Chapter 16: Befriending Bucky
"Mr. Zoro, our Captain Bucky is in the town ahead. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Bucky's three men hurriedly said, fearing that Zoro would be dissatisfied and slaughter the three of them.
There was a pirate ship flying the flag of the Bucky Pirates on the shore of an island town not far ahead, and in order to prevent the three pirates in front of him from warning their companions on the island, William knocked the three of them out and tied them up.
"What a quiet town!" said William, tweaking his cap. The three of them docked two small boats in the coastal harbor, but they didn't find anyone, were they too lax or too confident?
"It is said that Bucky is also a Devil Fruit ability, but I don't know what ability!" William reminded after boarding the port. However, he concealed Bucky's abilities, and in the future, the Great Voyage would encounter many unknown fruit abilities, so it was up to them to discover the abilities and weaknesses of these fruits.
"Capable again?" Zoro was no longer surprised by this, anyway, in his eyes, as long as he was an enemy, he could cut it mercilessly.
"Another monster!" Nami said, patting her forehead, but she was almost used to the presence of Devil Fruit powers.
"Then let's split up. I'm going to steal the treasure!" Nami said, she wouldn't do it with someone else's hands, and she would even abandon it if necessary
"Then I'll go find that Bucky fight!" Zoro said expectantly.
"It seems that I can only get Luffy back!" William said helplessly, but he didn't want to expose himself in a crowded place.
"Then it's decided!" After saying that, Nami slipped away, and the three of them in Nami were just free bodyguards, and she was still very resistant to pirates in her heart.
Although the three of them acted separately, the targets of all three were the base camp of the Bucky Pirates. Not only is there the treasure Nami wants, but there are also the people Zoro wants to fight with, and maybe their second cargo captain will also appear there.
"Who is it?, who dares to trespass on the camp of the Bucky Pirates?" shouted Kabaji, the chief of staff of the Bucky Pirates and the first swordsman, with his men surrounding William of unknown origin.
William didn't expect that Sauron, who was running in front of them, hadn't arrived at the Baky Pirates camp yet, and it seemed that Luffy was no longer here looking at this formation. At this time, William suddenly remembered that Nami in the original book only met Luffy at this time, and because of his own reasons, the plot had changed.
"My name is William, and I'm a pirate. William habitually lowered the brim of his hat and said, "I'm here to visit the famous Captain Bucky." ”
William didn't want to fight with the Bucky Pirates, but Nami seemed to have infiltrated the Bucky base camp, and if she didn't attract the attention of the Bucky Pirates, Nami would be in danger.
"Captain Bucky?" Kabaji didn't easily believe what William said, but was more vigilant, especially when William just lowered the brim of his hat, which made Kabaji mistake him for a bounty hunter or something.
"Who's looking for me?" said the red-nosed pirate dressed as a clown sitting behind Kabaji.
"Joker" Bucky?
When William saw the big red nose, he recognized that the person sitting there must be Bucky, who was even more domineering than he imagined, worthy of being once in One Piece Gore? D. Roger was a trainee pirate on the ship, and I don't know why he was hiding here in the East China Sea.
"You must be Captain Bucky, right? In order to buy Nami time, William actually slapped his ass. In fact, Bucky and Luffy are comic beings in William's eyes, and it will definitely be very lively if Bucky joins the Straw Hats, but the grudge between Bucky and Shanks is destined to be impossible.
"You say you're a pirate, do you want to join the Bucky Pirates?" Hearing William's praise, Bucky's heart was naturally a little proud.
"I'm sorry, I'm afraid my captain doesn't agree with this. "William didn't deliberately deceive Bucky and them this time, and Luffy couldn't have given up any of his partners.
"If you don't agree, then let him join us!" Bucky didn't mind having a few more of his subordinates, and he actually had a little more affection when he looked at William, which was entirely due to William's "affection".
"Haha, that's right, let's all join in!" Bucky's men shouted as well, as if they were looking forward to a new joining.
