Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

"Even if you say that, well, Luffy is in the past." Sanji said, swinging his leg with a look of disgust.

"There are only ghost ships here, it's terrifying!" Brooke, who clearly hadn't seen a living person in a long time, couldn't stop chatting and even extended a warm invitation, "Come on, let's go inside and talk."

"Interesting, the skull with the afro is talking." Luffy's eyes lit up as he brought Nami and Merry with him onto the wrecked ship.

"Stop talking!" Nami sobbed, wriggling around Luffy. She regretted coming onto Luffy; she should have known that he would be in even more danger. She should have gone to find Robin instead!

Just then, Robin's voice came from next to Luffy, "Skulls seem quite interesting too."

Nami: "......"

Why do all these people like random, nonsensical things?

At this moment, Brook also noticed Nami and Robin, and stepped forward with respect, saying, "You two are truly beautiful ladies. May I ask...?"

Before he could finish speaking, Luffy had already thrown a punch.

With a snap.

Brooke's skull head slammed heavily into the ship.

Nami noticed the sound had stopped, and timidly looked up, only to find Brook had been knocked away.

"You actually did it?" Nami was shocked.

"Well, I have a feeling I'm going to hear some things I don't want to hear from this skull."

Luffy said, "Anyway, if it's a skeleton, it shouldn't die."

Brooke's eyes cleared instantly, if he had eyes.

Chapter 256 Standing in front of you is!

Over there, Brooke, who seemed to have experienced some major upheaval, walked over obediently and said, "Yes, I won't die."

Brook dared not speak carelessly, because Luffy's punches hurt too much, the kind that strike right at the soul.

As a skeleton, it shouldn't feel pain!

However, Luffy doesn't play by the rules after defeating Brook.

"Then can you poop?" Luffy asked Brook curiously.

"Yes, I poop."

Fortunately, Brook can handle any move.

You guys are really something!

If this continues, who knows what kind of topic it will develop into?

Nami couldn't help but bite Luffy's neck, her voice stammering and broken, "Can't you guys have a normal conversation?!"

Is this the kind of question a human being could come up with?

Although Luffy has matured, his hobbies remain the same, and unsurprisingly, he invites this interesting skull to the Thousand Sunny.

Brook accepted Luffy's invitation. Luffy was too scary to refuse, and Brook suspected that he would get beaten up if he didn't accept.

Brook isn't afraid of being hit, but Luffy's punches hurt extra for some reason.

"Yohohoho,"

Brooke straightened his top hat; his bones were still throbbing slightly, but he still let out his signature laugh. "Although it's a bit unusual to greet you like this on our first meeting, I am honored by your invitation."

And after wandering alone for decades, he really longs to connect with someone. He looks like a skeleton, but is he really human inside?

This gentleman, reduced to nothing but bones, was invited aboard the bright and vibrant Sunny Miles.

Compared to his dilapidated, lifeless ghost ship, this place is simply paradise!

On the Sunny Journey.

"Yo ho ho ho, it's nice to meet you all. I am Brook, who is now just bones after death. Please take care of me."

Brook, with one hand on his cane and the other gently lifting his top hat, gracefully gave the Straw Hat crew a standard gentleman's bow.

He then gave a formal self-introduction.

It was as if he wasn't the one who had just been punched away by Luffy.

Brooke's gaze swept over the people on the deck, lingering particularly on Vivi.

Nami and Robin went up with Luffy just now. If they were to get beaten up for saying something, this guy couldn't possibly let it happen.

Are all the women on that boat yours?

He instinctively wanted to say something, but as he stepped forward, a glimpse of Luffy's kind smile caught his eye, and he immediately swallowed back the inappropriate questions that were about to come out. He simply bowed slightly in Vivi's direction and said, "Good evening, beautiful lady."

I'm not going to say anything more, I'm never going to say it again in my life.

Chopper and Usopp were initially so frightened that they hid behind Zoro and Sanji, only daring to peek at the talking skeleton with half their heads showing.

But seeing that Brooke's demeanor was quite elegant and his speech was witty and humorous, people gradually lowered their guard and couldn't help but curiously surround him.

"Are you really human?" Chopper mustered his courage and cautiously poked Brook's ribs with his hoof. This was practically challenging his own medical knowledge!

“Ah, yes, I was human in my previous life,” Brooke answered with a smile.

Luffy, with his experience, said, "It's probably the power of a Devil Fruit."

"Yes, I died once. Thanks to the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Fruit of the Underworld), my soul returned to this body. Although when I came back, my body had rotted away and only bones remained. Oh ho ho ho~ I'm so sorry, I scared you all."

