Usopp was in a similar state to Nami, weakly saying, "I haven't become the bravest man on the sea yet. I'm still thinking about going back to tell Kaya my adventure stories. I... Kaya, I won't let Kaya down!"

He suddenly lowered his head, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, and pulled a bullet from the cloth bag at his waist, throwing it to the ground.

Bang!

A thick cloud of smoke exploded in the corridor, and from the smoke, the yellow komainu darted out from behind, carrying Usopp, Nami, and Tama away.

"Run! Run! If we don't run now, we're really doomed!" Usopp yelled at the komainu.

"Well done, Usopp!"

Nami snapped out of her daze, tears streaming down her face, almost thinking there was no hope for her.

"Storm Kick!"

A sound came from behind the smoke, and several blue slashes broke through the smoke, heading straight for them.

Behind the smoke, Kro was still in the motion of kicking.

"Ahhh! Run! Run!" Usopp yelled in terror.

"Leave it to me!"

Nami's expression hardened, and she took out the Weather Stick. The entire stick turned black, revealing a humanoid face.

"Oh~ Nami," the stick made a sound.

"Stop yelling, hurry up and help!"

Nami pointed her Clima-Tact at Zeus!

"clear!"

Boom!

A black thundercloud emerged from within the Weather Staff, unleashing a thick bolt of lightning that neutralized the several blue slashes.

"Huh? Kuro?"

After Zeus unleashed his lightning, he saw Kuro standing there and exclaimed in surprise, "Why are you here?!"

Kuro raised an eyebrow. "That's what I should be asking you. You're Linlin's Homie, what are you doing here?"

Half a year ago, he fought with Charlotte Linlin, who was riding this thing, and now he's betrayed him?

"Mother..."

Zeus looked dejected, but he quickly rallied and said, "My mother abandoned me first. She found a new thundercloud and devoured my soul! Nami saved me. Now I am the Weather Stick, Nami's partner!"

“That’s it, Zeus!” Nami smiled triumphantly.

Kuro exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Is that so? It's strange that a Homie created from her soul can betray us. But it doesn't matter."

"Did you block my attack?"

Seeing that his attack had been blocked, Kro leaned forward. "I can dodge that kind of lightning!"

As he spoke, he took a step and was about to rush out.

At that moment, Usopp, who was intently staring ahead, rubbed the area under his nose with his fingers and smiled confidently: "Grow! Ultimate Move - Green Star Devil!"

Kro's foot, which was about to extend, stopped. He looked down and saw thick vines growing from the ground and wrapping around his calves.

The vines continued to spread backward, heading towards Kuro as well.

A giant Venus flytrap grew from the stretching vines in front of Kro, opening its enormous mouth to swallow him whole.

Kro's expression darkened. He shattered the vines wrapped around his leg with a single kick, jumped up on one foot, and stretched out his leg in a circle. The storm kicks he unleashed spread outwards in a circular motion, shattering the surrounding vines. Then he kicked out again, bringing with him a large number of storm kicks that shredded the giant pitcher plant into pieces.

"This is so annoying, you think this will solve everything..."

Kro landed, muttering something as he looked ahead, then paused, for he could no longer see anyone.

“Are you mugged, Kuro?” Kuro said.

Lida laughed even more unrestrainedly, pointing at Chloe and grinning, "Chloe, have you gone idiot? She ran away a long time ago!"

Moore, who was watching the show from the sidelines, also smiled and said, "Well, you've fallen for it. Do you need my help?"

Kro glared at Moore: "Go lock up your prisoners!"

"Oh, well then, I'll be going now." Moore shrugged, a flash of white light, and he disappeared with the two prisoners.

At this moment, Kro lowered his head slightly, his face so gloomy it was almost dripping with water.

He lost face in front of Mr. Kuro and in front of so many naval captains!

"Just one of those minor characters..."

Kro bared his teeth, which began to sharpen, and fur grew all over his body. He wriggled and transformed into a half-werewolf in a human-beast form. His eyes, which had turned into vertical pupils, contracted tightly. He leaned forward and charged out.

"You can't escape, Usopp!"

But no sooner had he finished shouting than the large komainu carrying the man ran back down the long corridor where he hadn't seen a shadow before.

"Fire! There's fire!" Usopp and Nami shouted, covered in sweat.

Behind them, scorching flames were rapidly spreading down the corridor.

Kro's body continued to surge forward, and flames could not stop him!

"Die, Usopp!"

He sprinted to Usopp's side, leaped up, and swung his claw at Usopp.

The sharp nails gleamed coldly in the daylight, and as soon as the arm was extended, the claws were inches away from Usopp's head.

Usopp instinctively leaned back, closed his eyes, and started yelling incoherently.

I'm going to die!

"A Tree - Freesia!"

Suddenly, a giant hand stretched out from the floor and slammed Kro onto the ceiling. Then, the huge arm spread out like flower petals, revealing Kro slammed onto the ceiling like a fly.

"hateful!"

Kuro shouted and continued to descend, lunging towards Usopp's head once more.

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