Chapter 9 It makes sense to change the ship"I won't be hit by the same attack twice! Chop-Chop. Emergency Escape!" Buggy's head flew into the air, dodging Luffy's attack."Chop-Chop. Grand Party!" Then, Buggy's upper body split into many small pieces, while his lower body remained standing. The split body parts rapidly spun through the air, heading towards Luffy.Luffy threw a punch, but it hit nothing, and several knife wounds appeared on his recoiling hand."Ah… that hurts," Luffy said, wincing."Hahaha, die in peace, Straw Hat," Buggy, seeing the situation, became completely invigorated.A flurry of flying knives shot towards Luffy, the dense attack keeping him on the run. Carelessly, he tripped and lost his balance.The Straw Hat was pierced by three daggers and returned to Buggy's feet."Peh, what a disgusting hat. Just seeing it brings back bad memories."Buggy looked disgusted, spitting a puddle of saliva onto the Straw Hat.Luffy's eyes sharpened, and he glared at Buggy, saying, "I told you not to touch my hat!"Buggy scoffed, "What can you do if you can't even protect something so important?"Luffy's arm stretched out, grabbing the rubble, and he flew towards Buggy like a rocket."Hahaha, so eager to die? Let me send you… Ah!!!" Buggy's threat was cut short, turning into a piercing scream.He looked down to see a cute little foot appearing in his crotch, delivering a nut-crushing kick.Nami was startled by Buggy's scream, and having landed her blow, she quickly scurried away."You're asking for death! I'm going to… Ah~" His threat was again cut short, as one of Luffy's hands grabbed his head and slammed it to the ground, while the other hand, holding the saliva-stained hat, fiercely rubbed it across his face."You even spat on it!""Peh! It's filthy! Stop it!""That's your own spit! Why are you disgusted?!""I'll show you my power! Oh oh oh~" Perhaps some strange attribute awakened, as every time he tried to make a threat, it would only come out halfway before turning into a groan.It turned out that Nami, seeing the situation, delivered another nut-crushing kick to Buggy's crotch.By now, Buggy's face already had strange makeup, and with blood and saliva mixed in, it looked particularly disgusting. Luffy really couldn't use the Straw Hat to wipe his face anymore. But he was still very angry, so he just used Buggy's face to wipe the ground."You asked for this, I'm going to… Ouch!" Buggy's face was already starting to twitch.Triple Nut-Crushing Combo! Perfect!After a while, Luffy finally calmed down and loosened his grip on Buggy's head. Buggy seized the opportunity and shouted, "Chop-Chop Limb, Combine!"His head rapidly flew towards his lower body."I'm going to kill you! How dare you do that to my head!" Buggy's head was covered in a mix of blood, dirt, and saliva, and his makeup seemed to be ruined. It was indeed a bit excessive. After all, you don't hit someone in the face… Luffy looked down at Buggy, saying nothing.Buggy's gaze was straight ahead, yet he could only see Luffy's waist. He looked up with a solemn expression, then looked down… Finally, he realized his upper body had vanished, and his neck was directly connected to his waist. Congratulations on achieving a new accomplishment: all legs below the neck… Nami, with a beaming smile, said from the side, "Great Captain Buggy, are you looking for this?" Under her foot was a pile of his split upper body parts, tightly bound together with rope."Oh my god! My upper body!" Buggy's expression felt like it could be turned into an emoji."Hahaha, just as expected from the Pirate Thief, watch this!" Luffy felt like he was going to die laughing. He flexed his arms, extending them outwards."Gum-Gum Rocket!"A powerful blow struck Buggy's nose, sending him flying far away, and a passing large bird snatched his head and flew off with it.∑(O_O;)Buggy's crew, who had just managed to get up, were so scared by this scene that their hearts almost stopped. They spun around and started to run away.They hadn't run far when they all neatly ran back, helped up the unconscious Cabaji and Mohji, and started running again.Meruem, seeing this, completely lost interest in fighting. After thinking for a moment, he still followed them… Buggy's crew ran to the beach, preparing to board their ship. Meruem sat on the ship's edge, looking very happy."You've boarded the wrong ship. Those ones next to it are yours.""What did you say?! This is the Great Buggy Pirate Crew's Big Top! We're in a hurry, get off!"Mohji, as the only conscious officer, looked up, and his jaw nearly dropped to the ground.He finally came to his senses and started walking towards the small boats by the sea. He loudly said, "What are you doing? Can't you even find your own ship?! Get on board and go find the Captain!"Buggy's crew stared at him, dumbfounded and silent.Mohji was a bit embarrassed, as he didn't even have the courage to fight, but he still maintained the air of someone who believed everyone else was wrong and only he was right, resolutely walking towards the small boats."That seems to be the person who just fought with Brother Mohji.""From that monster Pirate Crew just now?""I remember them being called the Straw Hat Pirates, weren't they?""There are only four of them, and three are monsters. I think calling them the Monster Pirate Crew is more fitting.""What do we do now?""What else can we do? Can you beat that person?""…Are we abandoning our treasure? And without a ship, how can we go to the Grand Line?""Let's go find the Captain first… Anyway, Brother Mohji is in charge, so it can't be our fault."Buggy's crew chattered amongst themselves, their voices deliberately kept low, afraid of being noticed.As expected of professional pirates, they disappeared completely in no time, leaving only the Big Top behind… "Nami~ From now on, you'll be my navigator~" Luffy was being chased by the townspeople, running and laughing."Cooperating sounds good. Following you guys, I feel like I can make a lot of money~" Nami was also very happy."Hurry up, I don't want to draw my sword against them." Zoro yawned and quickened his pace.A few minutes later… "Where's our ship! It's over… How can I become the Pirate King without a ship!" Luffy cried with a long face."Buggy's ship is still there~ Let's go aboard and look for treasure first." Nami, however, was smiling happily.Meruem's head popped out from the ship, looking at them, and he said with a smile, "Yo, you're here~ Our ship was too small, so I swapped ships with them.""Meruem~ But I still want my own ship." Luffy was happy to see Meruem, but still said gloomily.(ᇂ_ᇂ|||)Meruem's face darkened with a line, and he had no choice, as he was stuck with such a Captain. He reluctantly said,"It's fine, just use this temporarily. We can sell this ship later and get your own.""Meruem~ You're the best!"Get lost, I came here to lay low, not to be a babysitter!
