"Gu——!"
A sound like a drum echoed in the air.
Lily blushed, lowered her head and said nothing.
Including the time they spent escaping, they had not eaten for a whole day and night, so they must be hungry.
Sager looked at the water below and sighed: "Forget it, I..."
call out!!
"Aaaaaaah!!"
Before he could finish his words, a white smoke suddenly appeared in the sky, rushing past at a high speed, accompanied by a shrill strange cry.
"Birds?" Sager showed joy.
That's great, I don't have to go into the sea.
He took a step and rose directly into the air. He reached up with his other hand and grabbed a round object, then pulled the high-speed flying object down.
"Um?"
As soon as he picked it up, Sager felt that the touch was wrong. It was not the touch of feathers, and the color was...
"Red?"
"Who are you calling the red nose?"
A loud scream came from the front, and two hands in white gloves were seen flying around. Under the hands, what Sager was holding was a round red nose, and under the nose was a human face. Under the human face, a small thing was hanging there, grinning.
It's a person.
He wears an orange captain's hat and red and white striped clothes, but his body is very small and completely disproportionate to his head, hands and feet. It's like he's missing his torso, with only a head, hands and feet, and a distinctive big nose.
This obvious feature, and this face.
"Buggy?" Sage asked uncertainly.
He had seen this face on the wanted poster.
Bounty of 15 million Baileys, Buggy the Joker.
"Do you know me?!"
Buggy yelled, "Then let me go! My nose hurts so much!"
"oh"
Sager loosened his fingers and let go of his nose. Buggy stepped back, crossed his legs, raised his head, and said with a smile: "Yes, I am the great captain of the Buggy Pirates, 'Joker' Buggy, you..."
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
The sky was blue, and looking forward he could see the horizon over the sea. The wind blew the ears of wheat on his hat, causing him to shiver.
He didn't look down, but fumbled around on the ground with his short feet. His snot flowed down his big nose. He asked Sager stupidly, "High altitude?"
Sager nodded.
Buggy gave him an awkward but polite smile: "Please save me."
Swoosh!
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly jumped down.
There's an ocean below, if you go in, you're done!
Bang!
But at this moment, a hand grabbed the back of his collar and lifted him up.
Buggy took a few deep breaths and wiped the sweat off his face. Then he saw Lily, who was also held by one hand. She bared her white teeth and greeted him: "Hey, hello!"
Buggy: "…"
Sager lifted Buggy up a little bit, "Is this what you look like? That's not right."
Buggy gritted his teeth and said: "Of course I wouldn't be like this, if it weren't for that damn straw hat..."
If he hadn't been tied up and thrown away by the Straw Hat Boy, how could he have become so short!
After a lot of effort, he finally finished making a raft and went out to sea, but it was eaten by a giant monster bird. The key is that it thought the raft tasted bad and spit him out!
"Anyway, thank you very much!" Buggy said, "Let's start the party, I will repay you well!"
"Why didn't you show up earlier?"
Sager sighed, "If I had encountered this two days earlier, my life would have changed. Fifteen million Baileys."
"Um?"
Buggy's nose twitched, and he thought of something. His pupils trembled, and he shouted, "Is it the damn bounty hunter?"
Then, his hand automatically detached from his wrist and actually flew out, causing Lily's eyes to widen.
But before the flying hand got close to Sager, Sager's hand loosened.
...
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I didn't mean to do it."
Buggy, whose neck was grabbed by Destiny again, rubbed his hands together and gave a flattering smile: "This is my devil fruit ability. I am a split man who ate the 'splitting fruit'. My whole body can be split. I'm just showing you."
"I'm no longer a bounty hunter."
Sager said, "Now I am a pirate just like you."
"oh!"
Buggy's eyes lit up and he relaxed completely. "So you're pirates! You should have told me earlier. I'm sorry for attacking you so suddenly! But why are you guys in the air? Don't you have a ship to go out to sea?"
"We just became pirates and don't have our own ship yet."
Lily said, looking at Buggy curiously: "Devil Fruit? I've heard of it, but I thought it was just a legend. I didn't expect it to be true. Is it because you ate the devil fruit that your body is so weird? Your nose is also red."
"Who's the red nose?"
Buggy's eyes rolled back and he became sharp-tongued, shouting, "If you say that again, I'll kill you!"
Shit!
Lily's face turned cold, and she drew her sword.
Sager curled his lips, "Okay. When you flew here, did you see any land or ships?"
"Land?"
Buggy stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and said, "I seemed to have seen a few islands when I flew over there."
"Thank you!" Sager finally smiled.
It wasn't easy, but
we finally got the direction of the island.
