Chapter 15

"...Even if my hand gets hit by a bullet, even if I get chased and beaten by brooms, this is still the village I grew up in!"

"I love this village, and I want to protect everyone! I don't want to see everyone killed innocently..." Usopp cried like a child.

Luffy trained his muscles and looked full of fighting spirit: "Okay! Then let's help!"

Nami made an "OK" gesture: "Then agree beforehand, all the treasures on the ship must be given to me!"

Usopp couldn't believe it: "You...really want to fight with me?"

Kondo carried his Zanpakutō on his shoulder and smiled slightly: "Because the enemy's numbers are relatively large, and from your expression, it tells us that you are very scared."

Hearing this, Usopp was not pleased at Kondo's words: "What are you talking about? I'm scared? Don't joke, I'm a brave sea warrior, the great Captain Usopp!!"

Right after boasting, the four saw his legs shaking uncontrollably.

The four looked at him with strange eyes, and Usopp's head became even bigger: "What are you looking at! The opponent is Captain Kuro, and it is natural to be afraid!"

Zoro looked at him: "We don't sympathize with you, we help you because we think you are amazing."

Luffy looked serious: "Who will help out of sympathy?"

"You guys..."

Usopp was so moved to hear this...

In the hall of Kaya's house.

Housekeeper Meri tells Kuro what happened during the day.

Kuro tightened his tie: "I didn't expect something like this to happen in the village when I went to the city. Usopp that boy is really annoying."

The housekeeper Meri spread his hands: "Yes, and he said that you are a pirate, it is definitely true."

Kuro pushed up his glasses: "Hey, that's it..."

"Hah?" Kuro looked at a beautiful little box on the table and picked it up. "What's this?"

Meri: "Oh, yes, it's a gift from the young lady. Tomorrow is the day you come here."

Kuro took out the gift from the box, a new pair of glasses with bright lenses.

The cat housekeeper continued: "Because she saw your glasses keep sliding down, she ordered new glasses for you. She is a very careful and gentle girl..."

But Kuro didn't care about this, and threw the glass on the ground, shattering it with one foot.

The housekeeper meri showed a very surprised expression: "Huh?!! Klahadore, why are you giving the gift that miss gave you..."

Kuro's face was like a ghost from hell: "A gift? I will accept it, but not these glasses, but the whole mansion!"

"whole mansion!?" The housekeeper Meri had never dreamed of such a situation, and looked at Kuro in surprise.

And Kuro approached him step by step: "This is the end, I don't need to play anymore, anyway, in a few hours, everything here will change..."

Kuro said, throwing away a few short knives in his hand: "Three years, it really made me wait..."

Several blades stabbed into butler Meri's body, he vomited blood and fell to the ground.

East harbour.

"Very well."

There is only one inclined ramp in the east port, and the ramp is covered with lubricating oil. This is the only way to enter the village from the east.

Needless to say, I know it was written by Usopp.

In this way, it would be very difficult for the enemy to climb up the slope, or even impossible to climb up at all.

Nami pointed at the road: "Thank you for thinking about it, but we also have to be careful not to let ourselves slide down, or we will fall into the enemy."

Usopp folded his arms in front of his chest with a proud expression: "That's natural! I'm very confident in my intelligence and catapult skills!"

At this time, the red sun was shining on the surface of the sea, sparkling.

The five of them face the rising sun, ready to face the enemy that is coming...

At sea, a pirate ship with a black cat head is approaching.

"All of you! Now it's time to destroy the village and go straight to the mansion!"

"Yes Boss!"

...

On Kondo's side, no one came after waiting for a while.

'Hmm?' Kondo who sensed the pirates who were anchored where Kondo and the others were anchored just kept quiet, but he felt something else, 'I wonder, why is there a Hollow here? But this one is weaker than I felt after fighting the monkey king back then'

"Huh? They haven't come yet?"

"Could they have overslept?"

Nami put her hand to her ear: "I... I think I heard a voice from the north..."

Usopp was surprised: "North?"

Nami continued to listen carefully: "Well, I really heard it."

Zoro: "Hey, what's up?"

Kondo: "I also feel that there are a lot of people who were at the place where we docked earlier"

Usopp put his head in his hands: "North...North, it looks like there is nowhere to anchor... Since they are meeting up here, I think they will attack here."

Luffy was also a little anxious: "Let's go, or they will enter the village! Where is that place?"

Usopp gritted his teeth: "Run north from here, you can get there in three minutes, the terrain there is the same as here, there are slopes like this..."

Right after Usopp finished speaking, Luffy turned around and ran away in a hurry.

And Nami's heart skipped a beat: "Oops, our ship is also going north, and our treasure will be taken away!"

Usopp held his head and looked irritated: "Shit! My amazing oil is going to waste!"

Kondo: "Don't talk too much, that guy Luffy is gone, let's go too!"

