One Piece: Buggy the Clown Who Fell From Grace

The sea monsters hovering outside the blast furnace suddenly perked up, their huge eyes fixed on the creature. It seemed that only now were they paying serious attention to the clown following the king.

"They say that Joy Boy is the old king, the former sun god Nika, and his will has been passed down through him..."

"A king will be born once again."

Shirahoshi felt like she had become a megaphone, relaying messages between the Sea Kings and Buggy.

"Yes."

Bucky had White Star take him away from the blast furnace and outside.

The colossal sea kings circled around him, their eyes filled with scrutiny.

"Therefore, the power of the demons will continue to overshadow everything, and will cause the king's will to be submerged in the sea, just like this city."

"Just like you... once pioneers, now forgotten and shunned like monsters of the sea."

“You are attacking every ship that enters the Calm Belt.”

"It's simply because countless ships have attacked this place, and attacked you."

Bucky doesn't speak fast, so conveying his meaning isn't difficult. Shirahoshi can easily communicate it using her own abilities.

After Bucky finishes speaking, we can clearly observe the Sea Kings' reactions.

They possess human wisdom, yet over the long years they become dull and unable to conceal it, making everything blatantly obvious.

The sea kings suddenly became agitated, baring their teeth at Bucky as if they were about to swallow him whole.

This actually confirmed Bucky's conjecture.

The sea kings were an attempt by a once-great kingdom to evolve all of humanity, like the mountain spiders of Saint Satan and the sandworms of Saint Pitt.

But in comparison...

"But you refuse to step out of the Calm Belt and use this dilapidated ruin as your nest, simply because... your evolution is not yet complete."

Boom!

A colossal sea monster, resembling a sea serpent, suddenly lunged at them, creating a powerful current that forced Shirahoshi to cling to the wall.

This reaction made Bucky even happier.

His gaze left the ancient city and lingered on its guardians.

Hmm, looks like I guessed right.

"Who are you?" they are asking.

The emotions conveyed by the sea kings were full of questioning and accusation, but Shirahoshi herself transformed them into a soft and gentle tone.

She didn't dare to speak loudly to the clown.

“The one who will establish a single king.” Bucky grinned, speaking slowly as he adjusted his words based on the Sea Kings’ reactions, given the limited facts.

The Sea Kings' reaction was not intense, at least calmer than when Bucky had just touched a raw nerve.

"No other king is needed; someone has already created a new spark of fire, and the seas will soon be connected..."

"The massive tsunami is proof of this."

Bucky brought up the tsunami again, just like a charlatan during a natural disaster, using people's helplessness in the face of disaster to decorate himself.

However, it is also very useful to sea monsters, which also possess human-like intelligence.

"where is it?"

Shirahoshi relayed this message.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 275 The War Between the Sea and the Land

"I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush."

The sea kings were in a frenzy, paying particular attention to the fact that the spark had been copied.

His fierce eyes were fixed on Bucky.

Here, hundreds of meters underwater, in a place where sunlight cannot reach, only the pale blue fluorite can barely serve as a light source, and in front of Bucky is only a bubble that looks extremely fragile.

These colossal sea monsters seemed capable of bursting the bubble completely with just a slight upward exhale.

His hair was tingling, his whole body was cold... Yes, the clown felt he should have this normal human reaction, and he grinned from ear to ear.

"Let's sort this out, otherwise my audience will complain that this is all too chaotic."

He spread his hands and gradually began to take the initiative in the conversation.

He had basically confirmed all the facts: there was no treasure in the tower or the ruins... perhaps it would be more valuable to Vegapunk.

Fortunately, the Joker's trip wasn't in vain.

Otherwise, how could one understand the anxious, restless, and pitiful inner world of these sea kings?

Bucky decided to guide them.

The white star is a very important step in the ladder.

"During the blank century, you all faced a crisis, a world-ending crisis, and a great kingdom was born as a result."

