Chapter 12: Usopp's first encounter with the Straw Hat Pirates.
The sparkling sea was suddenly interrupted by a small boat, and the waves were stirred, and the waves were raised.
There were four people on board, well, rightfully so, our protagonist.
"You don't even have equipment or a big ship, and even if you have a chart, you won't be able to reach the great route!" When she saw that the equipment of the entire pirate group was a small windsurfing board, Nami's mentality also collapsed a little.
As a navigator, Nami knows the mood of the sea better than anyone else, so she can't go out to sea with just one chart.
"No, Nami, when I was in the Chambord Islands, I saw a man swimming to the island." Aaron looked at the sky and suddenly interrupted Nami's way.
"Even if someone swims to the island, it must be two islands that are very close to each other!" Nami retorted, and suddenly she realized what Aaron was talking about, looked at Aaron and said, "What did you just say?" The Chambord Islands? Is that the island in the Great Voyage? Are you from the Great Voyage? ”
"Yes," so Aaron left his death at the age of twelve at Aunt Magino's house in Windmill Village to meet Luffy, and told a series of things.
"Your mom and dad... It's really leisurely" Well, Nami was going to say brain-dead.
However, it seems a bit rude to talk about his parents in front of the person concerned.
"So, you're at least twenty years old?" Zoro interjected suddenly, staring at Aaron in surprise.
"Of course! I'm an adult! Aaron puffed out his chest proudly, his nostrils facing the sky, and he looked invincible.
Touch! "Luffy, why are you hitting me!"
"Look at you."
"Humph! You..."
"Then why do you have those strange abilities? Did you eat Devil Fruits, too? Nami asked curiously.
"No, he can swim" Before Aaron could refute it, Zoro was the first to dismiss Nami's opinion.
"Luffy, do you know what's going on?" Zoro first asked Lu Fei.
"Ah, wasn't Aaron born with it?" Luffy asked strangely.
Well, because Aaron showed those strange abilities when he first came, Luffy thought it was Aaron's birth.
“…… I shouldn't have asked you, my fault" Zoro turned his head to look at Aaron and turned his head back again, "I was stupid to ask you for the idea. ”
"Hey! Why don't you ask Luffy about me! Do you think I'm short?! I'm telling you, this is serious height discrimination, do you know it! Aaron jumped up like a rat with his tail on it.
Well, he seems to have exposed something terrible.
"So do you know what you're up to?" Sauron squinted.
"Uh...... It should be, it should be like that..."Aaron scratched his ears and cheeks,
He didn't know what was going on with his abilities, and he began to try to remember what had happened seven years ago.
"You see, you don't know it yourself, what's the point of me asking you" Sauron looked up at the sky.
"I'm like... I feel like I've eaten a sponge," Aaron's mind suddenly appeared with a vague image, as if he was devouring a sponge in extreme hunger.
"I say, are there any spongy devil fruits?" Nami was silent for a moment, then looked at the crowd.
"I've never heard of it," Zoro looked up, rubbing his chin, "but when you think about Aaron's abilities, it does seem like a sponge"
Everyone was silent, and then they all nodded.
Absorbs water, the slash is ineffective, there is a certain elasticity, and the arms can be extended.
"Aha! Aaron, you're a spongem! Kind of like me, a rubber man! Luffy heard Zoro's analysis and patted Aaron on the shoulder happily,
"Where's the like!" Aaron slapped Luffy's hand away in dissatisfaction and scratched the back of his head, "Wouldn't that really be the effect of that sponge?" ”
"Nine times out of ten," Zoro concluded, and then showed a wicked smile, "But since Aaron doesn't have the ability to eat Devil Fruits, he shouldn't be called SpongeBob, and seeing that he's such a pea, it's better to call him SpongeBob SquarePants!" ”
Quiet!
"Zoro, you bastard! I'm fighting with you! Aaron, a hungry tiger, pounced on Sauron into the sea.
"Aha! Looks interesting! Aaron wait for me! I'm coming too! With that, Luffy jumped into the sea.
"Hey! You can't swim! Nami was shocked when she saw Luffy's movements, and quickly stopped her.
Gollum!
Looking at the string of bubbles, Nami couldn't stop holding her forehead, "What the hell is going on with this pirate group", but the corners of her mouth couldn't stop pulling upward.
………
Sirob Village, a calm and peaceful hamlet.
In a villa, a blonde girl was leaning against the window, staring out blankly.
The girl's face was delicate, but it was abnormally pale.
Apparently frail and sickly.
At this moment, the girl's bedroom door was opened, and the girl looked over and found that it was her butler, Clabartle.
Krabatel was wearing a dressy dress, he stood meticulously outside the door, and saw his eldest lady lying outside the window again, frowning slightly, and quickly smoothed his brows, supported his glasses with his palm, and said seriously: "Miss Keya, please don't embarrass me, your body is not suitable for you to stay outside the window for a long time."
"Just a little more Krabatel, just a little while!" Khaya looked at Krabatel beggingly.
The two looked at each other for a long time, and Krabatel took the lead in looking away, holding his glasses with the palm of his hand: "Then let's wait a while, Miss Keya" said, he closed the door, "Lunch will be right away, Miss Keya."
"Okay Krabatel." Keya answered, but her eyes didn't leave the window.
Babble!
Suddenly, the leaves on a branch outside her window were windless.
When Keya saw this scene, the corners of her mouth turned up, and a beautiful smile bloomed,
"You're here, Mr. Usopp~"
"What story are you going to tell today? Keya, I'm looking forward to it~"
……
"Hum hum hum hum ~" Usopp coaxed an unknown song in his mouth and walked on the forest path in a bouncing manner.
He was in a great mood.
Just after telling Kaya the story of the goldfish on the island, and seeing Kaya's cute smile, Usopp felt as if he had been healed.
