Transcended as Lord Buggy-Part 1

105. New Guys

The Rainbow Pirates get defeated easily by the Clowns. They're not strong and only Deon has decent strength among them. His crewmates are strong, but only for Blues' standards.

"Take what you want, but please spare my crewmates. You can kill me if you want, but don't kill them," says the bound Deon.

"NO, YOU CAN KILL US, BUT DON'T KILL DEON," shouts one of Deon's crewmates.

"YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. WE WON'T LET OUR CAPTAIN DIE," shouts another guy.

"THAT'S RIGHT," shouts all Rainbow Pirates.

"SHUT UP! I AM THE CAPTAIN, SO I WILL DECIDE THINGS," shouts Deon.

The Rainbow Pirates start to argue on who will die first. Their arguments make the Clowns speechless because they never intended to kill these guys.

*BANG*

Cricket shots his flintlock to the air to shut the Rainbow Pirates up. They all get silent and look at the Clowns now.

"I don't know why you're so eager to die, but don't argue in front of us. Don't you realize that you're our hostages now?" asks Cricket.

The Rainbow Pirates look at each other and close their mouth.

"Haha, no need to be that worked up, Cricket. Let them have their fun. It's not like they will survive Grandline even if we let them go," says Buggy while sitting on a barrel and drinking rum from its bottle.

"What do you mean by that?" asks Deon with frowned eyebrows.

"It just means as it is. You won't survive in Grandline with that level of strength. You won't even reach the end of Paradise, not to mention crossing to New World. That's because you are weak," says Buggy.

The Rainbow Pirates looked down because they know it's the truth. If not for Deon's strength and devil fruit ability, they would have died already. Grandline is a lot more dangerous than they expected.

They've just visited 2 islands, but they almost died 6 times already. It's always Deon who saved them and made them escape successfully. But they've also lost 3 crewmates in Grandline.

"So you want to kill us now because we will still die either way? Tch," says Deon.

"Why'd you all always think negatively? I am not a cold-blooded murderer that will kill people for fun. I don't like to kill people, but I don't care if my enemies get killed because of our battle," says Buggy nonchalantly.

"Then what do you want from us?" asks Deon.

"As I said before, I just want your Log Pose and treasures. But now, I have another thing that I want. You guys, how if you join my crew?" asks Buggy while grinning.

Buggy's question surprises everyone, including the Clowns. None of them expected this question from Buggy. They don't know why Buggy suddenly wants to recruit the Rainbow Pirates.

"Captain, you said that they're weak. But now you want to recruit them? You make me confused," says Manba.

"That's right, Captain. Won't they just slow us down?" asks Mantis.

"Sigh, our ship is too small for this many people," says Palu.

The Clowns except for Cricket voice their opinions. Cricket just looks at Buggy and tries to understand what he thinks. Even after spending time with Buggy for more than a year, Cricket still can't understand Buggy's thinking.

"Don't worry about it, I have a plan for all the problems that you are worried about. Now, just answer my question. Do you want to join my crew or not?" asks Buggy to the Rainbow Pirates.

"What if we refuse?" asks Deon.

"Then we will leave and we won't have any business anymore," says Buggy.

Deon looks at Buggy seriously and tries to understand his intention. But Deon can't see anything through Buggy's eyes. Buggy is too good at hiding his emotion and intention.

After some minutes of silence, Deon finally opens his mouth, "If you can ensure my friends' safety, then we will join you."

Everyone gets surprised to hear Deon's answer.

"CAPTAIN!" shouts Deon's crewmates in surprise.

"Don't say anything else! This is Captain's order," says Deon while closing his eyes.

The Rainbow Pirates grit their teeth and look down. They know it's because they're too weak that Deon made this decision. It's because they're weak that Deon is worried about their safety.

On the other side, Buggy's crewmates are scratching their heads. They don't know what Buggy is thinking and now they're also confused about what will happen after this. But they all believe in Buggy and know that he won't make a rash decision.

Buggy smiles widely hearing Deon's answer. He just tried his luck just now, but the answer makes him happy. He already has a plan with all these new recruits that he just made while fighting Deon.

"Good, now you all are Clown Pirates and not Rainbow Pirates. I allow you to be proud of that name and keep the symbol on yourself. But it is now disbanded and you are bearing the name of my crew. So always put the Clowns' name on top of your old crew's name," says Buggy.

Deon & co are surprised to hear Buggy allows them to keep their crew's name as a memento. Rainbow Pirates are no more, but they can keep them as memories.

"We are very thankful, Captain Buggy," say the ex-Rainbow Pirates together while bowing.

"Don't mind it. I just need you to be loyal to my crew from now on," says Buggy.

"We understand, we will be loyal to our new crew and never betray you," says Deon firmly.

"Alright, I will keep that words. Now, I will give my first Captain's order to you. All of you except Deon will stay on the next island and train," says Buggy while smiling.

The new members look at each other in confusion. But Cricket & co understand what Buggy wanted immediately. The 6 main members sigh before smiling and approving Buggy's decision.

Deon asks why the others need to stay and train. So Buggy tells them that they're really not strong enough and will just be weights in the crew. Besides, their current ship is too small for all of them.

As for Deon, he will join Buggy & co to sail from now on. It's because he has decent strength, but the others don't. That's why they need to train and get stronger before sailing with the crew again.

Buggy tells them that he plans to explore every island on Grandline. He also tells them that the crew will build a bigger ship after reaching Sabaody that can house all of them. They all will join the crew again after the new ship is ready.

Everyone thinks about it and Buggy's plan seems good to them. The new members know they need to get stronger and training is unavoidable. As for Deon, he needs more battle experience rather than training, so this plan is really good.

They all accept it, including the Clowns' main members. Buggy tells the main members to release the new members from their bind. They are in the same crew now, so no need to bind them anymore.

After they get released, the new members kneel and pledged their loyalties to Buggy and the Clown Pirates. Buggy accepts it and of course, they hold a party. Now the Clown Pirates have gotten bigger.

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