Chapter 430: Thriller Bark

Chapter 430: Thriller Bark

Even after leaving Water 7, the Straw Hats are still in disbelief about Dragon & Buggy. Leo & Nami especially, keep asking Robin about their dad because they can't find him in news. Robin gladly tells them about Buggy and even tells them how she was saved by Buggy in the past.

She then shows them Buggy's current bounty poster and they are very shocked to see it. 5.25 billion isn't a small number, after all. Luffy's 330 million and Leo's 300 million bounties look very small now compared to Buggy's bounty.

Zoro is surprised to see Buggy's face because he knows Buggy. "Is he really your dad?"

"Yeah, why?"

".... He was the one who gave me this sword after refusing me to become his apprentice."

Leo seems to remember something after Zoro said that. "Oh, so you were the one that Kuina talked about."

"You know Kuina?"

"Of course, she is my dad's only female apprentice in swordsmanship while I am the only male apprentice. Why don't you say anything till now?" Ñøv€lRapture marked the initial hosting of this chapter on Ñôv€lß¡n.

"You also never told me who your dad is."

"Haven't I told you his name in the past?"

"W-well, I didn't know his name, I only know his face."

Leo doesn't know what to say, but he understands it because Zoro is a real idiot. Zoro asks about Kuina and Leo says he doesn't know what she's doing right now. Nami also doesn't know because they've lost contact for years.

Anyway, Franky also tells them that he has met Buggy in the past and helped build the Clown Pirates' ship, Black Pearl. He says it is the best ship he ever helped to make. He tried to make Sunny to be as good as Black Pearl, but it's still lacking compared to Black Pearl.

"That ship is simply a monster that is owned by a monstrous crew. I don't know what Palu-san did to that ship, but the last time I saw it, it looked much more powerful than when it was created. Maybe the only ship that can match it is the legendary Pluton now. Even Oro Jackson didn't look as amazing as that ship."

"You made that ship? And they were changing their ship in Water 7?"

Franky nods to Sanji's question and tells them the story of how Clown Pirates changed their ship. It is similar to how the Straw Hats changed their ship. The Clowns' old ship couldn't continue to sail, so they changed their ship.

"Iceburg & I weren't surprised when we saw Merry's Klabauterman. It wasn't our first time seeing it, after all. We first saw it at Clown Pirates' first ship, the Little Hunter's funeral."

Anyway, Buggy is monitoring the Straw Hats' activities on Thriller Bark to see if things go similarly to the series. Well, Brook isn't involved there now, so things are going differently. They still beat Moria's group in the end though, although Moria's crew is more powerful now.

Moria has some more powerful zombies in his crew, which mostly were Beast Pirates' dead members. After Buggy defeated Kaido, Moria was trying to take his revenge by turning the killed Beasts Pirates members into zombies. Too bad for him, Kaido, King, & Queen weren't killed and were sent to the Marine.

However, he got the old Jack's corpse and that is enough for him. He also got other Beasts Pirates' corpses and turned them into zombies. There was a big problem though. They can't use their devil fruit abilities and it was difficult to find shadows strong enough to be inserted into the corpses, especially Jack's corpse.

He also didn't have a good shadow for Ryuma's body. So he used Leo's shadow to control Jack's body and Zoro's shadow to control Ryuma's body. Sanji's shadow was used to control a Beasts Pirates officer while Luffy's shadow was still used to control the Oars.

Luckily for them, the zombies' power was affected by the shadows more than their bodies. If a zombie made of old Jack's body has old Jack's power, then he could wipe out the whole crew alone. But Jack's zombie was using Leo's shadow, so its power and skills are that of Leo.

Leo was fighting zombie Jack, so it was like he fought his own self. Zoro & Sanji also felt that and their fights against 'themselves' made them realize what they were lacking. They eventually won and then just like in the series, Kuma appeared.

Zoro still received the damage, but it was Leo who fought Kuma until he passed out after getting too much damage from Kuma's attack. He fought without listening to his friends' pledge to stop. Leo didn't stop because his senses were screaming at him to warn him that Kuma was very dangerous, so he should stop Kuma no matter what.

That's why after the war ended, Leo & Zoro were the ones who received the most damage. Kuma was very impressed by Buggy's son who didn't back down till the end to protect those he cares for. Buggy has met Kuma a few times, after all, so they know each other a bit.

The Straw Hats eventually leave Thriller Bark and go to Sabaody. Leo & Zoro are still in bad shape, but they need to go before World Government sends more people, so these 2 are being treated on the way. Buggy is also close to Sabaody already, and he really anticipates their meeting because he already has a plan.

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