Transcended as Lord Buggy

Chapter 314: Clown Lord

Some moments after calling Big Mom, Buggy talks to his men who managed The Caribbean. He tells them to sell weapons to Big Mom with some restrictions like the number of weapons that she can buy per year. There's no way he will let her buy as many weapons as she wants.

Then after he finished the talk, Dela comes up to him and gives him a newspaper. The headline is the short confrontation that happened yesterday. Buggy and The Clown Pirates become the main characters of the news today.

[Clash of Emperors: The Young Fangs]

That is the title of the headline in the World News that spread all over the world. All the news in the newspaper is about the confrontation between 3 Pirate Emperors and Marine. But the news highlights The Clown Pirates and Buggy who are still shrouded in mysteries.

When they become an Emperor crew, the world didn't see the process at all. They only knew that Clown Pirates have defeated Beasts Pirates when they sent Beasts Pirates' heads to a Marine Base. So their true power hasn't been revealed to the world yet.

That's why the confrontation yesterday becomes such big news. The world finally can see just how strong the Clown Pirates are. It was short, but it was still a war against another Emperor's crew.

Buggy has shown that he has the power to go against Big Mom. He didn't clash directly against Whitebeard or Garp. But they all retreat without any fight might mean that even Whitebeard and Garp consider Buggy to be around their level, and fighting him will have big consequences.

The Clown Pirates also showed themselves to be a strong and solid crew. They were dominating the war against Big Mom Pirates and even sunk most of Big Mom's ships. The executives also hold their ground against Big Mom's children, and some even won fast.

Big Mom Pirates haven't shown their full power, but it is still a fact that Clown Pirates have repelled Big Mom Pirates. The war didn't end properly, but it can be said that Clown Pirates have won because Big Mom Pirates got more casualties.

With this, The Clown Pirates have shown that even as a young crew, they have the power to compete against the veterans. And Buggy as a young Captain can stand side by side with the monsters like Whitebeard or Big Mom. That's why the title is Young Fangs, it represents the young pirates who have bared their fangs to the veterans.

Those are the things that are mentioned in the news. Of course, the journalists spread the truth, but with a lot of spices to entice their audience. With their good play of words, the news becomes a big sensation, and it shakes the world.

It's not only the news that shakes the world, but also their new bounties. The Marine has decided to raise some of their bounties. It's like The Marine & World Government finally know how big of a threat this crew is, especially with their new organization that sells high-quality weapons to pirates, so they raised The Clowns' bounties.

'Clown Lord' Buggy: 3.5 billion

'Red Fists' Montblanc Cricket: 1.69 billion

'Black Hammer' Palu: 1.23 billion

'Thunder God' Enel: 1 billion

'Demon Giant' Magnus: 911 million

Mantis 'The Dancer': 567 million

'Fatman' Manba: 434 million

'Rainbow Hair' Bunglon Deon: 422 million

'Soul King' Brook: 387 million

'Ash Girl' Ariella Jude: 373 million

'The Inventor' Ruff: 356 million

'Lord's Hand' Dela: 100 million

Surprisingly though, Buggy only gets a 50 million raise. His bounty was high enough, but the Marine wants to make sure his bounty is raised because they've confirmed his threat level. Also, they changed the hideous moniker of "Killer Clown" into "Clown Lord".

"I thought they would change it into Jester because they know about The Caribbean. But it makes sense that they didn't change it because it's my crew's name and the name 'Clown' has stuck on me. Besides, I'm sure they want to buy my weapons and establish a business with me. That's why they can't expose my Jester codename because they'll expose themselves too when they try to strike a deal with me," says Buggy while grinning.

Cricket, Palu, and Enel who come with the others to check on the new bounties aren't as chill as Buggy though. Their bounties didn't change at all which make them very pissed. Mantis's bounty also didn't raise, but she doesn't really care about it, so she doesn't react much.

But it's understandable if they consider their opponents in the confrontation. Even Katakuri, Big Mom's strongest child, hasn't reached the 1 billion bounty yet. His current bounty is still just 768 million. Even Enel already has a 1 billion bounty and Katakuri could handle him.

That's why it's not just The Clown Pirates who have their bounties raised, some of Big Mom Pirates also get it. Well, it's just Katakuri and Perospero though because they could handle Enel & Palu who have more than 1 billion bounties.

The Marine just raised Katakuri's bounty to 950 million and Perospero to 700 million though. They only get that much because they aren't as active as The Clowns at creating trouble. Also, it's mostly Big Mom who destroys things, that's why her bounty is very high, it's already at more than 4 billion.

"The f*ck! I was just playing around with that Candy Licker and they thought he has a chance against me? These Marines are dumb," says Palu pissedly.

"Yeah, I also-," says Enel before Cricket chimes in.

"There's no way that you were playing around like Palu. Don't be ashamed to admit that someone with a lower bounty than you has almost defeated you," says Cricket while grinning.

Enel clicks his tongue and looks at the others who seem happy because their bounties raised. Manba, Deon, Brook, Jude, and Ruff have their bounty raised by 200 million each. They finally feel like proper Emperor crew executives now.

Meanwhile, Dela is sighing while looking at her newly released bounty. The Marine decided to give her a bounty now because they know she is Buggy's assistant. She isn't as strong as the executives, but she is still stronger than any member.

Besides, Dela's threat level isn't decided by her strength, but by her position as Buggy's assistant. That means she is the one who manages every official stuff in their groups. Clown Pirates, Clown Fleet, The Caribbean, territory management, she is the one who handles them all.

Of course, she has many subordinates to do all the jobs. But every official report will get to Buggy through her. She is Buggy's 3rd hand, and that's enough to make her a big threat to the World Government & Marine.

It's not only the executives who get their bounties raised. Their crew members and subordinates who have bounties also get them raised, although none surpass 100 million yet. Many who haven't had bounties also get new bounties like Dela, with a far lower number though.

The Clown Pirates then hold a party together with their subordinates to celebrate their new bounties. Those who didn't get a raise are bitter though, but they forget it once they start drinking. These drunkards won't think of anything else once they drink.

"Captain, many people are wondering where your sworn brother is. He hasn't shown up at all for a few months. It's like he & his crew suddenly disappear," says Manba while reading a new newspaper.

"Who cares about that redhead's whereabouts? He didn't even help me when we fought Beasts Pirates on Wano. I don't even want to know where he is. One thing is for sure though, he is still alive, somewhere, and will return," says Buggy.

"Maybe he has a kid already. You said you want to take it slow once your kid gets born. So maybe Red-Hair Shanks also think the same," says Cricket.

Buggy gets silent for a moment and thinks that it's possible. There are many things that haven't been revealed about Shanks when he was sent to this world, after all.

"That's possible. That bastard is similar to the young Rayleigh-san about women, after all. They can't control their dingdongs. Maybe he knocked up one of his girlfriends," says Buggy without any care before resuming the party.

Shanks can do what he wants and Buggy will do what he wants too. They have their own adventures and their lives.

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