83. Training in Karate Island

After 2 months of exploration on South Blue and visiting all the islands, the Clown finally reaches the last island that they want to visit, Karate Island. Buggy wants his crew to stay here for 6 months to train.

"I want you to train your combat skills. My requirement is still the same, you need to be able to use at least one type of haki in 6 months. As for Cricket & Mantis who have been able to use 1 type of haki, I want you to train the other type too," says Buggy.

Karate Island has many dojos and battle arenas. They can use any training method that they want to use here. They can train in dojos or join battles in arenas.

Buggy just wants them to get stronger as preparation for Grandline. Their names have grown too big, so their journey will be more difficult in Grandline. Marine Vice-Admirals might come after them because all Vice-Admirals work in Grandline.

Buggy lets them do what they want other than training as long as they don't create big problems. The crew understands and will do as Buggy says. They know the importance for them to raise their strength.

They all then make a schedule for the ship's guard duty. Everyone including Buggy will take turns to guard the ship every day. They'll also sleep on the ship to reduce the living cost in the next 6 months.

After everything's ready, they leave the ship to explore the island. Palu will guard the ship today because he also wants to check the ship's condition.

Palu still has his fear of women, but at least he can talk with Jude & Mantis normally now although he still keeps his distance. He still can't talk with other women without hiding behind something though.

The others leave the island and explore it first. They need to know this island first before deciding on what to do for their training.

They spread and explore the island individually to cover all areas in one day. They will report their finding later after they return to the ship.

Buggy goes to the Blackmarket like usual to find information. He will buy information about this island and the world. It is the fastest way to know things in general. His crewmates' exploration will add the details that he can't find.

There's no big news that takes his interest after buying the information. It's still about the rising number of Pirate Crews in the world.

There's still no news about Red Hair Pirates too until now. It seems they've really gone into hiding after gaining too much of Marine & WG's attention.

Buggy leaves the Blackmarket and goes to explore the town. He finds many dojos and arenas all over the town. He checks any place that might be useful for his crew and note them.

The Clowns keep exploring the town until evening. Then they return to their ship before dinner. They discuss their finding while Mantis cook their food.

Everyone report their finding on the island. They also have judged the dojos and arenas that they've found and check. They even scored them and ranked them to find the best place.

"Dinner's ready," says Mantis while placing some plates on the table.

"Let's eat first and continue the discussion after dinner," says Buggy.

Everyone nods and they start their dinner. No one in the crew dare to not eat when their food has been cooked by Mantis. Even Buggy is afraid of it and will stop anything that he does if Mantis has called them to eat.

She is very scary when it comes to eating time. She will even beat Buggy if he doesn't come to eat after she called him. Mantis knows the importance of food for their health, that's why she is very strict with their eating schedule and nutrition.

After dinner, they continue their discussion about the training. They talk for an hour to decide what they want to train and which place is the best for it.

Cricket & Jude want to train their hand-to-hand combat, so they choose a Karate Dojo each, but they choose different dojo based on their style. Mantis choose a staff handling dojo for women. Manba chooses a spearsmanship dojo.

The 4 of them want to polish their skills first instead of strength. As for Palu, he uses a hammer as a weapon, and no dojo train it. Buggy then tells him to join the fights in arenas, because Buggy will join it too.

Buggy has solidified his swordsmanship's basic and just needs battle experience. Even though he doubts that there is someone stronger than him here. But he just wants to focus on skills, so it should be fine.

The next day, they start their training plan immediately. Buggy will guard the ship today and let the others start their training. They need the training more than him and he can train on the ship.

Since that day, the Clown Pirates start their training on Karate Island. The Marine know that they're here, but doesn't do anything and just observe them. Marine & WG are too busy dealing with other new pirate crews that appear every day.

Marine & WG also can't interfere because this island is not a normal island. Many big underground forces support this island and make it their business. The arena is one of such businesses.

So many fighters come from all over the world to fight here. That's why those forces gathered to make this island their money source. Even WG gets some percentage of the profit, so they can't do anything that will remove that profit.

The Clowns are glad by it because they can train without disturbance for a while. But Buggy knows that the Marine will make a move once they enter Grandline. Buggy knows that, that's why he makes his crew train in here now.

For 6 months, the Clowns train in their dojos and often fight in arenas. They progressed well and become famous on Karate Island. Many fighters come to challenge them personally and they gladly accept the challenges.

In Karate Island, it doesn't matter if you're bad or good. Everyone here is a fighter and they'll try to fight strong people. No one here is afraid of losing or dying. They all want to get stronger and will do anything for it.

Buggy also finds some strong people on this island. His prediction that there isn't anyone stronger than him was wrong. Some people are stronger & more skillful than him here. Those people are just keeping a low profile and hiding in shadows.

One such character is the master of a sword dojo. The master is an old man, but his skills are very high. Buggy has challenged the master 5 times, and he lost 4 times in a row. He finally win in his 5th attempt after learning many things in their previous battles.

Buggy has also challenged other dojos, no matter what their martial arts are. He follow their rule and used their martial arts. He lost many times because he doesn't know the martial arts. But he also learned a lot from them and eventually defeat them.

In 5 months, Buggy has succeeded to defeat every dojo & arena on the island. That's why for the last month, Buggy just train alone and fight with challengers who come every once in a while.

After 6 months of training, the Clown Pirates have grown much stronger. They've put a lot of effort into their training and it all paid off. They've reached Buggy's requirement to be able to use at least one haki now.

Cricket & Mantis who train their longer has been able to use Armament & Observation. Jude can use Observation now, but still can't use Armament yet. Manba & Palu can use Armament, but they can't use Observation yet.

Buggy doesn't have any problem with any of that. One type of haki is enough, for now. They will progress as they fight stronger opponents.

Even if Karate Island has many strong fighters, but they're still far below New World's fighters. That's why the Clowns can't grow any further if they stay here.

"Everything's ready, Captain," says Cricket while grinning after they check everything on their ship.

Buggy also grins and looks at his crew, "Alright, are you ready, bastards?"

"AYE!" answer everyone excitedly.

Buggy points at the sea and says, "Let's sail to Grandline!"

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