One Piece: Fist of the World.

Chapter 147 Skeleton Brook

"Quickly calm down that expression on your face."

Nia suddenly spoke up.

Their captain is probably doomed.

This fetish is getting worse.

"I got a satisfactory New Year's gift, so what's wrong with me being happy?"

Rhodes happily grabbed Qiu Shui in his hand, not paying attention to Nia's teasing.

"Something that is stolen can't be considered a gift."

"What do you mean stolen? In order to celebrate a young man like me joining the ranks of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the old senior Gekko Moriah specially gave me the precious sword from his collection."

Rhodes said seriously that if he ignored Moria who was lying unconscious at his feet, perhaps his words would be more convincing.

"Cut~~"

Nia curled her lips and did not continue discussing this topic with Rhodes.

"By the way, how did you know there was a big sharp knife here?"

Nia asked.

Robin also cast a curious look at Rhodes.

Whether it was before or this time, Rhodes has demonstrated this incredible intelligence ability more than once.

He seems to know a lot of hidden information.

But the people in charge of intelligence work on the ship were obviously Nelu and Robin.

"Just think of it as one of my innate abilities."

Rhodes made up nonsense.

'I see! ’

There was a hint of realization in Nia and Robin's eyes.

They already knew about the existence of Haki, and they also knew that when Observation Haki is cultivated to an extremely high level, it can even reach the level of 'foreseeing the future'.

In this world, in addition to acquired practice, there are also some people who are born with awakened Observation Haki and possess all kinds of incredible abilities.

Emotional perception, listening to the inner voice...

These things that sound incredible are nothing more than abilities that they are born with.

If Rhodes was also a person who was born with the awakening of Observation Haki, then it would not be surprising that he possessed such intelligence capabilities.

Perhaps, his observation Haki can obtain some special information.

Rhodes looked at Robin and Nia strangely, wondering what on earth they were imagining.

"Get ready to go back!"

"Leaving now?"

Nia was slightly stunned.

"Why not?"

Rhodes looked at Nia strangely.

"Although this place looks big, it's just Moria's pirate ship. There's nothing interesting here. We might as well hurry up and go back to practice."

"I do not want it!"

Nia crossed her arms in refusal.

"Even if it's just an uninhabited island, I'll walk through it inch by inch!"

“I’m a little curious too.”

Robin smiled slightly.

"Among the zombies that besieged us just now, some seemed to be famous pirates in the past. There might be some treasures left on this island."

"Pirates' treasure!!"

Nia's eyes lit up slightly and she grabbed Robin.

"There's a treasure map!?"

“It’s just very likely.”

Seeing that Nia was indeed interested as expected, Robin's mouth curled up slightly.

If it was simply said that there were some ancient relics here that she wanted to study, I'm afraid Nia would not be so determined to stay.

"Then let's go find the treasure!"

Looking at Robin being pulled away by Nia, Rhodes couldn't help but shook his head.

Nia’s thoughts are really easy to guess.

But Robin is the same. If you want to stay for a while, just tell him directly. He is not the kind of unkind person.

It seems that the other party still hasn't let go completely.

Although Robin has joined the Lodo Pirates and they have been sailing together for so long, and they even repelled Aokiji some time ago, this has helped Robin resolve her worries.

But the habits she developed over the years are still affecting Robin. She will not express her ideas or requests directly, but will achieve her goals through other roundabout ways.

Perhaps only with the passage of time and the deepening of their feelings, will she be able to let go of herself.

Otherwise, prepare a New Year gift for her as well.

Rhodes instantly thought of Alabasta.

There, there was something that Robin had been pursuing all these years - the original text of history!
I don't know what exactly is recorded there, but as long as it's historical text, it will be fine.

Crocodile, who was far away in Alabasta, suddenly felt a chill.

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"Where is their control room? I need to study this ship carefully!"

Gray looked far away, but he couldn't tell that there was a ship here. "Why don't you ask him?"

Rhodes suddenly reached out and grabbed the invisible Absalom.

"How can it be!?"

Absalom looked at Rhodes with horror.

He originally wanted to enter stealth mode and quietly approach Lord Moria, then make Lord Moria transparent when the enemy was not paying attention, and then rescue him.

Unexpectedly, just as he approached, the other party actually noticed his whereabouts and grabbed him out.

"Although I can't see you using the Transparent Fruit, I can still find your possible location through changes in the surrounding environment."

