One Piece: Unreal Adventure-Chapter 48: Let go!

Usopp, although disgruntled, decided to ignore the insult and try to reason with the caretaker. "Listen, I'm sorry I trespassed, and I don't want any trouble or anything. I just thought Kaya could use the company. She never sees anyone and..."

"And?" Klahadore interrupted. "Do you presume to insinuate that you know what would best aid in Miss Kaya's recovery better than her own caretaker? What could a person of your upbringing possibly know about her needs?" Usopp was really having a hard time composing himself now. Upbringing? What did he mean by that? Kaya was looking at her caretaker in horror.

Either Klahadore didn't notice that he had offended or didn't care. He continued, "Of course, I suppose I shouldn't set such high standards from the son of a filthy pirate. Breaking and entering must be second nature to you, but I'm afraid I must ask that you not come back..."

He was forcefully interrupted as Usopp's fist collided with his face. He fell back onto the ground and glared up at him in annoyance. "Don't worry," Usopp said quietly. "I was just leaving." He turned around and stomped out of the compound, the infuriated scowl never leaving his face. Kaya had covered her mouth and was watching him leave with regret.

The veggie trio shouted insults at Klahadore for good measure before running off after their captain. Even Coby felt that it was wrong as to what happened. "A child shouldn't bare the sins of his parents," Coby muttered to himself as they already excited the hearing range of the so-called butler. What Coby didn't know was that most of the world thought otherwise, a point that would soon make him realize something.

Luffy found it funny and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Coby frowned. "You don't think that's unjust."

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"Oh, gladly," Luffy said all smiles, but his smile this time had some rage in it. "I just know a certain guy that... who was pretty famous of a pirate. God! Why am I hiding from you guys, you are going to be my future crewmate."

Some of them wanted to protest that they hadn't joined yet or couldn't join. But they didn't interrupt Luffy. He seemed to be well informed about piracy and anything related to Marines more than him.

"He was the Pirate King. And he fell in love... fucked and made a woman pregnant." He said while he chuckled, that didn't quench the anger in the statement. "After his execution, the Marines hunted that poor woman down, and she by her sheer willpower held the baby for two whole years. They killed every child born in that time frame, all in the name of justice. And even after all that the poor woman died and passed on the child to someone that could protect the newborn. The government still put a hunt for that boy. All because the government wanted to diminish any living relative of Roger... to wipe away the linage of the devil span... how fucking fantastic!"

Luffy laughed with sarcasm and anger, and some of his haki might have gotten released. But all of his future crewmates found that one thing... the straw hat boy wasn't lying. One can't copy those raw emotions.

Coby was in horror that the Marines he always idolized did something so... unjust. While others might doubt Luffy's orgin of being Garp's grandson. Coby didn't. It wasn't his naivety, that he believed Luffy. No.

Coby knew people and understood them far better than anyone. A trait that his mother always told him he inherited from his father. And he knew Luffy wasn't a type of person to lie about something like that.

Coby knew Luffy wasn't completely honest by any means. Everyone had their secrets but most of what Luffy said always seemed truthful to him. Even though he knew Luffy was trying to manipulate him into joining his crew.

He knew that Luffy wasn't like the other pirates. Giving him the face mask and doing other stuff so that Coby's chance or joining the Marines doesn't go wrong... all of those were genuine.

Coby wondered, if what they heard was some top secret from the Marines. Because it sure as heck wasn't common knowledge. Maybe that was why the grandson of the marine hero didn't want to join the Marines.

He was too free-minded and stubborn to do so.

No one said anything as they walked back. All of them were processing the information dump that Luffy just had given up.

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Luffy found Usopp sitting under a tree at the edge of a cliff. He walked over and sat down next to him. Usopp noticed but didn't look at him. He was lost in his own thoughts.

After a while, Luffy spoke, "It's not her fault, you know." Usopp still didn't turn to look at him.

"No, it's not," he said.

"And your visits are helping her," Luffy added.

Usopp looked up at the clouds and sighed. "Yeah, I know," he said.

Luffy nodded. That was that, then, Coby joined them soon enough staying silent, enjoying the mid-day breeze.

They sat in silence for a minute before Luffy nudged Usopp, who looked up at him in question. Luffy put one finger to his lips and then pointed down at the beach. Usopp followed his finger and stiffened as he spotted Klahadore walking towards an eccentrically dressed man with heart-shaped sunglasses that he had never seen before.

Already suspicious, Usopp got down on his stomach and looked over the ledge, Luffy and Coby followed suit. As they listened in on the conversation that was being held below them, Usopp's eyes gradually widened in shock and then narrowed in outrage. While Coby's eyes widened in horror.

Luffy kept a consistently focused glare on his face until the two men below them parted and walked in opposite directions. Usopp waited a few seconds to take in everything he had just heard, and then got up and abruptly started running in the direction of the village. Luffy quickly caught up and grabbed him by the arm, stopping him in his tracks.

"Let go! I have to warn them!" Usopp shouted now that they were out of earshot. Coby wondered why the rubber boy stopped him.