"What are we going to do with him, Captain?"
"How do I know?" Buggy asked.
"Me, I'm telling you we would have done better to throw him overboard," Morgan stated. "That kid had a gun! If he was here, it was to kill us."
Staring at the pirates in front of him, Anaguma remained silent, as he was tied to the ship's mast.
"I wouldn't say anything," Retorted the child.
Hearing this, Morgan and Kuro declared.
"Ok, we're killing you."
Seeing the two men with their xeapons, the boy nearly screamed in fear, as he asserted.
"Wait! Wait! I'm a Gaspard pirate."
"Gasparde?" Several pirates wondered.
"Yes! If you kill me, you will declare war on him."
"And?" Kuro asked him.
Surprised, Anaguma heard Magi assert.
"We have already declared war on Gasparde! Or rather, it is the girl who plays the sorceress who did it!"
"I'm not playing the sorceress." Megumin retorted, still sitting next to Alvida. "I am the best of magicians."
For her part, holding the child's gun, Zala smirked, while asserting.
"I allowed myself to take your gun! It is not an item for a child."
"I'm not a child." Anaguma retorted. "I am a pirate."
"Um? Are you really a Gasparde pirate?" Wondered buggy.
"If so, his crew can't be that powerful." Cabaji asserted. "If Gasparde recruits children, it is because he must really be in despair."
"But if he's really part of Gasparde's crew, maybe we'd better keep the kid hostage." Morge remarked.
"Hostage?" Buggy repeated.
"Yes! Let's say Gasparde tries to attack us, maybe having this kid with us could save us the fight."
"Yes, maybe ..."
"Wait, do you really think this kid has any importance to Gasparde?" Alvida asked him.
"If he asked him to kill us, it was just to get rid of him." Drophy asserted. "This kid doesn't matter."
"I didn't try to target you specifically." Anaguma retorted. "Captain Gasparde just wanted me to kill a pirate."
"Then why did you target our boat?" Bull questioned.
"I chose the most ridiculous." The child confessed.
Immediately, streaks of anger appeared on Buggy's face, as he heard Kuro and Zala chuckle, behind him.
"It's true that the design of this boat will have to be changed." Morgan asserted. "With the three hundred million berrys, let's try to make it look more monstrous."
"Hey, I'm the one who decides for this."
"Hey, stop taking me lightly." Anaguma roared. "Why aren't you afraid of the Gasparde pirates?"
"Because you're begging for your life." Kuro retorted.
Letting himself sit quietly, the man took off his gloves, before declaring.
"A pirate who dares to use the name of his captain, in order to hope to have his life saved, he is not a pirate: he is a coward! A pirate, a real one, is someone who fights until the last second, and who is never afraid to die. "
At that moment, the man thought again of Luffy's words, during his fight, and clenched his teeth.
" Why do I start talking like this stupid kid? "
Hearing Kuro's words, Anaguma began to growl. then, finally, he lowered his gaze before asserting.
"In that case, kill me."
"Hmm?" Several pirates wondered.
"You're right! I'm nothing to Gasparde! I wouldn't even be surprised if he didn't know my name! Even if you introduce me to him, as a hostage, he won't do anything for me. save! So you might as well kill me. "
"You easily lost all desire to survive." Cabaji remarked.
"It's because, even if I die, no one will regret me! So instead of behaving like a coward, I would much rather have an honorable death."
Gritting his teeth, he tried to hold back his tears and trembling as he declared.
"I am not afraid of dying."
Seeing this, several people could quickly understand that he was lying, while he was shaking with fear. Yet no other child could behave as bravely as he.
Staring at him, Buggy even had a strange memory, dating back over twenty years, as he stood with a knife in his hand in front of a group of pirates. And behind Buggy was another boy, paralyzed with fear.
" Hey, kid? What are you doing with that gun? Do you really think you can kill us?"
"SHUT UP!" The child roared, while his face was covered with wounds. "Where I live, only the strongest have the right to eat! If I want to have money, I have to kill pirates."
Smiling at that, the pirates in front of him amused themselves by scaring him by pulling out their guns.
"And like that? Do you still think you can kill us? You and your boyfriend, you better go."
