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

boom! !

The sound of shattering glass erupted from the window of the tall building behind the execution platform.

Scattered shards of glass fell from the sky, refracting the lightning in the heavens, with faint glimmers of light visible among them.

A figure rushed out of the window.

Now it's time for the beauty to save the hero.

Alvida's hair flew in the wind as she gripped the thick spiked club in her right hand. Her body arced through the air as she raised the club above her head and brought it down on Bucky's head.

—Iron Rod, Diamond Strike!

This strike, accompanied by the whoosh of the wind, was truly formidable.

Especially when the spikes of the mace tear through the air, it doesn't just produce a sharp whistling sound.

The spiked club was swung so violently that it even carried some of the broken glass shards along with it due to the airflow.

"..." Although Buggy was happy to have lured Alvida out, he still needed to dodge the forcefully swung spiked club.

Yarrita's biggest problem is that her spiked club is difficult to hit.

But if it hits... the impact of such a thick stick when swung around is much greater than that of swords and knives.

Bucky didn't turn around, but instead dodged to the side.

The movement was small, even minor.

Shift your weight from your left foot to your right foot, and with a gentle push, you'll leap forward a considerable distance.

boom--!!!

The spiked club slammed into the wooden planks of the execution platform, sending splinters of wood flying everywhere.

The wooden plank was smashed, creating a large hole. Debris flew up, hitting Bucky's clothes before falling back down.

Weapons like spiked clubs are indeed very destructive, but once they're thrown, there's basically no chance of them changing direction.

Anyway, Alvida's level is too high to do it, but if you're talking about Kaido's level, that's a different story.

Alvida's body landed on the execution platform, her high heels making two muffled thuds on the wooden board.

With a flick of her wrist, she pulled the spiked club out of the hole, its shaft still covered in wood chips.

Alvida didn't give chase, but instead stepped to the side, blocking Luffy's path.

Bucky turned around and looked at the woman who had flown out of the window.

"Oh?"

"Another one sent to their death~"

Bucky's lips curled up slightly, and his voice carried a hint of pleasure.

That's what they said, but they actually recognized the person, since there are only a few well-known characters who use spiked clubs.

In the East China Sea, the only beautiful woman who uses a spiked club is Yarrita.

"I'll take this guy today!" Buggy's recent dodge made Alvida further misjudge Buggy's strength.

Alvida turned her head to look at Luffy, who was lying on the ground. "I'm here to save you, Luffy."

He spoke softly, but when facing Bucky the Clown, he exuded a powerful aura.

Luffy was stunned for a moment.

He looked up at the woman in front of him.

He had never seen that face before.

If he had seen such a beautiful face, he couldn't possibly forget it.

But the woman called out his name and said she was coming to save him.

Luffy tilted his head, his expression shifting from anger to confusion, and then to bewilderment.

"Don't I know a beauty like you?"

—Luffy (?ᆺ?)

Even if Luffy isn't particularly interested in women, he won't forget beautiful women.

Although Luffy usually seems like he's mentally unstable, his aesthetic sense is normal; he just isn't very interested in women.

And Alvida is the only woman Luffy has ever called beautiful among all the women he has ever met.

Luffy racked his brains, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember.

"You don't even recognize me?" Alvida's lips twitched, her voice clearly showing displeasure.

"Never seen her before." Luffy tilted his head again, stared at her face for a while, and then shook his head.

"I am Alvida." Alvida took a deep breath, suppressing the rising anger. "The Alvida you sent flying."

Luffy's eyes widened for a moment.

"Alvida?!" His mouth gaped open, his jaw almost dropping to the ground.

Luffy's impression of Alvida is still that of someone with freckles all over her face and who is as fat as a ball.

And the beautiful woman in front of him... even from Luffy's perspective, was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life.

There is currently no other like it.

Is it highly unlikely that there will be no more in the future?

"Now you recognize me, right? I just have fewer freckles on my face~" At this point, Alvida's mood improved a little.

