420. Ship Making

Buggy slammed the Celestial Dragon very hard that her skull cracked. It's not too strong to kill her though, she just faints from the incredible pain. Buggy doesn't even feel sorry, he just realizes that he overdid it, and now he needs to deal with the Admirals.

"Sigh, whatever, let's just leave this place," says Buggy before picking up the little girl and her dad.

He leaves the place fast with them on his shoulders and runs to a Groove where some pirate ships are docked. But before they arrive, Buggy puts the 2 down and checks the dad's condition after being shot.

He instantly closes his eyes and sighs when he checks the man because the man has died. The shot pierced his heart, killing him instantly. So he looks at the little girl who looks very sad now. She knows that her father has died even before Buggy checked him.

"What's your name, darling?" asks Buggy while rubbing her purple hair slowly.

"Alice," says the little girl without looking at Buggy and only focusing on her father.

"How old are you, Alice?" asks Buggy.

"Alice is 8 years old now," says Alice.

"Alright, Alice, you know what happened to him, right?" asks Buggy.

"Yes, my daddy has left the world like my mommy. Now Alice is alone. It's Alice's fault that daddy died," says Alice while crying.

Buggy hugs her and pats her back, "You're right, he has left the world, but you are not alone. I will be with you from now on, so don't worry. Uncle will take care of you."

"B-but I don't know you, and what if you also left the world like mommy and daddy? People said Alice is a bringer of misfortune because mommy died after giving birth to Alice. Now daddy died because he protected Alice. What if uncle also died because of Alice?" asks Alice while crying louder.

"The bringer of misfortune? Well, you don't need to worry about that. Uncle likes to fight against misfortunes and has won many times. So don't worry about it," says Buggy.

Buggy suddenly feels a powerful presence coming to the island. An Admiral has come, so they need to leave soon. Buggy immediately makes a square hole in the Magroove's root and puts Alice's dad's body inside before he closes it.

"Remember that number well, Alice. You can visit this place when you want to see your father. Now he lives inside this giant tree with the number 18 on it. You need to get stronger so that you can come here anytime you want," says Buggy while holding Alice's hand.

Alice just nods, but she doesn't really understand what he means. Buggy then picks her up and leaves the place because the Admiral is almost here. He doesn't mind fighting against an Admiral, but it will be too dangerous for Alice.

They go to the outer Groove and Buggy steals a pirate ship. There are still many pirates on the ship, but he scares the shit out of them using his Conqueror Haki. Then he forces them to control the ship to leave Sabaody.

The pirates do as he says and they leave the Archipelago quite fast. Buggy then kicks the pirates out of their own ship, so now it's just him & Alice there. He tells Alice to stay inside the Captain's room because they will go through a very dangerous zone to avoid the Admiral's chase.

They go through a turbulent sea with many snake-like streams that have sunk many ships. Then Buggy chooses to enter Florian Triangle because it's very dark there, so they won't be seen. It's the best place to hide for a while and evades all eyes on them.

Buggy spends a few days in Florian Triangle with Alice. He uses these few days to get closer to Alice and know her better. He has decided to take care of her, so he needs to know her well. They have a lot of supplies on the ship, so they don't need to worry about food.

To his surprise, Alice is good at cooking. She said it's because she always cooked with her dad since she was 3, so she has 5 years of cooking experience. That means she has cooked more food than Buggy who is 37 now.

It's still far from Mantis's level of cooking, but it surely is better than Buggy's cooking. So he makes her the ship's chef because his food tastes like shit compared to hers. Food is important for sailors who can sail for days or weeks in the sea, after all, so it's important for a crew to have a good chef.

After staying a few days in Florian Triangle, they finally leave it and go to the next island. They go to Water 7 because Buggy wants to build a new ship. There's only him & Alice, so they don't need a big ship, they just need a small ship that can move very fast.

Of course, Buggy orders the ship to Galley La company. Iceburg made it just like how it was in the story. He built it after Tom left Water 7 and went to New World with Kokoro. It's very unsafe for Tom to be here even after Buggy made a deal with World Government regarding Tom, so he took the man to New World.

