Chapter 138: Robin's Kink?
The sky was dim, and a thick fog enveloped the entire sea, creating an inexplicable sense of unease, as if dangers lurked everywhere.
Trapped in the vast fog, visibility was extremely poor. All that could be seen was gray, and the surroundings were filled with a strange and terrifying atmosphere.
Before long, the others also woke up and came out, one by one looking at the surrounding scene with surprise and doubt.
Splash! Splash!
Splash! Reiner leaped onto the forecastle deck, releasing all his undead. They all plunged into the sea, dark shadows swimming off in all directions.
"Hey, what's going on?"
Usopp and Chopper clung to each other, trembling all over with fright. "Is this the haunted sea area that Granny Kokoro told us about?"
"How can there be such things as ghosts in this world?"
Reiner had always been one to debunk feudal superstitions. So, he walked behind Usopp and said in a sinister tone:
"There are only cursed spirits here~~, they will call your name in the night. If you answer unconsciously, your soul will be trapped here forever, and he, he will take your place and leave~~"
"Ah! No!"
Chopper was so scared that his nose started running. He hugged Usopp and screamed in panic, "So scary! I don't want to be left behind!"
"Chopper~~, Chopper~~"
At this moment, a cold voice suddenly called out.
"It's the call of a ghost!"
Usopp's face turned pale with fright. He immediately reached out and covered Chopper's ears. "Chopper! Close your mouth quickly, don't answer it!"
Chopper's pupils instantly dilated, his eyes rolled back, his tongue lolled out, and he fainted from fright.
Seeing Chopper go limp and fall directly onto his arm, Usopp screamed in terror, holding the small body and shaking it continuously,
"It's over! Chopper's soul must have been taken by the ghost! What do we do, what do we do!"
"Reiner, Sanji, stop scaring them," Nami said, rolling her eyes at them in exasperation.
Looking around at the gloomy, cold fog, she couldn't help but shiver, wrapping her arms around herself and rubbing them.
"Although I was mentally prepared, actually being here still feels so creepy. I hope we can get out of this sea area quickly."
Before setting sail, Granny Kokoro had mentioned the Florian Triangle. This was a sea area they had to pass through on their way to Fishman Island.
It was shrouded in fog all year round, dark and sunless, and hundreds of ships disappeared in this sea area every year.
Rumor had it that many people had seen ghost ships here, and some had even seen living skeletons.
"Hee hee hee, so exciting."
Luffy's face was full of excitement. "Maybe there's a ship full of treasure."
"How could there be such a good thing?"
Zoro said nonchalantly, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword, "If there is, it's probably a ghost ship."
"Stop talking about such things!"
Nami made an 'X' with her hands in front of her chest and ordered, "From now on, talking about such scary topics on this ship is forbidden!"
"Why are you still afraid of this kind of thing? You see my undead every day, you should have gotten used to it by now, no matter what," Reiner glanced at her.
"How could I get used to it! Girls are naturally afraid of these weird things, okay? Can't you make your undead look a bit better!" Nami scolded him, dissatisfied.
"Really? I think they look quite good."
Robin said faintly, "Especially that chainsaw man, he's quite handsome."
"You've got good taste, Robin!"
Reiner chuckled and waved his hand, summoning the chainsaw undead. "See! I told you he's handsome!"
The two chainsaws extending from its hands glinted with a sinister cold light, and its head looked as if it had been pierced by a chainsaw, appearing extremely ferocious.
Robin, however, walked forward and placed her hand on its face, her fingertips sliding down to its chest. She turned back to Reiner and said, "Can you give him to me as a doll?"
???
Reiner's eyes widened instantly. What do you want to...
Do! With! It?!!
"What kind of kink is this, Robin!"
Nami felt a chill in her heart, expressing her complete inability to understand. "Liking this kind of thing is too strange!"
"Ahem, let's forget about it."
Under Robin's disappointed gaze, Reiner sheepishly scratched his head and waved his hand, recalling the undead.
"By the way, speaking of undead."
Zoro suddenly spoke, "I saw you release all the fishman undead just now, right?"
"Ah, I sent them to find something."
Reiner explained directly, "There's an island... no, it should be said, a ship as large as an island, the Thriller Bark, drifting in this sea area. There's a Warlord there. I want to get something from him."
"A Warlord?!"
Franky was somewhat surprised. "You mean there's a Warlord hiding in this sea area all along?"
"That's right. You all know that Warlords have the privilege of legally plundering pirates. Many of the hundreds of ships that disappear here every year are related to him," Reiner said simply.
Nami, upon hearing this, looked confused instead. "Since we know there's a Warlord here, shouldn't we go around him and run away? Why are you actively seeking him out?"
"Exactly, exactly!"
"That's a Warlord!"
The awakened Chopper and Usopp both screamed in panic.
"Run? Why run? We're a pirate crew with a total bounty exceeding two billion."
Reiner crossed his arms over his blue shirt, a light smile on his face:
"What's there to be afraid of from a mere Warlord? Except for Hawkeye, the Warlords, to us now, are just a pretty strong pirate crew, that's all."
"Uh, is that so?"
The cowardly trio blinked their eyes.
"Oh, ho."
"It seems... that's right."
