The bandage spirit becomes a spirit! Luffy and the others are surprised!

"Ahem—" Luffy pulled out the spikes on his body, covered his arm and stood up with some difficulty: "Damn, it's so smelly and spicy!"

The smell of rotten eggs and chili peppers is particularly overpowering, and it feels like my mouth and nose are covered by these two smells.

Usopp saw Luffy standing up, and knowing that Luffy was difficult to deal with, he would not give him a chance to attack: "I told you! I will not make any ineffective attacks on you!"

"I won't give you a chance!!"

"Sure move - Shuriken Meteor!!!"

Sharp shurikens came from all directions. Luffy jumped up and down, trying to dodge them. Before he could catch his breath, a white smoke slowly covered Luffy.

"Smoke?!" Luffy's eyes flashed as he looked at the familiar shell just a few feet away to the right. The white mist was coming from there.

"It's Fengbei. You didn't notice it because of the smell of rotten eggs!! There's gas all around you!!"

"Gas!" Sanji paused, oh no!

Nami also realized why they had to fight like this. She tightened her grip on the railing.

For the sake of the Merry, he is willing to be a villain!

"Sorry, take my hit!"

"Flaming Star"

The moment the spark touched the gas, there was a loud bang, half the sky was covered by flames, and Luffy was wailing in pain in the center of the flames.

The storm caused by the strong aftermath of the fire swept up small stones on the ground and scattered them everywhere, and even the Merry, which was fixed on the sea, was shaken by the wind.

The splashes of water splashed all over everyone on the boat and also fell into the corners of Sheep-Headed Meli's eyes, like its tears.

The flames faded, Luffy fell down, and looked up at the sky. The white clouds dispersed, leaving only the blue sky. He seemed to see the days when he and Usopp were joking side by side.

Usopp was breathing heavily. He was the closest to Luffy, and dodging the explosion was quite exhausting. He knew that these would be useless against Luffy.

Usopp took advantage and continued to attack, but Luffy didn't get lost in his memories for long and immediately fought back.

"Must kill——"

"Eraser, eraser—"

"Exploding Cactus!!"

“Machine gun!!”

Both of them put in their best efforts and took this duel seriously, fighting with all their might, you punch, I bounce, and so on.

"Why?!" Nami didn't want to watch it anymore, but she still stared at the fight with tears in her eyes. She couldn't look away, she couldn't!

"Bazooka——" Luffy punched Usopp at the speed of light. Usopp took it all and his eyes became sharp: "Impact Bay!"

Luffy flew backwards, coughing up blood.

"It's Impact Bey!!" Nami bit her lower lip. Usopp was using all possible means to deal with Luffy, his former companion and the captain. How ironic.

"You know how powerful I am, Luffy—" Usopp roared at Luffy, covering his broken arm.

Luffy, covered in wounds, walked towards Usopp who was kneeling on the ground.

"Eraser, eraser—"

"Luffy, you will be the Pirate King and the freest person in the future. I will be the world's best sniper!!!"

"Luffy, once the Merry is repaired, we must celebrate!"

"Luffy, we are companions—"

"Luffy--"

......

The black pirate flag stood high in the sky, overlooking the farce below.

"From now on, this will be our pirate flag!"

"We are the Straw Hat Pirates!"

Usopp had already lost. He lowered his head unwillingly, gritting his teeth, waiting for the final judgment.

"bullet--"

"Cough cough--" A violent impact came from bottom to top, straight to the forehead. The intense pain brought a moment of trance, and Usopp fell to the ground, holding his stomach.

"Liar--" Chopper cried out Usopp's name.

Nami covered her head and cried.

Dazai Osamu lowered his eyes.

Sanji and Zoro witnessed this scene.

"Hoo-hoo-hoo" Luffy kept exhaling, kneeling in front of Usopp as if exhausted, with his head lowered. He was supposed to be the winner, but now he looked as embarrassed as a loser: "How could you possibly beat me!!!"

Usopp didn't reply and just lay on the ground motionless.

After a long while, Luffy picked up the straw hat that had fallen to the side, patted the dust off it, put it on his head, and turned away: "Merry, do whatever you want!!"

"We will buy a new boat and keep sailing!!!"

"Goodbye, Liar! I am so happy to be with you!!"

Luffy left.