One Piece: Arkham: Buggy the Clown

Chapter 279 Red Moss

In front of the Stairway Island on the Red Earth Continent.

Faced with the clown gang that was as excited as chicken blood, the navy fought and retreated, without any attitude of risking their lives as in the war.

The morale has been very different.

The Navy has been through a lot in the past three years.

First, there was the information that Buggy got from the Tianlong people after he left the Red Earth Continent for the first time, which was the incident of destroying a country in three years.

This matter has been like a wildfire within the Navy, extinguished and reignited.

Nearly half of the navy's current forces were re-recruited in the world conscription, and their quality in all aspects is impossible to compare with that of previous veterans.

Not to mention the subsequent killing of the Celestial Dragons, Akainu's betrayal, the Egghead incident, and the auction incident...

One thing after another, the navy's high-end combat capability seems to be unsatisfactory, but outside the top leaders, the minds of many soldiers have changed.

The celestial dragons are not gods, and when they are killed they are no different from humans.

The Jokers create chaos no worse than their order; after all, the world is about to end.

"If there are historians who study naval history, they will probably consider the period when you and I served as admirals as an important turning point."

The temporary base built by the Navy on the island is located on a high slope of the Stair Island. The structure is similar to that of a barracks made of prefabricated houses, and time is tight after all.

Aokiji had just cleaned up the aftermath of the last war, and was now hurriedly building fortifications to deal with the clown incident.

The fact that it can come out like this is already a reflection of the navy's profound foundation.

Zhan Guo was chewing on a piece of rice cake and had no intention of getting involved in the war going on outside.

Aokiji still had a cold aura on his body, and in order to reduce the impact of the sea kings on the warships, he froze the nearby sea surface.

In this way, a vast layer of ice extends out from the red soil of the Stair Island.

There were thumping sounds coming from the sea kings under the sea.

Hearing Aokiji's words, Sengoku just chuckled, with obvious wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

"Either be nailed to the pillar of shame, or create a new era. Fortunately, I don't have to make such a choice."

Aokiji looked indifferent: "Haven't you already made the choice?"

"Let justice reign supreme..."

A light flashed on the round-frame lenses of the Warring States period, and he suddenly burst into laughter.

He saw that his old friend was covered in dust and looked dejected.

"You are an old man who is about to retire. Why are you showing off like this?"

Garp's iron fist almost hit Sengoku's head.

After Zhan Guo laughed, his expression became much more serious again.

As for the choice, Sengoku's attitude was already very clear when he nominated the more gentle Aokiji to be the marshal instead of Akainu, who particularly valued the face of the navy and extremely hated pirates.

Of course pirates must be eliminated, but this is not the entire meaning of the navy's existence.

I don’t know what kind of mentality the Celestial Dragons have that allows the word justice to grow alongside the navy.

The Celestial Dragons and justice, like two dyes, one black and one white, mixed together to form the current navy, and it grew rapidly as pirates became rampant.

Zhan Guo had long wanted to cut out the part about the Celestial Dragons.

Whether it's power, money, ambition, or justice...

He had so many reasons to overthrow the entire class that was oppressing him!

The Admiral of the Navy seems to be second to none, but in this case, one person is too many!

Damn it, he has to clean up every time someone poops or pees anywhere in the world!
He is not a born bootlicker!

Something that has become so rotten should have been buried in the grave of history long ago and become a period described by archaeologists!
Sengoku was not sure about the situation of other people awakening their Conqueror's Haki, but as for him, when the above idea arose in his heart and took root, he began to possess the domineering aura of a king.

Unlike Garp who always talks about it, Sengoku keeps it deep in his heart.

"King of Heaven Uranus..." The white-haired old man's thoughts returned to the present, and he combed the hair on the goat's head with his hands.

A little bald.

"What on earth is that thing? It makes you so scared."

Sengoku smiled at Aokiji's question, realizing that there was no point in hiding this any longer.

After all, this guy is also a marshal.

His face was slightly bitter. “Pluto is a huge warship developed by the Giant Kingdom and built by the craftsmen of the Seven Waters. Sea King is an unexpected result of a genetic modification project during the Giant Kingdom period.”

"Until now, the Tianlong people have been trying to replicate that project, and that's why the Jade Scale appeared."

The World Government has very strict control over this type of patients. The last person to escape was a woman named Ginny.

During his time as a marshal, Zhan Guo came into contact with far more secrets than even scholars like Vegapunk, who were already feared.

The World Government tried every possible means to cover up this history, and the Navy was part of the cover-up.

But gradually, the navy, which was responsible for covering up the incident, became the force that knew the history best.

"Only the Heavenly King..." Zhan Guo paused, "is not a product of our world."

"That is a treasure left behind by the Moon immigrants, an ally of the Giant Kingdom. They call it a mothership."

"Mothership?!"

