One Piece: Arkham: Buggy the Clown

Chapter 278 Undersea Prison

“Go ahead and bump into him, roohahahaha!”

Bucky had a look of joy on his face, his eyes fixed on the top of the Red Earth Continent.

He is an impatient person and very impetuous.

I can't even wait for a day or two, I just want to create more and bigger excitement to fill the hole in my heart that is leaking.

Hawkins looked normal, as he was used to the Joker's orders, but Vander Decken IX was particularly nervous.

"No, you can't do that!"

Vander Decken was hung on the bow of the ship all year round, exposed to wind, sun and rain. He became dark and thin, like a dried rat.

But after hearing the clown's words, his listless eyes suddenly widened.

The Ark is flying due to his ability, and the Target Target Fruit allows the ship to always track him. If it wants to hit him, wouldn't it just let him hit it first?
I crashed into the mainland first, and then an ark as big as an island followed behind me...

What qualifications do I have to be between the mainland and the island?

Will it become surimi?

No, there won’t be even any fish paste left!
"I have helped the gang, you can't do this to me!"

The tiger shark struggled desperately, "I have something useful, I still have some, Master Clown!"

The only ones who responded to him were two extremely indifferent faces.

"Life and death, fate will decide." Hosking took out a card from his sleeve and placed it on Vander Decken's forehead.

Then they grabbed his struggling hands and feet and nailed them down with some kind of nails.

"I am only responsible for sending you to the fork in the road of destiny."

The nails on his hands were very special, wrapped with straw, as if they were cast with some kind of spell. When they were nailed into Vander Decken's hands and feet, no blood seeped out.

But Vander Decken suddenly lost control of his body.

"The helmsman must naturally control the rudder well."

Hawkins' ten fingers turned into straw and intertwined to weave the shape of a scarecrow. Judging from the features above, it was a replica of Vander Decken.

It was he who first sorted out the Joker's theory about devil fruits. It is impossible that Hawkins has made no progress over such a long time.

His development of the scarecrow fruit went further and further towards mystery and curse.

He also figured out some techniques in using Vander Decken's rudder, that is, the Target Fruit.

"accelerate."

The scarecrow transformed by his fingers stretched out by itself, and Vander Decken's body also stretched out, and the speed at which the Ark was thrown towards him suddenly increased a lot.

"... "

"What's the principle?"

Buggy searched his memory but couldn't find any similar settings. Forget it. Fruit development has always been closely related to imagination. This thing is essentially something that humans came up with based on evolution.

He just twitched his lips twice and turned his gaze to the naval fleet below.

The Ark had now arrived above the naval fleet, and the huge target did not require any aiming by the warship.

Just reload and fire.

However, no one knew what kind of wood the Ark was made of, but it was incredibly tough, and it had been soaking in the bay of Fishman Island for hundreds of years.

The dense bombardment of artillery shells only caused the barnacle layer on the bottom of the ship to fall off continuously.

Proper defensive armor.

This made the navy a little embarrassed. Well, literally, in addition to barnacles, there were also various shells and coral corpses.

"Is there no one who can stop it?"

Buggy looked around and saw that the admirals of the navy had no intention of taking action. Instead, they attacked the group of people who were looking for hope.

The eight-foot outline jade appears again. With such a dense crowd of targets, you only managed to shoot down a flag?
To some extent, the accuracy is indeed terrible.

And Fujitora, the blind admiral, was already sitting on the deck of a ship, trying to persuade the enemy to retreat with words.

It's not that they are indecisive, but that the clown is too despicable.

According to the definition of the World Government, these people who went out to sea without permission should indeed be considered pirates.

But their hesitant eyes and trembling hands showed that they were a group of absolute rookies.

To use a more accurate word to describe them, they are disaster victims.

The despicable clown instigated a group of disaster victims to attack the navy.

So Kizaru and Fujitora must be letting the opponent win so frequently because they can't bear it, right?
It’s hard to say about Fujitora, but as for Kizaru, Buggy thinks that he simply doesn’t want to stand out, right?

The situation has deteriorated to this extent...why bother to be the bad guy?

Cap was puffing out his beard and glaring, and it was unclear whether he was angry at the clown or at something else. His face was stern, and his aura suddenly rose.

