Buggy's head was split in half and fell to the ground.
That gentle smile was split in half, too.
His two eyes were looking in different directions.
He had a dazed look about him.
This woman really did seem rather interesting.
His mouth twitched with difficulty.
When Gion's spider legs pierced his back, Buggy felt as though some kind of poison had seeped into his body through their sharp tips.
It seemed to be a paralyzing poison, leaving his entire body stiff. Right now, twitching his mouth was the only movement he could manage.
Strictly speaking, he could also split off the poison that was rapidly spreading through his body.
Amputating limbs and the like was no trouble for him. After all, he could split himself into hundreds of pieces...
But as his body grew numb, Buggy's mind became clearer than ever before.
An extraordinarily strange sensation even seemed to extend outward from his body.
That was why he couldn't bear to split off the poison.
A tiny speck of dust was lifted by the moving air. After bouncing a few times, it settled into a crack too narrow for the naked eye to see.
This wasn't a sight he could see with his eyes.
It came from sensation.
The feeling had once been as vague as though a sheet of paper lay between him and the world. Now, it was crystal clear.
Beyond the five senses, independent of the body's organs.
This was probably Observation Haki, wasn't it?
Buggy's mouth twitched again, much more easily this time.
The poison worked quickly, and wore off just as fast, as if it had only let him experience that sensation.
But that was enough.
Buggy narrowed his two eyes, still looking in different directions, and seized the sensation while his mind was