In Wano??
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"The Big Mom pirates might capture Usopp, reason for Usopp being captured might be that he never ends up having that moment of bravery and redemption in this arc, and because of this he draws himself away from the others while they're partying, and so he's isolated and easily captured, and the Big Mom pirates leave behind some note saying "come to Elbaf with the Wano Poneglyph copies, or he dies" or something.
Feels like a bit more fluent storytelling than just going to Elbaf because the epic giants and funny cube stone is there. Big mom's crew with Smoothie have been trying to reach Wano for some time now, Smoothie haven't really done anything so far either, and her devil fruit is pretty suitable for torturing someone, without it being too graphic. Also kinda heartbreaking for Usopp to finally reach Elbaf, not as some brave warrior of the sea, but as a captured coward, a total liability to his crew, completely hitting rock bottom to setup his greatest redemption at the most appropriately Usopp centric arc"