Chapter 82: Shipwright

Chapter 82: Shipwright

The Clowns' sparring session has surprised Palu very much. He can't say anything and can only look at Buggy with a shocked expression. Palu isn't sure that he can even win against one of the crew members, but Buggy can defeat them easily.

"How's the ship, Palu?" asks Buggy to Palu, making him come out from his stupor.

"It's good, I just need to do a final check," says Palu.

"Alright, we'll take our belongings now," says Buggy while turning around.

"Hey Buggy, can I join your crew?" asks Palu so suddenly.

"You want to join my crew? Why?" asks Buggy back to Palu.

It's the first time for Buggy to have someone ask him to join. All 4 of his crewmates were asked by him to join. So Buggy is curious about Palu's reason for asking to join his crew.

"You know, I refused many pirates who came to me for one reason. They're not strong enough," says Palu.

Palu then tells Buggy that he wants to find his homeland. Palu isn't a native here and he wants to find out about his origin. He was stranded and found on this island when he was a baby. Now he is curious about his homeland that he never know.

He has a hunch that his homeland is in Grandline. But Grandline is dangerous, so he needs to join a strong crew. That's why he always refused any offer to fix pirate ships in the hope to make the pirates angry to test their strength. The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.

But no one has the strength beyond his expectation. That is until he saw the Clowns' sparring. He finally find someone that surpassed his expectation.

"Why're you so sure that you're from Grandline?" asks Buggy.

"Because of this," says Palu while opening his shirt and turning around.

When Palu shows his back, Buggy can see a pair of white wings there. It is quite big white wings like the Birkans, but Palu can hide it well enough.

"Sky People," says Buggy after seeing the wings.

"You know it?!" asks Palu with a surprised and hopeful tone.

"Yeah, your wings are the trait of Sky People who live on Sky Islands. Your hunch is right, Sky Islands are located on Grandline," says Buggy.

Still, his fear of women is quite troublesome to handle. The ship is small and they have 2 girls in their crew. So Palu will often meet & need to interact with the girls, but he always runs when getting close to them.

The others can only sigh and let Palu fix that problem himself. They don't know what to do, even Manba who can't help with a psychological problem. They can only act like usual around Palu.

Buggy also teaches Palu about haki. He still wants his crewmates to be able to use at least one type of haki before going to Grandline. Haki will be a very important factor for their survival in Grandline.

They visit the islands on South Blue one by one. They visit any island, even the inhabited ones. They even find a small island that hasn't been drawn on the map and it makes Jude very happy.

They face many troubles, but they can handle them all. There's no big trouble like a Vice-Admiral who comes after them again. Even Marine has started to stop pursuing Buggy since he never deliberately attacked them.

His presence even scared of the pirates on South Blue and reduce their piracy activity. So the Marine is quite happy by that, although they don't show it directly. They just show it by not disturbing the Clowns anymore.

The Clowns explore South Blue for 2 months and finally reach the last island on South Blue. The last island that they visit on South Blue is the famous Karate Island.

This is the place where many strong people gathered to fight & train. Buggy wants his crew to spend some months here and hone their fighting skills. There will be many opponents to fight here, so they will be able to polish their fighting skills.

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