The Paper Fruit Among the Pirates

"Yo ho ho, hello everyone!"

On the Sunshine Mellie, the Afro-headed skeleton takes off his hat and introduces himself to the crowd.

"I'm Brooke, who died with nothing but a skeleton left, please take care of me!"

"Why did you bring a skeleton back!" X4

Facing the shocked crowd, Lu Fei replied with a smile, "How about it, isn't it fun? I dragged him onto the boat!"

"On board?"

Sauron frowned, and getting on the boat in Luffy's mouth means "joining the gang"! but:

"I don't agree!"

Along the way of the Straw Hats, friendship is built in blood and fire! Even Franky, who just joined, is because the other party enlightened and saved Robin on Judicial Island, and also saved Melly while building the Thousand Miles of Sunshine! Now just anyone...

"Roman, why don't you care about Luffy?"

"Don't panic,"

Facing Sauron's displeasure, Roman waved his hand, "You have to believe in Luffy's vision, and—"

"Do you think Luffy will listen to others about this kind of thing?"

Lu Fei never pulls people indiscriminately, because he 'heard' Brook's heartfelt voice.

To put it simply, it was because of Lu Fei's knowledge and knowledge that he had read Brook's decades of "loneliness" and his attachment to his partner, so that Lu Fei would invite him so decisively.

“This restaurant is so beautiful, and so is the kitchen~~”

After sitting in the dining room of the Golden Merry with everyone, Brook kept talking, as if it was not enough to express his excitement.

"This ship is amazing, yo ho ho ho!"

"certainly,"

Hearing someone praise his masterpiece, Franky felt honored.

"You are quite discerning, who let me make this super awesome ship~~"

"Hey, Franky, don't take his compliments."

For strangers of unknown origin, Sanji maintains a high level of vigilance. ——The premise is that the other party cannot be a beautiful woman.

"Yo ho ho ho, I haven't eaten for decades, I'm so hungry that my chest sticks to my back—"

"Although I only have bones left, not even the skin on my chest and back~~~"

"Hahahaha, it's so interesting!"

Luffy is the only one who can laugh so brightly in the face of the skeleton's cold joke. At least everyone else looked like 'I don't know what expression to use, I can only smile'.

Roman understood the other party a little bit, all his partners died in front of him, and another person was trapped here for decades. ——Brook is considered strong-willed if he is not crazy! Even so, it's just a waste of time immersed in memories...

Without pressure, it is impossible to become stronger by relying on dogs.

It was a 'fortunate' that the shadow was taken away by Moria, at least it would allow Brook to divert his attention and find something to do.

"By the way, Klubb—"

"My name is Brooke..."

"So, haven't I asked your last name yet?"

"I'm Luffy, this is Roman, Zoro..."

"You don't even know each other's name?"

Sauron is furious!

So you pull people on board? How can you embarrass us old people? ?

"Don't panic," Roman stopped Sauron calmly, and Luffy's natural sense of knowledge allows him to distinguish who is an enemy, who is a friend, and who is...a partner.

"Let's talk about it after dinner."

"Hey, hey, it's fine if you can eat as a skeleton," Sanji glanced at Brooke on the dining table dissatisfied, "Why are you eating so sloppily?"

— This is very simple, because Brooke really hasn't eaten in decades.

Although he drinks tea with an empty cup every day, eating is a very long time ago for Brooke, so long that he gets food all over his body like a child.

"Forget it, Sanji."

Roman clicked on the table, and a stack of napkins automatically flew in front of everyone.

"Let's talk about something else, such as Brooke's identity—"

Wow~~

A wanted warrant appeared in Roman's hands. Of course, this wanted notice was 'drawn' by Roman himself. Although there must be some differences from the real wanted notice, no one present would point out this mistake.

"The acting captain of the Rumba Pirates: Brook."

In Roman's hands, there is a wanted warrant for a man with an afro wearing small round sunglasses. The iconic top hat, afro, and dress all explain:

"Is this... Brook's arrest warrant?"

"Yes," Roman clicked, "33 million Berry bounty."

"Of course, this is 3300 fifty years ago, and it will be at least doubled now."

Who made the world's inflation more and more serious? Lao Sha only had 81 million Baileys back then, but how many of those hundreds of millions of pirates in the new world dare to shake in front of Lao Sha?

"Yo ho ho, it turns out that there are still people who remember my name, I am really grateful."

"It's a pity that I'm dead. This is my wanted warrant decades ago."

