only darkness in front of me.

He stretched out his hand and saw shiny black fur on his arm.

Various smells rush into the nose.

The pungent scent of the dancers, the wet and salty smell left by the pirates, the stench left by the explosion before sunset...

Also, the smell of explosives.

The Joker didn't ask me to help him do anything, but he left a few bombs for me...

Lei sensed something in his heart and stood up, in the form of a black hound. There was no silly smile on his face, and he could still sense his own existence.

strength…

He clenched his palms and felt an unprecedented power bursting out from his body, and his body became extremely flexible.

This feeling…

Rene couldn't help but grin and laugh crazily.

(End of this chapter)