Summary:
At the southeast gate of Alubarna, Usopp and Chopper are recovering from the explosion caused by Mr. 4’s dog, though Usopp is still struggling to make sense of any of it. He then sees a dog, Lassoo, and Usopp is horrified by its appearance, as it has several features of a weapon on its body. Lassoo sneezes another exploding baseball and the two pirates dodge it, but Mr. 4 hits it right at Usopp with his bat. Usopp ducked under the ball, but it exploded right above him. Chopper holds a dazed Usopp when he notices that the orbs are time bombs and are too heavy for him to catch, being heavy like cannonballs, making Mr. 4’s strength to hit them inhuman. Mr. 4 places the bat on the wall, but its weight causes it to fall through the wall, leaving Usopp confused by Mr. 4’s power.
Miss Merry Christmas then arrives and berates Mr. 4 for not killing Usopp and Chopper yet, and the two pirates fear seeing her again. Usopp leaves the fight to Chopper while he tries to succumb to his injuries, which causes Chopper to become angry and Usopp wonders how to deal with a bizarre creature like Lassoo. Miss Merry Christmas then reveals that the Lassoo is the weapon that “ate” Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Dachshund thanks to a special technology that allows inanimate objects to gain Devil Fruit abilities. Usopp expresses his disbelief, but Miss Merry Christmas says that it doesn’t matter because he and Chopper will die. He tells the two that their territory is called Molehill 4th St. as he partially transforms into a mole, though Usopp thinks it looks more like a penguin. Miss Merry Christmas burrows into the ground and Usopp takes the opportunity to escape, but Chopper tells him to watch as Lassoo emerges from the ground and fires a baseball bomb at him.
The ball suddenly deflects away from Usopp at the last second and Mr. 4 hits it high into the air. Usopp mocks Mr. 4’s poor shot as the ball lands far away from him, but the ball suddenly starts rolling towards his back. Miss Merry Christmas says that Mr. 4 is no ordinary scavenger as Chopper enters the Walk Point and saves Usopp from the explosion. Miss Merry Christmas notes that Chopper is a Zoan like her as Lassoo fires more baseball bombs at the two pirates, which they try to avoid by staying in constant motion. Chopper tries to get rid of Mr. 4 by throwing a baseball at him, but Miss Merry Christmas grabs his ankle as Mr. 4 hits the ball back at Chopper. However, Chopper enters his normal hybrid form, causing the ball to fly over him as he attacks Miss Merry Christmas and Mr. 4. However, the two agents disappear into the mole tunnels as Chopper thinks that using the Rumble Ball would take too much time. with them. Mr. 4 and Miss Merry Christmas emerge behind Chopper and begin searching for him while Chopper wonders where Usopp is; However, Usopp emerges from the mole tunnel and hits Mr. 4 with a five ton hammer. Miss Merry Christmas wonders how he is strong enough to do this, and Usopp tells her that people call him the Lord of Destruction and introduces himself as Captain Usopp.