38: Chapter 38 The Bet with Crow"Mr.Usopp, you've gone too far!Even though Mr.Krabatel insulted you and your father, you can't talk about him like that!" Unfortunately, the scene Usopp imagined didn't happen.Instead, Kaya angrily accused him, and Kuro added insult to injury: "Usopp, I know I insulted your father, but don't accuse me of being a pirate just to get revenge on me."
Usopp looked completely bewildered.Just as he was about to say something, Kaya spoke up, "Usopp, go away.From today onwards, I don't want to see you again." Usopp knew that no matter what he said today, Kaya wouldn't believe him.Just as he was about to leave dejectedly, a figure appeared before him.Usopp looked up and saw Luffy.Luffy smiled and said, "What, is our great warrior of the sea giving up already?"
Usopp said helplessly, "What can I do?They don't trust me.I have to go protect the village alone." Luffy patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "Don't worry, my crewmates are already there.Leave the rest to me."
Luffy walked up to Kuro, who frowned and said, "Pirates aren't welcome here.Get out of here right now." Luffy didn't say a word, but suddenly threw a punch at Kuro.Kuro's eyes narrowed, and he instinctively dodged Luffy's attack, then charged at Luffy.By the time he reacted, it was too late.Luffy remained calm, pulling out a bounty poster he'd just redeemed from the system shop and tossing it to Kaya.When Kaya opened it, she was stunned.It clearly showed Kuro's picture, with the words "Kuro, Bounty 16 Million Berries" in large print.Kaya covered her mouth in disbelief."How is this possible, Mr.Krabatel?How could you be a pirate?" Seeing that things had come to this, Kuro could only frankly admit, "I'm sorry, Miss Kaya, I lied to you.I am indeed a pirate.I approached you only to inherit your wealth, but now my plan has been exposed.Everyone here must die, including you, Straw Hat Luffy.It's all because of you that my plan was exposed."
But Luffy calmly said, "Before we start fighting, Kuro, do you dare to make a bet with me?" Kuro cruelly laughed and said, "We're both about to die, and you still have the mood to make bets?"
Luffy sneered, "What, you don't dare?" Kuro looked at Luffy with displeasure, "Tell me."
"Alright, I'll fight you.If you lose, you give me your life.If I lose, I won't interfere in your affairs anymore." Kuro, seeing Luffy's disdainful look, was instantly enraged and agreed.He turned and went inside to retrieve his signature weapon—the Ten-Edged Cat Claw—confidently stating, "You're definitely going to lose.You can't keep up with my speed." Kaya then came down and questioned, "After all these years, don't you have any feelings at all?" Kuro replied expressionlessly, "No, from the moment I became a pirate, I threw away all my emotions.Let's go, let's fight on the beach.This space is too small; I can't fight like this." Kuro said to Luffy, "Sure, I'm fine anywhere." Luffy replied nonchalantly.Kuro, seeing Luffy's confident demeanor, snorted coldly.When they arrived at the beach, Kuro was stunned by what he saw.All his crew members were lying on the ground.It wasn't that he cared about his crew, but he was shocked that even the ship's strongest fighters, Sam and Buchi, were lying on the ground, their fates unknown.Django, needless to say, was cut down without even unleashing a move."How about you just admit defeat and save yourself some more pain?" Luffy challenged Kuro.Kuro coldly replied, "Don't be arrogant, kid.It's not certain who will win or lose yet."