In the end, Kaido failed to intercept Buggy. After defeating King, Buggy worried about Kaido's retaliation and headed straight for Reverse Mountain that very day.
By the time Kaido came looking for Buggy, Buggy had already crossed Reverse Mountain aboard the God of Destruction and entered the Grand Line.
The first half of the Grand Line was now the territory of the Oran Empire and the World Government. Although Kaido was not afraid, he was concerned about the trouble, so he stopped at Reverse Mountain and watched Buggy leave.
He was also curious about what kind of stir this youngster Buggy could cause on the Grand Line.
Buggy really was someone who did big things. Not long after entering the Grand Line, he went straight into a fight with Crocodile.
His overwhelming destruction energy beat Crocodile into submission, and before long, Crocodile simply fled.
Although Crocodile now counted as one of the World Government's people, he had no intention of risking his life for them.
He could clear out some small-time pirates along the way, but he would leave a tough opponent like Buggy to the World Government's own people.
After defeating Crocodile, Buggy headed to another route and sought out Doflamingo.
In front of every member of the Donquixote Family, he pinned that flamingo to the ground and gave him a savage beating, without even using destruction energy.
When the other Shichibukai saw that Buggy still showed no sign of heading to the New World after defeating Doflamingo, they realized he had come with hostile intentions.
He had set his sights on them, the World Government's lackeys.
Hawk-Eye and Hanafuda immediately left their territories and joined Crocodile, who had also been defeated earlier, to block his path.
"God of Destruction Buggy?"
Hawk-Eye looked at the thin figure aboard the