Rhodes threw Absalom in front of Gray.

There is something about the transparent fruit.

Even with his observation Haki, he was unable to detect Absalom in his transparent state.

However, the opponent's basic strength is too weak, and he will always involuntarily affect the surrounding environment when he moves. As long as you pay attention to changes in the environment, you can accurately find the opponent's position.

"Great, take me to the engine room of this ship. I'm really curious."

Gray grabbed Absalom and immediately injected a tube of unknown liquid into his body.

"what did you do to me!?"

The cold liquid entered his body through the syringe. Absalom's face changed slightly and he looked at Gray in horror.

On the Thriller Bark, there was a surgeon named Hogubak who was good at research and transformation. Absalom had seen him perform surgery.

No, to be precise, he had also been lying on the other person's operating table and underwent transformation.

After the transformation, he had the skin of an elephant and the strength of a bear.

But even so, Absalom didn't want to recall the time when he was lying on the operating table. It was like a nightmare.

"Don't worry, I just randomly injected some markers and trackers in case you ran away."

Gray said lightly.

"The marker is colorless and can only be detected with my specific equipment, but I was worried that your ability might render the marker ineffective, so I put a tracker inside it."

"The tracker cannot be identified by the naked eye, so I can't find your location. However, all the bullets and shells I fire will treat it as a target and attack it unconditionally!"

"I won't run around!"

Thinking of Gray's artillery attack just now, Absalom's face changed and he immediately made the promise.

"It's okay. This is my first time using a tracker, so it may not be accurate."

Gray looked at Absalom with a burning gaze, with some encouragement in his eyes.

It seemed to be encouraging him to escape.

"This guy wants to use me to test the effectiveness of his weapon!"

Absalom saw through Gray's thoughts in an instant, and without any tricks, he took Gray to the core power area of ​​the terrifying brig in an orderly manner.

There was nothing technologically advanced about this ship, it was just huge.

However, being able to drive such a huge ship safely without disintegrating is itself a remarkable thing.

"Just wait a moment."

Nia took Robin on a treasure hunt, Gray also went to study the secret of the terrifying three-masted ship, and Rhodes had nothing to do for a while, so he simply sat on the ground, placed Qiu Shui in front of him, and tried to experience the various insights he got from Qiu Shui.

As the sword of the great swordsman 'Ryoma' hundreds of years ago, Qiu Shui has accompanied Ryoma throughout his life. It has experienced countless battles, and in each battle, it was tempered by Ryoma into a black sword.

Just holding Qiu Shui's blade, all the techniques of using Qiu Shui flowed in Rhodes' mind. That was Long Ma's sword skill after thousands of temperings, and it was his lifelong understanding of the sword.

The mysteries and skills contained therein were definitely not something that Rhodes could absorb and digest in a short period of time.

With the ability of [Knights Don't Die Barehanded], Rhodes can replicate Ryuma's sword skills when holding the Autumn Water, but once he lets go, he will no longer be able to use these skills.

What Rhodes needs to do is to absorb all these skills and transform them into his own.

Big Bear remained silent and stood beside Rhodes.

Although Rhodes and his companions did not make any demands on Big Bear, Big Bear's heart was filled with gratitude towards Rhodes and his companions who saved his daughter's life.

However, he had nothing and was unable to repay the other party's kindness.

Therefore, Big Bear could only follow Rhodes and his friends silently, trying his best to meet their various requests and expressing his feelings in this simple way.

The same is true now.

"Yohohoho~~"

A strange laugh was heard suddenly, followed by a tall and thin figure slowly approaching.

"I'm Brook! It was you who defeated the master of this place and released my shadow, right?"

Brook glanced at Moriah lying on the ground, and then looked at Rod who was sitting cross-legged over there.

"Skull?"

As the figure approached, Big Bear also saw the other person's appearance, and a hint of curiosity flashed through his mind.

Even for him, it was the first time he saw such a person.

When he was young, he was captured by the Celestial Dragons and became a slave.

In Marijoa, the holy land of the Celestial Dragons, there are slaves of almost every race.

But even there, Big Bear had never seen a skeleton man like this one.

Brooke walked closer, took off his hat, saluted as a gentleman, and then spoke to Rhodes in a very serious tone.

"Although you may have done it unintentionally, it is an incomparable favor to me!"

"If there is anything I can do for you, please let me know. I will do my best!"

(End of this chapter)