One Piece: Buggy the Clown from Arkham

Two days later.

The Hughes arrived in the waters surrounding Future Island without incident.

Even on a moonless night, Future Island is still brightly lit.

A huge broken eggshell floated over the island, with neon lights shining down. In the middle of the eggshell, there was a ring like a building block.

Below Eggshell Island, coconut groves and geometric buildings with a strong sense of technology are intertwined, forming the future direction of mankind.

"Hughes, we have received your docking application. Please dock in thirty minutes according to the established route and keep sailing at a constant speed, otherwise you will scare those cute children."

At the Port Management Office in Egghead, a female researcher with long wavy hair crossed her legs and wrote back to the Hughes.

The two rows of monitoring screens in front of her can clearly see the situation in the surrounding sea areas.

The cute children in her mouth were surrounding the transport ship that was only the size of their palms, staring with a kind of lustful feeling.

There was only a ship light on the transport ship, which was not very bright.

The female researcher was looking through the logbook on the Hughes while giving avoidance instructions to the sea beast weapons in the offshore.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for these little cuties to resist the temptation of a piece of iron sheet.

"Also, welcome back."

After confirming that the logbook was correct, the female researcher put down the tablet in her hand and took a sip of coffee.

The coffee has a burnt and bitter taste in your mouth, which goes all the way down your throat, and then leaves a bit of mellow flavor on the tip of your tongue.

"It's still hard for me to accept this."

Next to the female researcher was a young man wearing glasses. He looked at the coffee in the other person's hand and said.

Humanity's dream - Bega coffee.

Just add a drop of water to brew hot coffee instantly.

One of Dr. Vegapunk's inventions is the most popular among researchers, who often stay up all night after all.

Even on duty, I couldn't help but have a few bites.

Both wore the same white robes, with IDs hanging on their chests.

"That's the best. Otherwise, if you're used to drinking, you'll feel uncomfortable if you don't drink. Of course, compared to being addicted to alcohol, this thing is at least less exciting."

The female researcher licked her lower lips, "The Hughes has returned just in time. There are still many research projects on the island waiting for Wapol alloy."

"Yes, but we can't take it lightly. The pirates are getting more and more aggressive."

"Even CP0 came to the island. I guess something big is going to happen, right?"

The male researcher looked at her lips with some salivation and smiled again.

"At least the old Hughes hasn't changed much."

The female researcher responded casually.

The two of them were chatting away, and the surveillance footage showed the Hughes approaching.

If the two researchers could observe more carefully, they would probably be able to see a figure in a white coat standing in the corridor above the deckhouse.

The ship's lights stretched Bucky's shadow extremely long.

He squinted his eyes, as if admiring a brand new stage.

"Yeah, the indescribable island of the future... I think they must have a technology that can destroy the world. It can blow it up very cleanly. I'll bet my head on it."

He was talking to himself.

He raised his head and scanned the island with his eyes, while also scanning the sea beasts patrolling on both sides of the ship.

The sea beasts have a huge body similar to those of the sea kings, but they look like land animals, such as giraffes wearing helmets, hounds wearing red armor...

The transport ship is very small compared to the sea monster.

In the dark night, the ferocious eyes of each sea beast are like bells, able to awaken human beings' instinctive fear of giants.

However, animal instincts are always stronger than human instincts.

Compared with the fear of giants, these sea beasts clearly felt the terrifying aura on Bucky's body, which kept touching their fragile nerves.

If the chip in the brain hadn't been constantly stimulating and issuing escort orders, the sea beasts would have stayed away without hesitation.

My eyes widened just to be brave.

If it is for hunting, it should be done quietly and behind.

Just like the state of the Hughes at this time.

It was so quiet that there was an eerie smell.

Old Hughes remembered that when it was time to prepare to dock, it would be very lively even late at night.

Not only those who work step by step are busy, but most people who have been floating on the sea for several months always have an uncontrollable longing for stable land.

They would huddle on the side of the boat and look at the dreamy island.

But now there is nothing.

Except for him, everyone listened to the major's orders, and their eyes seemed to become very strange... very scary.

Old Hughes closed his eyes and could only hear the creaking sound of the ship.

There were also footsteps approaching from outside.

Suddenly there was a sense of tension.

