"Are you kidding me?!"
In the vast entrance hall, the exquisite carvings on the stone pillars and the murals along the walls conveyed a grand, imposing atmosphere.
Vines crawled across the weathered, crumbling walls, yet they failed to conceal this place's former splendor. Instead, they highlighted the ancient charm wrought by the passage of time.
Facing the black muzzle pointed at him, Usopp's face filled with panic as the intense warning from his Observation Haki stabbed into his mind.
What made him even more unable to believe it was that the Green Star Sycamore Leaf Shuriken had been crushed barehanded!
What kind of joke was this?!
Unable to worry about anything else, Usopp hurriedly turned and ran, looking as though he had been frightened into fleeing without regard for direction.
"Haah... idiot."
On the chandelier frame above, Yasopp sighed and slapped his forehead with his left hand, looking somewhat disappointed.
"Facing a sniper, you actually dared to expose your back to the enemy. You're still too green."
Bang!
The trigger was pulled, and a gunshot rang out.
A black bullet shot from the barrel, wrapped in a ring of turbulent airflow as it curved through the air in pursuit of Usopp.
"Green Star: Tough Skin Pumpkin!!"
At the very instant Yasopp fired, a seed hidden in a crack between the floor tiles rapidly sprouted. Usopp, who had been running away, suddenly stopped and turned around!
"I'm not that stupid. Don't forget, I'm a sniper too. I wouldn't make such a basic mistake."
A massive, plump pumpkin taller than a person rapidly formed at the center of the vines spreading along the ground. At the same time, Usopp had already switched to a more powerful Green Star. Before the defensive wall completely blocked his view, he raised his hand and fired