Chapter 87

"You're going to blow us all away?"

"Just because of you?"

"Don't make me die laughing!"

"Little brat, do you even know who exactly you're facing at this very moment?"

"You're facing Lord Buggy!"

"The fearsome Great Pirate of the Grand Line!"

"In front of this great lord, you little brat still dare to talk big? Absolutely ridiculous!"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Buggy burst into uproarious laughter.

His peals of wild laughter shattered the eerily silent atmosphere.

In an instant,

it also ignited the mood of the hundred-plus pirates present.

Originally, those hundred-plus pirates had already been intimidated by Lu En.

But, as Buggy's wild laughter rang out in all directions,

suddenly,

the fear in the hearts of those hundred-plus pirates was quickly suppressed by every one of them.

"Have to say, this little brat does have some guts."

"Facing Boss Buggy head-on, he still dares to spout such brazen nonsense. That kind of courage—something even we don't possess at all."

"But, what does that prove? It only proves that this little brat simply doesn't understand how powerful and terrifying Boss Buggy is."

"Otherwise, the moment he faced Boss Buggy, this little brat would've probably wet himself."

"..."

A group of pirates jeered and mocked.

"Boss Buggy, kill him!"

"Kill this arrogant little brat!"

A blue-haired man stood behind Buggy, shouting excitedly at the top of his lungs.

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

Immediately after,

every pirate present roared and bellowed in unison.

For a moment,

the atmosphere was completely roused!

"Hear that?"

"They're all telling me to..."

"Kill you!"

"But, this great lord has given it some thought~."

"Considering you just called this great lord Red Nose, I've decided—I absolutely cannot let you die so easily."

"Anyone who dares call this great lord Red Nose, this great lord will never let them off lightly. And you—today, I will definitely tear you apart limb from limb while you're still alive!"

"Only this way can it dispel the fury in my heart right now."

Buggy let out a cold laugh, his eyes icy as he stared at Lu En, making no attempt to hide the killing intent in his words.

Buggy's nature is extremely brutal, violent, bloodthirsty...

For the weak,

Buggy is a thorough and complete villain!

A tyrant!

A Great Pirate who commits every evil deed imaginable!

A vicious pirate whose hands are stained with countless innocent lives!

Precisely because of this,

although Buggy's strength isn't extremely powerful, here in the East Sea he is notorious, his fame far surpassing that of the vast majority of Great Pirates, making countless common folk of the East Sea tremble at the mere mention of his name.

It is precisely because of Buggy's cruelty, viciousness, and brutality...

that this very nature

has made Buggy's infamy utterly illustrious!

Even when the Marines mobilize, they find it hard to capture Buggy and throw him in prison.

After all.

Buggy's strength is no pushover.

Moreover...

he's a Devil Fruit user!

A Paramecia-type Bara Bara no Mi Devil Fruit user!

Any Devil Fruit user—no matter how much their ability has accumulated—their own strength is absolutely not weak.

Furthermore,

Buggy has spent years in the East Sea and never recklessly intruded into the Grand Line, so naturally he wouldn't trigger a kill-on-sight Marine manhunt.

It is precisely all of the above reasons

that led to...

Buggy's notorious reputation was well-known,

yet over the years, no Marine had been able to capture him.

It allowed Buggy to remain at large, committing every evil, doing all manner of wickedness.

As a constant stream of noisy chatter from a group of pirates reached his ears…

Chirp chirp, chatter chatter,

just like birds calling.

Like hundreds or thousands of sparrows shrieking and buzzing by his ear.

It made Lu En's mood feel extremely irritated.

"So damn noisy!"

With an expressionless face and an indifferent gaze, he stared at the group of chattering pirates not far away and let out a loud bellow.

Once he entered battle mode…

Lu En discovered

his temper would become especially volatile!

Moreover…

he was very easily provoked!

In his view, this might well be the change in temperament brought about by this muscular body.

Regarding this,

he did not find it disagreeable.

On the contrary,

he took delight in it.

"A bunch of ants…"

"Dare to chirp and chatter before me?"

"Simply too noisy!"

"Who gave you the nerve to yap back and forth in front of me?"

Lu En's gaze swept across the entire scene.

In an instant,

over a hundred viciously evil pirates — not a single one dared meet his eyes; all of them flinched from his gaze, dodging away, not daring to look him straight on.

"Brat, you still dare act so arrogant on this lord's turf?"

"You've got some nerve!"

"Next…"