Four-Point Separation, Rubber Toughness

"Rubber—"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!

"Gatling Gun!"

With rapid swings, a wave of fists, leaving dense afterimages in the air, surged towards Buggy! Forcing him to use his signature evasion technique.

"Four-Point Separation - Emergency Escape."

Swish, swish, swish,

The clown-like Captain Buggy truly 'Four-Point Separated,' his body breaking into 'parts' that scattered nimbly in all directions. After dodging Luffy's barrage of fists, he circled around and reassembled himself nearby, like a swallow returning to its nest.

"Damn it, why are you so familiar with my ability, you brat?"

"Hmph, I'm not telling you!"

After a few probing exchanges, both captains found each other troublesome. Luffy was fast and durable; Buggy could split apart and evade with incredible skill. The two were locked in a stalemate.

"Help the Captain,"

From the Buggy Pirates, Mohji, who had lost his lion mount, swung his whip, while Kabaji, riding his unicycle, also prepared for a righteous three-on-one with his cutlass. However:

Swish,

A figure blocked their path.

"Gentlemen, don't be so uncharming."

Roman, holding a shield in one hand and a cutlass in the other, grinned wickedly.

"Let the two Captains 'exchange' blows alone. As for you two:"

Whoosh—

He tilted his head, dodging the whip from Mohji, who looked like he was wearing an animal mask. His shield blocked Kabaji's cutlass as he rode his unicycle. Roman engaged in a fierce battle with the Buggy Pirates' First Mate and Chief of Staff.

"Stay and play with me!"

"Hey, what kind of guy are you?"

Captain Clown Buggy looked at the straw-hatted Luffy in front of him, who exuded an aura of 'shabbiness.'

"My name is Luffy,"

"And I'm going to be the King of the Pirates."

Huh?!

∑(っ°Д°;)っ

"That's hilarious!"

"If you can become the King of the Pirates, then I'll become a god?!"

"Enough talk, let's continue fighting."

After his self-introduction, Luffy rotated his arm. He had said he would beat the opponent, and he intended to do just that.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't talk so recklessly, Rubber Boy."

Buggy held several short swords between his fingers, his face falling. To be made so miserable by some unknown kid. Even Buggy, who didn't have much of a 'competitive spirit,' felt anger rising.

"Brat, rubber can't block sharp blades, right?"

As he spoke, sharp blades sprang from the clown shoes at Buggy's feet.

"It can't block..."

"Four-Point Separation—"

Buggy made a 'throwing' motion and suddenly flung forward, discarding his lower body!

"Pancake."

His two rapidly spinning thighs, complete with blades on the tips, whizzed out like high-speed cutting wheels! While it looked comical, the power was anything but! Dust and stones flew as they carved a long crack in the ground.

Swish,

Leaping up, Luffy chose to dodge the 'lower body attack' from above. But:

"I knew you'd jump—"

Swish, swish, swish, swish!!

The short swords in his hands shot out at high speed, instantly pinning Luffy in all directions! With no leverage in the air...

"Heh heh~~"

Facing the flying knives closing in from all sides, Luffy simply smiled confidently. His arm suddenly stretched, grabbing onto a nearby building. As he retracted, he instantly pulled himself to the side, dodging this wave of flying knives.

"My turn to attack, Rubber—"

"Gun!"

A perfectly ordinary punch was thrown, covering a distance of over ten meters in 0.1 seconds and completing a rotation simultaneously! Under the high-speed assault, the force generated from his arm stirred up a gale, like a coiling python!

Swish—

However, the clown-like Buggy had already dodged the trajectory of Luffy's punch the moment he threw it. Although his collar and hat rustled fiercely in the strong wind. But:

"Nice attack, but a stretched arm is a weakness."

He suddenly slashed at Luffy's extended arm with the short sword in his hand!

"I'll chop it off—"

?

In that instant, Buggy's peripheral vision swept behind him. The missed punch had transformed from a fist into a palm, grabbing onto the building behind him! As his pupils shifted, he saw Luffy in front of him stomp his feet!

