One Piece: Arkham: Buggy the Clown

Chapter 257 Mermaid Paradise
Holy Land, Marie Gioia.

In just half a month, the World Government had completed a large number of renovations to the central area surrounding Pangu City.

The Five Elders first tried to dig out Pangu City and move it to another location, but Lord Yim was unwilling to move.

This area in the center seems to have some special meaning to Lord Yim.

Since Pangu City cannot be moved, let’s move to other places.

Under the instructions of the Five Elder Stars, the huge manpower of the World Government and the Navy was mobilized, and with Pangu City at the center, the holy land was transformed into an inverted pyramid.

In order to prevent the clown from attacking again, they also clearly divided the entire inverted pyramid into seating arrangements.

It is divided into four rings around the bottom layer Pangu City.

The Celestial Dragons' castle is surrounded by two circles, which are VIP seats. The navy and CP organization's troops are in the two outer circles, responsible for guarding.

Except for the Celestial Dragons and their slaves, no other personnel are allowed to enter the inner two rings, and the movement of personnel is also strictly monitored.

In an ordinary country, it would take at least ten years to complete such a transformation, but for the Celestial Dragons it is not too difficult.

They mobilized a large number of people with special abilities, even the group of jailer beasts in the underwater prison were called out.

Anyway, the criminals imprisoned there either died or escaped, and nearly half of the area was left vacant, so there was no need for so many humans and beasts.

“Will this really work?”

Saint Cresswell was assigned to the inner two rings because of his identity as a celestial dragon.

Although it was located near the edge, one could clearly see that at the boundary between the inside and outside, where the Tianlong Gate was originally located, there were about two hundred city guards guarding it.

There were two or three little giant jailer beasts mixed in with them.

It is said that this is to prevent the clown from sneaking in again.

But Saint Cresswell felt more like they were being kept in captivity.

Compared with the free and unrestrained life in the past, it is much more painful now.

"No matter what, I'm in a better situation than those three guys who were kidnapped."

"The Five Elders have declared their disappearance one of the Joker's crimes... Fortunately, they didn't suspect me."

Saint Cresswell reached out and touched the back of his neck, where a chip symbolizing his identity as a Celestial Dragon was embedded.

Some time ago, he suddenly felt a prickly sensation in his spine, which frightened him so much that he thought the Five Elders were going to deprive him of his identity.

Fortunately, nothing happened after that period.

Cresswell Saint's gaze drifted away.

Because of the ground subsidence, he can now clearly see the roof of the central Pangu City.

When I stood under Pangu City and looked up, I felt that this huge building, which symbolized the center of world power, was so solemn and majestic, as if it would never fade.

But looking down now, one can see countless cracks hidden between the pillars, stones and tiles, which were covered with paint by clumsy craftsmen.

However, the painting technique was not very advanced and the cracks could not be concealed for long. Instead, they made the cracks more clearly visible.

If the clown comes over once...what should he do?
Inside Pangu City.

The conference room was filled with bright incandescent lights, making the place as bright as the midday sun.

The five old men get together more and more often.

"Since the announcement of the postponement of the World Conference, three more countries have rebelled, one of which even raised the banner that the Celestial Dragons are not gods."

Saint Vochuli pointed at the information on the table with his finger, his expression extremely serious.

"But the Jokers succeeded in attacking the Holy Land."

Peter Saint was placed in a wheelchair with a gloomy face.

"Behind is the shadow of the Revolutionary Army."

Maz-sang crossed his legs. "The flying squirrels of the navy once discovered the headquarters of the revolutionary army, but unfortunately they alerted them and they moved away."

"The Navy is a bunch of gnats."

"You're right, but the clowns just walked away with such bravado after attacking the holy place."

The old men twitched their lips, and considering Peter Saint's condition, they didn't say much, but continued to discuss:
"Let the navy launch a demon-killing order and completely wipe out the country that raised the flag."

"Well, for the remaining two countries, we can win over their remaining royal families and send some troops to support them."

"The one who came forward asked CP1 to carry out the assassination."

"clown…"

"That's enough, Shepard ten Peter Saint, we don't want to see this!"

Nasujuro Sei slammed the table, clearly becoming impatient.

Everyone was discussing the matter properly, but Saint Peter always jumped out to mention the clown.

Could they not know that clowns were trouble?

