One Piece: Arkham: Buggy the Clown

Chapter 80 So that’s it
"I see. Now I finally understand."

Vergo whispered as he printed a human figure on several layers of iron plates.

He had a problem that should have troubled him for half his life, but it seemed that he only remembered it today.

Why did you join the Navy?
Vergo remembered that he, Torebol, Pica, and Diamanti had once met a child who seemed to be extraordinary in the North Sea...

The sudden display of his domineering aura shocked several people.

Although they were already pirates at that time, their strength was not that strong. They were even "educated" several times by other pirates before they set foot on the Grand Line.

So Torrebol and his friends decided to bet on the child's potential, betting that he could lead them to realize their ambition of dominating the world.

So they did not hesitate to offer up the devil fruit they had obtained with great difficulty, and followed the child as his subordinates.

Virgo remembered this incident.

But what he couldn't figure out was...

I used to be a pirate, so why did I suddenly become a marine?
A very responsible navy.

Whether it is training or missions, I am always at the forefront.

Do you seem to have a goal?
An extremely determined goal that must be achieved.

It is this goal that has become the driving force for my continuous efforts.

During this period, Torrepol and the child appeared in front of him many times.

They burned towns and looted merchant ships.

And when he tried his best to catch up, there were always only a few pirates who had no ability to resist left, and the rest was just ashes.

Even when I was rewarded for these not-so-small contributions, I always felt a little uneasy.

Seems to be afraid
What are you afraid of being discovered?
This fear continued until I became the base leader of the G5 branch.

That child has grown up and even established such a huge organization as the Don Quixote family!
They even burned, killed and looted in front of him!

On the one hand, I ignore and condone their behavior, and on the other hand, I have a special understanding of their behavior.

why?
Virgo felt that he must have been thinking about this question before, but he suddenly forgot about it.

My memory has always been not very good.

But when Yasha kicked him that day, and the nearly transparent thread cut through his Armament Haki defense and pierced into his flesh...

Virgo finally remembered!

Why did you join the Navy?
It’s because of this fruit!

It was clearly the devil fruit that he and Trebol and his companions found together, but they gave the fruit, which should have belonged to them all, to the child unconditionally.

And I joined the navy just to take revenge on them!
Let them understand that this fruit should belong to him, Vergo!

And that little kid back then is the Tenyasha Doflamingo in front of us.

After figuring out the key, Vergo found that all his past memories could be connected again.

Why do I have such great motivation?
It is to achieve the goal of revenge in one's heart.

And why am I always afraid?

This is because Vergo understood that relying solely on his status and strength in the navy, it would be impossible to fight against the rapidly growing child and the family behind him.

So I endure it by myself!
Even though he had already ascended to the position of lieutenant general, and even though the Don Quixote family was not far from his jurisdiction.

They maintained great restraint, and while condoning their evil behavior, they also kept all the evidence of their evil deeds in their hands.

Just for one day.

Can give this family a fatal blow!
"What a pity! He was clearly aiming at the heart."

He whispered with some regret.

I don't know why, but the target I was aiming at, Dover's heart, deviated at the moment of my attack.

All these years of forbearance were ruined because of this!
Still not firm enough.

But such a great opportunity cannot be easily let go.

Even though Dover used his ability to sew up the penetrating wound on his chest, Vergo believed that his blow must have caused considerable damage.

At least it has the Armament Haki attached to it.

He put one hand on the iron plate to support himself and pulled his body out of the pit. In the other hand he held the jet-black bamboo.

There was a trace of blood foam at the corner of his mouth.

His extra tough gaze was fixed on Dover.

He wants revenge!

"look…"

Bucky's body continued to break apart.

This is not because of Dover's parasitic line, but because he himself has the ability to split continuously.

In other words, the posture of being hung up just now was just to tease the firebird in front of him.

This can be seen from Dover's particularly gloomy expression.

The effect is quite good.

“The simpler a person is, the stronger his execution ability is.”

Bucky said as he pulled apart the nearly transparent threads.

Dover's face was as gloomy as water, his index finger and ring finger were still pulling, but those parasitic threads were completely unable to bind his flesh that had been split into almost powder.

A little further away, Vergo, who had been manipulated for some unknown reason, still had an expression of unwillingness to reconcile with his enemy.

"What are you going to do next, my Lord Half-Dragon?"

"Your subordinates who were once extremely loyal and like family suddenly regard you as an enemy. Is this the first or the last one?"

Bucky's teasing voice was like a knife stabbing Dover.

"Let's make a...deal."

Dover gritted his teeth, trying to ignore the other person's name like "half-dragon".

The words seemed to be forced out from between his teeth.

He really values ​​Vergo, including Torrepol, Pica and Diamanti. They were his original team and they were the ones who followed him all the way through the trough.

"A guy like you should also want to see the world turned upside down, right?"

"Since you know my past, you should also know that I hate the world ruled by those guys..."

Tian Yaksha does have the spirit of a hero.

Even though the clown kept jumping in front of his face, he could still let go when it came to the things he cared about.

"Sounds interesting."

Bucky smiled, his tone sounding like he was moved.

"And there is no conflict of interest between us."

Dover followed up.

He looked sinister.

No matter what the future holds, at least at this moment, he does want to cooperate.

Virgo was important to his current plans.

Especially the Punk Hazard experiment, which requires a large number of children.

If it weren't for Vergo covering it up on the Navy side, it would have been very easy to be exposed.

At the same time, he was thinking...

The ability of the Splinter Fruit can affect cognition.

It should be related to the awakening of abilities.

But such ability is certainly not without cost, just like his subordinate who ate the sugar of the Childish Fruit.

It also has the ability to modify human cognition.

But once the user loses consciousness, his ability will become ineffective.

(End of this chapter)