Chapter 695 Oh, oh, oh, oh… Wow, there’s a ghost!!
[Chapter Header Serialization·In the Clouds 4·‘I heard that it was once regarded as a god’]
[A huge snake suddenly emerged from the jungle, and the Shandia warriors protected Aisha and prepared to fight back. Mont Blanc smiled slightly, and Weber bit his cigarette and smiled disdainfully, what god, just a snake. Enel looked up, expressionless, as if he didn’t hear the two people next to him making indirect accusations and sarcasm…]——
"There is a high-speed ocean current in the sea that is used exclusively by the World Government. It connects the three gates of justice and also symbolizes the three armed forces of the World Government."
"Government Army. Prison Army. Navy."
In the cabin of the Sunny sailing on the sea, in the spacious and bright bar lounge, a circle of sofas were filled with people.
Luffy and Chopper fighting for snacks, Zoro holding a bottle of wine, Sanji handing a drink to Nami, and Franky and Usopp listening attentively.
One of the walls of the bar cabin is a huge ornamental fish tank. It was originally just for raising fish, but the mermaid Camie likes to play in the water. She dived in and swam around. Franky also built a slide for her on the top of the fish tank. If she wants to take a rest, she can slide directly to the sofa and drink a beverage to relieve boredom. This is not the climate zone of Fishman Island and Sabaody Archipelago. There is no environment suitable for bubbles. Mermaids are not fishmen. If they go ashore without bubbles to support them, it will be a bit troublesome to move.
At this moment, everyone gathered together and looked at a piece of white paper spread out by Robin on the coffee table in the middle. She drew a triangular circular ocean current on it, and the "BIB" mecha materialized, with one point at each of the three equally divided ends of the diagram.
Mary sat on top of BIB's head, bent down to look curiously, and almost slipped, but BIB raised his hand and pushed her up.
"Government forces...that means Judicial Island." Usopp looked solemn.
Franky smiled and said, "Judicial Island, the Great Prison, and the Marine Headquarters, Marineford."
Nami propped her chin with the golden staff, looked at the diagram and said, "We have to go to the prison to rescue Lynch, but we don't know the exact location of the prison. So the best way is to go through one of the gates of justice..."
"But, the one on Judicial Island is not possible." Sanji lit a cigarette with a golden lighter, "Fu... Because Luffy's grandfather said when he left that day..."
Zoro, Usopp, and Chopper couldn't help but recall what happened that day...
[“Alas, I want to apologize to Zhan Guo and the others! After all, I am your grandfather, and I really can’t arrest you here with my own hands.”]
[Before leaving, Garp, who had not yet boarded the warship, rubbed Luffy's black hair with his big hands. Luffy could only hear his grandfather's deep sigh, "But, Luffy, I also want to say sorry to you! After all, you are a pirate - and after this incident on Judicial Island, your bounty has been increased to 400 million Baileys! Knowing that such a pirate group will definitely attack the big prison, as a marine, I will not deliberately keep it a secret..."]
[“Hehe…what’s the matter?” Luffy shook off his grandfather’s big hand, put on his straw hat, and grinned, “How many people are there? Just come over.”]
[Swish, the Justice Coat swung, Garp turned around and boarded the warship, never looking back. ]
[Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Usopp, Chopper and others, some indifferent, some calm, some serious, some scared and nervous, watching the shadow of the warship disappear on the other side of the horizon...]
"We don't know how much security will be increased in the big prisons."
Robin picked up his pen and drew a thick line across the point on the diagram that represented Impel Down. He said slowly, "In theory, as long as we follow the edge of this doldrums, we will definitely find the Gate of Justice that is too huge to be ignored and leads to the Great Prison. But..."
She paused, "Since Luffy's grandfather brought the information to the Navy and the prison, it is not ruled out that the World Government will send warships to ambush us at the boundary of this doldrums."
The Merry can be stored in the Den Den Mushi Castle, but the newly built Sunny cannot.
Too big.
One of the floors of Xiaolu's castle was filled with gold harvested from the Sky Island, so there was no room left.
