The Explorer of the Universe
14

Seeing Kaya being taken away by the three little children made Kuro become angry.

"Jango!" Call Kuro.

The call made Jango instantly aware. "I'm daydreaming! You fools, you think you can run from..." Jango.

Usopp suddenly fired his catapult bullet and hit Jango's back.

"What about that?" Asked Usopp who smiled a smirk.

"Bad!" Angry Jango said.

"What are you doing? Hurry up and chase them, you fool!" Kuro's orders.

"Y-Yes, I get it!" Nervous and frightened Jango said.

Tanaka soon prevents Jango from pursuing Kaya and the three members of Usopp's pirates.

"I'm not gonna let you go." Said Tanaka who used force power by dropping Jango to the ground.

As Tanaka attacked Jango, Kuro suddenly stood behind him and kicked the man, right at his left waist who still had his wounds, not yet gone.

"It hurts!" Tanaka Shouted.

He was thrown a few meters and coughed at the kick. Jango seizes the opportunity by running to chase Kaya and the three children.

'Shit!' Thought Tanaka who had forgotten the whereabouts of his main boss.

On the other hand, Zoro managed to slash Buchi and then put all three swords back into his sword sheath.

Then from the forest came a rumbling sound.

"Su...what's that sound?!" Ask Usopp who is worried.

"Who knows, maybe Jango has finished it. Why don't you go and make sure of it yourself? Or it's too late for you." Kuro Ejek.

"You ... You've been with him for 3 years. Don't you have any compassion for her?!" Reveal the angry Usopp.

"No. I told you, that Kaya is nothing but a piece of my plan. Once he's dead, I'll thank him." Said Kuro casually.

"Truly demon!" Said Usopp who cursed Kuro.

"Usopp! You go after them! We'll take care of it here!" Luffy.

"Give it to us!" Zoro Sahut.

"Fast chase Kaya and protect her!" Said Tanaka while standing up.

Usopp tried to get up even though his strength was almost no longer left.

"You can still move, huh? It's amazing." Praise Kuro to Usopp.

"Shut up! I won't let you do as you please! You have betrayed the trust of the villagers and Kaya, I will no longer let you do your best!" Usopp said, trying to move, but then he fell again.

"Si ... shit ... My body can't be moved." Usopp said with tears.

"You are ridiculous! I betrayed them, you say?! Don't talk stupid, it's all part of my plan! A loser pirate captain like you shouldn't say shit! You better stay there. Well, even if you manage to catch Jango, you won't be able to defeat her. It might be safer for you!" Advice Kuro.

"Even though I can't win .. Even if I can't win, I will still protect them! I am the captain of the Usopp Pirates and the greatest knight in the ocean! I won't let you touch the villagers!" Usopp.

The members of the Kuroneko Pirates immediately laughed at Usopp's words. Luffy was instantly enraged and threw a huge rock at them.

"What's so funny?!" Shouted Luffy which made the members of the Kuroneko Pirates frightened and silent.

"Zoru! Help Usopp catch up with the hypnotist freak!" Tanaka Pinta.

"Yes, Zoro, help Usopp, let us take care of everything here." Luffy said in support of Tanaka.

Zoro nodded his head and immediately put Usopp's body on his back.

"Thank you..." Said Usopp whose body was carried by Zoro.

"It would be faster for me to go alone, but the problem is they're in the middle of the forest. I need help with the road guide to chase them." Said Zoro who indirectly realized that he did not know the direction.

"Hey, who let you go from this climb?" Ask Kuro.

"Our captain allows it!" Tanaka then attacked Kuro with a large amount of gravel, but Kuro easily avoided it.

"Yes, I'm their captain!" Luffy said proudly.

Zoro immediately went with Usopp into the forest. Kuro stared angrily at Tanaka who was blocking him.

"You, you really ruined my plan!" Kuro was very angry.

"Hahahaha, didn't I tell you, your plan will fail because we're on this island!" Reply Tanaka with ease.

"Tanaka do you know about this?" Asked Luffy innocently.

"No, I just felt like he had a wicked plan when he saw that fake face." Reply to Tanaka who lied.

"False face! Is that not his real face?" Asked the surprised Luffy and looked more focused on Kuro's face.

"It's not like ... Oh, let's beat this guy up." Said Tanaka who was lazy to explain to Luffy.

