Shinigami the Unforgiven, Chapter 74: Usopp in the building behind the mansion.
One by one, the Negative Hollow flew back, bringing with them news of the zombie general's defeat.
Perona, waking up in her luxurious bed, grabbed a pink parasol, opened it, and lightly jumped off the bed, spinning around once.
" Kumacy ~ Go and gather the animal zombies together."
"Yes!"
Faced with the answer from the giant, sewn-together teddy bear wearing a mask, the girl with pigtails pointed at him angrily.
"Who told you to answer? You're not cute at all!"
After saying that, she raised her head, " Absalom and Hogback are both useless fellows~"
"Immediately set up a defensive line in the courtyard to lure the enemy here."
The girl held an umbrella in one hand and put her other hand on her hip, looking like she was saying, "I'm very strong."
"Watch me wipe out the entire Straw Hat Pirates!"
As the giant teddy bear waved goodbye and left, the girl flicked her ponytail.
"That's more like it; you're cuter when you're not talking."
"Whatever makes you happy, Master..."
"Did you just think that to yourself? That's not cute at all!"
"Thank you, Unohana ~"
Nami clung tightly to Retsu Unohana's arm, her face filled with gratitude; she had thought she was doomed.
"Don't worry about it, I'll take you to reunite with Luffy and the others."
Retsu Unohana answered with a smile.
Chopper looked thoughtful and said, " Unohana, do you know where that chubby man is?"
"There."
Retsu Unohana.
Chopper immediately ran in that direction.
A few minutes later.
"Hoo hoo hoo, why are you chasing me?!"
Chopper stared intently at the middle-aged man who had been forced into the hall, panting heavily.
The doctor I once greatly admired turned out to be just...
"Dr. Hogback, what do you consider these zombies?"
"Of course, they are the most obedient servants, soldiers, and warriors; what else could they be?"
Chopper calmly shook his head at the chubby man's answer.
"The ultimate goal of medicine is immortality, so I don't actually object to your actions of resurrecting zombies." Chopper walked towards the other person step by step.
"If you're bringing the dead back to life for the sake of people's happiness, then you're still the world-class surgeon I respect."
"Who wants your self-righteous worship!"
Hogback retreated while retorting, "So you're going to cause me trouble just because your worship has been shattered?"
"Go quickly and kill them all..."
boom!
Faced with the zombies rushing out of the picture frame next to him, Chopper simply punched them all away with a single punch.
Seeing you like this, I actually feel relieved. Hogback the doctor... no, Hogback the freak!
Chopper's muscles slowly bulged, entering Muscle Point.
"I am not your enemy because of the disillusionment with worship, but because you have trampled on the most basic human freedom!"
In the hands of someone like you, those zombies and their shadows would truly be tormented by a fate worse than death.
"What business is it of yours what other people's freedom is? What right do you have to say that!"
Chopper raised his hoof as Hogback retreated against the wall and began to argue wildly.
"I don't need qualifications, because I am."
Boom!
Chopper Hoof Stamp turned around, smashing the man and the wall together with a single Chopper strike.
"Pirates!"
The courtyard behind the mansion.
"Haha, tonight's workout was really great!"
The others were speechless as they watched Luffy enthusiastically eating his bento while Luffy.
"You can actually eat in a place like this...?"
After the Straw Hat Pirates defeated all the zombie generals at the front gate, the group passed through the mansion and arrived at a courtyard.
As the others cleaned up the ordinary zombies hidden in the murals, carpets, and statues, although these zombies were relatively clean, their smell and appearance were still noticeable after being blasted and split open...
Only Luffy can still eat.
You good-for-nothing!
Sanji kicked Luffy in the back of the head, Luffy's face was completely buried in poop as he continued chewing.
"Didn't you realize you were eating someone else's portion?!"
"Ah..."
Luffy, his Luffy covered in food, turned around and handed the bento box in his hand to everyone.
"Then you can have it."
??!!
"No, no," everyone, including Shiraishi, shook their heads. If you asked why, the Luffy face model in the bento box was really hard to swallow.
Slurp.
With a flick of his tongue, Luffy scooped up the food from his face and put it in his mouth, Luffy that made Shiraishi's eyebrows twitch.
"Fine, anyway, you've cleared out most of the elite monsters in this dungeon; the rest are just regular mobs."
Rumble!!
