159 Mansion

"Where's Moria, you fucking bastard!!" Luffy demanded answers from Absalom, the person who tried to lick Robin's breasts by going invisible with his Devil Fruit.

Absalom is a richly dressed man who wore an ankle-length coat that had a high collar and is cut like a parapet along the bottom, a white button-down shirt with two stylized crosses on it, basic blue slacks tucked into his boots, a white belt with a chain, and basic black boots with criss-crossing straps on the front of them.

He wore a round white hat with a blue mark and had the muzzle of a lion stitched to his face, as well as long blond hair. Underneath his garments was a body stitched together from various animal parts.

Absalom's skin was that of an elephant, and his muscles were a mixture of bear and gorilla.

The combined weight of these transplants, along with his body, gave Absalom a total weight of 300 kilograms. These transplants on Absalom's body were all performed by Hogback, the world-renowned Genius Surgeon who joined the Thriller Bark Pirates under the employment of Gecko Moria.

"He's sleeping in the Mast Mansion!!" Absalom shouted out, his face bloody from the hit Luffy gave with Usopp's 1 ton hammer.

"You're trying to take him down aren't you?! You're gonna fail! You cannot handle the full might of Moria's zombies. Especially when they're all at full alert now!" Absalom grinned at them. Luffy punched him in the face, knocking him out.

"We'll see about that." Luffy whispered as he threw Absalom into the dark forest. Everyone quickly got ready to head towards the mansion.

They arrived in forest that covers most of the island. It is called the Dead Forest and many shadowless people who were stuck in Thriller Bark chose to hide there from the sun.

They silently walked through the forest while ignoring the weird things that were happening all around them.

They stopped when they saw a carriage approaching them. "Who are you?" Usopp asked the person who was riding the carriage.

The person had a bat-like body covered in bandages. He wore a dark purple cape that doubled as his wings and enabled him to fly. He had talons capable of suspending him upside down.

He had sharp teeth with vampiric fangs, red claws, a long and stitched nose, pointed ears, and his eyes, if not sunken, seemed to have strange tattoos encircling them. Above his right eye was the number 21, and above his left was a stitch trailing from his eye to his hairline.

"I am Hildon. If you don't mind, please join me on my carriage, we'll go to Doctor Hogback's mansion." Hildon suggested. Chopper was surprised when Hildon mentioned Hogback.

"No thank you, we prefer walking. We would like to do some cardio while we're here." Luffy replied quickly and started walking away. Everyone quickly followed him, leaving a stunned Hildon staring at them.

They walked and walked while talking amongst each other. They arrived at a graveyard beyond the Dead Forest.

"Hey Usopp, you sense it right?" Luffy asked the sniper of the crew. Usopp took out his giant slingshot Kabuto.

"I do, Luffy. Looks like we're gonna have to fight a zombie army to get to the mansion." Usopp muttered. Everyone quickly prepared for combat.

Suddenly, hundreds of zombies crawled out of the ground and started running towards them while roaring creepily.

These zombies are stitched up together in a manner that they resemble the Frankenstein monster.

These zombies are all the creations of Dr. Hogback. They are created with Hogback's surgery and the power of Gecko Moria's Kage Kage no Mi.

"Stay back everyone! I'll deal with them!!" Nojiko shouted as she activated her wrist-mounted guns' flamethrower mode.

*FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!*

Nojiko's Wrist-Mounted Guns shot out a large stream of fire that engulfed the whole graveyard and the zombie army in front of her.

The Straw Hats watched as they saw a ton of shadows being released from the zombies as their bodies were getting burned by the flames.

Nojiko finished her attack as the last of the zombies were turned into ashes. She nodded at Luffy. "Mission accomplished, captain. Let's move on." She reported. Luffy grinned.

" You heard her!! Let's move it!"

They continued on their walk towards the Mast Mansion. They stood in front of a huge mansion that resembled a gothic-style cathedral.

They also saw the large tower in the middle of Thriller Bark which is actually the mast of the ship, as well as a mansion. This is where Moria resided.

Luffy cleared his throat while he stood in front of the large wooden doors of the mansion. He raised his right hand and stretched it back drastically.

"Gomu Gomu no..... PISTOL!!!!"

*BAAAAAM!!!!!*

Luffy punched the door, breaking it and sending it flying into the mansion. He grinned broadly.

