One Piece: Arkham: Buggy the Clown

Chapter 199 Message
The sunset glowed bright red yesterday evening, but now the sky is gloomy.

The sunlight that briefly peeked out in the early morning was then obscured by the mist again. However, when one looked up in the Flower City, what one saw was not the half-bright and half-dark sky, but a mountain or island flying over.

The island stretches for hundreds of miles, covering half of the sky, and weighs heavily on the hearts of every resident.

I don't know if it was Kaido's intention, but when Onigashima floated over the Flower Capital, its speed suddenly slowed down a lot, as if to leave time for the residents of this town to escape or think.

Or maybe it's to let the fear build slowly.

In fact, they had nowhere to escape to.

From Kaido's perspective high above the island, he can see members of the Beasts Pirates coming from all over Wano Country.

Most of this country, except for the Flower Capital, is under the control of pirates.

The floating ghost island is the signal for gathering. Although the loss of the two big bosses is painful, he still has the powerful Flying Six to use.

Of course, this also includes the residents below.

"Now that it has come to this, it's no different from launching the plan directly." The majestic Qinglong whispered a few words, then raised his head, soared over Guidao, and soon arrived above Dashe Castle.

Plans can never keep up with changes. He originally wanted to wait until the day of the Fire Festival, but now it seems unnecessary.

With the death of the kid from the Kozuki family, he completely took control of this country and no longer needed the cover of Orochi.

The so-called warrior has been dormant for twenty years without making any splash, so why bother?

The dragon's body coils and meanders, just like a scene in mythology. The green dragon has its eyes half-closed, and its majesty is immeasurable.

Then a huge roar was heard throughout the Flower City.

"Big snake, come out and see me!"

The Great Snake Castle is the center of the Flower Capital. There is a semicircular square in front of the general's mansion. Streets radiate from this semicircle. Houses are lined up one after another. Although they are of different heights, they are all arranged along the direction of the road.

Cherry blossom trees are blooming wherever there is space, between the green bricks and tiles, and pink petals are also blooming under the eaves and windowsills.

Putting aside the skinny and pale people with only a piece of coarse cloth to cover their bodies, this should be a good tourist attraction.

Bucky followed suit and picked his ears. "Don't make loud noises in tourist attractions."

"Your father has very bad manners."

"Indeed." Yamato nodded. "Your Excellency Orochi is the general of a country after all. It is really presumptuous for my father to call him by his name like this."

"Is there any mention of these things in that diary?"

Yamato had actually never met Oden. Her impression of him all came from the diary she got from his retainers, which she had flipped through so many times that it became curled up.

"No, that's what the daimyo who were imprisoned by my father said."

The daimyo only mentioned the etiquette towards the general, as for your family, what is that?
Yamato was very indifferent to the old man's head that Buggy threw to the end of the alley like garbage.

"It seems that Mr. Kai's family education is particularly unsuccessful." Bucky curled the corners of his mouth with a playful look.

Yamato, on the other hand, frowned and remained silent, thinking about whether he had failed.

This is a paradoxical question.

In just a few words, the two of them had already reached the Flower Street.

The two rows of houses facing each other were hung with lanterns of various colors, but there were not many people here. After all, it was early morning, when Flower Street was the quietest.

Unlike the panic scenes in other neighborhoods, it was still quiet here.

Even though a few prostitutes occasionally walked by in small steps, they seemed very quiet.

"Guests, Sister Xiao Zi is already waiting for you."

Baki had only taken a few steps when he met a girl dressed as a page boy, who bent down to greet him.

"It seems there is no need to waste any more words." Buggy smiled back and said to the page boy, "By the way, I like your smile."

The servant Xiaohu had an extremely happy smile on his face the whole time, and showed no other emotions.

Hearing what Buggy said, he also laughed, but it seemed that one or two tears came out of the corners of his eyes out of fear. Then he led them to the largest teahouse on the street.

The tea ceremony is also one of the compulsory subjects for prostitutes.

"How did she know we were coming?"

Yamato felt that this servant boy was a little strange and was a little confused.

