Seeing the empty suitcases, Wiper groaned.
"Damn it! As soon as I'm not here to watch over you, you find a way to lose our money."
This time, he was hit so hard that his head sank into the ground like an ostrich. And despite having been furious with him for a moment, Nami was paralyzed.
"Our money! Where is our money?"
Staring at them, Hattori turned to Paulie.
"Paulie! Do me the favor of giving them their money back."
"HEY! It's not me."
"It's obvious that this has something to do with Usopp's disappearance." Lucy declared. "The more I think about it, the more ridiculous I find it that he left without the money! For him, this money is the only way to repair his precious boat."
"In that case, he was captured, along with our money." Nami understood.
"USOPP!" Luffy shouted, looking around. " Where are you? "
"Hey, Kaku!" A man with a strange spike on his head called out. "Can you tell me what you were doing with the Franky Family?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Kaku questioned. "I just arrived."
"Really? It's strange! I saw these guys leaving the construction site, taking a guy with a long nose."
"A long nose?" Lucy and Nami repeated. "Usopp has been kidnapped."
" USOPP! " Luffy shouted again, stretching his arms.
Gripping a huge construction machine, he used it to eject himself into the air.
"I'll find you."
"Luffy!" Nami shouted. "You don't even know where you should start looking."
Too late. Having already flown over the shipyard, Luffy could be seen disappearing into the distance, while Hatterene rushed after him.
"That idiot."
Then she turned to Paulie.
"Where is the Franky Family hideout?"
"It's not really a hiding place! They built some kind of big house that's on the coast! It's northeast of the rocky cape where you anchored! It's the Franky House. "
Pulling his head off the ground, Wiper stated.
"Great! That's all I needed to know."
Then, he in turn ran towards the outside of the shipyard.
"Hey! Where are you going?"
" In your opinion ? "
Jumping, the man landed on one of the pirates' three yagaras, before ordering it to move forward.
"These guys have declared war on us! There's no way I'm going to stay inactive about this."
And before the two women could stop him, he let the yagara swim away at full speed. Seeing him, Lucy turned to Nami.
" What do we have to do ? "
But before Nami could respond, she felt something touch her leg. Looking down, she saw Eevee trying to get her attention.
" Eevee? "
Seeing the two women staring at her, the pokemon quickly started running, while motioning for them to follow her.
"She was with Raynare." Lucy stated.
"Something must have happened." Nami understood, grabbing the last suitcase. "Let's follow her."
Grabbing the last yagaras, the duo let the animals follow Eevee, who ran from sidewalk to sidewalk, while seeming to have no trouble finding her way. Finally, the two women saw the pokemon rushing towards a group of people and disappeared, running between their legs.
"Huh? What's going on here?"
In response, the two women saw people backing away, while something seemed to scare them. being in the middle of the crowd, Raynare was crouching in front of the body of a man who was lying on the ground.
"Raynare? What is she doing here?"
"Who is the person on the ground?"
Looking closely at the body, the two women finally screamed.
" USOPP ! "
Being well and truly down, Usopp was lying on the ground while his face had wounds and was bleeding profusely. Quickly moving their yagaras towards the riverbank, Nami and Lucy joined Raynare.
Having regained some of her angelic powers, after her trip to Skypiea, Raynare had her hands placed on Usopp's body, while she let a light sparkle, in order to heal him.
"Raynare! What happened?" Nami wanted to know.
"No idea! With her scent, Eevee led me to him and he was already in this state! I doubt he did this to himself in the fall."
"It's the Franky Family." Lucy told her. "They attacked him to take the money."
"Tssss! And those idiots did it for nothing! They left the suitcases at the shipyard."
"No! They were empty." Nami told him. "They stole 200 million berries from us."
" WHAT ? "
Suddenly moaning as he regained consciousness, Usopp coughed up some blood, so he could breathe.
" Usopp! " Nami shouted, crouching down in front of him. "Talk to me! Was it the Franky Family that put you in this state?"
Hearing this, Usopp couldn't help but start to cry.
"I'm sorry! I...I was too weak! They kidnapped me and...they stole our money."
Unable to stop crying, Usopp looked at the women in front of him, before asking them.
"How... How could I be allowed to return to the Merry, after what just happened? I'm so ashamed of being so weak."
