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Ch130- Escape

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  Without waiting, the crew sprang into a as the first barrage of onballs rained down toward them. The air filled with the sound of whistlial, the threat immi.

  Luffy was the first to react, puffing up his torso like a balloon. “Gomu Gomu no Fusen!” His rubber body expanded just enough to deflect the onballs heading straight for the ship, sending them boung bato the sea with loud spshes.

  Zoro moved , his swords fshing through the air. He cut down the onballs with ease, slig through the heavy iron like it aper. Pieces of balls rained down around him as he casually deflected eaing attack.

  Sanji, standing nearby, kicked onballs away with swift, powerful strikes. Eae exploded off his foot, rocketing back toward the sea or smashing into another onball mid-air. “You better not sink our new ship, shitty geezer!” he shouted, his voice filled with frustration.

  Franky wasn’t far behind, firing bsts from his shoulder ons. “o!” The bullets bsts ripped through the air, taking out entire clusters of onballs in one go. The explosions lit up the sky, smoke billowing around the ship as the crew tio fend off the onsught.

  Coby quickly positioned himself at the side of the ship, his hands already f the stance for one of his water-based attacks. As another barrage of onballs hurtled toward the ship, he shouted, “Uchimizu!” Fog his strength into his fiips, he flicked water droplets into the air, ung them with incredible speed. The trated shots of water struck the ining onballs, breaking them apart mid-air. The sky above the ship exploded with fragments of metal, raining harmlessly into the sea below.

  Hiken ing around his fist as he shifted his aim. Instead of sending water darts, he unleashed a barrage of fming projectiles—UchiHiken. The fire darts shot out rapidly, colliding with the ining onballs, eae exploding in a burst of fire aal. The fiery impacts lit up the sky, burning through the st wave of onballs before they could reach the ship.

  As the smoke cleared, Garp's booming ughter echoed from his ship, clearly eained by the resistance. "Still holding out, huh? Guess I’ll have to throw some more!" he bellowed.

  Befarp could make his move, there was a loud shout from the shore.

  "Guys!" Usopp's voice rang out, catg the attention of the crew. He stood on the dock, panting heavily, clearly having run to catch up. His hand was ched into a fist, determination clear on his face as he stared at the ship.

  Chopper's ears perked up, and he bounced on the spot, waving his little arms. "Usopp! You're here!" he yelled, his face lighting up with excitement.

  Nami stood beside him, her eyes wide in disbelief. "Luffy! It's Usopp!" she shouted, hoping her captain would hear.

  But Luffy didn’t move. His focus remained on Garp, the barrage of onballs still a looming threat. He ighe calls from Chopper and Nami, he kept defleg attacks.

  Usopp’s voied from the junkyard, full of his usual bravado. “Rejoice, it is me! I know you couldn’t wait to have me back as your Captain! No, Vice-Captain is fioo!” He puffed out his chest, waving one arm dramatically, pletely missing the tension in the air.

  Luffy, Coby, and Zoro exged gnces. As Usopp tinued bbbering, Nami and Chopper turoward the others, hopeful.

  “Luffy!” Nami called out, eyes wide. “He’s here! Usopp’s back!”

  Chopper was already boung on his hooves. “We finally be together again, right?”

  Luffy kept his focus on Garp’s ship, defleg another onball with a zy swipe of his rubbery hand. His expression remained unreadable, but there was a weight in his voice as he spoke. “I ’t hear him.”

  Zoro, standing beside him with his swords at the ready, grunted in agreement. “Same here. Not a word.”

  Coby crossed his arms, shaking his head. “I don’t hear anythiher.”

  Nami blinked in surprise, her brow furrowing. “What do you mean you ’t hear him? He’s right there!”

  Chopper looked between them, fused. “Guys?”

  But the trio remained resolute, ign Usopp’s antics. The unspoken agreement was clear: if Usopp’s first words weren’t an apology, they wouldn’t aowledge him.

  Usopp, pletely oblivious, kept going. “Ah, I know you missed me. It’s okay to cry tears of joy!” He struck a heroic pose, raising his fist in the air as if waiting for appuse. But none came.