Her idea of ​​following Bucky was much simpler.

Since Buggy believes that the one who killed the heir of the Kozuki family would be their retainers, then if we follow Buggy, we should also be able to meet the retainers of the Kozuki family, right?

It's better than staying on a ghost island.

Everything in the outside world is very new to her.

Bucky ignored her, twisted his neck and looked inside the tea house with interest. He had tried his best to restrain himself, although the word restraint was hard to imagine for the Joker.

But he was indeed in this state. If he was too impatient, the fun he could get would be reduced a lot.

The teahouse was empty and the candlelight had long been extinguished. They followed Xiaohu through the teahouse and passed two corridors before they saw the courtesan.

She had beautiful long emerald-colored hair, which was pulled back in a bun and tied with a headband, and she was sitting cross-legged.

He had a handsome face, but the wide cuffs of his embroidered kimono were rolled up, and his smooth arms were holding a pipe.

Softness and ruggedness are well combined.

Like Leopard Woman in a suit.

The Oiran's eyes also moved closer.

The look she gave Bucky seemed full of contempt.

"You want me to help you find someone?"

This was an exceptionally sober morning. Whether it was the loud noise coming from the coast at night and the iron ball falling from the sky, or the Onigashima flying over the country of Wano under the support of the flaming cloud, they were enough to make people alert.

The two people who came down from Onigashima were looking for someone or a samurai, and Fujiwara no Takaie recommended himself.

Xiao Zi learned the news before Buggy arrived.

"Yes, I think you should know where that person is. I want to talk to him about something."

"What a coincidence. I have something to talk to you about as well."

"Oh - that's really rare, but I like it. I like your expression now more than the scene where you yelled after I showed up."

Bucky didn't seem restrained or polite at all. He looked around a few times while speaking, and seemed quite curious about the courtyard outside the wooden corridor.

Then he sat cross-legged on the floor.

He tapped his fingers on the tatami a few times, "Can you tell me about your little plan first?"

Unruly guy!

Xiao Zi did not try to hide the impatience in her eyes, which was part of her personality, but clapped her hands.

A group of warriors with swords and tied hair came out of the compartment and surrounded Buggy and the other man without saying a word.

It seems that they want to create a scary atmosphere to intimidate the other party. This is a very useful little trick in negotiations.

Xiao Zi blew out a smoke ring, restrained her wildness, and her expression was full of arrogance. She did not answer Bucky's question, but continued to ask:
"Can you tell me what happened on Onigashima now? The purple mist that won't go away, the loud noise in the early morning, and now, why did Onigashima drift here? What on earth does Kaido want to do?!"

They were completely ignorant of what happened that night. Figuratively speaking, they were like a group of ants busy on the road, and suddenly a basin of water was poured on their heads.

The sudden disaster was completely unpredictable, and it seemed as if they had not been taken into consideration.

These two people must know something that can at least alleviate the fear of this unknown change.

But Xiao Zi didn't expect that not only was the person in front of her not frightened by the deliberately created atmosphere, but the expression on her face revealed a kind of... Can't help laughing?
"Pfft hahahahahaha..."

The clown's laughter was undisguised. He somewhat enjoyed this feeling. How should I put it - this should be a great joke.

But after laughing for a while, he wiped away his tears and patiently answered the courtesan's questions.

"You have so many questions, but let's take them one by one."

He clasped his hands together, as if he was coaxing a child to sleep. "Let's talk about the purple mist first. Um... I call it a little lottery. It's a fun thing that can drive Kaido's army of ability users crazy."

"Yes, I did it." Bucky's face was full of pride. Few people would ask themselves these questions.

Don't they know that if they ask, I will tell them?
I am not one of those conspirators hiding in the shadows.

“…Why?” Xiao Zi suddenly widened her eyes. She felt that the person opposite her was not lying.

"Of course it's to say hello to the emperor of the sea!" Buggy's voice became much louder. It's not easy to find a supporting actor.

"Obviously, he noticed me right away."

"What about the loud noise? What was that loud noise?"

"Ah... that's just a little arrangement made by my team. Did you see the small iron ball falling from the sky? That's it.

