181Chapter 182 A Drinking Party on a Night of Revelry! The "Perverted" First Mate Who Went to the Wrong Room
Chapter 182 A Drinking Party on a Night of Revelry! The "Perverted" First Mate Who Went to the Wrong Room
As night deepened, countless stars, like sparkling diamonds, were embedded in the boundless, dark sky above the Grand Line.
The sea breeze, carrying a slight chill, gently caressed the surface of the sea, stirring up layers of white waves.
However, it was completely different from the quiet and peaceful night outside.
Inside this dream ship, which was recently launched, a carnival is currently taking place.
To celebrate Robin's return to the family.
This was also to welcome the exceptionally skilled cyborg shipwright Franky to the crew.
The Straw Hat Pirates held an unprecedentedly grand celebration banquet in the luxurious giant restaurant of the SS Sunny.
It was already late at night, and the aftershocks of the revelry were finally subsiding.
But inside the Sunny's restaurant, it was already a scene of utter devastation.
The huge, long oak table, once piled high with food, has been completely emptied.
Instead.
It was a jumble of empty, giant barrels and bottles of fine wine, piled up like small mountains.
"Snoring...meat...more meat..."
On the ceiling of the restaurant.
Luffy was tightly entangled in the ornate chandelier, hanging upside down in mid-air like a giant red bat.
His right hand was still gripping a piece of bone-in meat thicker than his thigh, and there was even an empty wine bottle stuck between the toes of his left foot.
Even in this inhumane posture.
He was still sleeping soundly, snoring incessantly.
In the corner of the bar, Chef Sanji, who usually maintains an elegant demeanor, is now lying on the ground without any regard for his image.
His blond hair was plastered messily to his forehead, and his suit jacket was nowhere to be found.
Let's move our gaze downwards.
Under the spacious table of the long wooden table...
Usopp, Chopper, and Franky.
These three people, having lost the drinking contest, have now formed an extremely bizarre three-tiered humanoid Arhat.
Franky was at the very bottom, with Usopp clinging to his back.
Chopper, meanwhile, lay sprawled on Usopp's head.
The three of them snored in turn, their breathing rising and falling.
Beside them were Rasu and Clay.
These two pets, who usually don't get along, are now both drunk and passed out together.
As for the two beauties on the ship—Nami and Robin—they were in a great mood that night and, unusually, drank quite a lot of strong liquor.
More than half an hour ago.
The two ladies were already feeling the effects of the alcohol.
They helped each other leave the chaotic "battlefield" and went back to their dormitory to rest.
At this moment, only two people remained seated on the large and messy restaurant table.
One is Zoro, and the other is Victor.
"Huff... huff..."
Zoro sat cross-legged on the table, his green belly rolls soaked with wine.
In his hand, he was tightly clutching a giant wooden wine cup that was even larger than his face.
Zoro's eyes were extremely unfocused, and his pupils were even darting around erratically.
But a wild, arrogant smile still lingered at the corners of his mouth.
"belch!"
Zoro let out an extremely loud, alcohol-smelling burp.
With trembling hands, he raised his hand and pointed at Victor, who was swaying.
"No... this won't do... you red-eyed bastard..."
Zoro's voice was slurred and unclear due to extreme drunkenness.
But he still raised his voice, uttering the victor's taunts:
"I...I already said that!"
"When it comes to drinking! I am the undisputed...best drinker on this ship!!!"
Opposite to Zoro.
Viktor was currently in a very disheveled state, supporting his forehead with one hand.
He felt his vision spinning wildly.
"call..."
Viktor shook his leaden head with great difficulty, trying to clear his mind.
He finally couldn't hold on any longer.
"Bang."
Viktor slumped halfway down onto the wine-stained wooden table, closing his eyes in resignation.
"You win... Green algae head..."
"This damn liquor...it's really potent..."
Hearing Viktor admit defeat himself.
Zoro's eyes, which were almost closed, suddenly opened a crack, bursting with an unprecedented light of ecstasy.
"Ha ha ha ha!!!"
Zoro tilted his head back and let out a hearty laugh:
"I knew it! I knew I was the best—"
However, this ambitious declaration was not finished.
Zoro's eyes rolled back suddenly, revealing large areas of white.
With a loud thud, he fell straight off the table and landed heavily on the hard wooden floor.
Less than three seconds had passed.
"Snoring—snoring—"
A series of rhythmic, heavy snoring sounds then echoed throughout the restaurant.
With Zoro's fall, the entire massive aquarium restaurant finally fell into a deathly silence.
"Well..."
Viktor slumped over the table for a while to recover.
He then struggled to his feet, his arms trembling slightly from the effort, using the edge of the table for support.
The alcohol surged through his brain like a tidal wave, reducing his thinking ability to a freezing point.
The whole world appeared as double images and distorted lines to him.
but.
Even in this state of extreme intoxication where one is almost blacking out.
Deep in Viktor's subconscious, however, he still firmly remembered something extremely important.
He hasn't paid his grain tax for today yet.
How did that little thief cat in the bright orange tight-fitting tank top manage to squeeze into her arms like a lioness guarding her food?
And, under his teasing, her alluring, seductive gaze.
That scene.
Viktor felt as if a raging fire of desire was burning wildly within him.
"hot..."
Frustrated, Viktor ripped open the last few buttons on his collar, revealing a large expanse of his muscular chest.
He took heavy, unsteady steps and stumbled out of the restaurant, which reeked of alcohol.
The sea breeze blew through the corridor.
Instead of sobering him up, it made the effects of the alcohol surge even more intensely.
Victor used one hand to touch the cold wooden wall for support.
They walked step by step toward the girls' dormitory.
In the blueprints for the Golden Thousand Sunny designed by Frankie.
To make it easier for the two ladies to live and take care of each other, Nami and Robin's rooms are arranged side by side, right next to each other.
The two oak doors are almost identical, with only a slight difference in the nameplate.
The corridor was extremely dimly lit at this time, with only a few wall lamps emitting a faint yellow light.
Viktor's head was spinning.
His vision was blurred, and the two doors in front of him completely overlapped into a blurry image in his eyes.
He walked to the door, completely oblivious to the subtle differences in the nameplate.
He had only one thought in his mind—to push open the door and find that fiery woman.
Victor reached out his warm, large hands and instinctively grasped the metal doorknob of one of the doors.
"Click".
The door wasn't locked, and with a push of Viktor's wrist, it was easily pushed open.
The room was completely dark, with no lights on.
Only through that round glass porthole did a ray of cool, bright moonlight shine in.
