Ultra-Long-Range Support, Usopp's Moment to Shine

However, the video suddenly switched to Robin and Spandam.

The change immediately drew complaints from many of the comments on the screen. {Hey! Hey! Hey! God from Beyond the Domain, this is the crucial part! Don't just switch the footage whenever you feel like it, okay?!}

{I want to watch the battle between the two Lus, not look at that idiot Spandam's face. Switch it back, God from Beyond the Domain.}

{God from Beyond the Domain, if you don't switch it back, I'll never post another comment, and you won't earn a single Beli from me.}

{I'm begging you! God from Beyond the Domain, please switch it back! Not being able to watch the battle between the two Lus is driving me crazy, like ants are crawling all over me. Please!}

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But no matter how the commenters threatened, tempted, or begged, the video remained fixed on Robin and Spandam.

Spandam had bound Robin's arms with a rope and was dragging her along the bridge leading to the Gate of Justice.

As they went, Spandam told her that he had planted mines on the steps leading to the bridge. Anyone who tried to cross would set them off and be blown away. But she didn't need to worry, because the Straw Hat Luffy Pirates could never make it here. They would all be defeated by CP9 and then die under the Buster Call's cannon fire.

Robin dragged her body against the ground to slow Spandam down as she told him firmly that she believed Luffy and the others would come to save her.

At her words, Spandam suddenly flew into a rage like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. He wanted to wipe out the Straw Hat Luffy Pirates to cover up the scandal of pirates shooting through the World Government's flag, so that it would not affect his position.

He also casually told Robin something else: he had always known perfectly well what had happened at Ohara twenty years ago. His father was Spandine, the man who had ordered the Buster Call to bombard Ohara and had issued her wanted poster.

Robin's pupils contracted. The tragedy that had unfolded at Ohara flashed before her eyes, scene after scene, like a slideshow, and tears began to fall unbidden.

Just then, an explosion rang out from the steps at the other end of the bridge, and Franky fell off the bridge.

Spandam was startled by the sight and hurriedly dragged Robin toward the Marines who had come onto the bridge to meet him.

However, just as he was about to step through the Gate of Justice, a gunpowder shot suddenly struck him in the face, knocking him to the ground.

The sudden attack startled the Marines present. They looked around for the source of the shot, but saw nothing except the surging sea and the empty bridge.

But in the next second, several more gunpowder shots struck the Marines, as though the projectiles had appeared out of thin air.

The "supernatural" incident made the Marines even more nervous!

Suddenly, one Marine spotted Usopp through his telescope, standing atop the Tower of Justice a full bridge's length away.

Usopp had the giant slingshot Kabuto over his shoulder and was pointing one finger at the sky, excitedly singing Sogeking's Song, which he had written himself.

Sanji's smug voice rose from below. "Well? Impressive, isn't he? Get a taste of what our sniper can do, you bunch of fools who asked for it!"

He also shouted, "Robin-chan, run!"

The screen filled with comments from people stunned by Usopp's almost supernatural marksmanship. {Th-this can't be possible! He can actually hit every person from that far away? Is... is he even human?!}

{You've got to be kidding! Someone can really shoot gunpowder shots that far with a slingshot? And against the wind, too! That's an eye-opener!}

{Just as I thought, there isn't a single ordinary person in the Straw Hat Pirates!}

{So that's what Black Leg Sanji meant by what he said to him earlier! He really is a man you can count on! Sogeking, huh? He's amazing!}

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Syrup Village, East Blue.

"Nice! Way to go, boss!"

"That's our boss! He really is a man of his word!"

"Boss is definitely going to be the world's greatest sniper someday!"

Usopp's three little fanboys, the radish heads, cheered excitedly.

At Kaya's house.

"Mr. Usopp, you really are amazing!" Kaya said, her face flushed with excitement.

In a room at Marine Headquarters.

The Blackbeard Pirates were gathered around a dining table, eating heartily. Since there were so many of them, the Marines had given them a separate room, apart from the other Shichibukai.

"Zehahaha! What are you thinking about, Van Augur?" Blackbeard asked, grabbing a piece of meat and shoving it into his mouth as he looked at Van Augur, who had suddenly fallen into thought, a faint smile playing at the corner of his mouth.

"Nothing, Captain. I've simply found an interesting opponent." Van Augur picked up the red wine in front of him and took a sip, gazing at Usopp on the screen high in the sky outside.

"Zehahaha! The Straw Hat Luffy Pirates, huh? They are an interesting bunch, but they're not our target yet. We're after another group." As Blackbeard spoke, he gave Lafitte a look from across the table.

Lafitte elegantly tipped the brim of his hat and nodded at him knowingly.

The Red Force, in the New World.

"Woo-hoo! That's Yasopp's son for you! He's got some real skills!"

"Like father, like son!"

"I knew it! The companions Luffy went looking for would all have special skills! That's Yasopp's son for you. Nicely done!"

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"..."

Listening to his crewmates lavish praise on his son, Yasopp scratched his head, suddenly a little embarrassed.

Shanks came over and suggested, "What do you say, Yasopp? Why not send a comment to congratulate your son?"

"No, Captain. I'll wait until later!" Yasopp shook his head. "Praising him now would only put pressure on my foolish son! But I really am proud of him."

"His mother's spirit in heaven must be proud too."