I Didn't Expect You to Have Such an Edge

After hearing the commotion from above,

Nami felt speechless and couldn't help commenting:

"No wonder the pirates downstairs were screaming so loudly, and nobody came down to check."

"Turns out the people upstairs were having a party too."

"Heehee." Carina couldn't help laughing as well.

"Looks like these pirates took over the town way too easily, and the Marines haven't come to capture them either."

"So they haven't got the slightest bit of vigilance."

She'd already suspected as much when she saw that not a single pirate was guarding the port.

Now, her earlier guess had been completely confirmed.

Click—!

Will pushed open the rooftop door, ducked slightly as he stepped outside, then straightened and looked ahead.

The scene that had played out when they entered the tavern repeated itself.

The pirates on the rooftop paused and turned to look.

The noisy scene fell silent in an instant.

Seeing the three people standing by the rooftop entrance, the pirates all looked surprised and wary.

Ignoring the other riffraff, Will looked straight at the man sprawled lazily in a deck chair amid the crowd, dressed unmistakably like a circus clown, and asked to confirm:

"So you're the one they call Clown Buggy?"

"Hm?"

Clown Buggy opened his eyes in surprise and looked toward the voice. A tall, unfamiliar man and two young women came into view.

When he noticed how tall the man was, his heart instinctively skipped a beat.

But Buggy quickly reconsidered.

This was only the East Blue, not the Grand Line. Being tall didn't mean anything, so he relaxed again.

Looking at the three people who had suddenly barged into his party, Clown Buggy sneered with disdain.

"Another Bounty Hunter who popped up from who knows where?"

"You brought two women with you and still dared come looking for trouble? Planning to die in style?"

Hearing how arrogant the man was, Will raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"Clown Buggy, I didn't expect you to have such an edge."

"Huh?" Clown Buggy looked puzzled, unable to understand what he meant.

But after confirming the man's identity, Will had no intention of wasting any more time. He decided to get straight to the point.

To make sure his opponent would give it everything he had, he deliberately spoke with a hint of mockery.

"And that Red Nose of yours looks pretty ridiculous."

"What did you say?!"

Clown Buggy shot to his feet, eyes wide with disbelief.

The pirates around him were just as shocked.

The rooftop erupted into noise again.

"That guy's done for."

"Right? He actually dared mock the captain's nose to his face."

"Ha ha, exactly! That idiot probably has no idea the captain's nose is taboo."

"Heh heh heh, the captain's gonna be furious now."

"The last time someone mocked the captain's nose was the time before last."

"True."

Just as the pirates wore expressions that said they were ready to enjoy the show,

Clown Buggy had already turned bright red with rage. He was hopping mad and completely lost it, roaring:

"You damned bastard! You dare mock my nose to my face?!"

"Just because you're tall doesn't mean I won't hit you!"

"Prepare to die and apologize in style!"

Chop-Chop Clown Flying Dagger!

Without hesitation, Clown Buggy pulled a flying dagger from his right hand and gripped it.

Then he whipped his right arm forward, sending his entire hand and forearm flying. The dagger clenched in his hand pointed straight at Will.

"What?! His arm came off and flew away?!"

Nami and Carina stared in shock.

Neither of them had expected his ability to be so bizarre.

Clang—!

Will, however, wasn't surprised. He swiftly raised his right hand and precisely caught the flying blade between two fingers.

No matter how hard Clown Buggy's hand gripped the dagger in midair, it couldn't move an inch.

"Damn it... How is this possible?!"

What he was seeing was completely beyond Buggy's expectations. A bead of cold sweat trickled down his forehead.

His experiences on the sea in his younger days made him realize at once that the tall man in front of him was probably far stronger than he'd expected.

But after feeling the resistance coming from the flying dagger, a hint of disappointment flashed in Will's eyes.

He slowly pulled his left hand out of his pocket, then grabbed Buggy's airborne wrist and steadily increased his grip.

"Argh—!"

Buggy couldn't help screaming. He hurriedly shouted, "You bastard, let go of me!"

Will paid him no attention. Instead, he tightened his grip and forcibly wrenched the hand away from the dagger through sheer strength.

Looking at Buggy's hand trembling and struggling in his grasp,

Will examined it with interest, then tossed it behind him and said:

"Tie this hand up. Don't let it fly away."

With that, he left it to them and walked toward Buggy, whose expression had turned grim.

The hand was already his spoils of battle.

He had no intention of giving it back.

Nami and Carina, standing behind him, immediately understood.

They each pulled out a rope and worked together to quickly tie up the hand that was trying to fly away.

They wound up tying it into a ball, leaving the hand unable to move inside.

"Damn it... Those two wretched women!"

Seeing his hand trapped inside the ball of rope, Buggy's veins bulged across his forehead as he gritted his teeth and growled.

But he didn't have time to worry about his hand right now.

The most important thing was to stop the man who was steadily approaching him.

Buggy's eyes darted around. A sudden idea came to him, and he waved his hand and shouted with confidence:

"Don't worry! Everything's going according to my plan!"

"Men! Get him! Hack him to pieces!"

"Whoever takes him down first gets a reward of one million Berries from me!"

As he said this, Clown Buggy's eye twitched painfully several times.

Hearing their captain's confident words,

all the pirates except the officers Kajiba and Mochi,

and the giant lion lying outside the crowd,

excitedly raised their weapons and charged at Will with all sorts of strange expressions!

"Kill him!!!"

"Take him down!"

"Don't get in my way! He's mine!"

"Bullshit! That million Berries is mine!"

"Heh heh heh! Hack him up! Hack him up!"

Looking at the rabble rushing toward him with shouts and screams,

Will slowly stopped, his arms hanging at his sides as he stood in a relaxed posture.

While Will was temporarily held back by his underlings, Buggy immediately turned and ran to the edge of the rooftop.

He quickly moved the cannon set up there and loaded it with a specially made bomb.

Then he rapidly turned the barrel to aim in Will's direction.