One Piece: Unreal Adventure-Chapter 92: Face me like a man, you coward!

Kuro grunted, his left knee busted by the sudden shot. And, he looked at Usopp with hate and annoyance. Blood poured out of his new wound, this would reduce his mobility. But even with that Kuro was confident in taking down Usopp. What made him worry was Luffy and the others... there was no doubt he would be caught again.

But right now he didn't care, he was busy dealing with the village idiot. For a while nothing happened before both of them moved.

Usopp was again the first one to attack with his dual revolvers, shooting multiple shots at the infamous pirate. Kuro might be injured, but he was still able to dive away from most of the shots, that drilled the wall behind him.

While his knee was busted he could still use his technique a few times... with gritted teeth, he moved his feet in a familiar rhythm, and kicked off the ground going towards Usopp with his claws outstretched.

But to his surprise, Usopp was able to roll away from his attack, and also shot multiple bullets at Kuro.

The black cat pirate was barely able to claw away at the bullets before they could harm him. Still, one bullet managed to puncture his chest on the right side, hitting his lungs. "Uh... why you damn fool." Kuro shouted, in rage but he was wide-eyed when Usopp tossed something near his face before diving in with hands over his head.

The long nose also took the time to reload his revolver.

It was a flashbang, and it exploded right in Kuro's face, almost breaking his eardrums and taking his eyesight.

"Uh!" Kuro said squinting his eyes as he took a couple of steps back. But Usopp wasn't finished yet as he used his slingshot to send a round-shaped object near Kuro, which bounced off the wall and landed near his legs. This one was a grenade that blew Kuro off to a nearby building, making him go through the wall.

Usopp used this chance to take cover behind a wall, keep an eye on the enemy and reload his revolvers. When he was done he waited, and for a while, nothing happened. Usopp could see Kuro's body under the rubble, and he was about to check if he was out or not when he moved out.

"I will fucking kill you!" Kuro growled animalistically, "I will kill you for that!"

Due to the sheer amount of hatred, Usopp was shocked and took a few steps back. As if locating his location Kuro jumped out of his position with his claws out near Usopp.

Kuro was in bad shape, with burn wounds and his eyes were red from Usopp's previous attack. He was in no condition to move like that... and yet he did. It seemed that hate was the driving factor.

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Avoiding Usopp's shots based on pure instincts, and reaction speed —though three shots still punctured his body, two barely grazed him, while the third one hit his abdomen— he got near Usopp, avoiding a shot that would have taken his head and swiped his claws upward trying to take of Usopp's head.

While Kuro was fast, he was nowhere near the level of speed that Luffy or even Sparky used. So he was able to follow it just fine and avoid the attack.

"Face me like a man, you coward!" Kuro growled, only getting a punch to his face that knocked a few of his teeth out. Well, Usopp didn't actually punch him, but rather used the bottom of his gun barrel to take out his teeth.

"What? You really think I'm the same boy you used to look down upon back in the village... I have changed Klahadore." Usopp said his both his revolvers forward in a fighting position. He was out of bullets, man, revolvers were a pain in the ass to reload. But he still had his slingshot and another grenade, this one more compact and explosive.

The sniper didn't back off. He wouldn't be called a coward anymore. He was a brave warrior of the sea, the sniper king of the Straw Hat Pirates, he wouldn't back down now. Call it pride, but for a second his fear washed away as he held his hand up, motioning Kuro for a close combat battle.

Seeing Usopp in a fighting postion, Kuro growled, before attacking Usopp. Which the boy avoided with ease. Kuro attacked with large swings, and it was making Usopp back off to a corner. It wouldn't end well, if he was cornered.

Usopp would be lying if he told that he wasn't scared... no scratch that, he was terrified. And yet he was finding it quite easy in dealing with Kuro.

While to the normal untrained eye Kuro's movements were almost unreadable, for him it was easy to see through his acts and react in time. Compared to the harsh training Luffy put him through it was honestly child's play.

And while Kuro was scary, he was nowhere level the fear he faced in the past few days. Sea-kings, Mihawk and Luffy's haki or even trying to survive getting shot by Sparky, all of them were much more scary.

Even though Usopp was avoiding Kuro's attacks he couldn't counter either, he would need some time to reload his guns and if he didn't do something he would be backed into a corner. And Kuro's claws were hard for Usopp to get near and fight face to face.

But Kuro was getting winded as the fight went on. His bleeding was catching up to him, while Usopp didn't have any amazing stamina. The fact that he remained uninjured was helping him in the fight.

But Usopp didn't want to win this way... call it foolish, but in this fight... he needed to prove something. Usopp had seen Coby, who was comparable to him, now being able to take down multiple pirates at once.

While he was a sniper and he would much prefer fighting where the enemy couldn't reach him. He had to prove something today.

So he took the risk and rushed forward. He grabbed Kuro's left arm, surprising the pirate, and quickly twisted his arm behind him, making him fall to the ground and trying to dislocate his shoulder. A bad attempt, but it did make Usopp move away from getting cornered.

But his attempt was failed by a kick to the shin, making Usopp yelp and Kuro was able to stab the boy in his left shoulder and pin him to the wall. Well, that didn't help.