Pirate: I, Buggy, am the Emperor, the Emperor of the Clown King!

The dragon lay on the ground, watching all of this.

He watched as Croobbi lay in a pool of blood.

I saw Qiu lying in a pool of blood.

Seeing Xiao Ba lying in a pool of blood.

He watched as his compatriots, his subordinates, his brothers, fell one after another.

His eyes were bloodshot.

His teeth were grinding together.

His body trembled violently with anger and despair.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

The dragon let out a heart-wrenching roar.

That roar contained boundless anger, endless despair, and deep-seated hatred.

"Bucky—!!!"

"Nami—!!!"

"You will all die a horrible death—!!!"

"I curse you all—!!!"

"I curse you all to go to hell—!!!"

"I curse you to be torn to pieces—!!!"

"I curse you to never be reincarnated—!!!"

The dragon's curses echoed across the ruins—vicious, insane, and desperate.

Buggy held Nami in his arms, listening to the curses.

He wasn't angry.

He didn't even frown.

Bucky stood there, his head tilted slightly, a smile always playing on his lips beneath the mask.

After all, one should strive for elegance, not vulgarity.

Whether someone is strong or not is a matter of the current version, but whether someone is handsome or not is a matter for a lifetime.

When the dragon had finished cursing and its voice gradually faded, Bucky spoke softly.

"What a touching friendship."

Bucky's voice carried a faint sigh.

"For the captain, I'd gladly die."

"Subordinates like this are rare."

He paused, then looked down at the dragon.

"Captain Evil Dragon, you should be proud."

"Your men are all excellent."

"Isn't the loyalty and camaraderie of facing life and death together a kind of happiness for pirates?"

"Hehehehe... Hahahaha!"

"The loyalty of the fishmen?"

"That's hilarious!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

As Bucky spoke, he could no longer maintain his smiling tiger demeanor, and tears welled up in his eyes from laughing.

"Unfortunately, I quite dislike fish-men... especially squid-men..."

"And those racist fish-men, even shark-men, are the most disgusting type~"

Bucky makes no attempt to hide his malice, nor does he need to.

The dragon's eyes were fixed on him; if that gaze could kill, Bucky would have been torn to pieces.

"Shut up—!!!"

"You demon—!!!"

"You killed them—!!!"

"You killed them—!!!"

This is where the dragon's double standards are revealed.

Dragons can tolerate fishmen oppressing humans, but they cannot tolerate humans oppressing fishmen.

Bucky did not refute.

He simply nodded slightly.

"Yes."

"I killed them."

That's what they say, but even that statement is a lie.

Wouldn't it be better to keep these fishmen, sell them, or repurpose them?

Why kill?

Bucky's system isn't the type where you level up by killing.

He had no interest in even killing the evil dragon before him.

Killing the entire Fishman Pirates crew will only help Nami overcome this inner conflict.

Because the murlocs that were worthy of hatred are completely gone.

Only by keeping these fishmen alive can Nami always harbor resentment.

The only problem is how to stay.

How can we stay?

Of course, just like the evil dragon before us, we should cut off all its limbs.

"To kill, or to be killed."

"To plunder, or to be plundered."

"Captain Evil Dragon, you've been sailing this sea for so many years, you should know this principle very well."

"But isn't that the fate of pirates?"

The voice was as calm as stating a fact.

The dragon opened its mouth as if to say something, but found itself unable to speak.

Because Bucky is right.

How many people has he killed?

How many villages did he plunder?

How many families has he destroyed?

I don't remember anymore.

Did those who died at his hands curse him in the same way before they died?

he does not know.

Because he never cared.

Just like how people don't care how many slices of bread they eat.

But now the dragon knows.

Now the dragon felt that despair.

That kind of despair—watching your compatriots die helplessly.

—The dragon's consciousness fell into a kind of dissociative hallucination, and he seemed to have returned to the time when he was still on Fishman Island.

The fish-men were long sold into slavery by the Celestial Dragons and suffered inhumane treatment.

The dragon grew up in the Fishman Street and witnessed his people being bullied by humans, which planted the seeds of hatred in him.

—The dragon's consciousness grew from a child to a young man.

