"May 17th, Sunny. Today, Clown Buggy returned to the Flower Capital and immediately summoned all the executives. It seems like something major is happening."
"There seems to be another faction acting in secret within Wano Country. Every time they trigger my prism surveillance range, they immediately vanish. Even the prisms in the sky can't find a trace of them."
"Kids are quite annoying, but the rice balls made by Lady Tsuru are pretty delicious."
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"Marines are coming to join us?" As soon as Buggy returned to the Flower Capital, he received a piece of news that shook his worldview.
"They aren't exactly Marines, but rather some guys who split off from the Marines—specifically Zephyr's NEO Marines," Crocodile said.
"Oh, is there a beautiful woman with sea-blue, long, wavy hair among them?" Buggy immediately asked.
"Ahem... Captain, watch your image," Crocodile said. "Everyone is here."
"What's with that look? Am I that kind of person?" Buggy noticed Crocodile's expression was a bit off. "This person's Devil Fruit Ability is extremely useful to me."
"Ah, right, right, you're the Captain, whatever you say goes. But since you just got back and gathered us all, let's finish the serious business first."
Crocodile added, "Everyone is very busy."
Buggy looked around; except for King and Jack, all the other high-ranking executives were present.
"Then I shall first announce an important piece of news: our Buggy Pirates are going to war with the Blackbeard Pirates. Everyone can set aside their current work and prepare for battle with everything they've got."
After Buggy finished his announcement, he noticed that,t except for Bonney and Moriah, who seemed quite excited, everyone else looked indifferent.
"Aren't you guys even a little surprised?" Buggy felt a bit strange. "This is going to war with one of the Four Emperors ' Crews."
"Surprised? Captain, I'm extremely surprised! When do we go kick their asses!" Moriah had a look of pure excitement.
"That's right, slaughter that ugly freak Blackbeard!" Bonney also blurted out a curse.
"You've already made Devil Fruit Users work in the fields; nothing you do surprises me anymore. Going to battle is better than digging holes in Wano Country," Crocodile said.
"Blackbeard? That guy is repulsive just to look at. This mistress has no objection to attacking him," Hancock said.
"I have no problem with it, and I'm actually looking forward to this fight. But do you really intend to take the entire Pirate Crew to war with Blackbeard?" Hawkeye asked.
"You should know, his Pirate Crew has some notorious great pirates from the sixth level of Impel Down. If the two sides go to war, the Buggy Pirates will inevitably suffer losses."
"No need to worry about that; I have a foolproof plan. Issue a recruitment order and see if anyone in Wano Country is willing to join the fight," Buggy instructed.
"There should be. Those samurai aren't suited for manual labor at all; I reckon they'd be very willing to go to the battlefield," Moriah said enthusiastically. "Leave this matter to me, Captain."
"The date of the battle isn't set yet, so go and make your preparations first. Now, I want to meet the people from the NEO Marines," Buggy said.
"By the way, Mr. 3, find a female ninja in Wano Country. She has a very 'distinctive' appearance, so she should be easy to find." Buggy described Shinobu's appearance. "If you really can't find her, you can ask Denjiro and the others."
"Captain, your hunting range is truly broad..." Crocodile marveled.
"I told you it's not that kind of thing... Also, gather all the transponder snails in the Pirate Crew; I have a use for them," Buggy ordered.
The transponder snail is a rare creature unique to the pirate world, divided into different colors with various functions like calling, photography, video recording, projection, eavesdropping, and signal jamminTransponderder snails are not numerous and are difficult to breed, making them expensive.
Even though Buggy Dispatch had earned quite a lot of Berries for the Buggy Pirates, they only had ten communication-type transponder snails.
They didn't have a single transponder snail with other functions.
But now, Buggy had a bold plan; it just required the cooperation of a Devil Fruit Ability.
A moment later, the people from the NEO Marines were brought in.
The leaders were a blue-haired beauty and a tall ninja wearing eye-searing clothing.
They were Zephyr's disciples, Ain and Binz.
"Captain Buggy, we are..." Ain was about to speak when Buggy interrupted her.
"I already know about your situation. You're welcome to join us anytime. I heard you're a scientist?" Buggy asked.
"Ah... yes, I once studied in the Marine Science Division," Ain said, glancing at Bartholomew Kuma. "I can create combat weapons like the White Bear."
Bonney gave a cold snort. "You scientists are all perverts!"
"I don't need you to build those kinds of combat weapons. Do you understand biology?" Buggy asked.
"What is biology?" I never expected that one day she would be discussing science with a pirate.
"It's the study of biological mating, reproduction, evolution, and the like," Buggy explained.
For a moment, everyone stared askance, and Ain's face turned red. "People actually study that kind of thing?"
"This is also science, and a science that can change the world at that. It's on a much higher level than those combat weapons," Buggy said.
A faint light flashed in Bartholomew Kuma's eyes again, and his head turned slightly toward Buggy.
"Is that so? I still don't understand..." Ain didn't know how biology could change the world.
Buggy pointed at a transponder snail. "Use your ability on it."
"The regression ability?" Peach-colored flames, similar to will-o'-the-wisps, appeared in Ain's palm as she lightly touched the transponder snail.
The peach-red light enveloped the transponder snail, and the originally adult snail directly turned into a juvenile transponder snail.
What a powerful Devil Fruit Ability... Even though he was mentally prepared, Buggy was still somewhat shocked to see this scene with his own eyes.
"It's a bit similar to Bonney's ability," Alvida said.
"No, my ability is to control the state of the body. Her ability is more like..." Bonney hesitated.
"Time regression!" Buggy said.
"To think such a Devil Fruit exists," Crocodile marveled.
"This juvenile transponder snail will continue to grow, and it still can reproduce, right?" Buggy asked.
"It should... I've never tried it before." Ain hadn't been so bored in the past as to use her ability on creatures and then observe if they could still produce offspring.
"How much do you know about juvenile transponder snails?" Buggy remembered that most of the exotic transponder snails were controlled by the World Government.
"Juvenile transponder snails grow into various colored snails based on their food, growth environment, and external stimuli. Most grow into communication snails, while a small portion mutate into snails with other functions."
As a Marine scientist, Ain was very clear on this.
"If I wanted to integrate the abilities of different colored transponder snails into a single snail, or even develop transponder snails with more functions, could you do it?" Buggy asked.
"How could that be possible..."
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