The Adventurers Guild's Era of Two Kings! (Bonus Chapter 7 for Alliance Leader Molotov Cocktail)

Celestial! Dragons!

The moment those three words entered Ikoma and Flam's ears, they exploded in their minds.

"Ikoma!"

"Cutty Flam!"

"Greetings, Saint Shanks!!"

The two spoke in unison and were about to drop to their knees.

Neither of them was young anymore; they had long since matured, and Ikoma even had a wife and daughter.

Flam had not suffered "that tragedy" and become the Franky of the "original timeline," either.

So at a time like this, they would not act on impulse or worry about matters of dignity.

But before they could kneel, the tentacles extended by Eight-Tails Gyuki wrapped around their waists.

"Shanks doesn't like people kneeling before him."

"Well done!"

Shanks immediately praised him, then smiled at the two men.

"You're Buggy's friends, which makes you my friends too. Don't ever do something like that again."

Buggy, however, curled his lip when he heard that. "Tch, acting like you know me so well. Don't forget, you were the person I hated most back then!"

Shanks shook his head helplessly. "You're still hung up on that?"

Buggy snapped, "Because of you, I became a landlubber for life! Of course I'm going to hold it against you for life!"

"Come on, aren't you doing pretty well now?"

"If you really don't like the Chop-Chop Fruit, the World Government already has technology to extract Devil Fruits. Want me to apply for you?"

Shanks spread his hands as he asked. Buggy released his collar, turned his head away, and shouted:

"I've been at this Academy of Sciences for over nine years. I know more about that than you do!"

"But it means dying once. How could I possibly have the guts for that?"

Although Admiral Demon Shark of Army Headquarters and a colonel named Teach had both succeeded.

Buggy still did not