## One Piece Chapter 27, pages 16-18: THE PLOT - Chapter: 27 - Pages: 16-18 - Characters: Usopp, Kaya, villagers, Merry ### Summary Page 16: The villagers chase Usopp, shouting insults. One yells, "How dare you scare us like that?" Another shouts, "Butler? Huh! What a story!" A third says, "Are you still asleep!?" Usopp flees, sweating and panicked, thinking, "Why can't they believe me!?" He looks back over his shoulder while running through the village. Later, outside Kaya's mansion by her window, Kaya stands in shock, saying, "Is it true that... you said that Clahador is a pirate?" Usopp, desperate, grabs her arm and says, "Yes! It's true! You gotta run for your life! He will kill you!" Kaya, furious and hurt, slaps him hard across the face. Page 17: A close-up shows Usopp's face, his cheek red and swollen from Kaya's slap. He looks completely stunned. Kaya is shown in tears, looking heartbroken and angry as she says, "Look at you... How is it possible for me to believe you like this?" Suddenly, Merry, the butler, appears aiming a pistol directly at Usopp. He warns, "Get out of here! Or else I will shoot you..." Usopp looks shocked, and Kaya yells, "No!!" In the bottom panel, a loud gunshot rings out with a "BANG!!" Usopp flinches as the bullet is fired, and the charging villagers in the background look startled by the sudden gunfire. Page 18: Kaya is shown holding Merry's arm, having pushed the gun away to ruin his aim. She yells, "You almost hit him!!" Merry, still holding the smoking gun, replies, "But... he was hurting you, Ojou-sama..." The angry villagers run down the street, chasing after Usopp. They shout, "Usopp is getting away!" and "Bastard! Stay still!!" A close-up shows Usopp's hand clutching his left arm, which is bleeding from a graze wound. He mutters, "Damn it..." as blood falls with a "DRIP DRIP". Usopp runs frantically, tears in his eyes, thinking, "Why won't they believe me!?" The villagers continue their pursuit, yelling, "Hey, stop!!" and "Usopp, you're not going to get away!!" Merry stands at the mansion gate, pointing down the road and shouting to the villagers, "Don't let him get away! Everybody, he went that way!" In a small panel below, Kaya collapses to her knees with a "DROP". Merry rushes to her side, asking, "Ah! Ojou-sama, are you alright?"