107. Rage

After leaving the Blackmarket, Buggy splits with Deon to explore the town alone. This town's name is Wono and the island is Sobo Island. The town is big and almost covered all parts of the island.

The Clowns have just visited towns so far in Grandline and haven't visited any Nation. But it's also a good thing because Nations always have big problems. Buggy doesn't want to get involved in such problems as the Straw Hats.

As he explores the town, Buggy tries to find a way to Sky Island. He doesn't search it in Blackmarket because it's not fun. It will be more interesting to find the way there by searching it in a town like this.

Buggy walks around a market and hears a group of people talking about their strange Log Pose. Their Log Pose points at the sky just like The Clowns' Log Pose. They're lucky to have another Log Pose that pointed here.

He tries to eavesdrop on their conversation but doesn't get anything useful. These guys just think that their Log Pose is broken and never think about Sky Island.

"Hmph, broken Log Pose they say? There's no such thing as broken Log Pose unless it gets destroyed. Pirates these days are very disappointing," grumbles an old man who sells fish.

The old man talks in low voice, but Buggy can hear it clearly. He grins and approaches the old man.

"Old guy, how much for all these fishes?" asks Buggy.

"Hmm? What are you playing here, young man?" asks the old man while frowning.

"Nothing, I just want to buy all your fishes here for my crew's supply," says Buggy.

The old man's face gets brighter and he smiles happily.

"You should say that immediately, young man. I will give you a discount, how about 100,000 for all of these?" asks the old man with a bright smile.

"Sure, I will even give you 200,000 if you tell me about the Sky Island," says Buggy while grinning.

The old man widens his eyes and looks around hastily. He sighs in relief after confirming that no one heard Buggy's words.

"Young man, don't talk about it openly like that, or people will laugh at you," warns the old man.

"Who cares about that. They can laugh if they want. It won't change anything because I'll still go there. Nothing can stop me from doing what I want," says Buggy.

The old man is surprised to hear Buggy's words. He has seen many pirates, but very few of them are like Buggy.

"Do you really believe that the Sky Islands exist?" asks the old man.

"Do you?" asks Buggy back.

The old man frowns because Buggy doesn't answer his question and asked him back instead.

"Stop playing with me, young man. I am too old for this. But if you're really interested in this, then go to my house tonight. I will tell you what you want to know," says the old man before packing the fishes.

Buggy just grins and nods before paying and taking the fish. He also received a paper from the old man that has an address written on it. After that, Buggy leaves the market and returns to his ship.

On his way to the ship, Buggy sees a commotion. He checks it and sees Ruff get beaten up by some people. Ruff is crouching on the floor while protecting a crying little girl.

Buggy's veins popped seeing this and he put the fish bag down. He runs to Ruff then punches the bastards away easily. Ruff looks up at Buggy and smiles before he faints.

"B-big brother, a-are you okay? Big brother," says the crying little girl while shaking Ruff's body.

Buggy crouches down and checks Ruff's condition. He sighs in relief because Ruff is still safe. But Ruff has a lot of injuries on his body.

"Little girl, what happens here?" asks Buggy to the little girl.

"W-who are you, big brother?" asks the little girl back.

"I'm his friend. Now tell me what happens?" asks Buggy.

"So you're his friend. Then you need to pay for what he did to me," says a tall middle-aged man who walks toward Buggy from behind.

Buggy turns his head and sees the middle-aged man. The man wears a red captain suit, so Buggy knows that he is a pirate. Buggy has a calm expression, but Buggy is really angry right now.

"What happened?" asks Buggy calmly without standing up.

"Hmph, he deserved that. Who told him to meddle in my business," says the middle-aged man arrogantly.

"*Sniff* I'm sorry, I spilled a drink on the floor and made him slip. He got angry and was about to hit me, but this big brother took me away. B-but then, some people came and attack us. He kept protecting me even when he got injured this badly. *Sniff* I'm sorry," says the little girl while sniffing.

"So that's how it is. It's okay little girl, he will be fine, and you will be fine too because I am here now," says Buggy while rubbing the little girl's hair.

Many people suddenly surround them while holding their cutlasses with sadistic smiles. They're the middle-aged man's crew who are ready to attack Buggy.

"Hehe, I have 43 men here who are ready to kill you. If you want to live, then you need to pay 10 million Belly for all the troubles that you, your friend, and that little girl did," says the middle-aged man.

Buggy doesn't say anything and just stays in his position. One of the pirates approaches him and is just about to touch his shoulder. But suddenly, Buggy releases an invisible pressure that spread and knocked out the pirates, except the middle-aged man.

The sudden turns of events shocked the middle-aged man and the audience. They don't know why the pirates suddenly got knocked out. Then they all flinch when Buggy stands up and turns back to look at the middle-aged man.

"W-W-What have you done?" asks the middle-aged man with a shaky voice.

Buggy walks slowly to the middle-aged man and says, "No one is allowed to do this to my friend and crew. As a friend, I will help him, and as a Captain, I will avenge him."

The middle-aged man gets very scared as Buggy walks closer. But he can't move his body even a little and is rooted in his place. He can only watch as Buggy stops in front of him and grabs his shoulder.

Buggy pulls the man's shoulder down and makes him kneel. The man can't do anything and can only shiver because he feels very afraid of Buggy now. Cold sweats ran down on his back and he almost pissed himself.

'W-What kind of presence is this? I-It's like he turned into a different person? Just what is this?' thinks the middle-aged man in fear and confusion.

"Let me tell you one thing," says Buggy while grabbing the man's hair and lifting his face.

"There's not many people who succeed to anger me. But you've done it perfectly, so I'll give you 2 options. Do you want to die by my hands or the sea?" says Buggy with a scary expression.

The man wants to protest because all the options will still lead to his death. But he can't open his mouth as he is very afraid of Buggy now.

Buggy peeks at the little girl for a moment before saying, "The sea seems to be a good choice."

Without a sign, Buggy kicks the middle-aged man's body as strongly as he can. The middle-aged man coughs some blood as he flies to the horizon. Everyone is amazed to see Buggy kick the big guy easily.

But Buggy hasn't finished yet. He picks the enemy pirated and kicks them to the horizon too in different directions. This way, they won't be able to help each other and reduce their survival chance.

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