The faint moonlight cast shadowy reflections on everything inside the room.
Viktor stumbled into the room and slammed the door shut behind him.
With a crisp "click," the door lock was firmly shut, completely shutting out the dim light in the corridor.
By the faint moonlight, Victor's mind was no longer capable of any complex thought.
He quickly ripped off his black shirt.
With a casual flick of the wrist, the clothes fluttered lightly onto the unseen floor.
Immediately afterwards... he threw all constraints to the back of his mind.
Viktor's strong, muscular upper body was bare, his chest heaving as he breathed heavily.
He raised his hazy eyes and looked in the direction the moonlight was shining.
On the large bed in the center of the room.
He could vaguely see a very alluring figure lying on its side under a thin layer of silk summer quilt.
Even in her sleep, that figure possessed an astonishing gentleness.
That exaggerated and perfect waist-to-hip ratio, those long and straight legs.
Under the moonlight, it exudes an irresistible charm that could drive any man crazy.
Due to the effects of extreme intoxication.
He was completely unaware.
The air filled with this scent was not the fresh, citrus fragrance that Nami wore, which carried sunshine and vitality.
Rather, it is a deeper, more intellectual and mysterious... subtle floral fragrance.
Without the slightest hesitation or pause.
Viktor, like a predator spotting its prey, pounced straight at the large bed.
"Bang."
His heavy, burning body pressed down onto the bed.
The soft spring mattress suddenly sank deep into itself, making a slight creaking sound that made one's heart race.
He stretched out his strong and powerful arms.
He forcefully pulled the soft, sleeping woman into his arms from behind.
Under pressure in an instant.
Their bodies, separated by that thin layer of fabric, were pressed together perfectly...
Upon first contact, Viktor's brow furrowed slightly involuntarily.
The texture in my hand feels a little off...
She appears fuller and taller than usual.
Especially her slender waist, with its astonishing curve, made him feel somewhat unfamiliar with it.
But his boiling blood and intoxication left him no time to delve into the matter; he only wanted to vent the anger that had been stirred up at noon.
The woman on the bed was Robin, who had drunk quite a bit and had just fallen into a light sleep.
Caught off guard by the sudden weight and burning body temperature, Robin sobered up considerably in an instant.
Years of life on the run had made her body instinctively tense, and her hands subconsciously wanted to activate her Devil Fruit power.
However, when she smelled the strong scent of a particular man behind her, her movements abruptly stopped in mid-air.
"Victor...?"
Robin opened her deep, beautiful eyes wide in the darkness.
The heat emanating from behind her felt like it was melting her.
This feeling gave Robin an absurd sense of security, as well as an indescribable tremor.
The strange sensation coming from her body made her lose her senses.
She found herself powerless to resist.
Victor's thin lips roamed haphazardly over her back, his voice deadly hoarse from the alcohol.
"Nami..."
Upon hearing this name, Robin's body trembled violently.
She finally understood the absurdity of the situation—
This all-powerful first mate got drunk and went to the wrong room!
Sensing the increasingly dangerous actions of the man behind him, Robin's breathing became rapid.
Robin parted her red lips slightly, bit her lower lip, and let him cause trouble behind her.
She sighed softly, her voice a mixture of shyness, helplessness, and a hint of inexplicable emotion:
"He really is a freakish first mate..."182Chapter 183 A Battlefield at Dawn! The First Mate Flees in Disarray
Chapter 183 A Battlefield at Dawn! The First Mate Flees in Disarray
On the early morning, the Grand Line was unusually calm and peaceful.
The Golden Sunny resembles a golden lion resting on the sea, gently swaying with the ripples.
A ray of bright, slightly dazzling sunlight shone directly into the room through the round glass porthole of the girls' dormitory, landing squarely on Viktor's face.
"Hmm..."
Viktor closed his eyes tightly and frowned in pain.
He stretched out one hand and pressed it tightly against his forehead, which was about to crack, letting out a low, hoarse groan.
Last night's unrestrained drinking spree has finally turned into an extremely severe hangover this morning.
His brain was like a jumbled mess, chaotic and sluggish, making even thinking extremely difficult.
Habitually.
Viktor instinctively pulled his other arm in, wanting to hold the person in his arms even tighter.
However, the moment the arm tightens.
His brain, which was in a semi-shutdown state, vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
The delicate body he held in his arms was equally soft and had amazing curves.
However, in terms of size and frame, it seems to differ subtly from the petite and delicate "little thief cat" he remembered.
More importantly, it tastes good.
Viktor sniffed and took a deep sniff.
It lacks that familiar, fresh citrus scent.
Instead, there is a deeper, more mysterious floral fragrance that exudes the fatal charm of a mature woman.
This smell...
Viktor's heart clenched, and his hazy consciousness was instantly extinguished by a bucket of ice water.
He suddenly opened his eyes, and the scene that greeted him made him stop breathing completely.
Scattered on the pristine white pillow was not dazzling orange waves, but a head of long, flowing black hair as smooth as a waterfall.
And among that black hair.
It was a mature face, so close yet so exquisitely defined, breathtakingly beautiful.
"...Robin?!"
Viktor screamed inwardly, his heart skipping a beat.
How could it be Robin?!
Viktor lowered his head in terror, his gaze sweeping over the scattered and disheveled men's and women's clothing on the floor beside the bed.
Last night's alcohol-induced blackouts flooded my mind like a burst dam—
He pushed open the door, groped in the darkness, and embraced me with a passion that seemed to melt me.
And their bodies, pressed tightly together and entwined in the moonlight...
"hiss..."
Extremely cold sweat instantly soaked through Viktor's back.
One drunken night, he went into the wrong room and ended up... doing something to the cunning female archaeologist he was on the same ship.
Viktor's violent, ghost-like movements naturally woke Robin from her sleep.
However, this woman had spent twenty years struggling in the dark world.
Unlike most girls who would panic, scream, or cry under the covers if something like this happened, she didn't react that way.
Robin simply blinked gently, adjusting to the morning light.
Then, she lazily stretched out a fair, jade-like arm and used it to support her upper body.
As she got up, the thin blanket that had been covering her slipped off.
She displayed her mature and stunning curves to Victor without reservation.
"Gulp."
Viktor swallowed hard.
As a normal, virile man, I was deeply moved by this visually striking scene.
His body, with utmost honesty, "gazed at him."
Robin took in Victor's awkward reaction.
She rested her delicate chin on one hand, a few strands of black hair falling over her full breasts.
Her eyes, which seemed to see right through people, showed no anger, but rather a strong sense of mockery and amusement.
