One Piece: Arkham: Buggy the Clown

Chapter 180 Prelude
It is rare to hear the sound of crying and wailing in Ghost Island.

A huge skull capped the island, with Kaido's giant horns reaching into the sky.

The skull's eyes glowed with orange fire.

It illuminates the newspaper in Kaido's hand.

The words "The Celestial Dragons were kidnapped by the Joker" occupied the most conspicuous position in the newspaper.

"Joker, does he want to start a war?"

"It's crazy."

He muttered a few words, his eyes showing a bit of shrewdness.

The roughness is just Kaido's outward appearance. If someone really believes it, their fate will probably be the same as that idiot Kozuki.

"Are we going to participate?"

Next to him, one of the highest ranking officials, Jin, was wearing a black leather jacket, his entire face covered by a pitch-black mask.

From their point of view, the bigger the war, the better.

Like the Whitebeard Pirates, they not only contributed a large gap, but also weakened the strength of the navy.

"why not?"

"He's planning such a big event, how can we be absent?"

In his words, Kaido has turned the Joker from a subordinate who can be accepted into an equal object.

It's not out of strength, but out of this crazy energy.

If this person came under his command, there would be no peace.

Fortunately, Apu's plan did not succeed.

Kaido suddenly felt somewhat fortunate.

I must have drunk too much that day, which is why I agreed to Apu's plan.

They had originally planned to subdue the Joker when he was beaten half to death by Akainu.

At that time, Kaido's ships were near the Moon Guard Kingdom.

I didn't expect there would be a reversal at the end.

The Joker actually forced Akainu to rebel against the navy.

From this perspective, this is not the first time that the Joker has made a fuss about the Celestial Dragons, but what’s interesting is that the World Government has to respond with the most repressive attitude every time.

Otherwise, the descendants of the Creator will lose all face.

This time too.

"Let's get ready first. We need to pick a good time to enter."

Kaido said in a muffled voice.

It’s not that he has no aspirations, on the contrary, his ambitions are too big.

Plotting to seize Wano Country, occupying seastone mining, funding artificial devil fruits... these are all part of his ambition to achieve his goal.

He wants a war that will sweep the world.

The Battle of Marineford was a great opportunity, but unfortunately, the red-haired guy stopped him.

Otherwise, the war situation will definitely escalate further.

Only this time…

How much of the World Government’s hidden cards can a Celestial Dragon reveal?
Also, what will the red-haired guy do?
There are many ambitious people around the world who have similar ideas to Kaido.

Although the Joker did a lot of crazy things this year, most of them lacked time to ferment and were not so touching.

Including the kidnapping of the Celestial Dragons in the Sabaody Archipelago, although it was equally shocking, there was the Marineford War and the live broadcast was too short, so the impact was limited.

This time is different.

In front of the Navy and the World Government, the Joker captured a living Celestial Dragon and took a stroll in the Calm Belt.

The World Economic News Agency, which has returned to the spotlight, has been following the report.

The more the world government bans it, the more people feel that this newspaper is objective.

Otherwise, how could those nobles have such a big reaction?
This is also a bit of cleverness on their part.

More detailed information is slowly flowing in the underground world, including the movements of the old Four Emperors and several Seven Warlords of the Sea...

And the Navy’s attitude is clear - at any cost.

In addition to Marshal Aokiji, he has to guard Marijoa to prevent the clown from launching a sneak attack.

After all, that madman really did it.

Dozens of naval bases in the New World were mobilized, with a large number of warships coming and going, and there seemed to be a storm on the horizon.

Except for the clown.

He was sitting in a restaurant.

Have a chat with yourself.

"For the audience, constant display of skills can attract attention, but it will also raise the threshold of excitement in people's hearts, making it increasingly difficult to satisfy them."

"So, a reasonable interval is the time to let this threshold drop again."

I'm saying this to myself.

The things in my mind have been restless for a long time, and every day is like a disco.

Well, these are actually all myself.

"I understand that this is also a critical time for news to ferment."

Opposite him was the big news Morgause.

When there is big news, this birdman will come directly without Bucky even asking him to do so.

"Although the news agency is still banned, our newspapers can still be delivered to all parts of the world through the channels of our fishmen brothers."

