Vice Captain of One Piece

Chapter 146 The Sad Duel

Night gradually descends with the movement of the second hand. There is no star in the dark sky, and the dim moon hangs in the dark sky. The light is unclear, but the vision is not bad.Under the night, the flat ground in front of the Golden Merry occasionally passes through a few gusts of wind, blowing up small dust.The brightly lit Water City in the distance seemed very quiet, as indifferent as a spectator.The sea that was supposed to be quiet also began to become turbulent. From time to time, huge waves rushed to the coast where the Golden Merry was docked, and as time passed, the waves that rushed up became higher and higher, as if to herald a storm in the future.

In the boy's room, Nami was still persuading Luffy to persuade Usopp back, "Why do partners still have to fight each other, give each other a little more time, calm down and there will be a solution. Usopp He also said that out of a moment of anger."

Luffy, who was lying on the hammock, just tilted his head to look at Nami, then fastened his straw hat to cover his eyes, and said lightly, "It's irreversible..."

"There is no such thing!" Nami, who still couldn't fully understand Luffy's approach, persuaded loudly: "As long as you apologize, can the two of you get together and have a good talk?"

"I said it's impossible..." Luffy put his hands behind his head, and after a long silence he continued: "Usopp is not the kind of idiot who would bet his life on a whim, and If it was possible to solve the problem by talking again, it wouldn’t be like this. If you understand, go out and leave me alone..."

"Luffy...", staring blankly at Luffy who was holding his straw hat tightly and turned his back to her. Nami seemed to understand something but couldn't say what she understood, just stood there blankly.

Jumping directly from the door and window on the deck into the room, Encore walked to the direction Luffy was facing and softly said to Nami who was still stunned: "Nami, you go out first..."

Looking at Luffy who was still turning his back to her, Nami nodded helplessly and went out.

The crystal stool that suddenly appeared was just at the same level as the hammock, and Encore, who sat relaxed on it, looked worriedly at Luffy, who covered his face with a straw hat and was motionless.

After a long time, a muffled voice came from under the straw hat: "Are you also here to persuade me..."

"No, you know I won't do this, captain..." Holding his left hand that was not holding the straw hat, Anke said softly: "Take a good rest, I will call you when the time comes~"

Luffy didn't speak, but just clenched his left hand. The slightly cold touch in his hand relieved the pain he had been unable to calm down for a while.Although he was resting with his eyes closed under the straw hat, his brows were furrowed.

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Luffy had been waiting on the flat ground on the Golden Merry early, while everyone else was standing on the Golden Merry.The dust and sand blowing up from the flat ground flew all over the sky, and only the figure of Luffy standing in the distance could be seen dimly.

"Hey, listen up! Stay on the boat and don't get off!", Turning around and explaining loudly, Luffy continued to look at the smoky front with a blank expression.

As soon as ten o'clock struck, a figure gradually approaching could be seen in the direction of the water capital. It was Usopp who was covered in bandages all over his body and held a green slingshot in his hand.

Looking at Usopp who was slowly walking to a stand ten meters away from him, Luffy clasped his hands and said calmly: "You really came here without fear, it seems that you have awakened, this is what you asked for. duel!"

"Of course, you have to be serious," Usopp looked at Luffy blankly, without any hesitation, "I'll let you know how powerful I am, I already have a way to defeat you."

Luffy didn't speak, just slowly lowered his hands, and then slowly clenched into fists.

"Don't compare me with those people who didn't know your details before. Luffy, we've been together for so long, and I know your abilities well. Don't be surprised when you hear that," after a pause, Usopp suddenly shouted : "I am the captain Usopp with 8 million men, if you want to survive, surrender immediately!!"

"What?? There are actually 8000 people???" Chopper, who heard it hundreds of times, widened his eyes in surprise. Zoro looked helplessly at Chopper, who was lying on the strings of a whole deer, and said: "You'd better go back to the house and stay."

"I don't know if you have those subordinates!" Luffy clenched his fist and rushed forward, but before he came to Usopp, he found that Usopp suddenly covered his mouth and kept spitting out bright red blood, tick tick The answering voice made Luffy unable to do so.

"What's the matter? Do you want to sympathize with your enemy?" Usopp, whose mouth was full of blood, slowly raised his head, and immediately took out a flash bomb while Luffy was stunned and fired it, "Kill-Flash bomb !!".

"Ah!!", the glare of the light made Luffy unable to open his eyes for a while, and rubbed his eyes with his hands in discomfort.

"Surprised, this is Tomato Star," Wiping off the tomato juice remaining at the corner of his mouth, Usopp waited until Luffy got used to it and immediately shot something into his mouth when he was about to speak Li, by the way, reminded with a sneer: "Hmph, you will be burned if you open your mouth so wide, you must kill - Pepper Star!!"

