“Bang!!!”
The dull sound made by Luffy and Usopp when they fell heavily was so "harsh" even in this noisy tavern.
For a moment, the drinkers in the tavern looked at Luffy and Usopp. Seeing how embarrassed they looked, they couldn't control their emotions and laughed softly.
Feeling a little embarrassed, Usopp blushed and stood up slowly after a while. He glanced at his feet and saw the wine bottle that he had stepped on rolling to the side. He immediately felt a little annoyed.
Unexpectedly, he was so careless that he didn't even notice a bottle and made such a fool of himself in front of everyone.
But Usopp noticed that Luffy beside him was also lying on the ground with his legs spread out and unable to get up. The feeling of regret and shame immediately disappeared without a trace.
"Hahaha, Luffy, why are you so careless?"
Usopp let out a hearty laugh. Seeing Luffy's miserable appearance, he had forgotten his previous ugly behavior.
This is how it is between bad friends, and the relationship between him and Luffy is indeed very close.
"Hey, Usopp, hurry up and give me a hand!"
"My butt hurts!"
Although he is a famous pirate on the sea, the appearance of Luffy when he fell is indeed inconsistent with his vicious reputation.
When she spoke to Usopp, there was a hint of coquettishness in her tone, just like a child who had not grown up.
Upon hearing this, Usopp smiled and walked towards Luffy. He grabbed Luffy's outstretched hand and was about to pull him up when he suddenly felt his feet slip. He suddenly lost his balance and fell forward.
"Bang!!!" Luffy, who was just about to get up, didn't expect Usopp to fall down suddenly. He didn't check for a moment and was hit by Usopp in the chest. He fell to the ground again, and his butt and the floor had an intimate contact again.
"!?"
“?!”
Usopp and Luffy fell down again and were both stunned. Both of their faces were full of confusion. Ignoring the pain in his body, Usopp turned his head and looked behind him, and found that there was a pool of red wine on the ground where he had just fallen.
I must have fallen because I stepped on the slippery wine.
Although he figured out why he fell, Usopp still felt a sense of incongruity at this moment.
He didn't know why this feeling appeared, but Usopp vaguely felt that something was wrong.
If the first fall was due to his carelessness, then the second fall should not be explained by carelessness. In a place like the New World, although Usopp is not a master, he has experienced so many things with the Straw Hat Pirates and other crew members, and Usopp has grown a lot compared to when he first went to sea.
Although his strength is not the best on the ship, he is on a different level compared to ordinary people.
According to his reflexes, such a thing as losing balance repeatedly should not have happened to him.
What's more, this abnormality not only occurred to him, but also to Luffy.
Luffy had almost gotten up, but he was knocked back to the ground by Usopp. Usopp knew Luffy's strength very well. Even if Luffy was careless, he shouldn't be knocked to the ground so easily.
The fact that Luffy fell because he stepped on a wine bottle is strange in itself.
At the same time that Usopp noticed the abnormality, Luffy had actually already sensed something was wrong.
"What's wrong, Usopp, why are you so careless?"
Although Luffy was mocking Usopp with his mouth and returning the words that the other party had just used to mock him, his eyes were actually examining his surroundings.
Not sensing any signs of malicious intent, Luffy couldn't help but rub his head and laughed heartlessly.
"Let's go, Usopp. There's wine on the ground. Be careful when you walk."
As he spoke, Luffy gently kicked the wine bottle that he had just stepped on. As he spoke, he also reminded Usopp to be careful.
The wine bottle rolled out and, as luck would have it, landed on the leg of a drinker's chair. The drinker, who was eating at the table, was chatting happily with his friends. As the conversation got more and more exciting, his body movements became more and more exaggerated.
When he was moving the chair, the chair leg directly pressed on the wine bottle that rolled to the side, and the whole person fell backwards. At the same time, in order to stabilize his body, he did not care about the wine bottle in his hand and threw it away.
After Luffy and Usopp stood up again, they were about to follow Bakara and Chopper, but suddenly they felt a slight sound behind their heads. The two men with strong Observation Haki dodged together, and the wine bottle passed by them directly and flew straight forward.
“Bang!!!”
Unfortunately, Bakara, who was holding Chopper, seemed to have heard the sound of Luffy and Usopp falling, and was about to turn around to check, but the flying wine bottle hit Bakara's chest directly and hit Chopper's forehead directly, making a muffled sound.
An unexpected disaster.
If Chopper had not been held in Bakara's arms, with his agility, he would have been able to detect the flying bottle and dodge it easily. However, he was caught off guard and was hit by the bottle.
Chopper, who was hit by the wine bottle, also looked confused and couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment.
Usopp and Luffy heard the sound and turned around to look in Chopper's direction. Seeing the confusion on Chopper's face and some wine on his head, they looked at each other and burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha, Chopper, what's wrong with you? Hahaha!"
"Your luck is so bad! This can even hit you? Hahaha!"
It was obviously just a very small matter, but in the eyes of Luffy and Usopp, it seemed like a huge joke. The two of them laughed happily, which also attracted the attention of some people.
“.”
Chopper took out a handkerchief from his arms, glanced at Luffy and Usopp speechlessly, then wiped the wine off his head. After a slight struggle, Bakara put Chopper back on the ground with a smile on her face. At the same time, she gently wiped the wine off Chopper's head and said softly:
"Ah, I'm so sorry, Mr. Reindeer."
Bakara's gentle tone and kind demeanor made the naive Chopper feel the kindness emanating from her, and he became shy at this moment:
"Hey, it's okay, it's okay."
While the two of them were talking, they didn't notice that a group of people appeared silently behind Luffy and Usopp.