Immediately stepping back, the two children felt snot trickling from their noses. Yet despite feeling his legs shake, Buggy declared.
"I don't care if I die! No one knows who I am anyway."
"Oh? Then why not become a pirate?"
Surprised, the two children looked at a man, with a large black mustache, drinking an entire bottle of rum. Next to him was another child, wearing a straw hat on his head. Then, when the man had finished drinking his bottle, he showed a big smile, before asking to ask the two children
"Would you like to come on my boat and travel all the seas of the globe?"
Lost in thought, Buggy finally heard Cabaji call him.
"Captain? CAPTAIN?"
"Hmm?" Wondered buggy. "What?"
"What do we do with the child?"
"Leave him!" Buggy ordered, as he walked away. "First, we will win this race! And if Gasparde does not show up, we will discuss the fate of this child, later."
"Hey, why don't you kill him right away?" Morgan asked him. "He is useless! We just have to ..."
"I didn't ask your opinion," Buggy suddenly roared, turning to him. "I'm the captain! It's me who decides! And if you're not happy, you can get out of my boat! And it's the same for everyone! The one who kills this kid without my permission, I kill myself! Understand ? "
For once, the whole crew was surprised by the aggressiveness in Buggy's tone, which had almost frightened a few people. For his part, Morgan did not even dare to insist. Seeing this, Buggy ends up leaving to go to his cabin. Nonetheless, he added.
"Gasparde is a very dangerous person! So I want all the cannons to be ready in case of a fight! And I want four people watching the surroundings! As soon as a boat approaches us, I want to be put know immediately! Got it ? "
"Yes, captain."
Seeing him leave, Kuro hissed in astonishment, as Zala said.
"For a second, I thought I heard the words of a real captain."
As it was dark, Kuro was staring at the back of the boat, almost wishing to see a boat, so he could fight. Still, looking sullen, the man was still, thinking. In his mind, he only saw Luffy's face.
" Usopp is a better captain than you and you know why? Because he has the mentality and the courage that a real captain should have! A real pirate is someone who is proud of his name and who doesn't isn't afraid of being hunted! Someone who doesn't take responsibility for the life of a pirate doesn't deserve to be a captain. "
Growling, Kuro His clenched fist, while roaring.
"I don't have what it takes to be a captain? Whatever! Mugiwara, Usopp, Buggy ... I don't see why I would be a worse captain than them."
"Simply because you have no respect for other people."
"Um?" Kuro Wondered, turning to see Zala, tuxedo with her pipe. "What do you want?"
"Nothing! I just heard you ruminating! Let me guess, are you still thinking about your loss to Mugiwara?"
"How does this affect you?"
"Nothing." Zala assured. "I was just answering the question you were asking yourself: you have no respect for other people! Mugiwara is respected in his crew! Just like Buggy."
"Buggy? Are you kidding? Nobody considers him our captain."
"Yet everyone obeys his every command, without feeling the slightest bitterness towards him," Zala retorted. "It is true that he does not scare anyone! And it is true that he is nowhere near as strong as Megumin or you ... Nevertheless ...!"
Looking at the starry sky, Zala declared.
"I don't mind Buggy being our captain! Plus, do you really think someone else could lead a crew like ours? If Megumin were our captain, her decisions could quickly lead to our death! if you or Morgan were our captain, you will behave like tyrants again and that would surely create mutinies! In the end, Buggy gives us orders! But, at the same time, knowing very well each other's power, he shows himself respectful and don't try to play kingpin with us, and would rather listen to our opinions, rather than make all the decisions alone! I believe the Mugiwara crew works that way too! Buggy knows full well that the crew would perform less well , if he decided to order everything as Gasparde would. "
Not even looking at her, Kuro finally asserts.
"All that is very well said! Nevertheless, I have a question for you! When will the time come to fight Gasparde: who will win? The cowardice of Buggy or the tyranny of Gasparde?"
Exhaling smoke, Zala questioned him.
"If you are so afraid that Buggy will lose, why didn't you accept Gasparde's offer to be part of his crew?"
Remaining silent, Kuro suddenly smiles, before confessing.
