Big brother, I want to become the strongest pirate in the world!

Kazan picked up a pebble and threw it in the direction the bullet came from.

Snapped.

"what!"

"Waaaaahhhhhh!!!"

The long-awaited cry made Kazan extremely happy: "Usopp, come with me, I have a little gift for you."

"Gift?"

"Yes! A token representing an encounter and the future."

"...?"

Kazan led Usopp to Calosso. Kazan went into a smelting room and came out carrying a long steel slingshot.

The design was modeled after the weapon of the later 'King of Snipers', with the word 'Warrior' engraved in small characters at the point where the slingshots crossed.

"When you find a suitable companion in the future, you can wear it when you go out to sea."

This was specially made by Kazan for Usopp. Actually, given their friendship, there was no need for him to make such a keepsake, but due to his obsessive-compulsive disorder and his expectations for Usopp's future, Kazan decided to leave him one anyway.

This steel slingshot is obviously not made of pure steel; it's just an outer shell. It's hollow inside. A solid one would probably be quite difficult for Usopp to use, given his physical abilities, and he wouldn't be able to kite his opponent.

By the way, physical fitness...

Kazan suddenly remembered something, went back into the smelting room, and took out a square piece of steel.

"You, come here."

"?"

Click.

Usopp stared blankly at the two steel rings on his ankles.

"From now on, you'll wear these two iron rings in your daily life to strengthen your legs. You'll figure out how to get them off later."

When those two iron rings are removed, Usopp's movement speed will be significantly faster than in the original story, if nothing else is mentioned.

Movement speed is quite important for a marksman.

"Eh?!"

……

The Monster Pirates set sail once again, and only Usopp came to see them off when they left.

Looking at the steel slingshot stuck in the rocky ground and Usopp, whose legs were heavy and he was barely moving, Sugar felt sorry for her little friend.

However, considering the previous trio of Ace, Sabo, and Luffy, Sugar felt that he had gotten off too easy.

"Hey! Usopp!"

"what?"

"Next time we meet, let's have a sniper duel!"

"……what?"

"What? You're scared? Then why are you a brave sea warrior!"

"Who's scared? Just wait, I'll use my slingshot to beat you senseless!"

The two little ones made a childish pact.

After setting sail, on the Carrosso.

Sugar approached Kazan, patted his chest, and confidently declared, "Quack quack! From now on, I'll be the ship's number one sniper!"

"...You?"

"Ugh! (╬◣д◢)"

"Alright, alright, you're a sniper, the monster family's only sniper, okay?"

"Humph!"

Chapter 130 The Sexiest Thing Is Meat

On the Carosso, which was sailing, Kazan and Robin were each lying on a sun lounger, enjoying the warm, not-too-sunny feeling.

Logically speaking, Monet should usually stick by Kazan's side and provide him with all sorts of thoughtful services.

Monet had been avoiding him ever since that conversation a few nights ago.

But Caroso is so small, where can she hide? The little girl is just shy.

Judging from Monet's current actions of secretly hiding behind a wall to peek at Kazan, it's clear that she still really wants to stick close to her brother.

Kazan wasn't particularly concerned about this. Knowing his sister as he did, he knew that with Monet's thick skin, she would come back to him in a few days.

After lying there for a while, Kazan felt uncomfortable in the position, so he turned over and rested his head on Robin's lap.

Robin didn't react and continued reading his book.

This has become an unspoken understanding between the two of them, or even a habit. When Kazan rests, he likes to lie on Robin's lap, and Robin lets her brother lie there. When she's not reading, she'll even reach out and massage her brother's head.

Although Robin didn't react much to Kazan's actions today, she was also distracted while reading because she felt that Monet was acting strangely today.

In the past, when she was always clinging to her brother, Monet would simply glare at her with a hateful look.

But today, although Monet glanced at her from time to time, there was something subtly about the look in his eyes.

All she did was playfully call out "Nana"...

Robin sighed inwardly. Monet had been watching her closely these past few days, and sometimes when they were alone together, Monet seemed to be planning to say something.

"Robin~"

"what?"

Robin's attention was drawn to the sudden sound coming from Kazan on her lap. She looked down at Kazan's face and saw him shaking his head, as if sensing something.

