241 241. Buggy vs Oden

Before we start, I want to express my surprise at the new Yonko names that get announced in manga chapter 1053. It is late but WOW, I can't believe Oda makes Buggy an Emperor before me. He got me, LMFAO.

As I thought, my man Buggy is truly the best. The final enemy in One Piece isn't Shanks, Teach, Marine, World Government, or whoever it is. My man Buggy is the final enemy before Luffy can be the Pirate King.

Now we just need to wait for God Usopp to beat the crap out of Teach and take over Blackbeard's position as an Emperor. Then when Condoriano becomes the Fleet Admiral, it will be perfect. Well, let's stop this, I don't want to be a prick by giving too much spoiler to you guys.

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The preparations have been finished and now both Buggy & Oden have held their grass swords. They make a distance between them and get ready to fight. The referee is Yasuie and he starts the match immediately.

Both men rush at each other at high speed and they clash in the middle. As their haki-coated grass swords clash, a rumbling sound and lightning-like effect appear between them. It's the clash of C-Haki that also creates a shockwave that pushes everything away.

The audiences need to cover & defend themselves, especially the weaker ones. Only a few are fine and don't need to even take a step back. That's just how strong these 2 C-Haki users' clash is.

After staying in their positions for a while, Buggy & Oden finally move again. They start to clash with their swords like how swordsmen should be. Each of their swords clashes is strong enough to create a loud clashing sound and a weak shockwave.

They are also just using grasses that are coated with A-Haki. But the sound of their clashes is just like what gets produced when normal swords clash. The metal hitting metal sound spreads all over the beach and makes everyone mesmerized.

All of them can tell how high this level of battle is just by the sound and vibration that they feel. Most of the samurais have never seen this level of battle before while the Clowns have seen it a few times when Buggy found strong opponents.

Still, everyone looks at the battle with reference and they all hope one day they will reach that level. They know it won't be easy, especially for those who don't have monstrous talents like the 2 fighters, The Clowns executives, or Red Scabbards. But they still want to dream it.

Buggy & Oden just keep clashing purely with their swordsmanship. Buggy's swords are faster & more agile while Oden's swords are stronger & heavier. They have different styles but they are quite equal right now.

In the end, experience really matters, and it is the one that causes the equality to break. Oden starts to push Buggy back because he has a lot more experience in sword fighting. The way Oden moves show that his swordsmanship is more refined than Buggy.

But Buggy is not Buggy if he gets defeated just by this. He suddenly detached his body at his ankle and flies to Oden's back from the left. It takes Oden by surprise as Buggy strikes horizontally with his sword.

Oden can block it with his sword even though he gets pushed because he can't use more power to block. But Oden doesn't have time to think about it because Buggy flies to him at high speed with swords ready on his sides.

Buggy attacks Oden with more speed and at more angles. He can fly everywhere around Oden as long as his feet are near. But he also needs to be careful so that Oden won't attack his feet because Oden knows how his ability works.

Oden gets a little overwhelmed as Buggy keeps attacking him from everywhere. Front, sides, back, above, and even below. There's no position that Buggy hasn't used in his attacks on Oden.

Buggy is pinching Oden and Oden knows he needs to get out of this situation fast. So Oden puts his swords on his left and spins his body to the right. His move creates a small sharp tornado that reminds Buggy of Zoro's Dragon Twister.

"Heh, what an interesting coincidence," says Buggy as he backs away.

Oden finally frees himself from Buggy's attacks and can take a long breath. He grins excitedly because Buggy is far stronger than he thought. So he decides to just go all out in this sparring because he knows Buggy can take it now.

Buggy sees the change in Oden's eyes and he knows why. Then a red light flashes in Buggy's eyes as he sees a glimpse of the future. It makes him grin excitedly and he prepares himself for the next clash.

As Oden rushes to him, Buggy also rushes to the samurai. Oden swings both of his haki-coated grass swords horizontally from his right side. Buggy sees them coming and he swings his haki-coated short swords from above.

The audiences have expected a big clash like the first one. But what happened next is levels ahead of what they thought. The clash is far more powerful and creates more effects. Furthermore, the 2's swords aren't touching each other at all.

Both Buggy & Oden grin in this powerful clash that destroys the grounds around them. They are using advanced A-Haki in this clash and create powerful effects. It is very similar to how Roger & Whitebeard clashed in the past.

Just like Oden, Buggy has been able to use this level of advanced A-Haki. A few months ago, he just could emit his A-Haki outside. But through the wars with Beasts Pirates & some more forces, he can finally use its next level, destroying from inside out.

However, Buggy still can't coat it with C-Haki to make it stronger. Even so, his advanced A-Haki is powerful enough to match Oden's power. But Buggy knows he needs to improve it if he wants to cut Kaido's body.

The deep scar that Kaido has after his fight with Oden is caused by advanced A-Haki coated with C-Haki. Without C-Haki coating, the injury will be shallow, just like the ones caused by the Red Scabbards on Onigashima's rooftop.

That's why Buggy wants to fight Oden because he wants to awaken it. The fight against Oden might trigger the thing that he needs to level up his C-Haki. Haki gets stronger in the battle against stronger people, after all, so his battle with Oden will make his Haki grows.

"You've really grown beyond expectation, Buggyjiro," says Oden while grinning as he jumps back together with Buggy.

Buggy also grins and says, "No need to lie. No one expected anything from me. It's always Shanks who have all your expectations."

"That's not true, you know. At the very least, we knew you could get far stronger if you were more serious at that time. You've just liked to fool around unlike Redtaro who was more serious to be stronger. Even so, you could chase his progress and not fall far behind him. That shows how incredible your talent is. But your behavior made everyone lose their hope for you," says Oden.

"Is that so?" asks Buggy with a surprised expression.

He is genuinely surprised because he never know this. Now he knows why Gaban & Rayleigh weren't surprised at his strength, but at his change of personality. They've expected him to be this strong if he just becomes more serious.

Unknown to him, tears flow from his eyes because he never had people who believe in his potential. It's not only as Buggy but also as Bob in his past life. No one ever expected him to do great things, so it makes him truly happy.

Everyone is taken aback by seeing Buggy cry, especially his crewmates. Buggy has only cried once before, after they burnt their old ship, the Little Hunter. He will only cry if he is very emotional so the Clowns know that he is very happy now.

"Heh, it really reminds me that Captain is also a human," says Cricket.

"Haha, his inhumane strength always makes us forget about that," says Palu.

"Really? He always looks like a human to me," says Magnus confusedly.

"That's not what we meant, you damn giant," says Cricket with a sweatdrop.

Magnus still doesn't understand it but no one wants to bother explaining it to him. They just want to watch the match again because Buggy has regained his composure. The match starts again with both fighters using all they have.

It lasts for a full day until they stop because they are tired. They've constantly used their Haki for a full day, so it really tires them out. No one wins this spar, but they really enjoy it.

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