"Kill them!"
"Capture them!"
"To give to the master as a gift."
Hordes of stitched animal zombies wielding weapons charged forward. Their adorable, goofy appearances were quite endearing, much to the surprise of the group who had just endured a fierce battle.
That's it?
Crackle, crackle.
The animal zombies that had just charged forward were sent flying backward like raindrops, and then:
"Ugh, how scary~~"
"No, we can't win, run!"
"Help! Master, I'm going to die!! Huh? We're already dead, so it's alright."
"There must be some troops left here, right?"
They walked through the courtyard and entered a corridor, but did not see a single enemy.
In response to Sanji's question, Shiraishi nodded. "Yes, the main force of the enemy is that group of zombie generals from earlier; the remaining miscellaneous soldiers are nothing to worry about."
"Horo horo horo~~"
Amidst a burst of clear, girlish laughter, the Straw Hat Pirates looked up and their expressions instantly changed drastically!
Of course, it wasn't because of that cute pink twin-tailed girl on the other side. Apart from Sanji's smoke rings turning into hearts, everyone else looked wary and serious.
"I am Perona Ghost Princess, under my master's command."
The girl's self-introduction was very One Piece-esque; even without her introduction, the simple line-drawn ghosts fluttering around her were enough to remind the Straw Hat Pirates's main fighters of their past embarrassing moments.
"I ate the Hollow-Hollow Fruit, making me a user capable of creating ghosts."
With a wave of the girl's hand, countless Negative Hollow swarmed towards the Straw Hat Pirates.
This was a corridor, and in such a rush, there wasn't even anywhere to hide.
Be careful.
Shiraishi frowned and stepped back slightly to a safe distance.
"If there is an afterlife, I would like to be a kowtowing worm."
"I'm not even as good as a mackerel, I might as well be dead."
"I don't deserve to walk with you all, I'm sorry!"
Seeing the Straw Hat Pirates's three main combatants kneel down instantly, Nami, Chopper, Robin, and even Franky and Brook, who had reunited, all looked on in despair.
What's the point of fighting? You get instantly killed the moment you touch it!
"Horo horo horo~~"
Perona, surrounded by ghosts, snapped her fingers.
"To prevent you from escaping, ghosts."
Brush, brush, brush
Ten consecutive hits with the Negative Hollow!
The Straw Hat Pirates's three main fighters are unable to rise again.
"Capture these key combatants first, then deal with the smaller fry."
Thump, thump, thump,
However, the zombie animals that were about to rush up to grab people suddenly knelt down one by one, their shadows darting away at lightning speed.
"No one needs to touch my partner!!"
A figure wielding a large slingshot blocked Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji's path.
His once short figure now appeared towering.
"Could it be that this guy wasn't touched by the ghost while hiding in the back?"
With a flick of Perona's finger, a Negative Hollow pierced through Usopp's chest.
Usopp remained standing, while Perona took a step back in surprise.
Why didn't you kneel down?
What trick did you play?
"I didn't play any tricks," Usopp said, looking up with an upright expression, "Because I'm just naturally extremely pessimistic!!"
"How is that possible?!"
Perona, terrified, plopped down on the ground, overcome with grief.
"People should strive and work hard in life, how can you be so pessimistic?!"
Even the animal zombies nearby found it unbelievable, so they all started to speak.
"Try to live on, long-nosed big brother!!"
Don't give up hope!
"Who asked you to cheer me on?!"
Usopp, still grumbling, glanced at the Straw Hat Pirates's three strongest fighters, who weren't expected to get up anytime soon. Who among them could handle this "powerful enemy"?
"It seems it has to be me!"
"Go for it!" X5
"You guys shouldn't be hiding so far away!!"
Nami and the others, who were hiding on the other side of the corridor, poked their heads out.
"We'd like to help too, but you need to deal with that ghost girl first..."
"Wrong!"
Perona forced herself to cheer up and patted her face.
"That must have been an accident. Now I'm going all out!"
" Negative Hollow X4"
It appeared!
Faced with four Negative Hollow passing through Usopp simultaneously, the animal zombies beside him dutifully Shikai.
" Negative Quartet that no one has ever escaped since this place was established!"
Snap, X4
Four Negative Hollow knelt on the ground, utterly dejected and unable to rise.
" The Negative Hollow have been corrupted! Just who is this guy?!"
