73: Chapter 73 Big Nose! Bucky SeparatedSeeing Zoro walk towards Luffy on his own, completely ignoring the Buggy Pirates who were eyeing him covetously, Buggy, who had been wearing a gloomy face, finally spoke again.
He crossed his arms, lowered his head, and spoke in a deep, authoritative voice:
"You.you're Roronoa Zoro, right?"
He slowly raised his head, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Zoro."What are you doing here.could it be.that you've come to take my head?"
Zoro stopped in his tracks, not even bothering to turn around completely, but merely glancing at Buggy out of the corner of his eye, his disdain practically overflowing: "No, I'm not interested."
He paused, then added, "I'm no longer a bounty hunter."
Upon hearing Zoro's vehement denial, Buggy's facial muscles twitched, and then he suddenly emitted an extremely strange, seemingly deliberately high-pitched voice:
"Fufufu.I'm actually quite interested in you~"
The eerie sound made Zoro frown.
The next second, Bucky's voice suddenly returned to its rough, even more ferocious, state, filled with greed and murderous intent:
"Killing you will make my name even more famous!Famous throughout the world!"
Zoro finally turned around completely to face Buggy, his face filled with "trouble" and "impatience." He sighed helplessly.
"I'm telling you.just give up, you'll die." The tone was as flat as stating a given fact.
"Yeah--?"
Buggy was thoroughly enraged by Zoro's extremely dismissive attitude.He twirled several gleaming short swords rapidly in his hands, a cruel smile on his face."Then let's see!"
"Kill him!Captain!"
"Captain Bucky!Let's teach him a lesson!"
"Buggy!Buggy!Buggy!" The surrounding pirates shouted wildly again, cheering for their captain.
Seeing Buggy's comical yet ferocious appearance, and hearing the noisy shouts around him, Zoro's impatience reached its peak.
He slowly placed his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.
Amidst the deafening cheers of the pirates, Buggy let out a maniacal laugh, wielding several short swords in each hand like a spinning wheel of blades, and charged towards Zoro:
"Fufufufu!Die a glorious death, you piece of trash!"
Zoro's eyes sharpened, and he instantly drew his three swords, assuming his signature three-sword style stance!
"Three-sword style."
The two figures flashed past each other!A flash of blade!
*Pfft!* A soft sound.
Time seemed to slow down.
Amidst the expectant gazes of all the pirates, Buggy's charge suddenly came to a halt!
His body.was cleanly and neatly cut in two, starting from the waist?
The upper and lower body slowly separated."Snap."
Bucky's upper body fell to the ground, his face still bearing the ferocious expression he had when he charged, but he was already "dead".
Zoro sheathed his sword, turned around, his movements fluid and graceful, his face displaying undisguised contempt:
"Tsk.this guy.is too easy to defeat, isn't he?" He even felt a little disappointed.
"Wow!" Luffy exclaimed, "This guy is so weak!"
Nami stared in disbelief at Buggy's "split in two" body on the ground, covering her mouth in shock.
"No.no way.it's.over already?" She felt a little unreal.
However, the anticipated panic and anger did not erupt from the pirate group.
On the contrary—"Pfft."
Someone couldn't help but let out a suppressed sneer.
Then—"Pfft, hahaha."
"Hehehe."
"Hahahaha—!"
Like a fuse being lit, all the pirates went from trying to suppress their laughter to bursting into uncontrollable, hysterical, and maniacal laughter!
They laughed so hard they were doubled over, pounding their chests and stamping their feet, tears almost streaming down their faces, as if they had witnessed the most hilarious sight in the world!
This bizarre scene left Luffy, Zoro, and Nami looking at each other, completely baffled.
Luffy looked completely bewildered: "What's wrong with them?The captain was killed.Is that funny?"
Nami, shocked, muttered to herself, "What.what is this?The captain was killed.and they're laughing?"
Zoro frowned, looking at the laughing pirates around him, and said in a deep voice, "Hey!What.is so funny?"
Just as Zoro was questioning him—"Whoosh—!"
A very faint whooshing sound suddenly rang out from behind him!
Zoro's fighting instincts were extremely strong, and he instantly felt a chill run down his spine!
But the attack came too fast and too strangely; he had barely reacted when a silver light was already close to his back—
It was a short knife that Bucky had used before, and now it was being held tightly by a.a severed hand wearing a white glove, floating in the air, launching a deadly sneak attack silently!
Zoro's pupils contracted sharply; it was too late to completely dodge!
"Rubber-pistol-!"
At the critical moment, Luffy's roar came from not far away!
call out--!
A rubber arm shot out like a slingshot from the ornate tent in the corner of the hall!
The speed was astonishing; they came from behind and overtook the enemy!
"Bang--!"
The rubber fist slammed into the sneak-attacking "Flying Severed Hand" with perfect accuracy!
Wow!
Buggy, who had been cut in half at the waist by Zoro, now had his upper body floating in the air and cried out in pain.
The severed hand, along with the short knife, was violently knocked away by the sudden punch, crashing into the wall in the distance with a "thud" before sliding down.
Zoro whirled around, breaking out in a cold sweat.His muscles tensed, and he drew his three swords halfway out of their sheaths again, looking warily toward the direction from which the sneak attack had come—the severed hand that was still twitching slightly.
"What.what happened to that hand?"
Nami let out a terrified scream, her eyes.The scene before her was completely beyond her comprehension!
She turned her head sharply, looking in the direction the rubber arm had come from—the tent.
Then, she saw an even more astonishing scene: inside that tent, there was.Luffy?
Luffy was sitting cross-legged amidst a pile of food, clutching a huge leg of meat in his hand, eating with gusto, his mouth dripping with oil.He even waved the leg at them with a grin, giving a mumbled greeting:
"Hey!Zoro!Nami!Since you're both busy, I'll start eating first!Don't be shy!"
Nami froze completely, her eyes wide open, her head stiffly turning back like a rusty gear.
Looking at Luffy, who was standing there tied up, and then turning back to look at Luffy eating and drinking heartily inside the tent, she stammered and exclaimed in surprise:
"Wha.how come there are two people?Luffy?"
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