"Uhh, Giotto, didn't you return to the New World? Why did you suddenly come to East Blue?"
Buggy sat next to Giotto with a fawning expression. Although he was an old acquaintance of Giotto, he wasn't as relaxed as when he was talking with Shanks. Apart from the fact that Giotto could befriend people like Bullet, the other reason was that he had also seen the recent news about Vongola Family.
It could be said that there was a big gap between him and Giotto now. Moreover, the frown on Giotto's face gave people the impression that he was scarier.
"I came here to deal with something. It's pretty impressive of you to form your own pirate group so quickly, way to go, Buggy!"
Giotto smiled. Since Buggy was an old acquaintance, he also behaved more casually: "Then again, you are a Devil Fruit user. Around this sea, as long as you stay away from Garp, basically no one can do anything to you."
Although Buggy was really a clown, don't underestimate him. This guy was very weak in the future, but being a 15 years old teen, he was considered quite powerful.
Too bad he has been staying in a place like East Blue, which restricted his growth.
In addition, he was obsessed with the treasure map, so he didn't care about building his strength.
If he had been fighting in the New World for the next 20 years from now, maybe he would become a big pirate. Of course, it was also possible that he'd be buried in the sea.
"Ha ha ha! Of course, I am very powerful. Little East Blue is simply a plaything in my palm!" When Buggy heard Giotto praise him, he immediately let it get to his head.
"Well, there is nothing wrong with that." However, I hope that you don't slack off on your training. We're both a crew of the Pirate King, after all. If you can't even use Haki, I don't know what to say."
An interesting idea suddenly arose in Giotto's heart
"Although I know that you are not interested in training, I'm sure you don't want to lose to Shanks in the future, right?"
Imagine if Luffy set out to sea in the future and met Buggy, who could use Color of Arms Haki and Color of Observation Haki, what would happen?
In that case, the protagonist, Luffy would probably struggle to even leave East Blue!
"What! Lose to that bastard Shanks?"
When he heard Shanks' name, Buggy instantly snapped, "Don't worry, I will definitely train whenever I have time. That bastard Shanks has no hope of surpassing me in this life!"
Seeing Buggy's current reaction, Giotto also revealed a smile of success. He knew that as long as he mentioned Shanks's name to Buggy, this guy would definitely take this bait.
However, even if Buggy would work a little harder to improve his strength, he would definitely fall behind Shanks in the future. After all, the red-haired man would become an Emperor, the strongest individual in the sea in the future!
Without saying anything else, Giotto chose to close his eyes and rest.
As for Buggy, he naturally wouldn't disturb Giotto, who was resting. He turned around and directly went to brag to his men. Knowing that their captain actually knew a big shot with a bounty of 970,000,000 Belly, Buggy's lackeys also felt that their future was bright. After all, the strong would be associated with the strong. Since their captain's friend's Bounty was so high, that made their captain equally strong!
With this thought in mind, they looked at Buggy as if he was a god. This fifteen-year-old young man was the future they had chosen!
After sailing for more than half a month, Buggy finally found this deserted island called Sixis, according to the sea map.
However, the ship could not get too close because Giotto had told him before that the climate around this island was extremely unstable. If Buggy's small boat got close, then he should kiss goodbye to the idea of leaving.
Therefore, Giotto directly used Dying Will Flame to fly over and set foot in the place where the Flame-Flame Fruit was buried.
The unstable climate was nothing compared to most islands in the New World, but still, it was surprising since this was East Blue. Although Giotto was not an outstanding navigator, his strength was enough to ignore this climate change.
Giotto began to sweep the island without stopping. Because he was alone, he couldn't cover that much ground.
However, even so, Buggy still waited for him outside the island with the boat. It was not because he was close with Giotto, but because he feared Giotto would go after him upon knowing he abandoned Giotto. If that happened, he might even have to beg for mercy or something.
Therefore, it was better to wait here for a while. Anyway, there was enough food and water on the boat.
After searching the island for five days, Giotto finally found the fruit buried deep on the beach.
"The pattern indeed looks similar to what I see in the encyclopedia. Who would have thought such a powerful Logia-type Devil Fruit would be hidden in an uninhabited island of East Blue?
Giotto looked at the Flame-Flame Fruit in his hand and said seriously, "If I remember correctly, the taste of Devil Fruit is very disgusting. Many people say that it is no different from eating shit..."
Although that was the case, that wouldn't prevent him from eating this Flame-Flame Fruit, right?
After a long pause, Giotto took a deep breath. His face showed an unwilling look. Then he suddenly bit the Flame-Flame Fruit. He endured the disgusting taste and forced himself to swallow.
Immediately after...
"Blegh!"
The Vongola Family leader, who had taken Whitebeard's attack head-on, was now at the mercy of this Devil Fruit. He lied on the beach and retched continuously. Fortunately, he had not eaten much in the past few days. Otherwise, he would have vomited all out.
Just as he was feeling extremely disgusted, Giotto also felt the changes in his body. His body felt like it was burning!