Luffy, who accidentally swallowed it, immediately raised his head and spit fire into the sky, "It's so hot!!!", he staggered and fell to the ground, but the ground was covered with sharp hooks at some point. "It hurts!!!", the moment Luffy fell down, he was stabbed severely, screamed and jumped up and pulled out the sharp hook stuck on his body, gritting his teeth and staring at Uso not far away general.

"Listen up, Luffy!!", pointing the slingshot at Luffy, Usopp announced again: "I must defeat you and get back the Golden Merry! No matter what method I use!!", said He took out a few eggs from the cloth bag he was carrying, and shot them directly at Luffy, "Kill - Rotten Egg Star!!"

Luffy dodged one sideways but accidentally stepped on a sharp hook on the ground. After being distracted by the pain, he was hit by the remaining few rotten eggs. The egg yolk and egg white flowed all over his body, and he was not used to these smells. Lu Fei coughed uncomfortably: "What, this is...cough cough cough..."

"I said but I won't let you take advantage of it!! Kill - shuriken meteors!!!" Usopp, holding a bunch of shurikens, directly shot them out with a slingshot, aiming to stand Luffy there.

Luffy endured the smell and jumped out of the range of the shuriken's attack, clawed his fingers to avoid the sharp hooks on the ground, pressed the ground and jumped to one side.Usopp's attack didn't end in one go. The shuriken groups that kept shooting over forced Luffy to dodge constantly. The attack seemed chaotic, but it was more like forcing Luffy to fly to one place to escape.

After running to a place without sharp hooks, Luffy pressed the ground with one hand and looked at Usopp, who was also panting, suddenly a faint smoke rose continuously from the place where Luffy was, which happened to engulf Luffy. It's all wrapped up in it.Hearing the faint hissing sound, Luffy tilted his head to look suspiciously and then widened his eyes. Over there lay a phoenix that kept emitting light smoke.

"It's Feng Bei, the reason why you can't detect it is because you smell like rotten eggs..." Slowly turning his head to look at Luffy, Usopp raised his left hand holding the slingshot and pointed it at Luffy, " Your side is full of gas...I'm sorry..." Before Luffy could react, Usopp quickly took out an ammunition from his bag and shot it: "Kill-Gunpowder Star!!!"

The small ammunition burst into flames, and when it encountered the gas, there was a loud bang, and the whole ground shook, and the huge fireball burned as if it wanted to destroy everything.The violent vibration caused a five-meter wave to set off in the surrounding sea area. While the Golden Merry was constantly shaking by the waves, a lot of waves also flowed into the cabin.

After the violent explosion, the flames disappeared, and the flat ground shrouded in thick smoke could not see what was going on for the time being. Anke looked at the front of the smoke billowing indifferently, and waited quietly with arms folded.Nami and Chopper, who were still worried that Luffy would be injured in the explosion, knew that Encore was fine when they saw Encore's appearance, and the object of worry turned to Usopp.

The thick smoke dissipated slowly, and faint sparks flickered in the smoke.Luffy, who was lying there in a large font, had no expression on his face. Although there was some dust on his body and the stab wounds left earlier, he was not seriously injured.Lu Fei silently looked at the deserted waning moon slowly hiding in the clouds through the fading smog, scenes of happy adventures in the past flashed in his mind.

Usopp, who was also sitting on the ground with his back against a stone, gasped and looked at the thick smoke in front of him, holding the slingshot tightly, thinking about the way everyone laughed together in the past.

The people on the boat watched silently, but what everyone didn't know was that the sheep's head of the Golden Merry was covered with sea water, and the sea water dripping down the sheep's head seemed to be like the Merry was shedding tears .However, a closer look is a surprising scene. Although the wooden sheep's head is covered with sea water, the eyes are constantly shedding tears, not cold sea water, but warm tears, full of emotions. tears.

Heartbroken, Anke looked at the railing at the bow of the ship that he was holding on tightly, turned his head to look at the direction of the sheep's head, then let go of the strength in his hand, and instead caressed the railing under his hand as if comforting, "Don't Cry... Merry...'

The thick smoke after the explosion was about to disappear completely, leaving only a few hazy wisps.The moon also slowly came out from behind the clouds, and the slightly icy moonlight shone on the water capital that had fallen into a deep sleep.Usopp stood up and held the slingshot tightly and looked at the thick smoke in front of him, which was not enough to see the figure, "I know very well that this level is not enough to kill you. I know very well, Luffy. No matter what kind of battle you will Do your best, I understand all your fighting methods..."As he spoke, he took out a few blue ammunition from the bag and pulled the slingshot to aim.

A blurry figure slowly appeared in the thick smoke, wearing a straw hat and walking steadily. Not long after, a firework-like fist broke through the thick smoke and flew out, "Rubber rubber-machine gun!!"

"Million - Cactus Explosion Star!!!", Usopp, who took the opportunity to shoot out the ammunition, took out three yellow bullets again when Luffy was injured by countless spikes and fell back to the ground, covering the wound and screaming in pain. Ammo, "Powder Star - Triple Hit!!!"