Good morning, First Mate.
Robin's voice was hoarse and languid, as if he had just woken up, like a noble black cat whispering in his ear:
"or...
"Should I call you that overly enthusiastic 'pervert' gentleman from last night?"
Listening to Robin's teasing, which was half-smiling and half-joking.
Then, on her porcelain-like skin, several glaring red marks were faintly visible.
Viktor's usually calm and smiling face suddenly turned bright red, reaching his ears in a flash.
"Robin…"
Viktor frantically grabbed his wrinkled shirt from the ground and haphazardly put it on.
"I...I blacked out yesterday...this damn strong liquor..."
"I really thought this was Nami's room..."
Although he was extremely flustered, Viktor was by no means the kind of scumbag who would take advantage of someone and then shirk responsibility.
He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the panic in his heart.
Then, he straightened his posture and stared intently into Robin's eyes:
"Robin, listen to me."
"Although all of this started with an absurd misunderstanding."
"But last night, I did indeed cross an unforgivable line with you."
"I'm a man, what I did, I did."
"Whether it's murder or something like this, I will never shirk my responsibility! I will take charge of you!"
"Whatever you ask for, I'll grant it!"
Seeing Victor's extremely serious expression, Robin's teasing deepened.
Then, the teasing in her eyes turned into a gentle smile, completely amused by his serious expression.
Just then.
"Click".
Outside in the corridor, the door to the next room was pushed open.
Immediately afterwards, Nami's crisp, yawning sound rang out:
"Ah~ I slept so well... The sunlight is so bright..."
"I wonder where that idiot Viktor went last night..."
"Did he get drunk on the deck again after drinking with Zoro?"
"Aren't you afraid of freezing to death sleeping outside..."
Upon hearing the voice of his official girlfriend, Victor's body instantly stiffened.
If Nami were to catch him walking out of Robin's room disheveled right now...
The scene was too beautiful for him to even imagine!
This ship is probably going to sink today!
Viktor's eyes struggled violently for a moment.
In desperation, Viktor gritted his teeth and seemed to make some extremely bold decision.
He hesitated for a moment, then suddenly bent down and gently cupped Robin's beautiful face in his hands.
Under Robin's unsuspecting and questioning gaze.
Viktor planted a deep kiss on her slightly parted red lips.
"Smack."
This time, it was Robin, who was usually calm and collected, who was completely stunned.
Her brain hadn't even registered what the man was doing.
Sorry! We'll settle this later!
Viktor let out a low growl, and then his chakra surged wildly as he used the "Body Flicker Technique".
With a soft "whoosh," the glass window of the room was suddenly pushed open by a strong gust of wind.
The first mate, looking like a guilty thief, scrambled out of the window and fled in panic.
In the quiet room, only the morning sea breeze blowing through the curtains could be heard.
Robin sat blankly on the bed, staring at the window that was still swaying slightly, his fingers gently stroking his lips that had just been kissed.
After a long while, she touched her lips, feeling the lingering warmth there.
She let out a pleasant chuckle.
"Hehe...the way she runs away is quite cute."
...
Half an hour later, in the luxurious and spacious aquarium restaurant of the Sunshine.
The Straw Hat crew were sitting around a huge dining table, enjoying a sumptuous breakfast prepared by Chef Sanji to help them sober up.
"Oh! Delicious! Meat! Roast meat this early in the morning is amazing!"
Luffy swallowed the food in large gulps while shouting happily.
And in the very corner of the dining table.
Viktor was holding a plate of seafood fried rice, his head down, not daring to look up at anyone the entire time.
Nami sat next to him, holding a cup of hot milk. She leaned closer to Viktor, sniffed it suspiciously, then frowned her cute brows in disgust and complained:
"Hey, Viktor, how much did you drink last night?"
"I still smell strongly of alcohol on me."
"Hmm...something's not right...there seems to be another flavor in this wine? It smells quite nice..."
"Cough cough cough!!"
Viktor choked on a mouthful of fried rice and coughed repeatedly.
He quickly picked up the black coffee next to him and took a sip.
Then, she immediately put on a flawless, smiling expression and lied without batting an eye:
"Ah...it's all that bastard with the green algae head's fault, he insisted on dragging me into a drinking contest."
"We rolled around in the cellar, so we probably picked up some strange spice smell."
"As for the smell you mentioned... you must have smelled it wrong, Nami."
"Really?" Nami pursed her lips in disbelief, but seeing Viktor's sincere eyes, she didn't delve any further.
Just then, with a creak, the wooden door of the restaurant was pushed open.
Robin changed into an elegant dark dress and walked into the restaurant with slightly slower steps.
She looked exceptionally radiant today; her originally pale skin now had a healthy rosy glow, and she looked fantastic.
"Good morning, everyone," Robin greeted with a smile.
"Good morning, Robin! You look just as beautiful as ever today!" Sanji's eyes lit up with hearts as he rushed over with a specially prepared breakfast.
As Robin passed Victor's seat, she deliberately paused for a moment.
Robin thanked him and carried his coffee cup to his seat.
She lowered her head slightly, leaned close to Viktor's ear, and said with a smile:
"Oh, right... the celebration banquet that was specially held for me last night."
"Thank you so much for your'special consideration', First Mate."
"puff--!!!"
Viktor sprayed a mouthful of black coffee out, almost spraying Usopp's face.
"Cough cough... No, no need to be so polite, it's all... it's all what I should do, cough cough..."
"Hey, you red-eyed bastard, what's wrong with you?"
Zoro watched Victor's bizarre, bewildered expression.
Nami looked at Robin with a puzzled expression, then at Victor, whose face was covered in cold sweat.
She felt something was off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
The breakfast, which was filled with the atmosphere of a chaotic battle, finally ended as Viktor sat on pins and needles.
After breakfast, Nami resumed her professional navigator duties.
She spread out a huge new nautical chart on the long dining table.
"Attention everyone."
Nami's expression turned serious. She pointed with her quill to an extremely strange location where the pointer was pointing and said to everyone:
"Based on the information provided by Mr. Iceberg, and the current abnormal deflection of the pointer..."
"Our next flight path... is a bit strange."
Nami drew a black circle on the sea chart with her finger:
The pointer pointed to an unknown sea ahead.
"Legend has it that the sun never shines there all year round, and the entire sea area is shrouded in an extremely thick fog, so thick that you can't see your hand in front of your face."
"Moreover, countless merchant ships and pirate ships mysteriously disappear there every year..."
That area of the sea is known as the 'Devil's Triangle'.
