Transcended as Lord Buggy-Part 3

423. Attack Plam

Leo stays in Katorea and helps the rebels make a strategy to attack Baroque Works. Robin also stays there and she has blended with the people already. They are preparing an attack that will surprise Baroque Works and end this immediately.

Their plan now is to attack Rainbase and support the Straw Hat Pirates. Leo actually planned for the Straw Hat Pirates to go directly to Alubarna, the Royal Capital first. But Luffy being Luffy, he wanted to attack Crocodile immediately.

Knowing Luffy's stubbornness, Leo decided to make a strategy to attack Rainbase. It is Crocodile's base, so there must be many Baroque Works agents there. But there will be civilians too, so they need to be careful.

After thorough planning, the Rebel Army goes to Rainbase immediately. They are using a ship that can sail on the desert as if it were a sea. Of course, Leo is very surprised by this, and his curiosity takes over his mind.

He is really Buggy's son because he immediately wants to know how this ship can sail on the sand. But still, he is not that knowledgeable about ships or techs, so the explanations only make his head ache. At least he understands that it can sail because the wind is strong here.

The group finally arrives in Rainbase, but they can't find the Straw Hat Pirates. They only find a destroyed casino yard that became the main attraction in Rainbase. A lot of marines arrive and they point their weapons at Leo.

"It seems we are too late. They must've arrived faster than we thought and Luffy couldn't wait for too long."

Leo is ignoring the marines and keeps looking at the destroyed casino yard. The marine woman who looks like Kuina, Tashigi comes forward and points her sword at Leo.

"You are a member of Straw Hat Pirates, what are you doing here?"

"Hey, marines, do you know where my crewmates are? You were chasing us, right? So you should know where they go now."

"Why should I tell- !?"

Tashigi can't finish her sentence because Smoker suddenly taps her shoulder.

"They are chasing Crocodile to Alubarna. We will also chase them there."

Leo looks at Smoker intensely for a while because he won't believe information from a Marine about pirates easily. Then, a piece of mouth appears behind his head. Robin made it and she whispers that the crew really goes to Alubarna.

"I don't know why you tell it to me, but I will say my gratitude anyway. Thanks for the information, now excuse me, people. I have a ship to catch."

Leo suddenly shoots himself into the air to go out of town. The rebels have returned to the ship since the Marines surrounded Leo. Then after Leo returned, they control the ship to sail immediately and go to Alubarna.

On the ship, Robin tells Leo what happened in Rainbase. It wasn't really the crew's fault, Crocodile knew about their plan to go to Alubarna. He predicted it after knowing about the Straw Hat Pirates' & Vivi's arrival in Alabasta.

So he planned a trap for them and the crew fell into it. They almost got sunk when Crocodile held them in the casino's basement and filled it with water. Smoker also got captured, but Zoro saved him because of Luffy's order, that's why Smoker helped Leo.

Leo doesn't think much about it though and asks Robin about the information she got about Baroque Works. She tells him the organization's structure and the main agents' power including Crocodile. Leo is quite surprised that Crocodile is a Sand Logia.

Devil fruit abilities were very rare in East Blue, but they became common in Grandline. Logia was supposed to be even rarer among all devil fruits. But Leo already knows 4 logia devil fruits including his since he started sailing as a pirate.