But what if we abandon the Sunny and temporarily enter the Den Den Mushi Castle, flying along the calm belt to the big prison?
It was too risky to be at sea without a ship of your own. Besides, many of the people around were people with special abilities. Even if there was a "BIB" that could extract the devil fruit abilities from them in an emergency and prevent them from drowning, they were not fishmen or mermaids after all. If they fell into the sea, their combat effectiveness would be reduced to one tenth. Facing the fully armed prison troops or even navy warships, they would be at a disadvantage. Even if they were to walk into the enemy's long-awaited ambush, there was a difference between rushing in with preparation and falling into it passively.
--"ambush".
"BIB" glanced at Robin's profile. She might have a psychological trauma about this kind of thing. Even before landing on an island, she would use her observation Haki and the Flower-Flower Fruit to do a simple check...
"Then the only remaining Gate of Justice is..."
Usopp and the others' sights fell on the illustrated location of the triangular circular ocean current, excluding the Judicial Island and the Great Prison.
“…Navy Headquarters?!”
The blue-faced "sea warrior" hugged Chopper tightly and cried, "We are pirates! How could pirates have such a perverted idea? Just thinking about it is scary!!"
"Okay!" Luffy bit the stick of marshmallow and smiled firmly, "Let's go to the Navy Headquarters."
Crack! Chopper, who was hugged by Usopp, bit Luffy's leg with all his strength. You can't steal my marshmallow! Nami gave Luffy an electric shock. Fang roared angrily and said, "It's to find a way to pass through the Gate of Justice in Marineford, sneak into a warship, and go to the prison! This is completely different from the so-called 'going to the Navy Headquarters', okay?!"
"Think about it carefully..." Sanji turned the golden lighter, and the flames flickered. He said thoughtfully, "In this way, Luffy's grandfather warned the prison and asked the navy to focus on the prison. Instead, they might not expect that we would attack the Gate of Justice in Marineford." Zoro touched his chin and said, "What does it matter? In the end, we still have to chop each other..." Sanji said unhappily, "You green algae head with only muscles and knives in your head, even if we still have to fight in the end, we should at least discuss countermeasures in advance!" Zoro said angrily, "Huh?"
The two men started fighting again. Even Franky was used to it. He pressed down the schematic paper with his big hand, pushed up his sunglasses, looked up at Robin and the black armor beside him, and asked, "So what is the plan in front of you?"
"The Sabaody Archipelago," said Robin.
"Let's send the mermaid home first." "BIB" looked back at Camie, who was leaning against the glass of the bathtub and looking at them with big eyes, and the starfish Papagu above her head. "Marinford's Gate of Justice is not so easy to fish in troubled waters - when we get to the Sabaody Archipelago, we will split up. Some will go directly to Marinford, and some will stay in Sabaody to make some big news to attract the attention of the navy. It would be best to kill a celestial dragon and lure the admiral who is in charge of the navy headquarters over there."
And in order to make the operation of the group driving the Sunny to infiltrate the Justice Gate of Marinford more smoothly, a devil fruit must be obtained...
"BIB" looked forward, his eyes penetrating the cabin and the vast sea, and seemed to see the terrifying three-masted sailing ship.
"Kill a Celestial Dragon" and "lure the Navy Admiral over" sounded so bland when spoken by BIB, without any of the solemnity and seriousness that these things should have.
"Well, well, well, that's the admiral of the navy..." Usopp's teeth were trembling a little, "Kuro, you can't fight before you merge with your original body, Lynch, right? Are we going to stop the admiral of the navy? Isn't that too scary..."
"It's just an admiral of the navy!" Nami clenched her fist and said with high morale, "With Sister Robin here, it's no big deal!"
Hey! Usopp, Chopper, Franky, Zoro and others were all confused at the same time.
Robin said, "There's an old acquaintance in the Sabaody Archipelago. You, especially Luffy, should be interested in him... If you can get his help, it shouldn't be a problem to tangle with the admiral for a bit."
"And think about it carefully..."
