The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

Usopp chimed in, "It's like you love meat. Once you've finally got your hands on some meat, would you let someone take it away from you?"

“Absolutely not!!”

Luffy refused outright. After thinking for a moment, he said, "However, I can ask them to exchange it for other dishes that are just as good as meat."

"We need to know what the other party's real purpose is first."

Luffy chuckled and said, "Now that he's got the shadow, he's definitely planning to do something with it. Why don't we just go ask him what he wants in return for the shadow to Brook? That would be perfect!"

Instead of discussing and speculating here, we should go directly to Moria and explain things clearly.

"Yohohohoho, that..."

Brooke, standing nearby, raised her hand. "I really appreciate all your ideas and solutions, but this is my own shadow, and I want to take it back myself."

"It's alright, we'll go and find out what's going on for you."

Luffy completely ignored Brook's polite refusal.

He picked his nose and said, "Even if you want it back yourself, we can ask about the price for you first, and see what Moria wants you to pay and what the cost is."

Brooke: "..."

Since Luffy had already said that, he really didn't know what to say in response.

Moreover, he could see that Luffy was determined to bring him onto his ship.

"Don't worry, I didn't do this entirely for you!!"

After picking his nose, Luffy gave a refreshing smile.

"Back when we were at Twin Capes, Dr. Crocus explained a lot about the Grand Line to us and even gave us the Log Pose."

"And she even helped us write a letter to an old lady doctor, asking her to prepare the medicine for us..."

Achoo!

Dr. Kureha, who was drinking plum wine on Drum Island, couldn't help but sneeze.

"So, Dr. Crocus has helped us a lot, and for his sake and Laboon's sake, we're willing to help you as much as we can!" He patted Brook on the shoulder. "So don't feel guilty, just think of it as us wanting to do our own thing with 733!" After Luffy finished speaking, his crew behind him also thought of the care they received from Dr. Crocus at Twin Cape.

He couldn't help but reveal a helpless yet knowing smile.

Given their connection with Dr. Crocus, it seems they really are going to make the trip for this skeleton musician!

"Is that so? Thank you so much!!"

When Brook saw that Luffy and the others had made up their minds, he bowed deeply in a very gentlemanly manner.

"No need to be so polite. We actually need you to help us explain the situation in this Devil's Triangle area!"

"Yo ho ho ho ho, just leave it to me... But speaking of which, could that tall lady next to me also let me take a look at your plumpness...?"

"Go to hell! *Bang!*"

After Brooke arrived, the whole ship became quite lively, and even the terrifying atmosphere of entering this Devil's Triangle was somewhat dispelled.

While the group was fooling around, Brook was knocked down by Nami again?

On the other side, on a huge pirate ship, as large as land.

"Really? The new pirate crew that joined us is the Straw Hat Pirates, who's been making waves lately?!"

On the huge ship, which resembled a watchtower, sat an adorable girl with pink pigtails, a crown on her head, a burgundy umbrella in her hand, and red leather shoes with pigeon-toed feet.

She listened to the report coming from a phantom-like, white rag doll-like thing, her smoky eyes blinking involuntarily.

"Lord Moria specifically instructed me to report to him immediately if I discovered any trace of the Straw Hat Pirates."

"It seems that the World Government contacted him before and gave him some instructions."

"Now that I've found out about the Straw Hat Pirates, what they do next is up to them." She said this, then took out a Den Den Mushi from her waist.

"Moshi moshi? Is that Lord Moria? The Straw Hat crew you've been waiting for has arrived!!"

251. [Silhouette Scissors] and [Magic Shadow Flash]! They can help me grill the meat properly!

Luffy and his crew were still thinking about negotiating and making a deal with Moria, unaware that they themselves had already become Moria's target.

This terrifying voyage on the three-masted ship won't be as simple as it seems.

Brook temporarily became the Straw Hat crew's guide, staying on the Sunny Merry and leading the group to Thriller Bark.

Midway through their journey, they also learned the reason why so many ships had been wrecked and disappeared in this Devil's Triangle.

“Every year, a hundred ships are lost here. In fact, most of them are because Moria sends his men to infiltrate pirate ships and take them to his island ship.”

"Not only did he devour all the treasure on the ship, but he also dragged the crew members away one by one and took their shadows, all in order to build his zombie army."

Inside the kitchen of the Sunny Merry, Brook sat at the dining table, wolfing down the food Sanji had prepared while introducing it to everyone.

In his words, he hadn't eaten such delicious food in over thirty years.

It was so delicious my jaw almost dropped, even though he doesn't have a chin, oh ho ho ho ho~~~

"An army of zombies?!"

The crowd around him gradually got used to his lame jokes and no longer found them strange, instead focusing on the important parts.

The zombie army was created by Moria using his Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability to cut off other people's corpses with shadow scissors, aided by moonlight or a bright lamp.

Then it was stuffed into the stitched-up zombie's body, giving it the ability to move and obey Moria's commands.

Therefore, in order to obtain some excellent corpses, Moria often engaged in tomb raiding activities.

The reason for gradually building this large army is that they hope to use these immortal subordinates to go to the New World to seek revenge on Kaido and get back at him! However, these zombies also have two weaknesses. One is that once they are corroded by sea salt, their shadows will immediately return to their master's side.

