In the evening, Li Xiao dragged his tired body to the coast, and the Meri was right in front.
The ten hours of training lasted like a year. After it was over, Li Xiao immediately took a pill to restore his physical strength so that he would not be so embarrassed.
The good thing is that I finally finished the first lesson and received a lot of punches. The effect can only be known in actual combat.
Just as he was about to jump on the Merry, he saw Usopp jumping off the ship with a gloomy face. Although his whole body was covered with bandages, his eyes were very determined.
"Hey Usopp."
Li Xiao shouted towards Usopp.
Usopp said nothing and walked straight past Li Xiao.
I almost forgot that I had been away for ten hours, and Usopp had already broken up with Luffy because of the Merry incident.
Several major events happened in these ten hours, one of which was that the ship repairmen determined that the Meili could not be repaired and could only build a new ship.
The second one is that the 200 million Baileys that Usopp brought were stolen by people from the Franky House. In order to get the money back, Usopp went to fight alone, but was beaten up.
Luffy, Zoro and Sanji rushed to Franky's house and saw that Usopp was beaten badly, so he demolished Franky's house in a rage.
After Usopp woke up and learned that Luffy was changing ships, he had a big fight with Luffy and decided to leave the Straw Hats.
Another thing is that Robin disappeared and was taken away by members of CP9 using the safety of the Straw Hat members as a threat.
Nami stood on the deck and shouted: "Usopp, stop, you can't do this! Hey, come back!"
"Hey, come back!" Sanji said.
"Don't leave, Usopp! Come back!" Chopper cried.
Luffy stood on the deck, looking at Usopp's back without saying a word.
Usopp suddenly stopped: "Luffy, I can no longer fight with you, and I have caused you trouble until the end. That ship does belong to you, the captain, so fight with me."
Monkey D. Luffy, duel with me!~·"
Usopp invites Luffy to a duel.
Luffy frowned.
Usopp continued: "At 10 o'clock tonight, I will come back here, and then we will have a duel with the Merry as a bet. I will fight until you get the Merry, and then the fate between us will be over.
That’s it.”
After that, Usopp left.
"Xiao~! You're back!" Chopper jumped down from the deck, with tears in his eyes.
"Yeah." Li Xiao nodded.
"Usopp, Usopp is leaving! Robin is also missing." Chopper bit his lower lip to prevent himself from crying.
"Well, man Chopper, don't cry." Li Xiao patted Chopper and said.
"Eh!~!~! Xiao, what's wrong with you? Why are your whole body covered in injuries?" Chopper asked in surprise.
"It's okay, I just did a little exercise. Let's go back to the ship first."
Li Xiao hugged Chopper and jumped onto the deck of the Meili.
Everyone returned to the room, and for a moment no one knew what to say.
"Akatsuki, where have you been?" Sanji asked.
"I went to a training gym to practice for a while," Li Xiao said.
Nami sighed: "Too many things happened today. We may have to change to a new ship, but the money was stolen, Robin disappeared, and Usopp is gone now."
"Akatsuki, I decided to get a new ship, do you have any objections?" Luffy said silently as he sat there with his head lowered.
It can be seen that Luffy has mixed feelings in his heart at this time. It is an established fact that the Merry cannot continue sailing. As a captain, he must make the correct judgment.
Luffy made his choice, and it was the right choice. There was no way the ship would fall apart halfway through the voyage.
It's just that Usopp has a hard time accepting it, and it's actually hard for others to let go, but not as strongly as Usopp shows.
"I have no objection." Li Xiao said.
"Yeah." Luffy lowered his straw hat as he sat there, not knowing what he was thinking.
Nami looked at Luffy and said: "What are you doing? Really, why do companions have to duel? Give each other some time and everyone should calm down. It's just because Usopp couldn't accept the incident because it was too sudden."
Luffy said weakly: "It's irreversible now."
"That's not the case. As long as you apologize and have a good talk, it will be fine." Nami said.
"I told you, it's impossible. Usopp is not stupid enough to risk his life on impulse, and if we can change it just by talking once, things won't be like this. That's it." Luffy
I lay there and started to sleep.
"Luffy..." Nami murmured.
Sanji also quarreled with Zoro.
Sanji said: "So Franky's house must have been here during the day."
"Ah? So what?" Sauron said.
"Why didn't you beat them all down then, so that Usopp wouldn't be attacked and wouldn't feel guilty!" Sanji said.
Zoro said: "In that case, don't go shopping. Wouldn't it be better to get rid of them all?"
"I'm just buying necessary ingredients as a chef!" Sanji said.
Nami said: "Shut up, why are you arguing at this time? There are enough annoying things, don't talk about the past. It's like a lie to have such a happy time until this morning. If it happens again to Robin,
If something happens, our group will seem to be torn apart."
