Chapter 333

"What should we do now? The Navy has already come to our door!" Buggy shouted hurriedly.

Crocodile exhaled a puff of smoke indifferently: "It doesn't matter. I won't stay here and be besieged by the Navy."

"Are you planning to run away?" Buggy was immediately anxious.

"Otherwise? Kizaru, Akainu, White Raven—three Admirals have all come. This is a force comparable to the Summit War. Do you think you can defeat them?"

Buggy's heart skipped a beat: "Three Admirals!!! The Navy really values the Cross Guild, huh?"

"Then what should we do?"

"Either surrender or die. You choose for yourself!"

Hearing Crocodile say this, Buggy felt his heart go cold.

No, he still had a fierce general under his command. With that thought, Buggy cast an expectant gaze toward Mihawk, who was standing to the side.

Perhaps unable to bear Buggy’s pitiful look, Mihawk sighed: "Buggy, it’s not that I want to pour cold water on you, but three Admirals are not something I can defeat alone. While we have many people, most of them are all show and no substance."

*Hoo~*

Buggy let out a long sigh of relief, feeling his body suddenly lighten. Since that was the case, he could proudly announce:

"Let us begin our magnificent escape!"

Buggy spread his limbs, puffing himself up Move Move Like a flag, his figure instantly towering dozens of meters high.

Perhaps this was what it meant to say the most cowardly words with the fiercest expression!

However, the next second.

"How terrifying~ To have a bounty on the Navy and still want to run away. Could it be that Mr. Buggy has some secret weapon?"

"He should have one. I saw in the intelligence reports that his Buggy-style special bombs are actually quite powerful."

Buggy: *WTF!*

How did they manage to sneak into my base so easily?

"Ahahaha (fake laugh), it’s been a while, Admiral Karl. Come to think of it, we haven't seen each other in two and a half years, right?" Buggy immediately lost his nerve.

"Don't try to get chummy with me, Buggy. Your act of putting a bounty on the Navy has crossed the Navy’s bottom line. Today, you either die here, or I send you to Impel Down. Choose one yourself!"

Buggy broke into a cold sweat, stammering for a long time without being able to say a word.

If he surrendered directly, he would lose face, but he was also afraid of dying. What was he to do?

"Desert Storm!"

*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~*

Crocodile raised his hand, and a pitch-black sandstorm rose before Buggy, blocking out the sky and the sun. The entire room was engulfed in the sandstorm, making it impossible to see anything.

"Let's go!" Crocodile grabbed Buggy and turned to leave.

"Want to run? It’s not that easy!"

Karl drew Raven and slashed toward the sandstorm. At the same time, a green flying slash also tore through the sandstorm, colliding with Karl’s golden sword Qi and kicking up a terrifying shockwave.

"You choose to oppose the Navy too, Mihawk? Or is it that you want to take back the throne of the World’s Greatest Swordsman from my hands?"

Mihawk said indifferently: "World’s Greatest Swordsman? Heh..."

Then there was no follow-up; several massive flying slashes were Mihawk’s only response.

"Admiral Huang Yuan, I’ll leave Mihawk to you. I’m going after Buggy."

*Swish~*

Huang Yuan: ......

To think Karl snatched the lead! It infuriates me!

"Heavenly Cloud Sword!"

"Mihawk, let me experience the strength of the World’s Greatest Swordsman! Go easy on me, after all, I’m not a professional swordsman!"

Mihawk glanced at Huang Yuan, feeling a sense of relief in his heart. Today, there should be a chance to escape...

"Ahhhhh! Crocodile, don't choke my neck, I can fly!"

"You fly too slowly. I really don't know how those idiots thought your strength was unfathomable. What exactly did you learn on Roger’s ship? Shanks is a genuine Emperor of the Sea, but you..."

"Don't mention him! If it weren't for that damn Red-Haired, I would have found the legendary treasure long ago!"

*Swish~* A golden light flashed.

"Hey, where are you two going?"

Crocodile looked at Karl, who had suddenly appeared in front of them, and curled his lip: "Tch, what a troublesome guy."

"Hand over Buggy, and I can arrange for you to be roommates in Impel Down. How about it? I’m quite familiar with Magellan, you know!"

"Hmph, I don't want to go back to that hellhole!" Crocodile whipped his right arm, and a giant treasure sword made of sand swept toward Karl’s waist, a faint black luster visible on the blade.

*Clang!*

Karl reached out and gripped the blade: "Yo, Armament Haki, you’ve improved, Mr. Sand Crocodile. It seems you haven't been idle these past two years! However, the intensity of your Armament Haki still needs improvement."

With a slight exertion of force, Crocodile’s Desert Diamond Treasure Sword turned into a pile of sand, scattering into the air.

"What a monster..." Crocodile looked at Karl cautiously. Two years ago, he had been rubbed into the ground by Karl, and it was likely the same now. *Tch*, should I sell out Buggy?

Looking back, Buggy had long since vanished!

Crocodile: So, I was the clown all along.

"Sorry, no time to play with you, Mr. Sand Crocodile. If you want to find Buggy, just meet him in Impel Down."

"You think... *Pfft!*"

Crocodile spat out a mist of blood. Before he could react, a Seastone spike pierced his shoulder blade. The old sand-man felt his body go soft, unable to believe he had been defeated so quickly.

Back in the day, he walked with his hands in his pockets, not knowing what an opponent was, and then he was taught a lesson by Whitebeard. But he had still exchanged a few blows with Whitebeard and had even stubbornly refused to become his son.

Look at now; Karl aside, he had even lost to Straw Hat Luffy two years ago...

The times have changed...

In the old sand-man’s pupils, Karl’s fist grew larger and larger, and then he lost consciousness completely, his eyes rolling back.

"Next, it’s Buggy."

What is certain is that Buggy’s strength is indeed nothing to write home about, otherwise he wouldn't be fleeing in such a panic. But his luck is truly good; if nothing else, the fact that Mihawk and Crocodile would both rush to cover his retreat is something an ordinary person could never achieve.

*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~*

"Damn Navy! It was so hard for me to become the President of the Cross Guild, and now *****"

Buggy was flying desperately through the air, cursing. With his ability, he could originally only fly a little bit, but with this robe, he could carry his feet and fly, which looked intimidating. But as for the speed?

"Hey, Big Red Nose, why did you leave without saying hello? In a rush to eat?"

"Ah!"

Buggy performed an emergency air-brake, staring blankly at Karl in front of him, and the unconscious Crocodile in his hand.

How could he be this fast? Crocodile is at least a great pirate with a bounty of over a billion, and a Logia user at that. How... wait, what did this bastard Karl just say?

"What did you just call me? Big Red Nose? Damn it! I hate it most when people call me Big Red Nose! Don't think I’m afraid of you just because you’re a Navy Hero!"

Karl smiled slightly: "Oh? I couldn't tell you had such backbone! Then... Big Red Nose, what are you going to do to me?"

Buggy: "I, I, I’m going to..."

Buggy’s chest heaved, his eyes bloodshot as he glared viciously at Karl.

"I surrender!!!"