Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

Zoro glanced at the fallen zombie with disdain. Just as he was about to put away his knife, he suddenly became alert and shifted his gaze behind the wall of fire.

"Three Swords Style, Hundred Eight Trouble Phoenix!"

A flying slash came towards him like a bluebird circling, and Zoro reacted immediately by raising his two swords and crossing them in front of his chest.

Clang! !

Zizi! Sparks continued to fly out. The force of this slash was so great that his two swords kept trembling. He raised the corners of his mouth and exerted force again.

Bang! The blue bird seemed to be shattered, and turned into dots of blue light and disappeared in the air.

"It seems that you are my shadow."

Zoro flipped backwards a few times and landed on the ground. He untied the headscarf tied around his arm, tied it behind his forehead, and looked at the person who came with interest.

The zombie's moves were the same as its original owner's, and judging by the power of the slash just now, the opponent's strength was not much different from his.

"Defeating yourself sounds interesting, Yingbo!"

Stupid!

Zoro's eyes darkened, he swung his sword through the air and then bit the Do Ichimonji in his mouth, then rushed forward with three swords at the same time!

The samurai in kimono jumped to avoid the large-scale horizontal slash, and also drew out three swords from the air, holding the two swords with both hands backwards and biting down like the fangs of a wild beast.

Clang! Clang!

Sparks flew when the cold blades collided. Zoro used his left arm to swing the sword away and twisted his body, slashing horizontally with Kawayu Ichimonji and Xuezou in parallel.

"Are you my original owner? If you are defeated by an imposter like me, then I have surpassed you."

Longma pressed down the Qiu Shui in his hand, used the force to flip forward, dodged the attack while swinging several swords, and then slowly landed on the ground.

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

The cutting waves were like the moon, flying away densely and rapidly!

Clang! Clang!

Zizi! Zoro swung his sword quickly to break the attack, and finally used force to throw the slash aside.

"Haha, then you can try it."

The two men faced each other with a distance of more than ten meters between them, staring into each other's eyes. The air around them seemed to be frozen, filled with a murderous aura.

Suddenly, the two figures paused and disappeared at the same time, their feet stomping on the ground continuously and approaching at a very fast speed, as if drawing two beams of light, one blue and one white, in space.

Clang! !

The moment Zoro and Ryuma met, a strong hurricane as sharp as a knife blew violently in all directions from them as the center, and the next moment.

Stupid! !

Stupid! !

The entire ground was cut by the blades in an instant, leaving countless smooth blocks of earth floating in the air. Two of them were fighting fiercely with their long swords, leaving afterimages.

Time seemed to slow down, and everything around seemed to stand still, with only Zoro and Ryuma left in the center.

Clang! Clang! Clang.

The flashes of swords and sabers rose up at a high speed!

The two figures dodged and moved, and six black knives were swung one after another, constantly colliding with each other and then quickly separating.

Dodging, attacking, blocking, counterattacking, the fierceness of the duel between swordsmen was fully displayed at this time.

Amidst the flying sparks, a flying slash would occasionally appear.

"That's Zoro's shadow, right?"

Not far away, Nami and her companions had just finished a battle and were immediately attracted by the fierce fighting.

"The strength of that zombie is too amazing."

Franky was secretly shocked and said solemnly: "To be able to use Zoro's shadow to the point of competing with him, that corpse must be no ordinary person."

"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"

Hogbag's body trembled as he laughed triumphantly, "That's Longma. If you knew his past deeds, you wouldn't say that."

"Ryoma, is he the swordsman in the legend who once killed a flying dragon with one sword?" Robin on the side suddenly spoke up, but she had only heard of this name.

"That's right!"

Hogbak called out, apparently he had heard more relevant information from Moria.

“There is a country of samurai in the New World. In its most glorious period hundreds of years ago, it was even called the [Golden Country].

“Pirates and treasure-hunting groups from all over the world have set their sights on that place, including even the world’s nobles;

"Countless strong men have come one after another, constantly attacking this country, and showing their powerful strength unscrupulously."

Hogbak cast his gaze towards the warriors fighting fiercely in the field and said slowly:

"Just when the country was about to be destroyed, a man appeared.

"Swordsman Ryoma, with one man and one sword, guards the entire Wano Country, repels all invading enemies, and lets the world know about the existence of samurai."

"You can defend the entire country by yourself?!"

Everyone was obviously shocked, just because the other party just mentioned a word!

【World Nobles!!】

Of course they knew what the world nobility was. They were the bloodlines of the twenty kings who founded the World Government eight hundred years ago and they were the privileged class that dominated the World Government.

