Transcended as Lord Buggy

"Hey Captain, it seems your decision to make them announce their relationship is wrong," said Jude.

"Yeah, it seems to be a fatal mistake. I should've just stayed silent," replies Buggy.

Buggy & Jude are watching Cricket & Mantis flirting while eating on the front deck. Those 2 have behaved like that since they announce their relationship. Flirting everywhere and every time without restrain.

Now Buggy starts to regret what he did to make them open with their relationship. He can only watch others being lovey-dovey while he can't. He hasn't seen Bellemere for weeks now, and these 2 really make him jealous.

"Captain, maybe we can be like that too," said Jude with eyes full of hope.

"Sigh, don't bring this up again, Jude. I've made my point clear, right?" Buggy sigh.

"I know, but I really don't want to give up," Jude said firmly.

"Do as you please, but it won't work."

Buggy goes to the rear deck to train. He has reached a good level in his devil fruit mastery. He feels like he'll achieve something soon, so he keeps training hard every day.

The Clown pirates have sailed on the sea for 10 days now. They deliberately sail longer on the sea to avoid detection. Buggy knows that some people would know that Robin is with them, so he needs to be careful.

They also have created trouble with a Rear Admiral, so it's better to hide from the light for a moment. Buggy also takes this chance to make his crew gets closer with Dina & Robin.

Some hours after he started training, Mantis call him. She says their supplies will run out in 2 days, so they need to refill them. Buggy decides to find an island now and finish their hiding. The tension with Marine should've lowered a bit too.

They go to the nearest island from their position. The island is Tune Island, a place with many musicians. Buggy even has a hunch that this island is Brook's homeland. But he's not that sure too.

When he thinks about Brook, Buggy gets an idea to recruit Brook. He knows Brook's location and he will pass that area after he builds his ship on Water 7.

Buggy likes Brook's character and always enjoys what that skeleton does in Straw Hat pirates. But even if he like Brook as a member of Straw Hat, he can't let Brook suffer 20 more years of loneliness.

'Guess I'll recruit him. Luffy can find another musician for his crew.' Buggy decided to recruit Brook in the future.

The Clown pirates reach Tune island at night. So they decide to rest on the ship and go to the town tomorrow.

The next day, they go to the town and explore it. Jude stays on the ship to guard it now while the others are exploring. Cricket & Mantis buy supplies, while Dina & Robin buy their necessities.

Buggy goes to a broker like usual to buy information. He has bought the information, and Buggy read the papers. The Cipher Pol & Marine have made some moves in the last few days like his prediction.

Then he finds a piece of interesting information. His crew got some new bounties. Well, only him & Cricket, not everyone.

Buggy 'The Clown': 63 million

Mont Blanc 'Chestnut' Cricket: 19 million

They haven't got in touch with the world because they didn't buy any news from news coo to avoid detection. So these 2 new bounties really surprise him, although it is still in his prediction.

Their bounties aren't much, but that's for Grandline standard. For West Blue, those bounties are high enough. The Marines here must've used their standard to raise Buggy's bounty and give Cricket's bounty.

Well, the bounty on Blue Seas doesn't matter for Buggy. The real game start on Grandline, Blues are just openings. So Buggy will prepare his crew before the real game start.

He read the information again, and luckily the news about Robin & Dina being on their ship hasn't spread. It means they can take it easy for some time. Hopefully, they can hide it until they leave West Blue, but that sounds too much.

Buggy leave after asking for copies of the bounty posters. The others might not hear it yet, so he'll tell them. It will make them happy, especially Cricket.

Before he returns, Buggy decides to explore the town. He hears music coming from almost every building. Almost everyone here knows and can play musical instruments or sing.

Buggy walks around and hardly finds any unique product that he likes. All those unique products are musical instruments, and he can't play music at all.

'After exploring this town, I don't feel happy but depressed instead. These people sound like they're just flexing their musical ability. It sounds like they insult me for not being able to play music.' Buggy has a depressed expression.

Buggy ends his exploration in the town and returns to his ship. The others have returned before him. They want to greet him but stop when they see him in a bad mood. Buggy goes to his room and slump on the bed.

Mantis just cooks Buggy's favorite food to lift his mood again. His favorite food is strawberry ice cream. Buggy eat it after it's ready, and his mood lifted again.

"So, why're you in the bad mood before?" Mantis asks Buggy.

"Everyone in the town can play music, but I can't," replied Buggy.

"..... That's it?" Mantis asks after a moment of silence.

"What do you mean 'That's it'? I've trained to sing in the past, but I was just really bad. Then I tried to play guitar, but it was still bad even after 3 years of training." Buggy tells them the sad story of his past life.

He becomes depressed again remembering that. Luckily the ice cream is plenty, so he can eat more to lift his mood.

"Music aside, I'll never think that your favorite food is ice cream. Furthermore, a strawberry flavor," said Dina.

"What's wrong with ice cream and strawberry? They're good. The coldness, softness, sweetness, and sourness make it tastes really good. I lived in a tropical country with a hot daily temperature, so ice cream really tastes good for me." Buggy has glitter on his eyes while explaining the taste.

"Hihihi, you're so cute," said Dina.

"Oi, I'm a man, so don't call me cute! Call me awesome! HAHAHAHA." Buggy laugh loudly, his mood has returned.

After his mood return, Buggy shows the bounty posters to them. Surprisingly, none of them have heard about this at all. They're too focused on exploration & buying supplies before.

The Clown pirates have a party after that to celebrate their new bounties. 63 and 19, make them have a total bounty of 82 million. It's really good for a small crew like them who have just operated on Blues so far.

The next day, they leave Tune Island and go to their next destination. They will move rather fast now so they can leave West Blue faster. They can't hide & protect Robin & Dina if they take too long on their West Blue exploration.

Their next destination is Kano Country. The country that is run by a pirate crew, Happo Navy. Their leader is Don Chinjao, someone with a bounty of more than 500 million.

Buggy decides to go there first to avoid trouble at the end. Happo Navy is the strongest group on West Blue now. They are a potential danger for his crew, so Buggy won't leave them behind.

He doesn't want to explore West Blue with anxiousness. So by visiting Kano Country, he will know the exact situation with Happo Navy. He will know if they're hostile or not. He'll also know if they have the potential to attack his crew.

Buggy look at the horizon and said, "I hope there won't be any trouble. But if there's something, then I'll destroy them. Even Don Chinjao won't be able to stop me."

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