Fisher Tiger, the captain of the Sun Pirates, once liberated slaves for the fish-men, but while escorting a human girl back to her hometown, he was betrayed to the Navy by the girl's hometown people, and ultimately died from severe injuries and blood loss.

Witnessing all this, the dragon's trust in humans completely collapsed, and he concluded that "kindness cannot earn respect."

—The last evil dragon became the evil dragon we know today.

Humans are an inferior, despicable, and treacherous race; only fish-men possess power and dignity.

However, he has no chance to regret it now.

A dragon is just a dragon, and will always be a dragon.

Buggy wiped away Nami's tears, by which time Nami had stopped crying.

However, Nami remained standing there.

He kept his head down.

I still can't see their expressions clearly.

Only tears continue to fall.

Buggy said in a very gentle voice, "Nami."

"If you can't bring yourself to do it—" He paused, his gaze sweeping over the dragon's mutilated body, his malice blatantly clear: "I have a good idea."

Now is the time for Buggy to take the next step and guide Nami onto his own path.

Because the best form of loyalty is to never give someone the opportunity to betray you.

Nami looked up.

The sunlight finally shone on her face.

It was a face streaked with tears.

His eyes were red and swollen, the tip of his nose was bright red, and his lips were pale from being clenched so tightly.

She did not speak.

Just looking at Bucky.

Those eyes seemed to ask: What idea?

Bucky understood that look.

He nodded slightly, then turned to look into the distance.

There, Mochi stood at the edge of the ruins, a whip in his hand, with the lion Liki curled up in a ball beside him.

"Mochi." Bucky's voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.

"Here! Captain!" Mochi jumped up and immediately stood up straight.

"Now, it's time for our great beast tamer to make his appearance." Bucky raised his hand and pointed to the fishmen lying in pools of blood.

"Captain, you mean..." Mochi paused for a moment.

Bucky's lips curled up slightly.

"Let these salted fish become the performing animals of our clown circus."

"Let them head the ball."

"Make them jump through hoops of fire."

"Let them perform on stage for the audience."

"Let everyone see—"

What became of the Arlong Pirates, who once dominated the East Blue?

"You know we're pirates!"

Bucky paused, a faint hint of amusement in his voice.

—Bucky: Now that we're here in this world, it's only right that we cause a ruckus!

For mermaids, perhaps the only remaining concern is their human-like face.

To the fish-people, they are simply fish with arms and legs.

Mochi's eyes lit up instantly.

"Animal performances!!!"

He practically shouted it out.

"The fishman performance!!!"

"Heading the ball!!!"

"Jump through the fire hoop!!!"

"Ha ha ha ha!!!"

Moqi burst into laughter, laughing so hard that his whole body trembled and tears almost streamed down his face.

"captain!!!"

"You are amazing!!!"

"This idea is fantastic!!!"

He rushed over, ran to the fishmen, and looked down at them.

Looking at those fish-men who were still alive and groaning.

"Someone come here!!!"

Mochi roared.

"Take all these fishmen back with you!!!"

"Cut off all their hands and feet!!!"

"Fish-men should be like fish, why do they have arms and legs?!"

At this point, Mochi understood Bucky's thoughts very well.

Why keep this evil dragon as a typical example?

Of course, the goal is to make the other murlocs the same as him!

And clearly, Bucky didn't need to say it; Mochi said it anyway.

The surrounding crew members were stunned for a moment, then burst into wild cheers.

"good!!!"

"Cut off their hands and feet!!!"

"Let them head the ball!!!"

"Make them jump through hoops of fire!!!"

The crew rushed forward, charging towards the fish-men.

They held knives and axes, their eyes gleaming with excitement.

For pirates, the torture and killing of prisoners is nothing new.

But this time is different.

This time, the Beast Tamer himself presided over the event.

This time, the captain gave the order personally.

this time……

This time it's for the great Pakistani Circus performance!

Kabaji stood by, watching it all.

He shrugged, and his lips twitched slightly.

"It doesn't feel quite right..." Cabaji muttered under his breath, "but it's the captain's order..."

He shrugged. "Whatever."

Anyway, it wasn't him who died.

Anyway, it wasn't him who got his hands and feet cut off.

Anyway... Kabaji glanced at Bucky's back.

The masked man stood there, watching it all unfold.

