One Piece: I Weave the Pirate Codex with My Zanpakuto

"Want to join us? I can tell you where Princess Shuri is. She's the only thing you have left to live for, right?"

"Shuli, who has gained the power of immortality and the name of Manmayer, no."

Ross's smile grew even wider.

“I prefer to call her by her new name, Manmayer Military Palace.”

Junzi... Gong!?

Brooke stared intently at Ross through the empty eye sockets of the skull, his voice hoarse.

"Tell me everything you know!"

Ross lightly tapped Brooke's index finger on the rapier that Brooke was threatening him with.

"I don't really like talking like that. Do you have any more coffee?"

After hopping onto the deck of the "ghost ship," Ross leisurely lay down on Brooke's personal lounge chair.

His gaze fell on Brook, who remained silent.

"Give me a good cup of coffee, hot, without sugar cubes or milk. I like the bitter taste."

Chapter 69 Robert Conan: There's only one truth! (Adjusts his glasses)

"Phew~~ So that's how it is. I was too excited before, I'm so sorry, yo ho ho ho~"

The once deserted "ghost ship" is now filled with laughter and joy. Inside the cabin, pirates are chasing after the running Buggy.

“Young Master Bucky, this is a ghost ship, not a place for you to take risks.”

"Young Master Bucky, wait for us! Damn it, what's that dog hole here?!"

"Stop wasting time, tear down the wall! If Bucky disappears, Boss Ross will definitely tear us to pieces!"

deck--

Hana Hana sat on the empty wine barrel, looking curiously at the skeleton.

"You're a skeleton who ate the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit), huh? That's quite a rare Devil Fruit."

Brooke let out a few more strange laughs.

"If I could, I would rather not return from the underworld and die with my companions, that is what I should do, but now, it seems I cannot embrace death."

"Rossan~"

"You just mentioned that Shuli joined the Knights of God. It's not that I don't believe it, but it's really quite unbelievable."

"Based on her age, if Shuli were still alive, she would be an old woman now."

Before Ross could answer, Hana Hanafuda spoke first.

“You’re wrong, Brook. Immortal monsters do exist. Boss Ross saw them with his own eyes.”

"Two years ago, Ross went to the Valley of the Gods in the West Sea and participated in the great battle that led to the death of Rocks."

West Sea?

Brooke searched her mind for memories she was about to forget.

“I’ve heard of that island; it seems that a special race lives in seclusion on that land.”

Has it disappeared?

After reading Hana Hanafuda's reply, Brooke sighed with emotion:

"Another place that met the same fate as the Kingdom of Esperia. What a pity."

"The Kingdom of Esperia suffered economic collapse due to a mysterious, corrosive fog..."

Decades ago, an extremely strange fog suddenly enveloped the entire Kingdom of Esperia, and it did not dissipate for several years.

Because of the corrosive properties of fog, people lost their health and musical instruments could not be stored.

The Kingdom of Esperia, which thrived on music, soon could not sustain itself.

The musical instruments produced will be corroded by the mist in a short time.

With his main source of income cut off, King Ruben was unable to pay the Heavenly Gold and was forced to withdraw from the World Government's membership.

"Later, the World Government demanded that the Kingdom of Esperia hand over its citizens as slaves in order to compensate for the debt of Celestial Gold."

"Brother Luwen refused the order, and soon after, war broke out."

"Wait until I receive news of the enemy invasion and return to the palace..."

He stopped abruptly there, remained silent for a long time, and then Brooke spoke with difficulty, his voice hoarse.

“I saw Princess Shuri kill Brother Ruwen. They had demon horns growing on their heads and bat wings on their backs.”

Black turns to dominance.

After hearing Brook's description, Ross's first thought was about Im's bizarre moves.

As for the acid fog that enveloped the kingdom, he always felt it was the power of some ability user, or the power of an ancient weapon.

And there are legends about the magical triangle sea area...

He recalled that before the journey, there was an analysis that said the Thriller Bark was actually pieced together from parts of the Valley of the Gods' remains.

Moria was born in the West Sea, and Perona was also found by him there.

Therefore, this statement does have some credibility.

If we connect all of these things...

Is the thick fog that shrouds the magical triangular sea the same fog that enveloped the Kingdom of Esperi back then?

In the original story, it's unlikely that Moria will eventually transport the Thriller Bark from the West to the Grand Line.

Instead, he lost to Kaido and fled into the Magical Triangle Sea after his defeat, where he discovered the Thriller Bark.

Ross lowered his head, his mind completely absorbed in the simulation.

Decades ago, the Kingdom of Esperi was suddenly disrupted by the Celestial Dragons' landing on the island, and the island disappeared after the defeat.

Two years ago, the David clan of God Valley was discovered by Garin, and after their defeat, the island was swallowed by a whirlpool in the sea and disappeared without a trace.

Furthermore, he did not hear any information related to the Kingdom of Esperi while sailing in the Western Sea.