"It's said that there are not only man-eating sea monsters inside, but also...ghost ships that roam around everywhere."
These words were spoken.
"A ghost ship?!?"
Luffy's eyes instantly flashed with dazzling golden light, and he jumped and bounced excitedly on the table:
"Amazing!!! A ghost?! It glows?! It talks?!"
"Let's set off quickly!! I need to capture a ghost to be part of my crew!!!"
On the other side of the table.
"No!!!"
Usopp and Chopper were already hugging each other, crying their eyes out, their legs trembling violently.
"I don't want to go!! Luffy! Please! I've had that incurable disease again—'I'll die if I get close to a ghost ship'!! Chopper, give me first aid!!"
"Waaaaah... I've also caught the disease of 'being terrified of ghosts'!!" Chopper cried even louder.
They ignored the protests of the Cowards.
Under the captain's orders, the Golden Sunny sailed.
Facing the sea breeze, the huge sail bearing the straw hat and skull logo was raised.
(Happy New Year everyone!!)
(May the New Year be better than the last, filled with joy and fulfillment, and may all your wishes come true!!)183Chapter 184 The Fog of the Devil's Triangle! The Singing Ghost Ship and the Bones Who Joined in an Instant
Chapter 184 The Fog of the Devil's Triangle! The Singing Ghost Ship and the Bones Who Joined in a Second
Just minutes before, the Golden Sunny was sailing on a bright, open sea.
However, the climate along the Grand Line changes faster than turning the pages of a book.
It was as if we had crossed a strange boundary that was invisible to the naked eye.
The bright sunshine was completely blocked out in an instant.
The surrounding light suddenly dimmed, and a thick, seemingly impenetrable black fog enveloped everything.
The sea breeze stopped, and a suffocating silence descended upon the surroundings.
Only the faint sound of the Sunny breaking through the sea echoed in the mist.
"This is terrible! Everything's completely in chaos!"
On the deck, Nami frowned deeply, her fair fingers slapping the record pointer on her wrist.
The pointer inside the glass ball was spinning wildly like a headless fly, completely losing its ability to indicate direction.
Nami looked up at the thick, dark fog around her, so dense that she couldn't see her own hand in front of her face:
"The air pressure readings are completely abnormal, and the surrounding magnetic field is in complete chaos!"
"We've really entered the legendary 'Devil's Triangle'!"
Upon hearing the navigator's announcement, the deck of the Sunny erupted in chaos.
"Waaaaaaah!!!"
Two extremely shrill screams pierced the silence of the thick fog.
Usopp and Chopper had somehow managed to become incredibly "fully armed."
Around their necks hung a dense array of garlic, onions, and various rough wooden crosses, which seemed to have been found somewhere in the kitchen.
"Evil spirits, begone!! Monsters, begone!!"
"Ugh... So noisy."
Zoro's upper body was bare, covered in wounds, and his forehead was covered in sweat.
He was holding a massive barbell with an incredibly heavy weight in both hands.
He ignored the wailing and howling of Usopp and Chopper below, and muttered coldly:
"Even if there really are ghosts... just draw your sword and chop them down, what's there to be afraid of?"
And at the bow of the ship.
"Hahaha! Don't panic, guys!"
Franky pushed up his sunglasses.
He strode over to the control panel at the bow of the Lionhead ship and excitedly pulled down a heavy red switch.
"SUPER————!!
"Behold my brilliance illuminating the darkness!!"
"Buzz—!!!"
With a powerful crackling sound, the super searchlights in the lion's head eyes of the Golden Sunny instantly turned on.
Two beams of intensely white light with extremely strong penetrating power pierced through the thick, impenetrable black fog in front of them, projecting two bright beams of light onto the sea surface.
However, just as everyone's tense nerves began to relax slightly...
"Yohohoho~ Yohohoho~"
A melodious and ethereal baritone voice drifted out from the deepest part of the thick fog without warning.
"Bring Binks's wine...to your side..."
"Riding the winds and waves, I roam freely... Waves accompany the setting sun..."
The song echoed across the lifeless sea, as if it came from the depths of hell.
The singing grew closer.
Franky's two blinding beams of searchlight suddenly illuminated a gigantic silhouette in the thick fog ahead.
It was a super ancient sailing ship, several times the size of the Golden Sunny.
However, this ship has long lost its former glory.
Its massive mainmast had tragically broken in the middle.
The remaining sails were tattered and torn, like pieces of rotten rags swaying in the cold wind.
This enormous ancient ship is like a colossal creature that has been dead for hundreds of years, without even the slightest bit of power from an engine or sails.
Like a ghost, it glided out of the thick fog along the eerie ocean current, and a huge shadow instantly enveloped the Sunny.
"Clatter".
The cigarette Sanji was holding slipped from his mouth and fell onto the grass.
"Hey... are you kidding me? This is really a ghost ship?!"
"And... there's actually someone singing up there?!"
"Aaaaaah!! Turn the rudder quickly!!"
Nami was terrified.
Without hesitation, she turned around and threw herself into Viktor's arms.
"Victor! Get Franky to change course!"
"Get out of this awful place!! I don't want to get near the ghost ship!!"
"A ghost?! A singing ghost?!"
Luffy stood on the lion's head, and his eyes instantly turned into two bright stars that could blind anyone.
Far from being afraid, he was so excited that he bounced around on the deck like a spring.
"Amazing!!! There really is a ghost ship!!"
"I want to go up! I want to go up and see what that singing ghost looks like!!"
"No!! Absolutely not!!" Usopp, Chopper, and Nami protested in unison.
But Luffy's personality means that once he decides to take an adventure, nothing can stop him.
"I don't care! I'm going to get on the ship and see for myself no matter what!" Luffy started to act like a spoiled child.
Ultimately, for safety's sake, and to prevent the idiot captain from running up alone and being captured by the evil spirit, everyone had no choice but to compromise.
Sanji found several wooden sticks of varying lengths and suggested that fate decide.
Let's see who's so unlucky as to have to go on an adventure with Luffy on that eerie ghost ship.
One minute later.
Nami stared at the wooden stick in her hand, which was noticeably shorter than the others, and felt as if her soul had been drained away.
With a "thump," he knelt down on the deck in despair.
"Why...why me..." Nami was on the verge of tears.
Looking at the navigator, whose eyes were brimming with tears.
Victor immediately stepped forward and, quite naturally, reached out and pulled Nami up from the deck.
"I'll go and take a look too."
"Someone has to keep an eye on our reckless captain, lest he get carried away and do something stupid that can't be contained on this ghost ship."
