482. World's Victor

After chopping Imu's head off, Buggy slams his right foot onto Imu's body that tries to retaliate. He chops Imu's body apart into really small cubes to stop the guy from fighting back.

Imu widens his eyes as he loses control of his body. He can feel his body, but he can't control it now that it has been chopped into small cubes. Imu finally realizes just how ridiculous Buggy's ability is. It was one of the worst abilities before awakening, but now it has become one of the most dangerous, especially in Buggy's hands.

"So, do you feel like dying now?"

Imu spits his saliva that actually is a burning lava at Buggy's face. Buggy dodges it easily, but he frowns in confusion. Imu should be able to shoot a powerful flame attack using his mouth, but he just spits instead.

"Are you too tired to use a real attack?"

"Hmph, don't act stupid. I can't use real attacks with my head being separated from my body. Although I can feel them, it doesn't mean my head is truly connected with them, so I can't utilize my full power."

"Ooh, so that's how it is. No wonder everyone who gets their body chopped apart always stops struggling. I thought it was because they knew they didn't have a chance anymore, but it's because they were weakened too."

"What?! You really don't know this?"

"Yeah, man, thanks for your help. But it doesn't mean I will let you go."

Buggy grins while walking to the chopped part of Red Line. They are on top of Red Line's vast surface and quite a distance away from the chopped part. But with Buggy's speed, it's easy to reach the chopped part in a short time.

He goes down by sliding on the slope created by his power while holding Imu's head. Imu's chopped body cubes are following behind them. They look like flying insects that chase Buggy now because of their small sizes.

Buggy looks around to find his crew and he finally sees them quite far away from Red Line. He raises Imu's head to show them that the battle is over. They couldn't see the battle on top of Red Line, after all, so they didn't know.

When they see that Buggy already has Imu's head in his hands, they immediately go to the Red Line. They were quite worried when Cricket and Enel got their powers back because they couldn't see the battle. But they always believe their Captain and now they finally see him winning.

"Are you okay, Captain?"

"I should be fine. How is everyone? Do we have any casualties?"

"No one died yet, but some are still in bad condition. We need to take them back to Clownland which has all the needed types of equipment."

Buggy looks around when Manba explains and doesn't see some faces here.

"Do we need to return ASAP?"

"Not really. Their lives aren't in danger after being treated. Our ship has great medical pieces of equipment even though they aren't as good and as complete as the ones in Clownland. They won't die, but they are still in pain."

"Alright, I feel bad for them, but we need to finish this completely before returning."

"Don't worry, no one here will disagree. They also have said to not mind them and finish this all."

Buggy nods before throwing Imu's head to Palu who catches it while grinning. Palu already took a seastone chain when Buggy returned. He tied Imu's head with it to seal the guy's devil fruit ability. Imu's head returns to normal after his power is sealed, so now he won't be able to fight back at all.

"Alright, let's go to New Marineford."

"What about these body cubes?"

"Remember what we did to Kaido, King, and Queen?"

Everyone is stunned before they start grinning widely. Imu doesn't know what they want to do, but he has a very bad feeling about this. It doesn't take long for him to realize why he has a very bad feeling when he watches the Clowns throw his cubical body parts into the sea.

"NO! STOP! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

"Relax, bro. We are just feeding the fish."

"THOSE ARE MY BODY PARTS YOU MONGRELS! HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO ME?!"

"Aiyo, bro, you don't seem to realize this situation yet. You see, you have lost in this war, and we are the victors. Whatever the victors do, the losers don't have the right to interfere. That's what you always did, right?"

The Clowns mock and tease Imu while throwing Imu's body parts. Imu truly can't do anything about it because his power is sealed by the seastone chain. He can only watch his body become fish feed angrily and depressedly.

"Oh, how the mighty have fallen so low. This is such a great historical sight. Have you ever thought about this? You who have stood above everyone for hundreds of years suddenly fall from your high and mighty throne because of some idiot clowns. Maybe you would feel better if it was the D clan that defeated you. Turned out, it was a filthy pirate crew that behaved like Clowns. Truly pathetic, isn't it?"

Buggy grabs Imu's head as he goes to the ship's head. He feels some battles ahead, so he wants to check it. Sometime later, the Clown Pirates arrive on a sea battlefield where the Revolutionary Army is facing Kizaru and Fujitora on the sea.

The crew's appearance stops the battle instantly as no one dares to make any rash move. They all look at Buggy in the front and frown when they see Imu's head. None of them know Imu, after all, so they are quite confused.

"Why do you stop? It's alright, you can keep fighting. We won't disturb you."

"Don't just start joking when you have just arrived, Clown. What about the attack? Also, who is that?"

"The attack, huh? Hahaha, what else could happen? We won't just escape the war we created ourselves. More like we can't. You know it too, Dragon. It's either we win this war or die, there's no running option."

"So what is it? Do you win or not?"

"Sigh, you really want me to say it, huh? Obviously, we won, or we won't be here."

The Revolutionary Army cheers when they hear Buggy's words. Their higher-ups are also happy by this result, but they are also surprised that the Clown Pirates could really do it. After all, they are just a crew and their opponent was the World Celestial Dragons.

They know the Celestial Dragons' power very well, after all, as they always tried to dethrone those guys. So they were still doubtful of the Clown Pirates' winning chance even though they joined this plan. That's why they didn't immediately assume that the Clown Pirates had won when they saw the crew arrive here.

Fujitora and Kizaru are very shocked too when they hear what Buggy said. Although they aren't Celestial Dragons' followers, they are still parts of World Government as marines. Obviously, they won't feel good when they hear about the defeat of the World Government as it also means the defeat of the Marines.

Kizaru looks at Fujitora and they nod together before trying to escape. They need to inform their main base about this. But they stopped as soon as they turned around. Enel is floating in their path, blocking their escape.

"Yahahaha? Why are you in a rush? Let's play a little."

Both Admirals click their tongues while getting ready to fight. But then, Buggy suddenly speaks.

"Let them leave, Enel! No need to hold them here, they have a job to do."

"Tch, fine, fine.

"Kizaru, Fujitora, go and tell the marines that Marie Geoise has been defeated. I have no intention of destroying the Marines. However, it also depends on how you act. We are going to New Marineford now to discuss whether this war will continue or not. The Marines' and the world's future will be decided there. I'm sure you are smart enough to know what you should do."

Buggy says that very seriously and the 2 Admirals know how important this is. They know better than just to ignore Buggy's words. If it's other pirates, they might've assumed that it was just a trap to attack New Marineford. But they know Buggy's character quite well and know that Buggy won't set up such a lowly trap.

So the 2 Admirals dash to New Marineford as fast as they can. Meanwhile, Clown Pirates and the Revolutionary Army are also moving to New Marineford. They are talking and discussing a few things on their way there.

Dragon and Co are very surprised when they know Imu's real identity. They have gathered a lot of information about Marie Geoise, but they never found anything about Imu. Now they finally know why the Clown Pirates were so confident to win this war.

"Information is a very important key to win a war, you know."

Sometime later, they finally arrive at New Marineford. The island is still surrounded by pirate ships, but there's no war anymore. Everyone just stays in their places, waiting for The Clown Pirates to arrive.

"Alright, time to decide where the world will go."

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