After fighting with the ghosts for a while, Usopp had a rough idea of some information about them.
He learned they were somehow connected to a person named Gato, and besides the ghosts who could only live in the dark, Gato had many human subordinates.
So when he saw Luffy 'flying' to Syrop Village in that manner, Usopp mistook him for one of Gato's men and shot a spirit particle arrow.
Of course, since it was just a suspicion, Usopp didn't aim for vital spots like the head or heart. He just wanted to incapacitate Luffy first and then observe him.
If he wasn't Gato's subordinate, Usopp naturally wouldn't have tried to kill him. But unexpectedly, Luffy skillfully dodged the spirit particle arrow in mid-air and used some kind of power to sting his mind.
If he hadn't been training with that energy called spirit particles for a long time, he would have fainted instantly.
And Luffy, who had the chance to defeat him but didn't, convinced Usopp that he wasn't part of Gato's group.
"But, you really defeated Gato?" Usopp couldn't help but ask again, "All by yourself?"
"I have another companion who is sleeping on the ship. I came here to defeat the Ghost King. He's a guy who's many times more detestable than Gato!"
Luffy gritted his teeth, easily revealing his whole story.
Thinking about the tragic state of Cocoyasi Village and the easy defeat he suffered in Orange Town, his chest still ached.
"Ghost King..." Usopp only knew about ghosts, but he didn't know they had a king. He had thought they were monsters created by that guy Gato.
"Right, right, what exactly are those monsters?!" Luffy asked eagerly, "Are there really invisible spirits out there?!"
"..." Usopp glanced at Luffy, then sat on the watchtower. He nodded, "Ah, yeah, but they're not spirits, they're Hollows. They're very violent monsters, but you probably won't believe me anyway, since you can't see them."
Usopp felt a hint of sadness. Who would want to be called a liar if they had a choice?
Though not understood by the villagers, Usopp still guarded the village. Even when facing those monsters, he was a bit scared, but in the end, he defeated those giant monsters.
"Is that the monster?" Luffy pointed in a direction and asked.
Usopp instinctively looked, and his pupils suddenly constricted.
In the direction Luffy pointed, a monster appeared, entirely black, with a hole in its body, wearing a white mask, and a nose as sharp and long as his own!
The monster was taller than the watchtower, likely thirty or even forty meters tall. No one knew how it appeared, as if in a moment of distraction, it had suddenly materialized on the edge of the island.
And it was advancing towards Syrop Village!
"Yes... yes, it is," Usopp swallowed. Although he had seen monsters like this several times before, this time was different…
It was too big. He had never seen such a colossal monster before!
No... wait!
Usopp suddenly stood up and looked at Luffy, his eyes filled with excitement. "You, you can see it too?!"
To his disappointment, Luffy shook his head. He said, "I can only see a faint silhouette, and it feels like something has appeared over there."
Usopp was a little disappointed again, but he quickly shook off the disappointment.
Regardless, Luffy could sense something there, which was much better than those who couldn't see them before!
"That's right, it's a huge monster!" Usopp took a deep breath. Facing such an enormous monster, Usopp felt a little timid. But thinking that if it advanced any further, it would reach the village, and then a single step would be enough to cause great damage, Usopp forced himself to be brave.
Yes, Usopp, this isn't the first time you've faced such a monster. Even if it's bigger, so what?!
Usopp seriously said to Luffy, "Watch how this great me..."
Before he could finish, his speaking mouth froze. Because just as he finished his sentence, Luffy's eyes lit up, he stretched his body, and charged towards the monster.
However, Luffy couldn't see the monster's position as clearly as Usopp. When he rushed out, he could only punch based on a vague impression, and quite awkwardly, he hit the air.
"Huh?" Luffy was carried by inertia and fell to the ground. Looking at the monster that had passed him, he couldn't help but get up again.
But at this moment, a large number of blue light dots were pouring down like rain.
"Light Rain!"
Usopp stood on the watchtower, a giant arrow nocked on his bow. When he shot it, the massive arrow split, forming hundreds of smaller arrows that rained down on the Menos Grande, which was immediately pushed back a step by the powerful spirit energy.
That's right, this monster was a Menos Grande. After so many years, the laws of the Shinigami had integrated, enough to produce Gillians or even stronger Menos Grandes.
And Usopp was now a Quincy. It wasn't difficult for someone to become a Quincy because Genichi still possessed the Schrift.
When he extracted the brain of Gremmy, he could use this medium to extract other Schriften. And when he summoned a Schrift again by expending tens of millions of positive emotion points, he drew out an extremely powerful Schrift.
'All Things Pierced': Originating from the world of Bleach, a divine power released by a spirit particle gun. It doesn't require bullets but directly pierces everything along the path between the gun's muzzle and the target. Simultaneously, one's own body is pierced by the enemy's attack, effectively entering a state where one cannot be attacked.
This was the powerful ability of Lille Barro, the captain of the Sternritter Guard. This ability was too potent, so Genichi didn't directly give the Schrift to Usopp.
Instead, he gave him a soul fragment of the Schrift, allowing him to gain the qualification to become a Quincy.
As for subsequent soul fragments, if he had the chance to obtain them, Genichi would give him the opportunity.
After all, it didn't matter how strong these people were, as long as their power didn't exceed one hundred million emotion points, nothing else mattered. It was better to let the protagonists and supporting characters of this world get stronger quickly to give him more emotion points.
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