One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 964 Shanks and Buggy (The last day of 2024, thank you for your company for the past year)
"Hey, Shanks, do you feel like something's not right lately?"

On the Red and Blue Force, Buggy handed the jerky in his hand to Shanks who was fishing and said.

"You mean, there's a strange tension spreading across the ocean right now?"

Shanks shook his hand and took back the fishing hook. He looked at the bait which seemed to have been eaten up at some point. He sighed helplessly, took the jerky handed to him by Buggy, threw it into his mouth and said.

"Yes, to be exact, it started a year ago. I feel like the pace of the entire ocean has quickened, and everyone seems to be in a hurry. Even the World Government is the same. Although there are no big moves, there are constant small moves. Counting the last island, how many times have we defeated those World Government agents disguised as Navy recruitment ships?"

Buggy took the fishing rod from Shanks, picked through the bucket of bait, chose a piece of slightly smelly fish intestines, hung it on the hook, and threw it out.

"This is the eighth time, and three of them happened in the past two months. Now that you put it that way, it's true. The actions of the World Government seem a little abnormal no matter how you look at it."

Shanks said as he looked at the float on the sea.

"Yes, it's not like the World Government has ever pretended to be the Navy to do something unnoticeable in the past, but it's very strange that they do it so frequently and don't even worry about the Navy finding out. And this pattern, what on earth is this? It's the same as the villain magic circle in the light novel released by Hundred Beasts."

Bucky took out a piece of parchment that looked a little old, pointed to the strange-looking five-pointed star pattern on it and said, to be honest, this pattern is indeed very simple, it always feels like it was drawn casually without any careful consideration, but Bucky didn't think much about it, because just as he was taking the thing, a fish was caught.

"I feel like I've seen this symbol somewhere, but I can't remember where. Ooooh! It's a big fish! Bucky! Don't let go! I'll help you!"

Shanks stared at the pattern for less than two seconds, then turned his attention to Buggy fishing. Seeing how hard Buggy was working, Shanks realized that he had caught something big, and immediately stepped forward to help.

But the strength of this big guy was obviously beyond Buggy and Shanks's imagination. Even with the combined efforts of the two of them, they were still dragged by it, and even the entire ship was being dragged.

"I'm here to help you!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from behind the two of them, and Tiger was seen standing behind them at some point. In terms of strength alone, Tiger was the strongest in the entire Red Hair Pirates. He hugged Shanks and Buggy and began to drag them back with all his strength. However, this time, even Tiger's strength was not enough. After dragging for only two steps, he exerted force again underwater and directly dragged the three of them forward. If Loki had not reacted quickly and hooked the edge of the boat with his feet in time, the three of them might have been pulled directly into the sea.

"What the hell is this!"

Veins bulged on Buggy's face, and he shouted as he tried his best to hold on to the fishing rod in his hand.

"Who knows? Even sea kings don't have that much strength!!!"

Shanks shouted in equal confusion.

"Hold on, both of you! I'll go down and take a look!"

Because his body was suspended in the air, Tiger couldn't exert any strength at all. It would be a complete burden for him to continue holding on to it at this moment. He simply let go and fell into the sea, swimming towards the direction of the fishhook. After a while, Shanks and Buggy suddenly felt their hands lighten, and the sudden reaction force threw them back onto the boat.

"The line is broken, what the hell is this?"

Looking at the line that bounced back, Buggy touched the back of his head which was hurt from the collision and said.

"puff."

As he was speaking, Tiger jumped back onto the deck from the water. He looked at Shanks and Buggy, his face clearly showing an attempt to hold back a laugh, but he couldn't help it in the end.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Tiger burst into laughter, leaving Shanks and Buggy completely confused.

"You, you, the fishing hook is hung on a submarine! Hahahaha!" Tiger laughed for a while and finally spoke. Just now, after Tiger dived underwater, he followed the fishing line all the way and reached the end in a short while. He thought he would see something terrifying like a super-large sea king, but he didn't expect that when he reached the end, he only saw a pitch-black submarine, and Bucky's fishing hook was hanging on the propeller gear lever of the submarine. The submarine obviously didn't know why its speed had become so slow, and it was constantly accelerating, trying to escape from being confined.

Seeing this, Tiger resolved his doubts and also confirmed another thing, that is, his captain, like the deputy captain, was not good at fishing. He was still wondering how Buggy's luck turned out this time and he could actually catch a big fish that he couldn't even pull. Now it seems that people really have to believe in fate in some aspects. For example, Shanks and Buggy just can't catch any fish. The two have been doing this for so many years and haven't caught any. Even going to the fish pond doesn't work.

What happened next was very simple. After Tiger confirmed that the submarine was not something created by the World Government and was not a slave trader, he decisively cut the fishing line and gave the other party freedom.

"Ah! My big fish!"

When Buggy heard Tiger's story, he immediately fell to his knees with a look of sorrow on his face. He had thought that his good fortune had finally come after so many years of suffering, but he didn't expect that it was actually a passing submarine.

“Hahahaha! I see. In that case, then it’s still zero to zero.”

Compared to Buggy's sadness, Shanks was very happy. Since Buggy didn't catch anything this time, the match between the two of them was still a draw.

"Who said that! At least I have something hanging here! Even though I didn't catch anything, it's still 0.5 to 1! I'm already better than you! I'm sure I'll catch it next time!"

Buggy rushed over and grabbed Shanks' ears and shouted.

"We're competing in fishing! If that's what you mean! Last time I even fished out a person who fell into the water! So my score is 1 to 0.5! I'm the winner!"

"I've even fished up a treasure chest before!"

“I’ve caught seagulls!”

“You’re hanging on the seagull’s wing! I’ve even caught corals before!”…

The two continued their daily bickering, but when Tiger heard what they had caught, even though he had gotten used to their ability to catch everything except fish, he still sighed helplessly.

"Why are these two arguing again?"

At this time, Garrett came out with a tray and said.

"As for fishing, we are competing to see who can catch more diverse catches."

Tiger looked at the tray in Garrett's hand, took out a fish-shaped biscuit and put it into his mouth. The wonderful taste made Tiger couldn't help but give Garrett a thumbs up. She was worthy of being the aunt's daughter. Her skill in making desserts was really amazing. He never got tired of eating it so many times.

"Information Technology Department, but are these two people more meaningful than this? They have never caught any fish anyway, so what did they catch this time?" Garette asked after watching the two people go from quarreling to fighting on the ground.

"It was a submarine this time, but no fish was caught. Instead, the boat was dragged for a while, and then the two of them had a big argument over whether this was a catch or not. Give me some more."

"There's some in the kitchen. Go and have some. This is for others."

"Hahahaha! It's for our Captain Buggy! This kid too, he hasn't discovered it yet."

"You'll have nothing to eat if you keep talking nonsense!"

"Okay, okay, I won't say any more. Hahahaha!"

(End of this chapter)