"Waaaaah, Kumacy, I'm so sorry."
The girl with pigtails collapsed to her knees in despair before the masked bear.
Even Lady Perona got negative?!
"Snort,"
Usopp surveyed the room with an air of arrogance, declaring, "The person in this world more pessimistic than me hasn't been born yet!!"
What are you so confident about???
"Stop!"
"Damn it, they're still chasing us!"
Perona, who was fleeing ahead, looked like she had seen a ghost.
"Once we get rid of that annoying long-nosed guy, the Straw Hat Pirates will be a piece of cake!"
Unfortunately, after being chased by the other side, even a fool could tell that the three main combatants who had just been hit would definitely be protected by the others.
We need to get rid of this guy as soon as possible.
"Haha, I never thought I'd be able to turn the tide!"
Usopp was thoroughly enjoying himself, his nose practically twitching from chasing after the little girl. This was the first time he'd encountered a situation where no one else could handle him and he had to rely on himself; it felt wonderful.
"Stop!" he continued to shout.
"Damn it, they're still chasing us!"
The sight of the enormous, masked, stitched-together bear monster behind him made Usopp turn around, annoyed.
"Once we deal with this monstrous bear doll, capturing that ghost girl will be a piece of cake."
If it were the old Usopp, encountering a chimera with the strength of a bear, the speed of a leopard, and the defense of an elephant behind him, he would have had no choice but to run away. But things are different now!
"All that time I've spent freeing myself from Mr. Shiraishi's training hasn't been in vain."
Usopp abruptly turned around while running, his feet tracing a semi-circle as he nimbly dodged the teddy bear's pounce, then extended his arm and slapped the zombie bear as it brushed past him.
"Cut!"
Pfft,
A massive flash of light erupted from Usopp's palm, instantly slicing the tall stitched bear away and startling Perona who was fleeing ahead.
"This long-nosed guy is actually a master at unleashing sword energy with his bare hands!"
Was he pretending to be weak all along to deceive others?
"Hahaha, I Usopp, am no longer the boy I once was?!"
Where did that ghost girl go?!
After defeating the teddy bear Kumacy, Usopp turned around and was shocked to find that the twin-tailed girl from before had vanished.
"Horo horo horo~~"
A distinctive girl's laughter came from outside the window next to him, making Usopp look over. "Isn't your ability to create ghosts? Why...?"
Outside the window, there was a twin-tailed gothic girl floating in mid-air, and two Negative Hollow.
"Hmph, you've got some skill to take down Kumacy in one hit. But:"
"Don't underestimate my power, Ghost Princess. I've found a way to deal with you, and I have a piece of advice for you:"
The girl and the ghost beside her gave a thumbs up together.
"People should face the future with a positive attitude!"
"Don't give me that!"
"You think you're safe just because you can fly?" Usopp pulled out his ammunition and drew back his weapon, the large slingshot "Pocket."
"I'm a sniper, even against enemies at long range..."
?
"Horo horo horo~~"
The sound behind him made Usopp turn around, only to find that the other person had somehow gotten behind him.
His hand trembled, and he instinctively fired the shell.
Boom!
Amidst the deafening explosion, the unharmed twin-tailed girl simply floated forward and arrived in front of Usopp, then stretched out her hands.
It pierced through Usopp's chest!
"I've got your heart in my grasp now, and with just one push..."
"Aaaaaah, I'm going to die! Stop!!"
"Just kidding."
!!
"If I could have grabbed your heart, you would have died when I pierced your chest. I'm a ghost."
Rumble!
He fired a few bombs with a backhand motion, and the twin-tailed girl in front of him was indeed unharmed, just like a ghost, making Usopp realize the seriousness of the situation.
His attacks were ineffective against her.
"So what? I can't attack you, and you can't attack me..."
Unfortunately, as Perona, who was floating in the air, spread out her hands, Riot Games- sized "ghosts" appeared around her.
" Mini Hollow."
"You might think these little guys can't hurt you, but you'd be very wrong!"
A little ghost flew over and stuck to the wall, then:
boom!
A dent the size of a washbasin appeared in the reinforced rock wall. Such an attack might be nothing more than a tickle to Shiraishi or Luffy, but to Usopp, it was like, "Oh my god!"
"Move out, Mini Hollow Special Agent Squad!"