After returning to Fishman Island, Buggy blasted away Blueno. Then he expressed that he wanted to give Robin a surprise, took Robin to change clothes, and then took her to Fishman Island.
However, when they just stepped into the street of the Fishman Shopping Center, they were immediately surrounded by countless mermen and mermaids.
"Ahh! It's Master Buggy!"
"Master Buggy, Can I take a picture with you? Really? Thank you so much, Buggy!"
"Master Buggy, come to our store for 50% off!?"
"Uncle Buggy, can you sign your name on my chest?"
Robin, who was squeezed to the outside, saw the embarrassing appearance of the man who turned his hands into clouds and rained his hands in the Summit War and dared to parade Celestial Dragons in the street, surrounded by a crowd of mermen and mermaids. She couldn't help but smile.
What had this man done for the island to make them love him so much? Robin was very curious.
Immediately, while Buggy was helplessly signing autographs for others, she asked a mermaid lady about Buggy.
With Robin's wisdom, it was natural to quickly understand all the content.
After listening to it, Robin was also extremely shocked.
[Defeated the pervert who has been harassing the mermaid princess for ten years!]
[Knocking out 100,000 enemy troops with one glance, eliminating the hidden dangers of Fish Men Island!]
[Take over Whitebeard's place and become the new guardian of Fishman Island!]
All this information made Robin even more curious about this man and, at the same time, filled her with admiration.
After more than ten minutes, Robin couldn't help showing a narrow smile when she saw Buggy, who was covered in lipstick marks and was a little embarrassed, leaving the group of beautiful mermaid ladies.
Then, she spoke in a tone imitating a previous mermaid lady:
"Mr Buggy, maybe I should find a guide instead, so you can continue to sign autographs for the little girls."
"Cough cough."
Buggy coughed dryly and said sternly:
"Why, hello there! It's not like you're more important than Robin-chan! Oh, and I'm not much older than you."
"Then I'll call you Buggy."
Robin pursed her lips, smiled, and ran forward. After a few steps, she turned around, pointed at the lipstick marks on Buggy's body, and joked, "Buggy, you should wipe off the lipstick marks on your body; otherwise, people might mistake them for mine."
Buggy raised his eyebrows when he heard this. How could he let a girl be embarrassed? Immediately, without showing any weakness, he said, "Ah, it's just a misunderstanding. Don't worry, I don't mind."
Robin covered her mouth and let out a coquettish laugh.
The two chatted about their respective adventures, plans for the future, and the customs of Fishman Island, and they were extremely relaxed.
It can only be said that two mature and smart individuals can naturally have a good chat together, especially when both parties have a good impression of each other.
Seeing that there were fewer people around them, and they were getting to a more remote location, Robin deliberately said, "I must say, Buggy, taking me to such a secluded place, are you planning something mischievous?"
"Since you've figured it out, there's no escaping from my grasp!"
Buggy flashed a smirk, covered Robin's eyes, and flew up with her.
"Ah!"
Robin exclaimed, subconsciously leaning against Buggy's strong chest.
Just when she thought Buggy might be up to something, Robin found that her feet had landed on the ground, and then her eyes lit up, and a massive, blue-coloured cubic stele made of an indestructible type of stone.
"Poneglyph?"
Robin exclaimed.
Buggy sat on top of the history text, looked down at Robin, and said with a smirk, "How about it? Surprised by my gift?"
Robin snorted coquettishly and couldn't wait to start looking at the main text of the history. At the same time, the corners of her mouth rose slightly; she was very happy.
Buggy didn't bother her either; he just lay on his side on top of the history text in such a leisurely way.
Just when he was starting to feel drowsy, Robin's beautiful voice rang in his ears, " Buggy, I finished reading. I like your surprise very much. Thank you."
Only then did Buggy slowly open his eyes and nod to Robin
"It's fine if you like it, and you don't need to thank me; just treat it as a gift for you, a temporary crew member. Now that we're done, let's go. Ready to leave Fishman Island and go to the next destination."
Robin froze for a moment, then pointed to the text of the history and said in surprise, " Buggy, don't you want to know what's written in this history text?"
"It's all about Joy Boy and Poseidon."