Looks like he wants to take action.

Buggy also noticed the sudden surge of momentum of this naval hero. Garp jumped with both feet and appeared in front of the Ark.

The raised iron fist seemed to be trying to stop the island.

"Anyone can show up..." Buggy's expression was strange and teasing, and he didn't seem to pay much attention to the navy hero's raised fist, "Except you, Garp."

"At your age, it would be very hard to lose another grandson, right?"

“What will people back home think of you?”

Buggy didn't leave any tricks up his sleeve for the Straw Hat, but that didn't stop him from looking confident and confident.

As we all know, the Celestial Dragon Auction he organized was hosted by Luffy's partners, and the troops sent by the Navy to block it were repelled by the Straw Hat Pirates.

That's enough.

Just as Buggy said, if anyone from the navy came up at this time, Buggy would have to fight back, except Garp.

He saw that Karp's face suddenly became extremely gloomy.

"Or, do you also want to shout out that this is the boy's fate or something like that? Well, Rayleigh has already said it once."

Buggy's smile widened, and although Garp didn't respond, he raised his fist but didn't swing.

It would be terrible for you to bully an elderly person who cherishes his family.

But who made him come from Gotham?

“What fate? What personal choice? Hehehehehe, they are all just excuses for your cruelty.”

"Have you figured out which excuse you're going to use?"

Buggy took a step ahead and explained all the reasons that Garp could think of in a joking tone.

The old man stayed in the air for a long time. No changes could be seen when his eyes were lowered, but his clenched fists made people feel his inner struggle.

He was so entangled that the Ark had already slid past him and the shadow completely enveloped him.

“That’s boring.” Buggy shook his head. “I was planning to record it and play it again in front of Straw Hat Boy later.”

The Ark was already above the Stairway Island. As they were talking, it had moved a long way over it, like a sharp sword piercing straight into the red earth continent.

Well, it's stuck pretty well. The bow part is basically submerged in the red soil continent, just supporting the rear part.

Vander Decken slumped on the deck, a look of shock on his face.

"Good luck."

Hawkins revealed the card on his forehead, which turned out to be a substitute scarecrow.

There were cheers coming from the front of the Stairway Island again. The feat of the Ark penetrating directly into the Red Earth Continent was particularly exciting to them.

Another exciting thing is...the sea kings have joined the war.

Seven or eight naval ships sank in succession. In the eyes of the sea kings, these ships were no different from snacks.

"They are laughing so happily." The clown looked back with a smile on his face.

The appearance of the Sea King class dissipated the advantage of the navy warships. After a while, Buggy's men had landed on the Stairway Island.

The people called by the Joker cannot be the main force. The real main force is still the Fishmen, the Nine Snakes, and the troops of Wang Zhi and the former Blackbeard.

They howled and rushed forward with almost no intention of fighting with the navy. The navy didn't understand, but these people themselves knew it very well.

Now is the chance to become the king of the world!

“It’s my turn now.” Bucky stretched out his fingers and raised the corners of his mouth.

"The first time you knock on the door, the second time you say hello, and the third time, you should come and sit down."

"At least, don't be so boring, Im!"

Bucky said as he got off the Ark.

In front of him was a stone staircase leading to the holy land, with stone niches with statues holding swords and scepters on both sides. The stone staircase should have been a complete piece, but it became jagged and broken due to the continuous impact.

Bucky stepped on one of them, his movements somewhat like a graceful dancer on stage, his fingers flicking as if he were playing some piano piece.

There was indeed a tune playing in his head.

The accompaniment is the roar of artillery fire, the roar of human voices, the cries of death, and... greedy footsteps.

The stone stairs were climbed half-walking and half-jumping.

The gate of the holy land was not intact, half of it collapsed and half-open.

Bucky knocked twice before entering.

"What should I say... Um, do you like my gift?"

He is so big and yet they gave him the Flame of the Mother of God. He should like it, right?

……

……

In the triangular current area used exclusively by the government, the Gate of Justice lies there, blocking the sea water.

This pure white gate should have originally towered like a cliff, but after the tsunami swept through, the top of the gate could be clearly seen on the sea.