Morgans adjusted his tie, looking excited.

He follows the Joker largely because the Joker can create big news himself.

The world is getting anxious about their actions, but they are sitting here as if nothing has happened.

The feeling of shocking the world with such ease made Morganus' feathers stand on end.

"Can it be broadcast live? I am looking forward to this scene."

Bucky's mouth curled up.

Holding a small round bag in his hand.

Cornwall pie is said to be a traditional delicacy of the Kingdom of Prodans.

He took a bite.

It turned out to be a pie filled with fish.

And it wasn't chopped either.

The aroma of butter mixed with a hint of fish.

Not very tasty.

Fortunately, Bucky was not a very picky eater and did not cut open his esophagus, so he took out the food before it reached his stomach.

"no problem!"

Morgans nodded vigorously.

He also discovered that live broadcasting was much more direct than newspapers, but the World Government was not just there to do nothing.

After the Yuehu Kingdom incident, many restrictions were imposed on the screens installed in each member country.

So he spent a lot of money to find the Vinsmoke family and hired them to handle the matter.

Well, find a killer organization to solve the technical problems.

This was also the first time that the Vinsmoke family encountered this.

But after all, Lao Wen was also a member of MADS and a colleague of Lao Bei.

The technical aspects are remarkable.

With the money spent by Morgansken, the task was quickly completed.

"Using this special Den Den Mushi, we can transmit the signal to all the video Den Den Mushi around the world."

He took out a palm-sized smoky gray Den Den Mushi, which looked not much different from a regular Den Den Mushi, but it wore a pair of brown tactical glasses, and the spiral pattern of its shell was several times more complicated than that of a regular Den Den Mushi.

Morgans mentioned that the ability to spread to all screens around the world is a special feature of the biotechnology of Den Den Mushi.

"It's really good."

Bucky narrowed his eyes, stretched out his fingers and tapped on the volute a few times, and the sound was dull.

On the contrary, Den Den Mushi couldn't help but shrink its neck when it saw Buggy's actions, and seemed to be afraid.

“And very sharp.”

Buggy said as he teased the Den Den Mushi: "You know, I have a... uh, melody, a melody playing in my head right now."

After teasing the terrified Den Den Mushi, Buggy tapped his fingers on the table.

"It sounded like the sound of an oil tanker's horn coming from far, far away, faint but able to stir up panic in people."

"As the tanker approaches, the sirens become louder and more complex." "Like... sirens."

Bucky tilted his head, his expression intoxicated.

"Hmm, is there a backup for this Den Den Mushi?"

The topic changed a little too quickly, and Morgans was visibly stunned for a moment, then nodded.

"some."

Although this thing is expensive, it is nothing to the clown nowadays.

Nearly half of the wealth accumulated by the Don Quixote family over more than ten years belonged to him.

Bucky nodded in satisfaction.

Stand up at the same time.

He opened the closed door of the restaurant, letting the sunlight penetrate and shine on his face.

"Please clean it up."

Outside, a group of soldiers wearing full silver armor were stunned for a moment.

Passing through Bucky's figure.

The restaurant was littered with severed limbs.

One can only barely make out that there are quite a few agents of the CP organization here.

These flies have finally learned to chase people.

He shook his head, and his steps in the sunshine were full of joy.

The Silver-Armored Knight didn't dare to stop the other party at all.

It is not difficult to tell from the unconcealed appearance and smile that this is a clown.

The bounty on his head is 3.2 billion berries, and he is known as the devil.

They were just garrisons who rushed over after hearing about the riot.

However, the Shining Knight's first impression of the Joker was that this madman... seemed quite polite.

Bucky walked a few steps casually and then suddenly turned around.

"Excuse me."

"I heard that there is a private banquet being held in Prodans City today. Where exactly is it being held?"

Private party?

Nobles hold banquets every day in the royal city, but the Knight in Silver Armor thinks that the only place that would interest the clown is that...

She stretched out her hand and pointed to a towering castle.

"Thank you."

Bucky bowed politely.

Then he turned around and continued to half dance and half walk to the melody in his head.

He planned to borrow a stage from the owner here.

"Captain...are you just going to let the clown go like this?"

