The memory flashed back to Little Garden.
Maud, who had killed the Island Eater in one move, had also suddenly appeared before him like a ghost, just as he was now.
"Buggy, want to join me?"
Back then, Maud had inexplicably appeared before him and actually smiled as he extended an invitation.
At the thought, Buggy's eyes welled with tears, and an agitated look appeared on his face.
The man before him had once extended an invitation.
So he would definitely agree to his plea for help, right?
That was what Buggy thought as the memory continued to flash.
"What are you talking about?! I'm going to be a captain myself! How could I possibly join you!"
"Then there's nothing I can do. But if you ever change your mind, you can come find me anytime."
"I'll never change my mind in my entire life!"
That was the scene of him firmly rejecting Maud's recruitment back then.
Waaah...
Buggy's agitated expression instantly froze, and tears burst from his eyes.
If he could return to the past.
The first thing Buggy would do was slap himself hard across the face.
Maud watched Buggy alternate between excitement, anguish, and sobbing tears, his brow furrowing slightly.
He remembered casually fabricating a piece of false treasure information back then, only to somehow trick Buggy into going to Little Garden.
After that, he had no idea what had happened to make Buggy end up in Impel Down.
Considering his friendship with Buggy, Saul, and the others, Maud had come over to check on him.
Yet Buggy seemed to have lost his mind. He did not answer Maud's question and instead kept changing expressions.
"Big Brother Maud, if I say I want to join you now, is it still soon enough?"
Unaware of what Maud was