Chapter 17 The Execution Platform
Because of some past experiences, Bucky really hates anything related to 'red'.
For example, hearing someone talk about their red nose, or another example - someone with red hair!
He glared unhappily at the back of the man who suddenly appeared in front of him and stole his limelight.
The other person's long, flowing fiery red hair was extremely dazzling and teased his sensitive and irritable nerves.
Veins popped up on his forehead, and Bucky immediately pointed at the man's back and started cursing.
"Who are you, kid? How dare you steal your uncle Bucky's limelight? Do you want to die?"
"Hahaha, it's so lively!"
At the same time, Luffy, who was pinned to the execution ground and hadn't yet grasped the seriousness of the situation, laughed heartily.
He thought the shouts of the crowd below were a lively rally. If he could move, he would even want to go down and cheer with them.
The red-haired man lowered his raised arms and turned around leisurely.
Under the red hair, the pair of golden eyes that were different from ordinary people didn't even look at the several daggers in Bucky's hands.
"Bucky the Clown?" Yale looked at the man with a red nose opposite him, with the corners of his mouth raised in an elegant and restrained smile.
"The clown Buggy on this wanted poster is you, right? A devil fruit user?"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and drew a line in the air.
A virtually projected bounty order immediately appeared between the two of them.
Bucky, who was staring at this scene, suddenly lost some of his arrogance and became much more alert and calm.
"Are you... a marine, or a bounty hunter?"
He looked at the red-haired man in front of him suspiciously, and stepped back slightly with his left foot, ready to jump off the execution platform and run away at any time.
"Neither. I am Captain Yale, whom you must respect."
Captain Yale?
Who is that——
Bucky stood frozen in place. Even though his mind was sounding the alarm and screaming at him to run away, his body completely ignored his mind.
In the blink of an eye, it seemed as if thousands of years had passed.
He remembered what Mochi and the others had said to him on the sea when they were rushing to Rogue Town.
It is said that something big happened at sea during the time he was missing.
A guy named Yale arrogantly controlled the Den Den Mushi and seemed to have kidnapped Morgans, the president of the World Economic Daily.
But at that time he didn't care about this matter at all. He only wanted to rush to Rogue Town as soon as possible to take revenge on Luffy.
"Run! All the residents of Rogue Town have been taken under control. Captain Buggy is in great danger. We can't risk our lives!"
In the square, when the townspeople were frantically shouting Captain Yale's name, the pirates of the Buggy Pirates made a quick decision and immediately decided to abandon their captain and run away.
What, you mean the crew's loyalty to the captain?
The island might be gone soon, so who cares about loyalty?
The Buggy Pirates are not the kind of pirate group that values brotherhood, unity and friendship.
Also running away was Alrita, whom the Buggy Pirates had met before and became friends with because of their common desire to deal with Luffy.
Alrita was once the captain of the Alrita Pirates. After being beaten by Luffy, she was lucky enough to eat the slippery fruit and became a special ability user.
Later, he met Buggy and the others. When he heard that they also wanted to deal with Luffy, he immediately chose to cooperate.
Unfortunately, before he could see Luffy being executed, he was interrupted by that dangerous red-haired man.
Alrita thought regretfully, but her life was more important, and she didn't want to sacrifice her life for revenge on Luffy.
"Wait! Are you really planning to run away like this?" Kabaji suddenly stopped and looked majestic in the dark and windy sky.
"Have you forgotten how Captain Buggy treated us?!"
Such a deafening question immediately made the other members of the pirate group stop in their tracks.
Everyone lowered their heads with gloomy expressions and pondered Kabaji's questioning.
Captain Buggy, with his volatile personality, would beat and scold them at every turn...
Kabaji: "Think of something good--!"
The people who were about to escape thought of it again.
Although Captain Buggy was stingy, he would hold a banquet with them to celebrate every time he plundered money.
The party was really fun and everyone seemed to have a lot of fun spending time together.
Everyone suddenly raised their heads, looked at each other, and their eyes were filled with tears.
After a glance, the Buggy Pirates roared and rushed back to the square.
"Captain Buggy—we're here to rescue you!"
"Boss Buggy, hold on!"
"A bunch of idiots, you guys are killing yourself!"
Alrita gritted her teeth in anger, turned around and ran towards the opposite direction of the port with them.
She wasn't about to take risks with a bunch of idiots—but damn, she couldn't even fly Buggy's pirate ship by herself!
Turning around, Alrita ran towards the square as if resigned to her fate.
But before she ran far, she saw several figures running towards her in front of her.
Kabaji, who had previously shouted that he wanted to save Captain Buggy, rushed to the front, and the strong wind blew his tears and snot behind him.
"Run for your life! Boss Buggy is dead! Captain Buggy is dead!"
"What?!" Alrita was shocked by the news, "What on earth happened?!"
