HxH in One Piece World - Chapter 165
Chapter 165: Hands-on
After landing on the north coast this morning, Maud told Laffitte and the others to leave directly.
From here to Mengmeng Island, according to Laffitte’s estimate, it will take twenty days to go back and forth.
That is to say, before Laffitte and the others come back, Maud will stay in Syrup Village for at least twenty days.
What can I do during this time?
In addition to harvesting the experience of Captain Kuro, that is, trying to teach Usopp something.
In this way, even if Usopp will still go to sea in the future, he can suffer less.
Although this kind of thing is not enough to repay the gift of the gun and the life-saving grace of Yasopp, it can be regarded as a favor for Yasopp.
If possible, Maud also wants to do more things for Usopp, and it is his consistent principle to repay any kindness.
However, judging from Usopp’s current situation, it is obviously impossible to learn Observation Haki in about twenty days.
But Usopp has the aptitude in this regard. As long as a seed called Observation Haki is planted, the awakening will be a matter of time.
Maud sat on a tree stump, with a fire of dead wood in front of him, and a fat and oily rabbit on it.
Usopp was sitting cross-legged on the ground beside him, looking excited.
Not because of the excitement of roasting rabbits, but because Maud is going to teach him a magical technique called Observation Haki.
“Maud, do I really have talent in this area?”
“Of course you do. You are Yasopp’s son, so be confident.”
“Uh, I see.”
Usopp smiled and turned to ask more questions about Yasopp.
Maud answered Usopp’s question while turning the rabbit on a stick.
To be honest, Maud felt that Yasopp was really unreliable as a father, and it was thanks to his wife that not only did son not hate him, but he was proud of him.
It can only be said that each person is different and will make different choices and reactions in the same situation.
In such a question and answer, the rabbit was slowly roasted by firewood.
“Eat it.”
Maud handed the whole roasted rabbit to Usopp.
He ate it on the boat before he landed, and this rabbit was roasted for Usopp.
“Then I’m welcome!”
Usopp took the roasted rabbit, not afraid of being scalded, he tore off a rabbit leg and gnawed it.
“Well, it’s delicious.”
Usopp was full of praise while eating.
Maud smiled and didn’t take it seriously.
The roasted rabbit has no seasoning, and the heat is not in place, how can it be delicious?
Maud did not watch Usopp eat, but thought about how to help Usopp become stronger during this time.
Before that, though, he had to deal with Captain Kuro.
After a while, a whole roasted rabbit was eaten by Usopp.
Putting down the skeleton, Usopp looked at Maud who was thinking.
When Maud heard the sound, he didn’t think about the training plan for the time being. Instead, he glanced at the clean skeleton on the ground and asked with a smile, “Are you full?”
“Well, full.”
Usopp Head hard.
It has been a long time since he felt this kind of feeling of being cared for.
“That’s good. If you want to train, let’s start tomorrow morning.”
“Ah, do you have to wait until tomorrow?”
Usopp couldn’t wait.
Maud nodded, and he planned to deal with Captain Kuro before tonight.
Coincidentally, Usopp also suddenly thought of the bounty order that was very similar to Klahadore just now.
“Maud, the person on the bounty just now is very similar to a person in the village named Klahadore.”
“It’s not the same person, but the same person.”
“What!?”
Usopp was shocked, but he was only suspicious, I didn’t expect it to be the same person.
Maud looked at Usopp who couldn’t believe it, and said calmly: “Don’t worry, I will get rid of him within today.”
………..
Syrup Village near the outskirts, stood a mansion that was out of tune with the village.
In the corridor, a man with a kind face and a sheep’s head came to the door of a room.
“Dong Dong.”
The sheep-headed man raised his hand and knocked gently on the door.
A few seconds later, a gentle man with an oil-backed hair and glasses opened the door.
He looked at the sheep-headed man and said with a smile: “It’s Merry, I’m going to find you, will I go to the neighboring town later?”
“Klahadore.” Merry also showed a smile and said gently: “Go. Things in the neighboring town are not in a hurry, but there is a young man who claims to be a black cat outside looking for you, saying that he is your old friend.”
“Oh?”
Klahadore frowned slightly, and used the palm of his hand to habitually move the frame to push up.
Black cat?
That was the name of the pirate group before he went into incognito.
Looking at Klahadore’s reaction, Merry was slightly surprised and asked, “Do you know that young man outside?”
“Yes, I borrowed something from him before. He should have come to me for this, really. I’m sorry for causing you trouble, I’ll return the things to him.”
Klahadore smiled apologetically at Merry, then went back to the room and took out a black handbag.
The tote bag contained his exclusive weapon – the ten-blade cat’s claw.
As for the so-called black cat young man, he had never heard of it at all, but just by the name of the black cat, he knew that the other party was likely to be a bad person.
In order to be able to bring ten-blade cat’s claws without Merry doubting, he almost didn’t need to think about it and found a reasonable and unobtrusive reason in an instant.
From this, you can also see Klahadore’s quick wit.
When Merry saw the bag in Klahadore’s hand, he would never have thought that it contained a murder weapon that could easily kill a person, and only thought that the young man outside really came to Klahadore to get something back.
“I’ll send him away now.”
Kuro took the handbag, smiled apologetically at Merry again, and immediately walked over to the gate of the house.
While turning his back to Merry, Klahadore’s genial face showed cold killing intent, but he retracted it in an instant.
In order to avoid bumping into the master and the others, Klahadore deliberately took the path of the back kitchen, and after arriving at the courtyard, he circled around for a short while before arriving in front of the iron gate.
Outside the fence and the iron gate, stood a black-haired teenager with a height of nearly two meters, wearing a loose black coat, and his angular eyebrows contained a trace of obvious sharpness.
Klahadore’s eyes darted across the boy’s waist.
Although he was covered by a coat, the experienced he could see the existence of the flintlock gun, let alone a sword with more prominent traces.
“Is it you looking for me?”
Across the iron gate, Kuro calmly looked at the young man outside.
This young man is naturally Maud.
“It’s been a long time, Klahadore.”
Maud looked at Kuro calmly. This name came from Usopp, otherwise, how could he call Kuro by name.
“Oh, no, you should be called Kuro of a Hundred Plans, uh, more accurately, you should be called Captain Kuro.”
“…”
Hearing Maud’s words, blue veins suddenly appeared on Kuro’s forehead.
The plan was exposed…
Is it because of that scumbag?
Kuroe instantly thought of the members of the Black Cat Pirates.
Only they knew about the plan to steal the mansion and property incognito, and according to the original plan, they would not come to Syrup Village until two years later, and they could not reveal the slightest rumor during the period.
“I stopped using this name a year ago.”
Realizing that the plan was exposed, several bloodshots appeared in Kuro’s eyes.
Maud smiled and said, “Is this kind of thing… important?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Kuro put on the cat’s claw gloves in the cloth bag at a very fast speed.
The ten blades embedded in the fingertips slashed towards Maud outside the iron gate with cold killing intent.