Vice Captain of One Piece

Chapter 299 Brooke's past, a promise to be kept even in death

Finally getting serious, Brook began to briefly talk about his experience: "As I said before, the rudder was broken, and I wandered alone in this sea area for decades, although I always wanted to escape from this sea of ​​magic, But the rudder is broken, always get caught in the current. That's about 5 years ago, I was like you.

I was lured to this horrible three-masted sailing ship, but I wanted to escape from this devil's triangle sea anyway, so I came here to find parts that can repair the rudder, but all the monsters and zombies appeared, and then I was caught live, brought inside the building.There I encountered a combat dancer who had been caught before me, and the corpse of a disgruntled patch known as a puppet.Then a scary big man appeared, and the shadow of that man was pulled up from the ground and cut off! "

"Cut the shadow??" Feeling incredible, Franky looked at Brook who stopped there, waiting for the next step.

"That's my eyes, I also doubted myself, although..." Brooke said as he turned around, and then suddenly pointed back at the two black holes on his skull, "I don't have eyes, yohohoho~~"

Frankie, who couldn't hear the point, clenched his fists angrily and shouted, "Enough is enough! I'm going to crush you!"

Robin, who had also endured to the limit, made a gesture of 'please', and said in a deep voice, "Beat him!"

"Crackling, bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!!"

After ringing for nearly a minute, Frankie reluctantly vented his anger and stood aside with his fists clenched.As for the skeleton lying there, several big bumps appeared on the head of the explosion.

Brooke, who was beaten to the ground, finally stopped talking about his 'skeleton joke', and continued the story in that position, "It didn't take long before I encountered the same thing. The person whose shadow was cut was It fell there like this, and the reduced shadow was stuffed into the motionless puppet, and later, the motionless puppet began to move, and the movement was the same as the combat dancer's previous movement."

Frankie, who couldn't understand a bit, asked, "What's going on?"

Brook stood up and faced them and continued to explain: "The so-called shadow is another soul that moves with people at all times, and your shadow is the same. Originally, shadows are souls that people will never separate from birth to death. , the person who took it away and took it as his own is—King Shichibukai: Moonlight Moria!! The person who is capable of the shadow fruit!"

"Devil fruit?" Franky nodded when he understood, and then looked at Brook's feet, "Is he the one who took your shadow?"

As long as there are entities, shadows can be used to create zombies.What's more troublesome is that Hobuck, a genius surgeon who can assemble biological corpses into stronger ones, is his companion.He sometimes uses his medical skills to resurrect the corpses of legendary warriors he found from various cemeteries, and now there are still a large number of puppets kept in the freezer of his research institute. "

"Doctor Hobak?" Robin, who had heard about this person, said a little surprised, "I didn't expect that famous doctor to help pirates in such a place after the disappearance?"

Franky didn't pay attention to whether the doctor was a celebrity or not, but continued to ask his own doubts, "Then zombies act with their bodies, but it doesn't mean they are resurrected from the dead."

"Yes. The character and fighting ability depend on the master of the shadow, and the strength of the body depends on the muscles of the puppet. Only by combining a strong body and a strong shadow can a more powerful zombie be created. So Molly What Ya wants most is the shadow of a wanted criminal."

Hearing this, Frankie and Robin were silent for a while, and then quietly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the most troublesome person in their group now only has a five-figure bounty, and he can't enter Moria's house. eyes, or they will be miserable.However, with her fighting power, it is very difficult to be caught, after all, those few sneaky mouse spiders were caught by her and turned into crystals.

After secretly rejoicing for a while, Robin said lightly: "This is the whole picture of the terrifying three-masted sailing ship, because what Moria wants is obedient zombies. The stronger the warrior, the harder it is to obey orders. "

"That's right, as long as you get a shadow with the same combat power as the main body, you don't need a disobedient main body. When the strong man faints, he will be thrown into the sea immediately."

"What??" Franky was taken aback. After all, the fainted people should not be able to swim, let alone a landlubber among them.

"Don't worry, I'll tell you the best strategy now." Brooke said calmly, "Please trust me and follow my instructions."

"Trust you??" Franky looked annoyed.

"Skeleton joke!!!" Brook suddenly burst into excitement, raised his hands and kept turning in circles, "I haven't heard such a funny joke for several years, I'm a little happy!!!"

Robin folded his hands, and said impatiently with a dark face: "I will listen to you! Say it!"

