"How are we supposed to communicate with this thing?" Crocodile looked up at the sky-piercing Zunesha.
"He is an intelligent creature and understands human language. It's just a bit of a strain on the throat..."
Buggy flew into mid-air and shouted at Zunesha, "Hey! Kozuki Momonosuke is dead! Are you going to keep following his orders?"
Zunesha did not react. After a moment, he swung his trunk over again.
Did this guy not hear, or was it on purpose?
Buggy looked into Zunesha's lifeless eyes, unsure of what it was thinking.
"Why don't we just slaughter it, Captain Buggy? Making a zombie out of this thing should be quite useful," Moriah suggested, thinking he had a great idea.
"Can you even drive a zombie that massive?" Buggy's single sentence shut Moriah up.
"How about cutting off its trunk? That shouldn't take too long," Hawkeye offered a suggestion.
"Then it would be trouble if it just rammed Wano Country with its body."
Buggy rejected Hawkeye's proposal. After thinking for a bit, he took out a transponder snail.
"I'm looking for Mochi. Have him pick up."
Before long, the transponder snail took on the appearance of Mochi's dead-fish eyes.
"Captain Buggy, is something the matter?"
"Aren't you a Beast Tamer? Do you know how to communicate with elephants?" Buggy asked.
"An elephant would be no problem, but an elephant that's too big is a problem..."
Mochi's voice came hesitantly through the transponder snail.
"Oh, you guys can see this fellow from over there, too. How about I? Want to give it a try?"
"I can't do something like that, Captain Buggy! It's simply too big!" The transponder snail even started shedding tears.
"Taming a beast usually involves using force to settle the animal first, then slowly enticing it with things it likes. Or, through long-term companionship, helping the beast with certain tasks to get it used to the Beast Tamer's presence."
Mochi explained the methods of beast taming.
"And there's one last method, a secret technique of Beast Tamers: formulating beast hormones to make the animal see you as its mate..."
"No need to mention the last method. I didn't expect you to be that kind of person, Mochi."
Buggy hung up the transponder snail immediately. As expected, he couldn't rely on this guy.
"Wait, Captain Buggy! I've never used that last method either!"
Mochi realized the transponder snail had been hung up. Seeing everyone around him looking at him with eyes full of contempt, he grew frantic.
Crucially, even Licky the lion looked at him with terrified eyes, taking a few steps back to distance himself... "'Beast' Mochi, you truly are an extraordinary man." Only Jack didn't mind, even praising him, "If you were in the Beasts Pirates, you would have been famous long ago."
"I told you it's not like that!" Mochi suddenly felt his life turning grey.
"What now, Captain? Should we attack it first?" Crocodile asked.
"Wait a moment. Let the Mink Tribe evacuate first. If this guy still refuses to communicate, then don't blame me for being ruthless," Buggy said.
"The Captain isn't thinking of using that move, is he?" Moriah thought of the black light that had pierced the sky last time.
If that was the case, he'd better run a bit further away.
"That time was a mistake. I didn't have a good grasp of it the first time. This time will definitely be fine," Buggy said.
After a while, Denjiro and the others, who had finished the evacuation of Wano's citizens, arrived.
"Sir, we don't have much time left. If Zunesha continues to attack like this, Wano Country's foundations will be shaken in less than a day," Denjiro said with a grave expression.
Kiku and Kawamatsu were also full of worry.
"Kozuki Hiyori escaped?" Buggy asked an unrelated question instead.
Denjiro's face instantly turned pale. "Sir, I..."
"It doesn't matter. As long as she doesn't cause trouble, I won't hunt her down to the end." Buggy waved his hand.
The Kozuki Clan—or rather, the entirety of Wano Country—clearly favored men over women. Kozuki Hiyori didn't know the secrets of the Kozuki Clan at all; she was just a tool used for gathering information.
She didn't even have any power to protect herself. Even if she escaped, what could she possibly do?
"Thank you, sir," Denjiro said with deep gratitude.
"Once word comes from the Mink Tribe's side, I'll take action. For now, let the bullets fly for a bit..."
Buggy split the longsword in his hand into several metal fragments. Channeling electromagnetic force, he aimed at Zunesha and fired them off.
The metal fragments hit Zunesha at extreme speed, blasting open several small craters.
Buggy fired a few more times, finally finding a satisfactory spot.
He would attack right here in a moment.
"Are you sure this is fine, Captain Buggy?"
Hawkeye and the others' Observation Haki far surpassed Buggy's. They quickly guessed his goal was to find an attack position.
Fortunately, Zunesha's body was enormous. If this were a small target, given Captain Buggy's level of Observation Haki, he wouldn't be able to hit it at all.
"Don't worry about those details. Next, we just need to wait patiently," Buggy said confidently.
Three hours later, King returned to Buggy to report, "The Mink Tribe has been completely evacuated. Most of them are on the bikudopu."
Buggy made a call. "Retreat another ten nautical miles."
"We're already very far away, Captain Buggy," Mr. 3 said, sounding a bit confused as he answered the phone.
"Retreat a bit more. I can't quite control the power of my skill," Buggy said.
He said it as if it were true. Could you really hit all the way out here?
Mr. 3 complained inwardly but still followed the order.
"Let's retreat a bit further."
The bikudopu was already crowded with people. Many were full of curiosity, wanting to see how the Captain would deal with this giant creature.
"Were we a bit too hasty, evacuating the entire tribe from Zou directly?" Inuarashi felt a bit of regret.
"Let's wait and see. I don't know what that guy Buggy is planning," Nekomamushi said.
"Hey, Jack, I heard you fought Zunesha before. How strong is it?" Ulti of the Tobiroppo asked.
"Is 'Jack' a name you're allowed to call me? Call me Lord!" Jack said, displeasedly.
"Give it a rest. The Beasts Pirates are gone; our status is all the same now," Ulti said.
"I wonder how strong the new Captain is? Is he stronger or weaker than Boss Kaido?" The tall Black Maria also leaned in.
"We'll find out in a bit. Jack was handled quite badly by Zunesha; I've heard all about it," Ulti said.
"Then why are you still asking me?" Veins bulged on Jack's forehead.
"Don't take it personally with my sister, Lord Jack," Page One quickly apologized.
In the distance, others were also monitoring the movements of the Buggy Pirates' ships.
"Captain Kid, the Buggy Pirates' ships are retreating further back," the lookout reported.
"Follow them. Let's see what they want to do," Kid ordered.
"Captain, do you still want to compete with Buggy for the title of Emperor?" his first mate, 'Massacre Soldier' Killer, asked with some concern.
"I just want to know why all the Shichibukai have gone under his command." Kid's mechanical arm made a creaking sound, revealing its owner's irritable mood. "It's messed up my plans."
In these waters, a third party also existed.
"Smoothie, are we going to keep waiting?" Charlotte Daifuku asked. "Katakuri is already on his way here. Let's rendezvous with him."
They had already received news that Totto Land had been conquered by the Blackbeard Pirates.
"He'll come here sooner or later anyway; we'll wait for him here," the tall Smoothie said. "Totto Land is already lost. Let's see if we can take Wano Country."
"But the Buggy Pirates have their eyes on this place," Charlotte Daifuku said hesitantly.
"The Buggy Pirates only rely on those few Shichibukai. Once Katakuri arrives, we'll have a battle with them and see who wins and who loses..."
Smoothie stood up, her long legs very eye-catching. "Not just any random nobody can be called an Emperor."
"But there's one prerequisite: Wano Country must not be destroyed by that giant elephant..."
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