Cooperation

Under the gaze of the townspeople and the welcoming guard formations lined up on both sides, Buggy led his officers back to the Magic Cube Hall and entered the king's study.

As he casually chatted with everyone about the various events of the past half year, he flipped through the notebook Lilina had used to record everything that had happened over the past several months.

With Buggy, the backbone of the entire fleet, present, everyone's enthusiasm surged. With nothing to hide or avoid, they spoke freely, one after another, sometimes egging each other on and sometimes arguing, until the study became exceptionally lively.

After chatting for over an hour, Buggy led the officers and captains to an empty courtyard. Wanting to test their strength, he asked them to spar with him one by one.

The ones being tested were Cabaji, Mohji, Shuma, and the six captains. Support-oriented personnel like Lilina, Kaya, Mikuru, and Nilek did not need to participate.

Everyone was briefly stunned before they understood.

The sparring began with Cabaji stepping forward first. At Buggy's nod, he drew his sword and attacked. Buggy stood where he was, receiving strike after strike that came like fierce gusts. Between attack and defense, he could tell that although Cabaji was not using Armament Haki, he was not deliberately holding back either. Sakura Blizzard surged at him endlessly from every direction, concealing the true killing blow amid the ceaseless rain of swift sword strikes as it waited for an opening.

Compared to more than half a year ago, Cabaji had indeed grown much stronger, especially in experience and technique, which had risen by an entire level. Perhaps it was thanks to the battles against the BIG MOM Pirates over the past half year.

His exchange with Cabaji ended after a few moves, and