But can it be solved?
He kept stabbing people with a thorn, which made Nasujuro Seito unable to help but get angry.

Peter Saint just gave him a cold look, with an extremely depressed and gloomy feeling, his eyes drooped.

The loss of his lower body was a particularly heavy blow to him.

"If we solve the Joker, none of the above problems will exist anymore."

“If we don’t solve the clown problem, similar problems will continue to occur.”

In fact, the Five Elders all agreed with what he said.

The only problem is…

"How to deal with it?"

"Can we force the Whitebeard Pirates into a decisive battle like we did when we captured Ace?"

Saint Satan was relieved. After comparing himself with Saint Peter, he found that his experience was not bad.

"This is unrealistic!"

"Tack..."

Mazishen knocked on the table twice.

"I think the more pressing issue is how to put the collar back on Sakaski."

"His hometown in Beihai is under our complete control."

His voice reached far away, far beyond the reach of the incandescent lamp. Beyond the bright light was a darkness that could not be any deeper.

……

……

It was dusk when the Perfume Serpent approached Egghead.

The orange-yellow sunlight passed over the huge eggshell above Egghead, emitting countless feathers of light that fell from the clouds.

The Ark was attached to the edge of Egghead and was as vast as an island. It was unknown what kind of transformation had taken place on it, and it was now lit with neon lights.

It seems to be reflecting the orange and yellow light feathers in the sky.

This should be a very nice view.

But Hancock wasn't even interested in taking a look.

She stood in front of a full-length mirror.

Turn sideways and shrug your shoulders.

She turned her head and looked at the reflection of her own graceful white back in the mirror, giggling all the time.

Her eyes were curved like the moon, and she didn't have the arrogance of an empress who looked down on everything. She looked more like a little girl who had just got a new toy.

"how did you do it?"

"There's no trace of the mark anymore, and the smile is pretty good."

"After separating them, I pinched them again. You've played a jigsaw puzzle, right? It's something like that."

Buggy sat on Samero's soft and elastic snake body. The plum-flowered snake, which had always served the Empress, was somewhat reluctant and twisted its body a few times.

Then he was grabbed by the neck by the clown.

The other hand touched the snake's head.

The plum blossom snake immediately became obedient.

As the empress's portable sofa, the body of the plum blossom snake is soft and elastic, and has a better texture than some leather sofas. After Bucky teased the plum blossom snake, he turned around again. This woman seemed to never get tired of looking at his beautiful back, so Bucky had to go out and give orders himself.

"These guys, are they going to turn my Ark into an entertainment city?"

When the Perfume Serpent approached the side of the Ark, it looked like a parasitic fish on a shark.

The two snakes stretched their heads and reached the fifth deck of the Ark. The Ark was not a battleship but more like a huge cruise ship with nine decks. The large number of rooms and corridors inside were like multiple streets put together.

The mermaids lived inside, and when they looked out, they saw the curious gaze of the swimming snake.

Without panicking, the mermaid seemed to have a sense of familiarity with these large sea kings, and waved her hand, saying:
"Hello there!"

"Gah?"

The sudden enthusiasm left the snakes a little overwhelmed.

At this time, Miss Mermaid's eyes had passed the swimming snake and saw the clown standing on the deck of the boat opposite.

"Ah! It's the Joker who's back!"

"Your Highness Shirahoshi!" Miss Mermaid's upper body came out directly from the porthole. There was only such a hole reserved on the ancient ark, and no windows were installed.

Her fish tail hooked on the boat and she shouted towards the top of the ark: "Mr. Clown is back!"

The mermaid lady gave a loud shout, which seemed to activate the entire ark at once. The sounds of bang bang bang and movement continued, and the mermaids and fishmen on the side of the ship came one after another.

"Master Clown is back. Will he stay longer this time?"

"We can go to a new place again. I still prefer the sky to the seabed and land!"

A deep-sea fish said, dragging its flabby limbs.

"It could also be that he's preparing for a new mission. Boss Jinbe is recruiting people."

"I think joining the news agency is also a good choice."

The boat was bustling with noise and discussion, but all eyes were on the opposite boat and the man who looked very relaxed.

The clown led them out of the seabed.

"Why do I feel like there are more people here? What do these fishmen have to do?"

Buggy looked around a few times and felt that the murloc race seemed to have expanded a lot.

