I don't care

Ryuma was sliced right through his neck and his head got detached from his body instantly. Ryuma didn't cry out in pain at the moment as he felt satisfaction. The shadow was had been filled his body jumped away and was back at the body of Brook.

Brook couldn't believe his eyes when he saw his own shadow back with him.

"He really defeated him.. I.. I have my shadow back.. This really happened.. Yohoho.." brook was crying from his hollow eye sockets. He was overwhelmed by happiness.

Meanwhile the zombies were dumbfounded. Luffy, Sanji and others weren't exactly sitting ducks when Zoro and Ryuma were battling. Ken brought lightning attacks on the zombie family as they tried to surround him and take him down.

Luffy had taken his staff and was flinging it around while beating the zombies while putting a smile on his face. And Sanji was just burning the zombies with his feet. Ussop was actually the most deadliest one among them as he was standing in air and launching deadly arrows that was eliminating everything on it's path.

This was war where the people with bigger numbers were losing way too fast and the shadows they possessed was released by the Straw hats.

"What is this? I just wanted to talk with Moria. Why are they attacking?"

"It's because we have entered their ship. How would you react if someone comes to you ship?" Franky said as he shot some of the zombies down and then put salt in their mouth.

"What unannounced? It was them who attacked first after using the barrel which had flare." Ken said as it was that barrel that had called them.

"Right? Since they invited us, we should be good guests." Sanji said as he was happy to have beaten Absalom.

Chopper with his huge bird form, elephant form, big whale form and gorilla form quashed Dr. Hogback. The fat man actually turned into a skinny man fighting Chopper, who look genuinely angry. He was a doctor, and a doctor shouldn't ever tarnish the name of the profession.

Ken who had fighting leisurely suddenly stopped and looked at a distant place. He wasn't the only one. Sanji, Ussop, Luffy and Zoro did so too. They could feel someone approaching them in super fast speed.

And after a moment, the zombies receded back and a man who was probably the most ugly man Ken had seen in their entire life landed in front of them. The actual man had arrived finally after his subordinates were beaten very badly.

Gecko Moria himself.

"Straw Hat Luffy.. Why are you here?" Moria was looking very irritated as he looked at Luffy.

"This man looks so odd. Why does he have stitches in his neck and such a round body?" Luffy said his thoughts out loud. Hearing this everyone burst out laughing, including his own zombies.

Gecko Moria was incensed and attacked his own zombies. Specifically those who had laughed at him. Sucking away their shadows and eating them himself. Doing so made him look more ugly.

"I just came here to tell you that we came here to take the shadow of Brook. We will be going out now. Bye." Luffy said with no introduction said and was ready to move out.

"Straw Hat Luffy.. You think you can run after hurting my people and making a mockery of me. You think I will be afraid of your high bounty. Your crew mate has a higher bounty than you." Luffy who was ready to leave stopped and turned around.

"Yes. Is there any problem?" Luffy didn't seem to mind that he insulted him. He didn't have jealousy or anything of that sort seeing his vice captain had more bounty than him. Moria didn't expect a vacant face when he insulted him.

He expected an angry face but his response in turn made Moria angry. The others just watched in silence and didn't say a word, including Ken. Moria had enough of it and thus he made the first move.

With a swift motion, he summoned a horde of shadowy creatures known as the Shadow Army. The shadowy figures surrounded Luffy, their razor-sharp claws ready to strike. Luffy stretched his rubbery limbs to unprecedented lengths. He spun in a circle, his limbs becoming a whirlwind of punches, dispersing the shadow creatures with ease.

Moria retaliated by utilizing his own Devil Fruit ability. With a chilling laughter, he conjured up his shadow, and installing into a monstrous enemy. Oars, the Continent Puller. Ken had almost forgotten about this dude. Thus guy really raided the land of two Yonko and escaped.

How was he even alive? Ken could understand that Kaido didn't care about Wano and it's culture, but Shanks cared about his islands for sure seeing how cruel he was to Kid. So how was this guy even alive? Just because he was a Shichibukai, a system that was going to be demolished soon.

Meanwhile Luffy invoked the Shadow Clone Jutsu, creating multiple copies of himself that charged at Oars from all sides. Each clone delivered powerful blows to Oars. Luffy didn't seem to be fazed that a huge enemy was in front of him.

"What is he? A giant? He is bigger than a giant."

"He is from the same island as Dory and Broggy." Ken said.

"We will have to visit that island. This Oars guy is so big."

Luffy took out his staff and used his stretchy arms to fight even with Moria and this was where Moria was first hit by Luffy. It was there he understood that this guy had Haki. He was taken aback because he was only shown the bounty and never the details of Luffy. He was also warned that Luffy might come in his way and if he could, he should take down Luffy.

But now, he was seeing no hope. He hated Luffy and all the more hated the Government for deceiving him. Moria in anger used his greatest move he had ever learnt.

The shadow asgard.

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