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

Chapter 71 How to capture Enel?

Alvida didn't answer, but bit her lip and buried her face in Bucky's shoulder, letting the heat rising from her cheeks dissipate in the wind.

Nojiko's smile deepened. He reached out and gently brushed aside the stray hairs on Alvida's forehead, then playfully touched her face.

"It's a bit hot, I haven't gotten used to it yet~" Nokiko said.

Alvida blushed and glared at Nojiko, but there was no anger in her eyes, only an indescribable shyness.

Nojiko laughed, withdrew her hand, and leaned back on Bucky's shoulder, enduring Bucky's continued mischief. Her breathing gradually became unsteady, and her body unconsciously leaned closer to Bucky.

Noki raised her head, glanced at Bucky, then bit her lip, rested her head on his shoulder again, and closed her eyes.

Just as the ambiguous atmosphere was getting stronger, "Captain"

Nami's voice came from the direction of the captain's cabin. Only Buggy, Nami, Nojiko, and Alvida could come here at will.

Other pirates are strictly forbidden from coming here.

Uncle Bucky's life is so simple, unpretentious, and monotonous.

Upon hearing Nami's voice, Buggy turned his head to look in that direction, his hands continuing their work without stopping.

Nami stepped out of the cabin, holding a Log Pose in her hand.

She wore a white shirt today, with a slightly upturned collar.

Her short orange hair was a little messy from the sea breeze, with a few strands sticking to the corners of her mouth.

Nami walked over, her gaze sweeping over Nojiko and Alvida before landing on Buggy's face—her expression clearly showing disdain, since Nami was usually the only one doing the actual work.

Nochiko occasionally helps out too.

Buggy and Alvida just do nothing but play all day long — Nami felt a headache coming on, but oh well, she decided to stop thinking about it anyway, since she couldn't control them.

"Captain," Nami said, holding up the Log Pose, "the Log Pose is malfunctioning."

The Buggy Pirates have more than one Log Pose. When Nami first noticed that the Log Pose was pointing to the sky, she thought it was broken.

But after discovering that all the record pointers were like this, it became clear that the problem wasn't with the record pointers.

So she took a Log Pose and went to Buggy, since Buggy seemed to know everything before—and Nami also knew that Buggy used to be a member of the Pirate King Roger's crew, so he should know about these strange things, right?

"Something went wrong?" Bucky raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Look," Nami handed over the Log Pose, "it's pointing to—the sky."

Bucky took the record pointer and glanced down at it.

The tip of the pointer is slightly upturned, pointing towards the sky.

It's not the kind of deviation caused by a malfunction, but a stable, definite, and unwavering direction.

Pointing to the sky.

"No problem." Bucky's lips curled up slightly, knowing that he had finally arrived in this sea area.

"No problem?" Nami frowned. "Then why is it pointing to the sky?"

Bucky picked up where she left off, "Because our destination is in the sky."

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Nojiko lifted his head from Bucky's shoulder and glanced at him.

Alvida also lifted her head from Bucky's shoulder and looked at him.

Both of them had the same question in their eyes.

"The sky?" Nami's brows furrowed even more. "What are you talking about?"

"Above this sea, in the white sea above the clouds, there is an island floating in the sky—the Sky Island," Bucky said with a touch of nostalgia.

Although Bucky the Clown has information about Skypiea in his memories, and he watched the anime before traveling through time, seeing the islands in the clouds in reality would still be very exciting.

"Are there really sky islands?" Nami asked, somewhat surprised.

"————" Alvida's pupils contracted slightly, but she didn't know what to say.

"I never imagined that Skypiea actually exists." Nojiko and Nami were very in sync; they truly are sisters.

"Of course, I saw it with my own eyes back then." Buggy recalled the memories in his mind, handed the Log Pose back to Nami, and leaned back in his chair.

"Back when we were in Roger's crew, we went up there—the Sky Island people have wings, that was really interesting."

Although Bucky thought the Sky Islanders weren't very strong, he imagined himself forming a procession of angels—a procession of gods flying around him—and then flying down amidst the throng.

quack!

So handsome!

"The Pirate King—went up there?" Nami took the Log Pose, looked down at the pointer pointing to the sky, and her expression changed from confusion to shock.

"Yes." Bucky's lips curled up slightly. "Sky Islands really exist. Above the white sea of ​​clouds, there are islands, cities, inhabitants, animals—everything you can't even imagine."

Noki raised her head and looked at Bucky, placing her hands on his knees.

"captain."

Nojiko's voice was soft, with a gentle, ingratiating tone, "Could you tell us about Skypiea?"

