One Piece: Arkham: Buggy the Clown

Chapter 176: Unfair Gambling

Chapter 176: Unfair Gambling
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The sound of the anchor being pulled out of the water echoed behind the flying squirrel.

This voice, which was extremely familiar to the sailor, made the flying squirrel's body extremely stiff.

The warship still moved.

Is this the only time T Capone can buy?!

Even if there is no oxygen, this shouldn't happen.
It goes without saying that the physical fitness of the navy who can be stationed in the New World is very important. As long as they are not people with special abilities, diving and breath-holding are routine activities.

Not to mention that these are more than 1 soldiers carefully selected by the Flying Squirrel himself, and they are considered the elite soldiers in the G base.

But after just a short while, the warship began to disobey orders.

then.

The flying squirrel heard another bang as the heavy anchor chain hit the side of the ship as it was being retrieved.

The hull seemed to be pressed down by something heavy, and it swayed, creating waves more than one meter high.

The water splashed and wet the flying squirrel's trouser legs.

He couldn't feel the coolness.

Instead, there is an exceptionally burning feeling.

It was the soldier in front of him, with a heavy breath coming out of his nostrils.

Even without using his Observation Haki, the flying squirrel could feel their extremely inflated animal nature at this moment.

Survival is human instinct.

They had already suffocated once and didn't intend to suffocate again.

The wooden box containing Bucky's head had a mark left by the flying squirrel's fingers.

The Joker creates a doomsday atmosphere, and people naturally think they are in the doomsday.

Flying squirrels know all this.

All these eyes finally fell on him.

"Your Excellency Lieutenant General...what did you just say?"

"No."

The flying squirrel sighed.

He tried to struggle, but in the end he seemed to slide towards the side that the Joker wanted to see.

Like a puppet.

But flying squirrels are not the type to complain.

In fact, the flying squirrel still didn't want to go to the last step.

It’s not that he couldn’t bear it.

I just simply don't want to hear the clown's laughter, I don't want to see the clown's smiling face, and I don't want the clown to get what he wants.

There is no D in his name, and he cannot turn things around by just roaring out the power of love or reminiscing about the past.

He could only sit at the gambling table.

Let the warship leave and he will still win the bet.

The flying squirrel didn't think about explaining anything. The clown couldn't speak for him, and the whole bet was just between the two of them.

This is yet another struggle of the base commander in the face of the clown.

The only thing he had to fight against was the rising animal nature in front of him.

The flying squirrel picked up the saber and longboat and slowly drew a thin line across the harbor.

"I will not leave."

“But please don’t cross that line.”

He held the knife in one hand and looked particularly tall and thin in his striped suit.

But standing opposite this group of soldiers, they felt as imposing as a towering mountain.

One man is in charge.

Frankly speaking, the warship can indeed accommodate at least 500 people now, but what then?

After these people get on, will others be able to get on?
The total number of people in the base and town is far more than five hundred.

It would be better to decide it from the beginning.

Besides, flying squirrels don’t care much about human life.

What he cares about is his town, the town where he and his family live.

Clang.

The heavy anchor emerged from the water with soil and rocks from the seabed and rested on the side of the stern.

An ordinary sound.

But it was like a death warrant for these soldiers.

The warship has weighed anchor and can leave the port at any time.

It would be fine if everyone was the same.

But the current situation is that some people have to survive, while I have to stay and suffer...

Why?
Who can bear this? !

"Let me on board!"

"You can't leave us here!!"

"I must leave. I never want to experience that feeling of suffocation again. We would rather die at sea!"

The sword flew out of its sheath.

The snow-white blade added a chill to the darkness in the fog.

Is it light outside?

The soldiers stopped at the line drawn by the flying squirrel and stepped back anxiously several times.

The flying squirrel's prestige remains.

And the first person to cross the line will, and they all know it.

The warship suddenly sank again.

The huge hill-like object was pressed like a toy boat in a child's hand.

This time the reaction was much more intense than the previous one.

The waves suddenly rose to three or four high and rushed towards the harbor.

A soldier standing in the front was suddenly pushed by someone behind him, and he staggered and crossed the line.

As the waves fell, the light of a knife bloomed in the blue water.