  Chopper's ears drooped as the realization hit him. “They really ’t hear him...”

  Nami bit her lip, gng between Usopp and the others. She opened her mouth to say something but stopped, uanding their stance.

  Usopp, finally notig the ck of rea from his crewmates, started to falter. He lowered his arm, looking fused. “Hey, what’s going on? Aren’t you all happy to see me?”

  Luffy stayed silent, his gaze locked on the horizon as he prepared farp’s move. Coby and Zoro were just as focused, pletely ign Usopp’s presence.

  The tension in the air thied. Usopp, now visibly nervous, started to stammer. “W-Wait a sed… you’re really going to leave me?” His voice wavered, aook a step forward, looking desperate. “e on, guys! I’m serious!”

  But still, no response.

  Usopp’s bravado finally crumbled. His knees hit the dock as he slumped forward, his head hanging low. “I… I’m sorry,” he muttered, barely audible. “I’m so sorry.”

  Zoro’s eyes shifted slightly, catg Luffy’s gaze for a split sed. The tension in his jaw eased, but he said nothing.

  Usopp, now fully kneeling on the dock, spoke louder this time. “I was wrong! I’m sorry for everything I said, for leaving, fhting with you! Please… let me e back!” His voice cracked, tears welling in his eyes.

  Coby, arms still crossed, g Luffy. Zoro did the same. This was what they had been waiting for.

  Luffy let out a long sigh, a small grin tugging at the er of his mouth. “Shishishi... now I hear him.”

  Chopper’s face lit up, and Nami’s shoulders sagged in relief. “Finally,” Nami muttered under her breath, a smile creeping onto her lips.

  Luffy turned around to face Usopp, who was still on his knees, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand. Stretg his arm all the way to the junkyard, he grinned wide, "Idiot, hurry up and grab my hand!" Luffy called out.

  Usopp looked up, his face red and tear-streaked, but a shaky smile spread across his lips. He reached out and grabbed Luffy’s extended hand. Luffy yanked him onto the ship in one swift motion. Usopp nded with a thud on the deck, and the crew crowded around, grinning.

  "Wele back, Usopp!" Chopper cheered, jumping up and down.

  Nami smiled, crossing her arms, "Took you long enough."

  Sanji exhaled a cloud of smoke, smirking, "We were just about to leave without you."

  Usopp wiped his h his sleeve and stood up, ughing nervously, "I’m really sorry, everyone. I won’t do that again!"

  Meanwhile, Garp, watg from his ship, noticed the sails of the Straw Hat crew's ship being hoisted. One of the Marines by his side squioward the Thousand Sunny and asked, "Vice Admiral, are they giving up?"

  Garp narrowed his eyes, the se. "No," he said with a grin. "They’re not giving up."

  The crew started tossing out names for the new ship, though Zrumbled that it wasn’t the right time for it. Luffy, excited as always, kicked things off with his wild suggestion. “Dumpling Goril Lion!” he shouted, grinning from ear to ear.

  Nami rolled her eyes. “That’s the worst name I’ve ever heard,” she muttered, crossing her arms.

  Zoro threw in his own suggestion, looking serious. “Liohe Boss.”

  Robin, sitting calmly, simply said, “The Darkness.”

  Sanji leaned back, taking a drag from his cigarette. “Monsieur Sun Flower,” he said with a sly smile.

  Franky cut in, puffing his chest out. “That fool Iceburg thought the figurehead looked like a sun, so he suggested ‘The Thousand Sunny Go.’ But I’ve got a better name! How about ‘Lion Gang Champion’? That’s way cooler!”

  The crew barely paid attention to Franky’s input. Iceburg’s suggestion of “The Thousand Sunny” seemed to resoh everyone, and they quickly tched onto it, ign Franky’s protests.

  “That’s perfect!” Luffy decred, his eyes shining with excitement. “The Thousand Sunny! It sounds strong!”

  Franky groaned, realizing he’d been utterly ignored. “No one ever listens to the genius…”

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