Chapter 186: The Dragon Slayer Blocks the Road! (Two-in-one)
Hidden in the thick fog is a small island.
It is not accurate to call it a small island. The place where Tsugumi Yoshiichi and his warships have arrived is actually next to a sailboat.
But this sailboat is so huge that it is mistaken for an island.
The Thriller Bark, from the West Sea, is the largest pirate ship in the world and the mount of Gekko Moriah.
This is the essence of the "small island" where Yoshikazu Tsugakuni and his companions landed at this time.
The warship slowly docked at the shore. Tsugukuni Yoshiichi and a group of sailors stood on the side of the ship, gazing towards the "island". The terrifying three-masted sailboat had long lost its shiplike form; thick mud had completely submerged the entire vessel. On the island, however, there were a variety of plants.
Perhaps because this place never sees sunlight all year round, most of the vegetation on the island has died, leaving only shriveled tree trunks swaying in the wind.
Near the port, there are numerous grave mounds scattered across the land, along with withered trees. In front of these mounds are numerous broken and fallen tombstones and crosses.
In the thick fog, tiny specks of green phosphorus flickered in the air. This place was like a mass grave in medieval Europe, silent, terrifying, and chilling.
"hiss!!"
"What the hell is this place?"
"Is there anyone here? Vice Admiral, why don't we leave? There's no way there would be pirates in a place like this!"
On the deck, a young sailor took a quick look at the environment on the shore. His hair stood on end. The temperature was a little low in the thick fog. The young sailor in short sleeves couldn't help but shiver and subconsciously rubbed his arms with his hands.
"Walk?"
"My perception is correct. This island is inhabited, right in the center."
"You should have all seen Moonlight Moria's information. He was born in the West Sea."
"With a bounty exceeding 200 million, Gekko Moriah has traveled all the way from the West Sea to the New World, defeating many fellow pirates."
"This kind of environment must be caused by his devil fruit."
"You've all seen the larval sea kings before, right? Using shadows to control zombies is his fighting style."
"This cemetery, the ground beneath it is probably filled with his 'subordinates'."
It was normal for a young sailor to feel fear in such a strange environment. Tsugikuni Yoshiichi was not angry about this, but smiled and joked with his subordinates.
Although his joke was really cold.
Sure enough, Yoriichi's words did not make the young marine relax at all. When he heard that the underground was full of Gekko Moriah's subordinates, the marine trembled even more violently.
"Hey, don't be scared!"
"We are the navy, how can we be afraid of pirates?"
Seeing his subordinate's disappointing performance, Cyrus patted him on the back and encouraged him. However, after being patted, the young sailor's legs immediately gave way and he collapsed on the deck.
"Lieutenant Colonel Cyrus, stop joking like that."
"I wouldn't be afraid to fight pirates, but..."
"But this is obviously not a pirate!"
The young marine complained as he slowly stood up with the help of his companions.
After Kuniyoshi entered the New World, the military ranks of the crew members on his ship were greatly improved.
Although Yoriichi and his crew turned the huge bounty on the pirates into "rewards" when they were clearing out the pirates, it is impossible for everyone in a pirate group to be a bounty hunter.
Little by little, the crew members have accumulated a lot of achievements.
Lieutenant General Tsugakuni Yoshiichi has the authority to appoint colonels and below. After informing the headquarters, Cyrus is now a lieutenant colonel, and Issho, who boarded the ship later, also has the rank of lieutenant colonel. As for Koshiro who stayed in Dressrosa, he is still only a lieutenant.
As for Mihawk, what contributions did the prisoners claim to have? Although he also helped the navy kill many pirates, Mihawk was still different from others after all.
However, although Mihawk had no military rank, none of the crew members on the ship treated him as a prisoner.
Mihawk was able to move freely both on the ship and in Dressrosa. Furthermore, the lower-level marines admired Mihawk's strength and had already considered him one of their own.
Seeing that the surrounding navy looked a little frightened, Mihawk closed his eyes slightly. After the warship stopped, he grabbed the handrail with one hand and jumped lightly towards the shore.
Standing on the shore, Mihawk looked around the environment, turned his head, looked up at the deck, and shouted to everyone: "No problem, come down!"
"He's really reliable! Mihawk."
When Yunyi saw Mihawk, who was the first to land on the island, he praised him with a smile. He turned around and was about to let the marines disembark to search the entire island, but he saw that the faces of the marines behind him showed expressions of horror.
The sailor who had just been helped up by his companions felt his legs weaken again, and pointed at the island with a trembling hand, saying tremblingly:
"Jiangjian. It's a zombie!!!!"
