One Piece – Thunder and Lightning

Chapter 98 The Promise of a Man

“So, it’s been so long.”

After hearing Nicholas’ words, Brook couldn’t help but say .

Apparently, in more than ten years, the sea has undergone changes in Heaven and Earth turning upside down.

“didn’t expect the little fellows like Whitebeard, Shiki, and Roger, who were just emerging at the time, have become the Great Pirates galloping across the sea.”

Originally, Nicholas wanted to console Brook a few words. , As a result, hearing the words of Vers, the immediately comforting words stuck in his mouth.

Indeed, in terms of seniority, this guy should be the most senior.

“What did you go to sea for then?”

Sitting on a stool and casually flipping through a book about West Blue, Nicholas asked.

“Yo hoho hoho, becoming a brave man at sea is the dream of countless people. And there were many people who went to sea at that time. After all, the stories of adventurers like Rolando were widely known in the sea. What’s going on.”

“Rolando the big liar?”

Nicholas was immediately a little surprised when he heard the name appearing in Brook’s mouth.

Vembra Rolando was the admiral and botanist of the expedition team of the North Blue Rubnir Kingdom more than 400 years ago, characterized by a large chestnut on the top of his head.

In the third Grand Line trip, Rolando and his crew came to Gaya Island to avoid the rainstorm, just to save the Shandia family from “tree fever” and kill the Shandia family The ‘god’ of the sacrifice, ending the traditional ceremony of the Shandia clan offering sacrifices to human beings, also became good friends with the “big warrior” Calgara.

Although Rolando saves Shandia, he infects the Shandia family in order to prevent tree fever from recurring.

The trees that have been infected and decayed are cut down without telling Shandia, but in the inheritance of the Shandia people, the ancestors’ souls will return with the bells located in Shandia, attached to these in the tree.

And Rolando cut down all Shandia’s “divine wood”, which was misunderstood by Shandia people as sinners who violated traditions and beliefs.

After Calgar brought down the Expulsion Order to drive them away, he learned from his daughter Moose why they cut down the tree.

Failed to see Rolando in time to bid farewell to Rolando, which he regretted immensely.

Calgara also agreed with Rolando to ring the yellow golden bell every day to guide Rolando to come again.

After Rolando returned to the country, he told the king what he had seen and heard. After that, the king returned to Gaya Island with a large number of soldiers in search of gold, but at this time Gaya Island had been washed up on the White White Sea.

Because he couldn’t find the Golden Land, he committed the crime of deceiving the king. Rolando was executed and named the king of big talk.

The big liar Rolando then became a household name in North Blue’s fairy tale, the protagonist Rolando is a liar and liar.

“It’s just a fairy tale from North Blue, and anyone who has actually read Vembra Rolando’s voyage diary knows what a respectable navigator he was.”

This time Brook didn’t bring his habitual yohoho laugh, but rather said it quite seriously.

Afterwards, the two also chatted a lot, but it is clear that most of the news that can be obtained from Brook is not very secret. After all, Brook was not a famous Great Pirate at the beginning, otherwise the Rumba Pirates would not be. The entire army will be wiped out in the Devil’s Triangle.

Not even Brook has sailed the first half of the Grand Line.

“Ah, Fishman Island? An island under 10,000 meters of seabed? Are there really pretty mermen and ugly Fishmans there?”

Brook to the Fishman mentioned by Nicholas Island seemed particularly interested.

“You won’t know if you have a chance to see it with your own eyes. By the way, do you have less bones on your body? And how do you sound without vocal cords?”

Nicholas said and looked at Brook. Although Brook looked like a skeleton man, upon closer inspection, it was obvious that some small bones on Brook’s body seemed to be missing.

ka-cha.

I saw Brook crack his joint with his hand, and then a crisp fracture sounded.

“Huh?”

Nicholas froze for a moment.

Brook shook his left arm and said, “Oh hoho ho, there’s actually not a lot, each of the 206 bones that belonged to me is where it should be.”

Two seconds later, Brook looked at Nicholas after repositioning the bone.

“As for speaking, it’s okay to have no vocal cords, yo hoho ho!”

Hearing the voice and Brook with his mouth closed, Nicholas pondered slightly , and said to himself in his heart: “Revive-Revive Fruit…”

It seems that only the power acting on the soul can do this step, which means that what Brook speaks is not through the vocal cords vibrating the air issued, but act directly on the soul.

In other words, if Brook doesn’t want you to hear what he has to say, he will block you outright, and of course he has to be able to control this power, otherwise it’s like talking in everyone.

“Brook, would you like to get on my boat to continue the unfinished journey?”

“Huh?”

Hearing Nicholas’ sudden invitation, Brook Slightly taken aback, Surprisedly said: “What… did you just say?”

Nicholas smiled and said again: “Come to my ship, with the regrets of all the crew of the Rumba Pirates to help them complete their unfinished voyage. , how?”

“Huh?”

Brook looked at Nicholas who threw an olive branch to him in surprise, hesitantly said: “But, as you can see, I’m like this… “

“I don’t care about such insignificant little things, Giant Race, Long-Handed Race, Fishman Race, Fiend, Three-Eyes Race, Fur Race There are many incredible things in the sea, one will The talking skeleton is nothing, so, come?”

Nicholas interrupted Brook again and offered another invitation.

Such a sudden invitation made Brook a little flustered, and the unfulfilled dream of his companion was really a very tempting reason.

But he also thought of the entire agreement between the Rumba Pirates and Laboon, and his heart that was a little turbulent gradually calmed down.

“Thank you very much for your invitation, but I’m sorry, I have an appointment that must be fulfilled. When the appointment is completed, if you are willing to invite me to join, then I will definitely.”

“Agreement? Would you mind talking about it? Maybe I can help you with it.”

Nicholas knew exactly what Brook was talking about, but he couldn’t show it, after all Only the Lombard Pirates and the Crocus of the Twin Heads knew.

Brook hearing this fell silent.

Faced with Nicholas, who was willing to take him to complete the other dead members of the Rumba Pirates, he didn’t hesitate too long before speaking out about his agreement with Laboon.

Nicholas had a calm expression listening to Brook’s remarks.

After Brook’s narration, Nicholas followed up with Laboon’s current situation.

When Brook got riddled with scars when he heard that Laboon had been hitting the Red Line continent all the time at Twin Points trying to enter the Grand Line to find them.

He opened his mouth, tears welling up in his empty eyes.

“Yo hoho…”

He couldn’t hold back his emotions, whether it was happiness or heartache, he just laughed and cried.

After all, they had agreed with Laboon that they would return to the Twin Capes in three years and take it on a trip together, but they broke the appointment, and it was still more than ten years.

“Yo hoho hoho, Laboon has been waiting for everyone to go back!”

Nicholas silently looked at Brook who was venting his emotions.

Nicholas waited for Brook to calm down and looked at Brook, then said seriously: “Brook, if you want to go back to Twin Points, I can help you right now.”

“…”

Hearing Nicholas’s words, Brook slowly closed his mouth, looked at Nicholas with a serious face with his empty and dark eyes, and immediately called the head and said seriously.

“A man never turns back, even more how I will…follow the agreement with Laboon and meet Laboon from the ‘front’!”

(end of this chapter)

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