Hearing this, Raynare had no qualms about hitting him in the head.
" OUCH ! "
"Bakayaro!" She grumbled.
Then, grabbing Usopp's clothes, before spreading her wings, she declared.
"I'm going to fly to the Merry and hope Chopper is still there! Where are Luffy and Wiper?"
"Luffy left to try to find Usopp and Wiper headed towards the Franky House."
"Okay! In that case, meet me at the Merry with your yagaras! It's too dangerous for you to stay in town! If the Franky Family knows we still have a lot of money, they'll want to kidnap you to get it ."
" AYE ! "
But as Lucy and Nami rushed towards their yagaras, they were surprised to hear Usopp shouting.
" SMOKE STAR ! "
Hit by a projectile, Raynare found herself in the middle of a cloud of smoke, which blinded her.
" What is ... ? "
Feeling her release him, Usopp ran on all fours on the ground, passing between the legs of the people around him. Then, once in an alley, he took a few seconds to catch his breath.
Usopp considered himself weak. The proof was that he had just been beaten by guys who had been easily defeated by Menma. And usually, he didn't mind being avenged by Luffy and the others. But today it wasn't the same.
"The money...I have to find the money...to fix Merry."
With that in mind, he reached into his belt and pulled out his pokeball. Throwing it, he let Heracross appear in front of him. Getting ready to ask for honey candies again, the pokemon was surprised to see Usopp on the ground and injured.
" Hera ? "
Reaching out for him, Usopp grabbed his horn and used it to pull himself up.
"I don't care if you disrespect me or think I'm weak." Usopp growled, fixing his gaze. "It doesn't matter that I don't have any candy with me...you're the one who wanted to follow me here so you're going to obey me and do what I tell you to do."
" Hera ? "
Gritting his teeth, Usopp roared.
"We will destroy...the Franky Family."
"What are you saying?" Sanji said.
"I'm telling you exactly what the carpenter told us." Zoro affirmed.
"Onii-san is telling the truth." Menma affirmed.
Hearing this, Johnny started to cry.
"Merry…Merry is doomed."
"Yes! It's so sad." Yosaku affirmed, imitating him.
Placing a hand on the damaged mast of the Merry, Gin declared.
"Honestly, I'm not that surprised."
"It's true that we often joke about replacing Merry, to annoy Usopp but... I think some of us knew in advance that this was inevitable." Bruno affirmed.
"How can you say such a thing?" Yosaku roared.
"Merry is our precious boat." Johnny assured.
"Precious or not, it doesn't matter." Velvet retorted.
Having developed very little emotional connection with this boat, she declared.
"If this carpenter is right, we have no other choice! The money that Luffy and the others bring back will be used to build us a new boat."
"But...I don't want another boat." Chopper retorted.
"Anyway, it's not up to us to make the final decision! That choice is up to Luffy! If he wants to use the money to strengthen the Merry, we will obey his order and go to sea with Merry! But if he wants to replace it, we'll have to leave Merry here."
"It makes me sad." Vivi confessed. "The first time I got on this boat, I complained that it was an old model! But today I realize what an incredible boat it is."
"If I may, I find it astonishing that you made such a long journey with a ship like yours." Azelma said.
"Why?" Sanji asked.
"When I lived on Sabaondy, I would sometimes see pirate ships docking on my island! Many of these ships were two or three times larger than yours and much more armed! And yet, most of them had been damaged by the journey that had taken them to the end of the first part of the Grand Line! Caravels like yours... I've never seen one that managed to reach Sabaondy."
"So, for you, it's better to abandon our ship and build us a better model of boat." Zoro understood.
"I don't want to give my opinion! I'm just saying what I know! Grand Line is a very dangerous ocean! Few ships can navigate it and face its worst dangers."
Knowing she was right, Bruno declared.
"All our adventures have made us stronger while they have considerably weakened our boat! We must face the facts... this carpenter is right! We will sign our death warrant by persisting in traveling with Merry. "
Scratching the back of his head, Sanji growled.
"Damn it! I can't imagine Usopp's reaction when he hears that."
"For now, we have other things to do." Gin stated. "We need to get back to town and find Robin! Menma, we'll need you to fly over the town."