"But you disagreed on how to deal with the crisis. The sun god Nika, also known as Joy Boy, advocated that everyone should evolve together."

Oh! Seeing how you all are doing, I believe this will definitely eliminate all racial barriers. By the way, could you tell me…?

Bucky pressed his face against the bubbles. In front of these sea kings, he looked like a mountain climber, the wrinkles and ridges on their faces like mountain paths that could be walked up.

His conjecture was not unfounded; he had seen many of Vegapunk's studies while in Egerhead.

For example, there are also giant biological weapons such as sea monsters, clones, and artificial seraphim. Those kids have a lot of giant genes mixed in, and they are all huge.

Vegapunk claimed that many of his inventions were inherited from the Great Kingdom, so the conjecture is not difficult to make.

The sea kings agreed on this point, but were enraged by the clown's next words.

Do you have reproductive isolation measures in place?

Bucky looked curious. Shirahoshi paused for a moment, not quite understanding what it meant, but still relayed it. Her conversation with the Sea King was more like a telepathy; she could relay it without needing to understand the specific meaning.

"Roar--"

A sea monster lowered its head, revealing a bull's head with two horns like towers and an exceptionally fierce gaze.

The sound stirred up a surging current that roared past.

Bai Xing quickly protected the bubbles.

Honestly, if it weren't for her being the queen, the Joker would have received a huge welcome from the giant sea kings the moment he stepped into the Calm Belt.

Instead of the current scare tactics.

"A secret that can't be told? Then let's just leave it at that."

Bucky felt he had confirmed something: as the lore stated, these Sea Kings did indeed possess human-like intelligence.

"Back to our previous topic, although we don't know in what form the war between you took, we have seen the results."

"The G20 Allied Forces won the world, and you, who were once pioneers of evolution... are now relegated to the dark depths of the ocean."

The sea kings seem to be deeply affected by the word "pioneer".

Perhaps the technology of the Great Kingdom was indeed immature back then, and they participated in the evolution with a sense of sacrifice.

"And before the complete failure, Joy Boy left behind a prophecy, right?"

"Our king is about to be born..."

“In a distant sea, another was born.”

"..."

"The whales were also very happy on the day the two kings met..."

"Ten years until birth, and fifteen years until they grow up..."

Bucky thought to himself.

Back when he was still on Roger's ship, Roger overheard the conversation of the Sea Kings when they dived into the deep sea.

At the time, they were completely baffled. It wasn't until Roger heard the legend of the mermaid princess from the Dragon Palace Kingdom and combined it with the contents of the Poneglyphs on the Sky Island that he realized that the Sea King was about to be born.

This shows that the Sea Kings have a very clear timeline; they have been waiting.

Or rather, someone made them keep waiting.

"That time is coming soon," they said. Shirahoshi's head bobbed from side to side.

She could sense that the clown was speaking much faster.

Yeah, it's pretty much what I guessed.

Bucky nodded in satisfaction before speaking, "You won't be able to wait for that king."

"The Red Line has collapsed, Fishman Island has completely disappeared, and the two seas have been completely separated, which is why the great tsunami came about."

When he spoke, the sea kings could not understand his meaning; they only saw his expressive body language.

After Shirahoshi finished relaying the information, the sea kings suddenly showed expressions of extreme shock.

Was the massive tsunami caused by the collapse of the red earth continent?

So, Fishman Island is gone too?

Will the king's prophecy still come true?

Their anxiety was even more difficult to conceal. They had endured a long period of time and were about to see the light at the end of the tunnel, only to find that the road ahead had collapsed.

Bucky quieted down, waiting for them to process the information. Then his eyes narrowed again. The groundwork had been laid; now it was time for the real action.

"There's probably nothing more for us to do here."

He called to Shirahoshi, neither urging the sea kings nor instigating them, but prepared to leave.

"Let's go, our game is in Mary Geoise."

Bai Xing's eyes widened. She thought Mr. Clown was going to attack these sea kings, and that mocking laughter would follow.