"What's the story next time?" Usopp scratched his long nose and said with some annoyance.
"No, no, no! How can my Uncle Usopp tell a story, is it clearly something that I have personally experienced! Hahahahaha! He laughed wildly,
Well, an inexplicable sense of immediacy.
"Well, no, no, no! Hurry up and think about how you want to put the story"
…… Therefore, the highest level of deception is to deceive oneself before deceiving others. Usopp has clearly reached this point.
Well, the whole person is like a psychopath.
………
"Nami, what are you doing here?" Looking at Luffy and Zoro, who were pulling the boat ashore, Aaron asked Nami who was standing on the side with a curious expression.
Nami "snapped" the nautical chart, put it on her waist, and said to Aaron: "This is Sirob Village, I heard that the villagers here are relatively simple, I wonder if I can find the rich here and ask them for a ship, although it is unlikely..."
"Nami, you're amazing! Even this kind of knowledge knows..."Aaron looked at Nami with little stars in his eyes and adoration.
Nami sighed and rubbed Aaron's blonde hair violently, "You can just ask about this kind of thing!" There's something strange about it, and it always feels a little wrong to be worshiped by you in this way. ”
Aaron slapped Nami's hand away, covered his head and ran away, then turned back and grimaced at Nami: "Don't touch my head!" You idiot! Outline! ”
As he spoke, he hurried inside.
Well, I'm afraid of being beaten by Nami.
Aaron, who ran to the island, said to himself, "I wonder if anyone can change that insect trap net for me... It's so brittle, you can't swing it in the sea! ”
Aaron was talking about the pair of insect traps that the little girl gave him at the naval base, although Aaron couldn't put it down, but later he experimented with it and found that ordinary insect trap nets could not be used in the sea at all.
Hardness, toughness, etc., can't be used at all!
So the insect trap became a chicken rib for Aaron, and now Aaron is still carefully hiding it in the boat.
Touch!
Aaron was thinking as he walked, but suddenly he was hit by something and fell to the ground.
Aaron looked up and saw a young man with a long nose, who had also fallen to the ground.
Apparently Aaron had collided with him.
The young man had an unusually long nose, wore brown work pants, a brown vest, and wore a light brown turban with a windscreen pinned to the turban
"What a turtle," Aaron said sincerely.
"What? Turtle?! Usopp scrambled to his feet, and when he saw that it was a child who had knocked him down, he put out the idea of looking for trouble.
He pulled Aaron up, watched Aaron pat the dust, and asked, "You're not from the village, are you?" I've never met you."
"Ah, I'm from outside, my name is Aaron," Aaron said truthfully.
"My name is Usopp, and I'm a sea thief with thirty million men," Usopp said, cocking his nose.
"Thirty million?! So powerful! Aaron opened his mouth wide and gestured exaggeratedly.
"Hmph, of course! My Uncle Usopp never lies! Usopp looked down at Aaron, "So, what are you doing here?"
"We're looking for the rich here and asking them to give us a ship."
"Sending a ship? Are there any relatives here? Usopp looked at Aaron's blonde hair and had a faint guess in his heart,
It can't be a relative of Keya, right? Then I'll have to lead them all!" Usopp thought so.
So he took Aaron's hand and said, "Go!" I'm going to see your parents! Really, they were relieved to let you out alone. ”
"No, I ran out on my own..."
"That's their fault, too!"
………
When Usopp came to the shore, he found Aaron running towards two men and a woman, and felt that something was wrong.
None of the three are blonde!
Aaron trotted all the way to Luffy, pointed to Usopp on the side and said to Luffy, "Luffy! This is Usopp, a sea pirate with 30 million men! As long as we ask him for a pirate ship, we'll have a ship, right? ”
"Nani? That's amazing! When Luffy heard Aaron's words, little stars appeared in his eyes.
"Huh?" Nami and Zoro heard Aaron's words and set their eyes on Usopp in unison.
"Wow!" Usopp felt as if he had been stripped naked under the gaze of the two men.
"Are you really a sea thief with 30 million men?" The green algae head man on the side was the first to ask.
"That's... Of course! I'm never a lie! ”
"What about your men?" Nami then asked.
"How could I possibly bring so many people?"
"Then you should have a signal, right? Don't call your subordinates out? ”
"Humph! You're going to see it! ”
"Uh-huh! We're on the lookout! Aaron and Luffy on the side blinked their stars and looked at Usopp expectantly.
I saw Usopp take a deep breath and yell at the island monster, his breath was melodious, but unfortunately it was useless.
Well, nothing happened.
"Hey, where's your subordinate?" Luffy, who had been waiting for a long time and hadn't waited, asked Usopp.
"Ahh Aha, they... They were still taking a nap so they didn't get up, aha, ahahahaha..."Usopp broke out in a cold sweat.
Nami cupped her forehead, she could already tell that Usopp was lying.
But in an instant, she showed a wicked smile, she looked at Usopp and said to Luffy: "Luffy, since he is a sea thief with 30 million subordinates, then her bounty will definitely not be low, why don't we cut off his head and exchange it for a bounty."
"No," Luffy decisively refused, "We are pirates, how can we go to the navy to exchange bounties!" ”
"You're pirates?!" Usopp suddenly exclaimed.
"yes, we're pirates, aren't we?" Aaron replied, looking at Usopp with a nice smile.
Boom!
So Usopp fainted.
Before he fainted, he had only one thought: "I have been talking about ghosts all day long, and I have finally met a real ghost, Keya, I'm sorry, I can't tell you any more stories..."
Well, Aaron looked confused, he looked at Usopp who fainted on the ground, and was silent for a long time before he turned his head and pointed at himself and asked, "...... Am I scary? ”