Nero was lucky to have dodged or else his leg would have possibly gone by now. He was thanking his stars for believing his instinct and making that move.

"Who is it? Come out. You rat, come the fuck out?" Nero shouted while tearing away a piece of cloth and bandaging his ankle. He was bleeding quite profusely so he needed to put an end to it while looking around, ready to dodge on any given moment.

"Who are you calling a rat?" Came a voice from high up. It was Ussop, he was standing in the air while holding a silver bow in his hand. Over the course of time he had advanced quite fast and made a bow out of his materials he had gathered. Right now he was stretching the bow and pointing at Nero ready to take a shot.

Nero was taken aback seeing someone in the air without any external help. There were very Devil fruits which could do that and those which could allow that were the top ones.

"So you have an extraordinary Devil fruit? So what?" Nero said as he used Geppo, only to fall down on the ground. He had forgotten that he had been hurt on the leg and couldn't use pressure on his leg to fly in the air.

"Shit!" Nero cursed under his breath.

Meanwhile Ussop was looking at the fool and just smiled. He was having the time of his life and he slowly came down. He had let go of his bow and kept it on his back. Ussop didn't know that Jabra had already been taken care of so he was still a little vigilant when she came down.

"Where is your friend?" Ussop asked.

"Friend?"

"Yes, your other colleague. What was the name again? CO organization? Or the OP organization? Or was it KP?" Ussop asked.

"It is CP." Nero got angry and replied.

"Aah yes.. The CP. Isn't there another friend? Bring him out. I will take both of you?" Ussop said. His arrow was quite effective and he was already thinking that he alone would take the two down and proclaim himself the Captain of the Straw Hat group. Of course, this was all just a dream, but then again Lord Ussop-sama could dream too.

"You.. Who are you? How do you know about us?" Nero was flabbergasted and couldn't understand how this guy knew of the CP organization and even knew that there was another person.

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"Me? Haven't you heard of me? I am the bravest and the most courageous soul of the sea.. The strongest.. The most powerful.. Lord Ussop-Sama.." Ussop replied.

"Ussop-sama? Never heard of him.." Nero had a question mark on his head. He genuinely hadn't heard. Only the ones who had bounties beyond 150 million caught his attention and even though Ussop had a very high bounty, he didn't go through their bounties. Ussop almost fell hearing that Nero hadn't heard of him before.

"Humph! Since you hadn't heard then I will make you remember my name." Ussop got a little angry hearing that the CP organization hadn't heard of him. With those words, he vanished from his post with a very dull sound. Nero, who was waiting for Ussop to make his move, had his eyes wide open when that happened.

This was Soru!

But before he could even process that he was punched right on his face. The punch was strong enough to throw him off the ground and then fall a few meters away after getting dragged on the floor. The punch on his face was strong enough to distort his face a bit and knock out some teeth.

And before Nero could even stand again he was kicked on the side. This time Nero was ready and used Tekkai on his hand to stop the attack of Ussop. But Nero definitely underestimated the body structure of Ussop which had been changing slowly to a Hollow-like body.

Nero definitely had a hairline fracture on his arm even after reinforcing it with tekkai. Ussop didn't stop himself and proceeded to use his knee attack on his abdomen, only this time to miss. Nero used Soru and avoided the attack.

But this didn't end. Nero and Ussop both started exchanging moves, vanishing from one place to another and using kicks and punches. Cobra who was on the side slowly went behind a pillar to escape from the aftermath. Both were fighting like mad and moves were exchanged at high speed.

In fact Ussop could fight in much faster mode but he wanted to gain some experience. It was very rare to find someone who could fight against him hand to hand at such speed. Only Ken and Luffy could do that but they were his friends so there was always a caution.

But it was a rare occasion and he didn't want to lose it, but the more he fought against Nero, the more he understood that Nero would lose because his body strength wasn't as equal as Ussop and every move would cause damage to his body.

Nero, finding no way out, decided to go for the cheap trick. Kidnap Cobra and threaten him. Since Ussop had been safeguarding Cobra, it meant Cobra was the main goal anyways.

Nero gave a kick with all his power, and then without even looking back he performed Soru and almost appeared near Cobra. But before he could catch the shoulder of Cobra who was hiding behind a pillar, a shining white arrow tore through the air, and without even stopping it went through the pillar.

Before Nero knew it, the arrow sliced through his hand, cutting his hand off within a heartbeat. Nero jumped away in fear but it was already too late. He had lost his left hand just because he was trying to be cunning.

"You thought I was serious with you?" Ussop said as he pointed another arrow at Nero, and this time he was ready to take his life away.