A terrified scream rang out on the deck, irritating the eardrums of Yuichiro and others. Hearing his words, Yuichiro quickly turned his head to look at the shore, and saw ragged mummies crawling out of the graves not far away.
"Hehehe, hehehe!"
A dried corpse, with its front teeth bared, laughed at Mihawk, "Hehehe", and then quickly crawled towards Mihawk.
“0.0!”
At this moment, even Cyrus was stunned. This scene really shocked his worldview. Yixiao, who was standing beside Yuanyi, tilted his head slightly, not sensing the so-called zombies, and frowned.
This place made Yixiao feel quite uncomfortable. His observation Haki, which had always been used as his eyes, became ineffective to a certain extent, which was equivalent to making Yixiao really blind, although he was originally really blind.
While they were stunned, hundreds of zombies crawled out of the grave one after another and surrounded Mihawk.
"Intruders! They look like the navy?!"
"Present them to Lord Moria, he should be very happy! Hehehehe."
These zombies filled with shadows by Moria even have the ability to speak, which is different from the severely rotten sea king larvae that Yoriichi and his friends just encountered.
The flesh of these mummies, which had just crawled out of the ground, was well preserved. The stench of decay on their bodies was not strong, but rather an extremely strong earthy smell.
It can be seen that these corpses are "old corpses" that have been buried deep underground for who knows how many years.
The zombies gradually surrounded Mihawk. Faced with such a horrifying scene, there was no panic or fear on Mihawk's face. He slowly grasped the hilt of the Black Knife Night and pulled the long knife out from behind.
He placed one hand across his chest and whispered, "You who play with the dead cannot be forgiven!"
As he spoke, Mihawk swung his sword fiercely, launching a slash that shot out directly, sweeping across the zombies. The terrifying slash flew dozens of meters in the blink of an eye, impacting a small hill on the island. In an instant, rubble flew and a loud noise echoed throughout the island.
The zombies that were originally surrounding Mihawk had their bodies cut in two by such a terrifying blow, and their bodies lost their balance and fell directly to the ground.
However, these fallen corpses did not lose their vitality, and shouts came out of the mouths of the zombies.
"What happened?! Why did I suddenly fall down?"
"Slash! It's that marine's slash!"
"Damn it, what did you do to us, you bastard?"
"Quick, report to Moria, the navy. A strong navy man is coming!"
The shadows inserted into the bodies of zombies possess the humanity of their owners. These zombies can actually be considered human beings. Since they are human, they have emotions. Even if the carrier of their personality is a zombie that has been buried in the ground for who knows how many years, they still feel fear and anger.
The sailors on the deck felt their hair stand on end as they looked at the zombies lying on the ground and screaming wildly.
This scene was even more terrifying than when these zombies crawled out of the ground just now.
"What the hell is this?!"
A sailor murmured in confusion, holding his rifle tightly in his hand. Without waiting for Yuan's order, a more impatient sailor raised his gun and shot at the head of a zombie on the ground.
"Bang!" After a gunshot, the bullet went straight into the zombie's head, causing the skull to cave in and leaving a big hole.
However.
"Asshole! What are you doing?!"
"Kill you, bastard!"
Although its head was pierced, the zombie did not lose its vitality at all. It raised its head and cursed at the sailor who fired the gun.
"!!!" The sailor who fired the gun was so frightened when he saw this scene that he almost couldn't hold the gun.
"There really are so many strange things in this world!"
When Ji Guoyuan saw this scene, a smile of interest appeared on his face. He jumped lightly and jumped directly off the warship.
He walked to the side of the zombie, slowly pulled out the long knife from his hand, cut off the other's head, inserted the knife into the head, and then threw the head into the sea.
The moment the zombie's head sank into the sea, a black shadow rose directly from the corpse. In a breath, the black shadow had already rushed towards the center of the island at a speed so fast that people could not react at all.
After the black shadow disappeared, the zombie's lower body, which was still struggling to get up, suddenly became motionless.
"The shadow is indeed Moonlight Moria."
"Everyone, throw these bodies into the sea."
"There's no need to be afraid. He's just a Devil Fruit user."
"Ichisho, Mihawk, you two follow me."
"Cyrus, you and the other navy will stay here and protect the warships. Be careful. If you encounter an enemy attack, your first priority is to protect yourself."
"If you encounter a Devil Fruit user and you can't defeat them, go into the sea and fight them."
Tsugikoku Yoriichi said this, walking past the corpses scattered on the ground and heading towards the center of the island. Yixiao also quickly jumped off the boat after hearing the order, and followed Yoriichi along with Mihawk.
"Yes!" After watching Ji Guoyuan and others leave, Cyrus immediately called on the marines to get off the ship, and they began to throw these zombies that had lost their ability to move into the sea.
