One Piece: Lord Of Shadows

"Yohohoho, hello, everyone!"

"I'm Brook with only a handful of bones, a musician and a swordsman!"

Not long after.

Brook packed his things.

He takes the bones of his companions, and then he follows Luke back to the Thriller Bark.

He met Perona and Hogback, as well as the zombies who were completely different from the past and were no different from living people.

This shocked Brook.

In just over two months, the Thriller Bark has changed a lot.

It is no longer as eerie and lifeless as before.

"Hiss~, although you may already know me, I still want to introduce myself again..."

Dr. Hogback put his hands on his hips and said proudly: "I am the genius surgeon, Dr. Hogback, and I am the ship's doctor of the Netherworld Pirate!"

As early as two months ago, at Luke's friendly suggestion, his weird lace outfit has turned into a normal men's outfit.

After these days of continuous high-intensity exercise, this guy not only lost a lot of weight but also became stronger and slightly muscular.

He often wears a white coat.

He now looks like a human being and a bit like a doctor.

And the Netherworld Pirate.

It is the new pirate group established by Luke borrowing the shell of the Moria Pirates.

Originally, he wanted to call it the Shadow Pirates, but it didn't feel right, so he changed it to the Netherworld Pirates.

"Nani? Are you the pervert Hogback?"

Brook's jaw almost dropped to the ground when he looked at Hogback, who had lost a lot of weight, and his image had changed drastically.

Is this really the guy in his impression, wearing lace and as fat as a ball?

"Hey, what do you mean?"

Hogback bared his teeth and glared in dissatisfaction.

"Oh ho ho ho, I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing..."

Brook politely apologized.

At the same time, he looked at Dr. Hogback, who looked ordinary but very energetic, and sighed with emotion: "You have changed a lot… you look even more handsome!"

The other party has changed so much.

It was obviously brought by the mysterious person named Luke.

"Hiss~, for the sake of you praising me, I won't care about what you just said!"

Being complimented by Brook, Dr. Hogback smiled broadly.

"Hehe~hehe~hehe~, I am Perona, a… combatant of the Netherworld Pirate!"

The sound stopped suddenly.

Perona tilted her head, thought for a long time, and finally positioned herself as a combatant.

As the mascot in Luke's mouth, it makes sense that she is also a combatant, right?

"Yo ho ho ho, we meet again, the beautiful Miss Perona..."

Brook's eye socket glowed.

Then he spun around excitedly and performed a knight's salute.

He approached Perona and asked seriously: 

"Can I make a request?"

"Um?"

Perona's eyelids twitched.

It's not like she hasn't dealt with this skeleton before.

Naturally, she knows what the other party wants to say.

However, only Luke can see that.

He's just a skeleton; how dare he tease herself.

"Go to hell! You pervert skeleton! Negative Ghost!"

Then, in an instant.

She waved her right hand.

Negative Ghosts flew out one by one and passed through Brook's body.

"Thump…"

Brook had no time to dodge.

Suddenly, he fell to his knees, and his whole body was filled with an aura of depression.

Then he buried his head on his knees and said: "Sorry, I am a humble waterweed!"

"Interesting ability..."

Luke chuckled, crossed his arms, and took the time to watch the show.

He had no intention of stopping them and just let Perona teach Brook a lesson.

This guy really lacks lessons in this regard.

He has to say, Perona's ability is so fun to use to tease people.

The stronger and more confident a person is, the more depressed they are.

They will suddenly become extremely depressed and lose their fighting spirit.

Becoming a prey at the mercy of others.

And they also said some extremely shameful words.

"Hiss~, you really haven't changed at all, Skeleton!"

Dr. Hogback smiled strangely there, somewhat gloating about Brook's misfortune.

Perona is so beautiful, but why has that pervert Absalom never dared to catch her attention all these years?

Not just because Moria raised her like a daughter.

It's because this girl's devil fruit ability is so terrifying.

"Thump..."

"In the next life, I would like to be a dung beetle!"

"Thump..."

"I'm sorry, I don't deserve to live in this world!"

"thump..."

"I'm a scumbag!"

Finally, he knelt ten times in a row.

Brook couldn't hold on any longer, and his skull was almost cracked.

"No, it's enough..."

Watching the Negative Ghost coming up again.

Brook bowed ninety degrees to Perona and apologized: "I was wrong, Miss Perona; please forgive me!"

"Hmph..."

Perona snorted coldly.

She put away the negative ghost and did not continue letting it hit Brook.

"You pervert Skeleton, listen clearly..."

Perona put one hand on her hip while floating and said viciously: "If you dare to be rude in front of me again, I won't forgive you!"

"Gulu! Absolutely not!"

Looking at Perona, who looked at him with an evil look, Brook was really scared of Perona's ability, and he couldn't help but feel a little numb.

Even with only a handful of bones left, he didn't dare to talk nonsense.

"Hehe~hehe~hehe~, although I don't know why Luke-sama let a guy like you get on the ship. If you dare to do anything unscrupulous again, I will not show mercy!"

Perona hummed.

Maybe it's preconceived.

She really didn't like Brook and was inexplicably repelled.

She always feels that the other party is not reliable.

"Of course, I know where I stand..."

Seeing Perona not trusting him, Brook felt helpless and said loudly: "Please believe me, I will never do unnecessary things like that again... After all, Luke is also my savior!"

Anyway, his shadow has returned.

As for whose shadow Luke wants to plunder and what kind of zombies he wants to make, he doesn't care.

After all, Brook is a pirate, not a savior.

All he wanted was to fulfill his agreement with Laboon and not sacrifice himself for those strangers.

"Alright…"

The atmosphere looked a little tense, so Luke clapped his hands and said with a smile: "From now on, we are all companions in the same boat. Let's just write off all the unpleasantness in the past!"

"You all, get ready. After staying here for so long, it's time for us to go out and get some fresh air!"

"Luke-sama, are we leaving this sea area?"

Perona and Hogback were surprised.

"Yohohoho... are we finally leaving?" Brook was even more excited.

After more than forty years, he could finally leave this hellish place.

"Hahaha, I'm not that guy, Moria..."

Luke crossed his arms.

He looked high-spirited and said with a smile: 

"Of course, it's impossible to waste time in this dark place all day long."

"Just think of it as our first trip since the formation of the Netherworld Pirate!"

He has stayed here for the past two months to develop the ability of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit.

Now, the initial development of the fruit's ability has come to an end.

Naturally, he has to start the next step of the plan.

"Go to the Grand Line entrance first and fulfill Brook's wish..."

Luke already had a preliminary plan and said: 

"Recruit a few more partners with potential. If the team wants to grow and develop, it can't just rely on a few of us!"

"It just so happens that among the treasure maps Moria left behind, I have already deciphered one, so let's just go to take it out!"

Speaking of which.

In his mind, a beautiful figure emerged.

That woman must have entered the Grand Line, right?

He remembered that he had heard about the other party when he was at CP9 a few days ago.

Someone discovered traces of the Devil Child near the entrance of the grand line.

Marine and CP agents heard the news and rushed to arrest her, but she escaped.

This is an all-around talent.

Luke naturally hopes to recruit her.

During this period, he didn't know whether the other party joined the Baroque Works Group.

But he wasn't ready to give her to Crocodile.

At worst, just grab it.

"Treasure map?"

"Hehe~hehe~hehe~, treasure hunting, I like it so much!"

"Oh ho ho ho, thank you so much, Luke!"