One Piece: Who still has dreams?

Good heavens, what kind of pirate crew is this outrageous?!

"Wow, what a peculiar spirit!"

From the dark forest, a samurai zombie dressed in a tattered white kimono and wooden clogs emerged, carrying the black sword Shusui, and sized up Zoro standing among a group of unconscious humans.

"Get out of here."

Zoro didn't look at him. "You're not Shimotsuki Ryuma, I'm not interested in you."

"Yeah?"

Zombie Dragon Horse thrust his sword at me, "But I'm so bored, I have nothing else to do."

The force was so great that the tip of the blade pierced out a sharp shockwave, shooting towards Zoro's temple like a bullet.

Zoro drew Wado Ichimonji without even glancing at it. The gleaming longsword was shrouded in Armament Haki, which flowed like water. With a casual swing, the blade gently deflected the bullet-like sword energy with the flowing Haki. It didn't scatter or cut through the energy, but silently changed its trajectory, sending the sword flying rapidly to its side and behind. With a bang, it pierced through a large tree.

"What amazing swordsmanship!" exclaimed the zombie Ryoma.

But in the next instant, Zoro swung Wado Ichimonji, the hilt wrapped with Ryuo, and swiftly stepped forward, the hilt of his sword sending the zombie Ryuma flying with a thud as it disappeared into the dark forest, accompanied by a series of loud crashes.

"..."

Zoro sheathed his sword, examined his hands, and said thoughtfully, "Is this Conqueror's Haki?" He looked up at Lola, the only one still standing.

Lola stared in disbelief, sweating profusely, and said, "Yes... because my mom had one too, and my brother had one too, so I recognized it immediately..."

How come so many people have this?

Zoro was sweating profusely, looking like he was having a supermarket clearance sale.

"Yohoho..." Zombie Ryoma came back again.

Zoro's eyes sharpened, his Conqueror's Haki surging and radiating outwards. He said irritably, "I've already told you, I'm not interested in you. I don't want to cut this body you've taken over with my knife anymore."

"Like I said, I have nothing better to do," Zombie Dragon Horse laughed. "Besides, for some reason, this time it seems like this body is controlling me; it's the other way around that it wants to come find you..."

"What?"

Zoro was surprised, but just then, a ball of fire pierced through the forest in mid-air, dispelling the boundless darkness and mist, and flew over with a whoosh.

"why you?"

Ace's utterly surprised expression materialized in the firelight.

"what?"

Zoro raised an eyebrow, also surprised.

"Fire, fire, fire fist!"

Lola pointed at Ace and exclaimed, "You're Fire Fist Ace with a bounty of 550 million Berries! The second-in-command of the Cursed Pirates!"

Zoro frowned, annoyed: "How did he become the second-in-command?"

Ace pressed his hat back into human form, flames trailing behind him, and chuckled, "You have... good taste..."

As he was speaking, his eyelids suddenly drooped, and in his last blurry vision, he saw Zoro and Lola in the same state, collapsing to the ground one after another in a daze.

Thud. Ace heard the sound of himself falling, and then everything went dark.

"?"

Zombie Dragon Horse stood alone in place, a question mark above his head. What was going on? Why did these people suddenly fall asleep?

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Meanwhile

Stussy briefly recounted to Redio and Gertz how she encountered Zoro at sea, how she followed him all the way to the Thriller Bark, how she secretly followed him, watched him trespass into Moria's territory, and how she rescued him and quietly put him back in his place, but Zoro kept wandering around in the woods after waking up, not knowing where he wanted to go...

As for how Zoro's shadow was cut off by Moria, and about Oz, she didn't infiltrate the Mast House, so she didn't see it and therefore didn't know, and naturally didn't mention it.

"Wandering around in the woods..."

Gertz, barely suppressing a laugh, said, "He's just lost, isn't he?"

Was he carried out? Reddio thought to himself, "Looks like Zoro's shadow has been captured?"

It's not surprising, Perona's Ghost-Ghost Fruit is indeed a bit too insidious. And there's no way to defend against it. As long as there's a connection between the mind and the body, the proficiency of a Devil Fruit can be increased very quickly. Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit's "magic penetration" ability has been rising at a rapid pace.

Sugar looks weak; Kyros, who turned into a toy soldier, was easily dispelled by Redio. But that was, after all, Armament Haki of Gojo Satoru's 6-star strength.

Six-Eyed Redio seems to be easily eliminated, but even a standard 4-star Redio, or even the current powerful 5-star Redio, would most likely not be able to do so...

Perona's ghost princess demeanor, her physical and mental performance, clearly indicates that she is a chosen Ghost-Ghost Fruit Jinchūriki; her proficiency is undoubtedly high.

Even if Zoro was warned beforehand, firstly, Zoro has never been hit by this attack before, so he might not be really vigilant enough; secondly, even if he was vigilant, given Zoro's current level of Armament Haki, he would most likely not be able to withstand it and would be directly penetrated.

In any case, Moria was determined to ensure that the shadows he cut off would be useful, not only by not killing their original owners but also by ensuring they were unharmed. Therefore, Reddio did not really consider Ghost Island a place that required caution and did not give Zoro any instructions.

Besides, the captain seems to have a premonition of where the crew is going, knowing everything about it beforehand, which is rather disappointing.