All the changes obviously went against his cognition, but there was an impression in his mind that told him that these were natural.

When Bucky walked into the captain's cabin, Old Hughes's hands were hidden under the table, stroking a silver revolver.

"Major, could you please tell me your real name?"

"I've looked through the rosters and logs in the past two days, and the name Yarrow Bucky doesn't exist." He stared.

"To be honest, I really can't understand my behavior of appointing you as commander while knowing nothing about you."

"If you have to find a proper explanation, it's like being bewitched by a devil."

Old Hughes didn't just discover this now, but he felt that he couldn't control the situation earlier.

Just him and the soldiers on this ship, facing the man in front of him.

The image of this man seemed to be separated by a layer of fog in the eyes of old Hughes, and he could not see it clearly. He only got the identities of Lieutenant Colonel and Commander in his past cognition.

Even the name seemed to be pieced together.

It gave old Hughes an extremely weird and coordinated feeling.

Old Hughes felt that he had no chance of winning.

However, his feigned compromise finally got an opportunity.

Now, he can contact the port personnel at any time, and the terrifying sea beasts and weapons are guarding on both sides.

In fact, when he saw the clown pushing the door in, old Hughes connected the call with the port.

Human cognition is complex and jumpy. After determining a self-consistent logic, it will also have a certain self-correction ability.

Especially after calm thinking.

"Are you ready to turn against each other, Captain?"

"Oh yes! Did those little cuties outside give you the courage?"

Bucky closed the door casually, with a surprised smile on his face.

Old Hughes was very calm in the face of the Joker's provocation, "You're right."

"But I'm not going to turn hostile."

His palm, hidden under the table, moved very gently, and quietly stuffed six seastone bullets into the pistol.

This thing is his greatest confidence in facing these people with abilities.

"I'm going to kill you!"

Old Hughes raised the gun, aimed, and pulled the trigger, all in one go, and he had obviously practiced it countless times in his mind.

He didn't expect to hit the target with one shot, but fired five shots at Bucky in succession.

This decisiveness surprised Bucky.

The principle that a gun is fast and accurate within seven steps is relatively valid even in the extraordinary world!

At least guns still occupy a mainstream position in the wars of this world.

But for extraordinary people...

It might be better to change to a sniper rifle with domineering blessing?

Bucky opened his mouth and made a click.

A small gas ghost suddenly appeared in front of his chest and exploded in the face of the bullet.

The Gas Ghost was a convenient method he developed by combining the Split Fruit and the Gas Fruit.

Like a missile.

The Ghost lightly rubbed against the shell of the bullet, and the spark flew out first, igniting the Ghost in an instant, and the flames rolled up.

The impact of the explosion swept away the furnishings in the captain's room.

Even Old Hughes flew back a few steps and stuck to the wall.

However, his expression was relaxed, and his beard was covered with dust, swaying with his chuckle.

"Hehe, clown, it's really a clown!"

Old Hughes's cognition was completely corrected at this moment. At least before the explosion, Old Hughes felt a sense of panic in his heart.

Fear that everything was just his own conjecture, and the person in front of him was indeed a naval officer.

In that case... I would become a sinner directly.

Fortunately, he did not bet wrong.

"You seem very happy."

"This makes me a little unhappy."

Buggy's steps were casual, and the flames in his face made his eyes brighter.

"What if I'm unhappy?"

Old Hughes smiled complacently, his tone still impatient, "You are the Joker, the pirate with a bounty of 3.96 billion Baileys!"

"That devil who bewitches people's hearts!"

"I recognize you, you are not an officer at all, you are a shameful thief!"

He took out the Den Den Mushi that he had been protecting in his arms, and let the Den Den Mushi crawl along his wrist to the floor.

"Whatever you want to do on the ship, you can't do it now!"

"Wait for death, pirate!"

Old Hughes spat, spitting out all the frustration of the past two days.

The hatred for the pirates in his eyes was not concealed at all.

Leaning against the wall, the revolver was still aimed at Buggy.

There is still one last seastone bullet...As long as the distance is close enough, the Joker will definitely not be able to dodge it!

"It seems that the pirates seem to have left some indelible...bad impression on you?"

Bucky was indifferent to Old Hughes's threat.

Since he had expected the cognitive correction, he naturally arranged countermeasures.

