97. Pettiness

Buggy sells the loots in the town and gets some money. It's not much, considering the weapons' qualities are low, and they already have some defects. But he still gets 330,000 belly because there's a lot of them.

"Too bad that those swords are not in good condition. I can get around 1 million if they are still good despite their low qualities. But well, it's free money, so it's not that bad," says Buggy happily.

Buggy walks on the street while looking around. He has visited all the small islands in this Archipelago and doesn't find anything special. The only thing that makes him interested in this Archipelago is because it was made of one big land.

Barsa Archipelago is similar to Long Ring Long Land island. It is made of one big island that gets its lower ground covered by seawater. But Barsa Archipelago's lower ground always sinks and never resurfaces like Long Ring Long Land island.

However, this Archipelago is still one big island. That's why it only had one magnetic field and Log Pose always points to this place like it's one island, not many islands.

"Sigh, too bad I can't swim. I'm very curious of the water area that covers this Archipelago," says Buggy with a depressed tone.

As he walks while getting depressed by his inability to swim, Buggy hears Mantis & Cricket's laugh. He looks around and sees the 2 of them are having a sweet time on the sea.

Cricket is swimming with Mantis standing on his back. Cricket swim quite fast and it makes Mantis looks like she is surfing on a human board. They laugh happily like a stupid high school couple.

Buggy has a dark face and a dark aura comes out from his body. They play on the water right when he gets depressed by his inability to swim again. He is very jealous of them because they can swim and play on the water.

"Bastards, I won't give them any pocket money on the next island," says Buggy with an angry tone.

Mantis realizes that Buggy is looking at them from the beach. She doesn't know what Buggy is thinking and assume that he is just walking around. Without any thought, Mantis waves her hands at Buggy and smiles happily.

Buggy gets pissed and has a big tickmark appear on his forehead. He stomps his foot strongly to the ground and makes the sand fly around. After that, Buggy turns around and leaves while grumbling angrily.

"Hmm, he's leaving?" asks Mantis curiously.

"What's wrong?" asks Cricket who doesn't know anything.

"Ah, it's Captain. I see him on the beach, so I wave my hands. But suddenly he stomped his foot to the ground and leaves," says Mantis.

"Hmm, maybe he's forgetting something," says Cricket without any suspicion.

Mantis thinks it's possible, so they just ignore it now. They are having fun currently, so they don't want to think about difficult things. Buggy can take care of himself, so they don't need to worry about him.

They need to be worried though because Buggy is not in good mood now. He starts to think like a petty person and wants to plot against them by not giving them pocket money on the next island.

"Hehe, how dare you make me feel miserable. Even if you're my first mate and my chef, I won't forgive you for making me feel like this. You will feel my rage after this, HAHA!" says Buggy with a crazy tone.

"You sound happy, Captain," says Manba so suddenly while Buggy laugh.

Buggy flinches because Manba suddenly appears in front of him. Manba brings a big bag on his back. It is filled with the medical stuff that he bought on this island.

"What makes you so happy like that, Captain?" asks Manba innocently.

"A-ah, n-no, I just made some money after defeating some fools. That's why I am in a good mood now, haha," says Buggy nervously.

"Oh, you must get a lot of money to be this happy," says Manba excitedly.

"Well, not really. I just made 330,000 belly because those guys are poor. But it's not that bad I guess," says Buggy with some cold sweats still running on his back.

"That's still a good amount of money. Man, I hope some fools pick a fight with me too, so I can get some money. But I don't have any bounty yet, so it seems to be impossible to happen," says Manba with a disappointed tone.

"You will get your bounty soon, don't worry. Besides, you can pick a fight first if no one comes to you," says Buggy.

"No thanks. I like to get a bounty too, but I don't want to start a fight. It's too troublesome," says Manba while shaking his head.

Buggy sighs in relief because Manba doesn't hear his childish rant. Both of them then go to their ship because it will get dark soon. There's nothing else for them to do in the town, so they return.

When they arrive on the ship, they see a big stack of wood planks on the ship's deck. Palu is doing some repairing already after he bought the materials. He repairs the ship's mainmast and patches some holes on the deck.

"Oh, Captain, Manba, you guys come at a good time. I want to move the ship to an empty island so I can repair the lower parts after this," says Palu.

"Have the others returned already?" asks Buggy.

"Only Cricket & Mantis who haven't returned yet. Ruff is working on weapons now, while Jude is making a journal," says Palu.

"Ho, then let's move the ship now," says Buggy while smirking naughtily.

"Eh? How about Cricket & Mantis then?" asks Palu.

"They're on a date now, so they won't return soon. They might even rent a room in the town tonight. So just leave a note in here," says Buggy while holding his laugh.

"Hmm, okay then, you're the Captain, after all," says Palu.

Buggy covers his mouth while giggling happily. He never thought that his chance to get his revenge on Cricket & Mantis will come this soon.

'Haha, this is what you'll get for making me jealous, Cricket, Mantis,' thinks Buggy while giggling happily.

The Clowns then move Little Hunter to an empty island. Palu has made a plank with a letter on it at the previous place to tell Cricket & Mantis. But Buggy has removed the plank stealthily and throw it to the sea.

After they arrive on an empty island, Palu makes a place to fix the ship. The boys then pull Little Hunter to the place that Palu made. With their strength, it's easy to pull the ship just using a rope.

Palu doesn't immediately work to fix the ship. He wants to repair it after dinner with a full stomach. But Cricket & Mantis don't come even after 8 PM.

"Damn, they're late. Do they want to make us die of hunger?" complains Ruff when they gather in the kitchen.

"It's impossible. Mantis always returns on time because she always thinks of our stomach," says Jude.

"Then why haven't they returned yet?" asks Ruff.

"Maybe they can't find the island yet. Did you write the location correctly, Palu?" asks Manba.

"Of course. I even drew a rough map to show them the location. Besides, there's no other ship on the empty islands, so they should find it easily," says Palu.

Buggy is very nervous right now. He forgot that they can't eat without Mantis here. It's a big miscalculation on his side.

"Sigh, maybe we shouldn't leave without them before," says Jude.

"Well, Captain said that it's okay, so I thought it will be fine," says Palu.

"I-I thought they will find this place easily too. This Archipelago isn't that big, after all," says Buggy nervously.

*BAM*

The kitchen door suddenly gets open and Mantis is standing there with a very pissed expression.

"So it's you, Captain," says Mantis with a pissed tone.

"I don't know why you decided to leave us there, but it doesn't matter now. There's no dinner for you," says Mantis with a murderous expression.

Buggy can only gulp his saliva and says, "Yes."

He has made a very fatal mistake today and he will pay the price.

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