Looking at the steaming sea surface, Buggy was lost in thought.
In the future, I'll integrate the name Buggy into my techniques; from now on, I'll use the name Buggy.
Maybe I can even inherit Buggy's Haoshoku-tier luck.
The sea breeze blew the steam away, revealing the scene on the water.
Zunesha actually wasn't dead yet, though a deep, bone-deep hole had been blasted into its body. The area around the wound had turned charred black from the high heat, which actually stopped the bleeding.
"Such a giant creature has such tenacious vitality..." Buggy sighed sincerely.
You have to realize the meta has changed; now the power of a bomb can even kill one of the Four Emperors.
Zunesha let out bursts of mournful cries, struggling to stand up from the sea, but the injuries were ultimately too severe, and it failed several times in a row.
"How pitiful..." Kiku couldn't bear to watch any longer.
"Pitying a giant beast that was going to destroy your country? Is there something wrong with you?"
Buggy found it hard to understand Kiku's way of thinking, just like how he held back against Kanjuro on the battlefield, indirectly causing Ashura Doji's death.
This guy is a terrible teammate... though Wano Country produces plenty of those, so one more doesn't make a difference.
Kiku's face immediately turned red.
"Captain Buggy, should we do another attack like that? It'll definitely kill it completely this time." Moriah still wanted to see that kind of explosion again.
"In Zunesha's current state, we can just slowly slaughter it. An attack like that costs a lot of hair," Buggy said.
He wondered if there was such a thing as a hair growth tonic in the Pirate World.
Or maybe find some heavy elements like Uranium. The Marine has something called Dyna Stone; he'd try to get some when he had the chance.
After struggling several times, Zunesha finally managed to stand up, then staggered away in the opposite direction from Wano Country.
"So it's running away? It seems persuasion through force is more effective," Crocodile sneered.
"Coming and going as it pleases? Did it ask for my opinion? It just so happens that the Shogun of Wano Country died today; slaughtering it will provide enough food for everyone's funeral feast."
Buggy didn't want to let this hidden threat go. Just then, the transponder on his person rang.
Buggy answered the transponder snail; it was actually Mochi calling.
"You say you want to go tame Zunesha? Are you serious? I was only joking before."
Buggy hadn't expected Mochi to have such an idea.
Only those with the ability to 'Hear the Voice of All Things' can communicate with Zunesha. In the history of the Pirate World, only three people have possessed this special ability.
Now, only Luffy remains.
If you can't even communicate, how do you tame it?
"I'm serious, Captain Buggy. Zunesha is heavily injured and at its weakest right now; this is the easiest time to build a bond..." Mochi said.
"I don't know much about beast taming, but it feels a bit unreliable." Buggy felt the size difference between the two was just too great.
"I don't want to keep drifting along like this, Captain Buggy. My strength needs to match my status and bounty. I don't have a special talent for Haki, so I can only rely on the special skill of beast taming."
Aboard the bikudopu, Mochi was uncharacteristically serious.
"Alright then." Buggy sensed Mochi's determination. "Then be careful yourself. And... It's best not to use weird things like beast hormones."
"I've told you, I've never used that!" the transponder snail shouted. "I am an Orthodox Beast Tamer!"
So there are Dark Beast Tamers, too? What a terrifying group.
"Then go do it. If it doesn't work, don't force it. There are plenty of chances to get stronger; safety is most important," Buggy said. "By the way, tell Mr. 3 that you all can land in Wano Country now."
Actually, the most suitable thing for Mochi would be Tama's Devil Fruit; that kind of Devil Fruit Ability is practically a god-tier fruit for a Beast Tamer.
"Captain Buggy, I won't let your trust down." Mochi's eyes filled with tears. He turned to look at Jack. "Can I borrow those decorative tusks you're wearing?"
Learning that Mochi's target was Zunesha, Jack readily took off his tusks.
Before long, Mochi had changed into an elephant outfit, dressing himself up like an elephant, even sticking a long trunk on his face.
"Are you going to a children's party?" Everyone felt that Mochi's outfit was an eyesore.
Jack, however, was quite interested. "Is this also a method of you Beast Tamers? It feels very familiar."
"Exactly. Dressing up like a beast makes it easier to gain their favor. Do you know about Pandaman? Actually, those are Beast Tamers too; they just wear a panda suit on the outside, but they're human inside." Mochi revealed a bit of the Beast Tamers' secrets.
Pandamen existed all over the world, and Jack had seen them a few times.
"No wonder they were unwilling to join the Beasts Pirates; so they were actually humans..." Jack realized.
"Bonney, please have Kuma 'Paw-flick' me onto Zunesha's body." Mochi was ready.
"Okay... good luck, I wish you success." Bonney directed Kuma to activate his ability. A pink paw-print bubble enveloped Mochi and flew off in the direction Zunesha had left.
"Brothers, when we meet again, I'll be back with Zunesha!" Mochi bid everyone farewell from inside the bubble.
"Even this guy has started working hard..." Mr. 3 suddenly felt a sense of crisis. He should find time to further develop his Wax-Wax Fruit.
"We can set sail. Destination: Wano Country. That will be the new base for our Buggy Pirates," Mr. 3 ordered.
Cheers immediately erupted on the pirate ship.
Only Nekomamushi and Inuarashi were still full of worry. Zou was gone, and the Mink Tribe could only go to Wano Country and accept Buggy's rule.
What kind of ruler would that guy be?
"To tally and hand over all property, and then redistribute it?" Denjiro doubted his ears. "Captain Buggy, even Kaido never issued such an absurd order..."
"That's why he failed. He made such a mess of something as simple as ruling a country, so he's only fit to be a teacher, not a ruler," Buggy said.
Denjiro didn't understand why Kaido was fit to be a teacher, but the person before him was the most absurd ruler he had ever seen.
"If you do that, Wano Country will fall into chaos. Wealth is held by the Daimyo, the Underworld, and the merchants; they won't accept such conditions." Denjiro tried his best to explain the situation in Wano Country to Buggy.
"Why is it they who get to hold so much wealth?" Buggy asked back.
"Because..." Denjiro was suddenly at a loss for words.
Wano Country had been like this since ancient times; no one ever thought about whether it was reasonable or not.
"I came to Wano Country to do only three things: fairness, fairness, and goddamn fairness," Buggy said. "We'll start with the distribution of property."
"And what if they don't agree?" Denjiro asked.
"We are pirates; then we'll solve it the pirate way." Buggy pulled out a flintlock pistol. "If they don't agree, then I will personally give them fairness."
"Whether it's the high-and-mighty Shogun of Wano Country or an Underworld thug, before this gun, all are equal!"
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