One Piece: Hashirama Template, Joins the Straw Hat Pirates Chapter 013

Listening to Nami, Luffy and the other two looked confused. They all walked over and read the wanted poster and letter Nami had found.

Luffy, Zoro, and Liu Qing had different expressions after reading the letter. Luffy looked completely bewildered, clearly not understanding what was written.

Zoro had an indifferent expression, seemingly uninterested in the letter’s contents.

Finally, there was Liu Qing. After reading the letter, a new idea sparked in his mind. Liu Qing looked at Luffy, Zoro, and Nami and said, “Isn’t our ship being delivered right to us? From the content of this letter, it’s clear that the leader of this pirate crew wants to take over a young lady’s family fortune, even preparing for three years. That young lady’s family definitely has ships that can take us sailing. Let’s go expose this captain’s disguise, disrupt his plan, and then ask the young lady to give us a ship. Isn’t that reasonable?”

Nami thought for a moment and said, “I think that works.”

“Then let’s go! Liu Qing, quickly get a small boat, let’s hurry over,” Luffy said carelessly.

Liu Qing grinned mischievously and said, “Hehehe, wait a moment, I need to prepare. We don’t need to build a new boat; we’ll just take this one.”

“Wood Release: Multiple Wood Clones! Transformation Jutsu!” Liu Qing once again transformed all his clones into members of the Black Cat Pirates.

“We are now the New Black Cat Pirates! You guys take these old pirate crew members into the ship’s hold, and then we’ll go meet Captain Kuro, who hasn’t been seen for three years. Hehehe~” Liu Qing commanded his clones to work.

Luffy and Zoro both smirked at Liu Qing’s actions, while Nami was clueless about what was happening. She hadn’t witnessed the last prank on Captain Nezumi, so she was currently bewildered.

“Alright, Nami, guide the course. We’re going directly to meet the captain of this ship.” Then, he yelled to the clones, “Set sail!”

Meanwhile, in Syrup Village.

Usopp was still repeating his daily lie.

“It’s an emergency! It’s an emergency!”

“Pirates!!! Pirates are coming!!!”

“Pirates are in the village!!! Everyone, run for your lives!!!”

With each desperate cry, the villagers of Syrup Village knew that a new day had begun.

“Hey, Usopp, you’re quite early today,” some people working in the fields said with a smile.

“Bastard, don’t wake people up so early! If I catch you, I’ll teach you a good lesson!” Of course, there were also short-tempered ones who stormed out of their houses and yelled at Usopp.

However, almost no one in the village believed the cry of “Pirates are coming.”

Usopp had curly hair, wore a brown bandana, and brown overalls.

Of course, the most striking feature was his long nose, inherited from his mother. He was either lying or on his way to lie every day.

Usopp’s father was, in fact, a true pirate. Despite knowing his wife was pregnant, his deep-seated yearning for the pirate life and a desire for freedom led him to abandon his family without hesitation and plunge into the tumultuous sea.

He firmly believed that the pirate flag was calling him, an irresistible force. Thus, he resolutely embarked on his pirate journey, completely disregarding his family’s feelings.

However, due to long periods of hard work, Usopp’s mother’s health gradually declined. When Usopp was still young, she was already unable to get out of bed, confined to it all day.

To bring his mother some hope and courage, Usopp would go to the seaside every morning and quietly gaze at the vast ocean. Then, as usual, he would rush back to the village and shout at the top of his lungs, “Pirates are coming! Pirates are coming!”

This wasn’t because pirates were truly attacking, but Usopp wanted to make his mother believe that there were still things to look forward to in life. He hoped that this small lie would give his mother the will to continue living.

However, fate is always so cruel. One day, Usopp’s mother finally passed away. Before her death, she told Usopp that she had no regrets about her life and never resented his father.

She told Usopp, “A man should bravely pursue his dreams and venture out onto the great sea.” These words from his mother were deeply etched in Usopp’s heart.

From then on, Usopp set a firm dream for himself—to become a brave warrior of the sea. He wanted to be the bravest warrior on the great sea, just like his father.

