Pirate: This Marine has two Rinnegan.

puff!

The black spear pierced the bear's glove and then suddenly vanished into thin air.

The bear took off its broken gloves and threw them aside, revealing a rather cute-looking paw pad in its palm.

This is one of the abilities of the Paw-Paw Fruit: using the pads in its hands to deflect any attack, similar to Shinra Tensei. However, it can deflect many things, including some invisible attacks.

For example, in the original story, Perona's ghost doll was once bounced away by a bear using its paw pads.

This fruit's abilities are indeed quite comprehensive. If there's a drawback, it's that besides using compressed air for long-range attacks, Kuma must rely on his paw pads to touch the target when using his powers.

Undeniably, this is indeed a top-tier Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, but it's not really necessary for Chiga now.

His current abilities are incredibly diverse, encompassing space, time, recovery, destruction, and defense—he has it all.

Most importantly, he still has one surgical fruit that he hasn't fully developed.

The potential of the Operation Fruit is enormous; the ROOM space means infinite possibilities, and Chiga is extremely confident about this.

Compared to the Op-Op Fruit, the Paw-Paw Fruit is only good for him to use as a cute paw pad.

……

The bear was now agitated and no longer possessed his usual composure. Coupled with the sudden attack by Moria, he was somewhat angry.

He teleported in front of Moria and, to Moria's horror, placed his hand on his large belly.

"Let's travel."

boom!

Moria, just like his previous attacks, vanished into thin air.

Having done all this, the bear didn't linger and then used its abilities to leave.

Before Perona and the others could react, their captain and the bear vanished right before their eyes, leaving them standing there dumbfounded like a bunch of silly geese.

the other side,

Chiga was unaware that Moria had been sent on a trip by Kuma no sooner than he left. At that moment, he was smiling as he watched Brook gesturing wildly in front of him.

Brooke had realized that his shadow had returned. He was incredibly excited when he first received the news, as it meant he could stand in the sunlight again and perhaps even see the outside world in the future!

After jumping excitedly for a while, Brooke walked up to Chihiro, bowed, and said gratefully,

"Thank you so much! Please take my Devil Fruit!"

Chiga readily accepted Brook's gift, using the Human Path to extract Brook's soul, and then using the Preta Path to extract the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Fate Fruit).

A fifth black tomoe appeared in his left eye.

However, when he tried to put Brooke's soul back, an accident occurred, because he discovered that Brooke's soul had an extremely strong aversion to the skeleton body, and he had no way to do it!

This was a bit of a disaster, and Chiga was momentarily stunned as she held Brook's soul in her hand.

You should know that although his human path can extract souls, it cannot preserve them. If the soul is not dealt with for a long time, it can only dissipate or return to the Yellow Springs.

Wait, the Yellow Springs?

Chapter 209 Dream Master Qianhe

The underworld is the resting place of souls, so it must have a way to preserve souls from perishment.

With this in mind, Chiga immediately prepared to activate the power of the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit) that she had just acquired.

Just then, Brooke's voice rang in Chiga's mind.

"Mr. Chiga, after losing the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Fruit of the Underworld), it seems my soul can no longer return to my body. Perhaps I should just leave now."

"what?"

Chiga frowned. Brook had been longing for the outside world before, so why did he suddenly change his mind?

Brooke said calmly,

"After shedding that skeleton, I suddenly felt a sense of relief. I've lived long enough, and I want to go there to reunite with my companions. It's been such a long time!"

Upon hearing Brooke's words, Chiga fell silent.

He wondered if it was still necessary for him to bring Brook back to life. Did Brook really want to die?

Sometimes, a long life is not a good thing; without someone you care about by your side, it's more like torture.

Moreover, Brooke lived in a state that was neither human nor ghost.

But if Brook's soul were to return to the underworld like this, wouldn't that mean Brook died at his own hands? What would be the point of everything he had done before?

Also, Brook isn't without ties in this world; he still has Laboon, a whale that has been waiting for him for nearly fifty years, at Reverse Mountain!

So Brook can't die yet, at least not by my hand.

Thinking of this, Chiga's left eye began to emit a pale blue chill, which was fundamentally different from Aokiji's chill; it came from the underworld.

"Brook, you still have an unfulfilled promise. Carry that promise with you and continue living!"

The chilling aura of the underworld surged towards Qianhe's hand, which was grasping Brook's soul, and enveloped it.