"But...you...how did you become like this?" Luffy was still staring wide-eyed, his mouth agape.

His expression shifted from shock to disbelief, then from disbelief to an inexplicable bewilderment. "It's completely different!"

"Let's talk about these issues later." Alvida turned her gaze from Luffy back to Buggy. "Buggy the Clown King...can I take him with me today?"

It was only then that Luffy noticed that Alvida's hands were trembling slightly.

I don't know if I'm scared or excited.

Baji stood two steps away, watching the two men.

He didn't make a move; he just stood there, arms crossed, eyes narrowed behind his mask, a faint smile playing on his lips.

There was an indescribable, amusing quality to that smile.

Like a hunter watching his prey finally walk into the trap... He had waited so many days for this woman.

Alvida.

The second entry in the system log is: "Ally with Alvida."

Now she's here~

I came here on my own.

To save Luffy!

"Hehehe..." Bucky's deep, hoarse voice carried a strange pleasure. "The 'beauty saves the hero' trope, not bad~"

He drew the Red Heart Sword and the Black Heart Sword from their respective scabbards with both hands.

The two swords spun in Bucky's hands, their blades gleaming coldly beneath the dark clouds.

"On this wonderful occasion—" Buggy paused, his gaze falling on Alvida's face, "I'll give you a chance to introduce yourself."

Alvida raised her left hand and pressed it against her cheek, the corners of her mouth slowly curving upwards into a nonchalant yet beautiful smile.

"The most beautiful lady in the world—" Alvida paused, her voice carrying an indescribable confidence, "Alvida."

She used to be extremely self-conscious because of the freckles on her face, and she became self-destructive and binge-eating.

However, after eating the slippery fruit and getting rid of her freckles and fat, Arrita suddenly became confident.

Alvida's aesthetic sense is also normal.

She used to like being called a beauty because she was too fat, but now she doesn't care what others say.

Who could be prettier than herself?

Even after seeing the photos of the Queen of Amazon Lily, she's just so-so.

This world is so congested with traffic that communication is indeed very inconvenient.

However, thanks to the existence of the News Bird, photos of the Great Pirates are found all over the world.

Alvida is now a stunning beauty, and that's not just talk... it's a fact that has long been established.

Alvida switched the mace from her right hand to her left, resting the shaft in her shoulder socket with the spikes pointing upwards.

Her free right hand slid down her cheek, along her delicate neck, across her exquisite collarbone, and stopped at the deep white cleavage on her chest.

"All the men in this world should submit to my beauty." Alvida's gaze fell on Buggy's mask. "What do you think, Buggy?"

Alvida didn't know if she could defeat the Clown King, who had a bounty of fifty million.

But regardless of whether we can win or lose, we can talk.

She was once the captain of a pirate crew.

Pirate crews not only engage in burning, killing, and looting, but also in human relationships and social skills; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to dispose of stolen goods.

Oh, sometimes collecting tolls is more convenient than robbing someone outright.

However, if one could use their beauty to seduce this masked man and lower his guard... that would obviously be more cost-effective.

"If you were to trade yourself for me, if you were to become my possession..." Bucky looked at her, the smile on his lips unwavering, "Of course."

"You're such a pervert." Luffy, lying on the ground, frowned upon hearing this. "You remind me of Sanji."

Bucky ignored him.

His gaze remained fixed on Alvida, his eyes behind the mask slightly narrowed, as if he were appraising a piece of merchandise.

Alvida's smile vanished instantly; she lowered her hand from her chest and gripped the spiked club again.

No matter what, Alvida felt that her fighting skills were quite good, and she couldn't possibly rely entirely on her beauty to seduce someone.

This is the dignity born from strength.

"You're quite direct," Alvida said, somewhat annoyed, but secretly pleased.

Ever since my appearance changed, it feels like the whole world has changed.