Actually, besides wanting to protect Nami closely.
Viktor volunteered for the mission for another extremely important personal reason.
The intelligent and cunning female archaeologist stood with her arms crossed, her deep and captivating eyes fixed on him with a half-smile.
Those eyes seemed to hold a thousand unspoken words.
In order to briefly escape Robin's "cunning gaze" that seemed to see right through his guilty conscience...
To Victor, this eerie and terrifying ghost ship was now a perfect safe haven.
Nami felt like she had been granted a pardon when she heard that Viktor was willing to accompany her.
She gripped Viktor's strong arm tightly, her fingers interlocking with his sleeve.
"Ah, I love you, Victor."
Luffy laughed and stretched out his rubber arm, grabbing the dilapidated railing of the ghost ship.
Then the arm retracted, carrying Viktor and Nami, who was clinging to Viktor like a koala, and the three of them jumped onto the towering, eerie ancient ship.
"Bang."
The three men's feet landed on the rotten deck of the ship, which was covered with slippery moss and layers of cobwebs.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, with only thick fog weaving through the dilapidated masts, emitting a mournful sound like the wailing of ghosts.
"Squeak—yah—"
Suddenly, an extremely piercing, teeth-grinding scraping sound of a wooden door rang out in the thick fog.
Not far ahead, a dilapidated wooden door, so rotten it looked like it was about to fall off, slowly opened outwards.
"Eee...
As the wooden door opened, an extremely tall figure slowly emerged from the darkness and mist behind it.
It was a bizarre figure nearly three meters tall with an extremely disproportionately slender build.
He had an extremely exaggerated, huge afro on his head, resembling a black cloud.
He was wearing a worn-out, dusty, and ripped black tailcoat, and was leaning on a purple cane.
As the man stepped out of the cabin.
A gust of cold wind blew by, slightly dispersing the thick fog in front of him.
At this moment, everyone finally saw the true face of this figure.
That wasn't a human at all!
It was a skeleton, its entire body reduced to bare white bones!
"Ah!! A skeleton!!"
However, the terrifying skeleton did not make any attacking move.
His finger, now just bone, held a cup of steaming black tea with remarkable steadiness.
He performed a perfectly standard aristocratic hat-tipping in front of the three people in front of him:
"Nice to meet you all."
The skull's voice was gentle and polite:
"What a beautiful day it is today."
"Ah... even though we can't see the sun's shadow in this sea area."
He straightened up and looked at Luffy and the others with his two empty eye sockets:
"I'm so sorry for suddenly appearing here."
"After all... I'm just an old bone that's been dead for who knows how many years."
"Yohohohoho~"
This stark contrast caused Luffy's chin to slam directly onto the deck, while Nami's mind went completely blank.
Brook, who was just standing a few meters away, suddenly took a quick slide.
With a "whoosh," his tall frame instantly teleported in front of Nami.
Brooke bowed with great gentlemanly manners.
He stared intently at Nami, who was frozen in shock, with his empty eye sockets, and asked in an extremely sincere and polite tone:
"This beautiful lady..."
"Excuse me, may I have a look at your underwear?"
The air fell silent for a moment.
Nami's beautiful big eyes widened instantly.
The moment Victor heard those words, his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
His long, powerful right leg suddenly lifted up.
He delivered a powerful, high-flying whip kick, slamming it hard into the skeleton's long jawbone.
"Bang!!!"
The poor skeleton hadn't even realized what was happening.
His skull, topped with a huge afro, was dislocated from his cervical spine by Victor's flying kick to his beloved wife.
The skull flew high into the air, spinning three times in a spectacular fashion like a helicopter propeller, before crashing with a thud onto the distant deck and rolling all the way to the corner of the wall.
Wow!!!
Seeing this, Luffy's eyes showed no fear, but instead shone even brighter. He pointed at the headless skeleton and shouted excitedly:
"Not just a skeleton! But a talking skeleton that moves even after its head is cut off!! How cool is that!!!"
"Oh dear, how rude of me, my head..."
The headless skeleton groped around on the ground for a couple of moments, then picked up its skull with remarkable ease.
With a crisp "click," Brooke, like assembling building blocks, reattached his skull to his cervical spine.
I turned my neck twice and it was completely unharmed!
He dusted off his tuxedo and bowed repeatedly in apology.
I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!
"This is just an old-fashioned skeleton joke that's been around for fifty years! There's absolutely no malice intended!"
"Yohohohoho~"
Look at this skeleton with an extremely bizarre and comical personality.
Luffy's desire to collect all sorts of bizarre creatures as his companions was completely ignited at this moment.
He put his hands on his hips, strode up to Brooke, pointed at Brooke, and shouted:
"Hey! Skeleton!!"
"Be my partner!!!"
Upon hearing this sudden invitation...
Brooke's empty eye sockets seemed to pause for a moment.
Looking into Luffy's sincere eyes, he readily nodded:
"OK."
On the ghost ship.
The sea breeze blew by, stirring up a few strands of curly hair that had fallen from Brooke's head.
A full three seconds passed.
Nami, who was in a state of extreme shock, finally snapped.
Nami transformed into a monstrous demon with a face full of black lines and fangs, and roared furiously at Luffy and the skeleton who was still leisurely drinking tea:
"They agreed way too fast!!!!!"
"Hey Luffy!! What on earth are you inviting to join your crew?!"
"And you, you spineless bastard! You agreed without even asking! What kind of person are you?!"#184Chapter 185 A Dinner Without a Shadow! The Skeleton's Lame Joke and the Demon's Gate
Chapter 185 A Dinner Without a Shadow! The Skeleton's Lame Joke and the Demon's Gate
"Hold on tight! We have to go back!!"
On the decaying deck of the ghost ship, Luffy let out an excited shout.
His highly elastic rubber arms suddenly stretched backward.
One arm was tightly wrapped around the tall skeleton Brook, while the other arm was wrapped around Nami and Viktor.
"Whoosh—!"
Luffy and his three companions were launched directly from the ghost ship, tracing an arc through the thick fog before crashing heavily onto the grassy deck of the Golden Thousand Sunny.
"Bang!"
The four landed steadily on the deck.
However, Usopp and Chopper were surprised to see Luffy return unharmed.
He was even brazenly carrying a huge, living skeleton in his hand.
"Ghost, ghost!!!"
The moment Brook landed, Usopp and Chopper rolled their eyes in perfect unison, spitting out large amounts of white foam, and with a kick of their legs, they passed out.
After a long while, the two of them slowly woke up under the influence of the cold wind.