"Rubber—"

With the forward momentum from his feet, combined with the kinetic energy of his retracting arm, Luffy turned into an afterimage and charged at Buggy. His other arm hooked fiercely towards the opponent's neck!

"Sickle!"

Hmm, this move has a very famous name in the neighboring show, Naruto: Lightning Plow Hot Blade!

Whoosh—

This move was incredibly powerful! It even sent Buggy's head flying. And Luffy, with his immense momentum, plunged headfirst into the building behind, smashing it into ruins with a deafening roar.

"Four-Point Separation—Decapitation."

"Hahaha~~~ Muda, muda, muda. Such childish attacks can't hurt me."

With his head detached, the clown captain named Buggy turned around. His Four-Point Separation Fruit allowed him to "split" any part of his body at any time. Such straightforward attacks couldn't defeat him at all.

Bang!

Luffy, standing up from the ruins, adjusted his Straw Hat and looked at Captain Buggy.

"What a headache. You're quite good at dodging..."

"Likewise, Straw Hat Kid~~"

What a terrifying battle!

Whether it was Roman dealing with the two bosses, or the captains of both sides...

Especially that Straw Hat... Luffy, I didn't expect him to be such a master!

Although for the two fighting, this was merely 'warming up' and 'probing', for Nami, hiding to the side, it was a battle between two non-humans!

Every movement carried immense power, and every punch and kick was a fatal blow! The surrounding buildings and streets were as fragile as building blocks before them.

They're practically not human!

It seems like Luffy still has a fight on his hands...

Roman, fighting two opponents alone, still had the leisure to pay attention to the battle on the other side.

In fact, with his strength, taking down these two opponents wouldn't be difficult. After all, according to the Marines' bounties, Roman, who could defeat Captain Silverlight one-on-one, had a strength of around 25 million Belly.

And after eating the Paper-Paper Fruit, his strength could be said to be stably at the 30 million mark.

Even if his Devil Fruit ability was now exposed, causing the opponent to prepare counteractive burning items, even if Roman canceled his 'Paper Dance - Iron Armor', dealing with the Beast Tamer and Juggling Swordsman from the Buggy Pirates, whose bounties hadn't even reached 10 million, would still be a piece of cake. However:

Buggy, I'll leave him for Luffy to deal with.

Regardless of whether the opponent truly possessed 'Conqueror's Luck', or took off his gloves to perform 'Molecular Dissipation', or suddenly unleashed 'World of Four-Point Separation'... In short, Roman didn't want to face him.

It's best to leave guys with unknown strength like that to Luffy. After all:

He's the captain, after all!

"No wonder I always felt this Straw Hat looked a bit familiar..."

On the other side, Clown Buggy had successfully discovered Luffy's 'weakness', which was the Straw Hat on his head.

Therefore, by attacking the 'weakness', he easily injured Luffy. — Now, Clown Buggy, thinking he had 'victory in his grasp', tossed the Straw Hat, pierced by the short sword, onto the ground and said unhappily.

"That guy Shanks, back then he was a rookie sailor on the ship with me..."

"It was him who caused me to end up in this state!"

After speaking, he spat a wad of saliva onto the Straw Hat at his feet, unable to contain his anger.

"Hahaha, you actually treasure such a broken hat—"

"You!" Circles of scorching rage swept across the battlefield, interrupting Buggy's suicidal act.

Luffy was furious!

"How dare you say you're brothers with a man like Shanks?"

Swoosh

Luffy, leaving a trail of afterimages, lunged at the smug Buggy. He struck a pose with his wrist, readying an attack like 'Lightning Plow Hot Blade'… no, wait, it was a Rubber Sickle.

"Four-Point Separation—"

Bang!

However, the attack with his hands was just a feint to draw attention. Luffy's true killing blow was a hidden kick! He suddenly kicked Buggy's lower body, sending him flying into the air, nearly causing his 'good buddy' to get completely crushed.

"You don't deserve it!!!"