Chapter 139: Master Gau!!!
"Would you like to try some Binks's Brew..."
Brook gently placed the cup on the saucer in his other hand, then continued, "Though, after all these years, I've already drunk all the sake. Yohohohoho~~."
"What kind of plot twist are you playing at!" Everyone rolled their eyes and exclaimed, baring their teeth.
Usopp had already changed into an exorcist outfit, with a flag stuck on his back bearing the words 'Evil Spirits Begone'.
A string of garlic hung around his neck, and he tightly gripped a crucifix, nervously aiming it at Brook above.
After his initial surprise, Luffy immediately switched to an excited expression and strode towards the 'ghost ship'.
"There really is a ghost! Let's go up and see, maybe there's treasure!"
"Wait a minute!"
Nami was startled and hurriedly chased after him, "You idiot, you're definitely going to do something stupid again!"
"What about you guys, anyone else want to go up?" Reiner summoned his falcon and turned back to ask.
Zoro jumped on, looking at Brook above with great interest, "A ghost, sounds pretty interesting."
"Damn it, such a hard choice."
Sanji clutched his hair, looking conflicted. "Should I go protect Nami-san or stay here to guard little Robin-chwan!"
"Wait a minute!"
Chopper was startled and pounced, hugging Sanji's thigh tightly, two lines of disappointing tears streaming down.
"Don't go, Sanji! If all four of you go up, what will we do!"
"Alright, alright, then I'll stay and protect little Robin-chwan." Sanji shook his leg with a look of disdain.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The falcon flapped its wings, carrying the four of them towards the dilapidated giant ship.
"This ship is really... hard to describe."
Nami looked at the moss-covered ship that seemed about to sink, an uneasy expression on her face. "Will there really be treasure in a place like this?"
"There definitely will be, Nami."
Luffy said resolutely, pointing above his head, "That skeleton must be the monster guarding the treasure. As long as we defeat him, we can get the treasure!"
Reiner: "..."
Is this logical? This is Ganges-level logical!!
Such strange knowledge. Does this world also have Little Tyrant game consoles?
The falcon was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they were above the ship. Luffy immediately jumped down.
"It's been so long since I've seen living people."
Brook strode forward to meet them, took off his black top hat, and bowed to Luffy like a gentleman, offering a greeting:
"Hello, my name is Brook. I'm a skeleton who is just a skeleton after death. Yohohohoho~~"
"Reiner, look quickly! The afro... no, this skeleton, he can talk!" Luffy pointed at Brook, grinning and shouting to Reiner.
"After my fruit awakened, I can already control them to do that too, but that's not the main point."
Reiner walked forward and looked Brook up and down. His tuxedo was tattered, and his white bones were visible underneath.
But the other party still kept himself looking very refined, maintaining the demeanor of a gentleman.
"Yohohoho~~, what a beautiful lady."
"Oh, not at all~~" Nami looked embarrassed and quickly waved her hands.
Brook walked over politely and said, "Excuse me, may I see your panties?"
"Go to hell!"
Bang!
Nami, baring her teeth, sent him flying with a punch.
"I'll break you into 207 bones and feed you to the fish in the sea," Reiner looked at him with dead fish eyes.
"So she's already taken. My apologies for the rudeness."
Brook bowed ninety degrees in apology, then raised his head and said with a chuckle:
"However, I only have 206 bones, you know. Yohohoho~~"
"I'll stomp your skull in with one kick."
"So scary!!"
Bang!
Brook was so startled he retreated to the opposite ship's rail, bumping into it, clutching his chest and gasping for air. "My heart is pounding from fright, even though I don't have a heart. Yohohoho~~"
"Hahaha, this guy is so interesting."
Luffy looked at him, grinning, "So, can you poop?"
"Are you insane!!" ×3
Reiner and the other two rolled their eyes and yelled.
Why such a tricky question???
Brook lightly dusted off his chest and said faintly, "I can poop, you know."
"Who wants to know that!!" Zoro was so angry he drew his sword, ready to cut someone.
You don't have to answer such questions!!
Luffy grinned and patted Zoro's shoulder, "Hee hee hee, don't be like that. Let's invite him onto our ship as a guest."
"Are you an idiot! No way, I disagree!" Zoro shouted angrily.
However, without waiting for his response, Luffy had already bypassed him and walked straight up to Brook.
The two of them made eye contact. A moment later...
"Join our pirate crew."
"Alright," Brook nodded lightly.
Reiner and the other two were completely stunned.
???
Seriously, are you two nuts?
You've barely exchanged three sentences!
The group chatted a bit more, and then, at Luffy's invitation, the falcon carried the five of them back to the Merry.
Inside the dining room, Brook and Luffy were getting along famously, and everyone couldn't help but become curious about him.
As he slowly explained, they learned that he had been drifting in this sea for decades and had his shadow stolen several years ago, becoming a 'lone ghost who dies in the light'.
He could no longer leave the Florian Triangle and needed to rely on the impenetrable fog of this sea to survive, all while searching for his own shadow.
"The Revive-Revive Fruit, to think it has such an ability."
Sanji slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, sighing with emotion, "The sea is truly full of wonders. Even resurrection from death can be achieved."
Life and death are eternal laws that all things in the world abide by. Reiner was also greatly shocked after hearing Brook's description firsthand.
The soul returning from the underworld was already exaggerated enough; that a body consisting of only a skeleton could survive as a life form couldn't help but remind him of a saying.
