Bring the boat closer!

The next day.

After the ship began sailing normally, Nami asked while steering:

"By the way, Will, where are you planning to sail now?"

Will sat to the side, gazing out the window at the rolling waves on the sea surface, and said:

"Doesn't matter. Anywhere is fine."

"Right now I just want to find some strong opponents to fight."

"Wherever you think there are powerful guys, that's where we'll go."

Hearing this, a flicker of thought passed through Nami's eyes.

After pondering for a moment, she suggested:

"I know a place—a nearby port town. It seems to have been taken over by a pirate crew recently."

"And the captain of that crew is rumored to possess some kind of strange ability."

"Maybe that guy is also a Devil Fruit user."

She said this hoping to pique Will's interest and get him to agree to go there.

Meanwhile, Carina sat nearby, carefully examining the intelligence documents they'd found in the Captain's Room.

Hearing Nami's suggestion, combined with what she already knew, Carina immediately realized where Nami was talking about and turned her gaze over.

But she didn't say anything—just looked at Nami with a meaningful expression, a hint of amusement in her eyes.

Will didn't pay much attention to any of this. He picked up the Sherry Wine from the table beside him, took a few sips, and said with interest:

"Oh? Another Devil Fruit user?"

"Alright, let's go there."

"I hope the guy you're talking about has strength that satisfies me."

"Yes, Captain." Nami nodded with a smile, then turned back to focus on steering, though her gaze flickered restlessly.

The next day, early morning.

After eating a hearty breakfast prepared by Carina and Nami, the three continued sailing for a while until they finally spotted the coast and harbor.

"We're here. Dock the ship!" Will said, looking at the island drawing closer with anticipation in his eyes, turning to Nami who was steering.

"Yes, Captain." Nami replied with a smile.

Once the ship docked at the port, Will lowered the gangplank and stepped down first, setting foot on the ground of this harbor town. Nami and Carina followed behind.

Looking at the eerily quiet town and the empty streets before them, Will frowned slightly, then turned to look at another ship moored nearby—a very conspicuous and unique pirate vessel.

This ship was fairly large in size.

Above it flew a pirate flag emblazoned with a red-nosed clown skull.

Its overall style resembled a seafaring circus, giving off an extremely bizarre and dangerous vibe.

The three stood there quietly observing for a while.

Then Carina couldn't help but ask in confusion:

"Where did all the people in this town go? I can't see a single person."

Nami seemed to have already investigated the situation here in advance, so she immediately explained:

"This place is called Orange Town. It was recently taken over by the Buggy Pirates."

She pointed to the other large, somewhat comical-looking ship docked nearby:

"That should be the Buggy Pirates' ship."

"As for the original townspeople..."

"It seems they all fled to a shelter outside town ahead of time, which is why it looks so empty here."

Hearing Nami's words, Carina still felt a bit puzzled:

"And what about the Buggy Pirates who took over? Why can't we see any of them either?"

"Are those pirates really so confident that after successfully occupying the town, they didn't even bother to post guards at the harbor or watch their ship?"

"I wouldn't know about that."

Nami crossed her arms, shaking her head slightly with equal confusion:

"All I know is that the Buggy Pirates should still be in this town right now."

"But where exactly, I'm not sure."

To pique Will's interest in the Buggy Pirates further, Nami added:

"Oh, and Will, I once stumbled across an important piece of information."

"They say the captain of the Buggy Pirates, Clown Buggy, might have a Sea Chart of the Grand Line."

"If you're planning to head to the Grand Line later, I think that chart could be of some help."

After hearing Nami's words.

Will finally understood.

So the suspected Devil Fruit user Nami had mentioned earlier was Clown Buggy.

Thinking back now.

Clown Buggy was indeed the highest-bounty Devil Fruit user in the East Blue.

But that was also because Devil Fruit users were extremely rare in the East Blue to begin with.

On the surface, the overall strength here was far weaker compared to other seas.

Yet who would have guessed.

That Clown Buggy, that guy who always brought laughs, would later leap to become one of the Four Emperors of the sea.

Whether that had anything to do with his mysterious luck was anyone's guess.

Though Clown Buggy often stumbled into danger for no reason along his journey.

He always managed to turn misfortune into fortune and come out with something gained.

As for Buggy's actual strength, Will couldn't be bothered to speculate.

He'd find out once he located the man and tested him personally.

Carina, seeing Will lost in thought, quickly spoke up to add what she knew:

"As for the captain of the Buggy Pirates, Clown Buggy, I've done some digging on him too."

"He seems to have a great fondness for cannons."

"Rumor has it that in some town, just because a kid mocked his nose, he blew the entire town to pieces with a cannon."

"There are also stories going around."

"That Clown Buggy has a very bizarre ability—he can split his body apart at will to attack."

"I think, just as Nami guessed, Clown Buggy is very likely a Devil Fruit user."

"As for the Grand Line Sea Chart, I'm not clear on that."

"But from the intel I've gathered, Clown Buggy has indeed been to the Grand Line before."

"So it's not impossible that he has a Sea Chart of it."

Will listened silently, pondered for a moment, then spoke: "A Devil Fruit user and a Sea Chart of the Grand Line."

"Let's find Clown Buggy first before we talk about that."

"I hope that guy's strength is greater than I expect."

With that, he didn't linger and turned to walk into the town.

Seeing Will move out.

Nami and Carina quickly followed, their expressions relaxed.

Having witnessed Will's terrifying power that crushed Treasure firsthand.

Neither of them thought a pirate with a bounty of only fifteen million could be a match for Will.

Even if he was likely a Devil Fruit user.