"GYAHAHA! CHOP CHOP CANNON!" Buggy launched both his hands, each wielding sharp knives.
Luffy saw the incoming hands and caught them by the arms, but couldn't neutralize all their strength. He tilted his head to the left, but still got cut on his right side.
"WINDMILL!!" Buggy didn't give Luffy any time. His lower body spun rapidly, and his shoes grew spikes as he launched himself at Luffy.
Luffy reacted instantly and jumped to dodge.
"Damn it… Shanks' hat." Upon landing, the first thing Luffy did wasn't attacking—it was checking his hat.
The hat had been slightly cut by Buggy's knife. Luffy looked at Buggy, his expression dark with anger.
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"Huh? He's never looked this angry..." Nami was stunned. Luffy had always acted so carefree that she thought he never got mad. But now… he was furious.
"Wait—that hat..."
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"Damn you, bastard! This hat is my treasure!" Luffy shouted at Buggy.
"So that is Shanks' hat. No wonder it looked familiar." Buggy grinned, a cunning glint in his eyes.
"FOOL! Treasure is gold, silver, and jewels!"
"Take this!" Buggy's hands detached and launched again toward Luffy. But that wasn't all—his lower half flew in from behind to attack too.
Luffy looked toward the direction of Buggy's Chop Chop Cannon—right where his hat was. He can't react in time to dodge both attacks.
"LUFFY!" Suddenly, Luffy heard Lucen's voice. He looked over and saw Lucen sitting and waving his hand.
Luffy instantly understood.
"LUCEN! TAKE CARE OF MY HAT!" Luffy yelled as he threw the hat toward Lucen and sidestepped Buggy's windmill attack just in time.
"NOT SO FAST!" Buggy redirected his flying hands toward the hat.
"Oh no!" Luffy's face changed.
Nami watched with wide eyes.
The hands rapidly closed in on the hat.
"Well, it seems you don't want these hands, Buggy!" A voice suddenly rang out.
In a flash, Lucen stood between the hat and Buggy's hands, grinning widely.
Buggy broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly recalled his hands.
Lucen picked up Luffy's hat, dusted it off, put it on his own head, and casually sat down.
"Just you wait, pretty boy," Buggy gritted his teeth, glaring at Luffy. "After I've dealt with him, you're next."
Nami let out a sigh of relief. She could tell how much that hat meant to Luffy."These guys... they're really different."
"Oh no, I still have to get my treasure!" She suddenly remembered the stash of gold and sprinted toward it.
"GUMO GUMO KICK!" Luffy stretched his leg and launched a powerful kick toward Buggy.
"You think this'll work? Chop Chop Esca—" Buggy's head popped off in time, but the kick wasn't aimed at his face—it went straight for the family jewels.
"AHhhAAHHH!!" Buggy collapsed in agony.
Luffy smirked.
Lucen winced. "Oof… that's gotta hurt."
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Buggy's fallen crew at some point woke up but didn't got to fight in fear.
"Whoa, he's so strong."
"Should we help Captain Buggy?"
"Idiot! You wanna die?!" one pirate yelled in fear.
"No, but... Captain Buggy kinda looks like he's losing." The pirate pointed at Buggy, who was still screaming in pain.
"No way! He must be faking. Just wait!"
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Luffy approached Buggy, grabbed him by the collar, and punched him square in the face."That's for the old man."
Buggy flew back, panting hard.
"Damn it..." Then his eyes landed on Nami, who was running away with a big bag of loot.
Nami, who had just finished looting Buggy's gold, felt a chill run down her spine. She looked back and saw Buggy staring daggers at her.
Luffy and Lucen followed Buggy's gaze... and spotted Nami.
"NAMI! YOU DARE STEAL MY TREASURE?!" Buggy screamed. He immediately abandoned the fight and disassembled his entire body, flying straight toward Nami.
Except… his feet didn't fly off like the rest.
"What the—?" Luffy blinked in confusion. In this form, Luffy couldn't do much damage.
Then he noticed the feet walking on their own. A bulb lit in his head, and he grinned.
Nami looked back and saw Buggy's upper body flying at her.
"WAAAHHH!" Tears in her eyes, she sped up.
"Give it back to me!" Buggy shouted, furious.
"NO!!" Nami yelled, terrified but not giving up.
She suddenly stopped and swung the gold-filled bag at Buggy—but she underestimated his strength.
Buggy caught the bag mid-air.
Nami tugged at it, but it didn't budge.
"GYAHAHA! You think yo—GYHAHAHA!" Buggy suddenly burst into laughter.
Confused, he looked back—only to see Luffy and Lucen sitting with his feet, tickling him.
"WHAT ARE—WAAHAHAHAHA!" Buggy laughed with tears in his eyes. His grip on the bag loosened, and Nami, pulling with all her strength, fell backward.
The gold and jewels spilled everywhere.
"Ahh my gold" Nami held her hip in pain and said.
Then her attention fall on a glass bottle. "This bottle isn't it-"
"Hehe, this is so fun." Lucen said, gleefully tickling one foot.
Luffy was doing the same on the other."This guy's tough!" Luffy grinned and pinched the struggling foot hard.
"OUCH!" Buggy screamed.
Just then, he felt a something pressing against his back. He turned around and saw Nami holding a glass bottle—uncorked—and pressing it against him.
He blinked, confused. His brain wasn't computing.
Nami smiled nervously, sweat pouring down her forehead.
'Why isn't it working?! What's going on?!' she thought frantically.
Then, a strong suction force came. Buggy's body began to shrink rapidly. He tried to fly away, but felt his powers slipping.
The feet in Lucen and Luffy's hands were suddenly yanked away.
"Huh?!" x2
Both looked at the bottle Nami was holding.
"Lucen... isn't that your—?"
"Wait, how'd she get that?!" Lucen blinked, clearly he don't remember a shit
Soon, Buggy was completely sucked into the bottle.
Nami instinctively corked it shut.
To Be Continued...
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A/N:
Sorry for late upload I was bit busy.
Finally this arc going to be complete.