"Have you been eating a bit too much lately?"

"...Why do you say that?"

Upon hearing Kazan's question, Robin unconsciously exuded an aura of power, gently pursing her lips and squinting kindly at Kazan.

"Hmm... It seems like you've gotten more fleshy on your thighs lately; they're so soft when you lie down."

"...Is my brother saying I'm fat?"

Kazan sensed something was off about Robin's voice. He looked over and saw Robin's expression, which made him slightly panicked.

"No, no, no, Robin isn't fat at all. I think legs that are a little chubby are the sexiest."

"Really?"

Robin returned to normal, opened her eyes and asked curiously, while gently pinching her thigh; it was indeed a little chubby.

"Hmm, oh right, it's getting late, I'll go check on Tiga's training."

Kazan nodded quickly, then sat up and walked towards the training room, determined not to linger in this troublesome place for even a second longer.

Monet, who was 'hiding', also heard Kazan's words. She reached out and pinched her thigh, finding it to be firm and without any flesh!

Big crisis!

Monet suddenly felt a huge sense of crisis. Because he was slightly better in physique than Robin, Monet had always been proud of it and used it to suppress the sense of defeat that Robin was younger than him.

To maintain her figure, Monet had always been controlling her diet and exercising appropriately to make her figure look taller and more toned. But unexpectedly, her brother liked women with a fuller figure!

If she had known, she would have done what Robin did, lying there sunbathing like a pig every day.

But don't panic! Monet felt he still had a chance! He just needed to eat more for the next few days, and, of course, make sure all the weight went to his legs.

Because of her body image, Monet temporarily abandoned her original plan to do something to Robin and turned to go into the kitchen.

Inside the training room, Kazan told Tiga to temporarily put aside his training in the Re: Ghost Sword Technique. This matter couldn't be rushed; it could only be mastered when Tiga found his own goal and an unwavering commitment.

"Today, I will teach you... the sword draw slash. It is a very common move, but it is also a very profound one."

"Most sword masters rarely master this move to its fullest extent, but you are different. The style you are learning now is about constantly studying all the most basic moves until they are no longer considered basic."

"This sword-drawing slash is one of the basics and is easy to learn, but the difficult part is advancing it. I no longer have the mindset and attitude to advance it. I can only teach you the form; you have to study the rest on your own."

"As always, I'm optimistic."

As always, Kazan taught Tiga the various sword techniques that a swordsman should master. At first, he wanted to teach him the Flowing Heart Sword Technique, but if he hadn't even learned the Reverse Ghost Sword Technique, then there was no need to mention the Flowing Heart Secret Technique.

After demonstrating the form of the sword draw slash, Kazan began testing Tiga's use of other techniques.

Kazan was able to teach Tiga to develop sword techniques that didn't involve the core essence of the Sword Soul, such as backflip slash, uppercut, and triple slash.

The exercise time is both long and short; you can feel every minute and second passing by, yet it also feels like time flies by so fast that you can hardly notice it.

On the vast sea at night, Foncray, who had transformed into a goose, stood on the lookout tower. Suddenly, he raised his head and realized something.

After transforming into human form, the first thing it did was pick up a telescope and survey the surrounding sea area in a 360-degree arc.

"Kazan! A ship is coming from behind!"

Bon Clay's voice interrupted Kazan's instruction of Tiga: "That's about it for today. Don't train tonight, get some rest."

After saying goodbye to Tiga, he left the training room and then focused his attention on what was behind Carosso.

Without a telescope, Kazan couldn't see anything yet, only a tiny dot moving on the sea.

"Little Feng! Navy or pirate?"

"Pirates! Emmm..."

"What's wrong?"

"I feel like I've seen this pirate flag somewhere before?"

Bong Clay stared through his binoculars at the pirate flag on the distant ship. It looked familiar, but he couldn't quite place why.

"Drop the binoculars down so I can see them!"

Fonker threw the binoculars down, and Kazan caught them without even looking, then pressed them to his eyes and stared intently.

"Xiao Bei! Turn the ship 180 degrees. A Jin! Start the helm! Xiao Feng, keep an eye on that ship's course."