Chapter 52: Tune Island

Chapter 52: Tune Island

"Hey Captain, it seems your decision to make them announce their relationship is wrong," said Jude.

"Yeah, it seems to be a fatal mistake. I should've just stayed silent," replies Buggy.

Buggy & Jude are watching Cricket & Mantis flirting while eating on the front deck. Those 2 have behaved like that since they announce their relationship. Flirting everywhere and every time without restrain.

Now Buggy starts to regret what he did to make them open with their relationship. He can only watch others being lovey-dovey while he can't. He hasn't seen Bellemere for weeks now, and these 2 really make him jealous.

"Captain, maybe we can be like that too," said Jude with eyes full of hope.

"Sigh, don't bring this up again, Jude. I've made my point clear, right?" Buggy sigh.

"I know, but I really don't want to give up," Jude said firmly.

"Do as you please, but it won't work."

Buggy goes to the rear deck to train. He has reached a good level in his devil fruit mastery. He feels like he'll achieve something soon, so he keeps training hard every day.

The Clown pirates have sailed on the sea for 10 days now. They deliberately sail longer on the sea to avoid detection. Buggy knows that some people would know that Robin is with them, so he needs to be careful.

They also have created trouble with a Rear Admiral, so it's better to hide from the light for a moment. Buggy also takes this chance to make his crew gets closer with Dina & Robin.

Some hours after he started training, Mantis call him. She says their supplies will run out in 2 days, so they need to refill them. Buggy decides to find an island now and finish their hiding. The tension with Marine should've lowered a bit too.

They go to the nearest island from their position. The island is Tune Island, a place with many musicians. Buggy even has a hunch that this island is Brook's homeland. But he's not that sure too.

When he thinks about Brook, Buggy gets an idea to recruit Brook. He knows Brook's location and he will pass that area after he builds his ship on Water 7.

Buggy likes Brook's character and always enjoys what that skeleton does in Straw Hat pirates. But even if he like Brook as a member of Straw Hat, he can't let Brook suffer 20 more years of loneliness. The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.

'Guess I'll recruit him. Luffy can find another musician for his crew.' Buggy decided to recruit Brook in the future.

The Clown pirates reach Tune island at night. So they decide to rest on the ship and go to the town tomorrow.

"What do you mean 'That's it'? I've trained to sing in the past, but I was just really bad. Then I tried to play guitar, but it was still bad even after 3 years of training." Buggy tells them the sad story of his past life.

He becomes depressed again remembering that. Luckily the ice cream is plenty, so he can eat more to lift his mood.

"Music aside, I'll never think that your favorite food is ice cream. Furthermore, a strawberry flavor," said Dina.

"What's wrong with ice cream and strawberry? They're good. The coldness, softness, sweetness, and sourness make it tastes really good. I lived in a tropical country with a hot daily temperature, so ice cream really tastes good for me." Buggy has glitter on his eyes while explaining the taste.

"Hihihi, you're so cute," said Dina.

"Oi, I'm a man, so don't call me cute! Call me awesome! HAHAHAHA." Buggy laugh loudly, his mood has returned.

After his mood return, Buggy shows the bounty posters to them. Surprisingly, none of them have heard about this at all. They're too focused on exploration & buying supplies before.

The Clown pirates have a party after that to celebrate their new bounties. 63 and 19, make them have a total bounty of 82 million. It's really good for a small crew like them who have just operated on Blues so far.

The next day, they leave Tune Island and go to their next destination. They will move rather fast now so they can leave West Blue faster. They can't hide & protect Robin & Dina if they take too long on their West Blue exploration.

Their next destination is Kano Country. The country that is run by a pirate crew, Happo Navy. Their leader is Don Chinjao, someone with a bounty of more than 500 million.

Buggy decides to go there first to avoid trouble at the end. Happo Navy is the strongest group on West Blue now. They are a potential danger for his crew, so Buggy won't leave them behind.

He doesn't want to explore West Blue with anxiousness. So by visiting Kano Country, he will know the exact situation with Happo Navy. He will know if they're hostile or not. He'll also know if they have the potential to attack his crew.

Buggy look at the horizon and said, "I hope there won't be any trouble. But if there's something, then I'll destroy them. Even Don Chinjao won't be able to stop me."

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