In an instant, blood mixed into the sea water.

Now that the decision has been made, the flying squirrel has no intention of showing mercy.

He said he would stay, but he didn't say he would not cross this line.

The figure left a blurry afterimage at its original position, and the flying squirrel appeared above the soldier, staring at the man it had just pushed.

It may not be easy to see with the naked eye, but the observation Haki can see it clearly.

The minimum requirement for a vice admiral is to master Dual-Color Haki and the Six Styles of the Navy, but the flying squirrel is able to be stationed in such an important G1 base. In addition to the above two, he is also a swordsman.

"Zhixin Kageliu-Hunting!"

The flying squirrel bent its legs, pointed its longboat knife downward, and stabbed backhandedly.

The power was like a beast pouncing on him, but the swordplay was as delicate as sniffing a rose.

Like a lasso, it directly took off the man's head.

Under normal circumstances, such performance would definitely make the soldiers retreat obediently.

But it's different now.

If you go back, you will suffocate to death.

The first step was to be hacked to death.

At least there's still a chance.

The most important thing is that the people behind are still pouring in, and now there are also people like ants, crowding over following the smell.

Keep pushing the people in front out.

The smell of blood suddenly became extremely strong, and the stone slabs on the port were dyed red, seeping into every tiny hole between the slabs.

The surging sea water dragged the blood color very far away, as if a red halo was reflected.

“This tastes right.”

Bucky sniffed and felt his head spinning as the box moved next to the flying squirrel.

"It's just a pity, I really like... this justice."

He originally thought that the flying squirrel would grab him and explain a few things, and he even thought of his own opening remarks.

Greet with good afternoon.

This way, even if they are shrouded in dark fog, they will definitely be able to feel the warm feeling when the sun shines directly on them.

How merciful! When will the World Government send me the certificate of good citizenship?
We can't just default on our debts like Gotham City, can we?

Bucky felt like he really had done very little.

In order to play a little longer, he even tried hard to restrain himself and prevent the gas from burning prematurely.

It was as simple as that for him to offer his own head and create a seemingly fatal crisis.

I really want a villain.

It’s a pity that I still haven’t met the protagonist.

All we can do is watch more and see these people’s various interesting reactions in this doomsday-like situation.

Well, it’s all Zephyr’s fault.

He wanted to make everything happen himself.

As Buggy muttered, the conflict on the warship seemed to have come to an end. The two people who originally leaned towards the flying squirrel.

T Capone and Yixiao, the positions and emotions of these two people began to change dramatically.

They are greedier than flying squirrels, they want everything.

But he refused to accept anything.

Especially T Capone, his mood changes are more intense, and he becomes much calmer when he smiles.

As he was thinking, Bucky suddenly felt a gaze sweeping over him.

Of course it wasn't real sight, but a more mysterious feeling, as if someone was watching him, and he seemed to be very sensitive to this.

That sight came from the warship.

The smell of blood seemed to be driving the warship to escape faster.

Civilians poured in from the civilian dock and they also discovered this last straw.

Yixiao's knife was only halfway out.

Everyone on the warship knelt on the ground. The sudden multiple gravity made it even more difficult for their bodies, which were already having difficulty breathing, to support themselves.

The warship was simply pushed forward by the surge of the waves.

"Can you take some more people with you?"

"Taking some people and not taking others is the cruelest thing."

"Why not just leave now?"

As Yixiao asked the question, the gravity that made everyone kneel down suddenly dissipated, and Kibin was finally able to get up.

The warship left its original position, the air seemed to circulate again, and the sound was also transmitted.

His eyes were filled with deep fear.

In front of this blind man's ability, the piece of iron that he was most proud of actually only had a negative effect, so it would be better not to use it.

It's even more frustrating than when he fought against the Straw Hat Boy at the top war.

Kibbing did not actually give the order to set sail. The act of raising the anchor was a spontaneous action of the crew on the warship, so T. Capone did not play any role.

Although he wanted to do so later, Yixiao obviously didn't give him the opportunity.

"Except that clown."

"Blind man, that clown is the root of everything."

"Kill him and nothing will happen."

At this time, Kibin was still thinking about the mission.

"I see."

“The game is no longer about winning, but about how to lose less.”