"Me, under the orders of a guy who will see me only as an object? Rather die! You're right! If Buggy likes to put me down, he knows perfectly well that he will be killed! It may be! Be why I stay with him! Nevertheless, he really should stop shaming us with every fight. "
"This is not by wishing or praying that we can make his cowardice disarray."
Being in his cabin, Buggy was rather angry. With his arms folded, he kept thinking about what he had heard during the past few days.
"It's the crew that brings together several East-Blue captains, who have allied themselves together! I believe their captain is Kuro."
"No, I heard it's a clown! A certain Buggy! Or Barry!"
"Buggy? I've never heard of it! You must be wrong."
"Hey, Buggy! You have even less charisma than a kid! It's no wonder everyone thinks our captain is Megumin."
"And you dare claim to be our captain, behaving so cowardly?"
Clenching his teeth, Buggy began to roar.
"Why ? why ? "
Looking at the wall of his cabin, he saw three wanted notices pinned to it. His wanted poster, which he had framed, as well as Luffy's, which he had slashed several times with knives
"30 million berries? Why did this kid, in a few months, have a bounty two bigger than mine?"
But the worst, for Buggy, was surely to compare you his bounty, with that of Shanks.
"We are pirates! We traveled on Roger's ship! So why ... why ...?"
Looking down Buggy couldn't help but see a few tears fall to the floor.
"Why do I feel so pitiful?"
"Captain?"
Immediately Buggy wiped away her tears just as Magi opened his cabin door.
"Magi? What do you want? I thought I asked you not to disturb me, unless you see an enemy."
"I have something for you!" Announced the wizard. "Something that could make you stronger."
"What ? "
Still attached, Anaguma had found no way to free himself. looking down, he declared.
"No matter how hard those pirates tried to hurt me! I wouldn't be weak."
Then, thinking of Biera, the boy began to whisper.
"Grandfather. "
Suddenly stepping out of his captain's cabin, Magi began to juggle, while passing in front of Anaguma. Looking at the child for a few moments, he ends up approaching him.
"Hey, kid!"
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Anaguma was surprised to see him put his arm in his hat and pull out a loaf of bread. Putting it in the boy's mouth, the man ordered.
"Eat this!"
Almost choking, the child spat out the loaf of bread, and began to cry.
"Who do you think you are? No way a pirate will take pity on me! I'm not hungry."
Immediately, Anaguma's stomach retorted otherwise, making a noise. Blushing, the boy heard the man assert.
"Awesome! Are you doing ventrilogy?"
"SHUT UP! Why are you feeding me? I don't see why this stupid clown wants to keep me alive."
Staring at Anaguma, Magi finally sighed.
"I think he's keeping you alive, because you look like him when he was a kid."
"Eh ? "
"Buggy and I were born in the same village, on an island where misery and violence were omnipresent! On this island, the only ways to make money were to steal or kill pirates! At that time Buggy and I were children who had been abandoned by our families and to survive, decided to help each other! However, Buggy was weak and I was a coward who always hid behind him! to tell the truth , everyone saw us as useless people! And yet, a man recruited us!
Thinking back then to a man with a pirate hat and a long black mustache, Magi declared.
"This pirate took us far from our island and allowed us to discover the world! In fact, he was more than a captain for Buggy and me! He was our savior! And it is by traveling with him that I was able to become as powerful! Even more powerful than Buggy. "
"More powerful than this clown? So why are you staying with him?"
"Because he never gave up on me, even when I was weak." Magi asserted. "Buggy has always been my boss and he sure will be! And then, if I stay with him, it's for another reason too."
at that moment he imagined Nana's face as she asked him.
"I wouldn't be here to protect that coward! So take care of Buggy, okay?"
"I made a promise to someone who's afraid something's going to happen to Buggy! He's our captain, but he can't take care of himself! That's why I'm here to protect him."
"Boat on the horizon!"
"Hmm?" The duo wondered.
"What's going on?" Buggy asked, stepping out of his cabin.
Descending from the mast, Bull asserted.
"There is a pirate ship right in front of us."
Indeed, a pirate ship could be visible, while the ship approached an island. Looking at the Eternal Pose leading up to Paria, Zala asserted.
"So much, it's Paria."
"What? But then, if this boat gets there before us, we sure can't win this race," Cabaji remarked.
"No way." Drophy roared. "Mr 4! Destroy this ship."
