One Piece: Buggy the Clown Who Fell From Grace

The ship's surveillance cameras replaced the original surveillance footage.

The footage showed old Hughes holding a revolver, the muzzle pointed directly at an officer whose back was to the monitor; his white navy coat was unmistakable.

Just then, the second mate's distress call was disconnected, but instead, a signal came from the captain's cabin.

"Captain Hughes?"

"Is that Donna? Don't worry, everything is normal. Nothing happened on the Hughes."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 216 Let this powder keg explode completely.

The night rain, whipped up by the sea breeze, relentlessly pelted the iron hull of the warship, creating a continuous, pattering sound.

Across the distance from this dark green warship lies a small town where a dozen or so dim lanterns are still lit.

The Kingdom of Lulusia is certainly not just the size of this town, but this is the only port city that can accommodate such a behemoth as a naval warship.

Other ports, due to the presence of numerous reefs or insufficient water depth, can only accommodate small boats.

Therefore, this port town became the most important gateway to the Kingdom of Lulusia, right next to the King's Castle.

Although the castle is now deserted, the flag on top has been replaced with... an enlarged version of a clown's bounty poster.

Fluttering like a flag.

This wasn't Pakistan's idea; it was mainly the residents of the town who felt that since they were living in a powder keg, it would be disrespectful not to plant a flag.

This flag must be planted today!

But Buggy never really established any banner; he turned the original Buggy Pirates into a circus long ago.

All the flags have been lost.

So the townspeople took Bucky's bounty poster and put it up.

"Did those lowly people hand over the remote control?" Spandam stood at the bow of the ship, raindrops constantly streaming down his brown raincoat.

He brought four warships and several CP organizations with him this time, all in order to completely resolve the issue of this country in front of him.

Let them rebel; there are already eight or nine countries in rebellion around the world, and with the pressure from the Four Emperors, the World Government has no intention of dealing with it.

But it's different when you hang the Joker's flag!

That's like slapping the World Government in the face.

There's no need to hold any world conferences.

Even before the events of the Kingdom of Prodance, the Joker was dubbed the world's most notorious criminal, with a bounty of 3.96 billion Berries placed on his head.

In the underworld, there are still many Celestial Dragon families that have promised a bounty of 4 billion Berries plus two Devil Fruits.

He is absolutely a thorn in the side of all the Celestial Dragons.

After all, no matter how rampant and arrogant other pirates are, stealing some celestial treasure is the most they can do.

The Joker is different.

He was committing torture and murder, and in front of the whole world!

If this grudge isn't avenged, the Celestial Dragons will lose face.

Therefore, the events in the Kingdom of Lulucia were different from ordinary rebellions.

“Not yet…” A suited agent behind Spandam lowered his head, his face full of shame.

Spandam delegated the entire bombardment of Enies Lobby to the original CP9. Lucci's journey of redemption ended in Dressrosa before it even began, so Spandam is still the commander of the CP organization.

It has now changed from CP9 to CP8.

Although the quality has dropped a bit, the quantity has increased.

"A bunch of lowly people!"

Spandam's face darkened upon hearing this. He wore a mask that covered half of his face, and his expression twisted as he cursed.

"I've already given them a chance; now it's their own fault for not seizing it..."

The town's inhabitants, using the self-destruct bombs left by the clown, managed to hold out for two days without surrendering, and Spandam's patience was almost completely exhausted.

He clenched his fist and shouted, "Fire! I'm going to turn this island into a wasteland under the Buster Call!"

"Sir?! Isn't this too reckless?"

The CP8 agents weren't as heartless as the CP9 agents, and upon hearing this, they couldn't help but offer a word of advice.

But it was this very word of advice that enraged Spandam.

"Reckless!"

"You dare call me reckless!"

He kicked and shoved, urging his men to raise the cannon barrel.

"Just go when I tell you to! What are you dawdling for!"

"Slow down! The fox is doing everything!"

Spandam was already angry.

It's about Egherd.

The task of investigating whether Vegapunk had touched upon the Void Century research was sent all the way from CP5 to CP8, which he was in charge of.

Unexpectedly, all the agents sent were killed.

He was even criticized by that sly fox from CP0 for being extremely reckless.

Now that he's being described like this again, it's no wonder he's furious.

However, Spandam was inherently violent and tyrannical, and he was not going to show any mercy at this moment.

Under the cover of night rain, four dark green warships lingered in the near sea and slowly took their positions.

The navy's biggest advantage over pirates is their weaponry.

The dark muzzle slowly rose, the rain still pattering down.

The quiet town in the distance seemed oblivious.

Besides the navy, many pirates also visited during this period.

However, out of caution, they refrained from large-scale looting.

Simply bombarding them yields no benefit whatsoever for the pirates.

But the navy is different.

They're here to save face.

With a cold shout from Spandam, the muffled thud of the shell flying from the muzzle instantly drowned out the noisy patter of raindrops.

After tracing a graceful arc in mid-air, it landed with a thud in a residential building.

Then, flames burst forth, followed by cries of agony and screams. In the dark night, besides the first burst of flames, many lanterns were suddenly lit.

The town's residents had clearly noticed the naval attack.

But to everyone's surprise, the navy had no intention of negotiating with them at all.

"Shoot! Keep shooting, you bastards!"

"What clown bomb? It's all just a hoax!"

"Remember, don't let a single commoner get away!"

Spandam pointed to several small boats at the port and kept urging them on.

The shells fell mercilessly like rain, igniting a continuous blaze in the damp night.

The bulletin board that Bucky had casually drawn was also shattered by the shell. Flames suddenly ignited on the bluestone slab, and it seemed to ignite something else. The flames shot up in a line, all the way to a strangely shaped iron barrel.

More fire lines quickly ignited in the pre-buried pipes, forming a fire net that was laid out long ago and couldn't wait to burn as soon as it was touched.

One end of it even stretches all the way to the near-shore waters of the port.

When Bucky was setting the bombs, how could he have overlooked those ships that might be in the waters near the coast? If you're going to bomb someone, you should bomb them all!

Let this powder keg explode!

……

……

In the Egherd Research Layer.

News of what happened at the port hasn't reached here yet.

Although Old Berlusconi has six clones to help him handle affairs, the importance of his original body is still beyond doubt.

The top layer where it is located is also the most heavily protected.

He was biting his tongue and frowning; even this white-haired doctor had moments of distress on his face.

"The World Government is turning its back on us so quickly..."

Old Berserker couldn't figure out how the World Government knew about his research on the Void Century, something he had kept very well hidden!

Were they discovered by those special agents?

“I’ve also received similar rumors in the underworld… it’s like someone deliberately leaked the information.”

Stussy leaned against the door of the research institute, wearing a white short skirt and a white vest over it, with fishnet stockings catching her delicate leg flesh.

He was also wearing a fox mask on his face.

This whole thing is strange, like someone is plotting something behind the scenes.

"Heh, the World Government sent several agents to investigate before, but none of them replied."

She herself was one of the last agents sent.

The task assigned is to eliminate Vegapunk and his six clones.

But well...