"Yes!", Brook was immediately froze in fright, and said to them in a serious manner: "Now go back to the boat as soon as possible."

"Back to the ship? Let's go back to the Thousand Suns?" Franky looked at him with a frown, not knowing why.

"Yes, the worst possible situation for the captured companions is to be taken away from the shadow. But even if the shadow is taken away, they will not die. Look, just like me." Brooke showed himself Bai Sensen's skeleton, after a few seconds of silence, suddenly realized: "Ah, I'm dead!!"

"That's another matter, right?!" After Franky yelled frantically, he immediately concluded rationally, "The point is that the shadow won't die even if it's taken away?"

"That's the way it is. But the moment the shadow is taken away, the problem is that everyone faints. They won't wake up for two days. During this time, the strong will be thrown back on the ship and driven out of the terrifying three-masted sailing ship. I said it just now, do you know why?"

Robin guessed and said: "To prevent the victim from returning to the island to get back the shadow...",
"Yes."

"Why don't you just kill them while they're unconscious?" Franky proposed the simplest solution.

"That's not okay, this is very important, listen carefully." After taking off his top hat, Brooke continued: "First of all, even if the body and the shadow are separated, they can be regarded as one body. If the body dies, the shadow will also disappear. In other words, the zombies will also die at the same time. Because this is what the enemy is most worried about, they will definitely keep the body alive. That is to say, even if your partner is taken away from the shadow, he will definitely return to the ship alive. So If even you are sacrificed, this is the worst situation, everyone will lose their shadows, wandering in the sea, while there is still a chance to deal with it. This is the only way to wake up your companions and help them find their shadows opportunity, understand?"

After quickly digesting the pile of news, Franky nodded and said solemnly: "So that's the case, it makes sense."

"This is for you two." Brooke took out two small cloth bags and handed them to Franky and Robin who were standing there, "This is the weakness of zombies, and the effect has been verified just now when dealing with monkey-faced spiders. "

Robin opened the bag, carefully picked up some of the white particles inside with his hands, looked at it, and asked suspiciously, "Salt?"

"Salt??" Franky, who was a little disbelieving, also opened it and looked, and found that those were exactly the same as salt, "Is this the thing that can purify zombies and eliminate curses?"

"To put it simply, these zombies rely on devil fruits to move. Just like those who have the ability to lose their power in the sea, salt with the power of the sea can prevent their bodies from combining with fake souls. That's it. "

"I see." Franky nodded and said, "Then what the monkey just spit out from its mouth is its shadow."

Flustered, Brooke started circling in circles, "I also remind you that if you want to defeat zombies, you must sprinkle salt into their mouths~~this is the key~~~"

Looking at him, Robin asked indifferently: "Why are you so familiar with this island and zombies?"

Hearing this, Brook stopped circling and turned his back to them with his cane, "That was when my shadow was taken away five years ago, and of course I was thrown into exile on a ship. But luckily, I woke up before going far. Then I went back to the island and fought them. I fought against the zombies that had my shadow, but in the end, I was defeated. In order to survive, I ran away, no matter what... no matter what I did I don’t want to die...Because I am the only survivor on board, I am determined to leave this sea of ​​demons one day, in order to fulfill the agreement with my partners, in order to survive, I escaped..."

Brook was muttering to himself, whispering the unknown secret, "But surviving alone won't solve all the problems. So I won't discuss it this time. Until I defeat that person and get my shadow back!"

But at the end, Brooke stopped suddenly, his right fist and left hand holding the cane kept trembling slightly, as if he was enduring unbearable pain.

Frankie and Robin watched him quietly, knowing that it was not a good time to interrupt.

After being silent for a while, Brooke apologized without looking back, then raised his legs and walked forward, "Well, sorry, I have something urgent, take care."

"Wait a minute!" Franky suddenly called out to him, folded his arms and asked expressionlessly, "Follow what you just said, and please answer my question."

Brook stopped and looked back at him, not knowing what he was going to ask, after all, he had told them everything he knew about the island.

"You look like this, if you appear in front of ordinary people, do you know how others will react? A talking skeleton, with your creepy appearance, it is impossible to make friends. Repulsive." Franky said almost indifferently, ignoring the skeleton on the opposite side who seemed to be frozen there because of his question.

"Frankie, what are you talking about?!" Robin couldn't bear to stop him, and couldn't bear to look at the painful skeleton in front of him.