Alvida didn't speak, but simply raised her head and looked at Bucky with her beautiful eyes.

Bucky looked at them, his smile widening.

"What do you want to know?"

"I want to know everything," Nochiko said.

"It's a magical place," Bucky said slowly. "The clouds are the land, the seashells are the tools, and the ocean currents are the path to the sky."

"The inhabitants there live above the clouds, using the clouds as their land and their houses."

"They didn't use ordinary tools, but something called a 'shell' that could store wind, water, sound, and light—"

Buggy recounts his memories of traveling, a time when the Roger Pirates had a lot of fun.

Nojiko listened intently, her eyes fixed on Bucky.

Alvida listened attentively, a slight smile unconsciously creeping onto her lips.

Nami stood to the side, clutching the Log Pose in her hand, her expression shifting from shock to contemplation.

"Sky Island—" Nami whispered, "How are we going to get there?"

"The Sky-Piercing Current is a massive current of water that surges up from the seabed and can lift an entire ship into the sky." This is why Buggy likes to strengthen his pirate ship all the time.

If the boat is of poor quality, then taking a cruise on the Sky Tower would be very dangerous.

"What about the risks?" Nami frowned again. "These currents can't possibly be without risks, can they?"

"The risk is huge," Bucky bluntly stated. "If the boat isn't of good quality, or if the wrong current is chosen, it could fall from the sky."

Although Buggy spoke casually, Namino Kiss and Alvida looked up at the clouds in the sky—falling from that kind of sky would probably mean certain death.

Falling from above the clouds makes no difference whether it lands in water or on the ground.

It will probably turn into sauce with a "smack".

"Don't worry too much, I've always been prepared~" Buggy, I'm always in complete control.

"The Giant itself was of very good quality, especially since Wapol produced enough Wapol alloy during the Alabasta period to reinforce the Giant and the Iron King."

"While it can't compare to the Oro Jackson made from the Adam Tree, it still meets the requirement of riding the Sky Current."

Having experienced the Skyfall Stream once, Bucky's experience is quite reliable.

The Oro Jackson was the name of Roger's pirate ship.

"And I know how to determine which sky currents allow you to reach sky islands and which don't."

Before eating the Devil Fruit, Buggy was very skilled in water combat, and he had studied ocean currents related to the Sky Current back then.

Pakistan's seafaring skills are actually quite good.

Buggy laughed and said, "Back when I was in Roger's crew, they studied this, and I wrote it down."

"You wrote it down?" Nami's lips twitched.

"Yes." Bucky nodded. "Although I wasn't very interested in fighting back then, I remembered anything that was useful."

Nami took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.

"So, are we going to Sky Island now?"

"No." Bucky shook his head. "Let's go to Jaya Island first."

"Gaya Island?"

“Yes,” Bucky said. “Using the Sky Current to go up into the sky isn’t something you can do anytime.”

"I need to gather the latest records to determine which ocean current will carry us up."

Nami nodded.

She put away the recording pointer in her hand and turned to walk towards the steering wheel.

"I'll go and inform Mochi and Kabaji to change course and head towards Jaya Island."

"Um.

""

Nami took a few steps, then stopped without looking back.

"captain."

"Um?"

"————It's nothing."

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Nami shook her head and strode towards the steering wheel. Her figure appeared particularly slender in the sunlight, yet exceptionally resolute.

Bucky watched her retreating figure, the smile on his lips undiminished.

Nojiko stood up from the ground and sat back on the armrest of his chair.

Alvida also stood up and sat back down on the other side of the armrest.

Two people leaned on his shoulders, one on each side.

"Captain," Nojiko's voice was soft, "what are you thinking about?"

"Thinking about someone," Bucky said.

"Who?"

"A very interesting person."

Nojiko didn't ask any more questions, but simply rested her head on Bucky's shoulder and closed her eyes.

Alvida didn't say anything either, leaning on Bucky's shoulder, her gaze fixed on the azure sea.

Bucky's gaze was fixed on the distance, and the corners of his mouth beneath the mask turned up slightly.

He was thinking about Enel.

Enel calls himself a god and possesses the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which is considered one of the strongest Devil Fruits in the entire world. The Rumble-Rumble Fruit is a super Devil Fruit whose strength is comparable to the Glint-Glint Fruit.

It has no weaknesses.

It has no natural enemies.

It's almost perfect.

If you were to point out any flaws, it would probably be the user's own shortcomings.

"I really want to change my Devil Fruit power." Buggy was still envious of the strong Devil Fruit powers he saw along the way.

The Swallow Fruit, Fungus Fruit, and Sand Fruit are all better than the Split Fruit.

