Chapter 119 The Skeleton Gentleman Asks to See His PantiesAlthough the cheerful little sprite seemed oblivious to the group, engrossed in its play, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as it wasn't a demon, but rather Merry, that would be wonderful.
However, just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief,
an elegant and ethereal singing voice suddenly drifted from the depths of the thick fog.
"Yohohohoyohohoho!"
Everyone's scalps tingled, and they nervously looked behind them.
A massive, dilapidated pirate ship silently emerged from the fog.
Except for Robin, Luffy, and Kalifa, who remained calm, everyone else was instantly terrified, pointing at the ship and shouting:
"It's here! It really is a ghost ship!!"
"Yohohoho~~"
The cheerful yet slightly melancholic prelude to "Binks' Sake" echoed continuously on the ghost ship.
The tattered sails, the decaying deck, coupled with this eerie background music, created an atmosphere of utter terror.
A skeleton with an afro and wearing a tattered suit stood on the ship's railing.
He held a chipped cup of coffee, his empty eye sockets staring blankly at the Straw Hat crew, humming:
"Brook brings you Binks's fine wine."
"Slurp~"
Brook calmly took a sip of his coffee, seemingly oblivious to the group, as the ghost ship slowly drifted by.
Luffy was the first to snap out of it, his eyes shining like light bulbs:
"Yoshi! Guys! Our mood-maker has appeared! Go after him!"
The others roared in despair: "Impossible!! This is absolutely impossible!!"
...
"Yoshi, now we'll draw lots to decide who goes to that ghost ship with Luffy."
Zoro produced a handful of bamboo skewers from somewhere, looking at everyone with a mischievous grin.
"What?!"
Usopp and Nami immediately jumped up in protest.
Usopp: "Why does this have to be a damn part! Can't anyone go if they want?"
Nami: "Yeah, right! Why drag us into this suicide mission?!"
Chopper: "Exactly! We protest!"
Zoro looked at these weaklings like they were idiots: "Are you sure you don't want to go?"
The group turned around and immediately despaired.
Luffy, Robin, Sanji, Franky, and Kalifa, the big shots, were already standing on the railing, ready to pounce.
Even Zoro had his hand on his sword hilt, his face beaming with excitement, "I want to go slay demons!"
Stay?
Stay in this hellish place where even more monsters might appear at any moment?
Nami and the others collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down their faces: "So, staying on the ship is actually more dangerous..."
In the end, as expected, Nami and Sanji became the "lucky ones."
On the small ship at this moment.
Nami's legs trembled as she lay on the bottom of the boat like a frightened quail, tears welling in her eyes. "Why me! I really don't want to die!"
"Nami-san, don't be afraid, the knights will protect you!"
Sanji shouted bravely from the front, though his legs were also shaking slightly.
Luffy, annoyed by their slow pace, stretched out his rubber arm, grabbed Nami's slender waist, and lifted her off the small boat like a chick.
"No!!!"
With a piercing scream, Nami was thrown onto the deck of the ghost ship by Luffy.
However, something even more terrifying happened.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw a gigantic skull face staring intently at her, slumped on the ground.
Nami's pupils dilated instantly, her heart nearly stopping: "Help!!"
The scream pierced through the layers of mist, echoing throughout the entire Devil's Triangle.
"Good morning! Yohohoho! I was so rude earlier, not greeting you when we met, it really startled me! It's been so many years, I've finally seen a living person!"
"This place is nothing but ghost ships, I'm almost going to have autism."
"Yeah, yeah, come on in, don't be shy, come inside and have a good chat! I have so much to say!"
Brook, like a chatterbox who hadn't spoken in centuries, rattled off like a machine gun.
The suffocating atmosphere was instantly dispelled by his string of incoherent ramblings.
Nami, Sanji, and Luffy were speechless: "This guy... so long-winded..."
At that moment, Brook's gaze fell on Nami, who was wearing a revealing bikini: "Oh my god!"
Nami's heart tightened, instinctively sensing something was wrong, and she took a step back in alarm: "No, no, what are you trying to do?"
"My eyes go fixed on beautiful women... ah, although I'm a skeleton, I don't have eyes."
Brook told a lame joke only he understood, then solemnly put down his broken coffee cup and cane, straightened his tattered bow tie, and walked up to Nami with impeccable manners, bowing deeply:
"Beautiful lady, may I see your panties?"
Nami's forehead instantly bulged out in a deep frown: 凸!!
"Go to hell, you perverted skeleton!"
Enraged, Nami transformed into a female tyrant, delivering a powerful flying kick that sent Brook flying. A large bump visibly swelled up on his all-boned forehead.
"Ouch! That hurts!"
Nami roared in frustration, "Shut up! You pervert!"
Sanji, looking on in shock, squatted down, examining Brook. "Amazing! This is a medical miracle! How can something all bone swell up like that?"
"Um... are you a pooper?" Luffy suddenly interjected seriously.
Sanji snapped, "Can't you focus on something normal?! There are so many other questions!"
Brook picked up his coffee cup again and replied earnestly, "Ah, I'm a pooper!"
Sanji completely broke down: "You two definitely have that serious disease!!"
Luffy, watching this, burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, you're really interesting!"
Luffy could clearly sense that Brook's body structure was extremely strange, especially his head, which seemed to be connected to the legendary underworld.
The so-called "pure land" of the pirate world... Luffy often had wild imaginations. If one day he got Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation technique from Naruto and summoned Roger, Rocks, and all those old monsters to play mahjong, that scene would be absolutely explosive.
"Hey, be my partner!" Luffy stepped forward and directly extended an invitation.
Brook answered without hesitation, "Ah! Sure!"
Nami and Sanji's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets: "!!"
They roared in unison, "No way!!"
Under Sanji and Nami's desperate gazes, Luffy, without a word, grabbed Brook and jumped back onto the Going Merry.
"Yohohoho! I'm Brook, dead but still a skeleton! Nice to meet you!"
Brook politely removed his tattered top hat and gave a gentlemanly bow to everyone on the ship.