One Piece: Buggy the Clown Who Fell From Grace

"No... I'm not asking you that." Hancock's voice, which had initially been dominant, suddenly became much weaker.

Hancock had heard too many compliments.

But when spoken by different people, the effect is completely different.

He's really good with words.

Hancock blushed slightly as she recalled the scene in the Prodance Kingdom where the clown stabbed the Celestial Dragon she had entrusted to him to death, one stab at a time.

A tingling sensation traveled from my tailbone all the way down to the back of my neck.

If only I could be here too!

Slicing off pieces of flesh from the Celestial Dragons, letting their blood drip out, and listening to their terrified screams...

The lingering fear and the pleasure derived from the intertwining of torture and revenge would surely make him burst into maniacal laughter...

"I...I also want to participate!"

Hancock's face turned bright red, and she gripped the edge of the bed with both hands, her breathing becoming unusually heavy.

You'd think the clown had done something to her.

Even with the memories of the three clowns combined, none of them could have guessed how far Hancock's thoughts had drifted.

"This woman is seriously ill... What a pity. Should we try to bring her back to normal first, and then let her go crazy?"

Do you want one more card?

Bucky chuckled softly, temporarily banishing the wicked thoughts from his mind.

Hancock herself is twisted, but she becomes docile in front of the Joker, based on some kind of admiration and worship of strength.

Her admiration for strength wasn't simply about power, but rather a kind of spirit—the spirit to bring out the Celestial Dragons, the Five Elders, and even Im to play the game.

This is the kind of spirit that Hancock longs to possess, but which she never dares to have in her heart.

Her fear of the Celestial Dragons and her inferiority complex about her past as a slave twisted her personality.

Only extreme retaliation can soothe the wound.

That's why Hancock couldn't control her emotions when she thought about the Joker's actions.

Hancock kept her head down, her straight black hair obscuring her expression, and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't Sakazuki kill you?"

“If I die, he will be the next target of the World Government.”

Aside from the clown, the only other person in this world who personally killed a Celestial Dragon was former Admiral Akainu.

The Five Elders are only secretly recruiting him now because the Joker's existence has left them with a limited pool of cards to play.

Once the Joker dies, the Five Elders will definitely cut off Sakazuki's head immediately as a typical example of offending the Celestial Dragons.

The Joker could foresee this, and Sakazuki, who came from the Navy, could foresee it even more.

The incident in Egherd happened only recently.

So this was originally a battle full of venting. Sakazuki was still holding a grudge against the Joker for tricking him before, and he also made his position clear to the Five Elders.

As for Sakazuki's next move...

Bucky has given him plenty of advice.

"Two navy forces...hehehehe, just thinking about it is hilarious."

After being prompted by the Joker, Hancock quickly understood the key point.

The flush on her face finally subsided, and Hancock was able to hold her proud swan neck high again.

She sat down on the edge of the bed, squeezed the wounded man closer to her, and asked curiously, "What about the Holy Land? When I arrived, I saw that Red Harbor had been bombed to pieces. How did you manage to capture three Celestial Dragons?"

Hancock's voice trembled as she mentioned the Holy Land.

This place was her nightmare.

Being treated as a slave meant endless labor and pain; if one's hands and feet were slow for even a moment, the spiked whip hanging above one's head would lash down fiercely.

But being able to work is already the best treatment one can receive.

Hancock had witnessed the fate of those girls; their beautiful faces and figures had caused them immense suffering. The thought that she might suffer the same fate made Hancock desperately smear blood on her face.

So she listened with great interest to the story of the clown bombing the holy site, her eyes shining.

I wish I could go up there and set two fires myself.

However, when the Joker talked about Piet Saint, he remembered that he had a unique pet that swam around from beginning to end.

"So, the sandworms have already been submerged?"

Hancock paused for a moment. She had only heard the clown's laughter when she landed on the island and hadn't paid any attention to the sandworms, since the island had become a swamp.

Bucky frowned. "What a pity. I was planning to use it to provoke the Five Elders."

"What's a pity!"

Hancock's eyes suddenly lit up.

I hurried out of the room and bumped into a group of eavesdroppers as I pushed open the door.

"I heard you all!!"

Hancock then stepped on her sister's bottom and pointed to the blue sky.