In other words, the unknown force he was unaware of devoured the Kingdom of Esperi and the Valley of the Gods after Im's lackeys won the battle.

Its purpose may be to erase the memory of their existence, just as it erased Joy Boy.

But that force couldn't completely digest the islands; it was like a stomach with indigestion, and in the end, it could only mix them up and leave them haphazardly in some corner of the sea.

Brook, that poor skeleton.

If my reasoning is correct, then in a sense, Brooke actually died near his hometown.

The Kingdom of Esperi, which he longed for, was actually within this black mist. It was also possible that in the not-too-distant future, that power would "spit out" the chaotic mess of the [Thriller Trimple].

Ross frowned, repeatedly considering the credibility of this conjecture.

'Looks like I'll have to find time to go back to the West Sea. What exactly is hidden in that sea?'

'The David family, and the Esperian royal family, who are suspected to be related to David...'

Could it be that the sun sets in the west, and the first sun god died in the western sea, so a great kingdom is buried beneath that sea?

The so-called mysterious power might be the sewers of Joy Boy's enormous kingdom?

Joy Boy's vast kingdom covered the entire sea?

The ocean we see now is actually the sewer of a vast kingdom that Im turned upside down.

Ross pulled his wandering thoughts back to reality.

"Having survived by sheer luck, I had no choice but to set sail, join the Rumbar Pirates, and become a pirate in search of my friend's daughter who disappeared after that battle, and the truth behind it."

"That's why I got so agitated when you mentioned Shuli just now."

Brooke lowered his head and looked into the eyes of the skull reflected in the calm "lake" of the cup.

"Because it was the Knights of God and the Environmental War God among the Five Elders who destroyed the Kingdom of Esperia back then."

Hana Hanafuda's eyes flickered; he had a feeling that the Kingdom of Esperia had fallen into a conspiracy.

Life was fine until the Celestial Dragons visited once, after which Queen Kandel fell seriously ill, then came the corrosive fog, and finally, the King was blackmailed by the World Government.

He wouldn't believe a word if there wasn't something fishy going on.

“Mammaye Military Palace, boss, I remember you mentioned this Order of the Gods before.”

Hana Hanafuda took the initiative to end the somewhat sad topic and instead inquired about the divine order.

"Those guys are immortal monsters, right? Even the legendary pirate Rocks couldn't kill them."

Brooke glanced at him, and Ross, suppressing his thoughts for the moment, nodded in reply:

"This is also one of the reasons why I am keeping a low profile now."

"We can talk about the Knights of God another time. I don't have much information on my end, and at least for now, I don't have a way to deal with their immortality."

“Brook, we are in dire need of manpower right now. Utopia needs a protective combat group to deal with external enemies. This is your original job, and I believe you can do it better.”

"In return, I will help you find Princess Shuli when conditions permit in the future."

Brooke didn't rush to answer, her empty eyes meeting the man's gaze.

A few minutes later, he stood up, smoothed out the wrinkles in his clothes, and bowed respectfully in a very gentlemanly manner.

"Please guide me in the future, Captain Ross."

"Shuli is my only concern. If, as you say, she has truly lost her freedom and her memory..."

Brooke straightened up and took several deep breaths.

"I will definitely use music to awaken the bond between us!"

"Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation in advance."

Ross reached out and grasped the skull's hand bone, a smile on his face.

"I'll definitely meet Junzi on the sea someday, maybe in the not-too-distant future."

With Brook joining the team, there's no need to worry about developing the Utopia's warbands for the time being.

The opponent had received personal instruction in swordsmanship from Ruben and Kandel, and his incredibly fast-slashing sword technique was even more formidable.

Although it wouldn't be very effective against powerful enemies like him or Garp, Ross believed that the opponent would have no problem dealing with ordinary pirates.

As for the important figures...

General against general, king against king, from ancient times to the present, when has a common soldier ever directly fought against a king?

Unless all of the king's men are killed.

Suddenly, a deep voice came from the mist.

"This must be the place. The last time Conqueror's Haki was unleashed was around here."

A huge, shadowy ghost appeared.

"Ghosts, the real ghosts and gods have arrived!"

"Help! Boss Ross, it's a ghost! A legendary evil spirit that dwells in the Magical Triangle Sea!!!"

Ross glanced at the pirates huddled behind him and couldn't help but sigh.

"Hana Hanafuda, why are you hiding too? Don't you already know the truth?"

In the crowd, Hana Hanazha awkwardly stood up, scratching the back of her head.

"Cough, they pushed me through. I'm actually not afraid of those things."

"You know, Boss Ross, I'm a tough guy, no doubt about it."

Tough guy?

Looking at Hana Hanafuda, who only talked the talk but whose body was completely honest, Ross shook his head, his eyes widened slightly, and his aura exploded once again.

"Oh~~ I found it, it's here!"