Transcended as Lord Buggy-Part 1

78. Recovery

Buggy is laying on a bed in Rouge's house now. His body is full of bandages like a mummy. He finally open his eyes after being unconscious for 6 hours.

Buggy wants to move because he remembers that he was fighting Garp. But he can't move his body, so he looks at his body. He sees the white bandages that cover his body and leave nothing visible.

'What happened here? Where am I?' thinks Buggy after realizing that he is not fighting Garp anymore.

Buggy tries to remember what happened and finally realizes that he has been defeated by Garp. He looks around and thinks that this is a room in Marine Ship. He thinks he has been captured.

But then he realizes that his hands aren't cuffed with seastones. There's no way Marine will detain a devil fruit user without a seastone handcuff.

'Is this not the Marine ship?' asks Buggy in his mind.

Buggy suddenly hears a door being open and sees Manba there.

"Captain, you've finally woken up," says Manba excitedly.

"Manba? Where is this?" asks Buggy.

"This is Rouge's house, we took you here after I gave you the first treatment. I've given you a thorough check and treatment here. How are you feeling?" asks Manba.

"I don't feel so good," replies Buggy while smirking.

Manba smile seeing Buggy smirks and says, "If you still can smirk like that, then you will be fine. I'll call the others."

Manba leaves the room to call the others. Buggy then hears many footsteps of running people in the corridor. Then all his crewmates arrive at the same time. They try to enter the door together and jam it, making them can't enter the room.

"Sigh, enter it one by one!" says Buggy.

The Clowns stop and enter the room one by one. They surround Buggy and ask about his condition. Buggy doesn't answer and asks Manba instead. Manba says that he just needs rest now until he recovers.

"Who's your opponent, Captain?" asks Cricket.

The others are curious too about the one who can put Buggy in this state.

"Monkey D. Garp, the Marine Hero," says Buggy.

They all get surprised because they all know who Garp is. He is a very famous figure in Marine and almost everyone knows him. Garp is even more famous than the Admiral or even Fleet Admiral since he became the 'Marine Hero'.

"Isn't Garp the one who is said to be equal with the Pirate King?" asks Mantis.

"Yeah, he has fought with Captain Roger many times in the past. The only Marines that Captain Roger thought highly are Garp and Sengoku. Although he respects Garp more because Garp is more similar to him in ideals. He also fought alongside Garp in the past," says Buggy.

"A pirate & marine fought together? Not against each other?" asks Jude confusedly.

"Yeah, because they have the same enemy in the past. I will tell you about it at another time. I need to rest now," says Buggy.

They all are curious, but they know Buggy needs to rest. So they leave the room after making sure that Buggy is fine. Manba gives Buggy some medicine before leaving too and lets Buggy rest.

Buggy sigh in relief because he is still fine and can meet again with his crew. If Garp's unit captured him, then he will be in jail now instead of this room. The worst possibility is that he would die.

'It seems Garp knows that I'm protecting Rouge. So this means he has decided to take care of Ace. It's a good thing because I can leave Rouge & Ace to him after this. I won't be able to take care of them again after Ace is born,' thinks Buggy.