Chapter 137

So, this is what you got from going to that ship?"

"Bring back a skeleton?"

Nami and the others huddled behind and looked at the skeleton tremblingly.

"Hahaha… Don't be so nervous, I'm Brook, who is left with only bones after death! Please give me more advice!" The skeleton, Brook, took off the hat on his head and said to everyone.

"It's really… It's really a skeleton, and it's still… alive!" Chopper lay on the ground, his eyes white and tears flashing.

Xia Chen, who was watching this scene, couldn't help but smile.

Look, what a scare the cute raccoon cat on our ship!

Usopp's legs trembled, and he pointed the cross on his chest at the skeleton and said, "Evil spirits, go away, evil spirits, go away!"

Brook was shocked when he heard the words, and his body suddenly stepped back a few steps.

Usopp and Chopper, who saw this scene, showed excited expressions on their faces.

"It really works, Usopp! "

"Nonsense, this is a full set of equipment to repel evil spirits. Even the king of evil spirits will have to think twice!" Usopp said proudly.

"Oh~~Really? So strong!" Chopper on the side immediately showed starry eyes, and then hid behind Usopp.

"Then Usopp, I rely on you to protect me!"

"Okay, okay!"

At this time, Brook was still looking around with a worried face, and asked in a panic: "Where are the evil spirits? I'm a little scared!"

Usopp, Chopper: (•́へ•́╬)! Who else is there besides you?

"Hahaha… It's really interesting!"

"It seems that letting you be my partner is indeed a good decision~"

"What? ! ! "

Hearing this, Nami and the other two instantly came to Luffy's side, pulling his collar and shaking him hard.

"You let him be our partner? Who would agree! Can you not always make decisions on your own?"

"What does it matter? Don't you think he's interesting?" Luffy was a little confused.

Isn't a living, talking afro skull interesting?

Who knew that the response was the roar of three people.

"Who would think it's interesting? It's just scary!"

"Oh, don't get excited!" Brook walked slowly to the cabin door.

"Let's have dinner inside to calm down~"

"Why do you decide!!!"

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"So, he is the Brook who turned into a skeleton that Xia Chen mentioned before?" Nami asked, knocking on the table.

"Yes~ It's me!"

"So… you turned into this because of the Yomi Fruit?"

"Miss, you are right!"

"Then isn't the Yomi Fruit very useless? It's only useful when you die, but the problem is that you will turn into a skeleton in the end! I don't want such a fruit even if I give it to you! "

"That… Actually, I didn't become a skeleton because of the fruit!"

"When I died, due to the power of the Yomizu fruit, my body died, but my soul returned to the world from the underworld!"

"But as you can see, this sea of ​​​​demon is full of thick fog, and I can't find the ship I'm on at all."

"And when I found it, a year had passed. After a year, you should be able to imagine what my body would become."

Everyone: "Skeleton? ?"

"Yeah! That's right!"

"That's what happened. It almost scared my eyes out!"

"Although I don't have eyeballs, yo roo roo roo~"

"So are you a human or a ghost now?" Usopp's fear subsided a lot at this time, and he asked Brook.

"I think I should be considered a skeleton!"

Everyone:…

"Please don't tell me about ghosts or anything like that. I'm most afraid of that kind of thing! "Brooke said fearfully.

"Is that so!" Usopp suddenly felt that he had found empathy with the skeleton in front of him, and for a moment he was not so afraid of Brook.

"Hahaha… I'm actually afraid of ghosts, especially those vampires, they're so scary!"

"But I heard that those vampires have no shadows, and you, a skeleton, will have one anyway…"

Before Usopp finished speaking, he suddenly noticed that something seemed to be missing from under Brook.

(⊙o⊙)…

"Ah!!!!"

A shrill scream resounded throughout the Merry.

In the cabin, Usopp stepped back a few steps and stood behind Xia Chen, trembling.

"You, you… You don't even have a shadow!"

"What!!!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but look at Brook's feet. Sure enough, as Usopp said, there was nothing.

For a moment, the atmosphere on the scene began to become tense again, Zoro even pulled out half of his sword.

"Hmm…"

Seeing this, Brook was silent for a while, then sat down and took a sip of coffee slowly.

"Huh~ Comfortable!"

(•́へ•́╬)!

"Is it time to calm down now?" Sanji shouted angrily.

"I have been drifting in this sea for too long, so long that I don't even know how many years it has been!"

"My transformation into a skeleton and my lack of a shadow are completely different things. The reason why I have no shadow is that it was taken away by a man a few years ago!"

"Took away? Can the shadow be taken away?" Luffy was a little curious.

"Of course!" Brook nodded.

"And once the shadow is taken away, it can't live in a sunny place. If it is exposed to the sun…"

"What will happen?" Everyone swallowed.

"It will turn into ashes!"

! ! !

Hearing this, everyone's faces showed expressions of horror.

"So… will I die?" Robin said solemnly.

"If you're reduced to ashes, it's strange to be alive!" Xia Chen said lightly.

"I've seen people without shadows turn into ashes in the sun. It's really horrible!" Brook said with lingering fear. Then he looked at Luffy.

"That's why I said I can't leave this sea area!"

"Without a shadow, I will die soon once I leave this sea area wrapped in thick fog. So, I have to stay here! Until I get my shadow back!"

"If we meet again that day and you are willing to let me get on the ship, I will definitely go sailing with you! Let's go back together to fulfill the promise with Lab!"

"Ah! Why is that?" Luffy showed a lost expression on his face. But the next second he seemed to think of something again.

"Wait! Yes, your shadow has been taken away, can't we help you get it back?"

"You…"

Hearing Luffy's words, Brook looked at him in a daze, and then said: "You are really a good person, but because of this, I can't let you fall into danger!"

"The man who took away my shadow is too powerful. How can I let you who I just met die for me?"

"So… who is this person?" Robin asked.

"Sorry, I can't say…" Brook waved his hand.

"Gekiko Moriah!"