"Under the Throne, the Foundation Requires the Bones of Tens of Millions!"

Usopp burst out from behind, drenched in sweat, his legs shaking wildly as though fitted with electric motors.

He grabbed Zoro's hand before he could draw his sword and roared at everyone through streaming tears:

"Can we not start yelling about killing people the moment we get here?!"

"This is the headquarters of one of the Four Emperors!"

"We came to attend the Tea Party!"

"Since Sanji wants to find his sister, shouldn't we go inside and get a proper grasp of the situation first?!"

"Let's all be reasonable. Anything can be discussed if we sit down and talk, right?!"

Silence.

Deathly silence.

Just as everyone thought it was utterly absurd for this long-nosed sniper to talk about being "reasonable" on a Four Emperors' territory—

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! That's absolutely right!!!"

A shrill voice brimming with the ecstatic joy of surviving a disaster suddenly rang out!

Perospero, the Minister of Candy, had been standing off to the side with his back soaked in cold sweat after being terrified by Ronan's Conqueror's Haki. Now, like a drowning man clutching a lifeline, he shot over to Usopp's side with a whoosh!

Under everyone's dumbfounded stares, this great figure with a bounty of seven hundred million Belly, a man representing the dignity of a Four Emperors crew, actually threw an arm around Usopp's neck. His heavily made-up face was piled with an exaggeratedly fawning smile as he nodded frantically in agreement.

"Perorin! What this Long Nose gentleman said is simply a timeless truth!"

"All this fighting and killing is terrible for harmony! Everything can be discussed!"

"Mother has always been the most reasonable and hospitable person!"

"If you have any concerns or demands, we can discuss them over cake at the Tea Party! Right?!"

Perospero's will to survive was utterly off