They were used to being weak before and didn't react for a moment. Their pirate crew's strength was now in the first half of the Grand Line—
—Super strong!!
Like Baroque Works, which they encountered in Alabasta, the strength of those agents seemed just so-so now.
King against king, general against general. For the lower-ranked ones, even the cowardly trio wouldn't find it difficult to deal with them.
In fact, excluding Crocodile, Nami alone could wipe out their entire group!
Chopper suddenly became excited, "So we're this strong now!"
"Alright! The brave warrior of the sea, Usopp, makes his entrance!"
Usopp crossed his arms and took a step forward, his expression fervent, "Everyone, follow me! Defeat the Warlord and make a name for our pirate crew!"
Reiner smiled slightly and added, "And it's a lot of fun there. It's an island full of zombies."
"Zombies!!"
Usopp exclaimed, then instantly collapsed to the ground, clutching his chest tightly, his expression pained:
"I'm sorry, I spoke too loudly just now. I have a disease that will kill me if I land on a zombie island. We should leave here quickly."
Those are zombies!!
Although he didn't know how strong they were, just hearing about them was terrifying, wasn't it!!
"Hahaha, that sounds like a lot of fun."
Luffy grinned, waved his big hand, and shouted at Nami, "I've decided! Target: Zombie Island! Let's set off quickly, Nami!"
"How would I know how to get there, idiot!" Nami bared her teeth and cursed.
Splash! Splash!
Splash! At this moment, countless dark figures leaped out of the water, landing dripping wet on the deck.
It was the fishman undead Reiner had sent out; they had returned, and they also brought a wooden barrel.
"What's this?"
Franky walked over doubtfully, patting the lid of the barrel. A flag with several large characters was stuck on it.
[Offering to the Sea God]
"What does this mean?"
"Is there treasure inside?"
Several people gathered around, looking the barrel up and down.
"It should be a drifting barrel. Offerings made to the Sea God by people praying for a smooth voyage," Robin said faintly.
"So that means there's good stuff inside."
Luffy, always brave, immediately put his hand on it upon hearing this. "Let me open it and see! Maybe it's treasure!"
Sanji hurriedly tried to stop him, "Wait a minute, idiot! This might be a trap, you're too impulsive—"
"It's fine, let him open it," Reiner interrupted Sanji. He knew what this was. Moria had made many of these things to randomly select "fated" people.
Reiner loved fate, especially fate that was forced.
Just as Luffy opened the barrel lid, a red light shot up into the sky, exploding in mid-air.
Bang!
A dazzlingly strong light bloomed, illuminating the dim surroundings for a moment, then gradually faded and disappeared.
"This is, a signal flare?!"
"Doesn't that mean we've been targeted!"
"Reiner! It's all your fault for letting Luffy open it!"
Faced with Nami's accusation, he merely shrugged nonchalantly, "Well, even if I didn't say anything, you guys wouldn't have been able to stop Luffy, right?"
A corner of Reiner's mouth curved up, "Besides, didn't I say I was going to get something from him? Who knows who's targeting whom."
Now that the signal had been sent, they just needed to sail normally. This sea area was very large; Thriller Bark was just a slightly larger leaf here.
No matter what, Reiner was going to pay him a visit. If they hadn't encountered it by the time they left this sea area, he himself would fly back on a falcon and turn the place upside down. Shimotsuki Ryuma's "template" had to be obtained.
Just like that, with everyone carrying various feelings of apprehension or excitement, they sailed for quite a while...
Until, in the distance, a huge black silhouette resembling a sailboat suddenly appeared in the dense fog. Even in this endless fog where visibility was obscured, its enormous figure was still incredibly conspicuous.
"It looks like we're about to arrive."
On the second-floor balcony of the ship, Sanji slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, looking up at the massive ship's shadow, his expression couldn't help but turn grave.
"Is this really a ship? It's a bit too exaggeratedly large."
Hearing this, the others rushed out of the dining room, one by one looking into the distance.
"Yohohohoho"
Just then, a song suddenly came through, and another enormous black shadow quietly approached the Merry, breaking through the surrounding swirling fog, revealing its true appearance.
"What's that sound!!"
Hearing the sudden song, Usopp, who was already nervous, instantly looked around in panic.
Then, as if he had seen something terrifying, his face turned pale, and he froze on the spot, uttering a trembling, broken voice.
"Gh-gh... ghost"
This scene made the others become vigilant as well. Following his gaze, they were all stunned by what they saw.
A dilapidated, moss-covered, enormous sailboat, almost on the verge of falling apart, was slowly approaching them.
At the same time, a sinister and eerie song continuously drifted from the ship.
"Yohohohoho"
"Yohohohoho"
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Everyone stared intently at the ship opposite. A skeletal figure in a black tuxedo and an afro hairstyle came to the ship's rail, leaning against it.
The figure's pale, slender finger bones held a cracked porcelain cup, paused in front of its skull.
Brook spoke in a deep voice, with the tone of a gentleman, "Would you like to try some... Binks's Brew?"
"It really appeared!!"
"A ghost on a ghost ship!!"
On the Merry, everyone's eyes bulged, their tongues flew out, and their jaws dropped to the ground as they exclaimed loudly.
Only Robin looked at Brook calmly, "A living skeleton."
(End of chapter)
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