"Zehahahahaha!" Golden Lion sneered at Buggy, whom he had been lecturing. "You red-nosed brat. Your Second Personality still counts as you. Did you think I wouldn't know?"
After a savage barrage, even though Buggy's strength had improved considerably, his stamina had still been utterly drained. He lay on the ground, barely able to move even a finger.
After Joker had tricked Golden Lion into falling, once Shiki regained consciousness, the Illusionary Clone told him exactly what had happened and how he had been set up.
Naturally, Golden Lion refused to accept it. However, by then, Joker had already retreated back into his own consciousness, leaving only the unfortunate Buggy before him.
The scheme had been exposed, Oden Castle had been set in place, and the Nine Red Scabbards had mostly recovered from their injuries. Golden Lion also gave up on his original plan to subdue the Nine Red Scabbards.
Unfortunately for Buggy, Golden Lion's anger had yet to fade, so he naturally turned his attention to him. After all, Joker was his Second Personality.
Although there was no major conflict of interest between them and the Golden Lion Pirates even had a cooperative relationship with the Clown Pirates, Shiki did not kill him. Still, under the name of training, he made Buggy suffer miserably.
Poor Buggy had spent every day recently getting beaten up by Golden Lion, then returning to undergo the Nine Scabbards' "special training."
As Ashura Doji put it, no matter what, Clown Buggy was their captain in name, so his strength could not be too weak.
Although even Ashura Doji was not absolutely certain he could defeat Buggy in his Joker state, Buggy in his normal state could only be considered among the weaker members of the Nine Red Scabbards. With no fighting spirit to speak of,