The reward pointer landed on the thumb-width reward item, which read "Celestial Dragon Bloodline."
The faces of everyone, who had been full of anticipation, eager to witness the reward, suddenly turned strange.
"Congratulations, the Celestial Dragon Bloodline is not of low value; in the Pirate World, it holds supreme and special privileges."
Fang Yi smiled faintly and politely congratulated Buggy.
This item, outside of the Pirate World, would be a piece of trash, but within the Pirate World, it was a priceless treasure.
Buggy, bathed in the beam of light, rapidly changed in appearance and attire.
His blue hair stood up, his clown suit transformed into a white outer jacket resembling a spacesuit, and he wore a transparent bubble helmet.
Even the Buggy Pirates' ship, apart from its iconic skull flag, now displayed the World Government symbol on its sails.
Finally,
There was a very conspicuous golden Den Den Mushi, capable of authorizing Navy Headquarters to launch indiscriminate destructive attacks on the signaled area, a tool for completely eradicating enemies.
Buster Call.
Under everyone's gaze, Buggy's expression was somewhat comical.
From initial anticipation, to bewildered confusion, and finally to fear, his emotions transitioned with extreme smoothness.
"Ce-Ce-Celestial… Dragon!"
Buggy's eyes bulged out of their sockets, his mouth wide enough to fit a Devil Fruit, and the shock and panic made him stammer.
Anyone in the Pirate World might not be familiar with the Four Emperors or the Navy Admirals, but they absolutely had to know about the World Nobles, the highest rulers of the World Government, the Celestial Dragons.
Residing in Mariejois, descendants of the creators.
They could command Navy Admirals at will, and if offended, an entire nation would be annihilated in retaliation.
And now…
Buggy was wearing a Celestial Dragon outfit, even with the appropriate hairstyle, under the gaze of countless visual Den Den Mushi.
And he was rewarded with the [Celestial Dragon Bloodline].
This was a very clumsy imitation.
Buggy could already imagine that once this matter spread, he would be hunted by the World Government, becoming the pirate with the highest bounty on the Grand Line.
"Captain Buggy, Richie is a bit hungry, I'll take it to find some food."
Mochi broke out in a cold sweat, quickly covered his face, and distanced himself from Buggy, who was dressed as a Celestial Dragon.
The other crew members also scrambled into the ship's cabin, not daring to let the visual Den Den Mushi record their faces, fearing implication.
"This is the reward?"
Everyone exchanged glances.
With the various miraculous abilities of the contract fruit as a prelude, they had all been very much looking forward to the lucky roulette's reward, which was also their motivation for participating in this East Blue hunt.
The result… was it so comical as to reward something as illusory as [Celestial Dragon Bloodline]?
By openly provoking the Celestial Dragons like this, wasn't the Game Merchant afraid of incurring the wrath of the World Government?
Some pirates stared at the man on the dark high tower with expressions like they were watching a show.
The Marines at various East Blue bases, including Smoker, all felt a headache; while feeling absurd and comical, they also felt a sense of regret for coming.
Once an incident involved the Celestial Dragons, it would become extremely troublesome.
No one wanted to get involved in the mess.
Only Mihawk's eyes were filled with surprise and doubt, with no hint of watching a show or feeling troubled.
He was just wondering if there truly was such a commodity as the Celestial Dragon Bloodline.
Tashigi, her face full of worry about being implicated, whispered, "Joking about the Celestial Dragons, what a malicious and evil fellow!"
"How dare he?!"
On the Arlong Pirates' ship, the fish-man Arlong, standing on the deck, involuntarily trembled upon seeing Buggy in the Celestial Dragon outfit.
He had lorded over the East Blue, but he could never forget the miserable sight of fish-men being casually sold as slaves to the Celestial Dragons back on Fish-Man Island.
"Zoro, are Celestial Dragons fish? Can I eat them?"
Luffy picked his nose, having never even heard of Celestial Dragons.
Zoro was also completely bewildered; he only slowly pieced together the general information about Celestial Dragons from the hushed discussions of the surrounding pirates.
Nami had heard of the Celestial Dragons, only knowing that they were World Nobles and should be very rich, though she had never met one.
"Idiot, they're called World Nobles, can nobles be eaten?"
"Right, nobles are for stealing, how can they be eaten?"
Zoro explained to Luffy, gesticulating wildly, while Nami nodded repeatedly in agreement beside him.
Nearby pirate ships silently moved away from their small boat.
"Die, he should be executed!"
Dressrosa, the break room of the Artificial Devil Fruit Factory.
Doflamingo let out an angry laugh.
The more he cared about the Celestial Dragon identity, the angrier he became upon seeing Clown Buggy's attire.
Years ago, he had even killed his own father to regain his Celestial Dragon status, but he was still rejected by the World Nobles, forever closing the door to him becoming a Celestial Dragon.
This was a thorn in his heart.
The more this was the case, the more supreme the Celestial Dragons were in his heart, tolerating no desecration whatsoever.
What was happening in the East Blue was undoubtedly like tearing open his bleeding wound, sprinkling salt on it, and then standing by and laughing mockingly.
"Unforgivable!"
…
Navy Headquarters, Marine Headquarters.
In the spacious conference room.
Sengoku sat at the head of the conference table, his face ashen, and said, "To involve even the Celestial Dragons, this is simply audacious."
On both sides sat the Navy's top combat forces.
Navy Admiral Sakazuki, codenamed Akainu, slammed his fist on the table, a scorching heat subtly spreading outwards.
Two dark fist imprints, still emitting smoke from being scorched, were left on the thick, hard tabletop.
"If the Celestial Dragons find out about this, the World Government will surely blame us for dereliction of duty in patrolling the four seas, allowing such a Projection Fruit ability user to openly challenge the authority of the World Nobles; our military budget will definitely be cut."
Sakazuki's anger was palpable; he wished he could burn the instigator, the mysterious man on the dark high tower, to ashes.
"No way, perhaps the World Nobles have been too excessive recently, causing public outrage?"
Aokiji sprawled lazily on the table, his sleep mask still on, and said in a languid voice.
"Shut up, don't speak ill of the World Nobles!"
Vice Admiral Tsuru, with white hair but not appearing old, her gaze wise and calm, lightly rebuked.
Although she understood Aokiji's attitude towards those Celestial Dragons, saying it in private versus during a meeting had completely different consequences.
"What a terrifying fellow… to dare to imitate the World Nobles' outfits, truly terrifying…"
Navy Admiral Kizaru, wearing sunglasses, sighed with a strange tone.
Other times, he was feigning weakness.
But this statement was genuine; the mysterious man who dared to challenge the World Nobles was truly enough to make him feel terrified.
Admiral candidates Chaton and Momousagi, as well as many Vice Admirals, didn't even think of interjecting; any mistake in words concerning such a sensitive topic as the Celestial Dragons would lead to being targeted.
Akainu said with a ruthless expression, "I propose that the Game Merchant be captured and handed over to the World Government."
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