Transcended as Lord Buggy-Part 3

414. Grandline Begins

The Straw Hats bid farewell to Crocus and leave after having a good talk. Crocus watches as they leave and he looks quite interested in the rookies. After all, Buggy's kids are among them, their Captain reminds him of Roger, and the others are also interesting.

"Knowing Buggy, he should've known his kids have entered Grandline by now. I can't wait to see what will happen from now on. Surpassing his father? That might be an even harder dream than becoming a Pirate King. Young Leo, you will find out soon that your father has the ability to conquer this world if he wants," says Crocus while smiling.

Crocus befriended both Buggy and Roger, so he knows them quite well. Roger is the most charismatic man he has ever met. But Buggy gives off a more dangerous feeling than even the Pirate King, Whitebeard, or Garp.

It's not just Crocus who thinks like that though. Even Whitebeard who has fought against Buggy and Rayleigh who were close to Roger admits that Buggy feels more dangerous than Roger. The current Buggy can't even be compared to when he was defeating Whitebeard.

He is much stronger now and he hasn't even reached his prime age yet because he is still 37 now. That is Buggy's scariest aspect, he still can grow. Those who know it are afraid to even know how powerful he will be once he reaches his prime age.

That's why the World Government and Marine are very careful to do something about Buggy. They are very lucky that Buggy is only interested in exploring the world and not conquering it like Rocks. He may be even more dangerous than Rocks D. Xebec.

But they are still preparing countermeasures in case they need to face Buggy. They are still enemies, after all, so the chance of them clashing is quite high. The World Government doesn't want to face him unless they're sure of their win, so they never attacked Buggy and his people.

However, Buggy knows they won't stay silent all the time. They must've prepared something for him and the other Emperors. At the very least, he knows they are making Pacifista right now, and they will keep improving it. With Vegapunk behind that project, they will reach their goals soon.

Well, Buggy and his crew aren't staying still either. They are preparing a few things too these years to prepare for anything that might happen in the future. Buggy doesn't want to just rely on their power, he wants to have many cards to use.

Back to the Straw Hats, they have gone quite far from Twin Cape. They are very excited to explore Grandline, but they are just about to experience why it is called the most dangerous sea. These rookies will face Grandline's most famous trait, its weather.

Nami suddenly senses the air changing and right after that, the nice weather turns into a storm. They immediately work to face the storm because this storm is even more powerful than any storm in East Blue.

The strong waves are rocking their ship and they feel like it will flip if they stop controlling it. The storm lasts for hours and when they think they can relax, a blizzard suddenly happens. They are working again for hours before the weather calms down.

Luckily, they don't meet another dangerous weather until they reach the first island. Now they feel very relieved because they aren't ready for another dangerous weather. They are very tired and want to rest for a while.

Just like in the series, the first island they visit is Whiskey Peak. They get welcomed with a celebration by the people. It always happens on Whiskey Peak because this is their best strategy to make the rookies drop their vigilance.

Then just like how it was in the series too, the Straw Hats are fooled by this. Well, only Luffy and Usopp get fooled actually because the others could feel that this is too strange. Their suspicions are proved at night when the bounty hunters start their real plan.