User blog comment:Bahamut.Egg/Dressrosa Arc theories/@comment-1876594-20140327163336/@comment-5391752-20140328010059

haha I'd have to agree it seems panic was the cause. No mystery there. It'd be quite shocking, really, if someone you thought was dead woke up screaming.

But if it is revealed much later Usopp has conqueror's potential, however undeveloped, I expect people will be pointing back to this incident. But for now, I'm also quite happy thinking he doesn't have such powers.