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

"Don't say that about Sima Dixiao! Sima Dixiao looks absolutely adorable today!"

Lina thought for a moment and shook her head. "I have absolutely no recollection of it. But if you want to find someone, you can ask the seniors inside; they might know something."

"Seniors?"

“Yes, there are lots of scary zombies like me inside the castle. Please let me lead the way.” Lina spoke without any awareness of being a “scary” zombie.

"Then please."

"It's nothing, just a quick thing," Lina said, pushing open the castle gate.

However, the castle was far from the magnificent sight everyone had imagined. All that remained was a dilapidated, gloomy atmosphere and a scene of utter devastation, as if a battle had just taken place.

137 Side effects of ability

Lina led the way by hopping around. Robin frowned slightly at this.

"Lina, is it okay for the vase to be moved like this?"

"Please don't worry. The vase looks like porcelain, but it's actually just thick plastic imitating porcelain. Although it's not valuable in itself, it's highly regarded because of the craftsmanship," Lina explained. "By the way, who are you all? Are you new zombies like me?"

"We are pirates."

Before anyone could cover Luffy's mouth, he had already blurted it out.

Lina suddenly froze on the spot, slowly turned around and asked, "You...are pirates?"

"Yes, that's right. My name is Luffy, and I'm the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates," Luffy introduced himself, pointing to himself.

Lina slowly turned her head back, then jumped forward like a madwoman.

"Aaaaaah! Pirates! Seniors! Pirates are here! Aaaaah!"

-

Sima Di's side.

After a brief moment of reflection, Emperor Sima understood what had actually happened.

"So, I was scared unconscious by that thing, and then Gecko Moria took my shadow, right?" Sima Di muttered to himself. "But why did that guy take my weapon too? And why didn't he send me back to the Sunny? That's so cruel!"

In fact, Sima Di, who was in a coma, did not hear these words when Gecko Moria pulled away Sima Di's shadow.

[Is this supposed to be the shadow of that 100 million bounty pirate? He's so weak, it seems he relies entirely on his Devil Fruit ability. Oh well, let's leave his sword for the shadow, just to boost his fighting power a little... That being said, he's still nowhere near the level of the General Zombie, at best just a scary zombie. Well, for the sake of the bounty, let's find him a nice-looking body.]

If Sima Di heard Moonlight Moria's words, he would definitely rush up and bite the other party to death.

"This is troublesome... Where the hell am I?" Sima Di looked at the building in front of him in confusion. "This doesn't look like an ancient castle, nor does it look like Perona's garden, nor does it look like a church... Even with the modeling field covering it, it only looks like an annex to an ancient castle."

"Alright, where should I go next? Should I go into the small building to investigate? Or should I go in another direction? Ah, I'll go in another direction, find them, and meet up with them. Although I'm a free person now, and I'm not afraid of ghosts or monsters, I'd rather not have the kind of fear that comes with layers of terror."

With that, Sima Di embarked on a solo adventure on the terrifying island. The fire spirits behind him multiplied into two, acting as bodyguards, one on each side of Sima Di.

Unfortunately, the fire spirits couldn't speak, and the excessive silence of the region gradually increased Sima Di's unease as time went on.

"Although only a few general zombies have appeared in the story, according to detailed records, the general zombies under Moonlight Moria's command are numbered from 800 to 899, which means there are a hundred zombies that strong! If I'm outside the storyline, I might encounter a group of general zombies! If I really do, that would be terrible! If it's a regular-looking general zombie, that's fine, even a spider-like one, I can barely accept it, but what I fear most is..." Sima Di muttered to himself, "Please, please don't encounter cockroach zombies, please, please don't encounter cockroach zombies..."

As the saying goes, whatever you say, you will receive; whatever you say, you will get.

Sima Di's modeling field saw the first thing that could move, but had no vital signs.

It was obvious that it was a zombie.

The cockroach zombie slowly turned its head, "Goo-ji?"

"Ahhh!"

Luffy on one side.

Lina watched as these uninvited guests beat down one seemingly strong senior after another, and fearfully hid in the vase.

You can't see me, you can't see me, I'm just a pretty face...

Dangdang——

"Hey, vase, what's going on here? Come out and explain yourself!" Luffy banged on the vase without any politeness.

