Chương 55: Part nine - Once, a liar, a cheater and a deciver met 6/??
- Okay, we sort of sorted it out, - Luffy said, ignoring all of Usopp's protesting shouts. - Then there is one more question on the agenda. More precisely, I'm stupidly interested, where did the whole team of pirates come from? And the old team, which, judging by your words, has been working for more than three years? I somehow thought we had already killed all the pirates in the area, especially such old ones, - making a puzzled face, Luffy began to rub his chin with his finger. - Although-I-I-ah ... maybe it's a zombie team? - the guy's eyes literally flashed from the "insight" that visited him. - We, like, have already killed them, and they took and resurrected? And now they are full of a thirst for revenge, so they are going to take revenge on all living things? Awesome!
- O! - Usopp's eyes widened. - I completely forgot to say! The hypnotist I told you about, this Jango, wore the uniform of a captain in the Marines.
- Captain of the Marines with a zombie team on call? Wow, this story gets much more interesting! - Luffy opened his mouth in a wide grin.
- Pirates pretending to be a marine? It reminds me of something, - grinned Zoro, a renowned swordsman, and another of the pirates who pretended to be pirate hunters with such success that there were simply no other pirates in the area.
- What? - Yosaku chuckled after him. - As for me, it's pretty smart. If not for that, we would have killed them a long time ago.
- Hey! - Luffy was outraged. - How did you listen to me? It is possible that we killed them, they just became zombies. Seriously, how long can I tell you?
- Why are you so fixated on these zombies of yours? - Yosaku asked him back.
- How is that? Without zombies, this is almost the most common story, and with zombies, an element of mysticism is added, making everything much more interesting. I don't want to listen to a boring story!
- Luffy, it doesn't matter what you want, - Nami rolled her eyes. - Reality is reality.
- Ah, boring ... and, by the way, I still do not understand why you need us? - Usopp asked Luffy. - You begged us so, as if someone would really kill the inhabitants of your village. The attack, as I understand it, will only happen tomorrow morning? So what's the problem? During this time, people will have time to get to the opposite end of the island. You warned them, didn't you?
- That's the problem! Nobody believed me! - Usopp exclaimed desperately, striking his knee in a fit of emotion.
- Are they idiots? - Luffy didn't understand.
- No, it's all my fault! Before that, I lied to them every day that pirates were coming, and now no one else believes me, - the guy confessed in a murdered voice.
- Yeah, that's it, - Luffy nodded. - We heard today how people talked about how they have all got tired of your constant lies for a long time. That means how it is ... And now I understand that it is not like they are idiots, but you.
- ...
- Have you never read a fairy tale about a boy and wolves?
-?
- In this tale, one young moron was running around and screaming about wolves coming out of the forest. The people, of course, immediately got undermined, grabbed a weapon, and fled to protect the guy and their flocks, sheep there, all kinds of cows. This was repeated over and over again, and then the real wolves came. Isn't there a lot in common between this story and yours?
- And ... and how did this fairy tale end? - Usopp asked with obvious apprehension.
- The wolves were killed and everyone was saved.
- Really?! - the guy was sincerely delighted.
- Of course not! You're an idiot? He was eaten, and left no bones! No matter how much he struggled while the wolves tore him to pieces, no one came to his aid. The people only after some time found his bloody clothes, and a gnawed leg in a boot.
Usopp turned pale as a sheet.
- On the other hand, now your problem is completely clear to me. Nobody believed you, so we are your only hope for saving the village.
- Yes ... will you help me? - he looked around. - Please! - He said, looking straight in the Luffy's eyes.
Usopp looked at Luffy, which prevented him from seeing the bloodthirsty smirks on the faces of the others. And this time the most bloodthirsty grin flaunted on Nami's face, which is not surprising. Still, "defending the beloved village" is the closest topic for her. In addition, given how long Luffy had bullied the long-nosed one with all his zombies, no one in the family doubted what their captain's response would be. Plus, Usopp really needed to be given credit. At first he tried to warn everyone himself, and when they did not believe him, he tried to save at least the girl, but for all his efforts he received only a bullet in the hand and notoriety. And now, instead of spitting on everyone, he came to ask for help from those from whom he, in an amicable way, had to run without looking back. In other words, it was safe to say that the team liked Usopp.
Maybe Usopp was a pretty cowardly and a terribly bad liar - or was he only compared to Luffy? - but when things got really bad, the long-nosed showed qualities that he probably did not even know he had. And the whole family knew their captain well enough to, in this particular case, with one hundred percent probability, predict Luffy's response to Usopp's request for help in his village ... Honestly, how many more times they will step on the same rake before finally learn their lesson? Luffy cannot be predicted with 100% certainty. And that's all.
- And why the hell are we supposed to help you? - Luffy asked with a wide yawn. - What do you think we have nothing else to do? Thank you for the story and all, but now you can go. If your girlfriend was a real zombie, or if the Fake Zombie was an ordinary zombie, we might help, and so ... but this is bullshit. It's too boring. I don't even want to get involved.
The smirks on the faces of Johnny, Yosaku, Zoro, and Nami were frozen.
- W-what? - Usopp managed with difficulty.
After all that had happened and all the conversations, the guy clearly counted on a different answer.
- I ask, why should we help you? What is the benefit to us from this? The fake Zombie is dead for the whole world, so we won't get a reward for his head. There is nothing interesting in your story either. If only one lingering zombie dragged in ... And anyway, why would we take on this business? Have you read the newspapers? We've just dealt with the big fish, so we have a day off. Got it? Then you can go.
- Won't you ... won't you help me? - Usopp looked around in shock. - Roronoa-san, - Usopp said to Zoro, - you're in charge, aren't you? Please help me! - again, like a little earlier, Usopp knelt down with his forehead in the sand. - Even if now I have nothing to offer you in return, someday I will definitely repay you, I give you my word!
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