The execution platform collapsed.
That legendary execution platform, once climbed by Roger, Austin, Buggy, and Luffy, burned with blue flames before finally toppling to the ground.
"Ha ha ha ha, so he didn't die after all. That's great."
Laughing without a care, Luffy picked up the straw hat from the ground and grinned happily.
Watching the execution platform collapse, Mihawk finally sensed that something was wrong. He looked toward the sky, his swordsman's keen Observation Haki searching for something.
"Stop looking. That guy has already left the execution square."
When it came to Observation Haki, Austin could be called one of a kind.
The moment Dragon appeared, Austin had already sensed him.
That guy in the green robe, with a slipper print on his face, had come down to this low-level match to assist his son.
But while he had his son, Austin had his own brothers too...
As the execution platform collapsed, Buggy was also thrown down from above.
Yet amid the lightning and flames, he lay on the ground and suddenly widened his eyes.
He drew a deep breath, wearing the expression of someone who had narrowly escaped death.
Then he touched his own body.
He wasn't made of rubber and couldn't remain unharmed after being struck by lightning, but...
"Eh!?? I'm completely fine!!!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha!!!"
Buggy threw back his head and laughed wildly, feeling like he was the protagonist chosen by heaven itself, unharmed by lightning and fire alike.
"Captain Buggy, you're actually fine after all that!!!"
"That's incredible! You're practically a monster!!!"
"Yeh ha ha ha ha!!!"
While the Buggy Pirates celebrated and his underlings continued to flatter and worship him, King Luffy had already regrouped with his two companions and run toward the distant harbor.
Before Buggy could celebrate for long, the