One Piece: Arkham: Buggy the Clown

Chapter 206 My Nephew Fell into the Water
The sea in the dead of night is particularly gloomy, even though most of the night has passed.

Even the crashing sound of the ship's hull breaking through the waves became gentler, and the two white lines on the side of the warship were stretched extremely long.

"Report to Mr. Kizaru, at the current speed, we will be able to reach Wano Country around dawn."

"what?"

Kizaru pulled down his sunglasses, looking sleepy, as if he couldn't recover.

It took a while for him to react, "Well, I almost forgot, my mission this time is to pick up the general of Wano Country."

"Really? It's fine to pick up the Celestial Dragons, but I have to pick up a general. It's really hard work. Where is their king?"

He muttered something and the adjutant beside him looked embarrassed.

Remind: "Sir Kizaru, the general of Wano Country is equivalent to the king."

"Really? I have never set foot on the land of this country."

"And this is Kaido's territory, right? This is like going to war with the strongest creature. How scary."

Kizaru sat up straight, his vertical striped suit was neat, which made him look even thinner.

His elbows were resting on his knees again, his eyes fixed on the white line on the side of the warship, and the sea breeze was blowing gently.

"Yes." The adjutant was already used to Kizaru's expression. He flipped through the notes in his hand and said, "So this time the mission is just to pick up General Orochi and try not to conflict with Kaido.

Mr. Kizaru, you also know that seastone is a very important strategic resource. The top leaders have always wanted to control Wano Country and thus control the output of seastone.

However, due to the tacit understanding between us and the Four Emperors, we have not taken any action.

This is a good opportunity. Shogun Orochi has asked for help. We can use him to leverage some of the forces in Wano Country, and at the same time distract the emperor from other matters."

If you are just an executor, like an agent of the CP organization, you don’t need to pay too much attention to these strategic things. However, Kizaru is a senior and decision-making level of the navy, so naturally he needs to consider these things.

Kizaru narrowed his eyes, adjusted his sunglasses, and thought carefully for a while about what his adjutant mentioned.

"According to the intelligence of the CP organization, at least at the beginning of the night, the two extraordinary figures, the Joker and Kaido, were present on the island at the same time, right?"

"Not only that, the latest intelligence shows that former Shichibukai Crocodile and Moriah have both appeared in Wano Country, but the two sides seem to be in dispute, which is a good opportunity for us."

"Ah——the Seven Warlords of the Sea and the Four Emperors again, that sounds really scary."

Kizaru was tired of sitting, so he simply stood up and stretched his legs.

Calculating silently in my heart.

"Two Shichibukai, one imperial group, and one of the most vicious criminals
Momosa is looking at Big Mom. The battle over there is at a standstill and they can't leave. Fujitora is guarding Marijoa, and Aokiji can't move now.

Well, as for those two old men, it will take at least three days for them to arrive. I can only mobilize the scientific defense forces directly under my command and the two nearby branches."

"There's a huge disparity in strength, so there's no need for a conflict."

At Kizaru's age, he has already understood very well that the gap is a gap, an objectively existing chasm.

It is the building blocks that are stacked up layer by layer through the long years of polishing.

You can't overcome it by just howling a few times.

He was pretty sure the Sparkle-Spark Fruit had no other name.

After stretching his legs, Kizaru turned to his adjutant and asked, "Where is Zhan Taomaru?"

"He's on the poop deck."

"I'll go look for him."

Kizaru walked around the ship's tower and headed towards the stern deck.

The adjutant did not follow.

After a while, Kizaru came back, trying hard to appear panicked.

"Ah, I just saw Zhan Taowan fall into the water, I have to fish him out first!"

"Falling into the water? Where?"

The adjutant looked incredulous.

Kizaru supported himself with his hands, "About 300 meters?"

"?"

How could something falling into the water reach such a far place?
I'm afraid it wasn't you who kicked it over!

The adjutant was about to say something when he saw Kizaru waving his hands.

"Let's not talk about it for now. Let's turn around quickly. If it's too late, my nephew's life or death will be in danger."

The adjutant understood what his leader meant and knew that since his leader was not prepared to get involved in this mess, he couldn't force anything.