"Devil Fruits can even bring people back to life."

Sanji slowly exhaled a smoke ring and sighed, "Life and death are the eternal laws that all things in the world abide by. It's already exaggerated enough that the soul returns from the underworld, but it's unbelievable that a mere skeleton can still exist in a life form."

Luffy laughed, holding up Merry, and said, "The sea is truly magical."

The possibility of death and resurrection exists.

Legendary beings like ship spirits also exist.

On this vast ocean, any wild idea that humankind might have is likely to become a reality!

Luffy and his friends showed great enthusiasm to this polite skeleton guest.

Sanji specially prepared a lot of snacks and black tea.

What Nami really wanted to complain about was why a skeleton could eat.

Then, as everyone watched Brooke skillfully pick up her teacup, sip it, and then take a small cake, their expressions were quite subtle.

The food went in and fell right out through the gap between the ribs!

"Sanji's cooking is amazing! I haven't eaten anything this delicious in decades! It's so good I almost want to swallow my tongue, ah, even though I don't have a tongue anymore."

People get used to Brooke's corny jokes after a while.

This actually brought everyone closer together.

A skeleton that tells corny jokes!

This is incredibly appealing to the trio of Chopper, Usopp, and Franky.

These strange-looking things also piqued Luffy's interest, and he was quite curious as to why Brook was there.

So he asked, "From what you've said, you've been here for a long time? Why don't you leave?"

"Because my shadow has been taken away."

Brook spoke of his ordeal, his voice becoming much lower: "The one who stole my shadow was the master of this sea, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Gecko Moria. Without my shadow, I could not leave this foggy sea, nor could I stand in the sunlight. I have been drifting on this sea for over forty years, like a lost soul."

Upon hearing this, everyone became indignant.

That Moriah is absolutely despicable.

It's easy to imagine that Brooke was not the only victim. Too many people disappear in these waters every year; perhaps many more vanish from this world because they were exposed to the sun without casting shadows.

After this exchange, Brook saw Luffy and his crew, and remembered his former companions. He gripped his cane tightly, his empty eyes gazing into the distance.

"Thanks to you all, Mr. Luffy, I've finally made up my mind. I'm going to reclaim the Shadow, and I'm going to fulfill our unfinished dream in place of those fallen comrades!" Brook stood up and bowed.

"Excuse my boldness, but could you grant me one last request? The chances of retrieving the Shadow are slim, but if we succeed, I need this ship to return to Twin Peaks to see our waiting companions. So, before I depart, I'd like to borrow some tools to repair the rudder..."

"Twin Gorge?" Luffy was taken aback. Wasn't that where Laboon was?

"It's Laboon!" Usopp and Sanji exclaimed almost simultaneously, pointing at Brook, "Could you be one of the Rumbar Pirates who made a pact with that island whale?!"

Brooke froze, his frame trembling slightly: "You know Rabbi?"

Luffy grinned and replied, "Of course I know, that guy is now a member of our Straw Hat crew."

He'll never forget that stupid whale.

Luffy had already considered using his own power to bring Laboon to the Grand Line. With his current strength, he is capable of doing so, and they will be able to do it after they have circumnavigated the Grand Line.

When Brook learned from Luffy and his crew that Laboon had been ramming his head against the Red Line for years, waiting for the Rumbar Pirates to return, and only stopped after they passed by and made a new promise, Brook could no longer contain his emotions.

Although there were no tears, the sobbing sound like a boiling kettle and the trembling of his body were enough to show the excitement and sorrow in his heart.

"Waaaaah, thank goodness Lab is still alive! It remembers us!" Brooke covered her face, her sobs mixed with her unique laughter, sounding especially heartbreaking.

Luffy and his crew finally understood why the Rumbar Pirates hadn't kept their promise to Laboon.

It's not that I don't want to do it, but that I can't.

After calming down a bit, Brook formally introduced himself: "I haven't officially announced it yet, but I am Brook, the acting captain and musician of the Rumbar Pirates, with a bounty of 3300 million Berries."

Brooke even pulled out his bounty poster from when he was alive.

Zoro crossed his arms and said, "Since it's related to that whale, then giving you a ride to find Moria and retrieve the shadow is no problem."

“Yes, since he’s Laboon’s partner, he’s our partner too,” Usopp agreed.

Even so, everyone subconsciously turned their gaze to Luffy.

Based on their understanding of the captain, Luffy should have already extended an invitation to Brook, who is a skeleton, connected to Laboon, and a musician, with eyes lighting up.

However, the truth is that Luffy appears quite composed.

No, if you look closely, Luffy's eyes are sparkling; he is indeed tempted.