Chapter 172: Preparing to Fly

Chapter 172: Preparing to Fly

Just like what Buggy ordered, the Clowns return to the ship at sunset. But some new guys are late, they aren't taking his order seriously. So Buggy punishes them as he promised before. Their punishment is to be tied upside down on the mast for the whole night.

After that, they go to the other side of Jaya to prepare their ship. Cricket has gone there first to dive and search the gold city in the sea. He wants to see if Norland's theory about the sea being sunk is true.

"So, how is it?" asks Buggy to Cricket after they docked their ship.

"I didn't find the gold city, although I found some gold down there," says Cricket while pointing at 4 gold ingots and a gold Southbird statue.

"Hmm, they must be the traces of that gold city," assumes Deon.

"I told you there's no gold city underwater," says Buggy.

"I just want to see it myself, it's a pure curiosity," says Cricket as he lights a cigarette up.

"Sigh, now you've filled your curiosity, so it's time to work for the real thing. Palu, take some guys to help you make a pair of temporary wings for the ship. We need to stabilize the ship while it flies later. Asks Ruff to help you find the best shape, size, and position."

"The rest of you, go find a bird that looks like this statue in the forest. Do it as fast as you can. I've heard in the town that our ticket there will appear tomorrow at noon. So finish everything tonight," says Buggy. Ñøv€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

"Can you at least explain to us about how we will go up there?" asks Palu.

"No, it won't be interesting that way. You just need to know that we will fly," says Buggy while smirking.

Everyone can only sigh at that before doing what Buggy ordered. They know he really won't say anything if it entertains him. What they need to do now is do their task perfectly and make sure the ship is strong because they know it will be very dangerous.

The crew splits into 3 groups, one group prepares the ship, another group searches the Southbird, while the last group is doing other things. The last group is composed of Buggy, Jude, Mantis's team, and the 2 kids.

Jude & Mantis's team are cooking food for their dinner. While Buggy is training the kids while supervising the crew's work. He is the Captain and has many crew members, so he doesn't need to work, right?

"What's wrong, kids? Is this all you have? Can you protect yourself with this? Can you protect your sister if you're this weak, Alan?" asks Buggy as he blocks the kids' attacks easily.

"Damn!" curses Alan as he punches Buggy but gets dodged very easily.

"Brother, no bad word!" says Elen angrily.

"So-sorry," says Alan apologetically.

At 7 AM, they have breakfast before leaving the island. They go to the south with the Southbird's help and the sky gets darker as they move forward. Buggy orders them to watch the surroundings carefully and report if there's something unusual.

"CAPTAIN, I SEE A GIANT WHIRLPOOL IN THE FRONT. WE NEED TO MOVE AROUND IT," shouts someone from the crow nest.

"Good, let's go there," says Buggy while grinning.

"Huh? HUUH!?" shouts everyone questioningly.

"Ca-Can you repeat it, Captain? I think I misheard it. There's no way we'll enter the whirlpool, right?" asks Jude nervously.

"We'll enter the whirlpool," says Buggy while smirking.

Most of the crew members have horror looks on their faces. It gets even worse when someone shouts from the crow nest.

"CAPTAIN, THERE'S A MARINE SHIP BEHIND US!" shouts the man.

"It's just a Marine ship, no need to worry about it," says Enel.

"B-BUT, IT'S LEAD BY VICE-ADMIRAL SAKAZUKI!" shouts the man, surprising everyone.

"Akainu, huh? Heh, what a bad timing," says Buggy while grinning.

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