322. Blockage

"It has been a long time, isn't it, red nose brat?" asks Garp through a speaker after his ship gets closer.

"It sure is, Gramps," says Buggy.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING GRAMPS, YOU BRAT? I'M NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER. I DON'T HAVE A PIRATE AS A GRANDSON," shouts Garp.

"Really? When you have Grandson, he might be a pirate, you know," says Buggy while smirking.

"Hah, he will be a Marine when he grows up, not a filthy pirate like you," says Garp smugly.

Buggy wants to laugh at it, but he holds it, and he just smirks. "I hope that it will really happen. So, what do you want, old man? You even bring some big names behind you. Is it that infamous Buster Call?"

Behind Garp's ship are 4 more ships led by big names in Marine. Kuzan, Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Tsuru. The 5 strongest Vice-Admirals have come here as if it's a Buster Call. Some Rear Admirals and Captains even join on these 5 ships, so this is very problematic.

"Well, Kong-san told us to talk with you. We won't do anything as long as you go back and not resume your attempt to reach Lodestar," says Garp.

"That's what you called talking? It sounds like a threat to me," says Buggy.

"Will you really stop if we talk kindly to you?" asks Garp.

"We will, when your grandson becomes a pirate," says Buggy while raising his middle finger.

"You want a beating then," says Garp.

Suddenly, the sea freezes almost instantly, and all ships there get trapped by the ice. Kuzan has frozen the sea after confirming that The Clown Pirates won't stop. The Marine can't let them escape using their super fast speed, after all.

But even if he doesn't do that, The Clown Pirates never intended to leave. If they keep escaping, The Marine will just keep bothering them. So they will end Marine's chase here by defeating these big shots.

"This will be the most exciting battle since the war against Big Mom Pirates. Wait! That wasn't a proper war, so it will be the first after the war against Beasts Pirates," says Buggy.

"Are you sure about this, brat?" asks Garp.

"Are you?" asks Buggy while unsheathing a sword and pointing it toward Garp.

The Clowns are grinning excitedly because they can finally have a real war after a few years. They won't back down even if their enemies have a lot more numbers than them. In the last few years, they have trained hard to get stronger, and each of them is strong enough to lead their own crew in Grandline now.

Both sides stare at each other and get ready to fight. Then after a moment, The Clown Pirates open attack. Their ship's front side suddenly opens up and the railgun comes out of it. The railgun has been loaded and is ready to be fired.

"Destroy them," says Buggy before the railgun shoots its bullet.

The bullet it shot is a pure lightning ball that is made of Enel's power. It travels at a very high speed toward the Marine ships. But right before it hit any ship, Borsalino appears in its path and shoots a light beam at it.

The lightning bullet explodes, but it doesn't disappear. Instead, it splits into many lightning bolts that spread and move toward the ships. Borsalino clicks his tongue, but he can't stop every lightning bolt himself.

So the strong Marine officers try to stop the lightning bolts. But many still hit their ships and men, causing a lot of damage. Just one attack from The Clown Pirates has damaged them greatly.

The Marine has thought of this though because the Railgun is Clown Pirates' signature attack. They've also faced it many times and still can't fully stop it. So they've prepared to get some damage and the best they can do is to reduce the damage.

However, even if they are ready for the Railgun, they aren't ready for the next attack. Buggy swings both of his swords horizontally in different directions. Nothing comes out, so the Marine doesn't know what he does, they have never seen him do this, after all.

Then suddenly, the Marine ships get cut by 2 invisible horizontal attacks. The attack on top cuts at the level of the Marine ship's deck, so many people get cut in half. While the attack below cuts the ships' hulls which cut many things like weapons or even the men in the cabins.

The Marine ships get cut into 3 levels with those 2 invisible attacks. Top, middle, and bottom levels that get attached to the frozen sea. It's already scary enough for the Marine soldiers, but Buggy hasn't finished yet. His awakened ability doesn't just cut things, he can control what he cuts, even if it's big like these ships.

Buggy has raised his awakened devil fruit mastery in the last few years. So he can control all the ship's parts that he cut. He can't do too much though because of the range and their weights. But he still can flip them over and make them crash to each other.

The quick-witted Marines who didn't get cut can jump out of the crashing parts immediately. But many of them can't even react and get crushed by the top parts. Just with the railgun and this attack, the Marine has lost half of their men.

Not all get killed, but they still get serious injuries that make them unable to fight. The inability to fight just makes them useless because the war hasn't even started yet. So the Marine has lost half of their battle power in a mere minute.

"Do you still want to continue?" asks Buggy with a very intimidating face which makes him look very different from before.

Garp looks very serious right now and so are the other Vice-Admirals. They know Buggy is strong, but this is beyond what they've thought of. His full power was still a big mystery to them because he never revealed it completely.

"We have come this far, so we can't just go back. It's either we or them that perish here. If we let him go, he will just get stronger, and he will be a far bigger threat than Whitebeard," says Sakazuki while walking with magma coming out of his right arm.

"Sakazuki is right, there might be no other chance for us if we don't stop them here. Every one of us here is ready to die since we become Marine soldiers. There is no need to hesitate," says Tsuru firmly, it's such a rare sight.

The other Marine officers & soldiers agree with that statement. It will be different if Sakazuki uses this statement on other people. But Buggy & co are pirates, so no Marine will oppose destroying them right now.

"Alright, those who are ready to die today, come forward. Let's destroy them," says Garp while cracking his fists.

The 5 Vice-Admirals stand in the front with the officers behind them. Then the Marine soldiers line up behind the officers. Many of the soldiers are very nervous after seeing Buggy's power. They are trembling hard, but they still hold their weapons and get ready to fight.

Buggy looks at them before jumping out of his ship and walks forward coolly on the ice with his hands in his pants pockets. His crewmates follow behind him with various expressions. But none of them look afraid or nervous because for them, lives get more exciting when they get closer to death.

The Clowns stop around 50 meters in front of the Marine group. Buggy stands in the front while the executives stand behind him, except for Ruff & Dela who are nowhere to be seen. Then the normal members stand behind the executives, waiting for the attack signal.

"I've given you the chance to avoid this war, but you insisted on doing it. So don't blame me for your own ignorance, Marine," says Buggy.

"Say that to yourself, pirate," says Sakazuki before sending a massive magma punch at the Clown Pirates.

Buggy just stands there and watches the giant magma fist coming towards him. Suddenly, a shadow flashes in front of him. It's Cricket who jumps to punch the giant magma fist using his Hasshoken punch.

Cricket's attack blocks the giant magma fist and scatters it on the ice. But none of it gets past him because his punch's vibration stops it. He lands on the ice in front of the scattered magma while grinning as he rubs his fist.

"A crook needs to wait it's leader's command, right, Sakazuki?" asks Cricket while grinning.

Sakazuki clicks his tongue but doesn't do anything else. Then after a moment, Garp finally gives the signal to attack, so Buggy follows it. Both sides rush at each other. This will be the greatest war of the year.

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