The only pity is the future evaluation of Zhan Taowan in this mission.

Fell into the water from the warship...

Kizaru also patted his adjutant's shoulder.

"You still have to be respectful of the sea, otherwise you will end up like him, falling into the water if you are not careful."

Big Snake City.

Viewed from the outside, this five-story castle, which was supposed to be built on a hill, has now become a large flat floor.

A large flat floor with a very rough technique.

It's like using a cake knife to cut a five-layer cake piece by piece, and then stiffly put them together with the bottom piece.

If it were normal times, such a change might cause a lot of controversy among the public.

but now.
Sprinkle some water!

Over there, Onigashima was completely suppressed, and over here, Kaido and Moria were fighting each other, and the sky was full of sand and dust.

There was also the general who was thrown into the oil pan at dusk, and the bloodline of the Kozuki family whose head was crushed...

In just one night, the people of Flower City experienced too much stimulation, and the changes in Snake City could no longer touch their nerves.

Apart from a few people, not many people knew what happened in Orochi Castle.

"So, we are not the same kind?"

Bucky sat cross-legged on top of the charred snake head, while the other seven snake heads lay drooping on the ground, like rows of roasted snake heads on a grill.

It still uses gas.

“…I don’t dare.”

The scorched snake head rolled its eyes and lowered.

There were pink granulations on the bones, and when the clown's blade gently brushed against them, the Yamata no Orochi's body trembled.

"In the era when I lived, I could occasionally hear rumors about demons. They were wrapped in black flames and were immortal."

According to Jiaoxiang Snake Head, he is not the demon of this fruit. To be precise, he and them were once users of Yamata no Orochi, but after death, they became part of this fruit.

Except for the third host who woke them up once, they were in a dormant state all the time.

"So what do you mean by those guys you mentioned?"

"In my time, there was a legend that the Five Elders were demons. My current state is similar to that of a demon, so I just mentioned it casually."

Bucky had a look of obvious disappointment on his face.

Then he used the knife to cut off another piece of meat.

He could clearly see the snake's head tremble. Others scraped the bones once, but he did it countless times, and his threshold had obviously dropped a lot.

With less feedback, Bucky would have less fun.

But Yamata no Orochi said that he is immortal, so there is a lot to play with.

"The Five Elders are a legend of demons?"

"…right…"

The burnt and fragrant snake head trembles.

"Don't you know this legend?"

"It was spread from the Giant Kingdom that the devil bewitched the royal families of twenty countries and destroyed the rule of the Giant Kingdom, and the benefit the devil promised to the twenty kings was... a way to become a devil.

They also call it the way to become a god.”

Buggy was sure that the snake head was not talking nonsense, not only because of the fear of the scorched snake head at this moment, but also because he had successfully invaded the spiritual world of the Yamata no Orochi.

He saw it himself.

Jiao Xiang Snakehead lived around the year 800 of the Haiyuan calendar. At that time, the World Government had not been established for long, and rebellious forces emerged frequently in various places. Legends about anti-government forces were endless.

"Devils and gods."

“That sounds more interesting…”

After making sure that there was nothing left to squeeze from the charred snake head, Bucky simply cut from the spiritual world.

The spiritual world of Yamata no Orochi is very strange.

Eight different worlds were pulled together by a tiny point of light, intertwining and overlapping with each other, and the largest part was the part of the charred snake head.

These eight worlds can also give us a glimpse of the development of world history.

The legend that was still popular in the era of Jiaoxiang Snake Head had completely disappeared by the time of the next few hosts.

The gap in strength between the resistance forces and the World Government is extremely large.

The concept that the celestial dragons are descendants of God gradually appeared in various places.

It was also during this period that pirates appeared in large numbers.

If a historian saw it, he would probably be ecstatic.

But for Buggy, it was just to satisfy his curiosity. It didn’t matter what the Five Elders looked like. What mattered was that they occupied the most important order in this world.

At least it mattered to Bucky.

Otherwise, there will be no sense of accomplishment if it is distorted.

"Then let's do this for now."

The scorched snake head finally breathed a sigh of relief. He saw the devil coming down from his head, even though he had always called himself a devil.

Well, before I met the Joker.

