Transcended as Lord Buggy

Chapter 130: Clowns vs Iron Shovels

The war between Clown & Iron Shovel Pirates has been started. Both sides rush at each other and start to fight. The Clowns are very excited to fight this crew who has entered New World before.

Their number is very different though because there are 7 Clowns while the Iron Shovels have 48 pirates who attack at the same time. Furthermore, there are 6 Iron Shovels executives who haven't made any move.

The Clowns are stronger than these cannon fodders individually, but it doesn't mean that they are weak. These people could go to New World for a reason, they are strong.

They are a lot stronger than any pirate crooks that The Clowns faced in the past. If these guys are in 4 Blues, each of them will easily get less than 10 million bounties. But each of the Clowns will have more than 100 million if that's the case.

So even if these guys are a lot stronger than other crooks, The Clowns still can handle them. Enel & Jude have the easiest time to fight a crowd like this. They just need to spread their powers and they'll hit the enemies.

And just like what Buggy said, none of these crooks has haki. So none of them can touch Enel & Jude at all. It makes them get defeated easily, especially by Enel who is still angry after getting a cut on his cheek.

Then, 2 Iron Shovels executives make their move to stop Enel & Jude. They can't let their men get defeated like that by 2 logia users. A man who wields a katana attacks Enel, while a woman who wields a whip attacks Jude.

The swordsman swings his sword at Enel and Enel jumps backward. The sword is coated with armament haki, so it can touch Enel's body. He won't attack a logia user like Enel if he can't use armament haki.

"Ho, you've learned from your previous mistake, huh?" asks the swordsman while smirking.

"You are the one who will learn from your mistake because you've dared to attack me," says Enel arrogantly even though he was the one who dodged the attack from his opponent.

"Haha, quite a cheeky one, aren't you? I'm Muto, nice to meet you," says the swordsman, Muto, before rushing at Enel again.

Of course, the woman also can use armament haki. So Jude also dodges when the woman attacks her with the whip. It will be a tough battle for Jude because she never faced an armament haki user in a real fight since she got her devil fruit.

"Ugh, I don't really like a whip," says Jude.

"That's good then because it will be easier for me. But you seem to understand something because you dodged my whip," says the woman.

"Enel got cut on his cheek before, so you must have a way to do it. As the same logia user, I need to be careful too. Besides, you won't attack me if you can't even touch me," says Jude while hiding that she knows about armament haki.

"Smart girl. Why don't you join us instead of that small crew of yours?" asks the woman.

"Small? We might have a small number, but our strength is big, you know. Our Captain even stays behind because we are enough to face you," says Jude.

"Haha, don't overestimate yourself, rookie!" says the woman before attacking Jude with her whip again.

Jude dodges while sending an ash blade to attack the woman from below. The woman slaps the ash blade using her whip and keeps attacking Jude. She is a lot more experienced than Jude in battle, so she will be a good opponent for Jude.

The war continues and The Clowns now have a harder time. With Enel & Jude getting occupied by the 2 executives, all pirate crooks are attacking the other 5 Clowns. Although The Clowns are stronger, fighting these many people is still not easy.

Buggy just watches from the crow nest while controlling the ship. As for Ruff, he stands beside Buggy while shooting his hand cannon at the pirate crooks. Ruff's hand cannon uses upgraded Muggy Ball as bullets, so they explode upon contact.

"CRICKET!" shouts Buggy.

"What is it, Captain?" asks Cricket

"Don't waste your energy & time to fight those weaklings. Think of something and finish it fast so you can fight those guys," says Buggy while pointing his chin at the Iron Shovels' executives.

Cricket nods even though he hasn't thought of any strategy to finish this faster. But suddenly, Palu taps his shoulder and smiles.

"Leave it to me," says Palu before rushing to Enel's location.

Currently, Enel is having a hard time fighting the swordsman, Muto. Muto can attack him from a distance using flying slash attacks while keep dodging his lightning bolts. His devil fruit mastery has improved, but it's still not good enough to fight an experienced fighter like Muto.

Enel also can't get closer because Muto will slash him using the sword. He still can't use armament haki and doesn't use any weapon, so he can't block the sword. Then suddenly, Muto appears in front of him when he loses concentration, but a Warhammer blocks the sword.

*CLANK*

"Don't lose your concentration, new kid," says Palu while smirking.

"Tch, I-I can dodge that," says Enel.

"Yes, yes, I believe it, tough guy. Leave this guy to me, go take care of those small fries. Go wild, drum man!" says Palu while grinning.

Enel also grins and flashes to the crowd. Muto tries to stop Enel, but Palu stops him again.

"Sorry, but you need to stay here," says Palu.

"Hmph, you think you can defeat me, Sky man?" asks Muto.

"You will know when that happens," says Palu while smirking.

"Show it then," says Muto before swinging his katana at Palu from the side.

Palu blocks the katana with his Warhammer handle. Then he swings the head to Muto's body from above. Muto slides to the side and spins his body before swinging his katana again. Palu ducks and evades the katana, their battle has been started.

On another side, Enel is rampaging in the crowd. He shoots his lightning everywhere to hit the enemies. He doesn't need to worry about hitting his allies because they can dodge his lightning easily as they all have Observation Haki.

The remaining 4 Iron Shovels executives watch as their men get pummeled easily. But they aren't making any move and just stay in their place. They let the crooks get defeated to make The Clowns spend their energies.

The executives have understood The Clowns' strength now after watching the battles. They know The Clowns aren't easy opponents even though it hurt their pride to think like that.

Their opponents are rookies who haven't even gone to New World like them. But these rookies have shown that they are big threats to Iron Shovels who have become Big Mom's subordinate crew.

"It's frustrating, but we need to admit that these rookies are strong. They're even stronger than some crews in New World," says a tall & lanky man, which is an executive.

"Yeah, but they still lack the experiences that we have. Also, they shouldn't know about a power that can change everything," says a long-arm tribe man.

"Haki, huh? That will really be a game-changer," says a bald man who looks like a monk.

"Stop your talk, they're coming," says Nando, the Captain.

Cricket, Mantis, Enel, Manba, & Deon are walking to the executives. They've defeated all Iron Shovels' crooks. Now they just need to fight the executives like Palu & Jude who have started it earlier.

"Let's see how strong Big Mom's subordinate crew is," says Cricket while grinning and cracking his fingers.

"Don't get too full of yourself, rookies!" says Nando.

Both sides are getting ready to fight with each other. The war has started to get to its peak.

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