One Piece: Honey Badger Speedruns the World

Captain's lounge.

The room was a mess, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder.

Mia gripped her twin swords, pointing them at Reiju and Buggy respectively.

She glanced at Goss, who was still unconscious behind her, and asked in an icy tone, "What exactly do you want?"

"Allah……"

Reiju leaned against the charred bookshelf. Despite her tattered clothes and heavy shackles on her hands, she gracefully raised her hand and gently blew the dust off her fingernails.

Beneath those seemingly casual eyelids, her peripheral vision had already swept back and forth between the red-nosed man and Mia holding the knife in the corner.

This guy... isn't even on this ship.

Reiju's mind raced.

The little girl named Mia's first reaction was shock, not anger or questioning.

Moreover, when this red-nosed man threw the bomb, he completely disregarded the life or death of the unconscious "captain" on the bed.

Even if they were allies, it would be impossible for them to indiscriminately bombard their own seriously wounded captain.

"Don't be so tense, little sister. Instead of pointing a knife at me, why don't you thank me for blocking that red-nosed assassin for you?"

Is it a thief trying to take advantage of the chaos? Or a rat lurking on the ship?

Reiju's smile deepened slightly, and the anxiety she had felt from the failed assassination attempt vanished in an instant.

Ah, whatever it is, it's come at just the right time.

I was just looking for a reason to cover up the murderous intent I had shown to Goss earlier... Now that there's an unwelcome "third party" involved, you'll have to take the blame, Mr. Red Nose.

By muddying the waters and disguising himself as a victim who "fought the assassin to protect the captain," he could not only clear his name but also perhaps gain the trust of that naive girl and even... obtain the key to unlock his shackles.

She slightly raised her chin, a hint of mockery in her icy blue eyes, and pointed to Bucky in the corner: "That clown sneaked in with a bomb just now. If I hadn't taken care of it, your unconscious brother would probably be blown to bits by now."

"You did this to save your brother?" Mia stared at her suspiciously.

"Don't get me wrong, I just hate being bothered by flies when I'm resting."

In the corner, Bucky lay on the ground, writhing wildly like a caterpillar, screaming like a pig being slaughtered: "Bullshit! I saw it with my own eyes!!"

Bucky, his eyes bloodshot, strained to reach Mia closer, spitting as he spoke: "Just now, she was holding those iron shackles around your brother's neck! They were only this close! I guess you could say I saved you, I should consider myself your savior... right?"

Bucky's voice grew softer and softer, the last "ba" sounding almost inaudible. He realized that Mia's gaze towards him was completely strange.

It's like looking at some kind of disgusting garbage.

Mia didn't speak, but narrowed her eyes slightly, staring intently at the comical face covered in paint, especially the large, bright red nose that looked particularly large at this distance, using the light from the explosion.

"Red nose... clown makeup... and this ability to tear things apart..."

Mia murmured softly as a not-so-distant memory suddenly became clear in her mind.

"I remember now!!"

Mia let out a sharp shout, and the famous sword in her hand instantly emitted a clear, resonant sword cry, its tip almost piercing Bucky's nostril:

"You're Buggy! One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!! That villain who goes around capturing and auctioning off Mink Tribe members on the high seas."

"Huh?!?!"

Bucky's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Did you actually recognize me at this time?

"Oh my, it seems my intuition was right."

Reiju chuckled, her eyes instantly sharpening: "I knew this clown had a nauseating stench. It seems my decision to attack him was absolutely right, didn't it?"

Mia paused, her hand gripping the knife, and turned to look at Reiju, her brow furrowed. "What are you trying to say? Does this erase the fact that you almost hurt your brother just now?"

"I'm cleaning up your trash, little girl. If you wait until you realize it, this rat will have blew this place up."

Reiju chuckled softly, her eyes instantly sharpening. Taking advantage of the opportunity, she casually dropped her declaration about pride: "And don't expect me to be a docile prisoner who lets others manipulate me."

She raised her shackled hands, displaying her power: "I am the eldest daughter of the Germa Kingdom, and I have my own judgment—since I have determined him to be an enemy, I will take action."

Even if I'm locked up, I will never tolerate a filthy clown running wild in front of me.

Even if this hurts my brother?

Mia wasn't swayed by her words; her gaze turned completely serious: "In your judgment, my brother's safety seems to be a bargaining chip that can be sacrificed, doesn't it?"

She flicked the tip of her knife, pointing it towards the door: "Go to the cell in the lower deck. Don't expect to see the sunlight again until your brother wakes up and decides what to do with you."

