Chapter 167

Chapter 167

Standing still, Buggy watched as all the flying bullets and cannonballs shot towards him.

Just as Capone Bege thought his surprise attack had worked, his eyes froze.

Because he saw all the cannonballs and bullets begin to pulverize and then turn into flying ash, disappearing directly in front of Buggy.

"Just as you usually like to say, the gap between us is too great. But it's not in military strength, but in power!" After speaking, Buggy threw a punch at Capone Bege.

The shattered space, accompanied by the distorted person, instantly caused Capone Bege to suffer a severe injury.

"Why? If you need the ability of the Castle-Castle Fruit, I can join your command," Capone Bege genuinely didn't understand why Buggy had to kill him.

"Sorry, I do need the ability of the Castle-Castle Fruit, but I don't need the user who ate it. So don't blame me; blame fate," without giving Capone Bege a chance, Buggy immediately followed up with another blow, directly finishing him off.

In the next second, as if a volcano had erupted, countless people and objects spewed out from Capone Bege's body.

With quick eyes and nimble hands, Buggy grabbed Capone Bege's body at the first moment and then extended it outside the building.

Seeing Buggy's action, Hancock flashed to a distance in an instant. Then, a considerable number of people and objects appeared directly in mid-air and then fell to the entrance of the building.

Ignoring these, Buggy picked up Capone Bege's body and, with a flash, appeared beside Hancock. After saying only "Let's go," the two of them disappeared from the street.

A while later, in a dense forest outside the city, Buggy and Hancock arrived.

"Brother Buggy, can you tell me the reason for killing this guy now?" Hancock asked with a眯 (mī - narrowed/squinted) smile.

"Before I tell you, let's get this done first," after speaking, Buggy put down Capone Bege's body, then took out an item from his pocket and placed it on the body.

"Come, drip a drop of blood on the space fragment," Buggy said to Hancock.

With a look of confusion, Hancock obediently followed Buggy's words. She bit her finger and dripped blood onto the space fragment Buggy mentioned. Then, Buggy took out the "Corpse Dissolving Water" and sprinkled it on Capone Bege's body.

Soon, as Capone Bege's body disappeared, a look of extreme, pleasant surprise flashed in the eyes of the confused Hancock.

"Brother Buggy, this is..."

"Back when I was roaming the Four Seas, I heard about something. The so-called genius scientist, Dr. Vegapunk, was researching the creation of Devil Fruits. Although I don't know if he succeeded, he did create a by-product first, which is to infuse inanimate objects with Devil Fruit abilities. Then I sent Paula to infiltrate the Marine Science Division and steal the detailed information on this achievement. According to the information, there are restrictions on feeding Devil Fruits to objects. Although the method is always to drip the user's blood on the object before feeding it, very few objects can satisfy the condition of being able to be infused with a Devil Fruit's ability. This involves an attribute problem. In other words, whatever the attribute of the Devil Fruit is, the object that carries it must have the same attribute."

As Buggy said this, Hancock took over the conversation.

"The Castle-Castle Fruit is a space-attribute Devil Fruit, so we must find an object with a space attribute. This space fragment is a space-attribute object. Brother Buggy, this thing was also one of the reasons you challenged Whitebeard, right?"

Looking at Hancock, Buggy smiled and, instead of answering her question, asked in return, "Do you like it?"

"Yes, I like it!" Nodding, Hancock was now holding the space fragment and playing with it nonstop.

"This is my proposal gift to you. Accepting this means you've agreed to my proposal, okay?" Placing both hands on Hancock's shoulders, Buggy looked at her seriously and said.

"As long as it's from you, I like it," with a serious and sweet expression, Hancock nodded heavily.

"It's good that you've agreed. Then the next step is to prepare the betrothal gifts," nodding happily, Buggy then slowly rubbed his chin and said.

"Brother Buggy, I don't need any betrothal gifts," seeing Buggy thinking, Hancock estimated that he was thinking of some incredible item again.

"How could you not need them? In my hometown, it's a must. If nothing else, a diamond ring, gold jewelry, these are all necessary," waving his hand, Buggy only wanted to give the best things to Hancock.

"Brother Buggy, the betrothal gifts you're talking about... they don't require taking risks to obtain, do they?" Looking at Buggy, Hancock asked with a hint of meaning.

"Hehe, of course. It's just a trip into the belly of a big fish. How could there be any danger?" Buggy's smile at this moment was a bit forced.

"What big fish? How big is it?" As she spoke, Hancock's hand slowly crept towards the soft flesh at Buggy's waist.

"Not that big, really. Just about the size that can swallow half an island in one bite," feeling the slight stinging pain from his waist, Buggy still replied with a smile.

"An ordinary Sea King can't swallow half an island in one bite. Brother Buggy, you'd better tell me the truth. What kind of thing is worth a trip into the belly of such a powerful creature?" Hancock withdrew her hand and then asked seriously.

"An alchemical item that can extend one's life when worn, called Pure Gold. Have you heard of it?" Buggy said slowly.

"Pure Gold?" Having grown up in Kuja, Hancock was not too familiar with some of the famous items from history.

"This thing was created by a scientist. It is said to be a treasure that can buy the world. Legend has it that it exists on the island of Alchemi, which suddenly disappeared two hundred years ago."

After hearing Buggy's words, Hancock asked with confusion, "Brother Buggy, how do you know that the island of Alchemi was swallowed into the belly of a big fish? And how do you know that Pure Gold still exists in the belly of that big fish?"

"I got this news by chance in my early years of traveling the world. As for Pure Gold still existing in the belly of that big fish, that's my speculation. After all, an island is not like other things; it's not something that can be easily digested. As long as the island still exists, and the things on the island have not been digested, it shouldn't be difficult to find it, right? Don't forget, I still have my sufficiently magical compass," taking out the compass, Buggy looked at the needle; it was pointing unmistakably in one direction.

"Then when are we going to look for it?" Hancock continued to ask.

"Let's go back to Kuja first. A big fish generally lives at the bottom of the sea. Without a special method and helpers, we won't be able to enter the belly of this big fish. So we need helpers. At the very least, we have to bring cow 1 and the others to have a chance."

(End of Chapter)