【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Shut up! Usopp Lando would never lie!!" Leo's resolute shout came through the loudspeaker. "Usopp Lando said that no matter what happens to us, he will definitely come back to save us!"

"Because he promised us! Heroes don't lie to us! If you dare insult Usopp Lando again, I will never forgive you!!"

"That's right, Usopp Lando will definitely make Operation SOP a success!!"

"Shut up, all of you!!" Usopp, who had run back, stood on the wrecked ship and shouted at the tontatta tribe who had trusted him so much, his voice trembling with tears. "How much did you all believe me?! You foolish tontattas! They were right, I was lying to you all!!"

"I'm neither a legendary hero, nor am I named Usopp Lando! I'm the Straw Hat crew's sniper, whose name would scare even kids to tears, and my name is Usopp!! I'm a pirate!!"

"Why do you say that... Even though he's a pirate, he's still a hero, right?" Leo looked at Usopp standing on the deck with tears in his eyes.

"I told you it wasn't! A pirate is a pirate!" Usopp roared. "How many times do I have to say it?! I lied to you, and you foolishly believed me!"

The dwarfs looked at Usopp in despair, and small, desperate cries gradually rose up.

"So you came here specifically to tell them that it was all a lie? Heh heh..." Torrepol sneered.

"If I don't do this, they'll believe in me until they die, waiting for my arrival!" Tears and flames mingled in his eyes as Usopp roared, pulling back his slingshot. "My name is Usopp! Remember that, Tontatta Tribe. If I die, build me a bronze statue next to Roland! Now I will become your legendary hero!!"

"Ultimate Killer: Green Star - Sycamore Shuriken!!"

"Usopp!" Leo watched Usopp fight, tears streaming down his face, and saw Trebol cut into pieces. A flame of hope rekindled in his heart. "Usopp!!"

"Remember this: I am the legendary hero! The sniper of the Straw Hat crew! Captain Usopp!"

"Usopp Lando!!" the dwarves shouted excitedly.

"No, it's Usopp!" Usopp roared, correcting him, but then breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at Trebol, who had been cut into several pieces by shurikens. "Damn it... kill it. There's only one enemy left, a girl. Although I don't want to be rough with a child, I have no choice. I have to find a way to put the special grape in her hand into Sugar's mouth."

"Trebol, to be killed by that kind of guy, what an idiot, die." Sugar said calmly and expressionlessly.

"Who's going to die, kid?" Trebol, now broken into pieces and scattered around, stood up again, still holding his cane. "You might have survived if you'd just escaped like that, but you came all the way back, hehehe..."

"Ahhh, what's wrong with you?!" Usopp cried out in terror, hurriedly dodging the snot bombs that were being shot at him.

Usopp sprinted away, dodging the snot bullets raining down on him while firing at Trebol. He screamed in terror at the aftershocks of the massive snot impact behind him, flailing his arms wildly, "I'm going to die! I'm going to die! I knew it! That guy's a monster!!"

The next second, a sticky blob suddenly appeared at his feet. Usopp panicked and tried to crawl away, but the stickiness of the thing was terrifying. Usopp watched helplessly as a huge drop of snot came flying at him. He could already see himself being hit and his bones shattering.

With a series of nauseating thuds, Usopp was slammed against the wall by Trebol's snot, leaving a human-shaped dent. Blood gushed from his nose, his nose was bent, several teeth were broken, and his whole body was burning with pain. Usopp looked at Sugar standing in front of him with blurred vision, and almost completely fainted.

"Usopp!" Robin screamed inwardly, deeply worried about Usopp.

"Usolando!!" the dwarves cried out in alarm.

"Torepol, quickly bring sugar to the palace!"

"Hehe, no problem, there will absolutely be no mishaps..." Trebol chuckled as he looked at the long-nosed man who was stuck to him and had lost consciousness.

"Don't worry, young master, the enemy has lost consciousness." Sugar stood in front of the bound Usopp, holding up the grape that the little people had been trying to get her to eat. "Here, you can have this grape too."

"Ah! Tata Babasco, our hope..." The little people looked on in despair as sugar was stuffed into Usoppland's mouth with grapes.

"Go to hell!" Sugar pushed hard, stuffing the grapes completely into Usopp's mouth. The next second, a face with a protruding tongue, eyes, and nose suddenly sprang in front of her. Sugar was so frightened that her heart stopped, and she screamed in terror before her eyes rolled back and she fell backward, foaming at the mouth.

"Hey! What's going on? Sugar, wake up!!" Trebol shouted in panic as he looked at the unconscious Sugar.

The little people stared in shock at Sugar, who had fainted from fright at Usopp and Lando. Robin was overjoyed to find herself beginning to recover, transforming from a doll back into a human in an instant.

At this moment, all the toys in Dressrosa transformed back into humans, and all the precious memories that everyone had been forced to forget were rediscovered. Everyone was screaming, everyone was panicking, and the entire Dressrosa descended into utter chaos.

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"It's back to normal." Lucci grinned as he looked at his hand, now a real, flesh-and-blood hand. "That Usopp kid succeeded, didn't he?"

"Lucci!!" Luffy lunged at Lucci, hugging him tightly, his whole body flailing with excitement. "I remember now, you're my brother!"

"Of course." Lucci skillfully caught Luffy as he lunged at him, hugged his thin back, and chuckled softly. This position was better. Until he realized he was about to run out of breath, he patted Luffy's back and reminded him, "Luffy, we should get going."

"Hehehe, I'm so happy!" Luffy grinned, released Lucci, and stood back on the ground. Noticing that the toy soldier who had been with them was gone, he asked, "Where's the soldier?"

“That’s it!” Lucci noticed a one-legged man rushing into the room with a sword, heading straight for Doflamingo. “He’s already started his operation.”

"He was Cyrus, the commander of the Riku army, my brother-in-law!" Violet covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face. "So for over ten years, he has been protecting his beloved daughter, staying by her side day and night as a toy soldier so she wouldn't be alone!!"

"Is it Cyrus?!" King Riku roared, regretting that he hadn't remembered that the toy that saved him was Cyrus.

"Indeed! For ten years you have waited helplessly and in vain, and I am guilty beyond redemption! I have come to save Your Majesty!!"