Buggy shook his still-dizzy head, looking at the huge iron cage that held the Straw Hat.
He blinked, then burst into an exaggerated laugh: "Hahahahahahaha! I am indeed blessed by the heavens!
See? Even Crocodile didn't realize I was still here."
He patted the dust off himself, ignoring the seeping walls and the roar of machinery around him, and swaggered with splayed feet to the iron cage.
He looked at the anxious Straw Hat inside, especially that Straw Hat who had made him look like a fool in Orange Town and Loguetown.
"Red Nose, open the door quickly!" Luffy grabbed the bars with both hands, his entire face squeezed between the iron rods as he shouted weakly.
The moment Buggy heard this, veins popped out on his forehead: "Don't call me Red Nose!"
But then he put on that smug expression again and said deliberately slowly: "However… when you ask for help, you need to have the attitude of someone asking for help.
Are you begging me? Even if you beg me, I won't open it! Shuhahahahaha!"
He was in a pretty good mood now, even having the leisure to look around.
When his gaze swept over Smoker, who was lying motionless on the ground, his eyes darted, and he revealed a mischievous smile.
Then he carefully approached and gently kicked Smoker's arm with his toe, seeing no reaction.
Smoker's body remained unnaturally shriveled, his face ashen, with only faint breathing proving he was still alive.
Buggy's courage grew, and he kicked him twice with more force, muttering: "Hey, Smoker, are you still alive? You're not really dead, are you?"
Seeing Smoker still motionless, he completely relaxed, put his hands on his hips, and let out an even more arrogant laugh, "Shuhahahahaha!
See! Even a Marine Captain can't resist me now; he can only obediently let me kick him!"
Inside the cage, Sanji, who was sitting on the ground, lit a cigarette and silently observed everything.
He looked at Buggy's smug and complacent appearance, and a plan quickly formed in his mind.
Sanji exhaled a smoke ring and said with a clearly mocking tone: "Hey, Buggy, you're not… unable to open this cage at all, are you?"
Buggy was indeed provoked by this super simple taunt, and immediately turned and walked to the lock on the cage door, "Who said that!
Are you looking down on Lord Buggy?! This broken lock…"
Mid-sentence, he suddenly pulled out a slender wire from his clown suit, "Watch me handle it in minutes!"
He squatted in front of the keyhole and began to fiddle with it in a practiced manner, the wire going in and out of the keyhole, making a faint metallic scraping sound.
Buggy bet his lifetime of treasure chest-opening experience against this shackle set by Crocodile.
However, several minutes passed, the lock remained motionless, and Buggy's forehead began to sweat.
Damn it… why is this lock so complicated… Just as Buggy was fully focused on the keyhole, Sanji slowly stood up from the ground and gradually approached the door.
Buggy didn't pay much attention and even said, "I don't believe it…"
Then Sanji suddenly reached his hands through the gaps in the iron bars and grabbed Buggy, who was unlocking the door! Buggy screamed in fright: "What are you doing?!"
"If you don't find a way to let us out," Sanji's voice was threatening, and he pressed Buggy's body against the cage, "we'll all drown here together!"
As soon as Nami saw this situation, she immediately began pointing at the water dripping from the ceiling, "Look, this room is slowly disintegrating, and you're a landlubber, you definitely won't be able to escape."
The moment Buggy touched this Sea Stone cage, he immediately felt a strong sense of weakness, as if all his strength had been drained.
"Des… despicable ah ah ah ah ah…"
He struggled weakly, staring at the despicable pirate Sanji in front of him, "Like this… I can't move either…"
Just then, Nami's eyes lit up, remembering when she first met Buggy, "Sanji! Grab his legs!
I discovered in Orange Town that even if his body can split, his feet have to stay on the ground!"
Upon hearing this, Sanji immediately changed his strategy, releasing Buggy's upper body, and together with Nami, each grabbing one of Buggy's feet, holding them tightly!
"Miss Nami~~~ you're so smart~~~"
Buggy plopped softly to the ground, now only his lower legs were firmly held by Sanji and Nami.
"You… you…" Buggy lay on the ground, wanting to cry but not knowing where to, left only with impotent rage, "Damn it ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"
Watching this farce, Vivi muttered to herself, "Key… key… That's right!"
She immediately looked up at the unconscious Mr.3 nearby.
"Mr.3's ability is to create candles! So can he make a key?"
Sanji also began to shout, "Did you hear that, Buggy, can you do it?"
Then he moved Buggy's foot a little away from the cage so he could activate his ability, and Nami next to him did the same.
Buggy looked at his firmly held feet, unable to break free from Sanji's grip no matter how hard he tried, and could only cry out, "You devils!"
Then, gritting his teeth, he activated the ability of the Chop-Chop Fruit.
"Chop-Chop!"
The parts of his body other than his feet suddenly separated and flew towards Mr.3.
However, he had barely flown far when he suddenly felt an extreme weakness again, and his body went limp, falling to the ground.
What's going on?!
Buggy turned back with difficulty, only to see Nami and Sanji forcibly pulling his two feet into the cage, and then shaking them!
Nami even made a V-sign at him, "Buggy! We'll hold onto your feet for now."
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!" Buggy screamed again, looking at this group of pirates, "Are you devils?! Give me back my feet!"
Crying, he once again controlled himself to fly up, flying to Mr.3's side, "Wake up! Idiot! Wake up quickly!"
Mr.3, lying on the ground, was shaken dizzy, as if he had dreamt something startling: "What's wrong, what's wrong?! Boss! Don't kill me ah ah ah ah!"
"It's me! Idiot!" Buggy said grumpily, looking at the panicked Mr.3.
Mr.3 straightened his crooked glasses and looked around blankly: "What… what happened?! Where's Crocodile? Where's that Marine?"
Buggy's eyes darted, and he immediately puffed out his chest, proudly pointing at Smoker lying on the ground in the distance: "Naturally, it was Lord Buggy who defeated that Marine!
Look, he's lying right there!"
Mr.3 followed his finger, his eyes nearly popping out of his head.
The Marine who had knocked him out with one blow was actually dealt with by this guy he had always thought was a circus clown?