...To be honest, it was pretty fun~

Especially when plundered by a powerful figure like Bucky.

Yes, after facing Buggy head-on, as the atmosphere continued to change, Alvida could vaguely sense Buggy's terror.

Especially after Bucky pulled out the two swords, Alvida felt a deadly sense of threat.

Whether or not Bucky uses the Ace Throwing Knife has a significant impact on his current strength.

Using throwing knives versus not using throwing knives are completely different levels of combat ability.

"Pirates, you know," Buggy shrugged. "They say what they want, they do what they want. It's no fun hiding things."

The atmosphere on the execution platform seemed quite harmonious at this moment, especially with the shouts of killing coming from below.

Alvida didn't reply; her gaze shifted from Buggy to Luffy.

Luffy was still lying there, his neck and wrists locked by wooden shackles.

sieve!

Alvida swung her spiked club, making a sound as it cut through the air, and smashed it towards the wooden shackles around Luffy's neck.

Click!

The wooden shackles shattered instantly, sending splinters flying everywhere.

Luffy's wrists and neck were finally free, but he was still lying on the ground.

"Aren't you going to stand up?" Alvida slung her spiked club back over her shoulder and looked down at Luffy.

Alita is under immense pressure facing Pakistan alone and desperately needs allies.

"Sorry..." Luffy lay on the ground, then suddenly raised his head, revealing a bright, sunny smile, "He gave me too much anesthetic, I can't stand up."

Alvida's pupils contracted sharply, and her heart sank.

This was not the script she had envisioned.

Luffy's constant bickering and energy previously led Alvida to misjudge him.

She thought Luffy was just drugged and held on the execution platform, and that he could stand up as long as he broke the wooden shackles.

It turns out that Luffy was able to be so noisy before because of Buggy's stimulation of his mental state.

"What did you say?" Alvida lowered her voice, sensing that the situation was getting much worse.

"That clown bastard put a lot of anesthetic in my popcorn..." Luffy couldn't stand up for himself when faced with Alvida's questioning.

Alvida shifted her gaze from Luffy to Buggy.

Baji stood there, a sword in each hand beside him.

The corners of his mouth beneath the mask turned up slightly; everything was as expected.

It was because Luffy was given enough anesthetic that Buggy wasn't worried about Luffy being rescued.

He's only watching the show because he knows Luffy can't save him.

"Despicable," Alvida uttered through gritted teeth.

"Despicable?" Bucky tilted his head, his smile widening.

"Baseness is the passport of the base."

"Nobility is the epitaph of the noble."

"And we are pirates."

"That's how pirates always do things~"

Bucky wasn't embarrassed at all.

The failure of a conspiracy is shameful; once it succeeds, all you need to do is be proud.

Alvida didn't reply; her mind was racing.

Her intuition told her that she couldn't defeat Buggy alone if Luffy lost his fighting ability.

Moreover, there were so many members of the Buggy Pirates in the square, as well as that swordsman on the unicycle, that animal trainer, and that lion.

Luffy's crewmates, the one with the green hair and the one with the round eyebrows, have been blocked.

So, are there any reinforcements available now?

navy?

Obviously, there's no hope.

So the only option was to run away.

……run?

Where are you going?

Where can you run to with a helpless Luffy?

Alvida's gaze swept across the square, discerning the figures of the Marines among the dense crowd, and then she tried to find one person among them: Smoker.

She is looking for Smoker.

A Logia-type Smoke-Smoke Fruit user who single-handedly changed the lives of the White Hunters in Loguetown.

Alvida believed that if things got out of hand in the square, Smoker would definitely come.

Whenever Smoker arrives, he will definitely target Bucky first, because Bucky is the biggest threat here.

As long as Smoker arrives, and as long as Smoker and Buggy fight, she will have a chance to run away with Luffy.

Unfortunately, Alvida didn't know that Buggy had already contacted Smoker and reached an agreement... If Alvida knew about their agreement, she probably wouldn't be able to resist cursing and swearing.

