Cross Guild

Within the New World, this syndicate of crime earns its keep through mercenary contracts, protection services, and dealings on the black market. Its most notorious practice, though, is placing prices on the heads of Marine officers, a move that flips the World Government's own laws completely around. With such bounties in circulation, even admired officers can be cut down by the same townspeople and hunters they defend, and any death of that sort has its real cause hidden in the press. As naval work grows cautious, allied Underworld ventures expand their trade. Crocodile and Mihawk built the group and folded Buggy's Delivery into it to recover old debts, leaving Buggy as a hollow figurehead "president" whom the government wrongly named an Emperor.

Under the syndicate's bounty scheme, each Marine is tagged with a count of stars or crowns, a star running to roughly a hundred million and a crown to about a billion, the figures scaled by rank yet pushed higher for standouts such as the acclaimed Koby and the storied Garp. Crocodile at first framed the venture as a fresh attempt at his ruined Operation Utopia, but after Buggy loudly swore to overtake his fellow Emperors and seize the Pirate King title, the whole crew was pulled into the chase for the One Piece. Sustained by Underworld money and the terrifying repute of its founders, the organization ranks as a real hazard to the navy.

Buggy takes the billing as chief and pours in plenty of resources, yet Mihawk and Crocodile handle the true business while masquerading as ordinary officers, deliberately steering scrutiny toward a leader they regard as disposable. Crocodile, formerly Baroque Works' head and a Suna Suna no Mi wielder, together with Mihawk, the planet's finest swordsman, carry enormous bounties that stack with Buggy's into the billions. Their roster gathers the Buggy Pirates, former Baroque Works agents Daz Bonez and Galdino, plus Impel Down escapees and loyal ex-staff of Buggy's Delivery. Their flagship, the Big Top Blaster, was fashioned in Buggy's image, a sight that appalled both founders. An early plan reportedly counted Perona among the ranks before she was dropped.