131. Another Problem

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The Clowns finally face the Iron Shovels executives. Palu has fought with Muto the swordsman, while Jude has fought with the whip woman, Risel. They are still fighting and still seem equal until now.

The 4 remaining executives are Captain Nando, the tall & lanky man Bon, the long-tribe man Rodan, and the bald monk Tong. It will be a 5 vs 4 battle because the Clowns have Cricket, Enel, Mantis, Manba, and Deon.

"Manba, Deon, take care of that long-arm man together. Enel, you'll fight that tall guy. Mantis, take care of that bald monk. I will take care of the Captain," says Cricket.

The others nod after Cricket gives them their parts. None of them protest it, even the troublemaker Enel. They know the enemies' strength because of their Observation Haki that has been strengthened on Birka, so they know why Cricket paired them like that.

"Heh, you are quite fast to make that decision, I like that. But are you sure you can defeat us like that?" asks Nando while smirking.

"You will find it out later," says Cricket.

"Haha, you guys hear him. Show them why we could go to New World!" says Nando to his crew.

The 3 executives grin and get ready to fight The Clowns.

"Now!" shout Cricket & Nando at the same time.

Both sides attack each other based on the pairing that Cricket made. They clash and separate to get more room for their battles. Cricket & Nando fight barehanded, Enel fights Bon who uses a pair of Tonfa, both Mantis & Tong use bo-staff, while Rodan uses a pair of cutlasses as Manba uses his bazooka spear and Deon is barehanded but he has devil fruit.

Buggy & Ruff watch the war has gotten on its peak now. They've also moved their ship between the Iron Shovels' & passenger ship. There's a reason why Buggy moves their ship here while his crew fight.

"Ruff, control the ship and keep it in this position while I go," says Buggy.

"Where do you want to go, Captain?" asks Ruff.

"To the passenger ship, I have something to do," says Buggy.

"Alright," says Ruff.

After Ruff takes over the ship's handle, Buggy goes to the passenger ship. His crew will be fine in their battles, he believes that. So he will do his business and leave his crew to have their battles.

Buggy enters the ship's lower cabin and looks around to find a way as he searches for something. The ship's passengers are very afraid when they see him. He ignores them and just keeps walking until he reaches the lowest cabin.

There are many big crates in the lower cabin that have Fangs symbols. There are some small holes too on every crate there. Buggy approaches one of the crates and punches it until it breaks.

His expression turns grim and he says, "As I thought."

Inside the crate are 5 women with cuffed hands. They hug each other and look scared after Buggy broke the crate. These women were captured through unknown means and will be sold as slaves.

This ship is a real passenger ship, but the slave trading group used it to send their slaves too. It is to avoid detection from the Marine and other authorities. Unless the group has a connection with Celestial Dragons, the Marine will not let them go.

Buggy realized it when they got closer to the Iron Shovels' ship. He saw small Fangs symbols at some spots on this ship. He knows that Fang symbol after getting involved in Blackmarket for years. It is a big slave-trading group that sold slaves to Celestial Dragons.

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