Kuro takes the first step, attacking Tanaka and at that moment Luffy lengthens his hand and manages to hit Kuro's face again.

"Your opponent is me!" Luffy said firmly.

"Before we fight there's one thing I want to ask you. Why would a stranger like you care so much about the fate of this village?" Ask Kuro.

"Because there's someone in this village that I can't let die and more importantly, the beef in this village is delicious." Luffy said innocently.

"You still think of meat in these conditions?" Thought Tanaka was sweetdrop.

"It's simple, don't you mind dying here?" Ask Kuro.

"Who's dead? I'm not gonna die here!" Luffy's.

"I'll make sure you die here!" Kuro Steady

Then Luffy and Kuro started the fight. While Tanaka watched from some distance away while watching the members of Kuro pirates not to disturb the fight of the two pirate captains.

Luffy extended his leg to kick Kuro, but the cat-clawed man managed to dodge it.

Not only that, Luffy then extended his arm to hit Kuro but can also be avoided by giving a counter attack kicking Luffy.

"Damn it, he kicked me." Said Luffy who felt a little pain over the kick.

Even though his body had already turned into rubber, it still functioned like a normal person who could feel pain and hurt.

"The straw hat is strong too."

"Captain Kuro is great!"

"Defeat him, Captain Kuro!"

"You're so great, Captain Kuro!"

"Don't say that name again!" Said Kuro who made his pirate members speechless.

"Did you not understand yet? This plan was a plan to remove that name from me! I'm tired of making plans for fools like you who can only make a mess. The more famous the name of the pirate he will be increasingly pursued by the government and also the bounty hunter. I'm really fed up with all that!" Kuro.

Then Kuro tells him what happened in the past and decides to stop being a pirate.

"And when my plan goes forward today, then my goal will be achieved. Money and peace will be mine. Do you understand, rubber boy? I will not let my plans for 3 years fail! My plan will not fail!" Kuro said very angrily.

"You all want to be subordinate to such a selfish person, you are not partners to him, but only pieces that can be discarded whenever he wants if it messes with his plans." Tanaka.

It made all the members of Kuro's pirates speechless, no one could give a reply.

"Ah, I'm bored, can you be my opponent?" Ask Tanaka.

"No, thank you, we're still alive!" Teach them all at the same time.

"Are you guys members of the voice guide?" Tanaka said sarcastically and again saw the fight of Luffy and Kuro.

Kuro again attacks Luffy but Luffy holds him back by using a large stone.

"Looks like you can't just elongate?" Ask Kuro.

"Of course, I am also strong for the sake of being a pirate!" Luffy then removed the stone that made the cat's claw on Kuro's right hand stuck in the stone broken.

"You're tired?! If you're afraid your name is known all over the ocean, you don't deserve to be a pirate!" It was Luffy's ejek that struck the stone at Kuro.

"My ambition is much bigger than yours!" Luffy's.

"No, he can still fight!"

"He still has the other claw."

"Hand and dismember him, Captain Kuro!"

"Hey, isn't that a taboo name for him?"

"I think his name in this village is Klaha.or what yes..."

"Then call Klaha!"

"Klaha, get him!!!"

"God, are they stupid, still supporting people who think of themselves as pieces that can be thrown away at any time." Thought Tanaka who looked at the pirate member Kuro by shaking his head.

"You shut up!" Shouted the angry Kuro.

All the members of the Kuroneko Pirates were silent.

"After this, I'll finish you all off. Of course, Jango too!" Kuro.

"Why are we too?!"

"Please stop your jokes, Captain Kuro!"

"It's still not too late not to attack the village?!"

"And if Captain Jango manages to get him to write a will, everything will go well!"

The protest of the Kuro pirates.

"Do you still not understand?!" Said Tanaka who made them all look at me.

"That kuro doesn't want anyone to recognize him as Pirate Captain Kuro, therefore all of you will be killed by him!" Tanaka.

"That's right, from the start I didn't mean to let you guys get out of this village. I can't let anyone who knows where I am live." Kuro.

"No way!"

"So from the beginning you were planning to kill us all?"

The members of the Kuro pirates finally realized the harsh reality.

"Truely, since 3 years ago, when I was still known as Captain Kuro. Since then.that's where my plan began!" Kuro.

"I'm so sick of him!" Think Tanaka. "He's the kind of person I hate!"

