"Nami, you are my nakama!" Luffy shouted from atop the ruins of the park.
Nami, wearing a Straw Hat, wept uncontrollably; he had truly done it.
This guy had personally defeated Arlong and saved the village.
Luffy then gave Navy Colonel Nezumi a good beating and made him return the treasures Nami had painstakingly stolen.
Afterward, this Marine never dared to exploit Nami's hometown again; a small Navy Colonel from a military family couldn't afford to offend them.
The Straw Hat's Navigator officially joined the Pirate Crew, while a red-nosed figure was waiting in Loguetown, biding his time for the future Pirate King's arrival.
Buggy the Clown, defeated by Luffy, had just managed to retrieve his body.
He then teamed up with Alvida, preparing a big surprise for the rookie who had just set sail.
Alvida had already eaten the Sube Sube no Mi and was no longer the fat tank she once was, but a stunning beauty.
As Luffy's first enemy after setting sail, she was defeated, and women hold grudges, so she immediately agreed to join the Buggy Pirates.
"I'm going to kill that Straw Hat!"
"I hate seeing that hat; how could Shanks give such an important hat to a brat?" Buggy didn't mention that the hat was related to Red-Haired Shanks.
If he killed Luffy, that Straw Hat would belong to him.
Mohji, clad in white fur, had his mouth full of meat.
"Captain, your plan is perfect; Straw Hat Luffy won't be able to escape then."
Cabaji, riding his unicycle, was chugging a barrel of sake, wanting revenge on Zoro.
He believed his swordsmanship was no worse than Zoro's.
"I must defeat that green-haired man!"
"Captain Buggy is also a Devil Fruit Ability User.
Do you think you'll make it to tenmu?
I'm really looking forward to that day," Alvida said casually.
She knew Buggy the Clown's true capabilities; bullying weaker Pirate Crews in the East Blue was all he was good for.
"Don't joke, Alvida.
Captain isn't relying on his Devil Fruit to win; he relies on his clever mind," Mohji offered his answer.
Buggy the Clown's use of the Bara Bara no Mi was truly unsatisfactory.
After his body split, his feet had to remain on the ground, while other parts could split for combat.
If they went beyond a certain range, he couldn't control them, which was a significant weakness.
A Paramecia-type Devil Fruit Ability User still had to rely on external objects to fight.
"Mohji is right; those who fight with Devil Fruit are reckless.
To defeat enemies, one must use a clever mind," Buggy the Clown had already thought out his plan.
He would lure Straw Hat Luffy to the execution platform and personally execute Red Hair's successor.
Richie the lion was eating meat in the corner.
He had become somewhat spoiled by the Buggy Pirates.
After being defeated by the Straw Hat, he spent his days eating and drinking, his fighting spirit becoming particularly decadent, and he had devolved into a pet.
"Little ones, raise your glasses; we will soon welcome our enemy!"
"Long live the Captain!"
"The Captain is invincible!"
These drunken subordinates kept praising Buggy the Clown, making pride swell in his heart.
With such a group of loyal subordinates, the path to finding treasure in the future would surely be easy and smooth.
After executing Luffy, he planned to leave the East Blue and search for Captain John's hidden treasure.
Becoming the Pirate King was something this man had no interest in.
Suddenly, it became noisy outside.
Buggy the Clown sent a sober subordinate out to check.
Soon, this plump subordinate stumbled back in, his face showing extreme shock.
"tenmu, the tenmu screen has appeared, tenmu..."
Buggy the Clown looked at his stammering subordinate.
After drinking, he was even more annoyed.
He activated his Bara Bara no Mi, and one hand flew out, grabbing the subordinate's collar and pulling him close.
"What scared you so much?
Quickly, tell me what you saw!"
"Captain Buggy, tenmu is about you!
You're on the tenmu list!
Your magnificent image is hanging high up there!"
Cabaji: "Ah?"
Mohji: "Ah?"
All of the Buggy Pirates: "Ah?"
Alvida even spat out a mouthful of sake...
At the Marine branch stationed in Loguetown, Navy Colonel Smoker held the latest wanted poster.
An extraordinary Pirate had appeared in the East Blue, with a first bounty of 30,000,000 Berries.
"Are new Pirates this outrageous now?
Is this Straw Hat worth 30,000,000 Berries?"
Tashigi stood by and reported, "It's the wanted poster issued by Navy Colonel Nezumi.
He was badly beaten by the Straw Hat and is still recovering in the base."
"I will personally capture him then.
Such a promising Pirate must not be allowed to enter the Grand Line," Smoker picked up his cigar with his fingers, the lit end touching the wanted poster, and the entire poster burned in his hand.
Smoker, a Natural Devil Fruit Ability User of the Moku Moku no Mi, came to the East Blue to guard Loguetown.
For small and medium-sized Pirate Crews, he was a dimensional reduction strike.
No one here could use Haki, so they couldn't harm him in the slightest.
Any Pirate who dared to cause trouble in Loguetown was sent to prison by him.
Nami went to a clothing store in Loguetown and could hear the owner praising Navy Colonel Smoker.
Before this monster arrived, Loguetown was plagued by Pirates.
Only after a true hero came was Loguetown's public order rectified.
Ippon-Matsu, the owner of the Loguetown weapon shop, even poured out his grievances to Tashigi.
Ever since that monster made the town isolated from the world, his business had plummeted, and he was very unlucky.
Before, many Pirates frequented his business, but now fewer and fewer Pirates set sail from the East Blue, and it was all Navy Colonel Smoker's fault.
A Marine soldier burst into Smoker's office, shouting, "Navy Colonel Smoker, tenmu has a screen!
Please go see it!
The person on the list is a Pirate!"
Ever since tenmu appeared in the East Blue, Navy Colonel Smoker had tried various methods.
First, he bombarded it with cannons, then attacked it with smoke, and finally even used Sea Stone, but he couldn't inflict any damage on tenmu.
This severely threatened the Marine's rule, and this man was frustrated for the first time.
At this time, Smoker was still quite arrogant, unlike in the later parts of the manga.
Although his promotion speed was like a rocket, he repeatedly suffered setbacks in terms of achievements, not even counting as a combat unit, becoming a pathetic marginalized figure.
As the first Natural Devil Fruit Ability User to appear, his initial presentation could be said to be top-notch.
Fans universally believed that it was because he appeared too early that he suffered unfair treatment from the Pirate King manga author, just like Eneru, the Goro Goro no Mi Ability User.
The plot was difficult to continue, and the spotlight in the Marine was taken by the deserter king, making it truly regrettable that he didn't receive the title of hero.
"Tashigi, let's go see what this future holds."
"Understood, Navy Colonel Smoker."
This future good duo walked out of the Marine office and looked up at tenmu, which stretched from the sky to the Sea.
The Marine soldier's report was correct; the image of a Pirate had appeared, and it was a Pirate from the East Blue.
Looking at tenmu, with that iconic red nose, Smoker would recognize him even if he turned to ash.
But why was it Buggy the Clown?
That cowardly and greedy Pirate, could he really become a powerful figure on the Sea in the future, capable of summoning wind and rain?
He suspected that tenmu was deliberately misleading everyone...