One Piece: Arkham: Buggy the Clown

Chapter 82 Keep your word
The kerosene lamp emitted a yellowish light.

Looking at the slightly curled white paper, the paper looks a bit old.

The quill pen doesn't write very fast on paper.

The pure white feathers sway gently.

While drawing the strokes, you can see the corners of the pen's lips lightly nodding from time to time.

It seems like he is silently reciting something.

"The Splitting Fruit has the ability to split itself continuously, and is immune to weapons."

"The first owner appeared six hundred and forty-two years ago. He was a magician."

"He used his abilities to create many legendary magic shows and tricked many imitators."

"The second owner appeared three hundred years ago. The information is not clear, but there are many records about magical magic."

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"The fourth owner appeared a hundred years ago. He was a noble from a country in the North Sea. He later formed his own acrobatic troupe."

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The ink gradually faded.

The writer dipped the quill into the ink bottle again.

Then he tapped the pen lightly in a bowl of water at hand, and the thick ink spread out in the water, and the tip of the pen began to write on the paper again.

"Combining historical records and illustrations, the wish this fruit carries is: chaos..."

The writer hesitated for a moment, and the tip of the pen tapped the word "chaos" again and again.

"Happy, teasing?"

Prayer or wish is Dr. Vegapunk's explanation of the source of Devil Fruit abilities, that is, Devil Fruits are created because humans desire to possess certain powers.

"The demonic will of this fruit is quite strong, and almost every owner of this ability has involuntarily formed an acrobatic troupe."

"It also includes the current owner, Buggy the Clown, a former member of the Roger Pirates."

"Suspected of being under the influence of a demon?"

The writer thought for a while and then crossed out the top line.

Continue writing.

"There has never been any record of this fruit awakening, so there is no reference to the changes in its abilities after awakening."

"But based on the performance of the current awakened ability users, we can infer that after the fruit awakens, the ability to split extends to the mind, or the spiritual world. Can the ability users split memories or emotions through contact?"

The writer wrote slowly with speculation.

When I wrote about the mind and spirit, I paused for a long time.

"In subsequent analysis, the Navy believed that Buggy the Clown had demonstrated similar abilities to deceive people during the Battle of the Fog.

Its specific manifestation should be the amplification or reduction of certain emotions in the person being contacted, and it also has the ability to make people forget certain memories.

Fits in with the concept of division.”

The writer dipped the pen in ink again, and half of the white paper had already been written.

“Regarding the plan to arrest this person, we should avoid gathering too many troops to avoid repeating the mistakes of the Battle of the Fog.

At the same time, use the power of simple-minded people (Vice Admiral Garp?) or the Navy's scientific forces.

Regarding the criminal's next move, the CP organization has set up surveillance on Dressrosa, Redchiled Island, and Mysteria Island. "

After finishing the main content, the writer considered for a moment and then wrote in a more casual style:
"In addition, this person's ability will be of great help to the doctor's research. Perhaps we can cooperate..."

A breeze blew by, causing the yellow light to flicker a few times. Next to the plain white paper, a newly printed wanted poster was revealed in the light of the fire.

It was a thin middle-aged man with blue hair, wearing a dark purple suit, standing on the lookout tower of the mast.

The background behind is the sky and islands with orange-red colors at dusk.

The man had a pair of crossed skull arms painted white on his forehead and his eye sockets were somewhat deep.

The corners of his mouth, which were painted bright red, were raised high, and his smile stretched from ear to ear.

"An elegant lunatic."

This is the note written by the writer next to the portrait on the reward warrant.

The numbers below are…

3.189 billion Baileys.

Evil clown!

…………

Somewhere in the New World, in an ocean with all kinds of things.

Hawkins looked tired.

It looked like it had just been tortured in the kingdom of demons.

The facts are not much different.

During that quiet night, he encountered the oak boat ninety-seven times!

For the first twenty times, Hawkins had no intention of making contact with the obviously abnormal ship, but just flew past it quickly not far away.

In that dark sea, there was no wind, but the sails were fully inflated.

But at the twenty-first time, Hawkins lost his patience.

He seemed to be imprisoned in a space similar to a ghost wall. The crew members around him kept repeating their previous words like machines, and divination was of no use at all.

The only change is that an oak boat arrives every twenty minutes.

So it starts at the twenty-first.

Hawkins boarded the oak boat with trepidation.

However, nothing happened.

Apu and the crew on the ship held a happy party together.

Their instruments were different, but the tunes they played were all cheerful. However, the more they played, the more cold sweat appeared on Hawkins' forehead.

He clearly saw Apu playing battle music on this ship!

But now the other party just enthusiastically invited him to join the party.

There was no sign of falsehood in his expression.

It was the first time that Hawkins saw such a sincere expression on that guy Apu's face.

So try to let down your guard and eat meat and drink with them.

At the same time, he was also trying hard to search for anything unusual on these people's faces.

He even wondered if he had encountered the legendary ghost ship.

As he drank, black spots appeared in his eyes and his consciousness gradually became blurred.

When I woke up again, time seemed to have returned to the beginning.

He stood on the bow deck, holding the divination cards in his hand.

And the oak boat was slowly approaching from a distance.

Twenty-second time.

Hawkins chose to destroy.

He transformed himself into a scarecrow with a nail head and killed everyone on the ship.

Finally, the boat was burned.

Then he returned to his pirate ship.

After counting silently for twenty minutes.

That damn oak boat shows up again!
This was completely different from how calm Bucky was when he was constantly killing people and committing suicide in this dream.

Hawkins was heading towards collapse through repetition.

He tried everything, even trying to stay conscious.

The results did not change.

Until the ninety-seventh time.

A smiling clown appeared on the oak boat.

Reach out.

"Well, are you interested in joining my team, Mr. Fortune Teller?"

"Believe me, I always keep my word."

Hawkins, whose spirit was on the verge of collapse, could no longer find any reason to refuse.

If he continued sailing in this dark sea, he was afraid he would go crazy.

Or maybe he's gone crazy!

(End of this chapter)