Mil Fleurs! Archaeologist vs. Pirate Hunter

Drip, drip...

The sound of blood dripping onto the ground was faint, yet in this empty environment, it sounded exceptionally crisp!

Usopp clutched his left shoulder. A bullet had been driven deep into his shoulder joint. The placement was precise—while the wound itself was not especially severe, it had robbed his left arm of all strength. For a sniper, both arms were crucial! Especially for Usopp, a sniper who used a slingshot: his left hand held the weapon while his right launched the ammunition!

It could be said that Van Augur's bullet had cut Usopp's strength by more than half!

"Damn it!"

Usopp endured the pain, gritting his teeth as he tried again and again to raise his weapon! But he did not possess the monstrous physique of Luffy and the others. No matter how hard he tried, his left shoulder seemed to have lost all sensation save for pain. There was simply no way he could lift it!

"Give up, boy! If you keep this up, your left shoulder will be ruined!" Van Augur carried his weapon on his shoulder as he walked expressionlessly toward Usopp. A chilling gleam shone from his small eyes!

Though he was taciturn and usually looked like a shy young man, his bloodlust ranked among the top three even within the Blackbeard Pirates! Only Teach and Shiryu could surpass him in the entire crew! He understood his captain's temperament well. Though his captain had said to spare these brats' lives if possible, casualties were unavoidable in a battle like this!

If his opponent disgusted him, he would not hesitate to kill Usopp! And the only people who disgusted him were spineless cowards!

"Heh, don't look down on me! How much blood has our Straw Hat Pirates shed along the way? How many hardships have