"It contains an apology, coming from a mysterious figure who once lived on the surface. This figure, known as Joy Boy, had made a promise to the inhabitants of Fish-Man Island that he would someday bring their island to the surface, fulfilling Noah's purpose. He was unable to keep his end of said promise."
Twenty-five years ago, a Road Poneglyph could be found right next to the one with Joy Boy's apology. Ever since then, it has been moved from its original place, and it is currently considered "lost".
Buggy shrugged indifferently, raised his hand, and tapped the tip of Robin's straight nose, then turned and left, "Don't test me Robin-chan; I might get angry. By the way..."Robin couldn't help but freeze when she heard this.
But Buggy in front of her paused, turned around, looked at Robin with a smile, and said:
"I forgot to tell you, Robin-chan. I used to be a crew member on Roger's ship. The main text of history, Ancient weapons, etc., I know better than you."
"The crew member of Pirate King!"
Robin was shocked at first, then immediately apologized, "Sorry, Buggy, it's just a habit."
"You don't have to apologize for the things you don't understand. In the next two years, you will have a lot of opportunities to understand me, Robin-chan."
Buggy looked at her with a smirk. Seeing this, Robin also smiled. When she met Shirahoshi and heard Neptune and Buggy talking about Posidon and Joyboy, she became even more determined than her previous thoughts. "Is Shirahoshi Poseidon?" she wondered.
She was touched that Buggy would trust her, a newcomer on the ship, with such a secret. This man was the only one, other than the Straw Hat Crew, who could trust her wholeheartedly.
Naturally, Buggy pretended to be surprised, acting as if he didn't know that Shirahoshi was Poseidon. Neptune didn't notice anything either. In his opinion, it was normal for Buggy and the others not to know. After all, this was the secret of Fishman Island!
After a long while, Buggy pretended to be dignified and said, "Neptune, you should understand what the power of Poseidon represents. Shirahoshi grew up in a shell tower from a young age. You took such good care of her! If you don't get stronger anymore, who do you expect to protect her when she encounters danger in the future?"
"Especially now that Shirahoshi has this power, even if you and I don't say it, sooner or later it will be exposed! Shirahoshi needs to have the strength to be able to harness this power. Neptune, do you understand me?"
"Certainly!" Neptune suddenly spoke loudly, and then a sly look flashed in his eyes as he said, "That's why I spoke to Mr. Buggy about it."
"Neptune, what do you mean?" Buggy was a little confused.
"I want Shirahoshi to follow Mr Buggy!" Neptune put his hands on the ground, knocked on Buggy, and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Buggy, I know it is impossible to protect the people with my strength! If one day this power is suddenly exposed and I can't help Shirahoshi, it will be really bad!"
"So, I implore Mr Buggy to be sure to bring Shirahoshi. I hope Mr. Buggy can teach her something! To thank Mr Buggy, I would like to contribute to the treasure house of our Ryugu Palace! I know that although those gold, silver, and jewels are useless to us, Mr. Buggy, who needs to build a new force, needs a lot of money. That money is going to come in handy!"
Buggy looked at Neptune's firm gaze, sighed, and said, "Neptune, since you have talked to this extent if I don't agree, it will be my fault! Alright! I promise you, that I will train Shirahoshi well. Don't worry, no one with me can hurt Shirahoshi. Unless they step over my dead body!"
"Thank you so much!" Neptune was so excited that he slapped Buggy again. Gabban and the others on one side were silent the whole time. If they hadn't been trained, they would have laughed out loud!
Neptune was giving away everything, not just helping count money, but sending out his own money and his daughter! But they quickly changed their thinking. If they were in Neptune's position, the current situation is indeed the best choice! What could be safer than handing Shirahoshi over to a future New World Four Emperor?
Robin naturally didn't understand Gabban's thoughts because part of the information was missing. Her and Neptune's ideas were the same. At the same time, seeing that Buggy was so respected by the king of Fishman Island, she became even more curious.
Because they wanted to take Shirahoshi away with them, Buggy and the others stayed on Fishman Island for another three days to prepare supplies. Three days later, Buggy and the others quietly left Fishman Island.
Fortunately, Buggy's current ship was a large warship. Otherwise, they might have needed to use Enel's Ark Maxim, as Shirahoshi's body was too big! According to Neptune, it would take a few years for Shirahoshi to transform her mermaid tail into legs. For the time being, the bubble rings from Fishman Island could also be used instead of feet, so Buggy wasn't in a rush.
