One Piece: Buggy the Clown Who Fell From Grace

He was wearing a dark purple tailcoat with a white navy coat over it.

He pulled a white navy cap out of nowhere, smoothed his messy hair with his other hand, and put the cap on while bowing slightly.

"It would be my pleasure to serve you, Captain."

"There won't be any surprises, I guarantee it."

Bucky flicked his finger on his baseball cap, stood up, and tapped his feet lightly on the deck a few times, his gaze sweeping across the area.

"A perfect invasion deserves a 10 out of 10; the remaining 90 points are deducted for not exploding."

Gas ability allows Bucky to easily perform the same maneuvers he used in the Fog Sea Battle. Not only are his techniques much more skillful, but he is also more adept at splitting and recombining his mental world.

This was thanks to his contact with Doflamingo, which gave him a new understanding of the soul.

We're a rules-based person too, you know.

Developing abilities requires some imagination.

As for why he boarded this warship...

They're still worried sick about the old spider's cowardice!

Future Island has a lot of technology that is ahead of its time, so it would be a bit reckless to force your way in. Bucky thinks it would be better to use a gentler approach.

Not every island is worth a little boy.

Transport ships are a good choice for carrying out missions.

This wasn't Morgans' intelligence; the Sea Kings discovered it first, and then Bucky sent Baku to pull the entire transport ship into the white mist.

Only then do they begin to utilize their abilities.

Hmm... compared to the description on the bounty poster, he's more like a devil than a demon now, but Bucky wouldn't put himself in either category and imprison himself.

If wearing justice on one's body would attract a constant backlash from "evil," he wouldn't mind doing so.

The premise is that the "evil" should preferably be interesting.

In general, the sailors on the transport ship quickly accepted that they had a major officer and lined up in three long rows to be inspected by their officer.

"Reporting, Major, the soldiers are in formation!"

"176 people were expected, 177 people were present!"

The person giving the report was also wearing a white overcoat, and judging from the insignia on his shoulders, he was a lieutenant colonel.

Hughes's rank was colonel.

The lieutenant colonel stood upright and saluted the major as he reported.

This is somewhat contrary to the principles of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

However, the soldiers, including the lieutenant colonel, all looked completely at ease with themselves.

"Why is there one more?"

The clown tapped his chin with his fingers.

"Um... including you makes one more."

"Including me?"

"Lieutenant Colonel, did you count yourself twice? I bet you counted yourself twice!"

How could that be?

The lieutenant colonel was stunned for a moment, turned his head, and saw that he was split in two, his eyes meeting his own.

"See? You even asked me if you included yourself in the calculations!"

The clown wore a mocking smile.

"...Yes, I actually made such a basic mistake."

The lieutenant colonel responded and crossed out the record of 177 people, changing it to 176 people who met the requirements.

"Alright, let's talk about Future Island next."

Bucky sat on the side of the boat, crossing his legs.

What would you like to know?

The lieutenant colonel had already arranged a patrol team. After reporting to the science class that everything was normal, he returned to Bucky's side.

This is my superior officer.

The image of his superior in his mind was that of the clown at this moment.

"Hmm... let's make an assumption!"

Bucky raised an eyebrow, intrigued, and asked, "What would happen if invaders attacked that island?"

"The sea monster weapons of Future Island will tear every invading ship to shreds!"

Those were ferocious weapons created by researchers based on sea monsters, possessing the size of sea kings.

The lieutenant colonel immediately shook his head.

"It sounds impregnable."

Bucky joked that the Future Island incident had basically touched the edge of his memory, and the college student had already traveled back in time to the point where the old spider landed on the island with a magic circle.

He's still single, and doesn't even have any descendants to carry on his legacy.

However, the edge also means the unknown, and the unknown, besides fear, also brings surprises.

Therefore, Bucky is not opposed to the unknown. Just like before, he never had the idea of ​​letting the plot follow the original path.

The time travel was Nika's salvation, but after the time travel, it was still Nika's old world.

Then his clown came for nothing?

Of course, the most important thing is that this is meaningless.

"There are no records of attacks on Future Island. It's just that Lord Atlas often causes trouble for the guards."

The lieutenant colonel mumbled something, then recounted all the information he had heard from the researchers about the "cat" technology.

These are six clones created by Vegapunk to cope with his busy research work, each inheriting one of Vegapunk's six personalities.

Atlas is the embodiment of "violent" among them.

"However, none of this will affect us, as a new batch of naval personnel will be arriving soon."

Apart from Kizaru and Sentomaru, the other naval soldiers on Future Island are not permanently stationed there; the rotation schedules are all based on orders from the World Government.

That sounds like a real shame.

Bucky shook his head. "It's such a shame that a technological island like Future Island is in the hands of the World Government."

"Major!"

The lieutenant colonel suddenly widened his eyes, "If that's the case... even you shouldn't say it!"

"I can't say it, so do you often think like this?"

"No, no, we are the Navy, so naturally we have to obey the World Government's orders."

"Hehehe, why so serious, Lieutenant Colonel?"

"We were just joking."

"Would you believe me if I said I was going to strap Saint Satan to a rocket and launch him into outer space?"

The lieutenant colonel's face visibly stiffened.

Blasphemy!

That's blasphemous!

His ears are dirty!

Bucky smiled and offered a few words of comfort to the other person.

While patting the lieutenant colonel on the shoulder, he suddenly added, "But you never know...maybe he'll appear on the island stepping on a magic circle, and there just happens to be a rocket that can be launched..."

"Oh! Would you like to see some fireworks?"

"I…"

The lieutenant colonel was clearly not good at dealing with such topics, or had never dared to think about them.

Even pirates wouldn't dare.

Bucky stopped there and didn't continue the topic.

Plant the seeds first, don't rush to make them sprout.

We need to wait for the right opportunity.

The lieutenant colonel's expression was quite interesting, a mixture of bewilderment and...excitement?

Fortunately, the major officer did not make any more surprising remarks, but instead inquired about the situation on his island, including the distribution of researchers, pacifists, and the future differences between the upper and lower levels of the island.

Some of them were unknown even to the lieutenant colonel.

The most certain question is that the transport ship will arrive in Egherd, also known as the Island of the Future, in two days.

"By the way, the supplies we're transporting this time are Wapol alloy, which was only developed in the last two years. It's a shape memory alloy, and I heard that the doctor is also very interested in it!"

The lieutenant colonel felt it necessary to make the major officer realize the importance of this transport mission, so he added a few more words of explanation.

"Can you take me to see it?"

Bucky spoke very politely, but his feet went into the cabin first.

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Along the same route, the World Government's fleet was also hurrying along, with branch warships from both sides constantly converging upon them upon receiving orders.

"Any news about the Joker?"

Satan Saint was not used to the sea breeze, so he stayed in the conference room in the middle of the warship.

"According to intelligence, the Joker should still be in Wano Country. Agents have spotted him."