Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

He once went to the Windmill Village in the East China Sea, hid in the woods, and secretly observed Luffy.

At that time, Luffy was just a young boy, but now he has become a captain of a pirate group that cannot be underestimated, supported by a group of powerful and famous subordinates.

"You are my son, Drago. He will surely become a great pirate in the future."

Xiong muttered to himself, holding two bounty warrants in his hands.

One showed a grinning Luffy, and the other showed a girl with long pink hair and gold rings in the corners of her eyes.

Captain of the Bonnie Pirates, the glutton Bonnie, bounty: 140 million Baileys!

"You have become a great pirate too."

The corners of the bear's mouth slowly curved up, and a gentle smile appeared on his rough face.

Haw!

The next moment, a crisp sound was heard, and the bear and Moria disappeared instantly.

"Yoshi! Let's get ready for the party!"

In the restaurant, beside the messy dining table, Luffy raised his fists and shouted excitedly.

Sanji smoked a cigarette, slowly blew out a smoke ring, and shook his head helplessly, "You just finished eating, I really wonder if there is a bottomless pit in your stomach."

"Hehehe, what's the big deal? Everyone is so happy, and we have to celebrate the addition of new partners. You will join us, right?"

Luffy looked at Brook with a smile.

"Yohohoho~~, thank you very much for inviting me, Captain Luffy. I am also looking forward to continuing my adventure with everyone. However, before that, I need to fulfill a promise between me and my friends."

Brooke smiled and said calmly, "He is a whale. We were unable to take him through the dangerous Great Passage when he was still young, so we had to leave him in the Twin Straits.

“We made a pact at that time that after sailing around the world, we would go back to find him;

"However, the dangers of the Grand Line were far beyond our imagination. Along the way, our companions left one by one. Now, fifty years have passed, and only a skeleton of me is left of the former Rumbar Pirates. But I have never forgotten for a moment, wondering if he is still waiting for me."

"He is still waiting for you."

The sudden words interrupted him, and Luffy smiled calmly: "You are talking about Lab."

Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp also looked over.

".No. That's right..How did you know that? Could it be that..."

Brook stared at Luffy blankly, his tone gradually becoming excited: "Have you seen Laboon? How is he? Is he doing well now? You said he is still waiting for us?!"

"Ah, we've met Laboon, he's doing well. And Uncle Broomhead, Laboon hasn't forgotten his promise to you, he's still waiting for you." Luffy said with a grin.

"Swoosh."

Hot tears flowed uncontrollably from Brook's hollow skull pupils.

This half-century-long agreement

Even though they don't know whether the other party still remembers it or has given up, they are silently holding on to each other.

Halfway across the world, this connection remains as strong as gold.

“Yohohohoho~~”

Brooke's teeth chattered as he laughed, but his eyes were filled with tears.

".Lab, I'm so glad to hear that you're safe. My tightly clenched heart finally seems to start beating, even though I'm a skeleton without a heart! Woo woo~~"

"Woooooaaaa! That's so touching, asshole!!"

Franky burst into tears, "You're just a skeleton, but you look so flesh and blood! You're so super!!"

Brooke was alone on a ghost ship filled with the corpses of his former companions, experiencing the double impact of happy and sad memories every day, and endured this for fifty years.

How lonely he must be, Chopper Usopp burst into tears.

"Hehehe, come with me, Brook. We'll circle the Grand Line and then go back to meet Laboon. Didn't you guys agree on this?" Luffy smiled and invited him again.

"yes."

Brooke covered her face with her hands, tears streaming down her slender finger bones, dripping onto the ground.

At night, the banquet arrived as scheduled. In addition to the Straw Hat Pirates, Lola and everyone in the forest also attended the party.

"Let's toast to our new friend, Brooke!"

"cheers!!!"

The entire ghost castle was no longer gloomy, but filled with clinking glasses and laughter.

"Move aside, the food is served!!"

"Wow! The eyebrow curling guy's skills are really amazing!"

“I’ve never eaten such delicious food in my life!”

"Where's the wine? Where's the wine? Hurry up and serve it!"

Zoro yelled at Sanji, only to receive a rude response from the latter.

"Go get the green algae head yourself! I have no obligation to serve you!"

"Everyone is so happy."

Looking at the three funny people dancing on the table with chopsticks in their mouths, Nami couldn't help but feel happy. She turned her head and asked, "Speaking of which, where did you go later?"