"Are you guys stupid? You're not cool pirates at all!" Luffy said innocently.

"Not cool? Pirates are a bunch of savages who have low-key habits! Without a plan what can they do?! And all they could do was shut up and follow my orders! The men are the pieces that obey the captain! Life and death are in the hands of the captain! No matter how difficult the obstacles may be, they must still fight for my plan!" Kuro Clear.

"That's how pirates should be! Don't try to lecture me, snot boy!" Kuro Ejek.

"As captain, no matter how many hundred or thousand members you have, you are no better than Usopp!" Luffy said casually.

"What?! You're saying I'm nothing compared to the self-styled Pirate Captain?" Kuro's unaccepted question was juxtaposed with Usopp.

"That's right!" Luffy replied straightforwardly

"What an interesting thing you said! Don't be arrogant just because you can damage my claws! We'll prove who's better, look!" Kuro.

He again attacked Luffy, but the straw hat man first attacked Kuro and made him hit the wall until it was destroyed.

"He managed to match the speed of a cat's foot!" Said a member of the Kuro pirates.

Kuro immediately got up to his feet and made a strange move. Tanaka who noticed that, immediately shouted, "Luffy be careful with his movements!"

One by one the members of the Kuro Pirates were hit by a deadly attack belonging to Tanaka while the force of Tanaka with the force resisted each attack, although he had to take pains to do because of Kuro's extremely fast movements.

Luffy was hit by Kuro's ultimate attack, but he was still able to stand.

He feels very angry at Kuro's actions that killed his own pirate members.

"Why did you hurt your friend?!" Shouted Luffy.

A little while later, Luffy managed to catch Kuro and slammed his body.

"Catch you too!" Luffy said with a smile.

"Brazed, you should have died without saying much more! Look at! Because you are now my beloved men suffering dying there! It would be best if they died instantly the moment the attack happened!" Kuro.

Then he stood up, looking at Luffy who wanted to tell him something. "Now what else? Looks like there's something you want to say."

"Yes, I'll never be someone like you." Firmly Luffy who immediately put up the fighting horses.

"Of course you can't. No one can be like me! Plus you're gonna die here, you're gonna be tormented half to death when I rip that flesh out of your body. I'll give you a special claw wound on your body!" Kuro.

Kuro returned to making a move like that. Just as he was about to attack Luffy, the rubber man managed to dodge it easily.

"You're tired already? Your technique is too much wasted movement." Luffy.

"Don't be arrogant! All you see is a warm-up, you will receive special treatment from me. I'll make you enjoy every fear and then tear down your arrogance!" Kuro.

He once again performed that ultimate technique. However, Luffy managed to stop her again and held her back.

The members of the Kuro Pirates began to support Luffy, causing him to smash his head into Kuro's head, then extend it towards the members of the Kuroneko Pirates.

"I don't need your support!" Said Luffy which frightened the members of the Kuro Pirates.

Tanaka laughed at that.

Luffy immediately smashed his head into Kuro's head again but this time it was harder to make the clawed man faint.

"Di-He has defeated Captain Kuro!"

"Even one Navy ship can't win against Kuro the clawed cat demon!"

"But he can single-handedly defeat him!"

"Who are you really?!"

"Monkey D Luffy, I won't lose to the pirate who ditched his name and left the ocean!" Luffy said firmly.

"Luffy?! I don't know that name!"

"This is the first time I know of a pirate by that name!"

"Remember that name! I am the one who will become the Pirate King!" Luffy then raised Kuro's body and threw it towards the members of the Kuroneko Pirates. "Bring him up and go! Don't ever come here again!"

They all left and Tanaka immediately approached Luffy who had fallen.

"Good job captain!" Tanaka said as he put a straw hat on Luffy's head.

"Shi shi! I did it, I won this fight!" Luffy said with a loud laugh.

"Yes, you are indeed a great Luffy, I'm sure you will become a pirate king, that's for sure." Tanaka.

Luffy smiled happily and then he fell asleep because he was feeling very tired.

Then Nami, carrying a bag of treasure she took from the pirate ship Kuro, Usopp and Zoro, gathered with us.

"You may steal their treasure, Nami!" Tanaka.

"Of course, I should take their treasure while I have the chance." Nami answered proudly.

"Thank you! I can't protect this village without your help!" Usopp.

"What are you talking about? If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be able to do anything either!" Zoro.