On this sea, any wild human fantasy—
—could possibly become reality!
"It's not that amazing. When I was alive, this Devil Fruit only made me a person who couldn't swim."
Brook chuckled, "It wasn't until after I died that the fruit finally took effect, turning me into...
"A skeleton who can't swim! Yohohoho~~."
"In that case, doesn't it mean you can't come with us?"
Luffy pouted, somewhat unwilling. He stood up, put one foot on a chair, and said with a resolute expression, "How about this! We'll help you get your shadow back, and then you join us, how about that?"
"No, I'm very grateful to you... ummm."
Brook paused, then asked doubtfully, "May I ask your esteemed name?"
Everyone: "..."
"My name is Luffy!"
"Thank you very much for your invitation, Mr. Luffy, but I cannot let you, whom I've just met, risk danger for my sake."
Brook stood up, bowed deeply, and then slowly spoke, "I am truly happy to have met you all today. And the meal cooked by Mr. Chef was absolutely delicious. Thank you very much for your hospitality."
Brook, whose every move exuded a gentlemanly demeanor, slowly turned to look at Robin, "This beautiful lady, may I please see..."
"Don't be a pervert with a straight face, you stinky skeleton!"
Bang!
Nami, holding a smoking fist, said through gritted teeth.
"Yes, I'm sorry~~."
Brook lay趴在地上 with his butt in the air, tears streaming down his face, "I will silently reflect on my actions in my heart, although I only have a skeleton and no heart. Yohohoho~~."
"But speaking of which, the person you said stole your shadow is Moria, right?"
Reiner, sitting by the restaurant bar, spoke faintly, "Actually, we were planning to go to Thriller Bark anyway, and he's already targeted us."
Forced to be targeted.
Moria: I've been wronged~~.
"So you already knew about the Warlord." Brook stood up and dusted himself off.
Hearing this, the others stood bolt upright and shook their heads in unison. They knew nothing; it was all from what Reiner said.
Only Robin had heard a little bit about Moria, but she didn't know his specific abilities.
"We'll help you get your shadow back, Brook."
Luffy flexed his 'biceps' and said with a smile, "Don't worry, we're very strong."
Brook fell silent, standing there blankly. After a long while, he slowly spoke in a soft voice,
"I really don't know what to say, Mr. Luffy. Thank you so much. Although I still don't want you to put yourselves in danger for me..."
Boom! Boom!
Before he could finish, a huge commotion came from outside the ship. Everyone turned to look at the doorway.
"We should have arrived," Reiner walked straight out of the dining room.
They had already seen the silhouette of Thriller Bark when they met Brook. After this much time had passed, the Merry should have arrived.
Everyone quickly ran out, lining up on the balcony by the dining room entrance.
To the left of the Merry, a giant mouth-like gate with red lips and white teeth was slowly closing. They should have just entered through there.
To the right was an island, with ruins scattered everywhere on the ground. Further in was a gloomy and eerie forest.
The tree shadows were heavy and extremely dark. From time to time, red gleams could be seen flashing within, as if countless fierce beasts and birds of prey were eyeing them covetously, full of hidden dangers.
Looking further into the distance, a European-style ancient castle stood tall in the depths of the forest, exuding a magical atmosphere.
"Can you still call this a ship? This is definitely an island!"
Nami subconsciously looked down at her wrist, shocked, "The Log Pose isn't reacting at all. There's actually a ship this big in the world."
"This is indeed a ship. It drifted here from the West Blue. Thriller Bark," Brook said very calmly, without his characteristic laugh.
Even though he was only a skeleton, it was clear that his expression was incredibly grave.
"I'll be going on ahead, everyone. If I can succeed, then I won't need to trouble you. If fate allows, we'll meet again."
With that, Brook leaped lightly. His slender figure landed nimbly on the sea surface, and then his legs rapidly churned, creating afterimages as he actually started running on the water.
"Because I'm only bones, I'm light enough to run on the sea. Yohohohoho~~."
Brook sped across the water surface. As his voice gradually faded, his figure soon became a black dot.
Luffy watched him, grinning, "This guy is really interesting, isn't he!"
"Hey, wait a minute, are we really going up there?" Usopp's legs were trembling, his face full of reluctance.
Reiner jumped off the deck and walked straight towards the forecastle dormitory, "I'm going to change my clothes. Staying behind to watch the ship might not be safer than landing on the island, Usopp."
"Sanji! I want a pirate bento! I can smell adventure!" Luffy was exceptionally excited at this moment.
"Ah, got it," Sanji replied faintly, a cigarette dangling from his lips. He turned and prepared to head into the kitchen.
Everyone began to prepare for landing. After a while...
"I'm ready. Who wants to follow me?" At this moment, Reiner walked out of the dormitory.
He was now wearing a yellow Taoist robe. A black Ba Gua (Eight Trigrams) symbol was printed on both his chest and back. His hands, hidden by the loose robe sleeves, were clasped behind his back, and he carried a long peach wood sword.
—He had directly transformed into Master Gau!!
Don't ask where the clothes came from; just say Nami knitted them for him.
"What the heck is this? Why are you copying Usopp now?" Nami looked speechless.
"Woman, you don't understand."
Reiner said to her with a straight face, "Dressing like this gives a special attack bonus against zombies. Any demons, ghosts, or monsters will have to kowtow three times to me first upon seeing me."
Time to farm some zombies!
Nami: "..."
(End of chapter)
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