Chapter 148 Return with a Full Load

"In that case."

Rod looked at Brook.

"Why don't you join my pirate group?"

"Ah?"

Brook was slightly stunned.

In fact, his shadow was taken away several years ago, and he fought more than once to get his shadow back.

But he failed every time.

It was obviously the sword skills that he had trained with great difficulty, but after being used by the zombies with his shadow, it could burst out with even stronger power, and even he himself could not resist it.

And the zombies that made him helpless were just one of the endless zombie army of the other side.

It was such a powerful opponent that made him despair, but was easily solved by the red-haired boy in front of him.

At least Brook didn't see any scars on Rod's body.

Such a strong man invited himself to join his pirate group?

"Don't want to?"

"No."

Brook shook his head.

"I am honored to receive your invitation!"

"It's just..."

Brook began to talk about his past.

He was a person who had eaten the [Yellow Springs Fruit]. Their pirate group entered the Grand Line fifty years ago, but soon after entering the Grand Line, everyone on the ship was infected with a serious disease, and eventually no one on the ship survived.

Only after his death did the devil fruit finally work. His soul returned from the underworld, but he could not find his body. When he found his body, he had turned into a skeleton.

From then on, he drifted in this foggy sea as a skeleton until Moria took away his shadow.

"You are a member of the Rumba Pirates."

After Brook finished telling his story, Rhode spoke.

"Eh? After so many years, does anyone still know our story?"

Brook looked at Rhode unexpectedly.

"I heard about your story from Crocus and Lab of Twin Capes."

"Lab!"

Suddenly hearing the names of acquaintances and former partners from others, Brook's eyes flashed with excitement.

"Is Lab all right?"

"We made a new agreement with him. We will meet him again after we conquer the Grand Line."

"I know!"

Brooke was a little excited.

He has been wandering in this fog for fifty years. After losing his shadow, he fought several times to get it back.

Unexpectedly, today, after just getting his shadow back, he heard the message from his former partner and got an invitation from a new partner.

Today is really the luckiest day for him in all these years!

"Then..."

Brooke stood up and looked directly at Rhode in front of him.

"I will..."

"Negative Ghost!"

A translucent ghost suddenly passed through Brook's body.

"I am just an old man. I am so sorry for everyone!"

Brooke fell to his knees and hit the ground with his head.

"Mr. Moria!"

Perona with pink twin ponytails floated in the distance, looking at Moria lying motionless at Rhode's feet, her heart full of grief.

"You actually killed Lord Moria!"

"It's a beauty!"

Brooke came out of his negative state, looked at Perona floating in the sky, and saluted her seriously.

"Sorry, can I appreciate your underwear?"

"Pervert!"

Perona waved her hands, and a huge ghost appeared in front of her.

"Super ghost Kamikaze bomb!!"

This is her most lethal move. The super ghost released is a special enhanced version of the ghost bomb, which can instantly blow the enemy to pieces.

"Don't get too excited, little girl!"

Looking at the huge ghost bomb summoned by Perona, Rhodes stood up and held the handle of Qiu Shui with one hand.

Try it a little, Qiu Shui's move.

"Slash the dragon!"

Qiu Shui was unsheathed in an instant, and a layer of rich domineering was wrapped around the black and purple blade. As Rhodes completed the action of swinging the knife, the flying slash and the powerful domineering were released at the same time, forming an extremely terrifying slash, and Perona's ghost bomb was directly destroyed the moment it came into contact.

"This is——!!

Brooke looked at the scene in front of him in shock.

"What a powerful swordsmanship!"

A bottomless ravine spread all the way to the end of the sight.

Rod's attack almost split the entire island in half.

As a swordsman, Brook knew the horror of this move even better.

"Don't kill me!"

Perona sat on the ground with horror on her face.

Although it was just a soul clone, Perona still clearly felt the breath of death.

'It's really strong! '

Rod looked at the damage he had caused, and his heart was also full of shock.

This move should be considered his most powerful move so far.

Even his [Baquan], which combines multiple skills, cannot exert this level of power.

This move is what Rod has been pursuing, the strongest move that perfectly integrates the mind, skills and body!

"Kid, is this what you want?"

Moria woke up at some point, and he also saw the slash that Rod had just swung.

That slash made him despair.

Although his strength has dropped a lot, Moria still has a clear vision.

Even in his heyday, he had no chance of winning against such an attack.

The kid nicknamed ‘Ba Quan’ is actually a great swordsman.

