On a land covered in ice.
The disheveled Buggy Pirates crawled out of the ruins.
Chief of Staff Cabaji exclaimed excitedly, "Captain Buggy, we're really lucky! Only Richie died and was revived for two hundred reward points, everyone else survived!"
"Thank you for saving everyone, Richie!"
Mochi looked at the newly revived giant lion with a face full of emotion.
After continuous strengthening, the lion Richie's body was as tall as two stories, and the mane on its neck burned with fiery flames.
A majestic-looking Flame Lion.
Thump.
Richie looked at everyone with a resentful gaze, and with one sit, everyone, including Buggy, was knocked down.
Saving everyone?
Is that what this lion wanted to do? It's just that you all hid behind me, making me bear everything.
The scene was chaotic at the time.
Everyone in the Buggy Pirates was pulling each other to use as shields, and Richie also wanted to use First Mate Mochi as a shield, but his body was too large, so he ultimately became the target of everyone's attacks.
Although one would not die in the Trial Tower, the pain was very real, and even the strongest lion was afraid of pain.
Do these humans even have a conscience?
"Damn Richie, how dare you attack Buggy Saint! Believe it or not, once we reach Mariejois, I'll make you eat bell peppers every day!"
Buggy's internal organs were almost squeezed out, and he was in so much pain that he couldn't breathe.
"It's Red Nose..."
A surprised voice suddenly came out.
The Straw Hat Pirates' ship gradually approached from a distance, hunting down the lingering souls along the way, and Straw Hat Luffy, who was at the forefront, fixed his gaze on Buggy.
"Don't call me Red Nose! I am the great Buggy Saint!"
Buggy got up.
Upon hearing the moniker Red Nose, he was so angry that his Red Nose became crooked, and he retorted furiously.
"So it's Straw Hat Rubber Man. How dare you disrespect Captain! You truly are a foolish person who should be locked in prison."
"Execute him!"
"How audacious, Straw Hat!"
Fang Yi sensed the encounter between Straw Hat and Buggy, and upon hearing these voices, he couldn't help but laugh.
It had to be said,
You couldn't find two kinds of people on one ship. Buggy, after acquiring the Celestial Dragon Bloodline, felt no hesitation whatsoever, seamlessly transitioning his identity. His pretense of power was almost on par with that of a true Celestial Dragon.
Even these crew members seamlessly transformed into World Nobles' crew members, without any sense of incongruity.
"Get out of the way, or I'll cut you down!"
Zoro was concise, raising his tightly gripped twin swords and looking at the flaunting Buggy with killing intent.
The Nobles and Revolutionary Army's merciless rebellion against the World Government had caused the Celestial Dragons' prestige to plummet rapidly.
However, with the powerful secret intelligence agency CP and the threat of the Marines, they were unwilling to directly conflict with the Celestial Dragons, preferring to avoid it if possible.
It was indeed rare to see a group like the Straw Hat Pirates, where all members were villains.
"Is that so? Just you guys?"
Buggy laughed wildly, pulled out the high-grade weapon he had previously purchased, and said, "This World Noble, Super Celestial Dragon Lord, can deal with you with one hand."
"Be careful, the gun in Buggy's hand is a Lv.15 purple weapon!"
Nami's mouth was slightly agape, her gaze greedily fixed on the long-barreled rifle that shimmered with a faint blue glow.
"Purple weapon?"
Zoro frowned, unconsciously tightening his grip on his sword hilt.
Even the Pledge Blade, which could cut iron like mud, the Great Grade Sword [Wado Ichimonji], was only a Lv.10 blue weapon.
The Game Merchant was extremely strict in evaluating equipment; the difference in quality and level was enough to create a very large gap between players.
"I say, Straw Hat idiot!"
Buggy's eyes rolled like wheels, and he chuckled, "How about we cooperate?"
"I have an identity advantage, so I don't need to fight to pass through the Marine blockade. How about we team up to get the first kill on the source of pollution, and I'll give you a portion of the reward?"
Although the Marines provided him protection, they would never help him hunt the Soul Reaper.
Having already tasted the sweetness, Buggy naturally wouldn't give up on the Lord Hunt. Since his own strength wasn't enough, he could only set his sights on these scattered pirates.
The Straw Hat Pirates were considered one of the stronger existences among these pirate forces.
"No."
Luffy picked his nose.
There was no reason, he simply didn't like adventuring with strangers.
"Then die, you damn Straw Hat!"
Dagger-shaped bullets shot out from the dark muzzle of the gun, and the hit areas quickly froze, soon freezing a large area nearby.
Bang.
Luffy reached up and took off the Straw Hat on his head, slamming it heavily onto the frozen ground.
Fist qi surged into the ground along the Straw Hat, spreading out a circular domain of [Giant Soldier's Power].
