Transcended as Lord Buggy

Chapter 57: 99 Mountains

Buggy climbs the next mountains without any serious problem except time. The increased weights have slowed him down significantly since the 6th day with more than 600 kg. His climbing time keeps getting slower, so he climbs earlier each day.

Then when the added weight reach 1000 kg, the game changed. It becomes very hard to even lift the weight. But Buggy needs to climb with the weight.

It is still doable because Buggy still can lift 1000 kg weight. But the problem is the holding place when he climbs. He can't even start to climb because the rock that Buggy use as a holding broke.

The rock can't hold the 1000 kg weight that obviously has been tampered with. The weight should be 1000 kg, but it weighs 1080 kg now. Buggy doesn't realize it because the weight got tampered with slowly.

Now Buggy is trying to find a way to climb. He walks around to find a good spot with strong rocks to climb. He doesn't find any, but he gets an idea.

'If I can't find it, I will make it,' thinks Buggy while grinning.

Buggy takes his twin Kopis swords and holds them in reverse. He covers them with haki and stabs them to the rock cliff and climbs it. As for his feet, Buggy also covers them with haki and he kicks his toes to the rock and makes holes for a foothold.

Buggy can climb easier now with strong places to hold. Even with a heavier weight, he can climb easier than before because he has solid holding places. With strong holding, Buggy can exert more power on each step.

Buggy's pace increases and it surprises the audience. They thought he won't be able to climb this one, but he can climb faster instead. Chinjao also gets surprised, but for another reason.

'That brat, he can use haki?!' Chinjao widen his eyes.

It's very unusual for a pirate in Blues to know haki. But Buggy doesn't just know it, he can use it. His haki mastery is also quite high because he has learned it for almost 2 years. He also often uses it in battle, so his haki is quite strong.

Now Chinjao really wants to recruit Buggy. To be able to use haki at his age means that Buggy has high potential. But not everyone can know and learn haki.

'Did he come from Grandline, or have a teacher from there? Doesn't matter, I will still get him to be my underling. Such youth with great potential shouldn't be wasted. I'll strengthen my group and get my revenge on Garp,' thinks Chinjao.

Everyone watched as Buggy climb the last mountain of this day. This is the 9th day, 4 days more to finish this challenge. But with this new method to climb, Buggy is sure that he can climb easier.

'I should've thought of this since the beginning. But the normal method is very good training for me. I can feel my rapid growth these days because of the climbing difficulty. It's not so bad I guess,' thinks Buggy.

Buggy finishes the last mountain in 2 hours. It is quite fast, considering he finished the 4th mountain in 3 hours. His time has started to return to normal.

The next day, Buggy can climb with his normal time again. He finishes his climbing in around 11 hours like usual. This makes the audience surprised because the weights that Buggy use are more than 1120 kg. But he can climb faster than when he used 900+ kg weight.

Some people thought that Buggy uses less weight. But when they know that Happo Navy is the one who prepares the weight, they can't complain. Happo Navy is a respectable force here, and people have great belief in them. So they won't doubt it again when Happo Navy was the one who prepare the weight.

The day after that, Buggy can also climb without a hitch. He start with 1220 kg, based on the agreement. But of course, it has been tampered with and become 1350 kg by now. It is 130 kg more than the agreement.

It should be the weight for tomorrow, but it has become today's first weight. Even so, Buggy can climb with it and finish the first mountain. He can finish the next mountain with 1375 kg, which has 135 kg addition from the agreement.

Buggy can climb all 5 mountains today even with all those additional weights. It's just that his time result is really slow today. He finished climbing in 18 hours because the cheat weights are getting heavier.

In the 5th mountain, the cheat weight has reached 200 kg more. So from the 1300 kg agreement weight, it became 1500 kg. It's even 100 kg heavier than the last weight in agreement, which is 1400 kg.

It's not only because of the weight. Buggy also has a little problem today. On the 4th mountain, he fall when he climbed 1/4 of the mountain. But he's fine and can climb again until he finished.

However, all those cheating has made Buggy grow faster. Instead of making Buggy fail, Chinjao's plan has made Buggy grow rapidly. He has helped Buggy with all those cheatings.

Chinjao clench his fists and grit his teeth seeing Buggy succeed on the 12th day. So tomorrow is the last day. Looking at today's result, the possibility for Buggy's success is high.

'I need to do something else. I've bet Hasshoken manual to him. With many people as witnesses, I can only give it to him or the citizens will not trust me again. If he can win tomorrow, then I will need to do something else' Chinjao plans something for the last day.

The next day, Buggy come to the first mountain alone at 1:30 AM. He has ordered his crew to prepare everything and get ready to leave. Even if he wins the challenge, he will need to leave Kano Country immediately.

Buggy knows Chinjao won't let him go that easily. Chinjao will save his face in front of the citizens by giving him Hasshoken manual. But after he leaves this island, Chinjao will try to get him forcefully.

Hasshoken is this country's secret martial art. So they won't give it to outsiders that easily. But they can't get back on their word and will give it to Buggy if he wins. However, after Buggy gets the manual, they can take it back forcefully.

Buggy prepares himself to climb the first mountain. He ties the rope on his body, but this rope feels different. It's very rough and it hurts his hands when he holds it.

Buggy look at the Happo Navy guys who act dumb with this. Buggy just smirks seeing their bad acting. He ignores them and ties the rope on his body, then climbs the first mountain of the day. This is the 95th mountain, with 4 more to go.

Buggy climb using his swords that he stabbed on the cliff again. For his feet, Buggy has a new pair of shoes that have sharp pointy tips like blades made of steel. Cricket has made this for Buggy to make his climb easier.

Buggy covers his swords and sharp shoes with haki. He also uses haki to cover his skin that gets in contact with the rope. It will prevent wounds & injuries caused by the rough rope.

As for the weight, it is 220 kg heavier than the agreement. It should be 1320, but it became 1540 kg. Chinjao has become bold enough to add that many weights for the last day. But Buggy still climbs with it without any protest.

Buggy finishes the 1st mountain in 3 hours. Then he finish the 2nd mountain in 3,5 hours. The 3rd mountain in 4 hours, the 4th mountain in 4,5 hours, and finally, the last mountain in 5 hours.

His total climbing time for the last day is 20 hours. He also needs 2 hours that day to rest, eat, drink, relax his muscles, etc. So his total time is 22 hours, very close to midnight because he starts at 1:30 AM and finishes at 11:30 pm.

The last weight that Buggy used on the 99th mountain is 1700 kg, 300 kg heavier than the deal. But Buggy still can finish it, so now his crew won't be Happo Navy's subordinate.

Buggy lay on the ground while panting hard now. "*pant pant* Finally, it's finished."

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