"Otherwise, should I send you to chase them?"

"Do you have that ability?"

The silver-armored knight who was showing the way retorted in a frustrated tone, while reaching out to take off the helmet that was covering his face.

"The clown actually showed up in the royal city at this time... and I even showed him the way!"

Tracy scratched her short golden hair in annoyance. If it weren't for her soft facial features and the slight bulge on her chest, few people would have thought she was a female knight.

Although she was upset, Tracy had no regrets at all.

Instead, he looked up with a helpless look on his face.

"The sky is going to change!"

……

……

Tintagel Castle.

The most important social place for the upper nobles of this kingdom.

Especially after they conquered neighboring countries, banquets here almost never stopped.

Even the officials of the kingdom knew that if they wanted to see the king for something, they should not go to the cold and gloomy palace, but to Tintagel Castle, which was brightly lit every night.

This place once belonged to the Don Quixote family, but after the decline of that mafia family, it was taken back by the king.

But the essence here has not changed.

“Today’s theme remains unchanged.”

Baron Tintagel held a glass of red wine with one hand behind his back, looking very solemn.

He was a recently conferred baron. Before that, he was a businessman. In order to blend in with these nobles, he even studied aristocratic etiquette and manners for a period of time.

He first raised his glass to express his respect to the most distinguished person on the scene, King Schorlemmer VII.

"Everyone can exchange their own collections here, or propose conditions to exchange for other people's collections."

This is a social venue as well as a trading venue.

"I'll go first."

At Lord Tintagel's signal, a sturdy middle-aged man stretched out his hand.

He clapped his hands.

The servants pushed in a prison cart covered with black cloth.

"This is probably the most special collection I have found in the past two years, a dog-headed fur tribe!"

Well, the original purpose of this castle was to be a small...human auction venue for the nobility.

At his signal, the black cloth was pulled open.

A creature with a dog's head and a human body, with shiny black fur, was grinning with an extremely ferocious expression.

"I didn't expect the Fur Tribe to be brought out at the beginning!"

"What an ugly creature. Not as interesting as the kid from last time."

"But it's rare and expensive. In the former Shampoo Land, the price of the Fur Tribe is at least 700,000 Baileys."

"If it's used to guard the door, the effect will be very good!"

The nobles were talking about it a lot. Using the Fur Tribe as the opening theme had a very good effect and immediately raised the temperature.

Baron Tintagel was secretly proud of himself, but he silently gave up the main seat.

Rare slaves were treasures among the nobles that far surpassed antiques and calligraphy and paintings.

After all, they are emulating the Celestial Dragons.

Soon, this fur tribe was acquired by a nobleman in exchange for four female humans and 500,000 berries.

Other nobles also showed off their treasures.

A general from a neighboring country captured in the war, a pair of twin girls, a beautiful female slave...these are all their treasures.

"How's the preparation for the last piece of the collection going?"

"I've seen it, it's in good condition."

"Okay, when we go on stage, don't remove the cloth yet, but open the cage so that all the nobles can touch it and guess."

"Yes."

Seeing that there was no problem with the last treasure, Baron Tintagel finally showed a satisfied smile, but his left hand behind his back was shaking all the time.

He turned his head again and glanced at a corner of the banquet hall.

There was something stuck to it, and the angle was just right to see the entire banquet hall.

Soon, the nobles' transaction of treasures came to an end. The waiters kept serving wine, and as the guests clinked glasses, the topic of how to train and use these treasures became very lively.

"If no one wants to exchange, then please enjoy my collection."

Lord Tintagel clapped his hands and took the rhythm of the banquet back into his own hands.

"But I want to keep you in suspense here."

"Let everyone guess what this treasure is."

"If he guesses correctly, this treasure will be given to him!"

Lord Tintagel looked very proud.

There is unstoppable cold sweat on my temples.

At his signal, another prison van covered with black cloth was pushed up. The slight difference was that this black cloth was attached to the inside of the prison van.

"As long as the black cloth is not removed, everyone can touch it at will."

Baron Tintagel opened the door of the prison van with his key and stretched out his hand to greet the nobles present.

He wanted to give this treasure away immediately.

(End of this chapter)