The main thing is to keep the news of my presence a secret.

Don't scare the old spider.

He squatted down with a playful expression.

The part of the body that exploded into gas gathered back together.

"Are you interested in playing a game?"

Old Hughes was stunned.

He really couldn't figure out the mind of this pirate.

Then he showed a fierce face.

He didn't respond to the clown's words, but shouted:

"You are the cancer of this sea, bugs, you all deserve to die!"

The clown scratched his hair and hesitated.

"Some things are not fun if they are revealed."

"Captain, even if you don't consider yourself, you have to consider everyone, right?"

"Or do you think that the sea beast can find me accurately, and then show a small piece of fangs and just kill me?"

He squinted his eyes, and it seemed that someone was surrounding him outside the captain's room, and there were dark shadows under the ship's lights.

"No."

The smile on Buggy's face became even stronger.

"Those little cuties will definitely swallow the whole ship. Do you see the greed in their eyes?"

"Look at those young sailors and soldiers... They should have wives and maybe daughters. You should know them. Their wives or daughters are waiting for them on the island."

"And you!"

The clown's tone suddenly became high, as if he was breaking through the shield in old Hughes' heart step by step.

"You killed them!"

"You did it!"

Old Hughes' hands and feet trembled uncontrollably, "No, not me, I didn't mean to kill them."

"But you are doing it!"

Buggy's hand was on Den Den Mushi, and he had already come to old Hughes invisibly.

"I know, maybe your relatives died at the hands of pirates, maybe you yourself have been cruelly treated by pirates, but it's all your business."

"Do you really want to drag them all into hell because of your hatred?"

"They are not all navy, there is no need to pay for killing a... hehe, a pirate like me."

Old Hughes was silent for a long time, and the complacency that had originally broken through the fog suddenly sank again. He was not a heartless person, otherwise he would not be just the captain of a transport ship.

The Den Den Mushi gradually moved away with a strange look in his eyes.

I did kill them... Don't blame old Hughes. I thought about bringing them back safely, but the science class already knew.

Already knew...

"Luckily..." Bucky's fingers suddenly tapped twice on the snail shell, "You still have one chance."

"The communication just now was not actually dialed out. The communication room occupied the signal line."

Old Hughes raised his head suddenly, full of disbelief.

"As long as you call now, tell them that nothing happened."

"Then it's true... nothing happened."

Port Management Office.

The female researcher with long wavy hair sat upright, her eyes were extremely solemn.

"Management Office... Don't let the Hughes dock! The captain is crazy, old Hughes is crazy!!"

A hurried call came from the loudspeaker in front of her, and the signal came from the approaching ship.

"Second Officer Melbin, I need to remind you that you are now accusing a captain with rich experience and who has served in the Naval Logistics Department for many years."

Donna was not shaken by a few words, but reminded the other end of the microphone with a serious attitude of the seriousness of the matter.

"Yes... I know..."

The person behind the loudspeaker seemed to relax a lot.

"Old Hughes, he may have colluded with the Joker, I have evidence!"

"You can call up the image of the ship two days ago when it just came out of the white fog. After that, Old Hughes seemed to have changed. He appointed a major as the commander."

"These may not be recorded in the logbook."

The person who claimed to be the second officer swore solemnly, and from the perspective of an observer, it was indeed the case.

"What does this have to do with the Joker?"

"Old Hughes has been in contact with the survivors of the Battle of the Fog, and the change in Old Hughes began when he walked out of the thick fog."

The Battle of the Fog was the beginning of the true spread of the name of the Joker Devil.

Most of the navy that participated in the Battle of the Fog were purged...

Donna did not reply, but called up the surveillance on the ship at that time.

The transport ship modified by the science class naturally has higher authority, just like the pacifists created by Dr. Vegapunk.

There is an authoritarian chip to ensure control.

The surveillance on the ship replaced the original surveillance screen.

The screen displayed was exactly that old Hughes was holding a revolver, with the muzzle facing an officer with his back to the surveillance. The white navy coat could not be fake.

Coincidentally, the second mate's call for help was hung up, and instead, a signal from the captain's room was replaced.

"Hughes...Captain?"

"Is that Donna? Don't worry, everything is normal. Nothing happened to the Hughes."