"What...what exactly do you want?" Lina cautiously peeked out.

"I already said, I'm here to find someone... and also to take down this guy named Gecko Moria while I'm at it," Luffy said.

"I knew it! You're a bad guy, aren't you!" Lina, emboldened by some unknown source, drew the knife from the vase and pointed it at Luffy and the others. "I'm telling you! I'm not afraid of you!"

Despite Lina's words, her body was already trembling uncontrollably.

"That knife..."

All eyes were focused on the knife.

“It seems this little girl really knows something,” Robin said, crossing his arms.

Lina suddenly saw a pair of hands appear on her arms.

"This...what is this!"

With a twist of those hands, Lina's wrists were easily twisted.

The divine magic knife clattered to the ground.

"Vase, where did this knife come from?" Luffy said, reaching out to pick it up.

Swah——

Unexpectedly, the divine sword flew up on its own and attacked Luffy. If Luffy hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been severely slashed by the divine sword.

The divine sword hovered in front of Lina, seemingly warning everyone.

"This is..." Lina was shocked; she clearly hadn't quite grasped the situation.

“The spirit blade protects its master,” Zoro said in a deep voice, looking at Lina. “But the spirit blade also recognizes its master. If the master does not die, it will not recognize another master.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

"So that means Sima Di is dead?! That can't be!" Luffy shouted.

“There are other possibilities… For example, Lina in front of us is Sima Di,” Zoro said. “Just now, this guy was singing that song that tormented me for a long time.”

"Eh!!! The vase is Sima Di!" Luffy shouted, looking at Rena in disbelief.

"Speaking of which, there is indeed such a possibility. Since this 1.0 has the ability to steal other people's shadows, it's not surprising that it also has the ability to change people's appearances. Those cute zombies might be transformed by this ability," Robin analyzed.

When the "seriously injured old man" made his request, he only asked them to retrieve their shadows, without mentioning what the stolen shadows were used for.

“But she seems to have lost her memory. Could it be a side effect of her ability?” Franky said.

"Hmm...is that so?" Luffy pinched his chin, squinted his eyes, and carefully observed Rena.

Lina felt a little flustered by his gaze.

"So this guy isn't Sima Di after all!" Luffy suddenly realized something, pointing at Rena and shouting, "Her hair is blue! Sima Di's hair is black!"

138 I have my own way

"Are you even listening to us?!" Zoro roared.

Luffy didn't listen, but Rena did.

To be honest, she has absolutely no memory of her past. Not even her own name or where she was born.

Lina's only remaining memory was of the guy who claimed to be her master and told her to obey the orders of a Perona. Lina could never forget that strange face.

Owner?

Lina doesn't have an owner!

Why should Lina have to listen to them?

“I think your analysis is very accurate. But I have no memory of anything that happened before, the only thing I remember is the weirdo who turned me into this,” Lina said. “Am I... really that person named Sima Di?”

"Hmm... really?" Luffy looked constipated. He still felt something was off.

"Looks like it's definitely him. The divine sword, and that strange song... Aside from his ever-present 'I'm a prophet and I know everything' expression, it should be right," Zoro said.

"Luffy is the captain, and Sima Di is our first mate," Robin explained considerately.

"Huh? Is that really true?" Lina was startled by the sudden appearance of the words "first mate." "Am I really that powerful?"

“He is indeed the first mate, although he seems a bit unreliable, he is a very trustworthy first mate,” Robin said.

"So I'm the first mate..." Lina was very excited, her eyes shining. "If I'm the first mate, then you're the captain, and you're my crew!"

The three nodded. Only Luffy still found it strange.

"I see! Don't worry! Since I'm the first mate, I'll definitely protect you!" Lina said with great enthusiasm.

"Ah... speaking of which, it seems we're missing one person," Franky said. "Where did Sanji go?"

Only then did the group realize that someone seemed to be missing.

“Sanji? Is that the blond gentleman?” Rena asked.

"What gentleman... he's just a perverted kappa," Zoro scoffed.

“I’ve been hiding in the bottle and haven’t seen him… But we can find out by asking that pig who calls himself the captain.” Lina pointed, and the Divine Blade, understanding her meaning, flew over and stuck into the board.