Attack

"I've been looking all over for you, Kid Buggy!"

Inside Shakky's Bar, Rayleigh downed a glass of Wheat Juice in one go.

When he saw the Live Broadcast signal cut out earlier, he thought Buggy had been found by the Marines or the CP Organization.

After all, he was a kid from his ship, and Rayleigh couldn't just ignore it.

He'd spent a while searching with his Observation Haki.

But when he finally found Buggy, the kid was just out for a stroll, riding a Bicycle around like he was on an outing.

It made him so angry.

"Do you have any idea what you just did?"

"You blew off a Celestial Dragon's head. I did that when I was young."

Rayleigh paused, as if recalling something.

Was it during God Valley?

The place where Captain Roger defeated Rocks.

There seemed to be a lot of Celestial Dragons there back then too.

Buggy mused. By the time he joined the crew, the God Valley incident was already over.

"This era belongs to you now."

Rayleigh squinted and smiled.

He wasn't in the mood to question Buggy's reasons for doing what he did. Having been retired for many years, the fact that he'd gone out to look for Buggy immediately showed how much he cared about the past.

Buggy smiled without replying.

His impression of this right-hand man of the Pirate King, the First Mate of the Roger Pirates, Pluto Rayleigh, was still that of a reliable-looking middle-aged man from back then.

He seemed a bit more cheerful now that he was older.

"This one's on the house."

The Landlady, Shakky, with a Ladies' Cigarette in her mouth, brought over a cup of amber-colored Wheat Wine.

"Long time no see, Sister Shakky."

Buggy greeted her as usual.

His gentle and obedient demeanor was so unbelievable that even the doctors at Arkham Asylum would have called it impossible.

Even Hachi the Fish-Man, who had been at the edge of the bar, shrinking himself into a wine barrel, looked somewhat confused.

He's different from the person I saw on the live broadcast just now?

Is he really the terrifying figure who caused the entire island to descend into chaos?

Actually, it wasn't impossible. A game that could be considered somewhat enjoyable had managed to quiet Buggy's parched heart for a good while.

And he had indeed achieved his goal.

Regardless of whether Marineford's location would be moved after the Summit War, the chaos on Sabaody Archipelago was already set in stone.

It was just that within this chaos, new forces were brewing.

"Ara, the signal is back."

Sister Shakky, who had been lounging on the bar, let out a soft exclamation, and the screen opposite the bar lit up again.

The screen was facing a moose that looked rather well-behaved and could even stand on its hind legs.

On the Execution Plaza.

The battle, which had been white-hot from the start, made the entire Marineford look like a pile of building blocks smashed by a single blow. Shattered earth and stones scattered across the ground.

The Great Buddha's only response was two words: "Attack!"

A sufficiently significant victory was necessary to overshadow the deaths of three Celestial Dragons.

A sufficiently significant battle result was needed to offset the Marines' choice between Celestial Dragons and pirates this time.

Therefore, he would not allow such cowardly remarks to shake the Marines' resolve at this moment.

They had only achieved one initial strategic objective.

The pirate executed personally by Sengoku.

Portgas D. Ace.

The furious gaze of his old friend further solidified Sengoku's goal of a complete annihilation battle.

The Marines' target has never been just one Yonko!

Even if this was the most powerful Emperor among them.

Their target has always been all the pirates in the New World.

Since ancient times, mercy has not been a commander's virtue, let alone the Marines, who were the initiators of the war.

If they couldn't cripple the Whitebeard Pirates on their home turf, the New World's structure would remain unchanged, the turning point the Marines hoped for wouldn't appear, and they would remain locked in this day-to-day balance.

Whitebeard's wail turned the heavens and earth upside down.

Chopper, trembling, fought alongside Usopp to defeat the Marines attacking the Sunny one by one.

As long as Zoro and the others could bring back the heavily injured Luffy.

They would immediately flee this terrifying meat grinder.

The Sunny's Wind Dial could allow them to escape this battlefield, just as they had recklessly arrived.

--

"It seems you've got some trouble coming."

Off-screen, Rayleigh said softly.

In his Observation Haki senses, a large number of CP members and Marines were searching the nearby area.

"I think they probably won't like the surprise I left behind," Buggy chuckled.

I wonder what the first person who went in is feeling right now?

He somewhat looked forward to the struggling expression on the other's face.

"Perhaps we can catch up next time, Brother Rayleigh."

The mask, with its mended seams, was almost grinding his molars to dust.

The hatred he felt for that Joker surged to an unbearable degree.

Two Celestial Dragons had just died before his very eyes!

One of them was even a clan leader like Roswald.

Yet, even after his men scoured every nearby area, they couldn't find the slightest trace of the culprit.

"Damn it, didn't they say a News Agency ship was spotted here?!"

The Masked Man erupted in another fit of impotent rage, even going so far as to summon more CP members from Mary Geoise.

He adopted an attitude of digging up the entire island three feet down.

--

Beneath the azure sky.

A small boat, resembling a penguin in a suit skiing, cut a long white line across the blue sea.

Morgans gazed at the treasure-filled ship and thought of the world-shattering news he had personally crafted.

A feeling of life being complete washed over him.

It seemed being manipulated wasn't so unbearable after all.

All he needed to do now was find a place to lie low, right?

Morgans looked at Buggy's inscrutable gaze with a hint of apprehension.

His calm, unruffled face, however, unconsciously conveyed a sense of madness lurking beneath the surface.

It made one feel a little scared.

Scared of what crazy act might leap from this man's mouth next.

Buggy stroked his chin, and after a long while, he finally spoke:

"Do you know how to get to the Foggy Sea Area?"