Transcended as Lord Buggy-Part 1

19. Cooking Competition

Buggy & Cricket have defeated the Bronze Pirates. Well, they're just small fries, but at least Buggy can see Cricket's strength. Cricket is strong, so Buggy didn't choose the wrong man.

Cricket's power is still not good enough for Grandline though. But that can be worked on as they go through their journey. Buggy will teach Cricket haki before they go to Grandline, because there will be many devil fruit users there. Having haki since the first half of Grandline will make a big difference.

Buggy & Cricket are now looting the pirate crew. They find a good amount of wealth there and take them all. But Buggy is still curious on how these weaklings get such wealth, so he interrogate the Bronze Captain, Omedal.

"W-we stole them from a noble family on Whiteland Kingdom."-Omedal

"You steal from a noble? How could you get in? There's no way you guys can get in there with your strength."-Buggy

"H-he was a servant there, and he was the one who opened the access for my mens to get inside."-Omedal point at his vice-captain

"So that's how it is. That's why you guys get such bounties just with your strength."-Buggy

"What should we do, Captain? Having a noble's possessions isn't a good thing."-Cricket

"I know, let's cash them on blackmarket to avoid trouble. Leave these guys here, i'm not a bounty hunter anymore, so they're useless."-Buggy

"Y-you won't kill us?"-Omedal

"Do i look like a coldblooded person to you?"-Buggy

"Y-yes, you look scary with your red nose."-Omedal

Buggy get a tickmark and kick Omedal's teenie weenie.

"You're not coldblooded, but you sure are temperamental."-Cricket

"Leave it!"-Buggy pissed

Then Buggy & Cricket take all the valuables to their ship. And just like usual, Buggy take everything, including their ammunition & cannons. Cricket is confused, but he still follow Buggy's order.

After that, they leave to an island that have big blackmarket on it. They go to trade city Maca on Square Island. The island is shaped like a square, hence the name is Square. They arrive at night and decide to sell the goods at the morning.

The next morning, Buggy sell the loots, while Cricket guard the ship. He wear a blue aloha outfit and go to the town and find the blackmarket trader. Like usual, the trader always try to haggle the price, but Buggy have many experiences in this, so he can get a good price.

"Heh, it's 100 years too soon for you to get advantage from me (ore-sama)."-Buggy

"Tch, just hurry up and leave!"-Trader

"Kay~, bye then."-Buggy

Buggy then leave the room that hidden in an alley. He get out from the alley and walk around on the town. He look around to find any interesting thing. Then he sniff a good smell of food, so he follow it. He arrived on a location crowded by people.

"A cooking competition?"-Buggy

Buggy slip between the crowd and go to the front. He see some people are cooking on their table, and there are some judges in the front.

"Ooh, i never watch a cooking competition with my own eyes. This is interesting. Hmm, maybe i can find my cheff here."-Buggy

Buggy watch as the competition goes and he see an interesting person. It's a girl that seem to be around his age. Buggy read the name tag on the table, and her name is Mantis. She have short purple hair, dark skin, and black pupils.