Bucky really did make all the necessary preparations in advance; everything was going according to plan.

Now, Bucky's task is to put enough pressure on Alvida to get her to agree to his conditions.

So Bucky didn't rush to make a move.

"I might really be going to die here today." Alvida's lips twitched down.

Luffy, who was lying on the ground, heard those words.

He looked up at Alvida's tense face and the fleeting fear in her eyes.

"Feed," Luffy said, his voice still muffled. "Why did you come to save me?"

"Because you hit me." Alvida didn't look at him; her gaze remained fixed on Bucky.

Luffy was taken aback; this answer was completely unexpected.

"That punch to the stomach was the first time in my life I've ever been hit like that." Alvida's lips slowly curled up, revealing an expression that was hard to tell whether it was a smile or something else.

"Then hurry up and go! Take Zoro and Sanji with you!" Luffy didn't want innocent people to get hurt because of him. "Let's go!!"

"Zoro, Sanji, let's go!"

"Alvida! Let's go!"

Luffy's voice was very loud, but no one was paying attention to him.

"..." Alvida actually wanted to complain, "You think you can just run away like that?"

Running away with your back to the enemy makes you more likely to be killed in battle!

Although Alvida felt that her Slip-Slip Fruit could deflect most physical attacks, she couldn't be sure of the exact extent of her abilities due to the short time she had the chance to use it.

Simply put, the Devil Fruit's abilities are underdeveloped.

Anyway, her instinctive sixth sense told her... something was wrong.

Alvida shifted her gaze away from Bucky again, trying to find Smoker in the crowd.

But Smoker hasn't shown up yet.

Smoker and Buggy's agreement means that Smoker will not come out unless Buggy massacres the Marines in Loguetown or is prepared to kill Luffy.

In this current stage play, the strongest character on the stage is none other than Bucky the Clown.

Everything is unfolding according to Bucky Barnes' script.

"What exactly do you want?" Alvida asked Bucky.

"What do I want to do?" Bucky tilted his head, the smile on his lips unchanged. "I want to make a deal with you."

"A deal?" Alvida's pupils contracted slightly.

"Yes." Buggy twirled the Red Heart Sword and the Black Heart Sword in his hand. "You ally with me, and I'll let you and Luffy go."

People always compromise.

Compared to Bucky's previous statement about becoming my property, the idea of ​​forming an alliance sounds much better.

This further weakened Yalrita's resolve to resist.

Bucky's smile deepened; now it was time to reap the rewards of victory.

As long as Alvida agrees to the alliance.

Then Bucky's strength will increase dramatically.

If Yalrita agrees, even if Smoker comes out, he'll just get beaten up by Buggy.

"An alliance?" Alvida's brows furrowed even more.

Where does an alliance come from between the strong and the weak?

An alliance between the strong and the weak will inevitably result in unilateral annexation if the strong do not exercise self-restraint.

The merger will occur even without the stronger party actively absorbing it.

Bucky clearly doesn't seem like the kind of person who follows the rules.

"Yes." Bucky nodded. "The Clown King Bucky and the most beautiful lady in the world, Alvida—we're allied here!"

Because they did not know Bucky's true purpose.

After much deliberation, Alvida realized that she seemed to have no choice.

Moreover, the word "alliance" sounds much better than "becoming Bucky's property."

Considering that Luffy is a burden, it's impossible for them to defeat Buggy in the current situation.

...Using this as a bargaining chip to let Luffy go doesn't seem so unacceptable?

...Alvida felt that since Buggy had taken a liking to her looks, he definitely wouldn't let her go.

...Isn't that just exchanging something you don't already have for something else?

People always compromise; the more you think about it, the more worthwhile it seems.

Bucky noticed Alvida's inner turmoil.

He knew it was going to work out.

Haha, it's almost done!

Everything is going according to plan; the Clown King's script will not go wrong!