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Summary:
As Luffy, Zoro, and Nami continue to sail through the East Blue, Nami points out how unprepared they are for the Grand Line, and they decide to get a bigger ship. As the perspective changes to a nearby island, Usopp is introduced running through his village warning them of approaching pirates. When it turns out he lied, he is chased away by the villagers and meets up with his Usopp Pirates further down the road. One of the members, Tamanegi, warns that the real pirates are coming, and the crew goes to spy on them. When the pirates are revealed to be Luffy and the others, Usopp ends up having dinner with them. Before the end of the chapter, a young girl appears bound to the bed.
The chapter opens with Nami berating Luffy for being reckless and ill-prepared for the Grand Line. While Luffy and Zoro say that the only important things they need are food and alcohol, Nami begins to plan her future. He tells them they need to head south to a nearby island for a ship and supplies.
Usopp is standing on an island looking out to sea. He rushes to his village and starts shouting “Pirates are coming!”, but as he runs on he announces that he lied. The villagers start chasing him, throwing objects, but he outruns them all. As the villagers lose sight of him and wonder where he’s gone, he laughs and brags to himself that they’ve been tricked yet again. As he rests back in the tree he was hiding in, Piiman and Ninjin appear. While wondering where their fourth member is, Tamanegi rushes in saying that pirates are approaching the island.
The others accuse him of lying, but he claims that there is even a Buggy Pirates flag on the boat. Hearing this, Usopp tries to make excuses to escape, but the others see it. When Tamanegi mentions that he only saw three pirates, Usopp changes his mind and prepares to fight off the attackers.
Luffy, Nami, and Zoro make it to the island and land, not realizing at first that Usopp and the others are watching them, but Zoro spots them. Piiman, Ninjin, and Tamanegi ran away, leaving Usopp alone. Usopp claims to be the toughest pirate in the village with a huge army of followers. When Nami accuses him of lying, he accidentally confesses: trying to recover, he makes Luffy laugh and he claims to be “Usopp the Proud”.
At the restaurant, Luffy and the others start eating. Usopp tells them that if they want a ship, they should try the mansion in the town where the sick young girl lives. Her parents had died the year before, leaving her all their property and servants, and she had become incredibly rich. Nami says they should move to the next village and try it there. Usopp offers to be their captain, but the Straw Hats refuse and continue eating, much to his dismay.
At the mansion, a young girl, Kaya, asks her butler, Klahador, if she can meet Usopp.