"Turn around on the spot! I want to slice that sandworm into pieces! Even a 2.5-star Celestial Dragon is still a Celestial Dragon! He is an unforgivable wretch!"

"That humiliation... I will avenge it a hundredfold, a thousandfold!"

The Empress's eyes blazed with the flames of revenge.

Their posture was extremely proud.

Bucky gazed at her graceful purple figure and thought it would be better for the sandworm to drown itself; this woman was seriously ill.

If I put him in Arkham, I might have a chance to share a hospital room with him.

As he thought about it, he chuckled to himself, "Hehehe, this is really funny."

In this state, Hancock seems like she could become a member of his gang.

or……

The two snakes roared twice, pulling the ship around and turning it around. The disfavored pet snake Salome cast a resentful glance at the clown from outside.

The tsunami had just swept through this area, and the seawater here was like water in a cup, constantly sloshing around.

The Perfume Serpent also floated up and down.

It's almost as thrilling as riding a roller coaster.

Bucky struggled to reach one hand out from under the bandages and grab the corner of the bed to keep himself from falling off.

With his Gas-Gas Fruit powers and Chop-Chop ability, Buggy's injuries weren't serious; he was mainly just exhausted.

There are also large-area burns and scalds.

This won't affect his activities, but the bandage will need to be worn for a while until new skin grows out, at which point he can peel off the old skin.

Bucky narrowed his eyes again. His mind was filled with a cacophony of voices, yet he felt as if he had been given a tranquilizer.

My mind is much clearer now, so I can do a review and make a plan for the future.

Although he often deviates from the plan, it is still necessary to specify where to bomb, as achieving sufficient effect through bombing is not an easy task.

What needs to be reviewed is the continuous battles with the three generals from Mary Geoise all the way to FOOD… Island.

The debriefing is to help the Joker reassess his position and level of competence. This needs to be done quickly, as it's hard to say when he'll be this calm again.

The power of the shattering attack did make up for the Joker's lack of offensive capabilities, but Buggy felt it wasn't enough when combined with the power of the Chop-Chop Fruit and the Gas-Gas Fruit.

He deserves special mention for the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, whose power was barely utilized in his battle against an Admiral-level powerhouse.

A domineering aura can withstand powerful abilities.

Another pleasant surprise is that Buggy has successfully transformed his previous demonic aura into Conqueror's Haki.

Incidentally, the application of the dominant color entangling technique was also completed.

Can I start practicing the Divine Evasion skill again after not practicing it for so many years?

If you add the power of shattering to the Conqueror's Haki binding, plus Divine Evasion... that's interesting.

I don't know if it's enough to fight Im, but it's definitely enough to fight Sakazuki and the Five Elders.

If he were to strike like that quietly, he would be crippled if not killed.

"The World Conference shouldn't disappoint in the next round of fun, I've even prepared the Holy Mother's Flame."

Bucky tilted his head, his smile full of anticipation.

The Five Elders' original plan was to combine the power of the Navy and the World Government, using the excitement of the World Conference as bait, to kill the Joker completely.

Unexpectedly, the clown didn't follow their steps at all; when he had nothing to do, he went to the holy site on his own.

"Oh right, what about those three Celestial Dragons? I wonder if the Revolutionary Army moved them or not. They probably won't mind if I go to their headquarters and do a live stream, right?"

Bucky smacked his lips. Without his intelligence chief around, he didn't know anything about Baldigo's situation.

"It would be best to get together, it's more fun when everyone's together."

Thinking about it this way, he still has quite a lot to do.

The days have come to an end.

"Watch out, this is the original island. Don't run into the rocks!"

"Send the snakes down to search!"

"Yes, it's an exceptionally ugly worm, the lower half of the Five Elders."

"Sikkoi! Lord Joker actually stole the Five Elders' lower bodies!"

"It's said to be the clown's pet."

The Perfume Serpent has arrived at the original location of FOOD… Island. Here, the dark clouds are not yet dispersed, and the sky is iron gray.

The female warrior of the Nine Serpents tribe jumped onto the ramming horn, took the thick rope that the snake was holding in its mouth, and repeatedly gave instructions to the snake in its ear.

"It's a very ugly bug, but you can't eat it. You have to catch it, and then we'll slice it up for you to eat."