Transcended as Lord Buggy-Part 1

36. Crossing The Line

"R-raawr."-Steve

Steve then place the ship in his mouth. The ship is small, maybe as small as Going Merry, so it can enter Steve's mouth just fine. After that, Steve dive to the sea and walk to cross the Grandline. He can move faster underwater, so it won't take long for Steve to cross Grandline.

Inside Steve's mouth, the Clown pirates lit up the lamps. Now they can see the mouth's interior where there are giant teeths, giant tongue, etc. They also smell something unpleasant here, so they wear gas masks now.

"He really need to wash his mouth to remove this smell."-Mantis

"Maybe he'll do it if there's a giant toothbrush and toothpaste."-Cricket

"H-how long do you think it will take for us to reach cross the Grandline?"-Jude

"I don't know, but Steve will be able to move faster now because he can use all his 8 tentacles and move underwater."-Buggy

"What should we do now, Captain?"-Mantis

"Do what you want, just don't cook! If he smell something good, he might gulp his saliva and swallow us in the process."-Buggy

*gulp* It's the three who gulp their saliva instead, make Buggy sweatdrop at them.

They just do what they want after that and after 5 hours, they reach the other Calm Belt. Surprisingly, they don't need to ask Steve to change the air inside the mouth. There's only 4 of them, so their oxygen consumption isn't that high. On Calm Belt, they move on the surface like before.

"I wonder what the sea of Grandline feels like."-Jude

"We can find it out in the future, there's no fun on telling it to you right now. Even showing it to you guys is a spoiler already. Beside, we aren't strong enough for that sea, we need to take it one step at a time, together."-Buggy

"Yes, let's take it one step at a time together."-Jude nod

"....."-Clown pirates

"Did this mean you want to be our navigator?"-Mantis grin

"Eh?"-Jude

Jude just realize that by saying 'together' means that she will sail with them. That mean she will be their crew member.

"Y-Y-YOU, YOU TRICKED ME."-Jude take some steps back

"Oioioi, don't badmouth me like that, i just say i want us to sail together. We are a crew, and i want you to join, so i said together."-Buggy

"Captain is right, and usually the first thing that come out from the mouth is the truth."-Cricket

"Now now, how if you follow your heart and just join us?"-Mantis

"I-i-i... I DON'T KNOW IT!"-Jude get flustered and run off to the women's room

"Hahahaha, she's really funny."-Buggy

"Yeah, we can tease her everyday if she join, hahahaha."-Cricket

"Do it moderately, or she really won't join us, hihihi."-Mantis

They leave their little comedic drama and focus on their journey. Some hours later, they finally reach West Blue. They have bought West Blue map and decide to go to the nearest uninhabited island.

The pirates go by their ship on the surface, while Steve go underwater. With Jude's help, they can reach the island just in half an hour. This island is also coincidentally, the closest island with Calm Belt & Red Line. No one want to live here after all, and this island is small too. They reach the island right after the sky turn dark.

Steve catch some giant fishes while he move underwater. Then, they have a party to celebrate their success at crossing the Grandline. Jude also join their party more openly right now, because she have become more familiar with them.

They have a party until midnight before they sleep. The next morning Steve return to North Blue and bid farewell to them. The Clown pirates + Jude also leave the island and go to the next island.

"Alright, before we really explore West Blue, let me give you some information. West Blue might be more dangerous than any other blues, because there are some dangerous individuals in an organization here."-Buggy

"How dangerous?"-Cricket

"Very dangerous, they're even considered dangerous in Grandline."-Buggy

"What?! Why would dangerous organization on Grandline level stay in here?"-Mantis

"Because they're a country in here. They are a country, but also a pirate crew. They have bounty, but they won't get caught because they're affiliated with WG. It's very contradictive, but that's what happen."-Buggy

"Who are they?"-Cricket

"Kano Country, with their pirate fleet, Happo Navy. Their leader, is Don Chinjao, and he currently have 500 million beri on his head."-Buggy

""500!?""-Others

Of course they are surprised by this, it's 10 times from Buggy's bounty. Buggy didn't know wether Chinjao have lost his drill or not though. But either way, he is still above their league right now. Buggy isn't afraid of Chinjao, but he need to be wise and prioritize his crew's safety.

The Clown pirates decide to avoid making trouble with Happo Navy if they meet the group. Well, it's always better to avoid trouble if they can. But they will face the trouble that come to them though.

"Now, let's find out what West Blue can offer to us!"-Buggy grin