The Straw Hat Pirates' Scientist

"Oh no, something terrible has happened! Pirates are coming!"

Before Usopp could even start running around the village, a tiny little boy with a runny nose rushed over from afar, looking terrified.

"Onion Head, I haven't even started yet, how can you lie to me like this!"

Usopp immediately put his hands on his hips, raised and lowered his eyebrows, and said rather unhappily.

Isn't it Usopp's job to announce the arrival of the pirates?

"Captain Usopp, it's true! I'm not lying! This is really, really bad!"

Onion Head was panting heavily, looking tense and even covered in cold sweat, leaving Usopp completely bewildered.

"real?"

Usopp raised the question again.

"Yes, Green Pepper Head and Radish Head are still watching from the shore. It's a huge pirate ship, with a pirate skull and crossbones flag on it!" Onion Head gestured with his hands.

"Oh no, it's snack time!"

Upon hearing that the other party had a large pirate ship, Usopp immediately became nervous and ran away.

"puff......."

Onion Head nearly spat out his saliva, and angrily shouted, "Don't you dare run away!"

"Actually, I have a disease that will kill me if I don't eat snacks, so I didn't want to run away!" Usopp said somewhat guiltily.

"You're lying!"

Onion Head huffed and puffed, then continued somewhat resentfully, "Captain Usopp, haven't you always wanted to be a pirate? But how can pirates be afraid of other pirates?!"

"I'm not scared, I just want a little snack!" Usopp said, turning to run away again.

"Although their ship is large, I only saw three people, and they're all quite young, looking about the same age as you, Captain Usopp. I think..."

Onion Head immediately spoke again, but before he could finish, he was interrupted by Usopp's words.

"Alright, let's go! The Usopp Pirates are fighting to protect the peace of our village! Okay, let's go, follow me!"

Usopp's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately turned around and rushed towards the shore, seemingly full of energy.

"???" Onion Head looked completely bewildered.

Usopp nimbly ran to the shore, his whole body brimming with energy and courage seemingly overflowing from his body, and his eyes immediately glistened with tears of excitement.

This is the Captain Usopp they like.

"We've finally arrived at Syrup Village!" Luffy stretched and looked relaxed.

Although he enjoys sailing, it is far less comfortable on a ship than on land, especially since they have encountered severe weather such as storms and torrential rain in the past two days.

So Luffy was in a very good mood when he arrived at Syrup Village.

"Our pirate ship is getting quite old and we probably won't be able to sail for much longer. I wonder if we could get a ship from this village?" Zoro said slowly.

"Let's go find that guy Kuro first. Isn't he a butler for a rich family? He should have a lot of money!" Luffy immediately said.

"Isn't that guy's bounty 1600 million Berries? If he doesn't have the money, he'll have to sell his head for cash!" Zoro immediately said.

Having worked as a bounty hunter for some time, Zoro was quite familiar with the process.

"That's a great idea!" Luffy immediately agreed.

Ron smiled without saying a word, because he knew that as long as Usopp joined the crew, they would naturally not lack ships.

In name only, Kaya gave Luffy a ship to repay him for saving her life.

But in reality, most of the reason is because of Usopp.

Even when the ship was being delivered, Usopp did not join the Straw Hat crew.

But that's where Kaya's cleverness lies.

Because she knew Usopp would definitely join the crew, sending Luffy and the others off on their ship was essentially sending Usopp off on his own.

"However, the Going Merry is a bit small. I need to communicate with them promptly. I need a spacious place to put the lounge," Ron thought to himself.

"Be careful, there's someone's presence!" Just then, Zoro's gaze suddenly sharpened, and his right hand slowly rested on the hilt of his sword.

"Where? Where is it?" Luffy looked around excitedly.

"Ron, watch out!"

At that moment, Zoro was startled and quickly looked back at Ron.

However, he was some distance from Ron and it was too late to rush to Ron's side.

"Do I look like the weakest of the three?" Ron frowned immediately.

He knew that the attack must have been launched by Usopp, who was hiding in the shadows, and that it wasn't particularly powerful.

Despite there being three of them, Usopp attacked him, which offended Ron.

Ron didn't dodge. With a thought, his C-level energy shield instantly transformed into a light barrier in front of him.

The C-rank energy shield can take on various forms through Ron's will, similar to the barrier of the Barrier-Barrier Fruit.

However, the energy shield is at its strongest when it transforms into a normal elliptical light curtain that is three meters long and two meters wide.

It's not a comprehensive, all-around protection at this time, but it's enough to deal with Usopp and the others.

In the blink of an eye, Usopp's attack struck the energy shield and was immediately deflected back, hurtling into the forest at lightning speed.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!" Immediately, a little green-haired kid jumped up from inside, clutching his butt.

Ron recognized the kid; he was a member of Usopp's pirate crew, known as Green Pepper.

The ensuing conversation seemed to be no different from the original story, and Luffy immediately recognized Usopp as Yasopp's son.

Therefore, the two sides did not fight.

Usopp, on the other hand, chatted excitedly with the others, especially when he looked at Ron, he was very curious.

He was very interested in the orange light screen from before, and also learned from Luffy that Roon was a scientist.

His eyes shone brightly, almost exactly like Luffy's back then.

"What? Luffy, you're not kidding, are you?!"

When Usopp learned that Kuro, the butler beside Kaya, was actually the captain of the Black Cat Pirates, he was immediately terrified.

But a moment later, he couldn't help but stand up and rush outside.

At this moment, Usopp was much more decisive than when he first learned that pirates had arrived at the village shore.

This shows that Usopp really cares about Kaya.

Just like in the original story, Kaya simply couldn't believe that Kuro, who had been taking care of her for so long, was actually the captain of an evil and bloodthirsty pirate crew.

So no matter how Usopp explained or pleaded, he couldn't persuade Kaya.

And at this moment, Kro finally appeared.

He had naturally heard what Usopp had said to Kaya earlier, but he simply adjusted his glasses slightly with his palm and glanced at Usopp with disdain.

That one glance deeply stung Usopp's pride.

Although Usopp is usually carefree, a habitual liar, and even very pessimistic, his inner pride is no less than anyone else's.

On the contrary, his deepest competitive spirit and self-esteem were extremely intense.

"Ahhhh..."

Just as Usopp was about to be driven away, Luffy descended from the sky as part of the plot.

He used his Devil Fruit ability to launch himself here, so he was faster than Zoro and Roon.

"Are you Kuro?" Luffy looked at Kuro, his eyes immediately sparkling with excitement.