NABC 33. Bucky! Become my subordinate!
33. Bucky! Become my subordinate!
A pirate ship drifted on the sea, with wisps of white smoke rising from its bow and cannons.
"A magnificent artillery barrage!"
A blue-haired pirate dressed as a clown with a big red nose spreads his arms and looks at the collapsed reef in front of him.
"Yes! That's fantastic! Captain Bucky! With this ship, we'll definitely dominate the Grand Line!"
Behind the blue-haired pirate dressed as a clown, a subordinate said obsequiously.
"Of course!" Bucky laughed. "This is a magnificent converted ship equipped with warship cannons! If it were sold on the market, it could fetch a hundred million Berries!"
"but......"
"You just said my nose is round, right?"
Bucky suddenly moved closer to the henchman's face.
The subordinate immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "I...I didn't say that! You've misunderstood!"
"You still dare to say it's red and big?!" Bucky leaned closer, his expression menacing. "I'll make you die a horrible death!"
"Whoa!" The subordinate was so frightened that he fell to the ground on the deck, backing away repeatedly. "Captain! I didn't mean that! Please don't be impulsive!"
"Who am I?" Buggy's head spun 360 degrees in a bizarre way as he looked at the pirates behind him.
"Captain Bucky! You are the great Captain Bucky!"
The subordinates immediately shouted.
"Great!" Bucky laughed, hands on his hips. "What's my goal this time?"
"The legendary treasure turtle has been found!!"
The subordinates shouted at the top of their lungs.
"That's right! Let's search with great fanfare! It's the legendary treasure left behind by pirates! It's said to contain priceless treasures!"
Bucky enjoyed the atmosphere.
This is how pirates should be!
If you can't shout, you can't be considered a pirate at all!
Bucky would occasionally reminisce about his time on the Oro Jackson, which was the happiest time of his life.
Later, Captain Roger died, ushering in the great era of pirates!
Unfortunately, Shanks, who inherited Captain Roger's mantle, abandoned his original dream! That bastard Shanks! He should have been the one to become the next Pirate King!
Bucky gets furious whenever he thinks about this.
If Shanks hadn't given up on finding Captain Roger's treasure, I'd probably be the first mate on Shanks' ship right now, right?
Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs"!
Bucky has decided that once he finds the treasure turtle and gets the treasure on its back, he will use it to buy a bigger ship and build a more powerful cannon!
He's going to return to the Grand Line! Since Shanks has given up on Captain Roger's treasure, then Buggy will find it himself!
"Captain Bucky! We think we've spotted that turtle!"
"I am a lion trainer wearing a furry headgear and riding on a lion," Mochi suddenly said.
"Huh?" Bucky looked in the direction of the sound and saw a shadow cutting through the waves on the sea not far away, swimming at lightning speed!
Only by looking closely can you see through the gaps in the waves that it is a turtle carrying nine treasure chests on its back!
The tortoise's panicked and trial-and-error expression mirrored that of a human.
"It looks like someone is chasing it!"
"I'm wearing a scarf and riding a unicycle," said Kabaji.
Behind the treasure turtle swimming rapidly was an even faster and bigger wave! In the wave, a silver-haired man was running swiftly across the surface of the water!
Before anyone could react, the silver-haired man pounced on the treasure turtle and subdued it.
"Damn it! Let go! That's mine!" Bucky yelled at the silver-haired man, panicking.
The silver-haired man had obviously also spotted Bucky's ship. Holding the treasure turtle, he stepped across the sea and leaped onto the deck of Bucky's ship.
Norton pressed the heavy treasure tortoise beneath him, smoothed his damp hair to reveal his smooth forehead.
"What a big red nose!"
Norton said this the first thing he said upon seeing Bucky.
"Whoa! You can't say that!" Behind Buggy, the pirates' faces turned pale and they were drenched in cold sweat!
Captain Bucky is about to get angry!
"Huh?! Who are you calling has a big, red nose, you bastard!" Enraged, Bucky charged forward!
"Scissors in Disarray - Clown's Throwing Knife!"
The severed arm, clutching a knife, flew at lightning speed!
Norton reached out, grabbed the severed arm that was clutching the throwing knife, and suddenly grinned.
"Hey! Red Nose!"
"Who are you calling red-nosed?!"
"I don't care, your name is Bucky, right? My name is Norton. Hop on my ship! Follow me! I'll take you to the top of the world!"
Bucky broke out in a cold sweat. Although he was surprised that Norton had caught the knife perfectly, Norton's condescending and self-righteous tone stirred up a nameless anger in him.
"Who do you think you are, you bastard!"
At that moment, in Bucky's eyes, Norton's figure overlapped with that of a certain red-haired man.
"I don't want to listen to you! Hand over the treasure turtle!" Bucky shouted.
"You mean this turtle?" Norton pointed to the treasure turtle beneath him. "I regret to inform you that there is absolutely no treasure on this turtle! Not a single piece of gold or silver!"
While chasing the treasure turtle in the ocean, Norton had already checked and found that eight of the nine treasure chests were empty!
The remaining treasure chest didn't contain silver or gold, but something Norton never expected.
"Liar! I don't believe it!" Bucky roared.
"Believe it or not," Norton shrugged. "Anyway, the only treasure of its kind is simply beyond your capacity to handle."
"Stop talking nonsense! I'm going to kill you and then confirm it for myself!" Bucky flung his lower body out.
"Four-in-One Pancake!"
Bucky's lower body spun like a top as he was thrown out, and sharp blades popped out from the tips of his boots!
Norton nonchalantly grabbed Bucky's lower body as he spun around and slammed him onto the deck.
"Ouch! That hurts!"
Bucky's expression changed drastically; his pupils bulged, and tears welled up in his eyes.
"Captain Bucky! Are you alright?" his men asked worriedly, biting their hands.
"Idiot! Get up and help!"
Bucky tried to recall his lower body, but when he tried to recall the arm that Norton had grabbed, he couldn't get it back!
That hand felt like it was being pressed down by a mountain; no matter how hard you tried, you couldn't budge it!
"......yes!"
Kabaji, riding a unicycle, brandished a long knife and attacked Norton from the left.
At the same time, on the right, Mochi, piloting the lion Liki, attacked!
Norton found it all rather boring.
A punch is thrown!
A massive gust of wind swept through, blowing Bucky's hat off, knocking Kabaji off his unicycle, tumbling the animal trainer Mochi off the back of the lion Liki, and scattering everything that wasn't fixed on the ship into the sea!
Bucky looked back, trembling.
The calm sea suddenly became turbulent!
The force of the punch was like a tornado, creating huge waves on the sea.
Bucky turned around stiffly and saw the silver-haired man sitting on the treasure turtle grinning, revealing his gleaming white teeth.
"Come on, Bucky! Become my subordinate!"