Chapter 131: Usopp's Victory
"Sun god nika was a person from a very, very long time ago. Many people at that time were slaves, and later, one person rescued and freed them. This title was the praise and address given to him by the people he had saved."
"It is said to be a spirit that lives on the burning path to the sun, on a rubber tree that makes brilliant light dazzling."
"Although I know other things, you don't have the strength to know them yet. You will know them in the future. But all in all, your nika fruit is no worse than mine. The reason I've come further than you is that the training I underwent as a child was more systematic, harder, and more difficult. Unlike you, from what I've investigated, you were completely free-range as a child, thrown into the deep mountains by your grandfather to fight wild beasts, and even had mountain bandits take care of you. Your training was unsystematic, and you knew little."
Luna was still the same; naturally, she wouldn't admit to being a system owner with a cheat. Of course, her words were mostly to encourage Luffy. She also truly believed that Luffy, as the Son of Destiny in the Pirate World, possessing the strongest nika fruit native to this underwater world, with the most incredible and absurd abilities, would likely only be a tiny bit less accomplished than herself in the future.
But at this moment, Sana, sitting nearby, was already stunned. She blinked her eyes and couldn't help but say,
"Uh, I'm the intelligence officer, right? Why does the Captain know so much that I don't, even about Luffy's past?"
"Hahahahaha." The Girls of the Pink Hat Pirates all laughed when they heard this. Of course, because they all knew, more or less, or rather, had an understanding: if Sana could collect precise information, then Luna always seemed to know unexpected and unbelievable things.
"I understand now." At this moment, Luffy also understood, and his confidence surged once again.
Of course, hearing that his Devil Fruit was not the most useless Rubber-Rubber Fruit, but the nika fruit, a top-tier Devil Fruit.
Suddenly going from being defined as the weakest to being top-tier, how could this not restore Luffy's confidence? It was as if he could already see a bright future ahead.
Seeing that Luffy had completely recovered, both groups of members smiled.
Next were a few friendly spars. First was the sisterly battle between Nojiko and Nami, a contest of staff techniques and a clash of ice and lightning.
However, facing Nojiko, who was infinitely close to Reserve Admiral level, Nami, whose strength was still at the bottom of the Straw Hat Pirates, and who could currently only contend with ordinary Marine Vice Admirals, was quickly defeated.
How could her staff techniques possibly win against Nojiko, who had specifically trained in the Snow Maiden Multiple Staff Technique?
Moreover, Nami's Clima-Tact was truly just a toy right now, far from comparable to the cold core thousand illusions staff, which was on par with a supreme grade sword and even far stronger.
Even with her current ability to control the weather, including lightning, it was far inferior to Nojiko's ice and snow.
So, needless to say, with these numerous factors, it would have been strange if Nami had won. Nojiko even won very easily, always maintaining a smile.
"Luffy, you idiot, look at Luna, then look at yourself."
Especially after Nami learned that Nojiko had again received new good things from Luna, further improving her strength, and then recalling what her own sister had obtained previously and her sudden, butterfly-like transformation.
Nami couldn't help but roar at Luffy, as if venting all the resentment from having been beaten up by him.
"Is it my fault?" Luffy felt very wronged. He really hadn't, as Luna said, spent his extra training time as a child collecting treasures everywhere.
Then Robin and Deya also sparred. Chopper actually challenged Longquan. As for Chopper's reason for challenging, it was similar to Luffy's; he was also a bit disheartened and wanted to challenge himself.
Longquan greatly admired Chopper's reason and determination, so she agreed to him. Deya also agreed to Robin.
But the outcome was needless to say. With the power of space, Deya easily toyed with Robin, winning the victory effortlessly.
And Chopper was completely crushed by Longquan. Chopper had no ability to approach Longquan; under Longquan's intense focus and psychic control, Chopper couldn't even take a few steps.
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Chapter 132 Kaya helped by tying 17 balloons to a 30-meter-tall building 400 meters away.
However, both of them gained a lot. Luna secretly opened two virtual panels with the system and was somewhat surprised to find that the Observation Haki and Armament Haki of this little reindeer and big beauty both showed signs of awakening.
Not only that, but others seemed to be the same, which made Luna wonder if the world's consciousness was exerting its power because of her appearance and her previous explanations.
But then, something happened that shocked and stunned everyone. In the final friendly spar, a sniper duel, Shino Asada competed against Usopp.
Of course, Usopp initiated it. He also seemed to want to challenge himself and sent a challenge request to Shino Asada, who accepted him.