" Aye. "
But as most of the pirates were about to leave the ship, they heard Nami's voice.
" Guys. "
Looking towards the rocky area, they saw Nami and Lucy running towards them.
"Nami! Lucy!" Chopper rejoiced. "I'm reassured that they're okay."
"Maybe, but why are they all alone?" Asked Bruno.
Rushing to get on the boat, the two women declared.
" We have a problem. "
"We know about the Merry." Zoro affirmed.
"I'm not talking about the Merry! Usopp was attacked."
" What ? "
Let his yagara swim at full speed, Wiper already prepared his bazooka.
"Anyone who dares to declare war on a shandian will regret it with death."
But suddenly he saw a trio running on a sidewalk, while they were wearing the Franky Family uniform.
"Hey! Did you hear?"
"It seems the Zambe group hit the jackpot today.
"Great! We have to get back as soon as possible to celebrate with them."
Unfortunately, the trio stopped, as they saw Wiper jump in front of them to stop them.
" What ... ? "
"Are you the ones who declared war on us?" Asked the Shandian.
" What ? Who are you ? "
"He must be part of Mugiwara's crew! Do any of you know this guy's bounty?"
" Never mind." Said one of the men, taking out his saber. "We're going to kill this guy and then see if you can get a reward for his capture."
Then, they ran towards Wiper.
" You are dead. "
"Are you happy, Aniki?" Zambe asked.
"Of course." Franky assured, grabbing some of the money from a suitcase. "200 million? I have never seen so much money in my entire life! You are the best! With this money, I can buy what I want most in the world."
Then, throwing the money above him, he declared.
"It's not much, but here's a gift as a token of my gratitude! 5 million berries! Drink, eat and celebrate! Today is a special day."
" YEAH ! "
" VIVE ANIKI ! "
But while the Franky Family was rejoicing, a violent explosion was heard and pulverized the front door.
"Huh?" The group was surprised, turning around.
"What does that mean?" Franky growled.
In response, he saw the silhouettes of Usopp and Heracross in front of him.
"Huh?" Kiev was surprised. "But this guy…"
"It's the wimp from earlier." Zambe recognized him.
Being exhausted, Usopp had let Heracross carry him here. but now he stood, facing the Franky Family.
"Hey! Didn't anyone teach you politeness?" Franky growled. "If you wanted to come in, just knock on the door."
Ignoring him, Usopp pointed at the suitcases with his slingshot.
"This money is mine! I want you to give it back to me;"
"Huh?" Franky was surprised, looking at Zambe. "He's part of Mugiwara's crew?"
"That's it, aniki! Still, he's surprisingly weak! Stealing his money was even easier than stealing a baby's pacifier! It makes you wonder if he's really a pirate."
"It doesn't matter if he's strong or weak." Franky retorted. "I'm not going to give him the money back anyway."
Staring at Usopp, he declared.
"On the other hand, I must admit that you have a lot of courage to have come this far! Therefore, to make me forgive myself for having stolen your money, I will grant you your life! Now, disappear."
"There's no way I'm leaving without my money." Usopp retorted. "I'm going to fight to get it back."
Hearing this, Zambe and the others began to laugh.
"HAHAHAHA! He wants to fight Aniki to get his money back."
"This guy really wants to die."
Then, grabbing their weapons, they rushed towards Usopp.
"There's no way a loser like you is going to bother Aniki."
"We're going to get rid of you."
Heracross use PIN MISSILE.
Surprised, the Franky Family saw Heracross create projectiles around him before throwing them towards them. Only able to scream, they felt the projectiles explode as they hit them, sending most of them flying backwards.
"AHHHHHH!
" What was that ? "
"By the way, what is this giant beetle doing here?"
In response, Usopp prepared a projectile.
" SMOKE STAR ! "
Exploding on the ground, the projectile created a cloud of smoke that invaded the entire building.
"What's going on again?"
" I can't see anymore. "
And as the silver thieves marched blindly, they eventually saw the horn of Heracross light up.
" Huh ? "
Heracross use HORN ATTACK.
Hit by the attack, one of Franky's men spat out saliva, before flying backwards and hitting a wall.
"Where is that beetle?"
"FIRE!" Zambe ordered. "FIRE!"