"Housekeeping!!!!" He shouted as he and his crew rushed into the mansion. Nojiko and Usopp started burning the zombies that were implanted with other people's shadows to release them.

Zoro was walking around the mansion alone. He suddenly stopped as he turned around to see someone standing behind him. He looked at the person properly, studying the person's features.

It was a zombie that had a height of 179cm (5'10"). He has several bandages covering part of his skull face, which has no eyes and no nose, and wears a samurai gi with intricate designs more detailed than his original garb.

He also wears geta instead of the zōri sandals of his past life, as well as a blue stomach band with a swirling design.

His mouth is partially covered by the blue scarf he wears, his black hair has turned white, and he keeps a katana strapped to his right hip.

Zoro widened his eyes as he recognized that sword the zombie was carrying. It was Shusui, one of the 21 Great Grade swords and a Black Blade that was once wielded by the legendary samurai Shimotsuki Ryuma.

In descriptive terms, Shusui is a Hira Zukuri katana with a black blade. Shusui has a solid hilt with a samegawa wrapped around it. The kashira is identical to the kojiri found at the end of the sheath. The cross guard is in the shape of a flower, with the sides being dark gold but the edge is normal gold.

There are two half-circle holes on each side of the blade. A saw hamon pattern adorns the sides of this blade in a shining dark magenta while the hamon of the blade is colored purple, though it is equally as dark as the black bo-hi.

Shusui has a traditional sheath, but a pattern of circles in their thirds can be found stretching across it.

Zoro looked back at the zombie wielding Shusui. Shimotsuki Ryuma was a legendary, world-famous samurai hailing from the Shimotsuki Family of Wano Country, who lived during Wano's Country of Gold era centuries ago.

He was revered for his mastery of swordsmanship that earned him the title Sword God, as well as his feat of slaying a dragon. He is also the direct ancestor of Zoro, though she doesn't know that yet.

Zoro unsheathed Wado Ichimonji and smirked at Ryuma. He hummed as another person approached him from behind. He looked to see it was Brook running towards him.

"Ah! You're the Vice Captain of Luffy-san's crew!! We meet again so soon! Yohohoho!!" Brook laughed while tipping his hat at Zoro. Zoro nodded back at him.

"Ah, but can you please step aside? That person has my shadow, and I intend to fight him to get it back." Brook explained. Zoro shook his head and smirked at the musician.

"We promised that we would help you get your shadow back so that you can join the crew. Please let us do the work, Brook. Trust that I can get the job done." Zoro declared seriously while looking Brook dead in the eyes. Brook sighed and nodded.

"Alright. But I must warn you, he has the same sword style as I do. It resembled classical fencing and Iaido. The techniques emphasize speed and precision. He's even better than me." Brook explained while swinging his regular purple cane around. Ryuma listened to the conversation silently but he was staring at Zoro intently.

'He looks just like me when I was younger.' He thought to himself. Zoro suddenly unsheathed Wado Ichimonji and pointed the blade at Ryuma.

"I challenge you to a duel. If I kill you, I get to take Shusui from your hands." Zoro smirked at him. Ryuma unsheathed Shusui.

" You can try. But before we fight, can I ask you something?" Ryuma asked him. Zoro raised a brow at him.

" May I see your panties? " Ryuma asked him. Zoro growled. He quickly held his katana horizontally above the shoulder of her sword arm.

" Ittōryū: Sanbyakurokuju Pound Ho!!!" Zoro shouted as he performed a circular swing that launched a powerful air compressed projectile towards Ryuma.

Ryuma widened his eyes and quickly jumped away from the attack. The attack sliced open the walls behind him.

"Ah, I almost forgot. He also acts like me since he has my shadow." Brook added, making Zoro glare at the skeleton.

Ryuma raised his blade. "Aubade Coup Droit!!!" Ryuma shouted before thrusting his blade at Zoro. He created a highly compressed blast of air and sent it towards her.

Zoro raised Wado Ichimonji and slapped it away with the flat side of his blade. The blast of air flew to a wall behind him.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!*

The attack burst through the thick wall behind him and shook the hallway they were in.

Zoro looked back at Ryuma and entered his One Sword Style stance. Ryuma entered a stance of his own.

The fight was just starting.

To be continued.....