Robin looked at the sea view outside the porthole and said to himself, "There is another person. If I don't ask her to go with me when I rescue Lin Qi this time, she might hate me for the rest of my life."
Hate Sister Robin? Who? Sanji crossed his arms and tilted his head, full of questions.
"Anyway, let's get to the Sabaody Archipelago as soon as possible, Luffy..." Robin looked up and saw that Luffy was no longer in the bar cabin. Merry, who was lying on BIB's head, pointed out the window and said, "It seems that he... went out to play..."
As expected of you, Luffy! Usopp and the others were speechless.
"There's really nothing we can do about that idiot!"
Nami shook her head and walked to Robin. The two stood in front of a wall covered with the latest bounty warrants for everyone on their ship that they had obtained on Judicial Island.
"Straw Hat Boy" Monkey D. Luffy, bounty: 444 million berries "Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro, bounty: 290 million berries "Thunder Banshee" Nami, bounty: 200 million berries
"Golden Foot" Sanji, bounty: 99 million berries Pet Camie, bounty: 70 million berries "Iron Man" Franky, bounty: 44 million berries
Pet Lab, bounty: 10 million berries Sniper Usopp, bounty: 10,000 berries
Pet Pikachu. Chopper, bounty: 50 Beli Pet Papagu, bounty: 50 Beli What an insult to the mountain... 『BIB』 was also looking up at these latest bounties. If it had a mouth, it would have wanted to laugh.
Luffy showed his Conqueror Haki aptitude earlier than in the comics, and also showed his Armament Haki and Observation Haki abilities. He wiped out most of the miscellaneous soldiers on Judicial Island by himself. His bounty was higher than the 300 million Baileys in the comics at the same time, which is normal - the criminal who challenged the World Government on Judicial Island only received 300 million Baileys, which is not much compared to the pirates in the New World. From this point of view, it seems that the World Government does not value Judicial Island that much. After all, it is just an island of "judicial" in name only.
Zoro was similar. As soon as he mastered the Armament Haki, he rushed towards Ryuo at a speed like a 100-meter sprint. Firstly, Ryuo only represents a technique of use, not the basic strength of Haki; secondly, Zoro learned swordsmanship from Koshiro, a descendant of the samurai of Wano Country, which was originally a swordsmanship that led directly to Ryuo. After being taught by "BIB", it was naturally easier for him to master Ryuo - this thing was originally something that could be quickly mastered after getting the hang of it.
Nami's bounty is the most surprising, but it is also reasonable. The lower limit of natural ability users is extremely high, not to mention the Thunder Fruit, which is also extremely powerful in the natural system. Nami blocked two CP9 elites on Judicial Island alone. If the bounty cannot exceed 100 million, then she should go directly to the Marine Headquarters to fight - but in this way, Sanji and others did not get much record in the battle of Judicial Island, and the bounty seems to be low, and there is no place to seek justice. Although Nami herself is very troubled by her high bounty, Sanji bites his handkerchief and cries every time he sees it. The bounty is actually lower than Miss Nami!
As for Kemi...
'BIB's' eyes fell on her 'bounty'.
"Why is Camie's bounty so high?" Nami was puzzled. "Even though she was mistaken for a fellow pirate and Camie was also wanted as a pirate... she has barely shown up. Why?"
"..." Robin was silent. As far as she knew, Cami's "bounty" of 70 million was exactly the standard starting price for selling female mermaids in the Sabaody Archipelago.
Obviously, the same is true for Lab, the 10 million Baileys offered for the bounty is more of a market price than a real bounty for pirates.
Nami suddenly smiled brightly and pulled out two still warm bounty warrants from the deep pirate line.
Nico Robin, the "Devil's Child", bounty: 1 billion Baileys
"Ripple Messenger" Lynch, bounty: 2.2 billion Baileys
The World Government didn't know when they found out the name of Lynch's special martial arts that combined domineering power with the power of restoring life, and actually gave him the criminal nickname "Ripple Messenger".
"Then I'll post it?" Nami smiled and waved the two wanted posters. "Such a high bounty for the two of you will definitely motivate those two idiots, Luffy and Zoro."
