Early the next morning.

As the sun rises for hundreds of billions of years, the warm light shines on the heavens and the earth, breaking the tranquility of the night, and at the same time injecting a vitality of life into the world.

"Hmm~......"

Usopp came out of the dream in a daze, opened his eyes, as if he was not fully awake, and covered his swollen skull again and again, observing the surroundings from the hazy vision.

"This ...... What ...... is this? ”

Looking at the surrounding railings, and the planks under his buttocks, the environment that was completely unsatisfied with the memories made Usopp wonder from the bottom of his heart.

"You're awake! Mr. Usopp! ”

Kirby, who was cleaning the deck, suddenly stopped what he was doing, put up the mop, and said with a smile to Usopp.

"Ah...... It's Kirby......"

Usopp said, looking around again, and asked with some confusion:

"We're ...... Already out to sea? ”

"Of course not! Haha......"

Seeing Usopp's confused appearance, Kirby couldn't help but think of his funny behavior yesterday.

Accidentally, he laughed loudly, as if he didn't feel good like this, and quickly held back, forcibly held back the laughter, and explained to Usopp:

"We ...... Or in the port near the village of Sipro. ”

"This is a seafaring ship given to us by Miss Koya."

"It's called the Golden Merry!"

"Kya?"

Usopp looked at Kirby curiously, and then at the bow of the sheep's head at the front.

Suddenly, a voice came.

"Awake? Usopp! ”

Luffy, who had just come out of the cabin, happened to see Kirby and Usopp who were still talking, so he said to Usopp.

Before Usopp could react, Luffy then asked Kirby:

"How's it going, Kirby?"

Kirby immediately stood upright, like a soldier who had delivered the task, and said seriously:

"The seventh sweep is complete! Mr. Luffy, ready to set sail! ”

"Thank you, Kirby."

"It's not hard, Mr. Luffy......"

Kerby, who received the praise, immediately touched the back of his neck shyly and lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Alright, alright...... You've done a lot for everyone, you don't need to be so shy, you need to be thanked by everyone.

You're going to have to change that. ”

Luffy said helplessly as he looked at Kirby, who was still shy at every turn, even though they had been together for so long.

Then, turning his gaze to Usopp, his eyes flashed with a little expectation, and he said with some joy:

"Kirby, go and call everyone over.

We're going to have a new partner joining ceremony! ”

"Huh? Is that the one, Mr. Luffy? ”

Kirby asked excitedly.

"That's right, that's it!"

"Good! Okay, I'll go. ”

As soon as the answer fell, Kirby immediately ran away in a puff of smoke, hurrying the other people scattered around.

Only Usopp and Luffy stared at each other with wide eyes.

Silent...... It lasted for a while.

In the end, Usopp couldn't resist the curiosity in his heart, and couldn't help but ask:

"Uh...... Luffy...... That, the joining ceremony, what is it!? ”

Luffy smiled slyly, and instead of answering Usopp's question, he said mysteriously:

"You'll know in a moment......"

……

……

"Are you going to be here, Luffy?"

On the shore near the Merry, Zoro asked as he took a closer look at his surroundings.

Nami, on the other hand, said excitedly to Zoro:

"It doesn't matter where it is! Let's get started! ”

That expression, I don't know, I thought everyone was doing something for her.

Ever since Nami got to know Kirby's "Hero Mop", she has had a special sense of anticipation for this thing.

What's more, in Nami's opinion, Usopp is even more funny than Kirby.

So Nami has been looking forward to what kind of new abilities Luffy will give Usopp.

It's a lot of fun to think about!

……

……

Usopp, who was surrounded by everyone, listened to everyone's discussion blankly, completely unaware of what was going on, and finally couldn't help the doubts in his heart, and said:

"That...... Luffy, this is ...... What's going on!? ”

Isn't it said that it is a joining ceremony...... Why is it that everyone is just surrounding him now......

Could it be that the joining ceremony of the Starry Sky Pirates is just to be surrounded by everyone in a circle and judged......

What a terrible ritual!

Faced with Usopp's question, Luffy smiled slightly and explained:

"It's nothing, it's just that every member of the Starry Sky Pirates will get a special gift."

"Now, I feel like it's time to give it away."

As he spoke, Luffy stepped forward quickly and came to Usopp's face, meeting Usopp's eyes.

Under everyone's gaze, Luffy took out Usopp's exclusive props out of thin air from the system backpack.

A strange blue ball of light.

"Give...... It's yours now! ”

It's rare for Luffy to speak so seriously to his partner.

It's just because, since the appearance of the light cluster containing the power of the "Demon Eye of Straight Death", the world seems to have changed.

There was a sudden silence all around.

It wasn't Luffy that the others were quiet.

It's all quiet.

It seemed to be afraid, it seemed to be welcome, and it seemed to be some other strange feeling.

I can feel the flow of time, but it seems to have stopped.

The wind, stopped.

Clouds, sinking.

Even the weeds of the barren rocks quickly hid themselves as if they were afraid of losing something.

However, if you feel it carefully, you can clearly feel the beating of life.

This strange feeling instantly enveloped everyone's hearts.

At this moment, they realized that what Luffy took out seemed to be very different from before.

"Usopp, place it between your eyebrows."

Luffy suddenly made a loud noise and said to Usopp.

However, this space is still quiet, and there is no trace of activity because of Luffy's voice.

Usopp quickly and obediently took the energy light cluster with the power of strange rules from Luffy's hand.

A trace of cold sweat slowly left from his forehead, and his face showed nervousness.

Even he, who didn't have much knowledge, could feel the terrifying power of this energy mass.

Not to mention, Robin and the others, who have already cultivated to a certain level.

Moreover, Usopp also clearly saw that even Luffy had a particularly cautious expression on his face when he took out this object.

It can be seen that this matter must be very simple.

Little by little, Usopp touched the ball of light between his eyes.

Whew——

A silent light flashed, and the world instantly returned to its original state.

The wind blows the clouds, and the trees shake the grass.

Everyone's inexplicably nervous hearts suddenly relaxed.

Even Luffy is no exception......

"It seems that just now it should be the power of the rules released by the weapon of the law of cause and effect."

After feeling the wonderful feeling just now, Luffy secretly thought in his heart.

……

……

And Usopp, who used exclusive props, was completely stupid at this time.

The head was raised obliquely upwards with an expressionless face, the eyes were blank, and the arms were naturally placed down, as if unconscious, like a walking corpse.

If Luffy and the others hadn't known that this was a special situation caused by the use of exclusive items, they would definitely think that Usopp had been attacked by something unbearable to cause this.

At this time, a group of unknown people appeared at the right time.

"Usopp !!"

"Captain Usopp !!"

The three imps of Kya and the Usopp Pirates had just walked towards this place from a distance when they saw Luffy and his party surrounding Usopp, and they couldn't help but speed up their pace curiously.

And when they came to them, they instantly noticed that Usopp was abnormal, and couldn't help but shout loudly.