Transcended as Lord Buggy

Chapter 332: The Woods

Clown Pirates' new lives on the crazy island have finally started now. They all are wearing clothes that look like astronaut suits. Ruff designed it because it is the suit that can protect them in any weather.

There are 3 dials inside each of the suits. Breath dial that provides air, heat dial for cold weather, and cool dial for hot weather. With these 3 dials, they all will be comfortable in those stuffy suits in all conditions.

But there weren't enough dials for 107 people. They didn't buy that many of those dials on Sky Islands and it has been a few years since they visited any Sky Island. So there are many dials that get broken after being used for a long time.

But dials are never a problem for them now because Ruff has found a way to create dials from normal sea seashells. He needed a long time to get a result because the seashells on Sky Islands are different from the ones here.

Anyway, the Clown Pirates explore the island after wearing suits. They split into 11 groups made of around 10 people for 10 groups and 7 for a group. Each group is led by an executive so they will be safer & more organized.

The 7 people group is led by Buggy, and Dela is in the group too. The other 5 are the 4 kids and a girl from the medical team that isn't as strong as the other adults. Buggy takes the weakest members with him because it will be easier to protect them himself.

"Alan, Elen, Yamato, Jack, don't move on your own and stick to the group. I will hang you upside down for a week if you disobey," says Buggy while walking.

"Don't worry, Lord, I will keep an eye on them," says Alan smugly.

"Why are you the one doing it? I can do it too," protests Yamato.

"Well, because I'm the strongest?" asks Alan as if it's so obvious.

"Strongest? Do you want to prove it now? I will beat you up," says Yamato pissedly.

"Hoo, that's a good idea," says Alan.

Both of them want to start fighting in their astronaut suits. But then a shadow looms over them and they look at the source. They gulp their saliva when they see Dela's stoic expression as she looks intensely at them.

"W-Well, the Lord is the team leader, so he is the only one who can command us. Let's do as he says shall we?" asks Alan nervously.

"Ye-yeah, I think so too," says Yamato.

Both of them then walk away following Buggy while whistling innocently. Elen & the nurse sweatdrop at them while Jack doesn't really care about their antiques. The group then walks into the forest in the direction that has been decided.

They finally reach the forest and the trees here are a lot taller than they thought. It might be 3 times the height of a giant like Magnus. The trees are wide too, around 5-8 meters in diameter, it's similar to what they saw on Skypiea.

"Wow, how old are these trees?" asks Yamato.

"Maybe hundreds or thousands of years old," says Elen.

"They're so thick, they should be very tough. Hey Jack, Yamato, let's see who can make a deeper dent on the tree," says Alan.

"Sounds fun, let's do it," says Yamato happily.

Jack doesn't say anything, but he already walks toward the tree. This guy doesn't talk much, but he is actually very competitive and likes this kind of thing. Dela wants to stop the kids so they can enter the woods immediately, but Buggy stops her.

"Let them have their fun, we aren't in a rush anyway, and it's better than them fighting. I also want to see just how tough the trees here are. If they are tough enough, we can use them as supplies. Palu will be more than happy to have good wood," says Buggy.

Dela sighs and just nods then lets the kids have fun. The 3 kids then start their little competition, starting with Jack. Jack doesn't transform and just punches the tree using his bare fist in normal form.

However, he only cracks the skin and doesn't even dent the wood. Everyone is surprised by this because Jack is strong enough to break a normal tree in his normal form. So at least he should be able to make a dent, but he can't.

Jack is dissatisfied, so he transforms into his full mammoth form after taking off his astronaut suit. He takes some steps back before running and ramming himself onto the tree. The tree gets shaken by the impact, and now Jack can finally make a dent, but it's very shallow.

He is still not satisfied, but it's Yamato's turn now. Just like Jack, she tries hitting the tree without her devil fruit first, but it doesn't work. So she transforms into her hybrid mythical dog form and hits the tree using her metal club again.

She manages to dent the tree, but it's also around the same depth as Jack. It's just around 2 or 3 cm at the deepest spot. That shows just how tough the tree is and it should also be the case for all the trees in this forest.

Alan then goes for it too, but he also just manages to make the same dent. Elen doesn't even want to try it after seeing the other 3 getting such disappointing results. She can see that it will hurt so much after seeing the others' reactions.

"What the hell! This tree is so hard, we could barely dent it. It must be the hardest tree in the world," says Alan.

"No, it's not, the hardest tree is still Adam. You couldn't even scratch a log that made of Adam Wood in the training room," says Elen.

"Ah, that's true," says Alan dejectedly.

Buggy suddenly approaches the tree and touches it, making the others curious.

"Step back," says Buggy.

"What are-," Alan can't even finish talking as Dela pulls them back quite far.

Buggy spread his legs a little and lowers his body to get into a stance. Now the kids understand what he's going to do and immediately hide behind another tree. The nurse, Poppies, also hides there with the kids.

*BAM*

Just as they expected, Buggy punches the tree too. He doesn't use his haki nor devil fruit abilities though, it's just a pure physical punch. His punch is still very strong though and it shakes the entire area, many leaves & dead branches even fall because of that.

Everyone widens their eyes though because even Buggy's punch can't break the tree completely. He succeeds to make deep damage, but it doesn't pierce through the tree. His punch only breaks 4 meters of this 6 meters tree's wood.

"Damn, this tree is tough. I've used all my physical strength into that punch and I could only make it this far. It doesn't even fall even though it only has a third of its base left," says Buggy with a very impressed tone.

"What do you think about this wood?" asks Dela.

"It isn't as hard & tough as Adam wood, but it's certainly harder than any other wood that I've ever seen. Palu might've found this out too, so he will know what to do. Maybe we can finally start that project, the project that will make Black Pearl an ultimate ship," says Buggy while grinning widely.

On another location, Palu also grins as wide as Buggy. As a shipwright, the first thing he does is, of course, check the trees for their woods. He found out the trees' hardness before Buggy does and has thought about many things because of that.

Everyone in his group including him has tried hitting a tree with all they have. Even so, they only manage to break a total of 3 meters deep of the wood. The tree they hit is around the same size as the one Buggy hit, so it really shows just how tough the wood is.

"The Lord will be pleased by this. Who would've thought that we would find a type of wood that is close to Adam's level? And maybe this whole forest is full of the same trees. Even with this island's weather, I am still surprised that no one actually harvests & uses or sells these woods," says Palu.

Buggy also thinks the same, but it doesn't matter to him. If no one wants this island, then he will take it and use the wood for himself. Ships are sailors' lives, after all, so making ships from good woods is never bad.

Buggy grins as he ponders, "6 months? That's really not a bad thing now."

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