One Piece: The Cryo Doctor on the Straw Hat Ship

"Ship...Ship!!!"

So many ships!!!

The three children scrambled toward Usopp, their voices trembling with terror:

"Captain, it's terrible! Pirates!!!"

"Three! Three massive pirate ships!!!"

"They're coming towards the village!!!"

Usopp, who had been woken up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, lazily turned over, and curled his lips into a disdainful smile.

"Huh? Three pirate ships? Heading towards the village?"

He yawned widely, rested his head on his arms, and said slowly:

"How could such a powerful pirate crew possibly come to our poor, remote village?"

"Next time you lie, could you at least be more believable?"

"You're far from being able to lie to me, the king of lies."

Usopp prides himself on being the village's "King of Lies," and he often uses tricks like "Pirates are coming" to prank the villagers, so he's long been immune to such tactics.

"No, no, Captain! It's true!"

Onion Head was so anxious he jumped up and down. He picked up the binoculars that had fallen to the ground, and without bothering to explain, he shoved them directly into Usopp's eyes.

The other two little ones also worked in perfect harmony, holding Usopp's head and pointing it towards the sea.

"See for yourself!!!"

Usopp was caught off guard; his field of vision was instantly filled with the circular image displayed through the telescope.

At first, it was all blurry, but as the focus automatically adjusted, the distant sea view came into clear view—

Three ships of different shapes and with towering masts are coming through the waves.

The ship at the very front had a skull and cat head painted prominently on its sail.

The Black Cat Pirates' flag, which hadn't yet been taken down, fluttered in the wind.

"They're...really pirates!?"

Usopp suffered cardiac arrest.

He pinched his thigh hard, and the intense pain made him realize...

This is not an illusion, nor is it a joke.

"No, no, no, no, this is terrible!"

A few seconds later, he sprang up from the beach like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, his voice shrill and distorted with extreme terror:

"Pirates—they're really here!!!"

"Run! Run!!!"

"Go and inform the villagers—the Black Cat Pirates are back!!!"

Usopp scrambled toward the village, and the three little ones finally realized the seriousness of the situation, crying and following behind him.

However, they completely forgot...

Because of Usopp's problematic personal conduct, at this point, not a single villager in Syrup Village believed his "nonsense."

……

……

The sea was tinged with a warm orange-gold hue by the sunlight.

The three pirate ships slowly slowed down and approached the dock one after another.

Luffy was the first to jump off the ship, excitedly looking around at the brand-new island.

"Hey—is anyone there? We're just passing pirates!" he shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice echoing across the empty beach.

V had told him...

There are two really good guys on this island, perfect for joining their pirate crew.

Today, Zoro's amazing perseverance and Nami's mature and experienced navigation skills perfectly prove V's initial judgment.

Therefore, Luffy now has complete faith in V's "judgment".

V and Zoro then disembarked, while Nami cautiously followed behind them, occasionally glancing back at the fleet with concern.

After all, the treasure accumulated on these three pirate ships is now worth nearly ten million Berries.

The fact that she was abandoned on the shore without any warning made this shrewd and calculating little thief uneasy.

Zoro looked around, a slight smile playing on his lips as he gazed at the deserted beach.

"Hello, V."

"You didn't lead us the wrong way, did you?"

"This place doesn't look like anyone lives here."

V: ? ? ?

Who gave you the courage to talk to me like that?

"Zoro, you still need to train."

V raised an eyebrow and glanced at Zoro, his prosthetic eye flashing slightly blue.

"With your sensory abilities, how come you couldn't detect someone in the bushes ahead?!"

Before he could finish speaking, there was a sudden rustling sound from the bushes in front of him.

"We've been...discovered!?"

The three little ones hiding in the grass panicked and even considered running away.

Usopp, who was standing nearby, quickly reached out and held them down, and whispered a reprimand:

"Idiot! If you guys go out, won't we really be discovered!?"

"But...but..."

The three little ones cried and sobbed.

Usopp, however, quietly put on his goggles.

no way.

The villagers didn't believe him; no one wanted to believe that pirates were about to land on the island.

In that case, he would have no choice but to drive the pirates off the island on his own.

"Calm down, Usopp."

"You are the son of a pirate, a brave warrior of the sea!"

"A mere pirate crew of a few people is no match for you!"

Usopp mentally hypnotized himself.

The next moment, he suddenly raised the slingshot in his hand and aimed at the guy in the crowd who looked like the leader.

Usopp took a deep breath, mustered all his strength, and shouted out the lines he had practiced countless times:

"Listen up, pirates below!"

"This is my territory!"

"...I am the guardian of this village, the great captain with eighty million men under my command—Usopp!!"

"If you don't want to be trampled into mincemeat by my eight thousand brave and invincible men..."

His voice began to tremble involuntarily, but he still stubbornly shouted:

"Turn around and leave right now! Now!!!"

Chapter 21 The whole world owes you an Oscar

As Usopp finished speaking from the bushes, the air suddenly froze.

On the beach, Luffy blinked and tilted his head to look at V: "Eighty million subordinates? Really?"

Zoro's lips twitched. "Idiot, it's obvious that's impossible!"

Eighty million people could flatten this small island.

V raised an eyebrow with interest. "Usopp? That saves me the trouble of looking for you."

"Luffy, have you forgotten?" He turned his head and smiled at Luffy. "Didn't Yasopp say he had a son named Usopp?"

"That's right!"

Luffy suddenly slapped his palm, completely oblivious to why V knew all this.

He immediately looked into the depths of the jungle, "Come to think of it, this seems to be the hometown of Yasopp."

"You know my father?"

rustling—

The edge of the distant jungle suddenly stopped, and then the branches and leaves were violently pushed aside.

Usopp sprang to his feet, his eyes wide open.

"Captain Usopp..." The three little ones clung tightly to Usopp's legs, trembling.

"You...you just said...Yaspa?"

Usopp's voice trembled as he practically tumbled out of his hiding place, forgetting to put down the slingshot he was holding.

"You know my dad?!"

"Of course I know him!"

Luffy grinned, his eyes sparkling beneath his straw hat: "Yasop is the best sniper on Shanks' ship! Super-strong!"