Zoro and Kondo are faster, take a step forward, Usopp and Nami then follow...

Luffy was the first to leave, followed by Zoro and Kondo, but Usopp and Nami were the first to arrive.

"Oi kid, you go first, I have something to take care of" Kondo didn't wait for an answer from Zoro and immediately rushed to the hill in the south.

When they got there, Kondo saw something familiar, "What are Hollows doing in this world?" Asked Kondo who saw a Hollow whose shape was like a kingkong and about 4 and a half meters tall in front of him.

"That's none of your business you lowly creature" veins slowly appeared in Kondo's head and the gradually rising temperature left the Hollow in front of him confused.

"You kid really needs to be taught a lesson" Kondo said coldly and slowly drew his Zanpakutō and small flames appeared around his Zanpakutō, the Hollow in front of him just snorted coldly then Kondo and him advanced simultaneously.

The sword and fist met and caused shockwaves around them, continuously exchanging attacks, but the Hollow in front of him suddenly jumped back with an expression of horror and anger at the same time.

"Why? Why?!! I've become strong!! That guy said a single human wouldn't be able to beat us!! But why did you hurt me?!" Shouted the Hollow in front of him Hysterically and it was seen that his body was covered with wounds, especially his fist which looked burnt.

"Hmph! Just because you've become a Hollow doesn't mean you're invincible you idiot!"

"Shut up you human!!" The Hollow in front of him had lost his mind and started going berserk, Kondo who saw it could only shake his head.

"Hado#11: Tsuzuri Raiden!" Yellow lightning slowly covered Kondo's blade and he immediately Shunpo forward and slowly blue veins appeared on Kondo's hand and he held his Zanpakutō which was covered in yellow lightning tightly, pouring lots of Reiatsu into his Zanpakutō and causing the Flame to grow hotter and bigger and slowly merge with the Lightning yellow.

"That's what happens when you get overconfident just because you've turned into a creature that's stronger than a normal human, brat" Kondo said coldly and immediately slashed the Hollow's head down and split it in half, the grass underneath that was hit by the slash immediately burned and looked like marks. 3 meter long slash.

'That person huh? Gillian? Adjucha? Or the Vasto Lorde?' Kondo thought as he sheathed his Zanpakutō, 'it's only been a few minutes, so maybe I still have time to get to where the boys are' and in an instant he disappeared in thin air.

On Nami's side.

Nami thought when she saw that Luffy, Kondo and Zoro weren't here yet, so she must have thought that the three of them were lost.

Even Usopp started to doubt in his heart why the straw hat and the two swordsmen didn't come.

Usopp and Nami stood on the mountainside, watching hundreds of pirates down the slope.

Jango, who took the lead, said, "You are the one who overheard our plan, right? Come on, what do you want to do now?"

Usopp, a coward, shouted at the pirates below: "I tell you, if you don't retreat now, my 100 million underlings will not leave the armor you killed!"

"What...what?! A hundred million people! Well...amazing!" Jango believes his words are true.

A bastard next to him: "Captain, this is obviously a lie!"

Another bastard: "Captain, you actually trust people."

Usopp silently said to himself: Oops, exposed.

After being reminded by his subordinates, jango suddenly realized: "You bastard, dare to lie to me..."

Nami covered her face: "100 million people? Do you think they are all stupid?"

"Then what do you think we should do? Luffy and the others aren't here yet, I can only scare them first..."

"Those three idiots must have gotten lost…"

Seeing hundreds of pirates staring at the opposite side, Usopp said to Nami with a serious look: "come down and beat them, I will attack from behind!"

Nami screamed at Usopp: "How can I beat so many people?!"

Usopp thumped his trembling legs: "Don't bully me thinking I'm a boy, but my legs are shaking with fear, look!"

Nami: "I was scared to the point of crying!"

Usopp: "Where is it? Not even a drop of water!"

Not wanting to listen to their bullshit anymore, Jango ordered his underlings to charge forward like a pack of wolves.

Both of them were surprised, and Usopp quickly took out a black spike from his bag of props. This type of nail had several spines, and if it touched it, it would be pricked.

This nail is called...

"Hell's corner trap!"

"Wow!"

"It hurts!"

Sharp nails were scattered on the road, and the pirates stepped on them one after another, screaming in pain.

However, the spikes didn't cover the road, and several pirates didn't touch it and rushed over.

"Go, don't get in the way!"

The pirate who rushed forward wielded a stone hammer, and slammed it into the back of Usopp's head.

Usopp was badly injured, and blood was flowing all over him.

Nami covered her mouth, pale with shock.

The pirate carrying the stone hammer continued to move forward, but was caught by Usopp, who was already lying on the ground.

Rock Hammer Pirates: "Let go, bastard!"

