Led by Nami, Luffy and the others quickly arrived at Buggy's base camp.
At that moment, the Buggy Pirates were throwing a wild banquet — it looked more like a circus than a pirate hideout.
Before Sandy or Zoro could react, Luffy caught the scent of food and immediately ran forward, happily eating and drinking alongside the Buggy Pirates.
Nami turned to Sandy and Zoro, her eyes silently asking, "Is that really your captain?"
Sandy and Zoro exchanged a glance, both blushing in embarrassment.
They came here to crash the party, and their captain went straight to eat with the enemy.
"Can't you have some ambition?" Sandy muttered under his breath before finally roaring, "That guy—!"
Everyone froze and looked at Sandy curiously.
Sandy marched up to Luffy and said, "Lend me your slipper for a bit."
Then, without hesitation, he snatched a chicken leg and started chewing.
Luffy blinked in confusion, handed over his slipper, and went back to eating.
Sandy pointed the slipper straight at the man sitting under the center tent. "Hey, that guy with the big red nose — yeah, you. Stop looking around, I'm talking to you."
Buggy frowned and barked, "Who the hell are you, brat? My name's Buggy, not big red nose! Don't mess with people's names!"
Sandy spun the slipper once in the air, caught it again, and grinned.
"I don't care who you are. Were you the one who destroyed this town? Thanks to you, we couldn't even find drinking water when we landed. Do you know how pissed off I am right now?"
"But if you hand over your treasure and crawl out of Orange Town right now, we'll just give you a light beating. Otherwise… I'll take that big, round, red nose of yours and use it to dye the sea behind you red."
Everyone in the tent fell silent, jaws dropping.
They turned toward Buggy in horror — everyone knew he hated people mentioning his nose.
Did this madman really just insult him and threaten the Buggy Pirates?
"Ka-ka-ka-ka…" Buggy's face twisted in rage. "You little punk! Go die a spectacular death! Buggy Spinning Darts!"
"Space Field!"
In an instant, Sandy vanished — reappearing right in front of Buggy and slapping him across the face with Luffy's slipper.
"CAPTAIN BUGGYYYY!!!"
Buggy flew backward, smashing through tables and spilling food everywhere.
"Boom! Crash! Clang—!"
Nami stared, stunned. How did he just disappear and reappear like that?!
Luffy finally stopped eating, stepped forward, and grumbled, "Sandy, leave Buggy to me."
Sandy shrugged. "Alright."
Everyone turned to the cloud of dust where Buggy had landed. As it cleared, Buggy stood up unharmed — flanked by his two lieutenants, Kabaji and Mochji.
Seeing Kabaji balancing on a unicycle, Zoro's eyes lit up. "Luffy, leave the guy with the sword to me."
"Okay," Luffy said with a grin.
Buggy sneered, "Who are you people? Bounty hunters?"
Luffy said, "Nope. We're pirates. These two are my crewmates."
"Oh?" Buggy narrowed his eyes. "So, did you come to steal my treasure? Or is it like that slipper-wielding bastard said?"
Before Luffy could answer, an armored old man came rushing in with a spear.
"I'm the town chief! Buggy, I challenge you to a duel!"
Buggy snapped, "Who the hell are you? Don't interrupt other people's conversations!"
The old man glared. "We spent decades building this town, and you destroyed it all! You ruined our homes and our—"
"Ha-ha-ha!" Buggy interrupted with cruel laughter. "Don't make me laugh! You call these houses treasures? Only glittering gold counts as treasure!"
The old man shouted, "Someone like you would never understand! Come on, let's fight to the—"
Thud!
Before he could finish, Sandy struck the back of his neck, knocking him out cold.
Nami gasped. "Sandy! Why did you do that?"
Luffy said casually, "He was in the way."
Seeing Nami's confusion, Zoro explained, "If he kept talking, he'd just get himself killed."
Sandy rolled his eyes. "You're overthinking it. I just got annoyed that he interrupted me."
Nami sighed. "You're impossible."
At that moment, Luffy adjusted his straw hat, took a deep breath, and shouted,
"BIG! RED! NOSE!"
The words echoed dramatically through the air.
"Ka-ka-ka-ka!" Buggy's eyes bulged. "That straw-hat bastard! Go die a spectacular death!"
And just like that, the fight erupted.
Luffy charged at Buggy, Zoro faced Kabaji, and Mochji rushed at Sandy.
Meanwhile, Nami quietly slipped away — clearly planning to steal Buggy's treasure.
"Richie!" Mochji shouted.
A massive lion lumbered out from the shadows.
"Crush him!" Mochji commanded.
Sandy stared coldly at the beast. The lion froze — then turned tail and bolted, trembling in fear.
"What the—Richie! Get back here!" Mochji shouted, chasing after it.
Before he could move another step, Sandy vanished with Shave, reappearing right beside him.
He clapped a hand on Mochji's shoulder and yelled, "Go, Pikachu!"
The result was… explosive. Mochji and Richie crashed into each other and went flying together.
Sandy sighed. "Man… these guys are way too weak. I can't even get decent training from this."
Bored, he looked around — most of Buggy's men were already lying on the ground, pretending to be dead.
Sandy didn't bother with them.
Not far away, Zoro and Kabaji were clashing fiercely — swords flashing in arcs of steel and smoke.
Watching them, Sandy smirked. "Tch. Flashy moves, huh? Guess that's what people do when they're compensating for lack of strength."