Kabaji looked away and stopped thinking about it.

Nami was still standing on the ruins.

She watched the fish-men being dragged away, watched their severed limbs, watched their screams fade into the distance.

Then she lowered her head and looked at the dragon.

The dragon lay there, trembling all over.

"Ahhhhh!"

It's not fear.

It's anger.

It was endless anger.

"Aaaaaah!"

He watched as his fellow countrymen were dragged away, had their hands and feet cut off, and were treated like animals.

He wanted to rush over.

"Ah!"

He wanted to kill those people.

But he couldn't move.

He had no hands, no feet, and could only watch helplessly as it all happened.

"what!"

"Nami!"

"You bitch!"

"You bastard!"

"You'll die a horrible death!"

"You will all die a horrible death!"

"Jinbe will come and kill you all!"

Blood and tears flowed, and the dragon's voice was as hoarse as sandpaper.

Having fallen into this predicament, there is absolutely nothing that can be done.

However, this is retribution.

This is retribution for the evil dragon and his pirate crew's eight years of tormenting the surrounding 20 villages.

The moment the evil dragon chose to wreak havoc on Nami's hometown instead of retaliating against the Celestial Dragons, this retribution was already destined.

As long as Nami is alive, and as long as the evidence of the evil dragon's rampage in Cocoyasi Village remains.

Therefore, the actions of the Buggy Pirates cannot be described as evil.

Even if Nami joins Buggy's Pirates, then Buggy's actions would be righteous.

Because the victim has the right to decide how to retaliate against the perpetrator!

"Then let him come. I want him to see you like this." Buggy looked at the dragon without any burden in his heart.

"Hehehe... Ahahahaha!"

Bucky looked at the dragon and suddenly had an interesting idea.

For example, humiliating the dragon by letting Jinbe see him at his most shameful, humble, and lowly moment.

quack!

Just thinking about it for a moment makes me incredibly excited.

After having this idea, Buggy started thinking about how to get Nami to carry it out.

Everything is sinful, except for revenge, which is naturally sacred.

Only when Nami does it, does it... can the most intense emotional climax be achieved.

Just thinking about Jinbe's expression, Arlong's expression, Nami's expression back then... Buggy feels incredibly excited.

It's still the same problem.

Bucky wouldn't do something like humiliating to the vast majority of people; even against enemies, he'd usually give them a quick and decisive humiliation.

Even if it's a hero, Bucky thinks heroes need to die a glorious death.

But it doesn't matter to racist fish-men like the evil dragon.

I don't usually do this to people, but are you even human?

Nami didn't say anything.

She just looked down at him, watched him curse, watched him swear, watched him despair.

"Cut off his nose and give it to me." Nami looked at the dragon with a strange expression in her eyes.

Near Zhu Zhechi, near the ink is black.

Now that Nami has chosen Buggy.

Then, their behavior and personality tend to gravitate towards Bucky's.

After all, if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too.

Bucky paused for a moment, then smiled.

The laughter was low and hoarse, carrying a strange kind of pleasure.

"Hehehehehe..."

He looked at Nami with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

"Good idea."

"That nose is really an eyesore."

Bucky raised his hand, and the Heart Sword behind him silently unsheathed and flew to the dragon.

The sword tip was aimed at that jagged nose.

The dragon's eyes widened.

"No--!!!"

"don't want--!!!"

"You can't—!!!"

The sword fell.

Blood splattered.

The nose that had once torn apart many humans fell to the ground, rolled twice, and stopped at Nami's feet.

Nami looked down at the nose.

There was a moment of silence.

Then she looked up at Bucky.

"Dragon's teeth are excellent weapon materials, and they can regenerate continuously."

How should one deal with their enemies?

Nami is ready to start making various proposals.

Killed the dragon?

How could we let this guy die so easily!

Bucky's eyes narrowed slightly.

Then he laughed.

That smile carried genuine joy.

"it is good."

"very good."

"very good."

He looked at Nami with admiration in his eyes.

"From now on, these fishmen are our property."

"Use it however you like."

He paused, turned around, and looked at the busy crew members.

"Hahaha..."

The laughter echoed through the ruins.

"This is the world of pirates."

"That's the rule of the strong."

"Survival of the fittest".

"Survival of the fittest".

