Transcended as Lord Buggy-Part 1

71. Buggy vs Squard

The ones who come to the Torino Kingdom are Spider Maelstorm Pirates led by Squard. He came here for Buggy's head because of his hatred for Roger who massacred his crew in the past.

Buggy grins and orders his crewmates & other natives to stay back. Then he asks the giant bird that he rides to get closer to Squard's ship. He wants to talk a little with Squard.

"So you came for my head, Squard?" asks Buggy.

"That's right, you were there 6 years ago when my crew was massacred by your crew. Coincidentally, I am in South Blue when your last bounty came out. So I came here for revenge because I couldn't do it on Roger myself. After this, I will go for your friend, Red Hair too," says Squard.

"Do you think we are easy targets, unlike the other members because we are the youngest? What a scaredy-cat," says Buggy while smirking.

"What'd you say?" says Squard with a low angry tone.

"Isn't it right? You're too scared to target the older member like Rayleigh-san or Gaban-san. So you came after me and Shanks who are the youngest. Also, your crewmates were killed because of your own fault. You were too arrogant to challenge Captain Roger and your crew paid the price," says Buggy.

"SHUT UP! IT'S ROGER'S FAULT," says Squard.

"No, it's not. If you really care about your crew, you will fight until you die. You being alive now means that you ran away from your death and let your crew sacrifice themselves. If you really care about them, you will keep fighting with them until you die. Am I wrong, Squard?" says Buggy with a serious tone.

6 years ago, Squard was just a rookie. He raised quite fast as a rookie and it made him very arrogant. At that time, Roger was one of the best pirates in the world. Roger is also a swordsman like Squard, so Squard went to challenge him just like how Ace challenged Whitebeard.

However, Squard challenged Roger for a life & death battle. Then, of course, Squard lost and he will lose his life. But then his crewmates came to his aid and violate their vow of life & death battle.

Roger honors his vow even if he is a pirate and so are his crewmates. So Roger orders his crew to kill all Squard's crew. But one of Squard's crewmates had succeeded to helped Squard escape.

"A battle of Swordsman isn't something that can be disturbed casually, Squard," says Buggy.

Squard is just silent and looked down.

"We are pirates, we are criminals. But even if we are scums of this world, we still have the honor and need to hold onto that. Shouldn't you blame yourself for your incompetence as a Captain and your inability to protect your crew instead of blaming other people?" asks Buggy to Squard.

Squard is silent for a moment before saying, "I blamed myself, I always do it, and I will redeem it. That's why I will avenge my deceased friends by taking the life of those who are involved in that incident because I can't take Roger's life anymore. So be ready, Buggy 'The Clown'."

Buggy sighs because his strategy to shake Squard's heart has failed. Squard seems to come with full preparation, be it physically or mentally.

Maybe Whitebeard has talked many things to him since he joined Whitebeard Pirates. But this is fine, at least now Buggy can understand a little about his current enemy.

"So how do you want to finish this?" asks Buggy.

"Let's finish this one-on-one," says Squard.

"Sure," replies Buggy.

Then they go to the island, on a coast that has wide clearing. Buggy & Squard stand in the middle with their crewmates surrounding them. They unsheath their swords and get ready for the duel.