Thriller Bark.
A mobile island wandering in the Devil's Triangle.
Its true form is a giant ship from the West Blue.
Ten years ago, Shichibukai Gekko Moria stationed his island ship in this sea.
He specializes in capturing passing ships, plundering treasures, and simultaneously stealing their shadows.
Using Shichibukai Moria's Paramecia-type Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability, he creates an undead zombie army.
To date, Moria's zombie army has accumulated over eight hundred members, and the number is still increasing.
Today, Thriller Bark still wanders in the sunless Devil's Triangle, waiting for a fated person to open the fireworks treasure chest.
Suddenly.
Without warning.
The ship vibrated violently and stopped moving.
The immense inertia caused everyone on board to stumble and fall.
"What on earth happened? Did we hit a reef? No, how could there be a reef in this sea?"
Inside the spooky castle at the center of the ship, the obese Shichibukai Moria shrieked.
No sooner had he spoken than the island ship, after a brief pause, began to move again.
However, it wasn't following the current but was being pulled against it by some force.
Five minutes later.
"Lord Moria!!!"
A bat zombie with a stitched-on cat face flapped its wings and flew over quickly.
"Do you know why the course suddenly changed?"
Shichibukai Moria asked.
"Y-yes, Lord Moria, I... we just followed the direction we were moving and found... found..."
The bat zombie hesitated.
"What did you find, speak quickly!"
Moria snapped impatiently.
"We found that the ship's railing was hooked by a fishing hook, and the hook was connected to a line that seemed endless. It seems a fisherman accidentally hooked our ship while fishing and is pulling... pulling us over!"
The bat zombie spoke weakly and uncertainly.
It was precisely because the fact was too absurd.
That's why he had hesitated twice before.
"Huh? What did you say?"
As expected, upon hearing its report, Moria clearly didn't believe it.
His onion-shaped devil head wore an expression that screamed, 'Are you kidding me?'
"This is Thriller Bark! The largest ship in the world! Comparable to a small island! Is there any fisherman in this world who can pull this ship against the current? And what fishing rod and line could withstand it without breaking?"
"I am truly sorry, Lord Moria, I must have seen wrong. I will go and check again right away!"
The cat-faced bat zombie flapped its wings and fled in a hurry.
Another quarter of an hour later.
The cat-faced bat zombie returned in a rush again.
Its terrifying zombie face showed visible panic and fear.
"Lord Moria, th-this... this is bad... this time it's really bad!"
"Shut up! Scout Zombie! This is Lord Moria's presence, not a place for you to shout! Ga-oh!"
A growl like a wild beast boomed.
The Three Mysterious Creatures—Invisible Man Absalom!!!
"Hee hee hee hee! The smell of a beast, it's so stinky!"
The big-eyed beautiful girl in cute Lolita attire floated up, putting some distance between them.
The Three Mysterious Creatures—Ghost Princess Perona!!!
"Well, let's not argue for now. Our purpose here is to find out the reason for the change in course. Let's hear what he has to say first!"
The last of the Three Mysterious Creatures—the genius surgeon Hogback—intervened.
"Ee hee hee hee, tell us, what kind of 'bad' is it? Don't tell me something stupid like Thriller Bark being anchored by a fisherman again!"
Shichibukai Gekko Moria sneered.
"But... but Lord Moria, it's really true, I really didn't lie, our ship is truly being pulled by the owner of that fishing hook and line!"
The cat-faced bat zombie said with a mournful face.
"Nani? Are you kidding me! This is a ship like an island!"
Invisible Man Absalom's eyes widened, and he cried out in surprise.
"That's truly an exaggeration. Tell us, who and from where is doing this?"
Ghost Princess Perona's big eyes narrowed slightly.
"I saw him, it's... it's the Five Emperors! The Five Emperors Rolin with a bounty of three billion Berries and his Air Force Pirates!"
The cat-faced bat zombie shouted, revealing this shocking fact.
"Nani!!!"
"What did you say?"
"Is it really that man from the Air Force?"
Absalom, Perona, and Hogback, the three Mysterious Creatures, all changed their expressions in horror.
Even in this sunless Devil's Triangle, they had channels to learn about events happening outside.
They had naturally seen news reports about the various major incidents caused by Roland's group.
"W-w-what... what should we do? Lord Moria, sh-should we avoid them?"
Ghost Princess Perona asked weakly.
A Sea Emperor with a three billion bounty was not someone they could afford to offend.
"Ee hee hee hee."
Shichibukai Gekko Moria suddenly laughed.
"Five Emperors? Who crowned him that? I've never acknowledged it! In my opinion, he's just a rookie this year!"
"Lord Moria is right, they're just a bunch of rookies. Besides, this sea is our Moonlight Group's territory. Once they're here, even a dragon has to coil! Ga-oh!"
Absalom echoed.
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