Immediately positioning himself in front of the rest of the group, Mr. 4 grabbed his bat, while Lassoo already began to feel his nose tickle him. Sneezing, he spat out an explosive baseball, which Mr. 4 hit.
In an instant, the bullet charged at the enemy ship.
"Perfect!" Morge assured, with a pair of binoculars. "The bullet will hit him."
However, before the projectile struck the boat, this latter was hit by a cannon fire which pulverized it.
"What?" The pirates wondered.
At that moment, many searchlights coming from the island, lit and illuminated the flaming hulk of the boat, as well as those of a dozen other pirate ships.
"What…?" Cabaji wondered. "Captain, what does that mean?"
Not knowing what to say, Buggy heard a cannon ball hit the water next to their boat.
"U-turn." Alvida ordered.
Immediately starting to run, everyone started to change the direction of the boat, so as to turn around. However, dozens of cannon sounds were heard. Seeing the projectiles hitting them, Magi grabbed his hat and sent it flying through the air. Growing in size, the hat let the cannonballs enter and disappear into its opening.
However, thinking out of the hat, a cannonball continued its course and managed to hit the left side of the boat.
"AHHHHHHH! We are touched."
"There is fire! There is fire!"
More bombardments were heard, as cannonballs rained down on the water around the boat.
"Keep turning around."
"Hurry up."
The hand tightened around the neck of Willy, the fishman, Gasparde laughed, seeing his bloodied face. Letting go, he took pleasure in seeing him fall into the water and disappear into it.
"HAHAHAHA! What a bunch of idiots! Geez, the Navy should thank me, thanks to me they were finally able to get rid of several pirate ships."
Behind his back, Shuraiya observed him, while showing only contempt in his gaze. Gasparde's new recruit had quickly noticed to what extent Gasparde was a horrible pirate.
Who will join Luffy's crew?
Before Shells Town: Raynare - 38 million - (Highschool DxD) / Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail)
Arc Shells Town: Roronoa Zoro - 60 million -
Kuro Arc: Usopp
Arc Baratie: Sanji / Gin - 32 million -
Arlong Arc: Nami / Johnny / Yosaku
Bow Drum: Chopper
Alabasta Arc: Nico Robin / Eevee (Pokemon) / Bruno - 52 million - (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) / Nefertari Vivi - 25 million - / Menma (Anohana)
Skypiea Arc:?
Arc Enies Lobby: Franky
Arc Post Enies-Lobby :?
Thriller Bark Arc: Brook
Punk Hazard Arc:?
Tesoro Arc :?
Dressrosa Arc :? /?
Wano Kuni Arc: Jinbei /?
Post Wano Kuni Arc:? /?
Arc Battle Teach :?
With other characters:
Buggy: Alvida - 21 million-, Magi - 29 million (OC), Bull (OC), Kuro - 37 million -, Morgan - 17 million -, Megumim - 39 million- (Konosuba), Zala (Miss Doublefinger) -35 million , Babe (Mr 4) - 3.2 million, Drophy (Miss Merry Christmas) - 14 million
Arlong: Syra (OC)
Milhawk: Alice (OC)
Wapol: Musshuru
Crocodile: Noscula (OC), Mr 6 (OC), Miss Halloween (OC)
Garp: Sakura (Zombieland Saga); Jin (My Hero academia); Emma (The Promised Neverland)
I am: Light Yagami (Death Note)
Cobra: Neni (M. 9)
Sengoku: Shinichi Kudo (Detective Conan)
Shanks: Nana Shimura -840 million- (My hero academia), Utsuro -970 million- (Gintama)
Individual: Reiner ( Shingeki no kyojin ), Garou (One Punch Man), Pit (Kid Icarus), Babidi (DBZ), Orochimaru (Naruto); Mirko (My hero Academia), Samus (metroid), Team Rocket (Pokemon)
Gold D. Roger (formerly): Igneel - 1.380 billion - (Fairy Tail), Acacia (Toriko), Bardock (Dragon ball Z), Hiruzen Sarutobi (Naruto), Utsuro - 970 million (Gintama), Nana Shimura - 840 million ( My Hero Academia)
Xerec (formerly): Aizen (bleach)