Brook looked at his "portrait" and sighed,

"My crew and I fought with people here, and all of them were poisoned to death. And because I ate the 'Yellow Spring Fruit', my soul came back from the Yellow Spring, and I had a second life.——It turned out in this sea area Lost, when the soul finds its own body, it has already become like this..."

"Zoro, he is just like you~~"

"What did you say?!"

"So it's really a devil fruit... Wait!!"

Nami suddenly realized that she looked at the skeleton man with an explosive head in disbelief, "You are from the Rumba Pirates?!"

"It's true—"

"It's the Rumba Pirates that Rab has been waiting for for fifty years!?"

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"Rab..."

This familiar name made Brook stand up abruptly. The reason why he has not gone crazy until now, and has not fulfilled the agreement with Raab, is the motivation for him to live!

"Have you... met... Raab?"

Facing the trembling Brooke, Luffy patted his stomach.

"Of course, the Rab we met in the Twin Gorges, where he hit the Red Earth Continent every day, almost knocked us all down!"

"By the way, we still met Uncle Kurokas in Rab's stomach! I also had a fight with Rab..."

"yes?"

Brook, who stood up, lowered his head, and there was a sincere voice in his slightly trembling figure.

"Thank you, thank you!"

The Rumba Pirates have all been wiped out. Brook's only concern in this world is the whale Rab who followed them into the great route. After so many years, why doesn't he want to go back and see this last partner? but:

Is Rab still alive, is Kulocas of the Twin Gorges still alive, he once agreed to reunite with the other party around the world for a week, and bears the last wish of the entire pirate group, how can he go back in despair...

tick, tick,

"Hey? Brooke, you're crying!"

"Ah, I'm sorry," Brooke wiped away the tears from his empty eyes, and looked up at the young pirates in front of him.

"I want to say thank you again: thank you, thank you very much~~"

"Today, not only did I meet a living person after a long absence, but I was also invited to have a full meal," Brook straightened his top hat, "I have nothing to repay you, and I ask you to leave this sea area quickly."

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"Here's a guy who's hunting other people's shadows! It's very dangerous..."

Picking up the cane beside him, since he already knew that Raab was still waiting for his news, Brooke was determined not to be decadent anymore, he had to regain his own shadow, and then circle the world for a week to complete the agreement with Raab!

Brook looked at Luffy, he still remembered the other party letting him on the boat.

"Your invitation, forgive me for declining."

"why--"

"Because my shadow has been taken away, I can't appear in the sun, or I will be wiped out.—So I can't be your partner."

"Why are you so out of touch?"

Luffy stood up anxiously.

"Who took your shadow, we will help you get it back!"

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"You're such a nice guy, but I can't hurt you—"

boom~~~

At this moment, the Sunshine Melly vibrated suddenly, causing everyone to look subconsciously:

"Roman?"

"Ah, don't panic." Roman waved his hand, "Someone just invited us to visit his house."

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brush--

Brooke was the first to rush out of the cabin at an extremely fast speed, and the rest of the Straw Hats also rushed out immediately, and they saw an island!

Broken eaves and broken walls, old trees and crows, and a piece of Gothic architecture can be seen in the distance! Everything is faintly visible in the mist, like a real haunted house scene, or a dark fairy tale.

"Here is... Oops!"

Behind everyone's boat, there is a slowly closing 'big mouth', or a giant valve. The vibration just now is the sea wave caused by the closing of the 'wall' outside the island.

The Sunshine Merry is already stuck here!

"Turn back quickly, find a way to open the valve behind and leave!"

Brook looked at the gloomy island, and the hollow eyes of the skeleton were filled with fighting spirit.

"I'm going to hold--"

Snapped,

A palm landed on his shoulder, making Brook startled! Roman's calm voice sounded behind him.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is the lair of Shichibukai 'Moonlight-Molia'."

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"What? Another Shichibukai!"

The rest of the Straw Hats frowned. Is Qi Wuhai worthless or what? How long did it take to meet the second...

"Moonlight Moriah, the person with the shadow fruit ability, presumably is the one who took away Brook's shadow. So—"

Roman put one hand on the opponent's shoulder to 'retain' Brook, and the other thumb pointed backward.

"Don't underestimate my captain,"

Behind is Luffy who is eager to try!

"It's just a Shichibukai.—Is that right, Luffy?"

"certainly,"

"Brooke! I'll get your shadow back for you!——and then you'll be our partner."

"you·······"

"Okay," Roman waved his hand, and a white table appeared on the deck amidst a clattering sound. On the table were rolling forest buildings, which looked like a shrunken sand table of an island not far away!

"Come, come, the Moria dungeon has started! Let me explain the strategy of clearing the level quickly~~~"

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