Buggy looked at them for a while and made a suggestion: "Since you are new to the sea, do you want to join my pirate group?"
These two guys, let's not talk about the woman, but this man seems very strong. Is he using the Moon Step? But why can he stay in the air for so long? It seems very powerful.
Not to mention, he saved his life.
"I'm not in the habit of helping others, so forget it. And don't say such things when you're in this state," said Sager.
His dream was to become a wealthy landlord, to rule and exploit people, not to be ruled and exploited by others.
"Yeah?"
Buggy was not annoyed, and smiled: "No matter what, you saved me, so you are my brother. I will remember this kindness in my heart! When I find my subordinates, I will definitely invite you to a banquet!"
Sager raised his eyebrows. If he remembered correctly, this guy was lucky.
If he was taken with him, maybe he could really find someone. It would be more reliable than looking for some islands where he didn't know whether there was food or not.
But before that...
"Lily, get ready to go into the water." Sager suddenly said.
"?" A question mark popped up in Lily's mind.
Sager led the two of them, stepping on the air repeatedly and heading straight for the sea.
The Moon Step's ability to stay in the air has its limits. After more than a day, Sage could no longer hold on.
If he held on any longer, he would fall directly. It would be better for him to jump into the water now and take it slow.
"I hope you have good luck!"
Sager quickly descended to the sea surface, threw Lily into the sea, kicked for a while, and dived into the water with Bucky.
"I'm a landlubber!" Buggy shouted in fear and entered the sea with Sager.
But not long after, Sager's head emerged from the sea water. He raised his arm and lifted up Buggy, who had swallowed a few gulps of sea water. At the same time, he also caught a fish with his other hand.
Fish!
A fresh fish, flapping its body in his hands, made Sager's eyes light up. He looked at the fresh fish for a while, then at Buggy, and his obsessed eyes made Buggy sweat.
"What, what happened?" Buggy stammered, "Um, my body is gone. It means I don't have a butt. No, even if I do, I don't like this set—gulp gulp!"
A vein appeared on Sager's forehead, and he reached out and pushed Buggy into the sea, "My sexual orientation is very normal!"
"Cough cough cough!"
Buggy was pulled out of the water, coughed violently a few times, and shouted, "You bastard, are you going to kill me?"
Sager ignored him and focused on
the fish !
He finally caught a fish!
When he started his business, he could see the fish but they wouldn't take the bait.
He was so angry that he was ready to hit the fish directly, but as soon as he had the thought, the fish disappeared.
Just like Schrödinger's boat, to him, it was also Schrödinger's fish.
But now, taking Buggy to the sea, he actually caught a fish!
This luck neutralized his bad luck!
He looked at Buggy and said, "Hey, Buggy, do you want to join my pirate group?"
"Oh? Invite me?"
Buggy laughed, then his voice sank: "I'm sorry, I have my own dreams and I won't be inferior to others!"
Since that guy didn't want to inherit the captain's will, he decided to do it himself.
"Although we are both captains, we must be brothers. During this journey, we..."
"Sager!"
As Buggy was still talking, Lily suddenly popped her head out of the sea, looking terrified, "There's something under the water!"
Bang!
As soon as she finished speaking, a huge splash of water appeared beside Sager, splashing everywhere, just like heavy rain.
Sager felt his hand loosen, and when he looked up, he saw a huge sheep's head appear on the sea, biting half of Bucky's body.
"Hey! No! Don't eat me!" Buggy pounded the strange sheep's head with both hands, but compared to the size of the head, his fists were as weak as a baby's.
The sheep head was about to suck it in when it suddenly noticed something and showed obvious disgust, and its mouth puffed up.
Buggy also noticed this and yelled angrily, "Am I disgusting? This is my second time. I have my dignity too!"
The sheep's head began to puff up.
Buggy shook his head, showing a carefree smile, and gave Sager a thumbs up, "Brother, I won't forget you!"
puff!!
With a bang, the sheep head directly sprayed Buggy out and turned it into a meteor in the air.
It all happened so fast that even Sager couldn't stop it and could only watch Buggy disappear.
He pursed his lips and sighed, "I still couldn't escape."
There is a reason why I don't want to go into the water.
With his unfortunate physique, he can't catch any fish, but he will attract sea beasts.
Even though they were clearly near the coast, Sager had encountered sea kings
that were so huge that they were larger than islands, and the Fist of the North Star had no way to deal with them.
He was just thinking that since he had caught the fish, he would definitely not encounter that strange thing.
I didn't expect it to escape after all.
Fortunately, it was just a sea monster.
Buggy, your luck is still there!
(end of this chapter)