Now, Jiao Xiang Snake Head just wants to have a good sleep, and sleep for a long time, preferably long enough to forget all these painful memories.

"Let's get started on the second project!"

When the scorched snake head thought he had escaped, the devil's whispers were heard.

Buggy picked up a devil fruit, the one that Orochi had spit out earlier.

"It's really bad to waste food."

He said seriously, "Of course, what is more important than food is not to forget your original intention."

"Do you know what my original intention was?"

"……What?"

The big snake's neck shrank and its eyes showed even more fear.

He thought that after he explained so many things, the clown would forget about it!

“Maybe…” Bucky raised his eyebrows, “Just smile.”

The charred snake's head suddenly rose towards the ceiling.

He wanted to leave here and stay away from this madman!
The ceiling of the large flat was shattered in an instant, and the faint morning light bathed in. The scorched snake poked its head out and saw the existence of the empty sky.

But only there.

His body had been torn to the limit, and only his head stuck out from the eight heads. The other seven heads...

They all looked at the fruit in the clown's hand and expressed their desire.

hungry!
You must eat something!

He couldn't understand why he had such emotions, and he couldn't get rid of the burden of those seven idiots.

The snake's head stretched out and looked at the morning light, but its head was pulled down little by little.

He must have been around that clown for too long to be infected like this.

"Hiss-"

The roar of the big snake was extremely sad, as if it contained the most extreme despair and fear, and then it sank into hell little by little.

“Hehehehehe!!”

After that desperate roar, Moriah's wild laughter filled the entire Flower City.

His condition was very bad now. Half of his body was covered in purple bruises from being hit by the hammer. His mouth was leaking air from being hit by the hammer head-on, and several of his teeth fell out when he smiled.

"I take back my previous comments."

"Moonlight Moria, you really are worthy of the reputation of a hero."

Kaido said calmly, carrying the Eight Religions on his right shoulder.

On the left shoulder, there was a new knife wound extending to the abdomen, and blood was flowing.

"I am qualified to be one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea."

I must admit that I had underestimated this opponent before. His swordsmanship and use of abilities are both commendable.

Especially the extreme excitement, he almost thought he saw a clown.

It just lacks the weirdness and unpredictability of the clown.

“What a bullshit!”

Hearing his words, Moria, who had just been supporting himself with a knife, stood up straight.

The corner of his smile twitched.

"I don't need your opinion. Having them watching is enough!"

His mind was a little dazed, so dazed that... he saw his companions crawling out from under the land.

Twenty-three years ago, my companions stepped onto this land with me, launched a crusade against Kaido, and were buried here!

The lazy first mate always said "I leave it to you".

And his navigator, a priest who uses a flail as a weapon and is always chattering.

The ship's doctor who was a wizard, as well as the fighters, the helmsman, the cook...

Faces reappeared one after another.

It was as if he was standing next to me.

“They’re still here… they’re still here!
I never lose them!

Hey hey hey hey!"

Moria's laughter was particularly crazy and his eyes were filled with tears.

The morning light shines obliquely from the east.

His shadow was like a boiling spring, with figures emerging one after another.

The Joker's transformation of his spirit, coupled with the land that buried his dreams and companions, together catalyzed Moriah as if he had touched the core of the Shadow Fruit.

He has been researching and developing the Shadow Fruit for more than 30 years.

"I can still give you a chance now."

Kaido could also feel this strange aura. If I had to describe it... it was a bit like a flash in the pan.

It made him feel a little reluctant.

"Join me and become my companion."

Crocodile's unexpected attack at the beginning did achieve considerable results, and Kaido's troops suffered heavy losses.

If Jhin hadn't brought Kidd over, several of the Flying Six would probably have died.

It is worth mentioning that a team of Minks also tried to intervene in the battle to support Kin'emon and his companions.

Then the Mink tribe and Kin'emon were all beaten to death by Kaido.

This guy is the one who made him lose the Joker!

"companion?"

Moria's eyes seemed to linger for a moment, as if he was recalling some distant memory.

This attack on Wano Country was partly due to Crocodile’s plan against Pluto, but the more important part was Moria’s own wish.

“My companions are always here!”

(End of this chapter)