Without powerful and domineering cultivation or special abilities, one would be instantly frozen upon encountering the Yellow Spring's chilling energy, and it could even damage one's soul.

However, Chiga obviously wouldn't let that happen. The chill of the underworld can harm the soul, but it can also nourish it.

After acquiring the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Fruit of the Underworld), with the aid of the Rinnegan, he can easily switch between the two states of Yomi Yomi's chilling energy.

After Brooke's soul was enveloped by this chilling aura of the underworld, he couldn't help but let out a few comfortable moans.

However, before he could enjoy it for long, Chiga grabbed him and stuffed him back into the skeleton's body.

After his soul returned, Brooke's brow twitched, and he said hesitantly,

"Am I... alive again?"

"Yes, you're alive again."

Chiga checked for him and then gave him some instructions.

"I have infused your soul with the chill of the underworld, and you will be able to use its power from now on. But remember, once you have used it all, your soul will leave your body and return to the underworld."

Chiga was giving Brook a choice: to decide his own life or death.

Brook quickly understood what Chiga meant. He felt a little conflicted and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Seeing Brook standing there in a daze, Chiga assumed he was still contemplating the question of life or death, so she spoke to him.

"Stop thinking about it. If you still want to reunite with your companions, you can use up all the Yellow Spring Cold Qi now. Don't worry, you won't feel any pain during the process."

Brooke nodded, still feeling grateful to Chiga.

Brook's previous crew, the Rumbar Pirates, were the type of "adventurers" who did good deeds.

Just look at their slogans and you'll know.

"Make even a crying child smile through their tears."

However, such pirate crews are ultimately a minority. Brook also witnessed the behavior of some of his fellow pirates on his journey. They would steal whatever they saw, which is the survival strategy of most pirates.

Although he had never done such a thing, he was used to it.

He knew that with Mr. Chiga's strength, there was nothing he could do if someone tried to forcibly take the Yomi Yomi no Mi from him.

But Chiga didn't. He went to Moria's place to retrieve his shadow and even managed to save his own life.

Brooke, on the contrary, felt that he owed Chiga a favor, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

Chiga had no idea what Brook was thinking; if she did, she would probably burst out laughing.

The Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit) is very powerful, and I even feel like I got a good deal, so why would I think Brook owes me something?

It's no wonder it's the world of One Piece; some unspoken rules have become deeply ingrained in people's minds.

Chiga is now thinking that it's not good to leave Brook here alone. It would be better to let him go see Laboon the whale, so that Laboon won't keep crashing into the Red Line and getting hurt all the time.

Thinking of this, Chiga had an idea. He said to Brooke,

Do you remember Raab?

"Labu!?"

Brooke never expected to hear Laboon's name from this Mr. Chiga.

He had no idea how many years it had been since he last heard that name. How could he forget Raab?

Although Laboon is a whale, he had long regarded Laboon as his partner, the kind of partner he would entrust his life to.

Brooke, disregarding all politeness, excitedly grabbed Chihiro's shoulders and shouted,

"How would Mr. Chiga know about Lab? You've seen it before, haven't you? Where is it now? Is it alright?"

A barrage of questions came out of Brooke's mouth, revealing just how urgent he was at that moment.

Chiga understood Brook's loss of composure. Laboon the whale was a classic storyline in the early stages of One Piece, and it genuinely moved him at the time.

All things have a spirit, and sometimes the feelings between people are not as genuine as those between a whale.

Chiga has already fulfilled many dreams in the world of One Piece, so let's help these two "fools" fulfill their dreams this time.

He looked into Brooke's empty eye sockets and said,

"It's still waiting for you in the same place, it hasn't left for a moment. Would you like to go see it?"

"when……"

Brooke almost blurted out "Of course," but then he remembered his promise to Raab.

Their agreement wasn't just about meeting; the prerequisite for meeting was that the Rumbar Pirates would travel around the world.

However, after leaving Laboon, they all unfortunately contracted the plague. In the end, only Brook survived thanks to the power of the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit), and he stayed alone on the empty pirate ship.

This vigil has lasted for nearly fifty years!

Brooke was eager to see Raab immediately; he was practically obsessed with it.

But the agreement was not yet fulfilled. For Brooke, an agreement was a man's promise, which could never be broken.

Brooke was thus caught in a dilemma between his promise and his companions.