Today, after repeating his “Pirates are coming” routine, Usopp didn’t go to the villa district of Syrup Village. Instead, he took Carrot, Onion, and Pepper to the seaside to watch the ocean and play pirate games.

Just as they were tired and about to rest, Carrot suddenly saw a pirate ship appear on the sea and hurriedly called Usopp, “Captain Usopp, quickly come and see, isn’t there a pirate ship on the sea over there, and it’s coming towards us?”

Usopp quickly ran over to look and secretly thought, “Not good.” “Carrot, Onion, Pepper, hurry back and inform the villagers. Tell them pirates are coming towards the village and to find a way to hide.”

Onion looked at Usopp and asked, “What about you, Captain Usopp?”

Usopp’s legs were shaking, but he stubbornly said, “You guys go quickly. I’ll stop them here.” Then, without waiting for the three children, he jumped onto a stone pillar.

Not long after, Liu Qing and his group finally arrived at the coast of Syrup Village. They docked the pirate ship, and a large group of clones, along with Hashirama and Luffy, disembarked in a grand manner.

Usopp, hiding on the stone pillar, watched dozens, even hundreds, of people disembark from the ship. He was so scared that he couldn’t speak clearly. Trembling, he shouted at Luffy and the others, “Stop right there! This is the territory of the great pirate Captain Usopp! Leave immediately, or my thirty million subordinates will attack!”

Luffy’s eyes lit up when he heard Usopp’s words, and he exclaimed, “Amazing! He has thirty million subordinates!”

Usopp, seeing that someone actually believed him, couldn’t help but become smug. “Of course! You guys should leave quickly. I won’t deal with you this time.”

Zoro said with a confident tone, “We are from the Black Cat Pirates. Our captain is Kuro, with a bounty of 16 million Berries. If you know what’s good for you, get out of the way, or we won’t be polite.”

As soon as Usopp heard the captain’s name, the name of Kaya’s butler instantly popped into his mind. His name also seemed to be Kuro.

Before Usopp could ask anything, Liu Qing also walked out and asked, “Does the name sound familiar? Hehehe… Yes, it’s exactly who you’re thinking of. We plan to kill everyone in the village today and seize the family fortune in the villa district, hehehe~”

At these words, Usopp’s legs instantly gave out, and he collapsed to the ground, on the verge of crying.

At this moment, Nami rolled her eyes at Liu Qing and Zoro, then said to Usopp, “Alright, alright. Although we are pirates, we’re not here to rob you. We’re here to help your village. We encountered the people from this ship while sailing. They tried to rob us, but they couldn’t beat us and were captured. Then we discovered that the people on this ship were planning to attack the young lady’s home on this island. As for us, we don’t have our own pirate ship, so we came to help you, hoping that the wealthy young lady on the mountain might give us a large sailing ship.”

Saying this, she gave Usopp the letter she had found on Jango and then took him to the Black Cat Pirates’ ship’s hold to see the tied-up pirate thugs.

After Usopp finished reading, he finally believed Nami’s words. He then looked at the people who looked exactly like the pirates tied up in the ship’s hold and asked, “What’s the deal with these people? Why are there so many identical ones?”

Liu Qing walked over and put his arm around Usopp’s shoulder. “This is my ability. Let’s go, let’s first deal with Captain Kuro of the Black Cat Pirates.”

As they were about to leave, they saw many villagers approaching with farming tools. Clearly, Carrot and the others’ words had some credibility, and the villagers had believed the three children. They all came with farming tools, ready to fight for their lives.

Before the villagers could act, Usopp called out to them. Then, Usopp ran over with a wanted poster and a letter to explain to the villagers.

An incense stick later.

“I never thought that our village would have a pirate captain here all this time, and he even set his sights on Miss Kaya’s family fortune. It’s truly despicable! He even planned it three years in advance,” the villagers said with a look of fear.

“Yes, yes, he’s truly a patient pirate. To get the family fortune, he could disguise himself so well. I always thought Butler Kuro was a good person,” one of the villagers said.