The person is wearing a straw hat, and starts with the power of words!

"Who knows? I just suddenly have a feeling that I want to wear new clothes!" Sima Di winked mischievously.

Zoro was defeated by this reasoning. It's true, you shouldn't try to understand a man's mind.

"Well, since I've already changed my clothes, I might as well take a bath. The sweat from training combined with the storm earlier is just unbearable..." Sima Di muttered to himself as he walked into the cabin.

Sima Di was actually thinking that since they were about to land on the Terror Ship, they should get ready as soon as possible and be in the best condition to welcome the new battle!

-

090 One hour later.

Sima Di looked at himself in the mirror and nodded in satisfaction.

She wore her hair in pigtails, pink overalls, and a matching white T-shirt with a straw hat and flag pattern (this was a piece of clothing made by a fan after the Enies Lobby incident; Sima Di just borrowed one).

"Teen male fans and horror movies are a perfect match."

Emperor Sima's aesthetic taste had risen to an unusual level.

Sima Di came out just in time for the meal, and his new companion Brooke was already sitting in the guest seat waiting to be fed.

When Usopp saw Sima Di come out, he almost burst into tears.

"First mate, you've come at the perfect time! You'd better keep an eye on Luffy!"

"Don't you want to take a look at my outfit first?" Sima Di tried turning around.

"Oh, whatever, that kind of thing is fine. You should check what Luffy brought back first." Usopp hid behind Sima Di. "Luffy is actually planning to make a skeleton his new crewmate! Sima Di! That's absolutely impossible, isn't it?"

“Skeleton companion?” Sima Di’s gaze fell on Brook. “Feels good~ Back when I wrote post-apocalyptic novels, the protagonist was a cute zombie.”

At this point, Sima Di suddenly wanted to scare Usopp, revealing a sinister and terrifying smile, and his tone became gloomy.

134 looks like a trap.

"It's those bloody zombie armies that will eat your brains! Awooo~"

"Ahhh!" Usopp screamed in terror.

At this moment, Brooke got up, walked over, and took off his hat to salute.

"This is First Mate Sima Di, Lin Xiao, you're quite a lovely girl. I'm Brooke, a new crew member, nice to meet you," Brooke said. "By the way, I have a sincere request...may I take a look at your...?"

"Yes, Brooke. Please take care of me," Sima Di replied with a smile. "By the way... no way!"

"Oh dear, Lin Xiao is so serious. She's...gone. It's heartbreaking...even though I don't have a heart anymore. Hehehe~" Brooke cracked her usual lame joke.

But Emperor Sima felt that something was amiss.

"Wait a minute before you feel sorry for Brooke. You..."

"What's wrong, Lin Xiao?"

"How...do you know my surname is Lin?"

Upon hearing this, the Straw Hat crew realized what was going on. The name Sima Di was quite rare; anyone hearing it for the first time would assume it was a given name, and a rather strange one at that.

All eyes were on Brooke.

“Oh, you mean this? I used to…” Brooke sat back down at some point and slowly sipped her black tea.

"Just tell me already!" Sanji roared in exasperation.

This skeleton started looking around everywhere as soon as it boarded the ship, and it even had its eye on the extra-large steak that Robin had specially made on his plate.

"It's simple. I've met people from the Golden Dragon Kingdom before, and they all have such strange names," Brooke said nonchalantly.

Sima Di also remembered that Brook had been wandering on this sea for more than fifty years, so it wouldn't be strange if he encountered people from the Golden Dragon Kingdom.

The Golden Dragon Kingdom...

Emperor Sima really wanted to visit that country.

After dinner, Brook explained to everyone why he was a skeleton and also explained the power of the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit).

As they chatted, the topic turned to ghosts.

To confirm whether Brook was a ghost, Nami took out her hand mirror. Surprisingly, Brook's image wasn't reflected in the mirror. At that moment, everyone realized that Brook didn't even have a shadow.