What about me?! Sanji was hiding in a corner somewhere, wiping away his tears in silence.
Nami looked at BIB, who shook his head and said, "It's up to you whether to post it or not. But... this kind of decision needs to be made by the main body."
Nami wondered, "Aren't you essentially the same person? Isn't it the same if you make the decision?"
"But there is a difference between the primary and the secondary. --Even if we just look at the appearance, it's not completely the same thing."
"BIB" said slowly, "'Although we have different bodies, we have the same heart, but the main body is the main one and the substitute is the auxiliary one.' This is the consensus between the main body and me. It's just like... normal people have the instinct of 'inhale, exhale, this is the only way to live', and so on."
"oh……"
Nami nodded, not knowing if she understood or not, so she looked at Robin.
Robin looked at the photo of Lynch on the wanted poster in her hand, "Don't look at me. Although I am the nominal captain of the JOJO Pirates, Lynch is the backbone. After Lynch left, I have long forgotten where our pirate flag was placed..."
"oh……"
Nami looked at the two large bounties in her hand, one new and one old, and said, "Whatever, I'll post them anyway!"
Snap! Snap! The orange-haired girl pressed them against the wall, pulled down her eyelids and made a face at the stunned Robin, and said with a playful smile: "I am a 'banshee', so I won't reason with you!"
～～～～～～～～～～～ “The atmosphere suddenly became so cold!”
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Looking at the huge cloud of black fog coming towards them, even the ship elf Merry, who was sitting on Luffy's lion head on the Sunny, widened her eyes in shock.
"The Magic Triangle..." Nami flipped through the navigation manual she bought in the Seven Water City, looking up nervously. "I heard that every year more than a hundred ships mistakenly enter the triangle and never come out again... and there are even legends about ghost ships!"
"Phantom, phantom, phantom..." Usopp rubbed his arms, his face pale. Suddenly, he remembered something, and he and Chopper, who was also startled, turned their heads to look to the side. The black armor materialized into a helmet, arms, chest and abdomen, and half of the left thigh... Hmm? "BIB" turned his head to look at the two of them. Chopper and Usopp wiped their sweat and sighed with a smile: "Oh, it's just a ghost. Isn't it around us? Hahahaha..."
Nami said speechlessly: "Compared to Hei Zai, Meili is the real 'ghost', right?"
"Oh no! Laboo ran away!" Kemi suddenly jumped out of the cabin like a big red carp, with an anxious look on his face. "I heard it shouting something like 'Boo Boo'?"
"Bubu?" Luffy, Zoro and others tilted their heads.
"If I remember correctly..." Robin walked slowly to the side of the ship and looked at the huge fog that the Sunny was slowly sailing into. "You mentioned to Lab that Brook was alone on a ghost ship..."
After waiting for a while, BIB did not answer. Robin turned his head and saw its eyes gleaming. Then he said, "Yes, you remembered it correctly." Of course, it had forgotten it a long time ago. It just searched its memory. The original body did mention the ghost ship at that time.
Lab might have heard what Nami said about the ghost ship, or Lab might have heard humans mention the legend of the Magic Triangle and the ghost ship more than once over the years, but it cannot speak after all, and it is difficult for it to communicate with the fish in the sea. Even if it knows about the Magic Triangle, it may not be able to find where the special foggy sea area that keeps moving is... After encountering it today, it could no longer bear it and plunged into the thick fog, looking for the companions on the ghost ship that it had missed for ten, twenty, or fifty years.
“Roar~~~~!!!!!!!!!”
The huge roar of the island whale echoed in the thick fog in front of the Sunny, and the sound was extremely sad.
"Lab..."
Sitting on the lion's head of the Sunny, Luffy murmured. Nami, Zoro and others on the rear deck were also shocked, listening to the deep and loud moans coming from the huge fog, mixed with sadness and joy, and it was hard to believe that those were the emotions conveyed by the calls of animals. The mermaid Camie and the starfish Papagu couldn't help crying, especially Camie, who sobbed, "I miss home too... I miss everyone on Fishman Island... wuwuwu..."