"Me too!" Luffy.

"Whatever it is, it's up to you, the important thing is that I get this treasure!" Nami hugged her stolen treasure.

"You've also worked hard, Usopp." I said with a smile.

"This incident made me dare to decide something very important." Usopp said with a smile.

A few days later, Luffy and the others were gathering at the restaurant to fill their stomachs.

"We've eaten a lot, we have to leave immediately." Saran Zoro's.

"It's true." Luffy.

Then the door of the restaurant opened and Kaya appeared and approached us.

"You guys are here, yeah." Rich Saying.

"Yo, young lady Rich." Greetings Luffy.

"Have your condition improved?" Ask Nami.

"Yes, my illness is caused by my mental illness that may not be able to accept the departure of my parents. And Usopp's story managed to cheer me up and make me realize that I've been too spoiled all this time. You have done so much for us, thank you so much. I have prepared my whole hearted gift for you! Please accept!" Obviously Rich.

Rich took us to the beach and showed us the gift he said.

The gift he meant turned out to be a ship.

"Caravel!" Tell Nami about the type of gift ship.

"Is this really for us?!" Ask Luffy happily.

"Yes, please wear it as you like!" Rich Saying.

"Maybe the model is very old-fashioned, but I designed it myself." Said a man with a hair like a sheep, named Merry.

Then Merry explains the history of the ship that Tanaka did not listen to because he was too focused on the legendary ship owned by straw hat pirates.

"Going Merry. I can finally see you, hopefully we can make good friends." Tanaka muttered with a smile staring at the Going Merry.

"Yes." Yeah."

Tanaka was surprised to hear that and looked at the Going Merry more closely.

"No way! That's definitely impossible! I misheard, there's no way the Going Merry can convey his current feelings!" Think Tanaka.

Even so Tanaka was happy because he would adventure with the iconic ship.

Tanaka sees Merry explaining how the ship works to Luffy who thinks it will be useless because Luffy will not understand at all.

Nami immediately comes and asks Merry to explain to her.

A little while later, Tanaka saw Usopp running towards us with a very fat backpack.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaa, whoever, please stop me!" Usopp Shouts.

Luffy and Zoro immediately restrained Usopp with their feet.

"Te ... Thank you ... " Tell Usopp whose face was smashed with Luffy and Zoro's legs.

Tanaka, Zoro and Luffy board the Going Merry. Nami is still on the ground.

Tanaka looked at Usopp who was saying farewell words to Kaya.

"So you ended up going to the ocean as well as Usopp?" Ask Rich.

"Yes, I have to leave before I change my mind. Don't stop me, yeah." Usopp Pinta.

Kaya shook her head, "I won't stop you if that's what you want." Rich Saying.

"But you seem sad! Someday I will return to this village again, I will tell you an adventure even greater than my lies all along!" Said Usopp who admitted that all the previous stories were lies.

"Yes, I'll wait for him!" Say Rich with a smile.

"The four of you, take care of yourself, yeah! See you soon, yeah!" Usopp.

"Why?" Ask the confused Luffy.

"Why, you say?! You're not very good at talking, yes. I will also become a pirate, so we will meet again at sea later!" Usopp.

"What are you talking about? Hurry up!" Pinta Zoro relaxed.

"We're friends, right?" Ask Luffy.

"Yes, we're going on an adventure together in this vast ocean, Usopp, hurry up!" Tanaka said with a smile.

"Others you waiting for?" Ask Nami.

Usopp stared at the four of them.

"Yes ... Well, if you insist, you can't do anything without Usopp's great presence, I'll be your captain." Usopp said with confidence.

"No." Answer Luffy, Zoro and Nami simultaneously.

"You refused it!" Usopp said disappointedly.

Tanaka just laughed at the comedy.

"Don't be stupid, I'm the captain!" Luffy said with excitement.

"Usopp, you can't be captain, because the captain is Luffy, but you can be ... Hmmm ... Counselor, yes, counselor." Said Tanaka who tried to comfort Usopp.

"Why not be vice-captain?" Ask Usopp.

"It was already held by Zoro, because he was the first recruited by Luffy." Answer Tanaka.

"Well, I'll be an advisor, with all the knowledge and experience I've done, you'll never get into any trouble." Usopp said proudly.

Afterwards, the ship sailed on the ocean, leaving the island where Usopp was born.