As soon as he woke up, Usopp immediately knelt on the grass and frantically searched for his pile of garlic and cross, muttering to himself.
Chopper, meanwhile, hid behind the mainmast, peeking out half his head.
While sobbing with tears in her eyes, she asked in a trembling voice:
"Mr. Bone... Mr. Bone, can you... can you catch osteoporosis...?"
Zoro, who was leaning against the mainmast, was also suddenly awakened by the deafening noise.
"Enemy attack?!"
Zoro's eyes sharpened, and he instantly drew the Sandai Kitetsu and Yubashiri from his waist.
But when he saw the skull on the deck fixing its afro, his brows furrowed immediately:
"Wait... what kind of monster is this?!"
"SUPER—Incredible!!!"
Franky, the perverted shipwright, practically had laser beams shooting from his eyes.
He looked Brook up and down like a fanatical scientist who had seen a marvel of technology.
He even stretched out his metal-plated fingers and tapped on Brooke's ribs:
"This is simply against the laws of science!"
"There is no traction from muscle tissue, nor conduction from the nervous system."
"What principle governs the movement of this body?"
"Difficult! Extremely difficult! It's practically a miracle of the Creator!"
Robin stood to the side, resting her delicate chin on one hand.
Her deep eyes held no fear, but rather a hint of appreciation, and an elegant smile played at the corners of her lips.
"It's a perfect skeletal specimen."
"If this is a death god who comes from the depths of hell to claim lives, then it is truly extraordinary."
Seeing everyone's varying reactions, Luffy put his hands on his hips and proudly announced loudly:
Listen up, everyone!
"He's our new partner! Our musician, Brooke!"
"Now that our new crew member has joined us, what are we waiting for?! Let's throw a welcome party!!!"
...
Since the captain of the ship had spoken, Sanji, as the chef, had nothing but complaints about the skeleton.
But he had no choice but to put on an apron and walk into the aquarium restaurant's luxurious kitchen.
Before long, the long dining table was filled with a sumptuous dinner.
The aroma of seafood pasta is irresistible, as are the sizzling grilled ribs and various exquisite side dishes.
"Yohohoho!"
"What a magnificent ship! Well then, I won't stand on ceremony!"
Brooke sat down at the table with complete ease, picked up his knife and fork, and began to stuff large mouthfuls of pasta and roast meat into his jaw.
However, a comical scene unfolded.
He had just swallowed the food.
Everyone watched as the noodles and meat chunks were covered in sauce.
It leaked out directly from the empty gaps between his ribs.
It fell with a clatter onto the leather chair he was sitting on and the clean wooden floor.
"Hello!!!"
The veins on Sanji's forehead bulged out instantly.
He kicked the edge of the table in a fit of rage, pointing at Brooke and cursing loudly:
"You bastard!! Everything you ate is spilling out!"
"Show some respect for the chef's work!! Don't make a mess of my restaurant!"
"Oh dear, I'm so sorry."
Brooke apologized repeatedly, then elegantly picked up a steaming cup of black tea.
He stared at the food on the table with his empty eye sockets and began his skull-themed lame joke performance:
"Wow, Mr. Sanji's cooking is amazing."
"This soup is so delicious it almost brought tears to my eyes..."
Brook paused, then slightly opened the hand holding the teacup:
"Although... I don't even have eyes to shed tears! Yohohohohoho!"
"Puhahahahaha!!!!"
This joke, which sounds incredibly lame to others, hit Luffy and Chopper's funny bone perfectly.
The two of them laughed so hard they fell off their chairs and rolled around wildly on the wooden floor.
Luffy pounded the floor with all his might, clutching his stomach and yelling:
"Hahahaha! That's hilarious!! No eyes!! My stomach hurts so much, hahahaha!"
At the other end of the table.
Upon hearing this lame joke, Victor paused slightly in his steak-cutting motion.
He thought to himself helplessly, "What's so funny about this... Do these two idiots have a sense of humor on the soles of their feet?"
Victor put down his knife and fork.
Then, he slightly raised his head and looked at Brooke across from him with a smile.
"Mr. Skull".
"I apologize for interrupting your enjoyment at this time, but I have a question that I've always been curious about."
Victor extended his long, slender finger, across the dining table, and pointed directly to the floor beneath Brooke's chair:
"We have such a huge, blinding chandelier shining above our heads…"
Why is it that... there isn't even a shadow beneath your feet?
The words had barely left his lips.
The joyful atmosphere in the aquarium restaurant instantly froze.
Even Luffy and Chopper, who were still rolling on the ground, were stunned and stopped laughing.
Everyone looked in the direction Victor was pointing.
Under the dazzling lights overhead, Luffy, Zoro, Nami...
A thick black shadow was cast beneath each person's feet.
However, when the light shone on Brooke's tall skeleton, the light actually passed right through him.
The area beneath where he sat was clean and empty.
"Aa...
After a brief moment of stunned silence, Usopp and Chopper hugged each other tightly once again.
"It really is a ghost!!! A ghost without a shadow!! Help!!!"
He faced the shocked and fearful gazes of the crowd.
Brooke slowly put down the teacup in her hand.
The usual playfulness and frivolity had vanished from his empty eye sockets, replaced by a deep sense of sorrow and heaviness.
He became unusually serious.
"This gentleman has a very keen eye for observation."
Brooke sighed and began to recount that long-forgotten, tragic experience to everyone.
He told everyone that he was a musician in a pirate crew during his lifetime.
Because they ate the "Fruit of the Underworld," their souls were able to return from the underworld after the entire group died in battle.
But because the fog was too thick, the soul was lost for a year, and when it found its body, all that remained was a skeleton.
However, this is not the worst of all.
"In the thick fog of this area known as the Devil's Triangle, I encountered an extremely powerful man."
Brooke's voice turned low:
"That man possesses the terrifying demonic ability to steal the shadows of others."
"My shadow was forcibly taken away by him."
"A person who has lost his shadow is as if he has been abandoned by the light of this world."
"Once exposed to sunlight, the body will instantly turn to ashes and disappear completely from this world."
Brooke looked up at the thick, impenetrable black fog outside the window:
"Therefore, I cannot leave this sea area."
"For five whole years, I could only wander alone in this dark, sunless fog, surrounded by the bones of my fallen comrades..."
After hearing this heavy story, the atmosphere in the restaurant became somewhat oppressive.
Brooke stood up.
He picked up the cane sword disguised as a purple walking stick beside him and walked out of the restaurant step by step.
The Straw Hat crew followed them out.
Brook turned around, placed his cane on the ground, and bowed deeply to Luffy.
