Opening

"Why did it go black!"

On Sabaody Archipelago, Kid sat cross-legged, looking at the screen that suddenly went black not far away, scratching his head in boredom.

Such a rare grand occasion, and it went black!

What a shame!

And Straw Hat Kid and that guy named Law, where did they go!

Afterward, he proposed to his good friend Killer to go to Marineford to join the fun, and was rejected as expected.

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Damn it!

I knew that Feathered Bird had no good intentions.

Sengoku looked at the screen that suddenly lost signal, and several black lines appeared on his forehead.

He had just finished explaining the Dark Bloodline part, and it was interrupted!

My moral high ground was only half-drained!

"The Whitebeard Pirates have appeared!"

"It's a large fleet formed by pirate ships!"

In the vast white mist near Marineford, pirate ships appeared one after another.

Just the ships emerging from the mist numbered over ten.

And behind the white mist, more dark shadows appeared.

They directly clashed with the warships surrounding the headquarters.

"Quickly confirm where Whitebeard is!"

Sengoku, unable to care about the occasional sounds from the screen, shouted orders.

But then, his question was also answered.

"Something is coming out from under the water!"

"It's the Moby Dick, they're emerging from underwater!"

"They actually used Coating to break through the outer defense line!"

The Moby Dick, with its White Whale-like hull, suddenly leaped out of the water.

The brown Coating exploded with a snap as it left the water.

Colorful light bubbles seemed to scatter across the entire execution plaza.

"Gurararara!"

The hearty laughter of the man known as the Strongest Man in the World echoed throughout the bay.

"Ace!!"

"Wait for me!! I'm coming to save you!!"

Whitebeard's fists glowed with white orbs of light, an extremely terrifying tremor spreading from the depths of the sea to the buildings in the harbor.

"Hey! Hey!"

"Is the picture up?"

"It's up, it's up!"

To the side of the execution platform, a man's face suddenly appeared on the giant screen.

The man had an anxious expression on his face!

"Sigh! You over there, don't shatter my screen!"

"Oh?"

Whitebeard was stunned for a moment, his attacks not stopping in the slightest. At the same time, he replied with a look of sudden realization:

"Gurarara, isn't this the Buggy Kid from Roger's Ship? What are you doing over there?"

From Roger's Ship?!

Gasps seemed to travel from Marineford all the way to the Sabaody Archipelago.

Although the screen still showed Buggy's face, the audio clearly included the execution plaza.

It was a little noisy.

However, Buggy's voice through the microphone was just as clear as Whitebeard's hearty voice.

The former members of the Buggy Pirates in Area 35 widened their eyes simultaneously.

Is this the captain?

Wasn't he captured by the Marines? How did he get involved in the Marineford incident again?

Alvida and the others didn't connect the pirate Buggy, who had recently been offered a bounty of Two Hundred Million, with their captain.

Fifteen Million Belly, Captain Buggy had held that bounty for ten years!

Too bad he was captured.

That record was now broken.

Even Kanjuro, the Chief of Staff who had followed Buggy the longest, held no hope in his heart for rescuing Buggy.

In their opinion, if the captain's abilities hadn't been discovered, he would have escaped during transport.

If he hadn't escaped, then he was surely finished.

As for Buggy being imprisoned in Impel Down without his abilities being discovered.

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Their captain wasn't the type of pirate who liked to seek thrills!

Unless Impel Down was careless enough to overlook identifying a Devil Fruit User.

How could that be possible?

That was Impel Down.

"That's right, that's our captain."

"This is the captain of our Buggy Pirates, Captain Buggy!"

Forgetting his doubts, Kanjuro seized the opportunity to introduce his pirate crew to the other onlookers.

Look, isn't this how fame is earned?

"Hmm, it's good that nothing's wrong."

Buggy let out a sigh of relief. If he couldn't let the Marines witness the upcoming scene with their own eyes, his game couldn't continue.

"Then, next..."

"Please allow me to borrow this grand occasion to announce something momentous."

"The New Human Auction House, convenes once more!"

Snap!

Buggy pulled a ribbon for himself.

"A human auction, what does he want to do?!"

Sengoku felt a sudden, inexplicable panic, a bad premonition washing over him.

"Connect me to the Base Commander of Sabaody Archipelago, District 66 Base!"

Following that premonition, he directly dialed Sicily's Den Den Mushi.

"What's the situation with the Arrow Execution!?"

"No problem, he's already dead."

Sicily's answer was exactly as expected.

Yet, Sengoku's bad premonition still had no place to land.

Even the order to cut off communication couldn't be carried out due to technical issues.

Was it related to that Feathered Bird on the other end?!

What were they trying to do?

"The Human Auction House, as the name suggests, is naturally an Employment Agency that finds jobs for humans without professions!"

Buggy seemed to respond to his first question as if sensing his thoughts.

"And now..."

Buggy in the image appeared to be in a venue similar to the incinerated Human Auction House.

Under the bright stage lights.

He was dressed in a purple suit, looking generous and cheerful.

"Let us welcome the first, most heavyweight auction item of this venue."

"Our beloved, Saint Charlos!"

Buggy waved his large hand, and another bright light shone down.

Revealing the shadow beside him.

A Celestial Dragon confined in an Iron Cage.

Saint Charlos was still wearing the attire symbolizing Celestial Dragons, but without the resin bubble.

Inside the iron cage, he desperately struggled, trying to remove the Slave Collar around his neck!

"..."

"..."

Silence.

Hundreds of thousands of Marines and pirates in the entire execution plaza maintained the same tacit and bizarre silence.

Along with the same sound of dislocated jaws.

"A friendly reminder, the venue for this event is kindly sponsored by the Donquixote Family."

At the end of his words, Buggy added.

This time his voice was exceptionally clear.

Over a million pairs of eyes simultaneously fell upon Doflamingo, who was at the first defensive line in front of the execution plaza.

Hawk Eyes, Moria, and others silently distanced themselves from the Shichibukai who provided the auction venue.

"Nonsense!"

"I didn't!"

Doflamingo almost jumped up. Suddenly becoming the focus of the battlefield, his face turned pale.

"..."

"This person definitely isn't our captain."

"Right, our captain must still be in Impel Down."

In Inn Town, the Buggy Pirates quickly reached a consensus.

At the same time, they covered their mouths and noses, preparing to flee.

"Quick, catch them!"

From the street corner, CP Organization members immediately appeared.

"Catch them and find out the location of Saint Charlos!"