Even though he was beaten and unable to stand up, Usopp's face was still full of fighting spirit, and he held on to the pirate and didn't let go: "I won't let you into the village!"

Seeing Usopp's appearance, Nami couldn't believe it was the usual coward Usopp.

"Shut up! Boy!"

At this moment, several pirates rushed over, raised their blades and slashed towards Usopp's head.

Nami waved a staff and knocked the knife-wielding pirate down, but another pirate holding a large staff hit Nami's waist with the club.

Nami screamed in pain and fell to the ground.

At this time, the pirates in the brigade had crossed the horns and climbed up the ramp one after another. The pirates who raised their swords were terrifying, and ordered the swordsmen to hack Nami and Usopp to death.

They both closed their eyes in despair.

The three figures appeared out of nowhere, and instantly knocked the pirates into the air.

Hah?

Usopp and Nami were stunned.

"Captain Jango, what happened?"

"You didn't say there was such a person in the village!"

On the Black Cat Pirates side, there was commotion.

It turns out that these three people are Kondo, Luffy, and Zoro.

With a grumbling expression on his face, Luffy shouted at Usopp, "Usopp, you son of a bitch! You didn't tell me where north is!"

Usopp looked at the helpless pirates who were directly shot on the ground, and looked at Kondo and the others in disbelief: "So you are very strong."

"Oi old man, your business is done?" Zoro asked while glancing at Kondo.

Kondo put his Zanpakutō on his shoulder: "Yeah, It's nothing, their boss hasn't come out yet." Zoro was just silent, but he could feel a very thick killing intent even though it wasn't directed at him, Luffy was the same way, but he didn't think about that anymore, after all his thoughts were meat.

Nami: "You three are so slow, why did you just come?"

Luffy was still shouting at Usopp: "You really are! You didn't say where north is, and I don't know where north is!"

Usopp's blue veins exploded: "You guys, I saw your confident expression back then, so I ran first!"

Luffy: "I just ran away without knowing!"

Usopp: "You!!"

While they were fighting, Jango took out a circular saw and said to the fallen pirate: "You look at this ring, and I say 'one, two, Jango', you will have power, and your wound will heal."

Saying that, the ring on Jango's hand swayed left and right: "One, two, Jango!"

These pirates were affected by Jango's hypnotism, and they seemed to mutate in an instant, roaring like beasts one by one, and the wounds they had just hit seemed to heal in an instant. Several pirates showed off their strength and smashed the rock next to them with a single punch!

"No... No, they seemed unable to stand before, but now..." Nami muttered.

"There is such a terrifying power."

Zoro pointed back with his thumb: "You guys go back, leave it to us here."

After speaking, Zoro drew his sword: "Hey, Luffy, Kondo..."

Kondo: "Yes."

Luffy: "Waaaaahhhhh!"

"Luffy???!"

It turns out that Luffy is also hypnotized!

Simple-minded men are easily swayed by other people's hypnotism.

However, even though Luffy was hypnotized, he seemed to be able to distinguish between enemy and friend, he shouted and charged towards the pirates:

"Gomu Gomu no Gatling gun!"

There were countless fist shadows in the air, attacking the Pirates like raindrops, and the Pirates were knocked down, which was the same result as just now.

Even though the pirates have added buffs, Luffy also got the same thing, so they are still easy to beat.

Then he was senseless and rushed towards Jango.

Jango didn't panic, but kept shaking the ring in his hand.

Luffy immediately fell asleep.

Just now, Luffy had almost halved the number of enemies.

At this time, Kondo takes out his Zanpakutō and continues to attack the enemy:

"I already warmed up earlier, so now is the real fight."

"Ittoryū • Remnant Heart!"

Within the battle circle, there was a shadow of a sword slash covered in a small flame, and Kondo was alone in the face of the pirates, but he didn't lose in the slightest.

Immediately, the remaining half of the Marine Pirates were easily dealt with and fell to the ground.

"A-Awesome!"

Watching the scene of Kondo rushing into the enemy's formation and defeating him over and over again, Usopp couldn't help but speak.

Zoro smiled: "If it weren't for these two attacks, he wouldn't look like our vice-captain."

Seeing that the Black Cat Pirates were almost wiped out, Jango didn't seem too flustered. He shouted at the boat: "Hey! You two, when are you going to see it? Catman brothers!"

...

Kaya House.

Last night, Kaya thought of Usopp many times, but she never imagined that Usopp would become such a person.

When it was almost dawn, she had just fallen asleep, but was awakened by a nightmare.

She got out of bed in a daze, knocked on Klahadore's door, found that she wasn't there, and turned to the other housekeeper's door.

This is the bedroom of the housekeeper Meri, and the door is open.

"Meri!!"

Kaya pushed the door open and screamed in surprise when she saw the scene on the ground.

The cat's housekeeper was named Merry, and he was lying in a pool of blood with stab wounds to his body.