"What an unfair match."

A smile full of regret.

In that strong smell of blood, he could actually "see" a lot of things.

Panic, crowds and wailing are constantly amplifying this emotion. Except for some people who are crazy about the show, most people are both drivers of the emotion and are also driven by the emotion.

As he said, it was an unfair match from the beginning.

All the flying squirrels can do is to lose less.

But the clown...

He didn't mean any harm.

Yixiao can see the breath in the box.

There is no tendency at all.

Unlike other auras, whether fearful or ferocious, they all show obvious kindness or malice when pointing at a target.

For example, when facing warships, they are full of malice.

The soldiers on the warship were also filled with the same malice towards those who were unable to board the ship.

They had already collected all the rope ladders that led to the ship.

And the clown... it was like all kinds of thoughts were intertwined together, and all his actions were completely unpredictable, including his purpose in creating this fog, and the sudden feeling of suffocation.

It's like the emotion a child feels when pulling off the head of a toy doll.

Just fun.

But the clown has one more layer of cognition than the child, but he still behaves like this. This can only mean that in his cognition, although he clearly knows the consequences of his behavior, he still thinks it is neither wrong nor evil.

This is a mental patient!

How to deal with mentally ill people?
Kill directly?
One of the main reasons why the Joker would directly give away his life is that he bets that they dare not kill him.

The same is true.

But if they don't kill, they can only struggle to lose less, like the flying squirrel, attacking the soldiers and civilians who are obviously out of control, hoping that violence can make them regain some sanity.

This is not very realistic either.

Use your own abilities to suppress it?
But the fundamental situation has not changed. Gravity can only temporarily stop the current situation. Once he is exhausted, the question of how much he will lose will return to that.

Maybe the Joker... just wanted to see them struggle like this.

Otherwise, just blow it all up...

Just blow it all up?

Yixiao's attention was initially focused on the box and the clown's head, but he soon seemed to realize something.

The sight of hearing spread out in the air, carried by the gentle wind and the flow of air.

Like feeling something.

Yixiao's sword suddenly came out of its sheath, and he picked up a musket from the waist of a navy soldier.

The smell of gunpowder is easily recognizable.

After sheathing his sword, he ran his fingers over the barrel of the gun a few times before finding the trigger and bolt.

"The bullet will ignite the gas!"

"Mr. Yixiao, what are you doing?!"

"If there is a gas explosion of this magnitude, the entire island will be wiped out!"

Not to mention the ordinary soldiers, even Kibin was frightened when he saw Yixiao's behavior.

If you ask yourself, he is a little selfish.

But there’s no need to be so extreme, right?

No matter how much you lose, at least you can keep something. Why do you plan to go all in?

Yixiao turned a deaf ear to him and instead pointed the gun at the location where the warship was just located.

The gas there was so thick that it was impossible to breathe.

Click.

The trigger was gently pulled, and the bullet rushed out of the chamber, bringing out a brilliant flash of fire as it passed through the air.

Then he just smiled and felt the gas.

There was no sound of the bullet hitting, only the sparks caused by the friction between the bullet and the air.

And the spark ignited the gas.

A ball of light suddenly appeared on the sea surface, crashing into the surroundings with a strong shock wave.

Immediately afterwards, the ball of light ignited more gas.

In an instant, an explosion occurred.

The light and fire caused by the gas explosion connected into a piece in the sky, and the extremely hot breath engulfed everyone.

"We...are not dead?"

Kibin looked up and felt as if there was a burst of hot breath blowing in his face, but it passed in the blink of an eye, and there were only three blazing balls of light in the sky.

Each ball of light is the size of a warship.

It swallowed up some ports, towns and bases.

Between the light groups is a continuous curtain of light.

"It looks like I won the bet."

"Well, it's also a win."

Feeling the same hot breath, Yixiao put down his gun and smiled slightly.

Compared to a little struggle in desperation, the result of all-in is much better.

Although the three light balls caused a big fire, the result was much better because everyone escaped.

More importantly, the shock wave caused by the explosion dispersed the white mist on the outside, and the light shone straight down.

This should be the morning sun.

"I think we can turn around now."

The deadly crisis left by the Joker was completely resolved.