He was wild and unruly, like a lone wolf who had survived countless life-and-death battles. Even trapped in an inescapable snare, he still glared at them with a ferocious gaze.
That was Buggy's impression of Bullet.
"Cooperation... Heh heh heh. You still don't have a clear grasp of your situation, do you?"
Buggy grinned. He was indeed a little interested in the Eternal Pose to Raftel, but it wasn't because he wanted to become Pirate King.
He just wanted to add fuel to his game.
The reality of the great tsunami and the prophecy of a flood that would destroy the world would drive people with a sense of danger to head for Mary Geoise of their own accord.
But there was one kind of person who was an exception.
Pirates who went about their daily lives with their heads on the line wouldn't necessarily care about any of that.
But add an Eternal Pose, and that might change.
They weren't Luffy, shouting about how they wanted to enjoy the adventure. If there was a shortcut, of course they'd take it!
It was the One Piece, everything in the world!
The old Buggy would have been tempted beyond measure. The Buggy of today only saw it as bait.
Hearing him, Bullet grew amused instead of angry.
A Sea King with a beak pecked at him, piercing the skin protected by Armament Haki and drawing dark red blood.
"Heh heh heh... I know my situation perfectly well."
Blood kept flowing, but Bullet caught the sharp beak with his other hand and twisted hard, snapping it off with brute force.
Conqueror's Haki took a heavy toll, but he still had the Martial Arts he had honed for half his life. Every part of his body was prepared to kill.
He seized the