One Piece: Buggy's Uncharted Legend

Chapter 108: Respective Progress!

"Captain, has your secluded training ended? You seem to be in a very good mood!" Although Fujitora has no eyes, his Observation Haki can be said to have reached a state of divine perfection. His ability to sense the moods of those around him is almost on the level of mind-reading.

"Hahahaha, Brother Issho, it seems your Haki has improved quite a bit again. That's right, my secluded training is over. How is everyone else?" After answering Fujitora, Buggy turned his head and asked Hancock beside him.

"Mihawk is still the same. Since entering the 'Heavy Blade Realm' a year ago, I haven't heard of him entering the next realm. However, watching his recent spars with Shiliew, the distance he gets knocked back by Shiliew is getting shorter and shorter. From over thirty meters at the very beginning to ten meters now, which makes Shiliew very unhappy," Hancock said, pursing her lips into a smile.

"What about Shiliew?" Buggy continued to ask.

"Shiliew's progress is relatively smaller than Mihawk's. He doesn't care much about the realms Brother Buggy spoke of, but he is exceptionally in agreement with your saying that 'one strength breaks ten techniques.' For the past year, he has mainly been studying the issue of Haki accumulation with Mr. Issho, and he has gained quite a bit of insight. It has even led to a great improvement in my own Haki," Hancock's lips curled up high as she spoke of her own progress.

It was unknown whether it was due to the Hobi Hobi no Mi's ability, but Hancock's personality didn't seem to have changed much at all; it had always remained that of her 18-year-old self. Of course, Buggy liked this very much.

"What about the others?" Nodding, Buggy continued to ask.

"You've seen Mr. Issho's progress. That fool Daz Bonez still hasn't completed the task you gave him. Instead, he's become abnormally obsessed with swordsmanship and the idea of 'one strength breaks ten thousand techniques.' Ever since you left Rusukaina to train here, he has completely gone off track. But fortunately, he's been training with Mihawk and the others, and his strength has improved a great deal compared to before. With his strength, combined with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability, even if he can't defeat a Marine Admiral, he's more than capable of holding one off for a certain amount of time.

Paula has probably made the most progress of anyone. She has already awakened her ability. Although her Haki is still a weakness, her domain has the advantage of being impossible to defend against. It lacks offense, but it has more than enough defense. Law's progress is reflected in his medical skills. As for Hawkins, he has completed one of the tasks you gave him, but it's not cursing without getting close, but being able to use plants as substitutes. The Baboon and cow 3 have already mastered Haki. Although their proficiency is insufficient, their progress is obvious. The other few Kung-Fu Dugongs are still training desperately." At this point, Hancock's mouth twitched slightly as she paused.

"Continue, tell me about Betty. What on earth has the little one been up to this past year that gives you a headache just thinking about it?" Seeing Hancock's expression, Buggy asked with a smile.

"After you gave her that Blue Flame Sword you specially made for her, that little girl went from being the 'Suffocating Chef' to the 'Bloody and Violent Chef'. For over a year, she hasn't researched cooking much at all, instead focusing on learning how to chop people up from the several great swordsmen. You know the high-temperature blue flame created by her ability. Ever since she mastered Haki and slashing, its destructive power has been rising in a straight line. The entire surface of Rusukaina, everywhere she goes, is left with a crisscrossing pattern of black ravines. Brother Buggy, you should have a good talk with her."

Hancock was happy about Betty's significant progress in strength. Buggy could also see that the source of Hancock's anger was definitely not the destruction Betty caused. After all, if you don't cause destruction, can you still be called a pirate?

"Uh, Captain, although I feel it's not my place to say, but after eating roasted meat for so long, I now feel like throwing up whenever I smell it," Fujitora said with a rare look of discomfort.

"Hahahaha, so that's how it is. I was wondering why for a period of time, they were sending roasted meat over every day. So it was because of this," Buggy finally understood where Hancock's displeasure came from.

He was still thankful that the roasted meat Betty made was indeed very good, allowing Hancock and the others to trade it with the people of Kuja for other food. Otherwise, the members of the crew would have come to complain long ago.

"Let's go, let's go back. Today, Betty must make some decent food. The banquet is starting!" After speaking, Buggy jumped onto the stone block where Fujitora was, put his arm around Hancock, and headed back towards Rusukaina.

In the evening, after a sumptuous meal was served, Buggy, sitting at the large round table, stood up with a wine glass in hand.

"Everyone, first of all, I want to thank you all for supporting my willfulness, for being willing to stay on this boring island to undergo tedious training. I thank you all. Now, I declare the banquet begins!"

After Buggy finished speaking, the members of the pirate crew all stood up, clinked their glasses, and began to drink heartily.

Two hours later, when the banquet was about halfway through, while everyone was still sober, Buggy stood up again and said, "Everyone, from the very beginning of our Red Nose Pirates' founding, we have had only one goal: to leave our own indelible mark on the history of pirates. To achieve this goal, we are destined to have no affinity with conquering territories or building bases. Even though our crew's current strength is enough to roam the New World and challenge the Four Emperors, I have never had any intention of competing with those guys, who are just pawns of the World Government, for territory and empty fame.

There is only one Pirate King, and that is Captain Roger. After him, even if someone becomes the Pirate King again, they are destined to be overshadowed by Captain Roger's brilliance. This is also the reason why I have never been interested in becoming the Pirate King.

When I roamed the world back then, I investigated a lot of information and discovered that ever since the World Government was founded, it has been carrying out a long-term layout. Later, it formed this strange balance of the Marines and the Seven Warlords of the Sea against the Four Emperors. Countless years have passed, and the personnel of the Four Emperors, the three great powers of the Marines, and the Seven Warlords have been replaced batch after batch, but this strange balance has never been broken.

Tell me, if we were to abolish the system of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, wouldn't that be interesting? And wouldn't it leave a heavy mark on the history of pirates?"

"Captain, that would definitely be interesting. But how should we do it? You know, there are only two ways to abolish the Warlord system. Either we force the Five Elders to sign a decree of abolition, or we have to directly overthrow the World Government. And neither of those paths looks any simpler than dominating the Grand Line and becoming the Pirate King," as expected of an intelligence analyst, Paula's words went straight to the core of the matter.

"Paula, Captain-sama would definitely not overthrow the World Government, otherwise, that's what he would have said just now. But I'd also really like to know what Captain-sama is thinking," Hawkins said, beginning a divination as he spoke.

"Let's not talk about the specific plan for now, but I can tell you this: this plan can lack anything, but it absolutely will not lack battles. Everyone, get ready. In three days, it will be the new year of 1517. We will leave Rusukaina and bring the world a year even more magnificent and turbulent than the eye-popping year of 1515."

"OH!"

(End of Chapter)

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