The Clowns are at a loss for word after seeing so many marines' skeletons in the battleship. Everyone in this battleship had died a long time ago until their corpses turned into skeletons.
Jude immediately runs off because she feels nauseous. Buggy orders Mantis to help Jude, while he will investigate this with Cricket & Manba. Mantis nods and she chases Jude.
"Manba, do you know the time of their death? Maybe even the cause?" asks Buggy.
Manba approaches the skeletons and checks them.
"They've died around 10 years ago. The cause is most likely a battle. Their skeletons have many broken parts that aren't caused by decomposition, but by physical traumas," says Manba while looking at a skeleton with a broken skull.
"Hmm, Manba, go to the ship Captain's room again to check if there's a journal or something. Cricket & I will go to check the other rooms," says Buggy.
Manba & Cricket nod, then they split to do their tasks. Buggy & Cricket go alone to cover the ship's rooms faster. They check the other rooms and there's nothing except skeletons in the previous room.
"You find something, Cricket?" asks Buggy.
"No, there's nothing at all, just empty rooms," says Cricket.
"How about you, Manba?" asks Buggy.
"I found a journal in the desk," says Manba while giving an old journal to Buggy.
Buggy opens the latest page that has writing on it. He tries to find the cause for all of this and finally finds it. Buggy read the journal and the others are listening.
In short, this Marine unit was lost against a Pirate Crew in a naval battle. The pirates massacred their unit but they let the Rear-Admirals & some officers lived after giving them grave injuries.
The Pirate Crew then took everything from their ship. They took supplies, weapons, Log Pose, Eternal Poses, denden mushi, etc. They even break their ship's steer & masts to make the ones who lived have 0 chance of survival.
The ones who live couldn't do anything except wait for their death. So they gathered their fallen comrades' corpses in a room, then they wait for their own death.
"Such cruelty," says Manba in anger.
"Something cruel like this is more common than you think. You need to prepare yourself because you will see something crueler than this in the future," says Buggy to warn his crew.
The Clowns have serious expressions now. This thing is very cruel already for them. They can't imagine something worse than this. But they know Buggy won't lie to them about something like this, so they really need to prepare themselves.
"What Pirate Crew that has done this?" asks Cricket.
"Black Feather Pirates. Their Captain has 132 million for his head, and their total bounty is 214,3 million," says Buggy.
The Pirate Crew was from New World, that's why the Rear-Admiral unit couldn't put up a fight against them. Even cannon fodders in New World are strong, not to mention someone with a high bounty.
But Buggy never heard of such Pirate crew in his life, even when he's still on Roger Pirates. He also never see the Pirate Captain's bounty poster. So Buggy concludes that the Pirate Crew have been defeated in the past.
"What will we do with this battleship now?" asks Palu.
"Even if Marine is our enemy, but we are sailors too. We've found them, so we'll give them a proper funeral at least. Burn the ship!" says Buggy.
They agree and then lit up the battleship with fire. The best thing that they can do now is giving those dead guys a proper funeral. They can't take the skeletons to land for burial, so they burn them.
The Clowns then leave and resume their way to the 2nd island. They don't know why, but the wind has become stronger and their ship moves faster. The weather also gets better without any strange thing.
Then after 2 days more, they finally reach the 2nd island. It's an Archipelago with some small islands scattered everywhere. The biggest island is located almost in the middle and it has a small town on it.
The Clowns go to the biggest island and dock their ship there. Manba will guard the ship while the others go to the town. Their arrival doesn't scare anyone in the town just like the first island.
"Does anyone in Grandline even scared of Pirates?" asks Mantis curiously.
"Don't be that surprised anymore. The islands on the Log Pose's routes get visited by pirates every day. Everyone on these islands has gotten used to pirates, so they won't be that afraid. And usually, these islands have 'protectors' that will fend off trouble makers," says Buggy.
"Oh, that makes sense," says Mantis.
The Clowns then start to explore the small town. This town's name is Bars, and the Archipelago is named Barsa. They explore the town calmly and will try to not create any problems until their Log Pose filled in 2 days.
Suddenly, they hear a loud fighting sound from one of the small islands. They go to check it and see 2 pirate crews are fighting with each other. It seems interesting, so the Clowns watch it from the town.
Many people also come to watch the battle. They even start to bet and make the show more interesting. Other pirate crews and bounty hunters also prepare themselves. They don't want to waste this chance and get more money.
The battle is between 2 rookie pirate crews, Long-Haired Pirates vs Baldy Pirates. They fight because they don't like the other's appearance. Just like their name implied, the Long-Haired Pirates have long hair, while the baldy pirates are bald.
"They fight just because their hair-styles are different?" says Mantis in disbelief.
"It's just the trigger. They started to fight because they insulted each other's hairstyles. Besides, the Baldy Pirates are bald naturally, so they don't have any choice but to be bald. Seeing people with long hair grouping together must've hurt their heart," says a man so suddenly.
The Clowns look at the man who suddenly answers Mantis' question. It's a middle-aged man with a big body and his face is full of scars. He must've got a lot of experience in his life.
"That's still a stupid reason," says Mantis.
"Haha, it sure is. But everyone has their own pride even if it's stupid for other people," says the man.
The battle gets more heated up as both crew's Captains start to fight now. Both of them have bounties, so the audience expects a good fight from them.
'Shiny Head' Ro is a man with a bounty of 22 million bellies. His opponent, 'Girly Hair' Fliss has a bounty of 24 million bellies. Their bounties aren't that far apart, so they should have similar strengths.
Ro uses a straight sword as his weapon, while Fliss uses an axe. They started to fight and their weapons clash. The clash creates a rather loud sound, meaning that both of them are quite strong.
Ro & Fliss start to exchange their strongest blows. It seems interesting for everyone else, but not for the Clowns. Save for Ruff who has never seen a battle like this before.
For the Clowns, this battle is too slow and weak. Both Ro & Fliss are stronger than average pirates, but the Clowns can defeat them in a second. The battle just looks like a child play for the Clowns.
Buggy suddenly sighs and says, "This level of power won't be enough to protect them in Grandline."
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