Grabbing their guns, several men fired in the direction of the front door. However, Heracross seemed to already be anticipating this.
Heracross use FURY ATTACK.
Shaking his horn vigorously, he managed to stop all the projectiles and diverted their trajectory. Seeing the bullets coming back towards them, the Franky Family screamed in fear before running away. Around them, bullets hit the ground and walls, grazing them.
" HELP ! "
"CURSED BEETLE!"
"Don't run away." Zambe ordered.
Suddenly, passing through the front door, a current of air ends up dissipating the smoke in the building. Being able to see Usopp again, Zambe growled in rage, seeing him standing, as he ordered.
"Give me my money."
"YOU…" Zambe roared. "Prepare the cannon."
Immediately, a cannon appeared behind him. Then, a canonball was sent towards Usopp.
"Sayonara! Stupid pirate."
Seeing the ball coming towards him, Usopp remained motionless. Then he simply stretched his arm out in front of him and let the ball strike the palm of his hand. And as if the impact had been absorbed, the ball stopped immediately, before falling at Usopp's feet.
Wide-eyed, Zambe and the others saw Usopp still standing, staring at them, while the cannonball had done nothing to him.
" Im ... Impossible. "
"But who is this guy? It's impossible that it's the weakling from earlier."
"Damn it! We can't defeat a guy who stops cannonballs and fights with a giant beetle."
" CALM DOWN ! "
Having stood up, Franky tilted his head to the sides, to crack the muscles in his neck. Staring at Usopp, he stated.
"I must admit that you are quite impressive! Few pirates dare to challenge the Franky Family! But you are certainly the first who came here to cause such a mess."
Starting to smile, Franky asked.
"Hey, if you don't have any bounty on your head, would you be interested in leaving your stupid pirate life and joining the Franky Family?"
"You can dream." Usopp roared. "Anyway, when I leave here with my money, I assure you that the Franky Family will cease to exist! EXPLOSING STAR !"
Seeing the projectile flying towards him, Franky gave him a simple slap, to expose him, without it doing him the slightest harm.
"Really? Perfect! I just wanted to let off some steam."
"I really don't see why I should listen to you." Iceberg said.
sitting behind his desk, the mayor of Water-7 saw Cordi beginning to lose his patience.
"Stop making fun of me." The man roared, hitting Iceberg's desk with his fist. "Why don't you be reasonable? You and I know how dangerous these plans can be."
"I know perfectly well that Pluto is a devastating weapon." Iceberg said. "Masi as I told you before, I have no idea where that weapon is or the blueprints you keep asking for! Why would I have them?"
"The man who held these blueprints was none other than your former mentor: Tom! Since his death, it is obvious that they now belong to his only living disciple."
"I'm sorry, but Tom never told me about this! Are you really sure about what you're saying? And besides..."
Staring at Cordi seriously, he questioned him.
"Even if I had these blueprints in my possession, can you tell me why I should entrust them to the Cipher Pool?"
"You dare to stand up to us?" Cordi roared. "This is unbecoming of your position! Do you really want the World Government to start drafting sanctions against your city?"
"The government won't do anything against the only city that allows fast travel to Enies Lobby! If the government goes after Water-7, they can say goodbye to the sea train."
" Its a threat ? "
"No! A warning."
Growing angrier, Cordi stared at the man angrily, while Iceberg maintained a perfectly stoic face. Staring at each other without saying a word for a few seconds, the duo was surprised when they heard someone say.
"You seem to like your mentor very much."
Turning to a corner of his desk, Iceberg saw Light in front of a bookshelf, while the young man stared at some photos on the shelf. Most of them showed Iceberg as a teenager in the company of a few people, including a fishman.
"I assume he's Tom."
"Don't touch anything." Iceberg ordered.
"Don't worry! I won't disturb anything." Light assured. "Actually, I was curious what the man who built the Pirate King's ship looked like."
Letting out a sigh, he declared.
"That must be difficult to live with, isn't it, Iceberg-san? Knowing that your mentor used his incredible skills as a shipwright in the service of a pirate...I guess that must have been a betrayal for you. "
"Don't speak without knowing." Iceberg retorted.
"Sorry! Sorry!" Light apologized, continuing to smile. "By the way, I wanted to ask you a question! Is it true that Tom had another apprentice?"