"Well, but I've just been separated from my captain, and if I can get him back, I'll persuade him to join. "Actually, William's purpose is to cover for Nami and ask Bucky to help find Luffy back, and as for Zoro, that road idiot should find a way to find here.
"What are his characteristics?" asked Kabaji, as chief of staff, he knew that Bucky was already deliberately trying to win over the young man in front of him.
"He was wearing a straw hat and had scars around his eyes. William briefly explained Luffy's characteristics.
"What? The Bucky Pirates rushed to find someone for me. After hearing William's description, Bucky actually bounced off his chair and was very excited.
Bucky's men mistakenly thought they were Captain Bucky's old acquaintances, and immediately rushed out to find someone. But only William here knows why Bucky reacted this way, whether the old acquaintance was good, or the old acquaintance who had a very bad relationship.
You must know that Bucky doesn't know Luffy now, but the characteristics that William just mentioned are very similar to the image of a certain sea thief in the Great Voyage, that is, "red-haired" Shanks.
The two were both trainee pirates on Roger's ship, and they successfully obtained two Devil Fruits when they fought other pirates. Bucky eats a fake Devil Fruit by stealing the dragon and phoenix, and is about to buy the real Devil Fruit, but Shanks is frightened and mistakenly eats the real Devil Fruit.
Bucky, who loves treasure, has never had anything to do with the treasure under the sea, and since then he has hated Shanks so much, and now after more than 20 years, Bucky hates nothing more than "straw hats" in addition to hating others mentioning his red nose the most.
"William, why do you want to follow that kind of person?" Although Bucky didn't know Luffy, in his eyes, anyone wearing a straw hat was not a "good person".
However, Bucky's words only made his subordinates misunderstand even more, thinking that Luffy was definitely an old acquaintance of Captain Bucky, but his character was not good.
William had no choice but to tell Luffy that he was rescued by Luffy in a shipwreck, and then he was forced to join by Luffy, although William did not discredit Luffy, but some plots were still modified.
"Come, little ones, I'm going to entertain William well. When Bucky heard what happened to William, he hurriedly shouted. In his eyes, William and his own experience can be said to be sympathetic, and they also encountered a bastard wearing a "straw hat" to be pitted.
"It's a pity I can't change jobs!" William said apologetically, picking up his glass. However, when I saw the food on the table, I couldn't help but eat it wildly.
"It doesn't matter, even if we are enemies tomorrow, we are friends today!" Bucky said proudly as he put one hand on William's shoulder and raised his glass with the other.
It is not common for him to meet someone who is so affectionate and so similar to himself, especially since this person is also his admirer. However, Bucky never imagined that he was completely fooled by William, in fact, in William's eyes, Bucky and Luffy were both idiots of the same level.
"It's really Captain Bucky, and it's really a hero among people!"
"Captain, no, there's an intruder!" Suddenly there was a sound of fighting outside Bucky's base camp, and then two familiar figures gradually appeared in front of everyone.
"William, why are you here?" asked Nami?" Zoro asked, glancing around.
"Three knives, you're the pirate hunter Zoro!" Kabaji, the acrobat and chief of staff of the Bucky Pirates, reached out and stopped Zoro and Luffy.
"It's your captain who wears a straw hat?" No, it's the original captain!" Bucky asked with a sneer after seeing Luffy's straw hat and suppressing the anger in his heart.
William didn't return to Sauron's words, nor did he return to Bucky's words, because looking at this position, the Straw Hats and Bucky were bound to go to war.
"Ronoah Zoro, are you here to take my head?" asked Bucky, ignoring Luffy, as he turned to Zoro.
"I'm not interested, I'm no longer a pirate hunter!" Zoro replied indifferently, his tone clearly not taking Bucky seriously.
"But I'm interested in you, and if I kill you, I'll be even more famous. Bucky said, fiddling with the knife in his hand, apparently not taking Zoro seriously.