When the time comes, it will explode.”

Bucky stretched out his hands and imagined a grand explosion, which made him feel at peace every time.

All the noise in the world is reduced to the peace of a loud noise.

Well, maybe he is the only one who thinks so.

Xiao Zi's expression was much uglier.

What is a small arrangement?

This is clearly a bomb of terrifying power!
Who is this!
Who did their country offend?
Xiao Zi felt that such people were definitely not ordinary people in the outside world, but the policy of closing the country to the outside world made their channels for obtaining information very closed, so they had no way of understanding this.

But when he thought of so many bombs scattered across the country, Xiao Zi's face turned pale, and his arrogant attitude, like his waist, softened a little bit.

"last question."

She bowed and said, "What do you want, Kaido?"

In fact, this is the most pressing issue at present.

Their plan to rescue Momonosuke had just taken shape, but Kaido's sudden arrival cast a shadow over the whole thing.

Facing this man, the warriors were also nervous.

Bucky still preferred her rebellious look just now, and wondered whether he should let her recover a little.

Yamato, however, glanced at the Joker and answered first: "He wants to establish a new pirate empire, which means that Wano Country will be completely destroyed."

"In this cruel ocean, things that cannot keep up with the times will always be eliminated, right?"

Bucky followed up with a sentence.

He could see that the courtesan's body suddenly trembled, and the faces of the warriors around her also suddenly became as gloomy as water.

"Eliminated... No, we cannot be eliminated. There must be a way. My father said that someone will come to save this country in 20 years... Now 20 years have passed..."

Xiao Zi lowered her head and muttered to herself.

In the distance, on the Chabaoti Archipelago.

Luffy, who had just finished the trial, stopped under a notice board with a bag big enough to cover his entire body.

The notice board contained a bounty of 3.96 billion Baileys for the evil clown.

The portrait on the wanted list was a clown's wildly grinning face, with bloodstains all over it, and his red nose and horns were particularly eye-catching.

The background is an extremely large mechanical structure half-hidden in the clouds.

The mechanical structure dropped several straight beams of light, flattening the mountains and valleys.

In black font below the image, it says "ONLY DEAD".

This is the perspective of Den Den Mushi when it was caught by the clown in the Kingdom of Prodans. The World Government feels that this can well show the horror of the clown.

Luffy turned his head again and saw that on the side of the bulletin board, a group of guys wearing clown masks had held a wealthy businessman hostage and were conducting a public auction.

What is happening in this world?
Luffy tried to think.

Hiss, no, it seems like I need to grow a brain.

But it seems like it didn't grow out.

"Can we get back to our original topic now?"

In the backyard of the teahouse, Bucky tilted his head and found their expressions quite interesting.

"Yes…"

Xiao Zi didn't know how to describe it. She couldn't keep up with the clown's logic and wanted to ask why, but her upbringing restrained her.

"If you want to find someone, as long as they are in the Flower City, we can help you find them."

“No, you just need to tell me a message.” Bucky tapped his fingers again, and the gentle echo attracted everyone’s attention.

Everything this person says is too absurd, but it may be true.

That would be scary.

"If everything went as expected, your companion, Kin'emon, should have arrived on the island by now, perhaps in the Flower Capital."

Baki had a smile on his face, as if he saw how Kin'emon felt when he discovered that the young master he had worked so hard to put together turned out to be a paper doll.

"Give him a message for me."

"Kozuki Momonosuke has two ways of dying, corresponding to two results."

"If he dies in a cauldron, the people of this country will be crushed to death by the shadow hanging over their heads.

If he died at the hands of his retainers, the country would still survive.

As for how to choose, that is his business. I always don’t like to force people, but we can be more figurative and call this choice a choice between selfishness and justice.

Ah…this must be fun!”

This time, not only Xiao Zi and the others were wide-eyed, but even Yamato was shocked. This guy has this trick up his sleeve? !

When did he establish contact with those warriors?
No, no, maybe Momonosuke’s arrest is related to this guy!
and also,

Isn't there an option to stay alive?!

(End of this chapter)