Usopp's Cry: Beat Him, Luffy

The screen immediately filled with wailing comments: {Ah! My eyes! Why did you have to make me see that?!}

{M... mermaids... so that's what mermaids look like! My dream, my dream... it's shattered!}

{I must be dreaming. There are no mermaids in this world, and even if there are, they don't look like that. I must be dreaming. Ha!}

{God from Beyond the Domain, I'm sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn't have asked you to show this part of the video. I repent, I'll atone.}

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The Grand Line, somewhere at sea, aboard the Thousand Sunny.

"Ew! Kokoro is a mermaid? That's so gross!" Luffy said with a look of disgust.

"Don't be so blunt. She saved our lives." Nami gave him a hard knock on the head from behind and scolded him.

"Yohohoho! A mermaid? This is my first time seeing one. Next time we meet, may I see your panties?!" Brook asked Kokoro on the screen.

"You shut up too." Nami kicked him flying.

On the screen high above, after showing Kokoro getting Zoro and the others aboard the ship, the video returned to the battle between Luffy and Lucci.

Luffy, his whole body flushed red, roared and charged at Lucci. Lucci used Soru to appear beside him, and the two began fighting at close quarters.

Luffy threw punch after punch at Lucci, but Lucci blocked every one with punches of his own.

Even as he fought, Lucci taunted him. "What's wrong? Is it just me, or does that performance-enhancing move of yours seem a lot weaker now?"

Hearing that, Luffy frowned slightly and instantly began punching much faster. For a moment, all that could be seen was a flurry of red afterimages striking at Lucci.

This time, Lucci didn't even bother blocking. He used Tekkai and took the blows head-on, all while mocking him. "Stop struggling in vain! Neither you nor Nico Robin will ever escape Enies Lobby. This will be your grave."

Luffy immediately pulled back his fists, stretched out his leg, and unleashed Gum-Gum Jet Axe at Lucci.

But Lucci dodged with Soru and flew into the air. Attacking Luffy below with Rankyaku, he said, "That woman stands in the way of the World Government's grand ambitions. Even if I have to chase her to the ends of the earth, I'll put her to death. I swear it in the name of dark justice."

Luffy punched away the slashes raining down on him. "We came here so Robin could escape from you!"

With that, he darted into the air and appeared in front of Lucci, sweeping his foot at him with Jet Stamp.

But Lucci dodged once again with Soru, turned around, and appeared in front of him, delivering another Rokuogan to his abdomen.

The tremendous impact blasted Luffy out of the air and sent him crashing hard into the ground below. He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, his whole body going limp.

When he stood up again, every step was a struggle, but he pushed on, walking toward the panting Lucci.

Yet after only a few steps, he collapsed to the ground, unable to fight.

It seemed the battle had been decided!!

The screen immediately filled with shocked comments: {Huh! I... it's over already?! No, it can't be!}

{S... Straw Hat Luffy is down?! D... did he lose?!}

{Straw Hat Luffy lost? No, that can't be right! The World Government is still after them now!}

{That can't be right! Straw Hat Luffy shouldn't lose! And the God from Beyond the Domain's announcement of the winner hasn't appeared either! What's going on?!}

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As if to answer the comments' questions, the video soon provided an answer. Usopp's voice suddenly rang out. "Luffy."

"Luffy, get back on your feet!"

Luffy, lying on the ground, instantly became excited when he saw Usopp appear.

But Usopp told him he hadn't come for him. He had come to save Robin.

Then he turned around and began taunting Lucci, telling him that he would be his opponent now. He even boasted that he had eight thousand men under him and could easily deal with an organization like the World Government with a wave of his hand.

At first, Lucci didn't want to bother with a weakling like him. But when Usopp called him "you useless little idiot cat," he finally enraged Lucci, who turned and walked toward him, one step at a time.

Luffy, still lying on the ground, hurriedly called out to Lucci, telling him not to attack Usopp.

But Lucci told him they were all going to be killed anyway, sooner or later. A defeated opponent like Luffy had no right to call him to a halt, so he could just stay there and watch as Lucci killed his companions!

Throughout this, Usopp kept taunting Lucci. Luffy immediately turned his attention to Usopp and told him to stop provoking Lucci, or he would be killed.

"Then what can you do now, half-dead as you are?!" Usopp immediately asked him.

"I... I can send this guy flying!" Luffy said firmly from the ground.

"Then hurry up and get back on your feet! Stop acting like you're about to die! That's not your style at all!"

Usopp screamed hysterically, "You can see the sky blackened by smoke from here, and the raging sea too! This isn't hell! You bastard, stop acting like you're about to die! You're making people worry!!"

Hearing that, Luffy had yet to respond when Lucci looked impatiently at Usopp, his eyes filled with murderous intent. "Are you done? Then prepare yourself, kid, and wait to die!"

But the moment he finished speaking, Luffy's voice came from behind him. "I know. This isn't hell, or anywhere else."

Lucci immediately looked back and saw that Luffy, who had been lying on the ground, was standing again.

At the sight, Usopp's eyes instantly reddened, and tears ran down his cheeks. "Luffy, beat him, and then let's go back with everyone!"

Luffy raised his head and shouted with absolute conviction, "Of course!"