Tiach's lips curled up, laughing wildly and arrogantly!
"Ze hahahaha..."
Tiach looked at Buggy's bounty poster, as if seeing his own shadow, his crude laughter echoed across the empty sea: "Ze hahahahahaha... this kind of guy finally surfaced, huh? I thought my only opponent was Shanks!"
More than twenty years ago.
Edward Newgate and Pirate King Gol D. Roger clashed.
Marshall D. Tiach, as a Whitebeard Pirates crew member, encountered intern pirates Buggy and Shanks from the Roger Pirates. He originally thought only Red-haired Shanks was a noteworthy character, assuming Buggy was just a clown, but never expected him to hide as well!
"First strike killed a Heavenly Celestial Dragon..."
Tiach tightly gripped the newspaper and Buggy's bounty poster, letting the other Straw Hat Kid's bounty poster fly away as his gaze remained focused on Buggy: "Ze hahaha... Buggy, your courage is even bigger than mine, ze hahaha..."
Shampodi Islands.
An old man wearing glasses, his gaze drifting as he looked at two bounty posters, feeling something wasn't quite right, couldn't help but twitch his lips: "Buggy's courage... has grown this big?"
The fact is proven.
Buggy's courage remained small.
Nonetheless, Buggy still harbored a heart bent on revenge.
Even while the entire East Sea Navy was overturning the seas to find his trail, Buggy continued to gather his old pirate crew members, planning to create a major event in Log Town, on the execution platform that executed Pirate King Roger, to kill Straw Hat Luffy!
Originally Buggy wanted to hide...
However, his subordinates all believed him to be a significant figure, and even his partner Alvida urged him to immediately seek revenge on Straw Hat Luffy...
Because of being mistakenly regarded as a hidden big character, Buggy's identity was elevated by his subordinates, finding it hard to back down to maintain his reputation.
"Then let's set off!"
"We head to Log Town!"
Buggy's heart raced, yet stubbornly waved his arm, his voice sharp: "We go to Log Town, kill Straw Hat Luffy!"
"Yes, Captain Buggy!"
The entire Buggy Pirates suddenly erupted in excitement.
Though their strength wasn't remarkable, they had a big character captain!
Just as Buggy Pirates rushed to Log Town, Straw Hat Pirates were also sailing their Golden Merry towards Log Town.
Nami, the navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates, went on duty, carefully informing everyone of precautionary measures: "Log Town is our last supply stop before entering the Grand Line, but according to the information given by that man, an Admiral might appear in Log Town..."
"We absolutely must go!"
Luffy paid no mind to any Admiral, pressing his straw hat, earnestly and seriously speaking: "That's the hometown of Pirate King Gol D. Roger, we set off from there too!"
"I know!"
Nami punched him on the head, angrily closing her eyes: "But there, we must be careful, you're carrying a bounty on your head..."
"Speaking of which..."
Zoro furrowed his brows, recalling their encounter with Clown Buggy: "That red-nosed guy named Buggy, his bounty rose to 730 million Belly..."
"He even knows Shanks!"
Luffy popped back up, introducing the hat on his head: "When he saw me wearing this hat, he disliked it a lot, he knows Shanks too!"
"Seems like this Shanks isn't an ordinary character..."
Sanji puffed on his cigarette, slowly exhaling a smoke ring.
As Straw Hat Pirates followed their established plan to head to Log Town, a large ship was steadily sailing towards Log Town as well.
Konoha Pirates.
The purpose for this pirate crew heading to Log Town is simple, to witness how strong an Admiral really is, and also to assist Clown Buggy's escape.
After all, Clown Buggy, this newly promoted Great Pirate, was painstakingly nurtured by them, originally supposed to fall into Akihara Kagura's hands to aid his promotion, not to fall into another Navy's hands as someone else's promotion material...
East Sea Branch 16.
A small navy ship had already set out.
As an ordinary Branch Lieutenant, Akihara Kagura wasn't qualified to modify a warship with his own personal insignia like a Vice Admiral, he could only ride a small-scale navy ship.
Akihara Kagura reported to the East Sea Branch about Buggy Pirates moving toward Log Town, proactively requesting to monitor the route to Log Town.
The East Sea Branch Vice Admiral immediately agreed to Akihara Kagura's request and instantly reported this intelligence to the Log Town naval branch, hoping the Log Town naval branch would take it seriously.
Log Town.
Navy Branch Colonel's office.
A tall figure sat at the Navy Colonel's position, eyes covered with a sleep mask, listening with closed eyes to the intelligence sent from the East Sea Branch.
"Ara-rara-rara... thank you."
This tall man nonchalantly expressed his gratitude, seeming to plan to continue lying in the office to sleep but suddenly was startled awake by the voice on the other end of the phone.
"Who are you!"
The East Sea Branch Vice Admiral immediately recognized something wasn't right with the voice, sounding somewhat familiar yet strange, clearly not Smoker's voice.