Nami put her arm around Camie's shoulders and patted her gently.
"Listen, there seems to be singing." Robin said suddenly.
Franky and the others listened attentively, and sure enough, amidst the long moans of Lab, they also heard a vague and hollow voice that gradually became clearer:
“Yo-ho-ho… Yo-ho-ho…”
“Yo-ho-ho… Yo-ho-ho…”
Usopp shuddered all over, his face turned blue as he said, "Look behind, behind, behind, behind... it's a ghost ship!!!"
Everyone looked back and saw a huge, shabby pirate ship chasing them in the thick fog behind the Sunny. Luffy was so frightened that his hair, eyeballs, and teeth flew out.
"Bring Binx's wine...to you..."
"Like the sea breeze that follows its will...riding the waves..."
The huge ghost ship slowly approached, and gradually passed by the Sunny. Nami was surprised and said, "Is it "Binx's Wine"? - Wait, I seem to 'hear' someone on the ship!"
“There really is someone…”
Stunned Sanji, shocked Zoro, and Luffy, whose smile gradually spread, all said so.
Franky, Usopp, and Chopper lay down and saw a skeleton with an afro looking at them with a cup of coffee next to the shabby pirate ship that was slowly passing by.
The skull with an Afro-haired head was drinking coffee while watching. The dark and empty skull eye holes were fixed on the people on the deck of the Sunny, which was as dazzling as the sun. Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami... their faces with different expressions but full of vitality slowly passed by, and they murmured, "Send it over... Yo-ho-ho, Yo-ho-ho——" Brook's eyes swept past Robin and saw the black battle armor next to him. He spit out the coffee with a "puff" and raised his white bone hands in horror, "This is so scary, there is a ghost!!"
"Are you qualified to say such things?!"
Usopp, Chopper, and Nami, who were originally trembling, could not help but yell speechlessly at the funny skull-headed man.
"BIB" hasn't materialized yet... Robin was a little surprised that the skeleton saw Lynch's stand directly.
"Brooke."
BIB floated up and hovered in front of the afro skull. He raised his right hand covered with red flames and pointed at Brook's puzzled face. Then he pointed to the right and said, "Look over there."
"Mr. Ghost, what's wrong?"
Brook then looked in the direction where BIB was pointing.
The next second, a vivid expression slowly emerged on the face of the afro skull...an expression very similar to the one Luffy had when he saw the living Sabo in the Dressrosa chapter of the comics.
The eye sockets of the skull gradually grew larger, tears miraculously flowed out, snot miraculously dripped from the nostrils, and even though there were no muscles or soft tissues, the lower jaw dropped several dozen centimeters and almost hit the broken side of the ship without being dislocated...
"Labo...Labo?!"
Ding… The coffee cup fell between the white-skeletal fingers and fell into the sea.
…
[“Lab, it’s a deal! We will definitely sail around the world and come back here!”]
[“Haha, don’t cry, we’ll see each other again!”]
…
Dust-covered memories came to his mind, and Brooke murmured almost tremblingly: "Is it you... Rab?!!!"
"roar…………"
In the thick fog, the familiar singing of island whales was heard.
…
[“I heard that the pirates who left you here have left the Grand Line…”]
[“Lab! Stop! I know you can’t accept it, but calm down first - don’t hit it anymore!!”]
…
A huge shadow came rapidly through the thick fog.
…
[“Lab, I’ll only say this once! Listen carefully—Brook is still alive!!”]
[“The Rumba Pirates no longer exist. But Brook is still alive! He is the only one alive.”]
[“The Grand Line is very dangerous! The destruction of the entire pirate group was expected. However, because Brook ate the Yomiuri Fruit, his soul did not disappear after his death. He found his own body and resurrected... He was trapped in the sea half-dead, drifting on a ghost ship without any companions..."]
[“…I’ve probably been lonely for 20 to 30 years!”]
…
“Roar~!!”
"roar--!!!"
Lab's huge eyes were filled with tears. He roared like sobbing and swam desperately towards the skeleton on the ghost ship.
(End of this chapter)