He brought out about 50,000 fishmen and mermaids from Fishman Island, filling about one-third of the Ark's space.

But now, the orange sunlight has set, and the entire ark is glowing with neon light.

It seems to be filled up.

"Or has Caesar's factory stopped production again?"

Of course he couldn't just keep these fishmen.

Apart from the jobs provided by the news agency, he threw all other suitable mermen and fishmen to Caesar.

Set up a factory specializing in the research and development of bombs and weapons.

Even Caesar is a lazy guy. He was fine when Bucky was around, but once he was gone, his true nature was revealed.

Various parties.

"If not, just let them catch pirates for bounty. We can't keep them for nothing."

The Joker has his own philosophy of doing things.

"Robin!"

Nami also saw a familiar figure on the side of the ship and couldn't help but wave.

Robin was standing at the stern of the ship. After hearing the call, he closed his notebook and smiled warmly.

Then he used his ability to put his hands together to form a long ladder that reached in front of Nami.

Out of trust in her companions, Nami climbed onto the Ark using the ladder without much thought. This Ark that never sleeps seemed to have an unexpected magic.

The ancient and the future overlap.

"Robin-chan!" After seeing her partner, Nami had a lot to say. She wanted to ask her how she was doing recently, and wanted to complain to this sister-like partner about how sloppy those men were.

But when she got closer, only one sentence was left in Nami's mouth.

"long time no see!"

The two hugged each other tightly.

Buggy didn't use the hand ladder. He wanted to bring the sandworm hanging at the stern to the Ark first. Robin's hand ladder would definitely not be able to hold that up.

Thanks to the excellent performance of this ugly creature on FOOD... Island, the status of sandworms has been reduced from pets to experimental materials.

"Is this the Joker's power? The entire mermaid tribe, and a ship this big, how are they supposed to move?"

The Nine Snakes female warrior Landora opened her mouth, her eyes a little dull.

The Ark seemed like a mountain looming before our eyes.

"This is worthy of my elder sister." Sandasonia stuck out her tongue and looked at her with a scrutinizing look.

Just now, the clown came out of the elder sister's room, and then he thought about the flush of joy on the elder sister's face these two days.

Everything goes without saying.

"Man... humph!"

Marigold discriminates against all men equally.

"Are we going to board this big ship too?"

How could Robin's hand ladder alone be enough? The mermaids had already thrown down a series of vine ladders, which were just right for connecting to the Perfume Serpent.

"Let's go."

"According to that guy, if we want to cross the Red Earth Continent, we have to rely on this ship."

Hancock walked out of the room with a smile on her face.

The smile seemed to be glued to her face.

With Lady Snake's order, the female warriors climbed onto the ark one after another, twisting their eyes from time to time, just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

Not to mention them, even Bucky was a little surprised.

How long had he been away this time?
The original plan was to do some things before the World Conference, and then let Morgans do another thing during the World Conference, but Buggy did a really great job.

Pangu City had sunk, and the Celestial Dragons did not want to show their power in front of so many member countries, so they naturally postponed the World Conference.

So the Ark has been staying here for more than half a month.

How could so many changes happen in just over half a month?
Buggy grabbed the sandworm and threw it onto the Ark.

People also floated up.

What is more eye-catching than the bright lights are the various futuristic creations on the Ark, such as the convenience store-like changing rooms and self-service coffee machines...

"I'm really sorry for bringing Egghead's things up here without your permission."

Lao Bei was very calm.

"The original factory floor is too difficult to repair, so I simply used what I could and put it on the Ark."

“Not bad.”

Bucky stroked his chin with a weird expression.

What was you trying to do when you dragged the Ark out from the bottom of the sea?

It seems like it was used as a consumable, to be used to sink certain places or islands...

It's becoming more and more like an entertainment city.

Add to that the mermaids who make up the vast majority...it’s become a mermaid paradise.

Then what am I, a philanthropist?

Never mind, Bucky thought the word was much dirtier than himself.

"Has the Holy Mother's Flame finished charging?"

"Okay." Lao Bei nodded.

He did have some selfish motives in moving the Egghead factory floor to the Ark, but fortunately the Joker didn't care about it.

He just wiped his nose and asked seriously, "With the bombs that Zefa buried on the seabed, can we make Marijoa collapse directly?"

(End of this chapter)