Capítulo 53: 53. Kano Country
Clown Pirates arrive in Kano Country after 2 days. They don't need to dock their ship on the hidden coast. They can just use the normal port here. Well, not really normal, but a special port for pirates.
There are many pirate ships on the coast. It is because the Country itself is governed by a pirate crew. So pirates & criminals can roam freely here.
The Marine & WG can't meddle in this, because Kano Country is affiliated with WG. Only when the pirates leave the island, will the Marine & WG chase them.
Buggy looks at the port town and gets reminded of something. 'This town looks like an ancient Chinese kind of town. Wait! It's more like those towns from Wuxia novel or manga- no, manhua? Eh, or manhwa? Ah, whatever.'
No matter what it is called, the town looks like a Chinatown. Buggy can even see tall mountains like what is described in those wuxia novels.
'Will there be cultivators who fly on their swords here?' Buggy thinks of useless stuff while they get closer to the island. This is not a wuxia novel, so there won't be cultivators. A fact that Buggy ignore for his amusement.
They dock at the port and unsurprisingly the authority asks them to pay the parking fee. They pay it to avoid trouble so they can explore the island freely.
The Clowns leave the ship to explore the country. Only Dina & Robin stay on the ship to hide. Kano is a big country, so there must be spies everywhere.
Buggy now goes to the broker with Jude. She said she want to learn how to gather information. Buggy teaches her basic level information gathering skills. They go to a bar and buy information.
Jude watches as Buggy buys the information. Then after they buy the information, Buggy takes Jude to the black market. He teaches her the signs and how to enter the black market.
Jude is awed by the black market's system and sold items. But she is also scared when she sees unusual items. Blackmarket is beyond her understanding.
"This place is called black market because of this. They sell illegal or unusual stuff. So don't hope to see nice things in here," says Buggy to Jude.
"I-I understand," replies Jude.
They leave after Buggy explains some important things about the black market to Jude. They explore the town on the 'surface' and Jude sees a big difference.
"The normal market seem very nice after I saw the black market. But the normal market doesn't have many items that are only sold on the black market." Jude ponders about the difference.
"Blackmarket sold illegal items, while normal market sold legal items. They also have different customers so their atmosphere is different. You'll get used to it after you try it some times."
"Leave it to me, Captain. In the future, you won't need to go to the black market again. I will do it for you," says Jude
"Yeah, I leave it to you."
Buggy & Jude walk around the town again. They're still in the port town now. There is another place that they haven't check, the Capital.
Kano Country is quite big and they have some towns on the island. The Clown pirates want to explore every town in the country. It will take a few days, but that's not a problem.
They explore the towns for 3 days. But they need to stay longer after Buggy wants to explore the mountains & forest. The crew just let him do what he wants because they can't stop him.
Buggy goes to the mountains and climbs them one by one to the peaks. "99 mountain with various altitudes. This is a good exercise to gain strength & agility. Hehe, I'll climb all these mountains to their peaks. Then I'll soar to heaven," says Buggy on a peak while spreading his hands.
"That's what a Wuxia protagonist and characters always said, right? Soaring to the heaven or something on that line." Buggy ponders if he is correct. It has been 2 years, so he forget a few things from the earth.
Buggy continues his attempt to climb the mountains. He always climbs them from the bottom to the peak. The mountains are small but tall. So their sides are made of cliffs.
He climbs the cliffs by just using his hands & feet. Then he will climb down by hand & feet instead of jumping. He is not strong enough to jump from the mountain top.
Climbing the mountains take a longer time than he predicted. But Buggy's crew aren't troubled by it. They know their captain likes this kind of thing, so they won't stop him. Well, they can't stop him even if they try, after all.
The crew will send food & drinks to Buggy every day after he calls through denden mushi. He needs a lot of energy to climb the mountains. So Mantis cooks the food with high nutrition value.
After 5 days, he has climbed 25 mountains. Buggy climb 5 mountains every day. So with 99 mountains, he will finish in 20 days. "I've got the tricks to climb faster, but that's not my aim. I will still climb 5 mountains a day, but I will raise the difficulty."
On the 6th day, Buggy climbs the mountain with a boulder tied to his waist. It is very difficult, but he still can do it. He grins and keeps climbing with the weight tied on him.
His attempt piqued the interest of other people, even the Happo Navy. Many people have tried to climb all the mountains, and only a few have succeeded. But the crazy ones like Buggy who add more weight when he climbs are even rarer.
Seeing their Captain work really hard, the other Clowns also train harder now. While Buggy climbs the mountain, his crew also train on their own. They don't want to slack off while their captain is working hard.
"Yahoho, a brat that is crazy enough to add weight on his mountain climbing. Do you know who he is?" Don Chinjao says after hearing his subordinate's report.
"Yes, he is Buggy 'The Clown', a pirate with a bounty of 63 million. He is the captain of his own crew, the Clown Pirates. Their vice-captain also has 19 million on his head. They are rookie pirates that have just sailed for a few weeks. Furthermore, they came from North Blue." Chinjao's subordinate explains about Buggy.
"They've just sailed for a few weeks, but already have such bounties. They've even crossed from North Blue to West Blue. Interesting, very interesting. Take me to see that kid!" Chinjao orders his subordinates.
"Yes."
Don Chinjao and his subordinates then go to Buggy's location. When they arrive, Buggy has climbed down the mountain. He almost reaches the bottom and he senses a strong presence there. He looks down and sees Don Chinjao at the bottom.
When Buggy reaches the bottom, Chinjao comes up to him. "Brat, why did you do all of this? I understand why you want to climb the peaks, but why did you add weight?" Chinjao asks Buggy.
"It's not difficult enough. Just climbing the mountains isn't difficult enough for me." Buggy's answer surprise Chinjao a little.
"It's not difficult enough? Do you know just how many people failed to climb the mountains in the past?" asks Chinjao.
"I don't know and I don't care. What I know is that I can do it and the normal way isn't enough for me. To be strong, I need to surpass my limit. That's why I added weight to reach and surpass my limit," says Buggy while smiling.
Chinjao widens his eyes a little because he feels something coming out from Buggy. He looks around and no one else senses it like him. Even Buggy doesn't feel anything nor realizes it.
'It is still dormant, but it certainly there,' thinks Chinjao.
Chinjao grins and says, "Then how if we make a deal?"
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