"I went to find the corpse of a giant named Oz." Reiner took a sip of wine, put the glass down on the table and responded, his eyes fell on Brook not far away.

Next to a piano, slender fingertips jumped quickly on the keys.

A sound shell that recorded the Rumba Pirates' members singing at the top of their lungs before their death was placed on the piano and was singing loudly.

“Yo-ho-ho-ho~~, yo-ho-ho-ho~~.”

"I offer you Binx's fine wine~~, floating in the wind, swaying with the waves~~"

The singing is melodious, the chorus sounds, and the interweaving instruments are becoming fewer and fewer.

Quintet.Trio.Piano Solo

Yin Bei's voice gradually became smaller, and it seemed as if one could see the figures of those who were seriously injured and fell down while singing loudly.

The excited and high-spirited singing of his companions before their death was recorded with this sound shell and entrusted to him who possessed the Yomiuri Fruit, waiting for the day when he could bring everyone's voices back to Lab.

Yin Bei's voice gradually faded away, but the singing in the living room became louder and louder.

As times change and the old and the new alternate, it seems as if the scenes of the past are being reenacted before our eyes.

Brooke's hands kept jumping and he looked at the lively crowd around him, just like he used to be with his friends.

The inheritance of will will never be extinguished from generation to generation.

Take a day off tomorrow

I'm sick and my head is so dizzy that I really can't move. I'll take a day off tomorrow. Please forgive me, gentlemen.

In addition, the horror barque ends here, and the following is the battle scene of the protagonist.

Chapter 158: Princess Mononoke Boards the Ship

In the first half of the Grand Line, above the towering red earth continent, countless islands are clustered and slowly floating above the clouds.

In the center of the largest island surrounded by an archipelago, a magnificent palace stands.

There is a huge ship following behind the island. It is not so much a ship as a huge semi-elliptical boulder with countless oars exposed on both sides.

On its head, there is a huge lion head carved with wild mane covering it, which looks majestic and ferocious.

On the ship, in a gorgeously decorated room.

Bu—bu—bu!

Strange footsteps were heard one after another, and a man wearing a white scientist's coat and exaggerated makeup like a clown walked into the room and stopped in front of a man with blond hair and a shawl.

The man was tall, with only half of his feet left with two double-edged swords tied to them. He was wearing a yellow and orange striped kimono, and half of a ship's rudder was clearly visible on his rough face.

The scientist raised his hands and gestured at him, as if he felt that the other party did not understand what he meant, so he spoke directly under the other party's puzzled gaze:

"Admiral, the pirate groups we have assembled have arrived one after another and are gathering in the nearby waters. They will probably be all here tomorrow."

"Can't you talk?!" The golden lion yelled with his eyes wide open.

The cigar at the corner of his mouth trembled, and he turned back to the wall and looked down through the window.

"This place is too close to Marinford. I will sink the island when it is farther away. You are responsible for entertaining those captains on the island. I will personally go to the Navy Headquarters to give those old guys a warning."

"Understood, Admiral."

The scientist took out another newspaper and grinned, "Also, the experiment we did in the East China Sea has been published in the newspaper."

"Qihahaha!!"

Hearing this, the golden lion raised his head and grinned fiercely, with the long golden hair behind him dancing wildly. "This is just the beginning! Feel the fear, I'm back to subvert this world!"

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At the same time, in the foggy Devil’s Triangle.

The banquet lasted for a day and a night, until everyone was exhausted and lay down in the hall and slept for most of the day.

Only a few people woke up early and were busy preparing to set sail again.

The terrifying three-masted sailboat, under the helm of the Blue Demon and the Red Demon, slowly sailed towards the Devil's Triangle.

"There is no deviation in our course. We will soon be able to leave this fog."

Nami closed one eye and carefully checked the record pointer on her wrist. Then she turned her head to the side and saw a Gothic loli holding an umbrella. She said with a warning tone:

"Let me make it clear first. We are just giving you a ride temporarily. You'd better not have any tricks. Don't think I am as easy to fool as that idiot captain."

"I know, I know. You're not cute at all. If there were no boat, I wouldn't want to follow you." Perona put one hand on her waist and the other on her umbrella, and turned her face away angrily.

Two days ago, she saw Moria being taken away by a bear. She searched the island again these two days, but didn't see any trace of Hogbak and Absalom.

She originally wanted to rob the Straw Hat Pirates' ship and leave, but there were so many experts guarding the other ship that they subdued her after just a few rounds of fighting.

Then he was captured by the undead and brought before them.