"A prison cell?" Upon hearing these two words, Reiju's smile widened, but the smile didn't reach her eyes: "Locking a lady in such a filthy, smelly place full of rats? Oh my, the hospitality of your ship is truly rude."

Reiju slowly raised her hands, placing the heavy, dark seastone shackles across her chest, and looked at Mia defiantly: "What if I say... 'no'?"

"Then I'll have to drag you there." Mia gripped the hilt of her knife tightly.

"Then let's give it a try!" Reiju took a sudden step forward, instantly cracking the floorboards.

"You want to lock me up? Beat me with that knife first!!"

"You ungrateful wretch!"

Mia also had a fiery temper; without saying a word, she swung her knife and started slashing.

"One-Sword Style: Thrust!"

Whoosh! Reiju leaned back, her movements as swift as a pink viper, using the incredibly sturdy handcuffs as a shield to block Mia's blade.

when!!

Sparks flew everywhere!

"What?!" Mia exclaimed in surprise.

"This is the culmination of Germa's technology; it's harder than your knife!"

Reiju blinked and then kicked Mia in the stomach.

Ping pong! The two women instantly started fighting in the cramped room, with tables and chairs flying everywhere.

……

in the corner

Bucky, huddled in the corner, watched the scene with his neck hunched and his eyes darting around.

Hehehe! They're fighting! Those two crazy women are fighting!

Lord Buggy's luck is truly unbeatable!

puff.

With a soft thud, Bucky's body suddenly crumbled apart like building blocks, slipping away piece by piece.

"Fool!!"

Bucky covered his mouth, trying his best not to let out that smug, strange laugh.

He tiptoed along the wall to the doorway and quickly pieced his scattered hands, feet, and body back together.

Bucky glanced back at the two still fighting, made an extremely exaggerated face, and stuck out his tongue: "Hehehe! A bunch of idiots! I'm not playing with you anymore! Goodbye!"

After saying that, he took off running, rushing out of the room like a comical clown, heading straight for the stairwell.

"Treasure! Treasure! As long as we find a lifeboat and escape, we can come back later..."

Bucky hummed an unknown tune and turned the corner of the corridor with great enthusiasm.

……

The corner of the corridor.

"Damn it... I can't move my body..."

Thornton leaned against the wall, his chest covered in blood, while Garrot collapsed at his feet.

The two could only watch helplessly as the terrifying bald assassin approached step by step.

Mr. 1 stood in front of the two men, raising his right arm, which had transformed into a sharp blade, expressionless.

The jet-black Armament Haki coiled around the blade, exuding an aura of death.

"it's over."

Mr. 1 coldly pronounced his sentence, his arm muscles tensing as he swung it down hard at Thornton's neck.

"Annihilation Slash!!"

This strike was powerful and heavy; once it landed, Soton would surely die!

however--

Just as the blade was about to touch Thornton's neck, at the critical moment...

A figure with a red nose burst out of the captain's cabin door like a cannonball. It was Bucky, who had panicked and was running for his life.

As he ran, he kept glancing back in terror, afraid that Reiju would catch up. He didn't notice anyone in front of him, nor did he realize that he was precisely rushing into Mr. 1's attack trajectory at 100 miles per hour.

Swish-! ! !

There was no warning whatsoever.

Mr. 1's seemingly inevitable, deadly strike missed Thornton and instead landed squarely on Bucky's waist as he suddenly traversed the battlefield.

puff.

The air suddenly became quiet.

Mr. 1's touch told him that he had cut open a human body. But he frowned slightly: How could a red-nosed creature suddenly pop out to die?

pat.

Because of the immense momentum from the sprint, Bucky's severed upper body flew out and slid like a rag to Thornton's feet before crashing into the wall with a thud.

His legs, however, remained in place, still in a running posture, and comically took two steps in place before slowly coming to a stop.

Thornton and Carrot stared in disbelief at the scene.

"This...this is..." Thornton swallowed.

Mr. 1 withdrew his arm, glanced at the two legs still twitching slightly at his feet, and coldly snorted, "Hmph, you ignorant insects, did you just run into this mess to die?"

In his view, being cut in half by a powerful and domineering blade, its internal organs must have been shattered, making it a corpse.

He lifted his foot, as if stepping over trash, preparing to step over Bucky's lower body and continue killing Thornton.

"It's really in the way."

However, just as his foot stepped over the threshold...

The upper body that had slid to the corner suddenly sprang up from the ground, frantically pounding the floor with both hands. Its red nose was flushed with anger as it launched into a tirade against Mr. 1's back:

"Hey!! You bald bastard!! You think you can just walk away after killing someone?"