While Enel and the others manipulated the boat to float up, Buggy was teaching Robin and Shirahoshi how to train Observation and Armament Haki!
After several hours of surfacing without any risk, Buggy and the others finally got the boat out of the water. Immediately afterwards, without any hesitation, they headed towards Punk Hazard according to the permanent pointer Neptune had given them.
Floating from Fishman Island, the distance to Punk Hazard wasn't far. In addition, Buggy and the others were on a large warship, so it took them less than half a day to arrive at this huge, lush island before dark. If it weren't for the permanent pointer pointing to this island, Buggy would have wondered if the place he arrived at was Punk Hazard.
Punk Hazard in this period was just abandoned by Vegapunk, and the battle between Aokiji and Akainu had not yet started here. That's why the island was still so beautiful. One of the big reasons Vegapunk chose this island for experiments was because of the biodiversity of Punk Hazard, which is why he chose the later Egg Point Island.
At the same time, it is also because Vegapunk hates using children to do giant experiments. This led to the fact that it was first abandoned and then occupied by Caesar.
But it doesn't matter. None of this affects Buggy's purpose here. That's right, the reason why Buggy came to Punk Hazard as soon as he arrived in the New World was because of Vegapunk's man-made Devil Fruit The Uo Uo no Mi, Model: Seiryu is a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to transform into a hybrid and full version of an Azure Dragon at will
Although the Uo Uo fruit copied by Vegapunk is a failure in his opinion, it is actually no different from Kaido's Mythical Zoan except for the colour! Instead of wasting it on that Momonosuke in the future, he should grab it himself and use it for Bullet!
This is the Devil Fruit that Buggy helped Bullet find!
After exchanging the fruit of Bullet with his power of [Chop and extract], he will have the potential of Yonko-level combat power, which won't take long to reach!
Thinking of this, Buggy suddenly became excited. Robin, standing beside him, naturally noticed the change in his expression and couldn't help but smile and say, "Mr Buggy, you seem excited?"
"Right," Buggy replied without hiding his enthusiasm, looking forward and saying, "This island has what I need."
Gabbn also approached at this time and asked, "Buggy, are we going to the island now?"
"Right! I don't want to delay any longer."
Seeing Buggy's eagerness to go to the island, Bullet, and the others were also very curious. After all, things that can make Buggy anxious are indeed somewhat rare.
Without hesitation, Buggy's figure jumped into the air and then covered the entire island with his Haki. Achieving this level was naturally easy for him, given his current level of advanced knowledge. Soon, Buggy locked onto the location of Vegapunk's former research institute and the current whereabouts of Ceaser Clown.
Though the place still exuded a powerful aura, this posed no problem for Buggy. After securing the boat, he decomposed several large trees and then condensed them into a huge flying stand. Then, with Robin and Shirahoshi on board, they flew towards the research institute together.
After a while, they arrived in front of the institute and saw a huge stone gate in the lush and tall forest. The gate leaned against a mountain, with black and white smoke still spraying from the top, giving it a rather strange appearance. Guy Sakurang in the research institute was able to observe their every move.
Just as Buggy and the others were about to approach the gate, countless huge shells shot towards Buggy from the dense forest below.
"Boom!"
In the next moment, the shells fired from more than one meter away from Buggy turned into dust.
"There's someone!"
"Wait, look at that flag; it's from the World Government?"
"Why is the World Government involved in this wicked game?"
"Isn't this normal? Is it okay for the World Government not to meddle?"
Buggy snorted coldly, raised his hand, and cast a shattering spell.
"Call out!"
As the platinum beam of light hit the gate, the huge stone gate leaning against the mountain shattered into countless tiny pieces. Robin, witnessing this scene for the first time, couldn't help but be shocked.
"Let's go!" Buggy took the lead and entered, followed by Gabban and the others. Robin and Shirahoshi were still sitting on the template and slowly floated in behind Buggy.
Inside the laboratory, a shrill siren sounded as Buggy and his group entered the door. Ceaser, who was relaxing, saw someone on the surveillance video and fell to the ground in horror, saying, "How is it possible? How could that man appear here? It's over, it's over; go and call Doflamingo!"