What an insidious little devil!

However, with such powerful swordsmanship skills, it is no wonder that the other party is obsessed with his collection.

The black sword Shusui, collected as a national treasure of Wano, is indeed a weapon that no swordsman can refuse.

"If you like something, grab it without hesitation, and kill someone you hate without mercy. Isn't this exactly how we pirates behave?"

Rhodes sheathed his sword and looked at Moriah in front of him.

Even if the opponent is lying on the ground, he is much taller than Rhodes.

"If an old-timer like you keeps living in the memories of the past and is unable to extricate himself, I'm afraid he will soon be pushed to the ground by rising stars one after another."

Rhodes said to Moria.

Rather than killing Moria and getting the opponent's fruit, Rhodes wanted Moria to be stronger.

The upcoming battle for maritime hegemony will naturally involve as many people as possible.

If you want to succeed, you must make few enemies and many friends.

Not to mention that the Navy and the World Government are naturally on opposite sides, in the pirate camp, Rhodes still wants to get as much help as possible.

"What does a brat like you know?"

Moria seemed to have been hit by what Rhodes said, and looked at him with a ferocious face, with unquenchable hatred in his eyes.

"At least I know that this sea speaks with its fists!"

Rhodes raised his fist at Moriah.

"If you can't survive any longer, don't be embarrassed, you can come to me."

Moriah remained silent.

"As the winner, everything on your ship is up to me to choose."

Rhodes didn't think he could convince Moria with just a few words. The other party was different from Tezzolo. After dormant for more than ten years, his spirit and will had declined. Rhodes only tried to see if he could awaken the other party. Just motivation.

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“Big catch!!”

A few hours later, Nia returned to Rhodes carrying a huge burden and placed it on the ground, making a sound of gold and iron clashing.

"I didn't expect that this guy Moria is quite rich."

Nia smiled when she mentioned her harvest.

"And, we also found a treasure map."

Robin handed Rod a treasure map.

"This seems to be the treasure of the legendary pirate Captain John."

"oh?"

Rhodes took the treasure map handed over by Robin.

"I don't understand it at all. You and Nailu can study it together later."

Rhodes handed the blueprint to Robin again.

"Did you find so much?"

Gray also took Absalom back to the starting point. Looking at what Nia carried back, surprise was written on his face.

Unexpectedly, they had such a rich harvest.

"Have you done your research?"

"Stop talking."

At the mention of this, Gray couldn't help but scratch his head.

"I was almost killed by a slash that flew out of nowhere."

Nia and Robin turned to look at Rhodes.

"So it was you who did it!?"

Gray suddenly understood.

"Yo ho ho ho, after all, Captain Rhodes' attack almost split the island in half."

"Skeleton!?"

It wasn't until Brooke spoke that these few people noticed each other's presence and looked at Brooke beside Rhodes with extremely frightened eyes.

"My name is Brooke, and I am a new member who was just invited by Captain Rhodes."

Brooke took off his top hat and bowed to salute a few people. Although it was just a skeleton, it made Nia and the others feel a rare gentlemanly demeanor.

"that···"

Brooke walked up to Nia and Robin.

"Can I see your underwear?"

Boom!

Bang! !

Nia's kick and Robin's hook landed on Brooke at the same time.

"Be perverted!"

"Broken, broken, the bones are broken!"

After making a fuss, Rhodes looked at Big Bear.

"I'm going to trouble you again, Big Bear. Get ready to go!"

"Set off!"

Brooke stood up, looking excited.

After 50 years of wandering, he is finally going to sail again!

"Wait, where is our ship?"

Brooke wondered.

"Our ship is still on another island. Now we have to go back there first. There are other partners we haven't introduced to you."

"Another island?"

Brooke wondered.

The next moment, Big Bear raised his palm and took a photo, and the figures of several people disappeared instantly.

···

"Lord Moria!"

Another spot on the Horrible Barque.

Hogubak took action and provided physical treatment to Moria. Perona sat on a small stool not far away, wiping her tears.

"Our zombie plan is over!"

Absalom stood on Moria's other side and talked about their zombie plans.

After losing to Rhodes, all the shadows Moria had collected ran back to their master. The zombie army that had been preparing for many years and had begun to take shape was instantly finished.

"The zombie army is finished."

Moria looked at the chandelier above his head and recalled his former high-spirited self.

"Next, I want the world to remember the name of the hero of the West Sea - Moonlight Moria!"