"Ooooooooooh—!!!"
For a moment, nearly all the pirates rose to their feet and cheered. The entire venue boiled with noise, applause rolling like thunder.
This was not merely out of respect for the Buggy Delivery Company.
It was also out of respect for Buggy—the Shichibukai who had once carried a bounty of 400 million Beli, a man whose strength was on an entirely different level from the rest of the East Blue pirates!
A bunch of idiots!
Krieg stared fixedly at Buggy. As he watched Buggy step onto the raised platform, laughing heartily as he basked in the cheers and adoration of the surrounding pirates, looking as though he had completely forgotten the important matter at hand...
The curl of Krieg's lips grew increasingly sinister.
His guess had been right after all!
The closer he got, the more clearly Krieg could sense a familiar aura from Buggy!
It was the feeling of finding his own kind... no, it was a man's intuition!
All bark and no bite! Strong on the outside, weak within!
Rumble!
Rolling thunder suddenly came from beyond the sky, drawing nearer and nearer until it resounded across the entire island. Every pirate in the venue instinctively looked up.
"Now!"
A vicious glint flashed through Krieg's eyes. While the pirates around him were distracted, he decisively extended his right hand and pressed the hidden switch inside his elbow joint.
Clang!
The shoulders of the Golden Armor began to tremble and rotate. The warheads of two rockets emerged, gleaming coldly beneath the sunlight...
But at that very moment, astonished voices suddenly rose beside him.
"Why's it suddenly thundering in broad daylight... Huh, look! What's that?"
"Someone seems to be flying over in the sky?"
"Inside that blue light? There really seems to be someone there, but I can't see