“It’s really hard to explain… I’ve been drifting on this sea for a long time. Becoming a skeleton and not having a shadow are two completely different things!” Brook said, taking another sip of his red tea.

"Go on! Hurry up!" Sanji urged.

Brooke had lived alone for so long that she had a poor sense of time and a very leisurely attitude towards people.

"Ah... I see. It's like this, my shadow was taken away by a man a few years ago..."

Brook began to recount the story, but after finishing, he refused to reveal who had done it. He feared that if Luffy and his crew went, they would also suffer the same cruel fate.

But Sima Di knew that they would still suffer this "merciless fate" in the next two hours.

Sima Di clearly remembered the "famous quote" that Usopp used to awaken the three giants.

—The handsome swordsman has arrived with meat!

Sima Di chuckled. Those three idiots might make such a mistake, but with his expertise in modeling, he would never fall into their trap! The 100 million bounty wasn't just for show!

He's just that confident! There's nothing you can do about it!

-

An hour later.

Emperor Sima stood alone in the desolate and bleak cemetery, looking around in panic, completely unaware of his surroundings.

Sima Di subconsciously reached for his waist, only to find that the Divine Art Blade was gone.

Terrified, he quickly took out the Fire Shell and summoned the Fire Spirit.

Even if fire has no real effect on the dead, it can still intimidate them to some extent.

However, the light and heat brought by the fire spirit did not bring Sima Di any sense of security; instead, it made him feel cold from head to toe.

The warm yellow light shone on Sima Di, but there was nothing that should have been there at his feet.

"Where's my...shadow?!"

So he was the first idiot in the Straw Hat Pirates to lose his shadow!

"No, no, no... I need to calm down, calm down. It's precisely in times like these that I need to stay calm."

Sima Di took deep breaths desperately, trying to cool down his feverish mind little by little.

"Okay... let me think about what happened."

-

an hour ago.

No sooner had Brooke finished speaking than the enormous ghost burst through the wall and poked its head inside.

Because Perona's ghost has no physical form, Sima Di's modeling field was ineffective against it. Sima Di was startled when he saw half of the ghost's body peeking in.

"What's going on? Has this ship been monitored?!"

Brooke rushed out of the cabin in a panic, only to find that the Sunny was already next to the Thriller Bark.

Brook then urged everyone to leave quickly, and then leaped down, using the "~ Water Skim" technique to escape.

Because Brook is so light, and with his high speed, he can easily walk a distance on water.

But Brook's advice had no effect on Luffy.

Luffy's smile was as bright as a swaying sunflower, and everyone completely gave up on trying to persuade him.

“In that case, let’s use that boat to get to the island! Meryl, is that alright?” Franky said.

Mary shook her head, crying, "No, no, no, no..."

"It's alright. Your main body hasn't sailed yet since it was made into a small boat, has it? Besides, you can send us to the island in batches," Sima Di advised.

Meili looked at Sima Di with teary eyes, "Daddy, Daddy..."

"Just think of it as going to the haunted house at the amusement park. We won't let you onto the island, okay?" Sima Di squatted down and cupped Mei Li's face in his hands.

“Okay…but Daddy wants to come with me too,” Mary said in her childish voice.

Franky then released the Mini Merry from the dock.

Usopp, Nami, Chopper, Merry, and Smati immediately boarded the ship to check on things. However, a sudden surge of waves swept the Mini Merry away from the Sunny and crashed towards the shore.

And so, Luffy and the others watched helplessly as the five people floated away.

Sima Di originally planned to act with the second division (that is, Luffy and his crew), but after thinking about it, he realized that following the first division wouldn't be a bad thing, at least the enemies they would encounter wouldn't be very strong.

The Mini Merry was then washed ashore, and its four crew members were thrown into the moat dug around the island. Merry, however, survived because of her ability to levitate.

Seeing the densely packed white bones at the bottom of the ditch, the three of them trembled with fear.

"Where am I, dog?!"

"This definitely looks like a trap!"

135 His expression was frighteningly serious.