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

Chapter 99 (Free)

Don't be fooled by how easily Bucky beat Wipa; it's because Bucky is just too strong.

However, apart from Wapol being able to modify himself without restraint due to his Gluttony Fruit, there are more restrictions when he applies it to other life forms.

The Wahlbo alloy on Vepa's body cannot fully integrate with flesh and blood like Wahlbo himself.

The Valber alloy on Vepa's body is more integrated with his bones, hair, and nails, and relies more on the Valber alloy armor on the surface of his body.

In other words.

Wapol himself can already be considered a mechanical life form.

However, the cyborg Weapon can only be described as a cyborg life form at present—its level of mechanization is not even as high as that of the Tyrant Bear.

"Not bad." Bucky's voice came from ahead. "The hardness of Wahlbo alloy is indeed reliable."

Wipa looked up and saw Bucky walking toward Elsa.

"Stop—!!!" Wipa charged forward again.

This time, Wahlbo didn't give him a chance.

The mechanical giant claw slammed down from above, like a mountain pressing down on Wipa.

"boom-!!!"

Wipa's body was slammed into the ground, and rubble and dust exploded in the impact.

He lay on the ground, struggling to stand up, but Wapol's giant claws pressed firmly against his back, making no move.

"Elsa—!!!" Wepa's voice was forced out through clenched teeth, "Let her go—!!!"

Bucky ignored him, walked up to Elsa, squatted down, and looked Elsa in the eye.

"Are you scared?" Bucky asked.

Elsa shook her head.

"Are you really not afraid?"

Elsa shook her head again, then nodded, then shook her head again.

She couldn't quite describe how she felt.

The man in front of her gave her a very strange feeling.

It wasn't fear, nor awe, but something more complex, something she didn't know how to describe.

Elsa took a deep breath, then strode towards Wepa, making a "tap, tap, tap" sound.

With each step he took, Wipa's expression changed.

Even someone as impulsive as Wipa has now realized something is wrong.

Elsa's emotions now contained no anger or hatred, only peace and composure.

Elsa walked up to Wepa and stopped.

She looked down at Vepa, who was being pressed to the ground by Wapol's giant claws.

"Wipa————"

"I am the Son of God."

During this time, under Bucky's hypnosis, Aisha has fully accepted this identity.

Although this approach is very much like that of an evil villain, Bucky doesn't think there's anything wrong with him being an evil villain.

"How is this possible!" Wipa was almost dumbfounded; this reality was too much of a shock for him.

"I will be the next Sky Island God, the warrior of Shandia—" Aisha said calmly, "Your mission will no longer be revenge, but to protect me."

"?!?!" Wipa's lips trembled, wanting to say something, but he couldn't utter a word.

"Is this true?" Wipa's mind was already not working well, and the current situation had made his brain even more of a mess.

If Elsa becomes the successor of God and is the next God, then what is the point of her rebellion?

Wipa: Am I rebelling against my own home?

"Really." Elsa nodded. "The Lord God said that when he is not here, I will take over the management of the entire Sky Island."

He said, "I am the son of God and will be the next god."

"And you—" Aisha stretched out her hand and pointed at Wepa, "you are the chosen procession of gods."

"————" Wepa fell silent.

Thinking about it carefully, from any perspective, there seems to be no need to lie to him.

In particular, let alone defeating Bucky, he couldn't even beat Wapol.

"Wipa," Bucky's voice came from behind.

"I can kill you."

"I can kill all the Shandians."

"I can raze your ruins to the ground."

"But I didn't."

"Not because I can't—it's because I don't need to."

"This is the benevolence and compassion of the strong."

"I'm not killing you; that's my way of showing my sincerity."

Bucky paused, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Wipa fell silent, closed his eyes in silence, and then opened them.

I promise you.

I promise you.

After saying it once, he subconsciously repeated it again, clearly still in a daze.

"Walpo, let him go." Bucky stood up, turned around, and walked towards the laboratory door.

Wapol’s mechanical claws moved off Wipa’s back.

Wipa got up from the ground and stood beside Elsa, a feeling he couldn't quite describe welling up inside him.

"Wipa," Elsa looked up at him, "Will you protect me?"

Although Elsa has been hypnotized by Bucky and has accepted her identity, she is still under a lot of pressure.

The Clown Magic Hypnosis technique, without the aid of mental disruption, is not very effective even for people with weak minds.

However, Elsa is young, so hypnosis can be used to guide her growth.

Wipa remained silent for a long time, then he knelt down on one knee.

"I can."

"I will protect you with my life."

"This is the oath of the Shandian warriors."

After all, if Elsa becomes a god, then the Shandians' goal of reclaiming the Holy Land will be achieved immediately.

Elsa smiled.

The smile in Wipa's eyes was brighter than the sunshine in the Golden Land; this was the hope for the future.

"Let's go, we still have a lot to do." Baji stood at the laboratory door, watching this scene, a slight smile playing on his lips beneath his mask.

Nami followed him out of the laboratory.

The door closed behind them.

"Captain," Nami's voice hesitated, "you—you really want to make that little girl the Child of God?"

"Why not?" Bucky didn't turn around.

"She's just a child—"

"That's why I let her be it." Buggy stopped and turned around to look at Nami.

"Loyalty among adults is a transaction."

"Give me benefits, and I'll risk my life for you."

"When interests align, we are partners; when interests conflict, we are enemies."

It's like the relationship between Buggy and Nami.

There was no love between them.

All love is based on expecting something in return for favors.

It's a feeling that stems from the stock exchange.

"And a child's loyalty is faith."

"She won't betray, because she doesn't know what betrayal is."

"She wouldn't doubt it because she doesn't know what doubt is."

"She will take what I say as truth, what I ask her to do as a mission, and everything I give her as a gift."

"She will be an extension of me."

Bucky will instill his thoughts into Elsa's mind.

It's not about making Elsa become Bucky, but about making Elsa a kind of alter ego, an agent of will.

Nami's lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but nothing came out.

She simply nodded and followed Bucky toward the temple.

The moonlight shone on them, casting their shadows long and thin.

On the terrace of the temple, the sea of ​​clouds still stretched endlessly beneath their feet.