38 38- Usopp is already dead

●Note: Five more chapters until the end of the arc.

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The girls looked at Usopp's disappearance in shock and were even more shocked when they saw that Ethan's body was perfectly fine, there were no burns on him and even his clothes had recovered.

"Wow, Ethan, how did you do that." Lucy looked at Ethan with the stars in her eyes, thinking Ethan had done some magic and hid Usopp or something.

"I did not do anything". Ethan said as he looked at his body, which had never been damaged. Earlier, when Ethan had the blast he got some burns but then felt weird but didn't know why.

'What's going on here, is this an illusion, does Usopp have a devil fruit? And even if it's not Usopp, the person who has the Ability to put us in an illusion is a very dangerous person.' Ethan felt a little anxious but forced himself to calm down.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but may I ask you another question?" The villager nodded in agreement and then told Ethan to ask what he wanted, so Ethan seriously looked at the villager and said, "Do you know someone named Usopp."

"That name I haven't heard in about a year." The man sighed when he heard Usopp's name and then continued, "He's been a naughty boy since his mother passed away and he's always lying about the pirates coming to the island. At first we believed him and when we found out he was lying we became very angry. "

"Then we started punishing him for lying, but he never stopped lying no matter how we punished him. Anyway, a year ago we found him dead near the beach, apparently falling off a cliff."

Nami's face turned pale when she heard that Usopp had died a year ago and she started to tremble in fear as she muttered, "Ghost, ghost, ghost."

Nami hugged Ethan's arm while trying to pull him and said in fear, "Ethan, let's get off this island quickly."

"Ghost, that's cool. Ethan, let's find him and join our crew." Lucy laughed cheerfully as she pulled Ethan's other arm.

"Thank you for the information," Ethan said to the villager, after the villager turned away, Ethan looked at Nami and Lucy, who were holding him by the arms and pulling him in different directions. Ethan sighed, looking at Lucy, "Lucy, even if Usopp was a ghost and we found him, I wouldn't make him join the crew."

When Lucy heard Ethan's words, she was depressed

"Yeah, we shouldn't do something stupid like getting a ghost to join the crew." Nami nodded firmly in support of Ethan's decision. Then she looked at Ethan with a smile, "So we're going to get off the island quickly, aren't we?"

At first Ethan wanted to stay on the island and then meet Kaya, of course he wouldn't tell Nami and the rest that he came to this island for a girl, but now he feels some threat, because there is someone who can put them in an illusion. So he was at a loss as to whether to stay to meet and rescue Kaya or leave the island as Nami suggested.

"What are you thinking for so long let's get out of here quickly" Nami tried to say more but a man approached them so she shut up and looked at him.

he is a tall and slim man with glasses and slicked black hair, he wore a black suit with two golden markings on it over a white shirt with a curious collar, with spiral-like protrusions on the edges, and a standard black tie. He also sports striped shoes.

"Hello, my name is Klahadore and I am one of the servants of that palace." The man said while pointing to the palace on top of the hill that can be seen clearly from where they are standing, then continued, "The lady of the palace wants to meet you to talk about some business, please come with me to the palace."

"Ethan, that sounds so strange. Why does the lady of the palace want to meet us even though we have never met her before?" Nami quickly whispered in Ethan's ear as if she was trying to make him not go.

Klahadore clearly heard Nami's words although she whispered in a low voice but he ignored it and acted as if he had heard nothing.

Ethan smiled at Nami in an attempt to calm her down and then looked at Klahadore who was standing in front of him, "I agree, let's go to the palace, I'm really curious about what the lady of the palace wants from us."

Since there is an opportunity to meet Kaya, Ethan will not miss it.

"Please follow me." Klahadore said as he walked toward the palace, and Ethan and the girls followed him.

After a while, everyone came to the palace and entered it. Ethan and the girls were welcomed by the palace service. Then Klahdore walked towards one of the rooms in the palace and told them to enter. "The lady is waiting for you inside."

When they entered, they looked around and found that they were inside a large library, and there was a beautiful girl sitting on a chair in front of a desk with a book in her hand that she is reading.

[New mission available]

[mission:Have sex with Kaya! Reward:1,000Points&EXP]

'Isn't there a mission to save Kaya from Kuro?' Ethan asked the system, but the system gave no answer.

Kaya raised her head and looked at Ethan and the girls and said with a sweet smile as she pointed to the sofa in front of her desk, "Don't stay standing, please sit down."

After everyone sat down, Kaya introduced herself with a smile, "My name is Kaya and I am the owner of this mansion, nice to meet you."

"My name is Ethan, I was really shocked when you said that you are the owner of this mansion because you are younger than I expected. Anyway, your servant told us that you wanted to meet us, can I find out why?" Ethan showed some shock on his face so as not to arouse suspicion, then asked curiously because it is really He doesn't know why Kaya wants to meet them.