【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 365 Interesting Skeleton

Something like a glowing bomb suddenly rose from the lawn deck and exploded in the air, shining red light on everyone's face. Qi instantly came to his senses, stuffed the note back into his straw hat, stood up from his chair, and looked at the people gathered in a circle on the lawn deck in confusion, "What are you doing?"

"We just picked up this barrel of wine from the sea. As soon as we opened it, that thing flew out!" Usopp took off the goggles on his eyes and explained to Qi.

"That's a luminous bomb, right?" Robin stroked his chin thoughtfully. "If it's just a joke, then it's fine. But if it's not... then this ship might have been targeted."

"That means that thing just now was a signal showing our location." Qi thought thoughtfully.

"Everyone, a storm is coming!!" Nami noticed the change in air pressure and immediately shouted, "Everyone, turn towards the two o'clock direction!"

"No, it's against the wind!" Nami immediately shouted, feeling the wind direction, "The boat can't pass!"

"Don't underestimate the power of this ship!" Franky grinned and immediately said, "Everyone, go and furl the sails! Let the outer ship go!"

"Wow, that's so cool! I love it!" Luffy shouted excitedly as he watched the changes on the side of the ship. "Foreign Ship Sunshine! Go!"

“Huh, it’s coming out!”

"But this sea is very strange. It's not even night yet, but it's covered in fog and pitch black." Zoro looked around and said in confusion.

"It seems that we have arrived at the sea area called the Devil's Triangle that Grandma Kokoro mentioned." Qi said, looking at the environment completely shrouded in darkness.

"Devil's Triangle?" Usopp asked doubtfully. "Shouldn't our next island be Fishman Island?"

"No, before reaching Fishman Island, we have to pass through a famous..." Franky said with a malicious smile, "a terrifying sea where everything mysteriously disappears..."

"This sea area is haunted!" Luffy couldn't help but laugh.

Usopp was immediately frightened, pointing at Zoro in panic and shouting, "Stop talking nonsense, I...why haven't I heard of this!!"

Zoro looked at Usopp, who was so scared that he pointed at people, with a speechless look.

As Sanji was introducing the Devil's Triangle to Usopp with a gloomy expression, a huge and dilapidated sailboat slowly approached from behind them, and ghostly humming appeared before the ship.

At the moment when the two ships were parallel, everyone saw the shocking scene: a skeleton was lying on the railing of the tattered ghost ship, holding a cup of steaming tea, staring at them with its black hole eyes, and making a yo-ho-ho sound from its nose from time to time.

"Binx's fine wine~ Would you like to try it~"

The skeleton man hummed and raised his cup of tea to them, looking like an elegant gentleman in his lifetime.

The timid Usopp and Chopper were so scared that their souls left their bodies. They just stared blankly at the ghost ship leaving, while the others who had already come to their senses were trying to stop Luffy's shining eyes.

In the end, Nami and Sanji accompanied Luffy on the ghost ship. Their explanation was that they were afraid Luffy would do something stupid, specifically inviting strange guys to join...

But it's clear that the two of them didn't succeed, because the Skeleton Man came back with them...

Qi looked at Sanji and Nami speechlessly. He still remembered that the reason they had stopped him from going with Luffy was that he doted on Luffy too much and there was no way he could stop him... What happened? It was still a strange creature that had joined them. But to Luffy, this guy was indeed very interesting and there was no way he would let him go.

"Hehe..." Nami and Sanji noticed Qi's accusing gaze and scratched the back of their heads awkwardly. They were about to stop Luffy, but when they were stared at by Luffy with his sparkling eyes, they unconsciously agreed...

"Yo-ho-ho! Hello everyone!"

"Excuse me for disturbing you, but I am Brook, and after death, only bones remain! Please give me your guidance!"

The skeleton said this while taking off his hat in salute. He was indeed a gentleman who did not forget his elegance even in death... This was what Qi thought in his heart. However, after dinner, this image of Brooke was completely shattered in Qi's mind. Only the image of a rude, slovenly skeleton remained...

"Fruit of Resurrection?" Qi asked doubtfully, looking at Brook, who was covered in skull grease. Who knew how he ate it? His whole body was covered in food grease and residue. "So you died once?"

"Yes, actually I died once decades ago!" Brook explained seriously.

Well, not sure if it was a serious look, after all, skeletons have no expression, and then they knew how Brook got this incredible image.

"So you got lost at sea and found your body too late, which is why you turned into a skeleton!" Luffy grinned and said without hesitation, "How can you be as stupid as Zoro! Hahaha!"

"Who are you talking about?" Zoro supported his head and looked at Luffy speechlessly.

"Even bones can be resurrected. The devil fruit is really terrifying!" Sanji complained, "I think half of it is a spell."

"But bones usually don't leave hair, so why do you have an afro?" Zoro looked at the thick hair on the skull in confusion.

"I'm very hairy!" Brooke replied seriously.

"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything." Zoro turned his head and ignored the overly excited skeleton. He had already determined that this guy was not a threat and was a big idiot.

"In other words, you are not a ghost anymore?" Usopp still raised the cross in his hand with a vigilant look on his face. This was a magic weapon he made temporarily to dispel ghosts, but it was indeed useless to this guy.

"Well, I hate ghosts the most! I will cry and scream when I see a ghost!" Brooke explained seriously.

"Have you looked in the mirror?" After hearing Brook's answer, Nami immediately took out a mirror and pointed it at Brook.

"Whoa! Don't show me the mirror!!" Brooke immediately covered her eyes in panic, although she failed to cover them at all.

"Wait a minute!" Usopp looked at the mirror and saw only him and Chopper. He immediately shouted in panic, "Why aren't you in the mirror?!"

"Really!? So amazing!!" Luffy widened his eyes in shock and became more and more interested in Brook.

"Look carefully, there's not even a shadow!" Usopp immediately raised the cross in his hand in fear. "Who are you?!"

Brook calmly continued to sit and drink his tea. He didn't take Sanji's roar of dissatisfaction with his calmness to heart. He calmly put down the teacup and began to explain, "It's hard to explain... I have been drifting on this sea for a long time. Becoming a skeleton and having no shadow are two completely different things!"

"My shadow was taken away by a man a few years ago." Brook calmly drank his tea again, and remained unusually calm in the face of Sanji's impatient urging. "Having my shadow taken away means I can't live in a place with light. I've seen people who have experienced the same thing as me disappear in the sunlight. It's really creepy, even though I'm a skeleton and don't have much hair."

"The light can't cast my shadow, and similarly, I can't be seen in mirrors or photos!" Brooke stood up from his chair and said happily, "That means I've been repelled by the sun, and I've lost all my friends!"