บท 13: Chapter 13: Splitting Apart, Rubber Resilience.
"Gomu Gomu no—"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!
"Gatling Gun!"
With high-speed movements, his fists left countless afterimages in the air, surging towards Buggy like a wave! Forcing Buggy to use his evasion technique.
"Bara Bara no Escape."
Swish, swish, swish,
The clown-like Captain Buggy literally 'split apart', his body breaking into pieces and scattering in all directions, swiftly avoiding Luffy's barrage of punches. He then reassembled nearby like a flying swallow returning to its nest.
"Damn it, why are you so familiar with my abilities?"
"Hmph, I'm not telling you!"
After a few probing exchanges, both captains found each other troublesome. — Luffy was fast and tough; Buggy could split apart and had high evasion. The two were at a stalemate.
"Help the captain,"
Among the Buggy Pirates, Mohji, who had lost his lion mount, swung his whip, and Cabaji, riding a unicycle, also held a sword, ready for a three-on-one fight. But:
Swish,
A figure blocked their way.
"Guys, don't be so unromantic."
Roman, with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, smiled wickedly.
"Let the two captains 'communicate' alone. As for you guys:"
Whoosh—
He tilted his head to avoid Mohji's whip, which was like an animal's tail, and blocked Cabaji's sword with his shield. Roman and the Buggy Pirates' vice-captain and chief of staff clashed.
"Stay with me!"
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"Hey, who the heck are you?"
Captain Buggy, dressed as a clown, looked at the straw-hat-wearing, shabby-looking Luffy in front of him.
"I'm Luffy,"
"I'm the man who will become the Pirate King."
Huh?!
∑(っ°Д°;)っ
"That's hilarious!"
"If you can become the Pirate King, then I must be a god?!"
"Enough talk, let's continue fighting."
After introducing himself, Luffy rotated his arms. He had said he would knock the opponent out, and he would definitely do it.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't be so arrogant, rubber kid."
Buggy held several short knives between his fingers, his face darkening. Being made a fool of by an unknown kid, even the usually uncompetitive Buggy was getting angry.
"Kid, rubber can't block blades, right?"
As he spoke, sharp blades popped out from Buggy's clown boots.
"It can't block..."
"Bara Bara no—"
Buggy made a 'throwing' motion and suddenly flung his lower body forward!
Two rapidly spinning legs, with blades on the tips of the shoes, whizzed out like a high-speed cutting wheel! Although it looked funny, the power was no joke! It kicked up dust and stones, cutting a long crack in the ground.
Swish,
Luffy jumped in place, choosing to dodge the 'lower body attack' from above. But:
"I knew you would jump—"
Swish, swish, swish, swish!!
The short knives in his hands shot out at high speed, instantly blocking Luffy's movements in all directions! And in mid-air, there was no place to leverage...
"Hehe~~"
Facing the flying knives coming from all directions, Luffy just smiled confidently. His arm suddenly stretched out to grab a nearby building, pulling himself to the side and dodging the wave of knife attacks.
"My turn to attack, Gomu Gomu no-"
"Pistol!"
A seemingly ordinary punch was thrown, but the fist crossed several meters in 0.1 seconds, completing a rotation at the same time! The force generated from the high-speed strike created a gust of wind, like a rolling python!
Swish—
However, Buggy, the clown, had already dodged Luffy's punch trajectory the moment it was thrown, although his clothes and hat were blown wildly by the wind. But:
"Nice attack, but the extended arm is a weakness,"
The short knife in his hand suddenly slashed towards Luffy's extended arm!
"Watch me chop it—"
?
At that moment, Buggy's peripheral vision caught sight of the missed punch turning into a palm and grabbing the building behind him! As his pupils shifted, he saw Luffy directly kicking off with both feet!
"Gomu Gomu no-"
With the forward momentum from his feet and the kinetic energy from one arm retracting, Luffy turned into a blur and charged at Buggy. His other arm swung fiercely at Buggy's neck.
"Axe!"
Miss—
This move was very powerful! It even made Buggy's head 'fly' off. And with the strong momentum, Luffy crashed into the building behind, turning it into rubble with a loud crash.
"Bara Bara No!"
"Hahaha~~~ Muda Muda Muda, such childish attacks can't hurt me."
With his head falling, the clown captain named Buggy turned around. His Bara Bara Fruit allowed him to 'split' any part of his body at any time, making straightforward attacks ineffective against him.
Boom!
Luffy stood up from the rubble, adjusting his straw hat, and looked at Captain Buggy.
"What a headache, you're pretty good at dodging..."
"Same to you, Straw Hat boy~~"
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What a terrifying battle!
Whether it was Roman dealing with the two leaders or the captains of both sides...
Especially that Straw Hat... Luffy, who turned out to be a real expert!
Although for the two fighting, this was just a 'warm-up' and 'testing,' for Nami hiding on the side, it was a battle between two non-humans!
Every move carried immense power, and every punch and kick was a deadly strike! The surrounding buildings and streets were as fragile as building blocks in front of them.
They were simply not human!
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It looks like Luffy still has a lot of fighting to do...
Roman was fighting two opponents at once, yet he still had the leisure to pay attention to the battle on the other side.
In reality, with his strength, defeating these two opponents wasn't difficult. According to the Marine's bounty, Roman, who could defeat the Silver Captain one-on-one, had a strength of around 25 million Berries.
After eating the Paper-Paper Devil Fruit, his strength stabilized at around 30 million.
Even though his Devil Fruit ability was exposed, causing the enemy to prepare countermeasures with burning items, Roman could still easily handle the Buggy Pirates' tamer and juggler swordsman, who didn't even have bounties over ten million, even without his 'Paper Dance - Iron Armor'. However:
Buggy,
I'll leave him to Luffy.
Whether he really has 'Conqueror's Haki', or performs 'Molecular Disintegration' by removing his gloves, or suddenly uses 'Bara Bara no Festival'... In any case, Roman didn't want to face him.
Such an unpredictable opponent should be left to Luffy. After all:
He's the captain, right?
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"No wonder I found this straw hat familiar..."
On the other side, the clown Buggy successfully discovered Luffy's 'weakness', which was the straw hat on his head.
So, by attacking the 'weakness', he easily injured Luffy. Now, thinking he had 'victory in hand', the clown Buggy threw the straw hat pierced by a short knife to the ground and said unhappily.
"That guy Shanks, we were apprentice sailors on the same ship back then..."
"It was because of him that I ended up like this!"
After speaking, he spat on the straw hat at his feet.
"Hahaha, you treat this ragged hat as a treasure—"
"You!" Waves of burning anger swept across the battlefield, interrupting Buggy's reckless actions.
Luffy was furious!
"A man like Shanks, and you say you're his brother?"
Whoosh—
Luffy, leaving a trail of afterimages, lunged at the smug Buggy,
"Bara Bara no—"
Bang!
However, the attack with his hand was just a distraction. Luffy's real killer move was a hidden kick! He kicked Buggy's lower body, sending him flying and almost causing his 'brother' to be destroyed on the spot.
"You're not worthy!!!"
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