"Thank you very much for your hospitality, Mr. Luffy."
"I enjoyed this long-awaited dinner very much, as if I had returned to the time when I was with my companions."
"but..."
Brooke straightened up:
"I cannot be your partner."
"I have another extremely important promise that I must fulfill!"
"There is a companion who has been waiting for us in the same place for fifty years, waiting for me to return!"
"Before that... I must reclaim my shadow!!"
After saying that, Brooke did not hesitate at all.
He turned around abruptly and jumped off the side of the Golden Sun.
An amazing thing happened.
Because he was just a skeleton, his body was extremely light.
The moment he landed on the sea, his long, slender feet moved rapidly across the surface as if they were treading on flat ground.
"Da da da da da..."
In just a few seconds, the tall, black figure completely disappeared into the dark mist.
The deck was silent as Brooke walked away.
Luffy stood on the ship's side, one hand pressing down on the tattered straw hat on his head.
He neither stopped him nor was disappointed.
Instead, a slow grin spread across his face.
"It's decided!"
Luffy slammed his right fist into his left palm and loudly announced:
"I'm going to help him get his shadow back!!"
"No matter who that guy who stole the shadow is, just beat him up!"
"That skeleton is our future musician!!"
At the very moment Luffy made his bold statement.
A sudden change has occurred on the sea surface!
Less than two minutes after Brooke left, the once still seawater around the Golden Sun suddenly began to churn and roar violently, like boiling water.
"What's going on?!"
Nami rushed to the helm and spun the wheel with all her might, her expression instantly changing drastically:
"The rudder has malfunctioned!! It's completely out of control!"
"Something is dragging us down from beneath the surface!!"
"What?!"
Everyone was startled and immediately ran to the bow of the boat.
Franky once again turned the super searchlight on the bow to maximum power.
Under the blinding beams of light, everyone was shocked to discover...
The front half of the Sunny was somehow entangled in an enormous white spider web.
No matter how Franky tried to start the outer wheels, the ship wouldn't budge an inch.
Just then.
The thick fog ahead was suddenly blown away by an extremely strange and cold gale.
When they saw what was before them, everyone, including Zoro and Sanji, couldn't help but gasp.
Directly in front of them appeared a massive, breathtakingly large moving island!
The island is surrounded by towering medieval castle walls.
Directly in front of them, atop the city wall, a terrifying gate, resembling the gaping maw of a gigantic demon, was slowly rising with a heavy mechanical roar.
On the plaque above the gate, covered in moss and decorated with skulls, a huge string of English letters is written in a dilapidated Gothic script:
Thriller Bark
The enormous spiderweb that was tightly binding the Sunshine was being pulled by some irresistible mechanical force from inside the island.
The Golden Sunny was slowly dragged into the enormous gate that resembled the gaping maw of a demon.
"BOOM!!!"
The moment the stern of the Sunny completely entered the interior of the island.
The massive sluice gate slammed shut behind them, and heavy boulders crashed into the sea, sending up towering sprays of water.
Their escape route was completely cut off.
The Sunny found itself in a dark and terrifying inland sea.
The city is surrounded by towering walls, and in the distance are rows of Gothic castles that look like haunted houses.
Viktor turned his head to look at his companions, who looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
A slight smile curved his lips:
"It seems that someone is extremely 'enthusiastic' in wanting to invite us to visit the island."
"Attention all."
"Since our master has opened the door to welcome us, then... let's prepare for battle."185Chapter 18isible Man with Nowhere to Hide! Execution by Lightning on the Grass
Chapter 186 The Invisible Man with Nowhere to Hide! Execution by Lightning on the Grass
In order to understand the current situation and to find a way to leave.
The Straw Hat crew decided to send out a "reconnaissance team" first.
After a highly "fair" draw, in the end...
Nami, Clay, Rasoo, Usopp, and Chopper formed the zoo's advance team.
They sailed down the dark waterway aboard the "Mini Merry 2," a small steam paddle steamer meticulously built by Frankie.
However, not long after.
"Aa...
"Help!!! There's a ghost!!!!"
From the deep fog and eerie forest, the agonizing screams of three people, like pigs being slaughtered, came with remarkable clarity.
I heard screams from afar.
Luffy showed no concern whatsoever. Instead, he leaned against the railing of the lion-headed ship's side, clutching his stomach and laughing heartily.
"Hahaha! Listen to this!"
"They seem to have encountered something really fun and exciting!!"
"Why didn't I win the lottery?! Ugh!!"
"I really want to go too!!"
Zoro was sitting cross-legged on the grass deck behind Luffy.
He was holding a clean white cotton cloth in his hand, intently wiping the Wado Ichimonji.
Hearing Luffy's complaints and the screams in the distance, Zoro didn't even lift an eyelid:
"What's the rush? We can wait until they really can't handle it before we step in."
"Before stepping into the new world, they also need to learn to grow on this sea."
In the direction of the kitchen, Sanji was standing by the open window.
His golden bangs covered half of his eyes.
With a lit cigarette dangling from his mouth, his slender fingers expertly chopped vegetables on the cutting board.
On the other side, Franky was bent over at the bow of the boat.
He was wearing goggles and holding various strange measuring tools.
He was examining the enormous spiderweb that had just forcibly entangled the Sunshine with utmost care.
They are trying to analyze what this thing is made of.
Everything on the ship seemed so calm and ordinary.
However, while these seemingly unsuspecting pirates were busy with their own tasks...
A figure, completely invisible to the naked eye, had already silently slipped into the spacious grass deck of the Golden Sunny.
Absalom, one of the "Three Monsters" of Thriller Bark, is a user of the Clear-Clear Fruit.
He stood in the middle of the deck, his greedy and sinister gaze sweeping over the unsuspecting Straw Hat crew.
He let out an extremely twisted, cold laugh in his heart:
"Is this the Straw Hat Pirates who crushed Enies Lobby?"
"It doesn't seem like much."
"Before handing them over to Lord Moria, let me have some fun with them first!"
Absalom tiptoed toward the kitchen window.
In the kitchen, Sanji had just finished chopping the vegetables in his hand.
He felt the cigarette in his mouth was about to go out, so he naturally reached into his suit pocket and pulled out a lighter.
"Click".
Sanji was about to press the lighter.
Suddenly, the heavy, pure gold lighter in his hand seemed to sprout wings and flew into the air in an extremely eerie manner.
With a "plop," it fell precisely into the sink next to it, which was filled with dirty water.
"Huh?!" Sanji, with a half-smoked cigarette dangling from his lips, froze completely. "What the hell?!"
