Buggy vs. Big Mom Pirates (6)

The spatial energy Buggy unleashed with a single punch destroyed every attack before him, but after canceling them out, it had no force left. Katakuri and the others immediately used their various abilities to join forces and disperse it.

As the smoke from the explosion cleared, Katakuri and the others retreated some distance, staring warily at Buggy as he landed steadily.

"This guy really is a monster!"

"I've never seen such a troublesome opponent..."

"When the hell did we offend this bastard?"

Buggy merely narrowed his eyes slightly and said, seemingly casually, "Put together, you're far more troublesome than Kaido..."

"Kaido?!"

Morgans, who had been hiding in a corner and observing the battle, immediately cried out, "Did I hear that right? He just mentioned Kaido!"

Having witnessed Buggy's strength firsthand, Morgans repeatedly mulled over those words, thoughts racing through his mind. If someone had casually said something like, "I've fought Kaido before," in front of him, he would have dismissed them as an arrogant braggart. But this was different. A man who dared to charge alone into a Four Emperors pirate crew and cause such massive destruction was either a lunatic bent on dying, or someone whose strength was truly so great that he feared nothing!!

In an instant, Morgans's sharp instincts as a reporter caught the scent of a business opportunity. He seemed to see a premium story that could raise the World Economy News's sales to an entirely new level.

"So... that information was true." Stussy's expression turned grave. As a member of CP0, the World Government's highest intelligence agency, she had also received confidential news that Buggy had fought Kaido. But because she had doubted its authenticity, she had not paid it much attention. Now, however, she was certain that the information had been true!

"Comparing us