The second condition is that the master cannot die, otherwise the shadow within them that sustains their activities will also disappear.

Those who are deprived of their shadows cannot live in the sunlight, or they will be burned to nothingness by the scorching sun.

Therefore, on that terrifying three-masted ship of Moriah, the original owner, who still possessed a large number of shadows, was clinging to life and trying to reclaim his own shadow.

"That's why I can't go out."

Brooke picked up pieces of meatballs with her chopsticks without slowing down. "Only in this place, shrouded in mist all year round and where the sun can't shine in, can I move around freely."

"Once I get outside, I might be reduced to ashes. Ah, it seems like all I'll be left are these bones, yo-ho-ho-ho-ho!!"

He was there laughing heartily, and the others were there nodding in understanding.

Thanks to Brook, they finally understood the basic situation in this sea area and the specific situation on Moria's side, which enabled them to better communicate with him later.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.

"How did Moria steal your shadow?"

The timid Usopp, however, was somewhat curious about the danger involved.

"Could we have unknowingly fallen victim to this as well?"

"Yohohohoho, as long as we don't get caught by Moria and his men, there shouldn't be any problems."

Brooke laughed and said, "He's the only one with the Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability, so he's the one who takes away the shadows."

He gestured there, saying, "He took a huge pair of scissors and cut the shadow off from the person's feet, separating it completely from the person!"

"Should we cut the shadow open with scissors?!"

Usopp was about to say that this sounded weird when he heard Link ask him a question from the side:

"Like this?"

so?!!

Usopp and the other Straw Hat crew members who were listening also subconsciously looked towards Link.

Then you see him holding a pair of scissors, pointing them at the shadow beneath Usopp's feet.

Then, snap!

With two gentle movements, Usopp's shadow was cut out from under his feet.

"What are you doing, Link?!"

Usopp immediately jumped three feet high!

"My shadow, what have you done to it?!"

He stared shakily at the three-dimensional, pitch-black shadow that had suddenly stood up before him.

His eyes couldn't help but show a mixture of fear and curiosity.

"Yo ho ho?! Is this first mate also a Devil Fruit user?!"

Brooke, who already knew that Link was the first mate of the ship, immediately asked curiously.

"But as far as I know, Devil Fruits don't have the same ability, right? The Shadow-Shadow Fruit was indeed eaten by Moria, so there shouldn't be any more people in this world with the ability to create shadow clones."

?!”

"Haha, Link is indeed a Devil Fruit user, but he's not a Shadow-Shadow Fruit user."

Luffy immediately laughed, "He's a prop master, this must be his prop, right?"

"【Props Master】?"

Brook, hearing the name for the first time, muttered it a couple of times before seeing Luffy rush over.

"Hey Link, is this your new gadget again? It's amazing! It can even make you look like Moria. Can I borrow it to play with it?!"

"no

Link immediately refused, glancing at him sideways and saying, "You're probably just going to use that to cut out your own or other people's shadows and mess around again."

"Don't be so stingy, let me play with it for a bit!!" Luffy pleaded.

"I've already told you, my props aren't your toys, and besides, these [silhouette scissors] are really dangerous!"

Props: [Silhouette scissors].

Description: It looks like an ordinary pair of scissors. You can use it to cut off your own and other people's shadows. After cutting, a shadow that obeys your commands will appear, but the effect only lasts for thirty minutes.

Once more than thirty minutes have passed, the shadow must be reattached using a paste, or shadow adhesive, otherwise the shadow will develop its own consciousness and become disobedient.

It will never recover, and will cause the real person to gradually become a shadow, and the shadow to gradually replace the real person in a dangerous situation.

As Link said, it's a rather dangerous gadget.

"What? Only thirty minutes, and there's this kind of restriction?"

After listening to Link's explanation, Luffy immediately lost interest.

The idea of ​​having Shadow grill meat for him had faded away.

It sounds great and cool that the shadow is grilling its own meat, but once it's been more than thirty minutes, it's uncertain who's grilling whom.

Luffy doesn't want his shadow to replace him and enjoy the pleasure of eating meat.

"So that's how it is, it's just a prop?!"

After listening, Brook nodded in understanding, "But being able to achieve a similar effect to the Shadow-Shadow Fruit is still quite amazing."

He was also somewhat surprised, looking at the scissors in Link's hand.

He had never seen anything like this magical thing called a prop, neither in the decades before his death nor in the decades after he was resurrected as a skeleton.

"Cut off the shadow..."

Zoro squinted, staring thoughtfully at the scissors in Link's hand.

"This kind of thing is still a bit too dangerous."

Link handed the Shadow Adhesive to Usopp, asking him to stick his shadow on it. Then, after thinking for a moment, he took out something else.

"Using this will have a similar effect, and the risk is not too great."

Link then pulled out a small, round, black and yellow gadget.

Then, aiming at Luffy, it was thrown upwards towards the ceiling.

Click?

Suddenly, in a bright flash, everyone saw Luffy's shadow slowly rise from the ground and stand up.

Everyone else, including Luffy: !!

"The shadow has actually stood up?!"