The people who are above this world and hold the highest status, [Descendants of the Creator - Celestial Dragons!!]

"That's right. Longma left behind countless legends throughout his life." Hogbak continued:

"It is said that he has never been defeated in his life. He can defeat any powerful enemy with one sword. When he was young, he killed a flying dragon that appeared in the sky above the capital with one sword.

"After his death, his reputation still protected Wano Country for hundreds of years, and he was worshipped as the [Sword God] by later generations. The sword he carried when he was young, the Black Sword Shusui, is enshrined in that country as a national treasure."

"I didn't expect the other party to be a person of this level."

Robin couldn't help but sigh that those who could leave legends in the long river of history were all people who were famous throughout the world during their lifetime and stood at the top of this ocean.

"So strong. But how did you get his body? No matter how strong the body is, it should have turned to ashes after hundreds of years." Chopper couldn't help but ask in confusion.

Reiner also thought of it. When Brook introduced him to them before, he said that after his soul returned, he was lost in this sea for a year, and when he found his body, only a skeleton was left.

As for Longma, he lived hundreds of years ago. He has been dead for so long that he should have turned into ashes long ago.

After being confused, Chopper looked at the other person and suddenly became angry, and punched him!

"Asshole, you don't deserve to be called a doctor!"

boom!boom!

"Ouch! It hurts, stop it, you bastard!"

Hogbak held his head with both hands, almost crying out of pain. He glared at Chopper fiercely, but when he realized he couldn't beat him, he shrank his neck and shouted in dissatisfaction:

"The body was stolen by Lord Moria more than 20 years ago! I don't know the details, I only joined ten years ago! As for the other question."

Hogbak paused, then continued, “When I took over from him, I was also amazed by this. The people of Wano Country seemed to have used some special means to preserve this body.

"Although the vitality of the body has been greatly reduced and is no longer as good as it was when the other person was alive, the body is still relatively intact and has not completely decayed."

Reiner had a rough idea about this. It didn't matter if his physique was weak. He could just find a swordsman with a strong body to merge with later. Golden Lion or Rayleigh would be good.

By then, a super strong man will be in his hands, and he will have one more trump card in the war. This is his last preparation in this war.

Otherwise, in a war of that level, Reiner's current strength will not be stable. I wonder if Oz can give another surprise.

"By the way, I have one last question for you."

Reiner glanced at Hogback. He remembered that the other party had a maid who hated dishes. For some reason, she didn't seem to be here, but it didn't matter.

“You have been transforming corpses here for ten years, dealing with zombies all the time. Have you noticed anything unusual? Logically, the behavior of zombies depends entirely on the shadows;

"But they occasionally behave in ways that are not consistent with Shadow's personality. For others, forget about it, but since you are a doctor, you should have paid attention to this."

"What do you mean?" Nami looked at him in confusion.

Chopper's pupils suddenly shrank and he looked fiercely at Hobgobak. He suddenly thought of a question!

Does the body carry the will? !

From a medical point of view, this is simply impossible!

The reason why Reiner noticed this was because he remembered a very touching plot in the original work, the performance of Sindoli, the maid zombie who hated plates.

Moriah can make a contract with the shadow so that the shadow cannot disobey his orders. This is the ability of the devil fruit, but!

However, Xin Duoli's body began to defy the shadow!

Hogbag stared at him blankly and fell silent. He didn't know how to start.

Zombies do occasionally exhibit strange behaviors. For example, some zombies will remember a little bit of the corpse's memories before death and say things that are completely different from their usual behavior style, which makes him very confused.

Because it’s totally unscientific!

He even looked up information specifically back then, but could not find any evidence in any book to confirm this!

"I think I understand what you mean. I don't have an answer to this question either."

Hogbak paused, showing a serious expression, and said in a deep voice:

“Phenomenon-wise, zombies will gain some of the body’s memories, but so far there has been no case of the body disobeying the shadow;

"So, it's possible that there are some memories left in the body, but I'm not sure whether there is will."

“The sea is just amazing.”

Chopper couldn't help but sigh. He had studied medicine for so long, and from the time he met Brook here until now, everything he saw and heard was different from his previous understanding.

Although Reiner was also surprised, he was still a little calmer. Since he went out to sea, he had deeply felt that this was a world where all fantasies came true.

If the giants, dwarfs, and mermaids can still be considered understandable, then the Lunalia tribe is not scientific at all.

Somewhere in this world, there might be a mythical beast, the Human-Human Fruit - a devil fruit in the form of Lunalia.

He wouldn't be surprised if vampires, undead, or demons appeared in the future.

Hmm? What's in my mind? It should be the elves, the beast-eared people, and the angels.