Buggy's ability to split into pieces can make him immune to most damage, so how could the opponent be killed so easily?
"We saw it—the man's hand went through Captain Buggy's chest!"
Just a few minutes ago, when the pirates of the Buggy Pirates returned to the square, what they saw was Captain Buggy being pierced through the chest by the red-haired man under the gloomy sky.
The other person's miserable appearance and pale face of fear when dying are still deeply engraved in their minds and cannot be forgotten for a long time.
They were almost scared silly, and their instinct for survival drove them to run away immediately.
Therefore, they did not see the subsequent scenes at all, and had no idea that their captain was not dead at all.
"Captain Buggy—we will definitely avenge you!"
The pirates of the Buggy Pirates cried heartbrokenly, but their frantic running pace did not slow down at all.
"Don't worry, you won't suffer any loss except losing your ability." Holding the devil fruit taken out of Buggy's body, Yale patted Buggy's shaky shoulders and comforted him kindly.
"Not only that, you've also been given a chance to escape. Isn't that great? This island is about to disappear. If you don't run now, you'll never be able to escape."
"Ah - what are you guys talking about back there? Can anyone please pay attention to me?"
Luffy whined in boredom.
In this posture, he could only see the enthusiastic crowd below and Zoro and Sanji, whose faces were filled with tension and shock, but he could not see what was happening behind him.
He suddenly appeared and grabbed his red nose and seemed to have not spoken for a long time.
He only heard the voice of another man he didn't know at all, but the content of his words was a little incomprehensible.
Luffy moved his nose, but his hands were fixed so he couldn't even pick his nose.
"Oh-Zoro! Sanji!"
Just when he was bored, Luffy's eyes suddenly lit up and he looked at Zoro and Sanji rushing out from the crowd with excitement.
But at this moment, the dark clouds that had been gathering in the sky for a long time were suddenly exploded by thunder.
Dazzling white lightning descended from the sky, swallowing up the execution platform below with a terrifying momentum that was enough to destroy everything.
The dim sky and earth were illuminated with an extremely pale light.
Under the stunned gaze of the crowd, on the execution platform, a seemingly fragile human hand was raised high to meet the terrifying lightning.
The thunder instantly became obedient, like a beast in a cage, and gathered into a crackling ball of thunder in that hand.
Yale lowered his hands and looked at the thunder ball in his hand that was continuously pouring out lightning.
Although the energy content is pitifully low, it is at least a snack.
Without much hesitation, he threw the thunder ball into his mouth.
Before he could taste it, the energy that melted in his mouth was completely absorbed into his bottomless body and became an insignificant part of him.
Bucky opened his mouth so wide that everyone was stunned.
What did he just see? This person put the lightning ball into his mouth and ate it?
What is pica?
This is simply a monster!
"Why are you still here?"
Yale looked back at Bucky, "Do you want to stay here?"
Bucky shuddered, a flattering smile plastered on his face.
"No, no, no, I'm so sorry, I'll leave right away, I'll..."
"Zoro, Sanji, come and save me~~"
Luffy looked pitifully at Zoro and Sanji who were staring at him in a daze below and asked for help.
Zoro and Sanji finally recovered from their shock and continued to rush towards the execution platform.
The red-haired man who could even hold lightning in his hands must be very strong, of course they knew that.
But - now that they are on board, it is their responsibility to protect the captain!
Buggy, who was interrupted, looked at Luffy unwillingly, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly took a few steps forward with courage that he didn't know where it came from.
"Sir, it seems you have some power that can easily take away a devil fruit."
Buggy pointed at Luffy with a smirk, "This kid is also a user with special abilities."
"You should address me as Captain Yale, or the respected Captain Yale."
Yale raised his eyebrows and looked at the third person on the execution platform.
At the same time, Zoro and Sanji, who were rushing towards the execution platform, suddenly found that no matter how they ran, they could not get any closer to the execution platform.
They began to mark their steps, seemingly just a short distance away from the execution platform, yet it seemed as if it were a world away.
"It seems to be true. If you hadn't reminded me, I might not have noticed this native~"
Yale swiped the virtual screen in front of him.
When he saw one of them, Bucky immediately shouted excitedly.
"Ohhh, that's it! Straw Hat Luffy!"
"Ah, were you calling me just now?"
Luffy tilted his head back with great effort, and asked in confusion.
Bucky gave a sinister smile.
"You're out of luck, rubber bastard!"
"Zoro, Sanji, help—!"
Luffy immediately shouted down.
Of course, Zoro and Sanji wanted to rush over to save him immediately, but no matter how they ran forward or circled around, they could not get closer to the execution platform.
They could only watch as the red-haired man stretched out his hand towards Luffy—
“Boom!”
Another bolt of lightning struck the execution platform.
In the blazing white light, a man wearing a black cloak with his face completely hidden by the hood grabbed Yale's wrist.
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