Aokiji muttered a few words without responding. After the Joker pushed the Holy Mother Flame to attack Mary Geoise last time, he lost contact with the navy stationed in the Holy Land.

The Celestial Dragons didn't even want a single general left behind.

Today, Marijoa seems like a black box to them, and no one knows what happened.

Except... that figure. The military camp was very close to where the Ark collided head-on, so close that he only needed to look up to clearly see the clown walking leisurely towards Mary Geoise.

He would crack open the black box.

How the navy should deal with itself will also be determined by this.

.........

.........

"How did that sentence come about?"

After passing through the damaged city wall, Buggy arrived at Marijoa again.

A particularly fun place...

He stroked his chin, not knowing what words to use to describe what he was seeing.

I seemed to be the size of an ant and crawled to a potted plant. The plant in the pot was also very strange, like some kind of moss.

Moss is the same color as red soil, and it is difficult to distinguish it when mixed with soil. Only when the soil underneath is turned over and compared with the sun can the two be slightly distinguished.

"My mother gave birth to me!"

Bucky nodded, feeling that such mosses were like capillaries densely covering the red soil continent.

Where did this thing come from?

Did it exist originally?
Buggy drilled through the underground of Mary Geoise, but the light underground was too dim and he couldn't tell the difference between this thing and the soil.

But one thing is certain, his and Zefa's plan failed.

The hole where Fishman Island was located was blown down, and the holy place above was bombed. The combined effect of these two things was just a scene like a landslide.

Instead of directly blasting a gap in the Red Earth Continent as they had expected.

The key to this difference is the red moss, which clings to the soil and keeps the main body of Mary Geoise supported.

His current position was somewhat like halfway up a mountain. The city wall had slid down during the collapse, so his view was not very wide.

Only some cylindrical house corners could be seen emerging from the red soil.

Bucky walked up the red slope and pressed on the red moss. The moss was bright red like blood and glowed when he pressed it.

It seems similar to the light I saw at the bottom of the sea...

Sun Tree Eve?

Or...is this caused by the spread of the roots of the Yang tree?

Buggy was too lazy to explore these things. Only after climbing up the high slope in front could he see the whole picture of Mary Geoise, or to be more precise, the ruins.

Buildings were mixed with red moss, and the streets and roads seemed to have been turned over, with all the dirt coming out.

It is not the inverted pyramid shape as before. The closer to Pangu City, the more red moss is turned out from the soil.

Including the iron disc seen in the video camera of the Flame of Our Lady, it was also on the ruins of the original Pangu City.

The red moss here is intertwined with the round iron plate, like a pipeline for transmitting energy, emitting a bright glow.

Is this why Marijoa had to be built here?
"Good morning, gentlemen."

In front of this disc, Buggy saw the remaining four of the Five Elder Stars. The four old men were one with a crutch and one in a wheelchair. Only Saint Nasujuro and Saint Maz could not see anything.

Four people were standing alone in front of the round plate. Behind them, fishy-smelling blood mixed with red moss flowed on the round iron plate, like some ancient ritual.

"In fact, I have always felt that the configuration of the Five Elders is too unequal."

Bucky raised his eyebrows, showing no solemnity or vigilance, but a smile, "Look, there's not even a female. That's not right at all."

Saint Satan wanted to maintain his high profile as one of the Five Elder Stars, but when he saw the clown's face and heard the clown's voice, the old man's blood pressure soared.

"Bullshit!"

Maz narrowed his eyes. "The situation has deteriorated to such an extent that it is time to restart. There is no point in talking to him any more."

"Humph!"

Nasujuro Sei's attitude became even colder, and he had no intention of saying anything more. He suddenly unsheathed the Daidai Kitetsu in his hand.

Draw your sword and chop!
As the first generation of Kitetsu sword was unsheathed, the black blade emanated wisps of coldness and appeared in front of Buggy in the blink of an eye.

Sword skills have no effect on the Joker, and Nasujuro Sei certainly knows this, but he can do much more than that.

Nasujuro's feet tapped the ground.

"God avoids!"

The cold air made Bucky feel a little threatened.

This is more exciting.

His eyes were bright, and the lightning drawn by the knife seemed to swallow all the light in an instant.

Tread!

The lower half of Nasujuro Sheng's body turned into a skeletal horse, half man and half horse, and a chill as cold as the underworld emanated from the horse's bones.

He kept dodging the attack and even retreated a few steps.

"A group fight? That's not good."

After Saint Nasujuro, the other Five Elders had no intention of sitting back and watching them fight.

Maz transformed into a monster with a bird's head, bird's body, bird's wings and a snake's body, and spewed out strange flames from its mouth towards Baki.

Saint Satan also transformed into an old spider, and his spider legs blocked all the space for Buggy to move.

Peter Saint sat in a wheelchair, wanting to do something, but shook his head, feeling powerless.

(End of this chapter)