"And I will be the one at the top."

Bucky opened his arms to embrace the sun and the sky.

"And you!"

"My lords!"

"You will be my servants who rule this world, my extensions!"

Power is the reason to be king!

The power within will cause my wild desires to swell infinitely!

The dragon lay on the ground, listening to those words and watching those people.

He was still cursing.

Insulting Pakistan.

He insulted Nami.

He insulted everyone.

But nobody paid him any attention.

Nobody was watching him.

He just lay there, like a real salted fish.

A forgotten salted fish.

Bucky turned to face all the crew members.

His voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.

"Everyone, listen to my command!"

"We'll be stationed here temporarily."

"Based on Dragon Paradise."

"Starting today—"

He paused, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"This place is ours now."

The crew erupted in wild cheers.

"Long live Captain Bucky!!!"

"Long live the Clown King!!!"

"Long live the circus!!!"

Cheers echoed over the ruins, lingering for a long time.

The flames were still flickering.

The smoke and dust were still drifting.

A new order is being established amidst the ruins.

The Arlong Pirates are now history.

However, the matter is not over yet.

If you want to rest here for a while, you'll definitely need to interact with the villagers.

It even includes the naval captain Rat who guards this sea area.

After the numerous pirate henchmen dispersed to do their work, sorting through the spoils and moving the fishmen.

Buggy, on the other hand, was alone with Nami.

"It's all over now, so is there anything you want to say?" Buggy looked at Nami.

He knew very well that this woman's mindset had changed drastically.

But what exactly it will become, that's beyond Bucky's knowledge.

The Clown King can't read minds.

Humans in the One Piece world are not data life forms, so they cannot directly read data through data intrusion.

However, this is not absolute. Buggy thinks that once his abilities are more developed, he can combine them with Observation Haki.

Even if we can't predict the future or hear the voices of all things.

Reading minds isn't that difficult, is it?

Nami paused for a moment.

Then he knelt down on one knee, picked up the dragon's nose, and held it above his head with both hands.

"I will offer you my loyalty."

"I will join the Buggy Pirates forever."

The joy of revenge, the talk of retribution, Buggy's seduction... all these factors intertwined in Nami's mind, ultimately leading to this result.

Once a choice is made, there will be no regrets, nor can there be any regrets.

Once you've chosen a path, you must continue down it.

Or die on this road.

"Hehehe...very good." Buggy squinted at Nami, quite satisfied. Finally, he had one of his subordinates who was smart enough.

After all, the original Buggy Pirates didn't really have any useful members.

There weren't many elites among those pirate henchmen.

Buggy picked up Arlong's nose and used it as a dagger, drawing an X on Nami's Arlong Pirates tattoo on her arm.

The skin was cut open, and blood began to flow.

"In that case, I'll leave everything here to you."

"From now on, all the other pirates on this ship will have to obey your orders!"

"Nami, I hope you can satisfy me." Buggy handed Nami the dragon's nose stained with Nami's blood.

So what if you're not satisfied?

Buggy didn't say, and Nami didn't ask.

There's no need to explain things so clearly.

"I will!" Nami took the dragon's nose and decided to turn it into a knife.

And the dragon's teeth.

Since the regeneration speed is so fast, let's forge a spiked club.

How can we make use of these fish-men?

Nami is about to start taking initiative.

Once you start falling into the abyss, there is no turning back.

"Hahahaha!" Bucky suddenly burst out laughing.

"Don't be nervous, and don't feel confused."

"Now that I've made this decision, I will take full responsibility for all the problems that arise from now on."

"Don't worry about Fishman Island and Jinbe coming after us."

"Since I'm helping you, I'm not afraid of that fat fish, the Seven Warlords of the Sea."

Buggy knew very well that Jinbe, given his personality, would definitely not care about Arlong's life or death.

If Jinbe had known what Arlong had done, he would have come and killed him himself long ago.

However, Buggy's insulting behavior towards fish-men is also a taboo for Jinbe.

In other words, a grudge has been formed between the two sides.

When the two sides actually meet, Jinbe will probably want to kill the entire Buggy Pirates crew, including the entire Arlong Pirates crew, right?

Perhaps we'll face off against the white-bearded man again in the future?

Hahaha... This is really interesting.