At present, it seems to be more useful than splitting.

I wonder what will happen when the Split-Split Fruit awakens.

"What?" Noki raised her head and glanced at him.

"Nothing," Buggy shook his head. "I was just thinking that that Devil Fruit—would be perfect for Nami."

"What Devil Fruit?"

"The Rumble-Rumble Fruit," Buggy said. "It can transform into lightning, possessing extremely high speed and immense destructive power. Someone ate it on Skypiea."

"That...that person is very strong?" Nojiko frowned.

If Buggy needs it, then Nojiko is willing to work hard for it.

"If we're only talking about the Devil Fruit's power, it is indeed very strong," Buggy said calmly.

Nojiko's expression changed: "Then we should—"

"Don't worry," Bucky said calmly. "That person only has power, but no heart to match it."

"Heart?" This question caught the attention of Nami, Nojiko, and Alvida.

"Yes," Bucky said. "Fighting is not just a contest of strength, but also a contest of wills."

"A confused person is weak and vulnerable."

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"A person who is lost in their own mind is like a drifting tumbleweed."

"The lost traveler walks on heavy iron."

"A person who is deluded is like a piece of rotten wood."

To reach the pinnacle in the world of One Piece, it doesn't matter whether you're a good guy or a bad guy.

But one thing is essential, and that is mental fortitude.

Refusing to turn back until hitting a brick wall?

They'd rather die than turn back from hitting a wall!

Know what you need to do, know what you want, and then move forward without guilt, regret, or shame.

"The Rumble-Rumble Fruit would really suit Nami." Of course, Buggy himself was also very envious, but the problem is that normally, one person can't eat two Devil Fruits, and he doesn't know how Blackbeard managed to have so many different abilities.

"Suitable for Nami?" Nojiko felt like she had heard something interesting.

"The basic ability of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit is to control lightning. If it were given to Nami, she would probably also be able to sense the magnetic field of a planet and observe rain clouds in the sky, etc." Buggy remembered that in the original work, Nami used the Clima-Tact to launch lightning attacks.

No matter how you look at it, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit is still better than the Weather Stick.

Nojiko's eyes lit up: "Then Captain, you—"

"————" Buggy didn't answer yes or no, but simply said, "When a Devil Fruit user dies, their power will be reborn somewhere in the world. But no one can be 100% sure which fruit it will be reborn into."

Placing fruit nearby is a folk remedy, but its success rate is questionable.

"In that case, let's put this matter aside for now." Nojiko shook her head. "It's not worth investing too much energy in something that's uncertain."

"I do have some ideas, and we can give it a try, but we'll only know after we try it." Buggy was thinking about how to deal with Enel.

Nojiko looked at Bucky, her lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything.

She simply rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

Alvida leaned on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

The three of them sat there quietly.

On the deck of the White Iron King.

Mochi stood at the bow of the ship, holding a Den Den Mushi in his hand.

The Den Den Mushi's mouth opened and closed, emitting Nami's voice.

"Change course and head towards Jaya Island."

"Jay Island?" Mochi frowned. "What kind of place is that?"

"This is the captain's order. Just follow me," Nami's voice came through the Den Den Mushi. "I'll explain later."

"Okay." Mochi nodded. "I'll arrange it right away."

The Den Den Mushi's eyes returned to normal, and communication was lost.

Mochi put away the Den Den Mushi, turned around, and looked at Kabaji standing behind him.

"Sky Island?" Kabaji frowned. "What's that?"

"I don't know," Mochi shook his head, "but if the captain says we're going, then we'll go."

"That's true." Cabaji nodded. "The captain's decisions are never wrong."

Although this sounds like blind trust.

But Bucky's previous performance has proven that he is trustworthy and there is no need to doubt him.

Mochi turned around and shouted to the busy pirate henchmen, "Change course! Follow the Giant!"

"yes!"

The pirate henchmen responded with a resounding roar.

Alabasta.

Crocodile stood in a dimly lit room, a cigar between his fingers.

On the table is intelligence sent by Baroque Works spies—the Buggy Pirates have left the Alabasta Sea, and their destination should be Jaya Island, Mogu Town.

"What exactly do you want to do?!" Crocodile crumpled the intelligence report into a ball and threw it into the trash can.

"Never mind, at least he's finally gone." He leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.

The wound on his chest still throbbed faintly; it was a souvenir left by Bucky's ace throwing knife.

In this respect, Crocodile isn't particularly resilient, or rather, he becomes less resilient once his Haki is gone.

"The Clown King —"

Crocodile spat out a few words through gritted teeth, "I'll remember you."