445. Clowns in Marineford

The power that Buggy has just shown surprised the Marines because he could push 3 Admirals with just one attack. But his crewmates aren't impressed and they are booing him instead. That's because they know he was using Pollux's Pressure power even though he said he won't use his devil fruit ability.

"I DIDN'T USE MY ABILITY, IT'S POLLUX'S, I DON'T LIE, YOU BASTARDS!"

"Boo, but it is still your devil fruit ability too in a sense. You should be ashamed."

"That's right, you are shaming Clown Pirates' name."

They keep mocking him because they are happy to do it after being unable of doing so for months. Buggy also knows they really want to mess with him after he left them for a while. So he just sighs and looks at his opponents again while his crewmates are still booing him.

Buggy looks distracted and Kizaru takes this chance to attack him. The lightman shoots a light beam that hits Buggy directly. A massive explosion is created, but Buggy comes out while being coated with armament haki, so he doesn't get any injuries.

Garp who was silent since the beginning suddenly moves too. He uses Soru to approach Buggy and sends a powerful fist. But suddenly his fist meets with another fist of similar size that stops him completely. He looks at the one who stops it and his face doesn't look good.

The one who stops Garp is none other than Clown Pirates' Vice Captain, Montblanc 'Red Fist' Cricket who also used his version of Soru to interrupt Garp's attack. Cricket's & Garp's fists collide, creating a powerful impact with lightning-like effects spreading everywhere.

"Sorry about this, Lord Captain. My hands are itchy. It's not just you who missed this level of battle."

"Do as you please. I didn't call you just to spectate anyway. Besides, it's about time you show the world what my Vice Captain is capable of, Cricket."

"You make it sounds like I hid my power all this time. I never tried to hide it, you know. It's you who kept taking the limelight every time we did something big."

"Hmm, you're right."

While Buggy & Cricket are conversing without any care about their surrounding, Sengoku suddenly attacks them in his Golden Buddha form. He sends a strong shockwave from above to crush both of them. But then a powerful impact counters his shockwave and stops it.

Sengoku looks at the one who stopped his shockwave. Palu has joined in the war too using his Warhammer. He was hammering Sengoku's shockwave from below and the impact caused by his attack was enough to break Sengoku's shockwave.

Buggy's right & left-hand men have joined the war, so the other executives are also joining. They enter the battlefield one after another before gathering around Buggy. It's just 13 people, but their presence has overwhelmed the whole battlefield already.

"Brook, no need to join us. You just need to play the BGM."

"Sorry, but my hands are itchy too, even though I don't have skin, yohohoho. My band can play the BGM without me, so let me play with you guys."

Brook's music team plays a tense One Piece BGM to increase the tension. The other Clown Pirates are posing as cool as they can while one of their members broadcast it using the denden mushi he just took from the escapees. It's a sight that makes everyone watching speechless because of how great it is, that's what the clowns believe.

Contrary to that, the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates are speechless at how ridiculous it is. They can't believe that such a crew is the strongest in the world. It makes them question themselves because strange & idiotic people like the Clowns managed to be the strongest crew while they can't.

"Come, Marines! Let's continue!"

Buggy taunts the Marines and the war continues after a brief break. Fujitora who hasn't made a move for a while finally starts attacking by increasing the gravity on the Clown executives. They feel the strong gravity pressure, but they are still standing firmly.

Someone needs to stop Fujitora, and Enel takes this job by striking Fujitora with a bolt of powerful lightning from the sky. The gravity is gone, so Garp tries to attack Buggy, but Cricket stops him again. Palu attacks Sengoku who is ready to shoot another shockwave.

Many Vice-Admirals are rushing forward to attack the Clowns too. The remaining executives also move to stop them. There are only Buggy, Kizaru, and Aokiji left there, so this will be 1 vs 2. But the 2 of them know it will be a hard battle, harder than the battle against Whitebeard.

The Whitebeard Pirates & escapees, on the other hand, are facing the other marines and Warlords who still want to fight. Doflamingo, Moria, and Kuma are still fighting. They can't just retreat because, unlike Mihawk and Hancock, they are always the enemies of Clown & Whitebeard Pirates, so they'll be chased even if they retreat.