Tom is now making ships in Wano. He chose Wano after knowing there are many great craftsmen there. Although their shipwrighting is not that good for him, their woodworking skills are very good, so he can learn many things there and improves his skills.

Anyway, Buggy orders the ship without telling Iceberg who he is. He just follows the normal procedure because he wants to keep his identity a secret. Then while waiting, he explores the island with Alice.

'Hmm, those CP9 agents aren't here. Maybe it's because Tom is still alive and he is in New World now. Their target was Pluton's blueprint and it's owned by Tom now, so there's no point in sending agents here. Sending them to Wano is also a suicidal plan because not only it is protected by both Clown and Whitebeard Pirates, Wano has many powerful people.

While walking around and buying necessities for Alice, Buggy sees Franky in an alley. After some investigations, he finds out that Franky was picking up street people, just like in the series. But rather than just making them do unknown things, he taught them shipwrighting.

Franky's Family is now a shipwrighting company, just like Galley-La. But it is smaller and unlike Galley-La which makes everything, the Franky family is specialized in small ships or boats. Aside from their worse skills & lower number of shipwrights, they want to focus on speed and a cheap fee market.

Of course, it's not Franky's idea, it's Iceburg. Franky isn't smart enough to think about business strategy. Iceburg made this plan because his company also need it. With Franky Family taking care of the small ships, Galley-La can focus on big ships that need more men and time.

Buggy doesn't care about it though, he just wants to know what will happen when Straw Hat Pirates arrive here. So he doesn't think about Franky anymore now. He just focuses on getting supplies or clothes for himself & Alice.

The news about him attacking a Celestial Dragon spread very fast because it was big news. It makes him get a bounty on his new face. His first bounty after changing his appearance into Kuroko is a whopping 200 million Belly.

"Heh, they really want to capture me, huh?" asks Buggy while reading the news above a big pile of defeated bounty hunters.

The people who see this scene gets very scared, but Alice doesn't react much. She just sits on Buggy's shoulder while eating her lollipop since Buggy started facing them. It isn't the first time she sees people fight because there are many battles happening on Sabaody, so she is used to it.

Besides, Buggy doesn't kill anyone, and he fights to protect her too. She is more mature than kids her age. Maybe because she lived alone with her dad that she grew faster than other children. Although she also acts childish most of the time, she can think like an adult when needed.

"Let's check our ship, Alice. They said it would be done today," says Buggy.

Alice nods and holds onto his head before he runs to Galley La. They arrive shortly after that and ask about their ship. Their ship has been finished right on time even though its design is strange and unusual for the shipwrights here.

Usually, a small ship like the one that Buggy ordered would be transferred to Franky Family. But it was built by Galley-La because of its complicated design. Iceburg even needed to supervise this project himself, and he also needed Franky's help.

"You are here," says Iceburg who decides to meet Buggy himself along with Franky.

They don't recognize Buggy at all because of his new appearance.

"We tried to make it as best as we can, but I don't know if it will satisfy you. At least we know the installation will work. Sigh, luckily we've dealt with a similar mechanism, so we could make it well," says Iceburg.

The mechanism that he means is just Dials engine. The ship they made doesn't have any sail because it's a rather big speedboat. It is just using some Jet and Breath Dials to push it, similar to one of Blackpearl's mechanisms.

"Don't worry, I just need this thing to work as a ship. What about the kitchen & other facilities though?" asks Buggy.

"Everything is working well, so don't worry. I built them myself, after all," says Franky smugly.

"Alright then, I will note what you said," says Buggy while grinning sinisterly.

His sinister smile makes him look like a different person because Kuroko's face doesn't look intimidating at all. It makes Iceburg and Franky shiver. They really hope the ship will be fine for a long time or they might lose their heads.

"Alright, let's leave this place, Alice," says Buggy while throwing a gold bar at Iceburg to complete the payment.

Then he and Alice get on their new speedboat before leaving Water 7. Buggy is excited to enjoy his new journey, or should he say holidays. While taking care of a kid, of course.

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