Covering the wound, Luffy quickly flashed past the ammunition, and at the same time swiftly flashed past the next gunpowder star, grabbing a gap, and punched him hard, "Rubber rubber-pistol!!"

Usopp, who saw Luffy's fist but couldn't dodge it, was hit directly in the face and flew out.Stretching his hand back, Luffy rushed over again, "Rubber rubber-rocket launcher!!"

However, after Luffy punched Usopp's hand blocking his abdomen, he didn't move. He looked at the red flat shell in Usopp's hand in astonishment, and couldn't hold back the offensive and went directly to Bailey. rushed over.

"Shock shell, I accept your attack..." Holding the shell tightly, Usopp stuck it on the head of Luffy's inertial charge without hesitation, and then pressed it down hard.Luffy, who took the blow firmly, vomited blood and flew out directly.

While pressing his bandaged right hand tightly, Usopp resisted the heart-piercing pain and shouted: "How? You have suffered a lot!! Bastard!!!", clutching the red shock shell, Usopp stared With big eyes watching Luffy fly away, he staggered a few steps and then stood still, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth and looking at him calmly.

Kneeling down slowly on the ground, Usopp looked at Luffy, who was panting heavily, unwillingly.Clenching his fist and stretching it back, Luffy gritted his teeth and looked at the scarred Usopp in front of him. The scenes of him drawing the pirate flag in the past, and the scenes of him bragging with a smile emerged one after another, but Luffy was still ruthless. He slammed his fist back hard, "Rubber rubber-bullet!!!"

Usopp, who was hit directly in the abdomen, spit out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground, motionless, but still managed to maintain consciousness.

"How could you beat me!!" Clenching his right fist, Luffy growled, looked at the motionless Usopp for a long time, then turned and left, and walked slowly towards the Golden Merry, "Merry is up to you That’s right, we’re going to find a new ship and continue sailing!!”

Usopp, who was lying behind, clenched his fists tremblingly, but remained silent.

"Goodbye, Usopp, I am very happy to be with you..."

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Seeing Usopp lying there with unknown life and death, Chopper, who was full of tears, immediately turned around and picked up the backpack he had put on the ground, holding down the side of the boat and trying to jump out.However, at this time, Sanji pulled him hard: "Don't go, Chopper!!"

"Why? He's already covered in bruises! Now it's even worse!!" Chopper threw off Sanji's hand vigorously, and Chopper, who continued to jump, was gripped even harder by Sanji, "Aren't they Fighting or competing!!"

"So what?? I'm a doctor!! At least let me heal him!!", the raccoon-like state couldn't break away from Sanji's hand at all, and after Chopper turned into a giant and easily opened Sanji, he again Want to rush off the boat.

Quickly dodging Chopper's hand that hit him back, Sanji jumped up with a bow and pressed Chopper against the railing, staring straight into his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Think about it, in a duel How miserable is it for a man to receive sympathy after being defeated in battle?! Inadvertent kindness will torture the loser in pain, and he proposed a duel only after he was mentally prepared!!"

Tears finally couldn't help streaming down, Chopper stopped struggling and endured the crying sound, and changed back to the original little civet cat.

Luffy, who walked slowly to the side of the boat, lowered his head, his straw hat completely covered his eyes, but from the constantly trembling lips, it could be seen that he was also in pain, "It's very heavy..."

"This is the captain, Luffy. You have to learn to be a responsible captain who can be trusted by your companions. Maybe the process will be difficult and you may hate pain, but you must persevere..." Looking at it with distress Luffy below, Encore said softly.

"Don't be confused..." Sauron whispered, "If you are so hesitant, we don't know who to trust..."

Sanji clenched his cigarette and tried to calm down, while Nami covered his eyes directly, and the tears that could not be concealed continued to flow down his arms. Chopper, who was sobbing, suddenly turned around and ran, jumped off the boat and rushed to Usopp He stopped five meters in front of him, tearfully took out all the medicines and put them there, glanced at Usopp who was still lying there motionless, then turned around and ran back to the boat.

"Give him the boat, let's go and pack your luggage..." He tilted his head and glanced at the sheep's head on the Golden Merry with its back facing him. An Ke didn't know whether to say it to Sauron and the others behind him or to Merry. No. said, maybe a bit of both, "We, won't be coming back to this ship..."

After the people behind went back to pack their luggage one after another, Anke jumped off the boat and slowly came to Luffy, watching him with tears like a child crying with worry.

"Enke, I...it's so painful..." Luffy knelt down slowly, fastened the straw hat tightly to cover his face, and stubbornly refused to cry out even though his face was already full of tears.

Anke went over to hug him distressedly, regardless of the wet blood and dust on his body staining her white clothes, and regardless of the smell all over his body, she just carefully put his head close to her small neck, Xiao Li He patted his back softly and comforted him: "I know, Luffy...it's okay, it's all over..."

"Hmm..." murmured in a low voice, Luffy just kept that movement unchanged, like a child seeking comfort.

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(End of this chapter)