This unseen prank has only just begun.
On the deck, Zoro was resting with his eyes closed.
"Clang—"
A very faint metallic scraping sound rang in his ears.
Zoro's extremely keen swordsman's intuition instantly sounded the alarm.
He felt that the demon sword he had placed beside him had been pulled out an inch in an extremely strange way.
Zoro suddenly opened his sharp eyes, and his chilling killing intent was instantly released without reservation.
"Who?! Show yourself!!"
He gripped the knife hilt with both hands instantly, his eyes scanning the surroundings like sharp blades, but there was nothing there.
The empty air seemed to mock his vigilance.
Immediately afterward, Luffy, who was lying on the ship's side, was thoroughly enjoying gnawing on the piece of meat with bone in his hand.
"Whoosh!"
The half-eaten piece of meat with bone in Luffy's hand suddenly floated into the air.
It spun around in mid-air several times in a very strange manner, and then drifted away into the distance.
"My flesh!!!!"
Luffy roared angrily at the air.
"Which bastard did this?! Even ghosts want to steal meat?!"
Three consecutive extremely strange phenomena finally made the Straw Hat crew realize the seriousness of the situation.
The group quickly gathered together, standing back to back on alert.
They realized that an unseen enemy was lurking on the ship.
Absalom, standing to the side, was extremely pleased with the men's alarmed reaction.
Then, an extremely lewd smile appeared on his lion-like face.
He slowly turned his gaze to the open lawn area on the other side of the deck.
There, Robin was sitting on a beach chair with an extremely elegant posture.
His deep eyes were quietly focused on the ancient book in his hands.
"Hehehe... What an exquisite black-haired beauty."
Absalom licked his thick, dry lips, his saliva almost dripping down.
"Before handing over the shadows of these idiots to Lord Moria..."
"Let me savor the taste of this mature lady first!"
The invisible Absalom completely disregarded the men's vigilance.
He crept closer and closer to Robin, who was reading a book.
He stood beside Robin's recliner, his long, barbed lion tongue sticking out in a truly perverse manner.
I'm about to give Robin's fair and flawless cheek a good lick.
At the same time, his calloused, rough hand reached straight for Robin's full, alluring chest.
However, Robin was incredibly alert.
Just as Absalom approached.
Robin sensed with extreme sensitivity an unusual airflow fluctuation and a nauseatingly heavy breathing sound.
Robin's eyes instantly turned icy cold, and her slender hands crossed in front of her chest.
However, before Robin could activate her ability...
"Smack!"
A muffled thud, accompanied by the grinding of bones, rang in Robin's ears.
A hand, like an unshakeable iron clamp, gripped an unseen wrist with extreme precision in mid-air.
Robin turned his head in surprise.
Suddenly, Viktor appeared beside her like a ghost.
Viktor lowered his head slightly.
Viewed from the side, his usually stern face showed no extra expression.
His eyes had, without his noticing, turned a completely eerie crimson.
Faced with those Sharingan eyes, the invisibility of the Transparent Fruit was practically nonexistent.
"What a mischievous fellow..."
Victor's fingers tightened little by little:
Do you really think you're invisible?
Viktor had absolutely no interest in wasting his breath on conversation.
There is only one way to deal with such a pervert who dares to grope his own crew members.
His left hand rose instantly.
"Zzzzzzz—!!"
A burst of extremely violent blue lightning suddenly condensed in Victor's palm without warning, emitting an extremely piercing shriek.
"Chidori!!!"
Viktor's arm, crackling with terrifying lightning, slammed into Absalom's body like a divine spear.
"Aaaaaaahh...
Accompanied by an extremely shrill, inhuman scream.
Under the raging onslaught of extremely terrifying ultra-high voltage current.
Absalom's nervous system collapsed instantly, and the Devil Fruit ability that maintained his invisibility also became ineffective.
His body, with its lion's mouth and charred blackened by lightning, appeared out of nowhere in the air.
"Bang!!!"
His massive body slammed heavily onto the soft, high-grade turf deck of the Sunshine.
His whole body was convulsing violently, his eyes rolled back, and he kept foaming at the mouth.
Upon hearing the scream, Zoro and Sanji immediately rushed over.
When Sanji saw the charred lion's face on the ground, he instantly understood everything.
"asshole!!"
Sanji was enraged, and his feet ignited with extremely hot Diable Jambe flames.
"Turns out he's a perverted, invisible man! Let me kick him to pieces!"
Although Absalom was severely injured by the "Thousand Birds" electric shock, he was still struggling desperately to survive.
He coughed up a mouthful of blood, staring intently at Victor with extremely venomous eyes, and uttered curses intermittently:
"Cough cough...you bunch of...utterly damned pirates..."
"Lord Moria... will not let you get away with this..."
Viktor frowned in utter disgust at the specks of blood splattered on the grass.
"Tsk."
Victor's tone was extremely cold and dissatisfied.
"This is supposed to be high-quality turf, but it's so dirty."
Then, he carried it as if he were carrying a bag of trash.
He grabbed Absalom's already tattered collar with one hand and lifted him up with remarkable ease.
Viktor, carrying the despairing Absalom, strode to the edge of the Sunshine's gunwale.
Below lies the icy, bottomless Devil's Triangle.
"Since you are an ability user..."
Viktor looked at the dying enemy in his hand, a cruel sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.
"Then go back to where you belong."
"No...no!"
Victor let go.
"thump!!!"
It was accompanied by an extremely dull thud as it fell into the water.
Absalom's charred body was thrown directly into the dark, icy seawater.
Users of Devil Fruit abilities become completely powerless the moment they come into contact with seawater.
Absalom, who was in a state of severe injury, was not even able to struggle much.
He sank into the bottomless, terrifying depths of the sea like an extremely heavy stone.
The sea surface returned to calm extremely quickly.
Victor leaned gracefully against the railing, quietly watching the sea surface, which had stopped bubbling.
Just moments after Absalom sank to the bottom of the sea.
The crisp system notification rang in Viktor's ears right on time:
[Ding! Successfully defeated one of the three monsters of the Thriller Bark: Absalom]
[Successfully eliminating the user of the Clear-Clear Fruit, drastically altering the course of the story]
[Reward: Ninja Way Points +2500]
Robin walked gracefully to Victor's side and stood beside him at the ship's railing, gazing at the unfathomable depths of the sea.
A captivating smile curved her lips:
"Oh my, what a cruel first mate."
Then, Robin moved closer to Victor very naturally and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear:
"But I don't hate it."