Everyone was silent until ten o'clock in the evening.
Usopp and Luffy agreed on a duel time.
Under the moonlight, Luffy stood there quietly waiting for Usopp.
Everyone stood on the Meili to watch the duel.
"You are not allowed to get off the boat, do you understand?" Luffy said to everyone on the boat.
Then Usopp appeared, taking unwavering steps.
"You didn't back down, here you go! No matter how you get beaten, don't regret it. This is the duel you long for!" Luffy said, staring at Usopp.
"Of course, go all out, I will let you know how powerful I am, I already have a way to defeat you. Don't compare me with those enemies who don't know your details, Luffy, we have been together for so long, I have no respect for you
He knows his abilities very well, so don’t be surprised when you hear this, Luffy.”
"I have eight thousand men. If you want to live, surrender immediately! Usopp cursed, with blades stuck in the gaps between all the teeth, and bamboo sticks stuck in the gaps between all the fingernails."
When Usopp said this, Luffy started to rush towards Usopp.
"Rubber pistol!" Luffy stretched out his arm.
Usopp suddenly spit out blood all over the floor. Of course, that was all ketchup used to confuse Luffy.
Luffy stopped because of this.
Taking advantage of this gap, Usopp launched an attack.
"What's the matter, do you want to sympathize with your enemy? Are you quite calm? Shining Baby!"
Usopp took out the flash shells he got from the sky island and blinded Luffy.
Then he fired a rotten egg and hit Luffy, and then a pepper star hit Luffy in the mouth.
"Must-kill Pepper Star!" Usopp said.
Luffy was so hot that he breathed fire out of his mouth.
Usopp then threw darts all over the floor, causing Luffy to accidentally step on them and fall.
"Listen up Luffy, I will definitely defeat you and get the Merry, no matter what means I use!" Usopp said loudly.
Immediately afterwards, Usopp punched out the pepper, and then secretly punched out the flavor shell, which contained gas.
Gassy air filled Luffy's surroundings.
"I'm sorry, watch your move, Flame Star!"
Usopp hit the flame star, causing the gas to explode, and the flames covered Luffy.
Along with the huge explosion, the Meili was also shaken and fluttered back and forth.
But the smoke cleared, and Luffy was still standing there.
Luffy slowly walked towards Usopp.
Usopp said: "I know that you can't die at this level. I know Luffy very well. You will try your best no matter what the battle is. I know everything about you!"
Immediately afterwards, Luffy used a rubber rocket launcher, and Usopp took out the impact shell, resisted Luffy's rocket launcher attack, and activated the impact shell to rebound all the force back, causing Luffy to be knocked away.
Usopp covered his painful arm and shouted: "What's going on, bastard!"
Luffy still stood there, breathing heavily.
It's impossible for Usopp to defeat Luffy.
Luffy stretched his arm for almost a hundred meters, and then hit Usopp in the abdomen with a heavy rubber bullet.
With just one punch, Usopp was knocked to the ground and unable to move.
Luffy can make many mistakes, but Usopp can only make one mistake. This is the difference in strength.
"Usopp!" Chopper shouted.
Luffy looked at Usopp who fell to the ground, and then half-knelt on the ground. At this time, he was physically and mentally exhausted.
"How can you beat me!"
Then Luffy stood up, turned and left.
Looking at this scene, Nami covered her mouth and couldn't help crying: "I've had enough."
Luffy picked up the straw hat on the ground: "The Merry is at your disposal. We are going to get a new ship and continue sailing."
Usopp, who was lying on the ground, moved his fingers and then clenched them into fists. He was very unwilling to do so.
On the one hand, he was reluctant to let go of the Meili, and on the other hand, because of his incompetence, he lost the 200 million Baileys needed to repair the Meili.
Usopp felt a little guilty. In his heart, he knew that he couldn't keep up with the monsters on the ship.
But he still has his own dream, to become a brave sea warrior and one day go to the warrior's hometown of Elbaf.
"I've always been very happy. Goodbye, Usopp." Luffy said calmly.
Chopper wanted to heal Usopp, but was stopped by Sanji.
"At least let me treat him!" Chopper said.
"Think about it, how miserable it is for a man to receive sympathy after being defeated in a duel. Inadvertent sympathy will make the loser suffer. He proposed the duel only after he was well prepared." Sanji held down Chopper and said loudly.
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At this time Luffy also came over.
"So heavy." Luffy stood there and muttered to himself. Although the straw hat covered his eyes, it could not cover his sadness.
"This is the captain, don't be confused. If you are hesitant, who should we believe? Let's give the ship to him. Because we can no longer return to this ship." Zoro said.
Luffy lowered his straw hat and couldn't stop crying.