Then, Franky didn't stop, but continued to say very unkind words, "Even if you leave the sea of ​​photo demons, your fate is obvious. What's more, you can't even get out here, and spend your time here." After decades of despair, didn’t you say that you were so desperate that you wanted to die? If I were you, I would have committed suicide long ago. Existence itself is a clown, and I still pretend to be a gentleman from time to time, hiding key words in my heart. That’s all you want To achieve it? What is the agreement between you and your partners??"

"Yohohohoho... What a nosy person..." Brooke's hoarse voice with his back turned to them was full of depression, implying pain, but he had no regrets but insisted, "The reason is very simple , A long time ago, our pirate group left a companion in a certain place. It was a helpless and painful farewell. We promised to return to that place, and then sailed away, and then the whole army in this sea area Destroyed. I failed to fulfill the agreement with him. I, who have lived alone on the ship for so long, have the obligation to tell it the result. It has been 50 years since the day I died outside, right?"

"50 years?? I haven't been born for such a long time!" Franky was shocked by this time, "Although I'm sorry, but that guy won't wait for you for so long?!"

"What do I have!" Brook suddenly shouted emotionally and interrupted Franky, and after a few seconds he regained his composure and said, "What right do I have to conclude that he is no longer waiting? What if he believes Our promise, the words he has been waiting for. How lonely he must be now... Feeling betrayed by us, but still waiting for our words, what a miserable death he must be..."

"You bastard...", Frankie couldn't say anything anymore, because he was already shocked by the spirit of this skeleton.

"The name of the companion who swore to meet again at the agreed cape is: Rab..." Brook looked up at the sky, and told the people behind him faintly about his unknown companion, "It's a small whale that can't follow We have made such a dangerous voyage that I think it must have grown very large by now..."

"Whale?? Rab???" Franky and Robin repeated these two words at the same time in a bit of surprise. Why do they always feel like they have heard the same thing somewhere? (PS: When Luffy and the others entered the Upside Down Mountain, Frankie and Robin hadn't joined yet. When I looked at the photo, the whale was too big to be fully photographed, so I didn't see the whole whale)

"Yes, since then, I feel that it trusts us very much, and it also feels that we will come back as before, playing cheerful music and waving our arms. I don't think it will forgive us for being so irresponsible Die without hesitation, make an agreement without authorization, shout from the inaudible distant sky [Don't think it's fine if you die, the man once said that he will come back!]", Brook shouted the last sentence loudly, the words were heavy Let Robin and Frankie on one side feel it.

After a while, Brook, who regained his composure, didn't look at the people behind him, took off his top hat and waved it, then whispered "I'll see you soon", and then walked into the castle without looking back.

"..." After watching him leave in silence, Frankie burst into tears in the next second, and wiped his tears loudly, saying, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

"Hehehehe...", Robin, who also felt this way, just smiled lightly, and then said: "In this case, let's go back to the Qianyang first, Luffy and the others are more important now."

"That's right! Woohoo..." Frankie was moved and wiped away his tears, but suddenly he paused, and his face changed as if he had thought of something.

Robin, who also sensed something was wrong, was also taken aback for a moment, then quickly turned around and looked at the unusually quiet building behind him.

Franky, who was also looking there, said in a low voice, "Don't you think it's a problem that the little baby hasn't come out for so long?"

"Let me see, I'm dazzled!" Robin crossed his hands and closed his eyes. In the next moment, countless hands with eyes in the palms grew out of the ground, then spread to the top of the house, and got in through the cracks above.

After waiting patiently for a few seconds, Frankie asked anxiously, "How is it? Did you see the shadow of the little doll?"

After more than a minute, Robin had checked every corner inside, but found nothing.Frowning tightly and opening his eyes, Robin said in a low voice, "There are traces of the battle inside, but Miss Anke is not inside..."

"Not here?!" Frankie's eyes widened, and then he said solemnly: "Just now, the little baby seemed to fall asleep at any time, will it pass out and be taken away?"

"I think it's possible, but Miss Anke shouldn't be taken away that easily." Feeling uneasy, Robin looked around where there were only zombies and no one, and had to make a decision, "Let's go back and look for it now." Let's go to Luffy and the others, maybe, Miss Anke already knows that they are going back, so go back to the Thousand Suns first."

"If this is the case, let's go back to the Qianyang, now I just hope that Qiwuhai doesn't remember the past of the little baby! Otherwise, it will be troublesome if her shadow is also taken away!"

"makes sense."

(End of this chapter)