Grabbing one of the photos, Light showing a second boy with light blue hair, as he asked.
"His name is Cutty Flam, right?"
Behind Iceberg, Kalifa could not keep her stoic face, while the name that Light had just said did not seem unfamiliar to her. For his part, Iceberg declared.
"If you think Cuttie Flam has what you're looking for, you're wrong again! After all, he died at the same time as Tom! And that's because of Cipher Pol."
Who will join Luffy's crew?
Before Shells Town: Raynare - 38 million - (Highschool DxD) / Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail)
Arc Shells Town: Roronoa Zoro - 60 million -
Kuro Arc: Usopp
Arc Baratie: Sanji / Gin -32 million-
Arlong Arc: Nami / Johnny / Yosaku
Drum Arc: Chopper
Alabasta Arc: Nico Robin / Eevee (Pokemon) / Bruno -52 million- (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) / Nefertari Vivi -25 million- / Menma (Anohana)
Skypiea Arc: Velvet / Heracross / Hatterene / Wiper
Arc Enies Lobby: Franky
Arc Post Enies-Lobby:?
Thriller Bark Arc: Brook
Punk Hazard Arc:?
Treasure Arc:?
Dressrosa Arc: ? /?
Wano Kuni Arc: Jinbei /?
Post Wano Kuni Arc: ? /?
Arc Battle Teach:?
With other characters:
Buggy: Alvida - 21 million-, Magi - 29 million (OC), Bull (OC), Kuro - 37 million -, Morgan - 17 million -, Megumim - 105 million - (Konosuba), Zala (Miss Doublefinger) -35 million, Babe (Mr 4) - 3.2 million -, Drophy (Miss Merry Christmas) - 14 million -, Willy - 20 million, Needless - 57 million
Arlong: Syra (OC)
Milhawk: Alice (OC)
Wapol: Musshuru
Coby : Sakura (Zombieland Saga); Jin (My Hero Academy); Nakata ( OC )
Garp : Emma (The Promised Neverland)
Ym: Light Yagami (Death Note)
Cobra: Neni (M.9)
Shandian: Ayoho (OC), Bouffalant ( pokemon )
Ace : Isuka
Foxy : Dumdo ( OC ), Susumo ( OC )
Aokiji : Shizuo Heiwajima ( Duararara )
Moria : Elsa Granhiert ( Re:zero ), Caruma ( Yu-gi-oh Gx ), Momana ( OC ), Camado ( OC ), Skroa ( OC )
Sengoku: Shinichi Kudo (Detective Conan)
Kaido: Doctor Frank (OC)
Shanks: Nana Shimura -840 million- (My hero academia), Utsuro -970 million- (Gintama)
Widos: Norland Cricket, Kalgara, Kuina, Quatro (Marco (SNK)), Cinca (Mina Carolina (SNK)), Suzuka (Akame Ga Kill)
Individual: Reiner ( Shingeki no kyojin ), Garou (One Punch Man), Babidi (DBZ), Orochimaru (Naruto); Mirko (My hero Academia), Samus (metroid), Team Rocket (Pokemon), Akoya Seishu ( Kengan Ashura), Hiyama Shunka ( Kengan Ashura), Black Knights (Code Geass), Suzaku Kururugi (Code Geass), Mosquito girl (One punch man), Pokemon ( 44 ), Ottis Toole ( Real World ), Henry Lee Lucas ( Real World ), Pit ( Kid Icarus ), Ladydevimon ( Digimon ), Hunter J ( Pokemon ), Zancrow ( Fairy Tail ), Ai Hoshino ( Oshi no Ko )
Gold D. Roger (formerly): Igneel -1.380 billion- (Fairy Tail), Acacia (Toriko), Bardock (Dragon ball Z), Hiruzen Sarutobi (Naruto), Utsuro -970 million (Gintama), Nana Shimura - 840 million ( My Hero Academia), Magi (OC), Zarax (?)
Xerec (formerly): Aizen (bleach), Sejus ( OC )
Crocodile ( formely ): Noscula (OC), Mr 6 (OC), Miss Halloween (OC)
Enel ( formely ): Hunter J. (Pokemon), Zancrow (Fairy tail), Ladydevimon ( Digimon ), pokemon ( 54 )