There are also Pacifistas and many other marines that need to be taken care of. The Clowns leave those guys to Whitebeard Pirates and just focus on the stronger guys. It's just the executives who fight right now, but the other members are ready to fight anytime they receive orders.

It doesn't seem like their help will be needed though because the executives are enjoying their battles. They fight against more people, and even if they look a little troubled, they seem happy instead. It's been a long time since the executives fought good battles, after all.

The members were always the ones who handle the problems that happened. There haven't been problems too great that needed the executives' involvement. So they haven't gotten in action for a rather long time, that's why the Clown members don't join in.

They look at their executives fighting powerful opponents. Buggy vs Kizaru & Aokiji, Cricket vs Garp, Palu vs Sengoku, Enel vs Fujitora, Magnus vs 5 of Marine's Giant Squad including their 3 Vice-Admirals, Mantis vs Tsuru, Jude vs Gion, Manba vs Strawberry, Deon vs Dalmatian, Brook vs Momonga, Ruff vs Stainless, Maverick vs Chaton, and Dela vs Cancer.

The other high-ranking officers are left to Whitebeard Pirates. They have fought most of the powerful ones, so the Whitebeard Pirates should be able to handle the rest. The Clowns don't want to trample Whitebeard Pirates' pride immediately by taking over this war completely.

But they sure want to trample the Marines' pride by playing around in their fight. The clown executives are fighting while joking around and playing games. They are playing their old game that was used against Shiki, which is naming their attacks with ridiculous names.

"Fist of The North Star Falling to The South Scattering on The East and West!"

"Villain Hammer Punishing Justice to Spread Evil to The Whole World!"

"Lightning Thunder Cross Split Attack Breaking Bones Burning Flesh!"

"Holy Evil Demonic Angel Spear Great Explosive Stomach Stab!"

"Divine Axe Flying Through The Sky Cutting The Heaven!"

Buggy sees his friends are having fun while he is attacked by 2 Admirals. He hears them shouting random attack names as if their battles aren't difficult at all. But well, taking their battles happily is the key for them to let out more power.

It's the same for Buggy, but his way of having fun while fighting is not using funny attack names. He chooses to make a challenge for himself on top of not using devil fruit abilities. The challenge is to only attack and defend using his swords. He can't use his body parts to attack or defend, which will reduce his options a lot.

Buggy parries Kizaru's light sword with Castor on his left hand before deflecting one of Aokiji's ice spears and dodging the other 2. Kizaru attacks again from behind and Buggy dodges it by jumping high. Then he slashes his swords while spinning his body, creating a tornado of blades that scatter everywhere.

The tornado of blades forces Kizaru and Aokiji to retreat and defend themselves. It also pushes back the other people nearby and gives him more space to fight. His attack also creates a lot of destruction as the stray slash attacks are destroying things in the surrounding and hit people too.

Kizaru knows they can't leave Buggy free for too long, so Kizaru attacks him as soon as he lands. A strong light sword attack comes from above, so Buggy needs to use both of his swords to block it. Aokiji uses this chance to slip behind Buggy, so Buggy pushes Kizaru's sword back.

He turns around to attack Aokiji, but the iceman has turned into ice, so his sword doesn't cut Aokiji's body. Then suddenly, Buggy's body freezes as Aokiji's body reforms behind him. Buggy's body froze and encased in a thick layer of ice that forms into a big ball.

Both Aokiji and Kizaru are still vigilant though because they know Buggy won't get defeated just by this. They're right because the ice ball starts moving. But instead of being broken apart, the ice ball actually rolls and it starts getting faster.

The ice ball rolls toward the marines and starts hitting them like a bowling ball hitting the pins. Aokiji and Kizaru click their tongues because they know that Buggy is using the ice ball as a weapon now. The Clown Pirates are cheering on him as he hits more marines.

Both Admirals finally have enough, so Kizaru destroys the ice ball by shooting a powerful laser beam at it. It creates a huge explosion that obviously destroys the ice ball and even the ground around it. However, it's not enough to defeat Buggy who comes out finely, but he looks disappointed.

"Welp, it seems I failed my challenge because I didn't use my swords to defeat those marines just now."

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