"Gum-Gum... Dive Swing!"
Luffy's figure was like a ghost, flashing continuously, appearing beside Buggy in the blink of an eye.
"Gum-Gum... Tiger Stream and Holy Fist Barrage!"
He pounced on Buggy like a fierce tiger, brilliant fist qi constantly bursting forth, and his fists broke through the air with sharp whistling sounds.
Bang, bang, bang.
The broadsword landmines exploded, black smoke billowing.
These were press-activated explosive devices that Buggy had set up earlier, but in front of the agile Blue Fist Saint Luffy, they only caused a minimal amount of damage.
"Richie!"
The First Mate waved his beast-taming whip, striking the Flame Lion's rear.
The two-story tall Flame Lion's body surged several meters, its fiery mane began to burn intensely, and it Pounce on Luffy.
"Ah... So hot, so hot!"
Luffy dived and swung behind Buggy, raising the dazed Buggy with both arms, using him as a shield in front of the Flame Lion.
"Roar!"
The flames burned Buggy's Red Nose, making him grimace in pain.
He looked up and saw a fleeting look of satisfaction flash in Richie's eyes.
Buggy shrieked, "Damn Richie, you clearly could have stopped in time! As expected, you're getting revenge on me?"
What greeted him was the Flame Lion's very human-like expression of feigning death,
As if to say, I'm just a lion, how could I have the emotions of you despicable humans?
"Luffy, tie him up."
Nami smiled sinisterly. After arriving beside Buggy, she activated her already quite proficient life skill.
"You failed to use Steal on the player..."
"You failed to use Steal on the player..."
"..."
Buggy's hair stood on end, and he shrieked, "Orange Devil, what do you want to do?"
"Huh..."
After several consecutive failures, Nami looked at Buggy with some confusion. His luck was truly good; Steal kept failing to activate.
Hard work pays off. After several more activations of Steal, until her energy was almost depleted,
"You successfully used Steal on the player, obtaining [Holy Martial Mirage Gauntlets] * 1."
"Luffy, here you go!"
Nami opened her equipment bar and found that it was an Lv.10 green gauntlet. She casually traded it to Luffy, who was suitable for it.
"Stop, that's my equipment!"
Buggy struggled with all his might.
The main attribute of a Demolitionist was spirit, which could increase the power of manufactured ammunition, while strength and constitution were slightly weaker.
Luffy, however, was a barbarian-style fighter with strength and constitution like Garp.
This resulted in Buggy being unable to break free from Luffy's suppression at all.
"Captain Buggy!"
Buggy's crew members wanted to rescue him, but they were blocked by Zoro, who had a ghostly figure floating behind him.
"You successfully used Steal on the player, obtaining [Oni-Slaying Blade] * 1."
"Zoro, this is yours..."
A katana with a purple tassel was thrown by Nami to Zoro, who instructed, "Two thousand reward points, don't forget to give them to me!"
"Got it!"
Zoro took the Oni-Slaying Blade and examined the dark purple blade. A faint layer of ominous aura emerged, making the entire blade feel unusually cold when held.
A very suitable sword for a Ghostblade.
He hadn't expected Red Nose to have such good items; he really hadn't seen it coming.
"That's my sword, give it back!"
Buggy was so angry that tears flowed. These were all drops he had obtained from hunting demons.
Steal only worked on equipment that wasn't soul-bound.
These drops were all intended to be sold for money, so it was naturally impossible to soul-bind them unnecessarily. As a result, Nami targeted them.
"Robbing a Celestial Dragon, what audacious fellows..."
A group of people slowly approached.
At the forefront was a man with a strangely colored nose bridge and a sword on his back that looked like an elephant.
"I am Spandam, Director of CP9, under the World Government!"
The man introduced himself rather arrogantly, then said, "By order of the Five Elders, we are to arrest the heinous Straw Hat Crew and bring them to Enies Lobby for judgment!"
"Your weapon on your back is so strange, is it an elephant?"
"That's right, it's a weapon that ate the Elephant-Elephant Fruit and can transform into an elephant..."
The tall, spherical CP9 intelligence member, Fukurou, began to converse with Luffy.
Luffy's eyes sparkled, and he envied, "How amazing!"
"Fukurou, do you also want to be judged by the World Government?"
Spandam felt that Fukurou had made him lose face and threatened him very unhappily.
"I'm sorry."
Fukurou reached up and pulled the zipper on his mouth, putting his hands together to apologize with body language.
Lucci, wearing a black top hat, frowned slightly.
If it weren't for the World Government's orders, they would never listen to Spandam's command. Even so, they still looked down on this guy from the bottom of their hearts.
Buzz.
Lucci's figure suddenly vanished from its original spot, reappearing beside Luffy and kicking him flying.