Kaya helped by tying 17 balloons to a 30-meter-tall building 400 meters away.
The outcome of this sniper competition was also simple: Usopp used his giant slingshot, Kabuto, while Shino Asada, of course, used her Hécate sniper rifle.
Of course, Shino Asada knew that Usopp was not a Devil Fruit User, and wanting to give Kaya some face, she didn't use any of the Ray Fruit's power.
Because she believed that with her many years of sniper experience, plus possessing the most advanced sniper rifle from her original world, how could she possibly lose to a giant slingshot?
But the problem was that she truly miscalculated. Usopp's giant slingshot actually possessed an ability that her sniper rifle did not.
That was the ability to fire in volleys, and for the current Usopp, 400 meters was nothing.
As they were about to start, Usopp directly prepared several pebbles in his leather pouch, holding them with his self-invented special hand posture.
After Kaya announced the start, Shino Asada's sniper rifle was definitely faster. It was almost a full 2.3 seconds later when Shino Asada's shot bullet shattered one balloon.
However, 2.3 seconds later, Usopp, using marbles, actually shattered three balloons directly.
When Shino Asada saw this scene, her originally confident and somewhat smug expression instantly turned to shock. Oh right, she forgot that a slingshot could fire many projectiles at once. But how did this guy do it? He only fired three marbles, yet they all hit the targets simultaneously.
Feeling some pressure, Shino Asada gave her all. At least she had her advantage: the speed of her bullets leaving the barrel was faster than the speed of marbles fired from a giant slingshot.
And her reloading speed; her sniper rifle reloaded automatically, unlike Usopp, who had to take new marbles from a nearby bag, load them into the leather pouch, and then make adjustments.
But unfortunately, she was already slow from the very beginning.
In the end, Shino Asada only shattered eight balloons, with Usopp being the first to shoot down the ninth balloon, winning the victory. It was also the only victory for the Straw Hat Pirates in this friendly spar with the Pink Hat Pirates.
Usopp was somewhat stunned. Even though he was sweating and panting, he really hadn't expected to win against Shino Asada.
Shino Asada was also dazed, standing there dumbfounded. There was no helping it, because this was truly a huge blow to her pride. She had been a bit smug earlier, secretly vowing never to lose to a giant slingshot.
But now, she had lost.
She also understood very well that she lost due to underestimating her opponent.
Although there was some reluctance, she was still convinced. When she returned to her companions, she had already regained her firm will and usual confidence without needing their encouragement.
And when Usopp returned to the Straw Hat Pirates, he naturally received congratulations and well wishes from his companions.
Even Kaya, after confirming that Shino Asada was truly fine, came over to congratulate him.
As expected of the future King of Snipers, Usopp the Despair, Luna couldn't help but exclaim after watching.
Compared to Yasopp and Van Auger, purely in terms of snipers, Usopp was definitely the biggest threat to Shino Asada, perhaps even the only one. Not to mention the current Usopp, who, as she said, was already very interested in Haki, and now seemed to have enough Haki for awakening.
But suddenly, Luna seemed to think of something and immediately said,
"I have something to take care of, so I'll be leaving first. You all have fun. Oh, by the way, Kuina, our ship probably won't be able to return for the next two days. Find a good hotel."
Everyone was confused. Why did Luna just leave like that? Especially for the Straw Hat Pirates, weren't they having a good time? Now that the sparring was over, they wanted to explore the city, but why did Luna just leave?
"The Captain often has to deal with her private matters, or matters related to the ship's classification," Kuina, as the Vice Captain, immediately stepped forward and said. As the first to arrive, she naturally understood Luna the most.
Moreover, Luna often acted like this. Not just her, but the other Girls on the ship were also very familiar with it. One thing they were very clear about was that Luna doing this would certainly only bring them benefits, not harm.
The Straw Hat Pirates understood after hearing this. They and the remaining Girls of the Pink Hat Pirates continued to stroll and play in Water Seven.
Meanwhile, Luna, our main female protagonist, was returning towards their pirate ship, but at the same time, she was already handling some matters.
"System, is there anything else I haven't dealt with? I seem to have forgotten something." Luna felt her head swell. She had received too many rewards recently, and she seemed to have indeed forgotten to process some of them.
And it proved that her intuition was correct; the system quickly replied to her.
"You still have a martial art that is very suitable for Sana that you haven't given out, as well as a special bloodline that hasn't been processed."