One Piece: Buggy's Uncharted Legend

Chapter 70: Battle Debriefing!

In December of Sea Circle year 1514, at the Holy Land Mary Geoise, the Five Elders, as the highest rulers of the World Government, were in the Decision Chamber, discussing various issues from the recent World Conference.

After each quadrennial World Conference, the Five Elders would hold such a discussion lasting about a week. The purpose was singular: to decide the World Government's focus of support for various powers in the great seas for the next four years, so as to ensure the World Government's influence and appeal across the seas.

However, this year was different from previous years. The meeting, which should have ended long ago, was still ongoing. There was only one reason: a man named Monkey D. Dragon.

The Five Elders wanted to formulate a plan that could completely contain this dangerous individual, but the world was too big, and there were too many people. After many discussions, the Five Elders had not been able to come up with a perfect solution.

Today was the Five Elders' final discussion on this issue. Regardless of whether they could come up with an effective policy, the Five Elders would put an end to this headache-inducing topic.

Just as the discussion began, before the Five Elders could even get to the main point, a man in a black suit hurried over.

None of them were weak. Although the man in the black suit was still some distance from the Decision Chamber, all five of them heard the hurried footsteps.

"Come in. What happened? Why the rush?" The bald man holding a sword asked the man in the black suit who had just arrived at the door.

"Something big has happened, Your Excellencies! Just now, news came from King Sarkozy IV of the North Blue. The kingdoms of Oba, Vonsale, and Sarkozy, all adjacent to the White Town, were attacked by a pirate crew called the 'Red Nose'. According to the message from Sarkozy IV, he has been forced to flee Sarkozy Kingdom, and he is now the only one left of the Sarkozy royal family. As for the royal families of Oba and Vonsale, although it hasn't been confirmed, according to news spread by the Red Nose Pirates, they have likely been completely wiped out. Now, Sarkozy IV is requesting aid from the World Government, hoping that you will dispatch sufficient military force to help him expel the Red Nose Pirates."

After the man in the black suit finished speaking, the faces of the Five Elders who heard the news instantly turned grim.

Damn it, we haven't even found a good way to deal with Monkey D. Dragon, and now a Red Nose Pirates crew has appeared. Are they determined not to let us have a good year?

"Have you found any specific intelligence on the Red Nose Pirates?" After a moment of thought, the elder with the three-pronged beard, standing ramrod straight in front of the sofa, asked the man in the black suit.

"Replying to Your Excellency, before I came, the esteemed members of CP0 had already obtained some intelligence on the Red Nose Pirates from Marine Headquarters. Combining that with the news from Sarkozy IV, the Red Nose Pirates were formed by the pirate Red-Nosed Buggy, a former apprentice on the Pirate King Roger's ship. Among the crew members, seven can be confirmed at present: a survivor of the White Town whose name is currently unknown; the Great Swordsman Dracule Mihawk; former Marine Rear Admiral Daz Bonez; former Marine intelligence analyst Paula; a user of some unknown Logia-type fruit named Betty; a user of an ability that can turn people into toys named Hancock; and finally, the former apprentice contemporary of Red-Haired Shanks, user of the Chop-Chop Fruit, the self-proclaimed Red-Nosed Buggy."

After hearing the intelligence about the Red Nose Pirates, the faces of the Five Elders, which were already grim, turned even blacker.

The captain was an apprentice from the Pirate King's ship. Among the members, aside from a few whose details were unknown, the rest were a former Warlord Great Swordsman and two Marine deserters.

And this wasn't even the full strength of the pirate crew. Looking at it this way, this crew could not be underestimated in the slightest!

"You may leave," the elder with the handlebar mustache waved his hand, dismissing the man in the black suit.

"What do you all think we should do?" the elder with the scarred forehead asked, resting his chin on his hands.

"Sarkozy IV is an important asset we support in the North Blue. He cannot die!" said the only blond, non-white-haired man among the Five Elders.

"Then who should we send to rescue him? The strength of the Red Nose Pirates is very tricky," the bald man holding the sword asked with a frown.

"Let the Marines handle it. It's too early for CP0 to make a move, as the full strength of the Red Nose Pirates has not yet been ascertained. Furthermore, there are two Marine deserters in the Red Nose Pirates; Sengoku should take responsibility. Have someone inform him and let him make the arrangements," the elder with the three-pronged beard said after some thought.

"Add one more thing. Tell him to take this incident seriously. Isn't Borsalino currently in the North Blue searching for some material Vegapunk needs? Have him put the Science Division's matters aside for now and rescue Sarkozy IV first."

After the elder with the full beard finished speaking, the others all nodded, indicating that the matter was settled.

Two days later, at the ruins of the White Town, all the members of the Red Nose Pirates, including the new member Hawkins, had arrived.

"Before we give chase, let's have a brief battle debriefing. Everyone, share your experiences from this mission," After speaking, Buggy first reviewed his battle in Oba Kingdom.

After Buggy finished his review, Mihawk also briefly described the battle process in Vonsale Kingdom.

After both of them had spoken, Hancock slowly began to talk about the battle process in Sarkozy Kingdom.

"As the first battle of the Red Nose Pirates, the unexpected situation in Sarkozy Kingdom was my fault. I didn't expect Sarkozy IV to be a user of Haki and the Slow-Slow Fruit. Therefore, there was an error in the tactical arrangement. This was my carelessness, for not paying enough attention to intelligence gathering. Otherwise, this situation would not have occurred." For the first battle not being a complete success, Buggy certainly would not push the responsibility onto Hancock, Betty, and Daz Bonez, but instead found the reason within himself.

"Captain, it's my fault. I was too careless. If I had been more careful, we wouldn't be delayed until now," Daz Bonez said with considerable guilt.

"Would being careful have helped? Just Sarkozy IV knowing Observation Haki and being a user of the Slow-Slow Fruit was not an easy problem to solve, not to mention he had several other ability users under him." Buggy's words were very realistic, with no intention of partiality towards Daz Bonez.

Perhaps Daz Bonez, who possessed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability and had mastered Haki, could not be considered weak, even though he was still a considerable distance from the top-tier powerhouses.

But Sarkozy IV, who knew Haki, was not weak either.

In the anime, Monkey D. Luffy, who had mastered Haki for less than two years, could dodge laser beams fired at close range as easily as drinking water. For Sarkozy IV, who had mastered Haki for who knows how long, dodging lightning falling from the sky was also effortless.

Daz Bonez, whose long-range attacks were ineffective, could only choose close combat, relying on the extremely strong paralyzing ability of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to deliver a fatal blow.

Well, if the smiling Lafitte hadn't been there to tie him down, there probably wouldn't have been any other suspense. But the actual situation was that insufficient intelligence gathering led to a tactical error.

Of course, Buggy didn't mind this. The pirate crew had just been formed, and the mutual understanding between the companions was still lacking. It was normal for any problem to arise. The purpose of Buggy holding this brief debriefing was singular: to deepen the impression of this mistake, to prevent the same mistake from happening next time.

(End of Chapter)