He saved Buggy and simultaneously captured Nami.
"Orange Devil, bounty of eighty million Berries, go to Enies Lobby and repent for your sins!"
Spandam looked maliciously at Nami, who had been thrown over by Lucci.
He raised his foot, about to stomp down hard.
Rip.
A small silver-white snake with two horns on its head emerged, its entire body crackling with electric arcs.
Nami's lips curled up, completely devoid of the panic one would expect from being captured.
After drinking a bottle of energy recovery potion, the energy within her body fluctuated violently.
The Electro Eel suddenly began to stretch, transforming into a spiral, magnet-like electric tower. An energy array filled with lightning aura enveloped all the intelligence members.
"Not good!"
Lucci felt something was wrong and quickly flashed away.
But the remaining intelligence agency members were not so lucky.
Huge currents of electricity spewed out from the head of the Electro Eel at the top of the electric tower, causing everyone to fall into a state of paralysis and their health to plummet.
"I forgot to tell you, Nami-san is the strongest among us!"
Sanji looked at Nami, who was displaying incredible power, his eyes almost turning into pink hearts, and he jumped up excitedly.
In just a few seconds.
The intelligence members' health had dropped by nearly half. By the time the electric tower's energy was depleted, Nami had already returned to the Straw Hat Crew's formation.
Blueno, covered in electric burns, whispered, "Boss, the Straw Hat Crew is not easy to deal with."
Lucci said expressionlessly, "That strange move, the Orange Devil won't be able to use it many times. They are not our opponents."
With the World Government's financial resources, they were at full strength as soon as they landed on Death Island.
Although, due to the Reincarnation Game, the Straw Hat Crew's strength had undergone earth-shattering changes,
But CP9 was also not to be trifled with, and with the assistance of the Buggy Pirates, capturing the Straw Hat Crew wouldn't require too much effort.
"Don't worry, I will help you!"
Suddenly, a golden yellow sand flow drifted over, quickly condensing into Crocodile's figure.
"Shichibukai?"
The other CP9 members were somewhat startled, but only Lucci remained expressionless, asking, "What do you want to do?"
Crocodile laughed wantonly, saying, "I just want to help the World Government. Is there something wrong with that? I am a Shichibukai acknowledged by the World Government!"
However, his gaze did not fall on Buggy,
Instead, he looked undisguisedly at the somewhat solemn Straw Hat Luffy.
"As compensation, Straw Hat Luffy's head is mine!"
"Impossible!"
Fukurou subconsciously retorted.
Protecting the stranded Celestial Dragon Buggy was just a secondary task. Their true objective in landing on Death Island was to take away Straw Hat Luffy, who possessed the Rubber Fruit.
"Fukurou, you idiot."
Kalifa, wearing glasses and having a refined appearance, raised her long, black-stockinged leg and kicked the round Fukurou.
The other party was clearly trying to trick them.
Crocodile laughed even louder, saying, "As expected, the Five Elders' target is Straw Hat Luffy. Can you tell me why?"
Kalifa frowned, asking in return, "You dare to plant spies within the World Government?"
Crocodile said without hesitation, "It was your spies planted around me, but they were just turned by me."
His harboring of Nico Robin could not possibly be hidden from the World Government.
The other party would naturally plant spies around him, but they were quickly found out and then became double agents to steal intelligence from the World Government.
His coming to the East Blue, besides wanting to test the Game Merchant,
It was also because the World Government suddenly placed the highest priority on the East Blue mission on the newly debuted Straw Hat Crew, or more accurately, on the Rubber Fruit.
Even his own search for Pluton didn't make the Five Elders bat an eye.
To obtain this Rubber Fruit, they even dispatched CP9, who were also searching for Pluton and stationed in Water 7...
Could the Rubber Fruit be related to Pluton?
"Let's escape quickly..."
Luffy secretly gave a wink.
The still-forming Straw Hat Crew understood immediately and rushed behind Luffy.
"Gum-Gum... Grand Escape!"
Luffy's arms suddenly stretched, grabbing the slowly self-repairing walls of the streets on both sides.
Like a rubber slingshot, the Straw Hat Crew was catapulted away at an extremely fast speed.
"Chase them!"
Spandam let out a pig-like squeal.
The Five Elders' orders were supreme, and they absolutely could not let the other party escape.
"Hmph, it's futile."
A gentle breeze floated by, and Crocodile's body dissipated, transforming into sand and drifting in the direction the Straw Hat Crew had fled.
The Buggy Pirates looked at each other, their gaze finally falling on their captain, and asked, "Captain Buggy, what about us?"
"Damn it, chase them! I'll get my equipment back!"
Buggy's face turned red with anger, and he chose to pursue without hesitation.
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