Five burly men stood up from the table one after another. The leader was holding a bottle of wine in his hand and staring at Luffy and Usopp with a bad look on his face.
"Hey, kid."
"Did you just throw this bottle?"
The deep voice caught the attention of Luffy and Usopp. They turned around and saw a 3-meter-tall muscular man standing behind them. His tall figure even blocked out some of the lights in the bar, and the huge shadow enveloped Usopp and Luffy.
"ah"
As soon as Luffy opened his mouth, the other party cursed "Bastard!" and then punched Luffy on the head.
The remaining strong men quickly surrounded Usopp and Luffy, and attacked them directly with fists and feet.
The burly man who was leading this group of people was just chatting animatedly with his companions, but because the bottle kicked out by Luffy fell to the ground and made a fool of himself, he now went to find Luffy and Usopp, just to vent his anger.
“Boom boom boom!!!”
This "battle" only lasted for a few minutes. After the group of people surrounded Luffy and Usopp and punched and kicked them for a while, they seemed to have vented their anger. After cursing a few times, they dispersed one after another.
Although Luffy and Usopp looked a little embarrassed after being punched and kicked for a while, there was no sign of injury on their bodies.
Luffy, who had fallen to the ground, stood up, dusted himself off, and muttered:
"These guys are really fierce."
Although he was the one being beaten and had the strength to crush his opponent, Luffy had no intention of fighting back when facing the beating. Not only him, but even Usopp who was with him just tried to parry and did not fight back.
It seemed that for both of them, there was no point in getting angry or getting picked on over such a matter.
Bakara, who was not far away, originally wanted to watch the strength of Luffy and Usopp from the side, and had the attitude of watching the show in her heart.
But no one expected that Usopp and Luffy would control their temper and not take action when faced with such a thing.
After seeing this, the smile on Bakara's face disappeared.
Usopp and Luffy didn't look like pirates at all. They were much more magnanimous than Bakara had imagined. But Bakara also knew that Luffy and Usopp were indeed pirates.
In Bakara's eyes, the threat level of a pirate with such a mind increases exponentially!
Don't be afraid of pirates who have strength but no vision or brains. The destructive power that opponents of that level can cause is extremely limited.
But what we are afraid of is a very rational pirate like Luffy. The destructive power that this kind of pirate can cause to the world is unimaginable to others.
The Roger Pirates back then had already proved this with their deeds.
That's right, after some imagination, Luffy and Usopp are just like the Roger Pirates in Bakara's mind.
A traitor appears loyal.
This can mean loyalty or honesty.
The loyalty shown by Luffy and Usopp made Bakara wary.
"You two, are you okay?"
"Do you want to go to the hospital?"
"There is a hospital on Hazelnut Island, and it is very close to the naval branch that maintains the island's security."
"That group of people did this to you. According to the rules of Hazelnut Island, they will be detained for public security."
Bakara quickly adjusted her mood and came to Luffy and Usopp with a worried look on her face. While helping them to stand up, she used her devil fruit ability on them.
When they heard that Bakara wanted to take them to the hospital close to the navy, Luffy and Usopp, fearing they would run into the navy and be recognized, waved their hands and refused:
"No! No need to go through so much trouble!"
"It's just a small matter, and neither of us is seriously injured. There's no need to go to the hospital, and there's no need to involve the navy."
Luffy refused repeatedly, feeling guilty and afraid to confront Bakara. This naive guy was not good at lying at all, and even Usopp could sense the nervousness he showed.
"Oh? Really?"
Bakara's tone suddenly became a little serious, completely lacking the charm she had before.
At the same time, Luffy suddenly felt a cold touch on his wrist. Looking back, he found that Bakara had taken out a pair of handcuffs from somewhere and gently handcuffed them on his wrist.
Bakara, wearing silk gloves and dressed like a rich lady, had lost all her charm. The way she looked at Luffy and Usopp was full of mockery and scrutiny.
“!!!”
"What are you doing?"
Luffy was about to ask a question, but he felt a strong sense of weakness coming from his body, and even his strength to speak was weakened.
"This is Sea Rock."
Luffy spoke like he was singing an opera, and his whole body became limp and he felt like he had no strength to use.
Luffy realized something was wrong when he realized the other party was using seastone handcuffs.
"What?!"
"Luffy!!"
Usopp on the other side only woke up at this moment. Seeing Luffy being handcuffed with seastone handcuffs by the woman in front of him, he suddenly jumped up and rushed directly towards Luffy, wanting to rescue Luffy from the woman's hands.
However, Bakara, who handcuffed Luffy with seastone, just glanced at Usopp sideways, flicked out a coin, and then stopped looking at Usopp.
"Um?!"
Usopp thought the other party had released some hidden weapon, so he quickly turned his body to avoid the flying coin.
However, Usopp, who was approaching Bakara quickly, did not notice that the flying coin bounced on the wall and flew directly to the ceiling lamp, directly penetrating the base of the lamp, causing the huge chandelier to fall off and crash to the ground.
And Usopp was right under the chandelier.
By the time Usopp noticed the abnormality above his head, it was too late. He had no time to dodge and was hit by the huge crystal chandelier. For a moment, crystals splattered everywhere and the loud noise startled the surrounding drinkers, who stood up and dodged.
"Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, Straw Hat Luffy, and crew member Usopp, you are under arrest!"
After handcuffing Luffy, Bakara lifted Luffy up and walked to Usopp. Looking at Usopp who was struggling to get up under the crystal chandelier, she took out a pistol from her private part of her arms, pointed it at Usopp, and spoke with a smile.
(End of this chapter)
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