Although twenty years had passed, Douglas Bullet's reputation was still so formidable that no one on these seas dared ignore his existence. This only deepened everyone's fear of Thousand-Arms Clown Buggy.
After all, everyone—from the Marines to the former pirates—knew what kind of man Douglas Bullet was.
That such an aloof man had joined the Buggy Pirates and willingly placed himself beneath someone else was enough to show just how terrifying a monster Thousand-Arms Clown Buggy truly was.
It was even said that Edward Newgate, the world's strongest man and the Whitebeard Pirates' Whitebeard, had recalled the little fellow from Roger's ship after seeing Buggy's photograph. He had even marveled that Buggy had grown to such a level.
In an instant, countless pirates flooded into the New World and joined the Buggy Pirates, causing their influence to surpass that of the Blackbeard Pirates and the Cross Guild.
Now, there was one more pirate crew challenging the old Five Emperors' forces.
Just as the situation seemed to be turning completely against the Marines and the World Government, the Marines and the World Government finally made their move.
And when they did, they struck like thunder!
Although the plan to eliminate Buggy had failed, the Marines' plan to eliminate Moria had succeeded.
The people sent to deal with Moria were a Marine no one had ever heard of, Aramaki, and a scientific unit known as SSG.
To restore their prestige, the Marines revealed the entire battle through the newspapers.
Thus, everyone saw how Moria, a Shichibukai who had once stood evenly matched against Kaido, was completely crushed by a man named Aramaki. His terrifying ability, which transformed the entire Thriller Bark into a forest, rendered Moria's Shadow-Shadow Fruit and zombies completely useless.
On top of that, the war machines called Seraphim possessed