Perhaps the gatekeeper was so focused on the battle on Stair Island that he didn't notice a warship without a flag slowly approaching the Gate of Justice.

Akainu stood at the bow, his face half covered by his baseball cap.

"Tina, do we still need to recruit criminals from the Undersea Prison? With our strength, overthrowing the Celestial Dragons won't be a problem, right?"

"Rocks and the others thought the same thing during the Valley of the Gods."

Akainu didn't say much, he looked up, and the Gate of Justice was already before him.

"Besides, I'm going to meet an old friend."

The warship on him was swaying, with no sign of slowing down, and it looked like it was about to hit the high wall head-on.

"As for the criminals... hehe." Akainu chuckled twice, and when he raised his right hand, the gushing magma gathered into a huge fist.

Suddenly, a hole was smashed in the Gate of Justice in front of it, which was nearly ten meters thick.

"Just give them a little hope, and then let them despair in the end."

"The means are not important, the result is what is most important."

Akainu's entire action was understated. He completely shook off the leash, and his momentum and mentality also changed greatly.

It becomes more unbridled, more like the most violent force in nature, the moment when a volcano erupts.

The flagless warship followed the cave entrance into the World Gate and, pulled by the triangular ocean current, swam quickly toward the underwater prison.

After a while, I saw a building that looked like a large flat on the sea.

The Gate of Justice blocked the largest part of the impact of the tsunami, but the remaining impact was enough to submerge the teeth and nose of the underwater prison, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

The prison troops built a makeshift wooden port.

When the unnamed warship docked, Deputy Director Magellan was already waiting on it at the port.

Because of the last Blackbeard attack, he was demoted to deputy director.

"You've come to the wrong place."

Magellan raised his head and met Akainu's scrutinizing gaze.

A traitor to the navy, a former admiral, and a former candidate for the title of Marshal...

Akainu didn't rush to answer. He waited until the flagless warship docked at the port and then got off the warship.

There are many people behind him.

Former Rear Admirals Tina and Smoker, former Vice Admirals Ghost Spider and Fire Mountain...

All are navy.

Magellan was no stranger to these people, as many of the criminals in the prison were sent by these officers.

After watching for a while, Magellan suddenly felt his stomach churning... Damn, I had already cleared it before coming out.

"You are no longer welcome here."

"You can't stop it."

Akainu finally spoke.

"This prison has existed for a long time. I only learned about it when I became a general."

He lit a cigar and stood with Magellan. Hannibal, the director of the underwater prison, originally wanted to stand in the front, but after seeing Akainu's men, he silently shrank to the back row.

He took over after Magellan was demoted.

"In the beginning, this place was not called the Undersea Prison, but... the Prison Tower."

"A tower prison built above ground, you should know something about that."

"So what?" Although Magellan's reply was firm, it was already a little anxious.

"The sea level will continue to rise. Unless this building continues to be built upwards, it will have to be abandoned."

"I have a suggestion." Akainu's eyes were much colder, "Let's move the criminals in the prison to another place. I want to use this place to detain the Celestial Dragons."

"Heavenly... Celestial Dragon?!"

Hannibal's jaw hit the floor.

"The transfer process will still be escorted by you."

This is a decent way to do it.

The prison force does not need to make any changes, they just need to escort the criminals to a smooth transfer.

Of course, Akainu also has his undignified ways.

His magma completely restrained Magellan.

Akainu came in through the Gate of Justice openly, and with the help of the triangular ocean current, Marinford was able to react before they reached the underwater prison.

but.

Sakaski was calm and composed, and did not look like he was being hunted at all. Using his identity from the last war, he had gathered a force that could be called an army.

Magellan was anxious.

It's not about rushing to make a choice, it's about rushing to go to the toilet.

He is not an old man, he can't really pull it out...

Magellan simply reached behind himself and pulled Hannibal in front of him.

"You are the director, you make the decision!"

"Ah I?"

Hannibal looked at Akainu and his group who were coming towards him aggressively, and the red cross in his hand bent.

"No problem, of course no problem!"

After half a second of inner struggle, the current director of the Undersea Prison showed a flattering smile.

"If the criminals actively cooperate, should we also give them some small rewards, such as releasing them on the spot?"

He's very smart.

(End of this chapter)