Probably just mistakes. Having a whole scene of Usopp being sure it's a hallucination, just to get slapped with the reality of the situation seems pretty convincing. Maybe there's some trickery going on, but I doubt it's all a hallucination.
Also someone's documented Oda's fuck ups from pre ts, for example he forgets Luffy's eye scar a lot and once forgot Sabo's scar too (forget which chapter but it may have been the chapter where Doflamingo gives Luffy, Sabo, Law, Usopp etc. bounties). https://www.thegrandline.com/odamiss.html
My point is he's prone to making a handful of mistakes, so I'm not surprised if he was just very off his game with this chapter since it has happened before.
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