As bodies fell into the sea, dark shadows flew quickly towards the center of the island.
In the center of the Thriller Bark stood a castle built entirely of bluestone. The castle covered a vast area, several thousand square meters. It seemed ancient, its cyan walls having turned a dark green over the years, covered in vines and moss.
It looks desolate and dilapidated.
In a room in the castle, Moonlight Moriah was leaning comfortably on the sofa, shaking the red wine glass in his hand and tasting the red wine in his hand.
Suddenly, a series of black shadows attached themselves directly to the windows of the room, blocking out the light from the outside. Moria seemed to sense something and turned his head to look at the window. At this moment, these black shadows also quickly drilled through the window cracks and flew towards Moria.
"Um?!"
Seeing this scene, Moria let out a light cry, and stretched out his hand to grab the shadows at the moment they flew over. After these shadows came into Moria's hands, they also turned into human-shaped shadows and struggled in Moria's hands.
"What's wrong?" Moria was puzzled. He opened his mouth and then put the black shadow directly into his mouth. In an instant, countless information flooded into Moria's mind.
This is one of the abilities of his Shadow-Shadow Fruit, which allows him to read all the experiences of the recovered shadows.
After a while, Moriah stood up from his seat with his eyes wide open, and whispered:
"It's Tsugikoku Yoriichi!"
After a low cry, Moriah's face was filled with gloom, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You stole my Flame-Flame Fruit, and you dare to appear in front of me?"
"Damn navy!"
After a roar, Moria's expression changed, and he showed a slight smile. I don't know what he thought of that was worth being happy about. His face was full of anger the previous second, and the next second he opened his arms and laughed.
“gi~xixixi~”
"Vice Admiral of the Marine Headquarters, I will make good use of your body and make you into a powerful warrior!"
“gi~xixixi~”
A sharp laugh echoed in the room, and then Moria's mumbling sounded from the room, followed by another sharp laugh.
The terrifying three-masted ship covers a very large area. After getting off the ship, it took Guo Yuanyi and his friends more than ten minutes to walk to the central area of the island.
Along the way, Yoriichi and his friends also saw many strange corpses that were made into puppets by Moria.
However, the power of these corpses is quite weak and they are unable to cause any harm to Yoriichi Tsugakuni and the others.
After reaching the center of the sailboat, the castle built of bluestone appeared in front of Ji Guoyuan and others.
At this time, the castle gate was closed and the castle was pitch black. It was impossible to see what was inside the castle.
"He's in there. Let's get rid of him quickly and then we can hurry back."
"This wet feeling is really uncomfortable."
Because they were in thick fog, Tsugikuni Yoriichi's hair and naval uniform were wet with mist.
The feeling of hair and clothes sticking to his body made Yunyi feel a little uncomfortable, and he also didn't like this kind of environment. If possible, he would rather be in the sun.
Looking at the tightly closed castle gate, Mihawk slowly walked past Yoriichir and was about to "open the door" when he saw the castle gate slowly open.
"Ti~da~Ti~da~"
As the door opened, the sound of footsteps reached the ears of Ji Guoyuan and others.
The sound of clogs.
Ji Guoyuan looked intently at the figure who suddenly opened the door and walked out, and said in his heart.
A dried corpse.
A mummy stuffed with shadows. The mummy was wearing a white warrior suit, with a bandage on his face, wooden clogs on his feet, and a long sword on his waist.
As the castle gate opened, the mummy walked out slowly and stood in front of Ji Guoyuan and others. Its empty eyes seemed to have sight and looked at Ji Guoyuan and others.
It was clearly a corpse, but it exuded a powerful "qi". Not breath, but fighting spirit.
From the perspective of Yuichiro Tsugakuin's transparent world, the mummy that appeared before him was like the bright moon in the night sky, which could not be ignored.
"Very strong!" It was rare that Yixiao's observation Haki could actually capture the existence of this mummy. He murmured and quickly stood in front of Yunyi.
Mihawk also made the same move, but his purpose was different from Yixiao's. Yixiao wanted to protect Yunyi, while Mihawk wanted to fight against the actually powerful mummy in front of him.
He could feel that the other party was a swordsman.
"Ryuma, the dragon-slaying swordsman of Wano Country."
"Has Gekko Moriah actually been to Wano Country?!"
Yuichiro Tsugikoku recognized the mummy in front of him.
This mummy is none other than the corpse of Ryuma, the great swordsman and dragon-slaying swordsman from Wano Country a hundred years ago.
I didn't expect that he would appear here!
The world has clearly changed, but has Gekko Moriah still visited Wano Country?
(End of this chapter)
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