Transcended as Lord Buggy

Chapter 173: Knock-Up Stream

"What should we do, Captain?" asks Cricket.

"Ignore them, let's just get inside the whirlpool. They can follow us if they want," says Buggy.

The crew sighs and follows Buggy's order. There are dangers on both sides, so they choose the one that they've prepared for. They move fast and enter the giant whirlpool even though they are afraid, most of them.

Most of the crew members are scared, some are calm, and some are excited. The Marines who chase them have a different thought. They are confused about why the Clowns are entering the giant whirlpool.

"Vice Admiral, the Black Pearl is entering the giant whirlpool," says the Marine scout.

"It seems they are desperate to run away from us," says a Marine Captain.

"It's very unlikely. We are talking about Clown Pirates here. They've defeated Vice Admiral Borsalino's unit. There's no way they are desperate to run away from us, especially after they have a new and bigger ship now. They must be too prideful to run away like cowards," says Rear Admiral Yamakaji.

"Then why do they enter the whirlpool? Also, their ship is very strange, it has a pair of wings," says the Marine Captain.

"How could I know what they are thinking, I'm not a pirate like them. Even pirates won't know what they are thinking. But I agree that their ship is strange. What should we do, Sakazuki-san?" says Yamakaji.

"We chase them. They won't be able to run anywhere," says Sakazuki firmly.

"You heard him," says Yamakaji to the Marine Captain.

The Marine unit keeps moving toward the whirlpool to chase the Clowns. They are tasked to capture the Clowns after knowing that the crew was on Jaya. The Marine is worried about the Clowns' unusual activity on the first and second islands of Grandline, so they are trying to catch the crew.

Sakazuki's unit was on their way back to Marineford and close with this location, so they gets ordered to do the mission. The HQ knows that only someone at Sakazuki's level or above can take care of Buggy because he has defeated Kizaru.

As the Marine ship gets closer, the sky also gets darkened. The Black Pearl has reached the whirlpool's very calm bottom. There's no wave at all here, but they are surrounded by the spinning water. The ship has its sails furled so they won't move anywhere.

"T-This silence makes this scarier," says Jude while holding Buggy's clothes scaredly.

"Then, we need to remove the silence," says Brook as he plays his new guitar.

[We entered a giant whirlpool and silence comes

We don't know what awaits us and it scares us

The water surrounds us as if we will get sunk]

*BONK*

Mantis suddenly hits him with her staff and stops his made-up song. Brook sings that with eerie music and an eerie voice. It makes the scared ones get even more scared and they are trembling hard.

"Don't scare them for your entertainment," says Mantis.

"T-Then, maybe I can see-" says Brook before he gets hit again.

"See your own panties," says Mantis as she leaves Brook who lays on the floor with 2 big bumps on his head.

Everyone sweatdrops seeing Brook still tried to see Mantis's panties even after being hit. The comedic show has relieved their fear a little now. But then their ship shakes as the water starts to move. It makes them scared again, but Buggy's order forces them to move.

"GET READY ON YOUR POSITIONS! HOLD ONTO THE SHIP IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FALL! PALU, WATCH THE WINGS!" shouts Buggy to his crew.

They all move immediately to their positions and hold onto the ship tightly. The water gets more active and their ship shakes harder. Then suddenly the water starts to rise and lift their ship.

The Marine battleship also finally reaches the whirlpool and is just about to enter it. But then the whirlpool stops spinning and big waves appear. It shakes the Marine battleship violently, but they still move forward.

*BOOM*

The seawater suddenly shoots up very strongly in front of the Marine ship, the Knock-up Stream has appeared. It makes their ship flip because their front side gets pushed by it. Such an unfortunate fate for the Marine unit that tries to chase the Clowns.

The Clowns themselves are now riding the Knock-up Stream. They are flying up following the stream at high speed. Everyone in the crew is amazed by this and they all are cheering now while holding onto the ship.

"See? We are flying to the sky," says Buggy while smiling excitedly.

"You should've just told us about this," says Cricket.

"Then you won't be as excited as now. But this hasn't finished yet. SPREAD THE SAILS!" orders Buggy.

"Huh? Why?" asks Palu.

"Ah! This is also a sea, we are sailing on a vertical sea. If we don't spread the sails, then we won't be able to keep moving forward. That means we will fall," says Jude.

"That's right. Now move if you want to live! Brook, play the music," says Buggy.

"Roger that," replies Brook.

The crew widens their eyes and immediately moves to spread the sails. Brook and the 2 girls in his team also start to play the music. They play One Piece's first opening song, We Are.

[Arittakeno yume o kakiatsume

sagashi mono sagashini yuku no sa ONE PIECE]

The crew also sings happily because they've heard this song many times and know it really well. It really lifts their spirit and they are very excited to see the Sky Island now. They've forgotten their previous fear and anticipating their new journey.

But some people are unhappy, especially because their ship is flipped. The Marines are looking at the flying Clowns that move up very fast with bitter expressions. Sakazuki is very angry right now because he feels like being played by the sea and Clowns.

"Damn you, Clown Pirates! I won't forgive you," says Sakazuki as he shoots a lot of Magma Punches toward the Black Pearl.

Sakazuki's attacks fly fast, but the Black Pearl moves faster. So they just hit the water and get cooled down immediately, turning them into rocks. It frustrated Sakazuki, but he really can't do anything now except curse the Clowns.

The Clowns sees it and smirks before they laugh loudly. Magnus laughs even louder as if he is using a giant speaker and his voice can be heard by the Marines below. It makes the Marines even more frustrated than they already are.

Some minutes later, the Clowns finally reach the cloud and pass it. They keep moving up until they reach 10 km above sea level. They land on the White Sea of clouds where everything around them is white.

This is the lower level of Skypiea, the very same spot where Straw Hats & Roger Pirates landed. It looks completely the same as Birka's lower level. Everything around them is white clouds and some big fish live in it.

Buggy grins as he stands on the front railing and says, "Finally I'm here, Skypiea."

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