"Gh... gho... ghost!!"
Buggy was scared out of his wits, shouting in terror.
His feet moved faster than his brain, sprinting backwards.
As he ran, he continued to yell.
"You, don't you come any closer!!"
"I am the famous Lord Buggy of the seas, hailed as the pirate legend!"
"If you come any closer I... I will definitely destroy you!"
The sound of the wind whistled in his ears, a black shadow flashed by, and Buggy instinctively looked up.
He met the terrifying face of the dried corpse.
!!!
Buggy was instantly scared to the point his cerebellum felt like it was shriveling. He hurriedly stopped and immediately turned to run in another direction.
However, after only a few steps he stopped again, because the dried corpse was once again standing in front of him, still extending a hand and slowly walking towards him.
Buggy's face turned pale, his heart pounding violently, a chill creeping up his spine.
After a moment, Buggy's expression suddenly turned fierce, a vicious glint appearing in his eyes.
He thrust both hands into his wide pockets, and when he pulled them out, several throwing knives were held between his fingers.
"You really think I'm afraid of you?"
"I am Lord Buggy!!"
Buggy roared.
At this moment, fueled by adrenaline, he overcame his fear and fiercely threw the knives in his hand.
"Go die!!!"
The knives shot through the air with a soft whooshing sound, all of them embedding into the dried corpse's body and flying out the other side.
The force carried by the knives sent the dried corpse flying, collapsing to the ground.
Buggy's eyes widened slightly, his pupils filled with excitement.
"Ha... haha!! Hahaha..."
Seeing the dried corpse fall, Buggy placed his hands on his hips, threw his head back and laughed heartily.
"What a garbage ghost, a weakling, hahaha..."
Suddenly, a faint sound of bone friction rang out, causing Buggy's laughter to instantly freeze.
He stiffly looked down to see the dried corpse being hoisted up in a bizarre posture, then standing upright again before Buggy, resuming its previous stance and slowly walking towards him.
As if the knives just now had caused it no harm at all.
Buggy wasn't laughing now!
After a stunned moment, Buggy also became completely ruthless.
"Damn it, I don't believe it, I can't finish you off!"
Saying this, Buggy reached into his pockets again, this time pulling out a few small explosive bombs. He pulled the pins and threw them.
Boom boom boom.
Series of explosions sounded, accompanied by rising thick smoke.
The dried corpse's body was blasted apart, falling to the ground in many pieces.
This time, Buggy didn't laugh heartily like before. Instead, his gaze remained fixed dead on the pieces on the ground.
Afraid it might unreasonably glue itself back together in a moment.
But after quite a while, nothing unusual happened again. Only then did Buggy let out a long sigh of relief.
He patted his chest.
His arrogant expression returned to his face, hands on his hips.
"Hmph! What kind of thing is this, daring to trouble Lord Buggy?"
"Daring to trouble Lord Buggy..."
"Huh?!"
Buggy froze for a moment. Had he said that sentence twice?
Or was it the cave's echo? But there wasn't any before!
"Buru~"
A faint sound came. Buggy shivered all over, whipping his head around. He saw a little boy not far away holding an image transponder snail, smiling at him. A childish voice came from his mouth.
"Pirate legend Lord Buggy, I recorded your heroic performance just now with the image transponder snail! Would you like to admire it?"
Buggy was dumbfounded.
Where did this brat come from?
Suddenly, he seemed to think of something. His pupils dilated sharply. He pointed a finger at Kyle and shouted loudly.
"You nasty brat, was it you playing tricks just now?"
"It was me!"
Kyle admitted generously.
"Uh..."
Kyle's answer made Buggy pause for a second, but immediately anger filled his eyes.
"So it was you, you little brat! Made me so pathetic!!"
"See if I don't spank your butt red!"
Saying this, Buggy stomped angrily towards Kyle.
No matter what, he was going to teach this rotten brat a lesson today.
Let him know the consequences of being a brat!!
Buggy arrived in front of Kyle, reaching out to grab the back of Kyle's neck. However, before he could complete the motion, he felt a sudden tremendous force impact his abdomen.
Immediately followed by a strong sense of weightlessness. Intense pain assaulted him, making him unable to hold back a cry of agony.
Buggy's figure shot backwards like a cannonball, flying several dozen meters before crashing heavily to the ground.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Buggy kept coughing, various questions surfacing in his mind.
Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
Crackle!
Dazzling purple lightning flashed. Buggy instinctively turned his gaze towards it.
He saw Kyle's body transforming into purple lightning and disappearing from nearby, instantly reappearing right in front of him.
A stray spark of purple lightning landed on Buggy, causing him to twitch uncontrollably like an epileptic fit.
Numb! Really numb!!
Buggy felt like his entire body wasn't his own now. He couldn't control his body to make any movements, only waves of tingling numbness.
"The pirate legend?"
"Too bad, today it falls! Buggy, in my capacity as a Marine, I formally arrest you. Go reform properly in Impel Down!"
Kyle said to Buggy with a smile.
But this smile, in Buggy's eyes, looked as evil and terrifying as could be. He was simply a demon child!
Buggy wanted to say something, but his mouth was completely numb now, utterly unable to speak.
Kyle grabbed the back of Buggy's collar and dragged him towards the exit.
The reason he didn't go further in was, of course, because he had already gone inside to look.
There wasn't a damn bit of treasure!!
This was also normal. Nine out of ten of Buggy's treasure maps were fake. The probability of actually finding treasure was really a bit small.
Oh, wait!
For him, there really was no treasure, but for Buggy there was.
The treasure was a VIP guest pass to an Impel Down cell.
Although he wasn't officially on a mission right now, since he encountered him, there was nothing more to say.
Buggy was the first pirate he had captured since becoming a Marine, his first performance credit.
Of course, if Buggy had harbored killing intent towards him just now, the outcome wouldn't be like this.
Kyle, he has his own unique understanding of justice.
That is, I am justice!!
He doesn't want objective justice. He wants subjective justice, his own justice.
Thus, everyone who opposes him is naturally an enemy of justice.
As for pirates, he won't be as extreme as Akainu, condemning them all with one stroke.
For those pirates who have committed numerous evils, massacring civilians, Kyle will directly send them to meet the Buddha.
For those whose problems aren't severe, just lock them up in Impel Down.
So...
Buggy is very lucky!!
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