Chapter 152: Celestial Dragon Bloodline!

The reward pointer stopped on a thumb-width prize labeled 【Celestial Dragon Bloodline】.

The crowd, eyes full of anticipation and wanting to witness the reward, suddenly wore strange expressions.

"Congratulations, the value of the Celestial Dragon Bloodline is not low; it holds supreme special rights in the Pirate World."

Fang Yi wore a smile, politely offering his congratulations to Buggy.

This item would be a piece of shit outside the Pirate World, but in the Pirate World, it is a priceless treasure.

As the light beam shone upon him, Buggy's appearance and attire changed rapidly.

His blue hair stood up, his clown suit transformed into a white coat resembling a space suit, and he wore a transparent bubble helmet on his head.

Even the Buggy Pirates' ship, aside from its iconic skull flag, unexpectedly displayed the World Government's emblem on its sails.

Finally,

there was a very eye-catching golden Den Den Mushi, a tool capable of authorizing Marine Headquarters to launch an indiscriminate, destructive attack on the signaled area, completely wiping out the enemy.

Buster Call.

Under the gaze of the crowd, Buggy's expression was somewhat comical.

From his initial anticipation to the bewilderment of not having reacted, and finally to fear, his emotional transition was extremely smooth and fluid.

"Ce-ce-ce... Celestial Dragon!"

Buggy's eyes bulged out of their sockets, his mouth wide enough to fit a Devil Fruit; shock and panic made him start to stutter.

Anyone in the Pirate World might not be familiar with the Four Emperors and Marine Admirals, but they absolutely must know the World Nobles, the supreme rulers of the World Government: the Celestial Dragons.

Residing in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, they are the descendants of the creators.

They can command Marine Admirals at will, and once offended, an entire country must be buried along with them.

And now...

Buggy, under the gaze of countless Image Den Den Mushi, was wearing the Celestial Dragon outfit, even his hairstyle perfectly matching.

And he had been rewarded with the 【Celestial Dragon Bloodline】.

This was a very clumsy imitation.

Buggy could even imagine that once this matter spread, he would be wanted by the World Government and become the pirate with the highest bounty on this sea.

"Captain Buggy, Liji is a bit hungry, I'll take him to find some food."

Mohji was breaking out in a cold sweat, hurriedly covering his face to draw a line between himself and the Celestial Dragon-dressed Buggy.

The rest of the crew also scrambled into the ship's cabin, not daring to let the Image Den Den Mushi record their faces, fearing they would be implicated.

"This is the reward?"

The crowd looked at each other.

With the foreshadowing of the Contract Fruit's various magical abilities, they were all very expectant of the Lucky Roulette's reward, which was also their motivation for participating in this East Blue hunting event.

As a result... it was actually so comical as to reward something as ethereal as the 【Celestial Dragon Bloodline】?

By openly provoking the Celestial Dragons like this, is the game merchant not afraid of angering the World Government?

Some pirates stared at the man on the pitch-black tower with faces like they were watching a show.

The Marines at the various East Blue bases, including Smoker, all had a headache; while feeling it was absurd and comical, they also felt a sense of regret for having come.

Once an incident involves the Celestial Dragons, it becomes very troublesome.

No one wants to wade into muddy water.

Only Mihawk's gaze was full of suspicion; there was no feeling of watching a show, nor did he feel it was troublesome.

He was just thinking that there really was such an item as the Celestial Dragon Bloodline.

Tashigi, her face full of worry about being implicated, whispered, "Making a joke out of the Celestial Dragons, what a nasty and evil guy!"

"How dare he?!"

Arlong, the fish-man standing on the deck of the Arlong Pirates' ship, trembled involuntarily after seeing Buggy in the Celestial Dragon outfit.

He acted like a tyrant in the East Blue, but he had never forgotten the miserable state of Fish-Man Island, where fish-men were sold as slaves to the Celestial Dragons at will.

"Zoro, is a Celestial Dragon a fish? Can I eat it?"

Luffy picked his nose, having never heard of the Celestial Dragons at all.

Zoro was also full of bewilderment, only slowly piecing together the general information about the Celestial Dragons from the rustling discussions of the pirates around them.

Nami had heard of the Celestial Dragons, knowing only that they were World Nobles and should be very rich, but it was a pity she had never met one.

"Idiot, they said they are World Nobles; can you eat a noble?"

"Right, nobles are for stealing from, how can you eat them?"

Zoro explained to Luffy with wild gestures, and Nami nodded repeatedly in agreement beside him.

The nearby pirate ships silently moved away from the trio's small boat.

"Death, they should be executed!"

Dressrosa, the break room of the Artificial Devil Fruit factory.

Doflamingo let out an angry laugh.

He cared about his Celestial Dragon status as much as he was angry upon seeing the attire on Buggy the Clown.

Back then, he had killed his own biological father to regain his Celestial Dragon status, but he was still rejected by the World Nobles, the door to becoming a Celestial Dragon closed to him forever.

This was a thorn in his heart.

The more this was the case, the more supreme the Celestial Dragons were in his heart, and he could not tolerate anyone desecrating them in the slightest.

What happened in the East Blue was undoubtedly like tearing open his bloody wound, sprinkling a handful of salt on it, and then standing by and laughing nakedly.

"Unforgivable!"

Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

A spacious conference room.

Sengoku sat at the head of the long conference table, his face livid, and said, "To think that even a Celestial Dragon has been implicated; this is simply audacious."

On both sides sat the highest combat powers of the Navy.

The Marine Admiral codenamed Akainu, Sakazuki, slammed a fist onto the table, with a scorching heat faintly spreading to both sides.

The thick, hard tabletop was smashed with two pitch-black fist prints, still emitting smoke from being scorched.

"If the Celestial Dragons find out about this, the World Government will surely blame us for failing our duties in patrolling the Si Hai, allowing such a user of the Projection Fruit to openly provoke the authority of the World Nobles; our military budget will definitely be cut."

Sakazuki's anger was visible to the naked eye; he wished he could burn the culprit, the mysterious man on the pitch-black tower, into ashes.

"No way, perhaps it's because the World Nobles have gone too far recently, inciting public anger?"

Aokiji lay lazily on the table, not even removing his sleep mask, and said in a languid voice.

"Shut up, do not discuss the World Nobles recklessly!"

Vice Admiral Tsuru, whose hair was gray but who did not look aged, with a wise and calm gaze, softly reprimanded him.

Although she was aware of Aokiji's attitude toward those Celestial Dragons, the consequences of saying it in private versus during a meeting were completely different.

"What a scary guy... to actually dare to imitate the attire of the World Nobles, truly scary..."

Marine Admiral Kizaru, wearing sunglasses, sighed in a strange tone.

At other times, he was always feigning weakness.

But this sentence was true; the mysterious man who dared to provoke the World Nobles was truly enough to make him feel scared.

Admiral candidates Tokikake and Gion, as well as the numerous Vice Admirals, did not even have the thought of interjecting; involving sensitive topics like the Celestial Dragons meant any wrong word would lead to being targeted.

Akainu said with a ruthless expression, "I propose we capture the game merchant and hand them over to the World Government."

(End of this chapter)