"Then tell me, why did you initially head towards the Grand Line?"

As Redio spoke to Stussy, he suddenly felt drowsy.

Stussy's eyelids drooped, his head lolled to the side, and he drifted off to sleep, leaning against Redio's chest. Redio's body also went limp, his vision blurred, and the massive body of Gertz, who had also suddenly fallen asleep, slumped softly against him, his enormous shadow pressing down on Redio...

Redio's black hair suddenly turned white, and his eyes sparkled with a bright, clear blue light. His endless sleepiness vanished in an instant.

Hypnosis? Devil Fruit ability?

Before Gertz could fall and crush him and Stussy, he was held back by the repulsive force of a dark red orb. Redio put the unconscious Gertz and Stussy aside, then shot straight through the mist with a "whoosh" and flew into the air.

[Remaining time for Gojo Satoru Mode: 40 seconds]

Redio fully activated his Observation Haki, and his 6-star level Haki instantly covered the entire island-sized terror three-masted sailing ship.

A mist enveloped the entire dark Ghost Island, but Redio immediately locked onto a presence about 50 meters above the edge of the mist ahead…

If converted into a system evaluation, then it would be at least a 5-star overall rating.

The blue light in his eyes seemed to flash briefly in the thick fog.

Redio waved his hand in the air!

call!

The horizontal slash, nearly 3 kilometers long, flew out at a height of 50 meters. It was an invisible and intangible shock wave generated by tearing through the air, yet it was wrapped in a dense and dark Armament Haki!

The 3-kilometer-long, jet-black crescent-shaped slash swept across the entire Ghost Island three-masted sailing ship in an instant, smoothly cleaving the thick fog in two. It swept across Hogback's mansion with unstoppable force, continuing to cut through the mainmast and the four-story mansion building below it without stopping...

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Hogback's mansion was torn apart, its towering mainmast snapped and fell over... The massive, black slash swept past and flew into the thick fog behind the three-masted sailing ship, the billowing fog lingering for a long time.

This slash was truly aimed at the very center of the severed mist, at a centaur hovering in mid-air.

It was a figure with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse, wielding a long, pointed spear, a cold weapon, and surrounded by swirling flames. At this moment, it was frantically chasing after its head, which had been severed by the massive slash that had swept across the area earlier...

The person wearing a bubble-like breathing hood was cursing, "Damn cursed one! It hurts so much!"

Qilingom reattached his head to his neck and hurriedly looked towards the source of the slash. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the cursed one hadn't chased after him. Those glowing blue eyes and that even more dazzling white hair were... a little frightening!

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"I am Saint Qilingom, residing in the 'Limosif Family' of the 'Holy Land'!"

Giringom flew in through the thick fog, barging straight into Moria's ballroom on the fourth floor of the mainmast mansion. Looking down at him, he declared, "A member of the Cursed Pirates has escaped to your island. I'll be staying here for the next few days! The Cursed Pirates could appear at any time, so you'll need to keep an eye on them. If you spot them, let me know immediately, understand?"

But when he turned to face him alone, his face darkened as he took out his Den Den Mushi. He gave a stern warning: "Hey! Let me make this clear, Junko, if anything happens to me, teleport me back immediately! You hear me? I don't want to die!"

A cool, aloof girl's voice came through the Den Den Mushi: "Your mission is to find out exactly what methods the 'Cursed Ones' possess..."

"You can't joke with my life like that!" Chiringom yelled. "Even Shamrock's dead father was killed by that cursed one! The best course of action is to stay away from that kind of guy! I really don't understand why anyone would provoke him! I wish I never had to run into someone like him again!"

"Lord Im also wants to know..." another male voice came from the Den Den Mushi, "how exactly my father died."

"So you're here too, Commander," Kiringom said. "Since it's the Lord's order, there's nothing we can do... Strange, wasn't the Cursed One killed by Garin Saint using Conqueror's Haki? That's clearly the only method that could target our immortality!"

Shamrock said, "That's precisely why an investigation is needed."

Junzi said, "The Cursed One has never once shown any signs of possessing Conqueror's Haki..."

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What if he has it?

Isn't this harming people?

Kiringom was an awakened Kirin Fruit user, able to fly freely in the air on a cloud of flames. He observed the direction from afar where the Cursed One was swinging a huge slash, and seeing that it didn't seem to have any intention of killing him immediately, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Even if it's Lord Im's order, I can't be sent to my death for nothing!

Then several smaller, but more precise, black slashes flew in, cutting Giringolm into several pieces. Although it hurt, these slashes didn't contain Conqueror's Haki, and Giringolm freely reassembled them in mid-air, piecing his body back together…

Play around here for a while, make a little noise, and then leave immediately!

He took out a Den Den Mushi (sound-emitting Den Den Mushi) and laughed loudly, "Cursed One, instead of targeting me, why don't you take a look at your companions? Hahaha, the Cursed Pirates are about to be wiped out!"

I don't care if you're destroyed or not. I just want to go back to the holy land right now and get a good night's sleep!

Qilin Gom conjured a horn and blew it forcefully.

……

"That slash... from a swordsman..."

From the ruins of the collapsed Mast House, a colossal giant nearly 50 meters tall crawled out. He roared at the direction from which the massive 3-kilometer-long slash had come, "Hawkeye! You were there! Right!!"