150 150. Sculpture
After leaving Enel on the ship, the Clowns explore the island. Enel will guard the ship, so there's no need to worry. They're sure he will be able to move and take off the bracelet after he gets used to it.
This is a medium-sized island that is named Kuno. It has a big town on it with the name of Yunani. By looking at the citizens & buildings here, Buggy gets reminded of Ancient Greece. This unique style has become a tourist attraction and this town's biggest source of income.
The Clowns split and go in groups or alone based on their purposes. Cricket goes with Mantis like usual. Ruff goes with Manba & Palu because he is the weakest and might be in danger if he goes alone. Deon goes alone to find information in Blackmarket.
Buggy wants to go alone, but Jude is following him and gets very clingy. He doesn't know why she suddenly acts like this now. But the others know that she felt insecure after Buggy dreamed about his beloved Bellemere.
He has tried to make Jude stop clinging to his arm, but she doesn't budge. So he let her be and just explores the town with her. It's not a problem if she just clings on his arm and doesn't act more extreme.
"Captain, do you think our bounties will raise?" asks Jude.
"Yeah, it will be strange if they don't raise it. Kizaru is one of the strongest Vice-Admiral who is also a candidate to be the next Admiral. Momonga & Dalmatian also can be Vice-Admiral in a few years, so their strengths are unquestionable. For us to defeat them has shown that we are a bigger threat than what they thought. So they'll surely raise our bounties," says Buggy.
"Hmm, will I get more than 100 million now?" asks Jude.
"I don't know. That's up to Marine officers, not me," says Buggy.
"Hehe, I want to get more than 100 million and get very famous," says Jude.
"Ooh, that means you are ready to be noticed by the Admirals, huh?" asks Buggy teasingly.
"Eh? A-Admirals?" asks Jude confusedly.
"Yeah, rookie pirates who get 100 million before entering New World are the superstars of their generation and called Supernova. The Marine & WG consider them as pirates with the greatest potential and become priorities to be obliterated. That means even Admirals will notice them and might even attack them personally," says Buggy.
"Y-You must be joking, right?" asks Jude nervously.
"You can check it for yourself later if you don't believe me. But we already have 4 Supernovas in our crew while many crews don't even have one. It makes us big threats for Marine and they put us as priorities above the others. The only crew beside us who has some Supernovas are Red Hair Pirates," says Buggy.
"Isn't that your friend's crew?" asks Jude to divert the topic from her.
"Yeah, Shanks and 3 of his crewmates already have more than 100 million on their heads, just like us. He has 489 million, Benn Beckman has 247 million, Yasopp has 186 million, and Lucky Roux has 145 million. I don't know if we will have higher bounties after this, but our last bounties are lower than them. So at least the Marine prioritized them more than us before," says Buggy.
"T-Then, we will be the first priority if our bounties surpassed them after this?" asks Jude.
"That's right," says Buggy while grinning.
Jude gets frightened and hugs his arm even tighter. It makes him feel 2 soft round things on his arm, which he likes. But he can control himself as he remembers about Bellemere and his dream some days ago.
'Sigh, it's been a year since I left her. I hope nothing goes wrong and she is fine now,' thinks Buggy.
Buggy & Jude walk around the town while buying some local specialties. They also buy & wear the local fashion style like other tourists. Buggy even pays a sculptor to sculpt him like a Greek God.
Luckily, he has a muscular body, so the sculpture will be good. The sculptor is also happy to sculpt him because his body proportion is good. He also has a unique nose and the artist likes it because no one else has it.
Jude is mesmerized by Buggy's pose that she hires a photographer to take many pictures of him as collections. He can't do anything about it even though he is disturbed because he needs to stay still.
After the sculptor finished the sculpture, Buggy tries to take the camera. He wants to destroy it but Jude protects the guy and he escapes. Buggy is pissed, but he let it be and just pays the sculptor before taking his sculpture back to their ship.
Enel is sweatdropping when Buggy returns with the sculpture. He doesn't understand why Buggy even wanted something like that. It's also just made of stone, not the shiny gold which Enel start to like a lot.
"Gold? Hah, not every beautiful thing needs to be made of gold. Your taste is too shallow, buddy," says Buggy.
"But it's still better than stone. This thing is too fragile," says Enel.
"That fragility is what makes it even more valuable. If it breaks, then nothing can be done anymore. But if a gold sculpture breaks, you just need to melt it and make a new one from the same material," says Buggy.
"Whatever, I still like gold more than stone," says Enel as he holds his new gold staff.
Enel make the gold staff after he fought the 2 Marine Captains who used seastone coated weapons. He can't get touched by such weapons, so he needs something to block it.
His choice fell on staff because he used it in the past. As for the material, he picked gold because he has started to like the shiny thing since seeing it for the first time.
It reminded Buggy that Enel also likes gold in the canon. He also can manipulate gold using his lightning's heat. But his current proficiency is too low to do that, so he asked Palu to make the staff for him.
"Hey, remember that gold staff is worth your pocket money for 5 months. So I don't want to hear you asking for money in the next 5 months. And wear the seastone bracelet again," says Buggy.
Enel grumbles before taking the seastone bracelet and wearing it again. He gets weakened and even needs his gold staff's help to stand. Buggy forces him to train while wearing the seastone bracelet to strengthen his basic power.
Soon, the others return, and surprisingly, Cricket & Palu have the same idea as Buggy. They also made sculptures of themselves and bring them back to the ship. Now, there are 3 marble sculptures on their ship.
"Heh, you two have a good taste of art," says Buggy.
"You too, Captain," says Palu.
"Yeah, but they just don't understand it," says Cricket while pointing at the others.
"Of course, we don't. Why'd you should show your naked upper body like that," says Mantis while pointing at the 3 sculptures.
"That's the beauty of these sculptures," says the trio at the same time.
The others are speechless to hear that and can only blink their eyes.
"This is ridiculous," says Deon who has just returned and seen the 3 sculptures there.
Buggy, Cricket, & Palu are startled by that and say, "This is art."
Everyone sighs hearing that and just let the 3 of them have what they want.
"Whatever, art is not for everyone. But I know these things are for everyone. I have our new bounties that were released 3 days ago," says Deon while putting some papers on the floor.
Everyone gathers around the papers and looks at them.
Buggy 'The Clown': 500 million
Montblanc 'Chestnut' Cricket: 275 million
'Black Hammer' Palu: 210 million
Mantis 'The Dancer': 130 million
'Ash Girl' Ariella Jude: 81 million
'Fatman' Manba: 69 million
Enel 'The Thunder': 65 million
'Rainbow Hair' Bunglon Deon: 57 million
Total: 1.387 billion
They got some good raises there, especially the trio who just have their sculptures made. This makes everyone happy, so they hold a party like usual. But now, their crew is being noticed by many big forces.
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