To shift Brook's attention as quickly as possible and make him forget that he had been left behind, Mo Xingchen hurriedly shouted toward the sea:
"Laboon! Brook is here!"
An enormous island whale surfaced, one eye larger than a warship staring intently at the figures aboard the ship.
"Wooo~~"
Brook saw the grown-up Laboon at last. Tears immediately filled his eyes, and he waved his arms excitedly as he shouted,
"Laboon! It's me, Brook! It's wonderful to see you again!"
Yet Laboon did not seem especially excited. Another whale cry rang out,
"Wooo~~"
Watching the man and whale communicate like they were speaking entirely different languages, Mo Xingchen sighed and explained to Brook,
"With how you look now, Laboon can't recognize you. It's asking me where Brook is! Can't you do something to help it remember you?"
Brook racked his brains for a long while, then punched himself on the head and pulled a shell from the inner pocket over his chest.
"I almost forgot! This is a Sound-Storing Shell! It holds a song, one my companions and I sang with our lives!
The Rumbar Pirates' final chorus! It will definitely help Laboon remember us!"
After speaking excitedly, Brook pressed the button on the Sound-Storing Shell. A melodious tune drifted across the boundless sea.
"Yohohoho~ Yohohoho
Yohoho~ Yohohoho
We'll bring Bink's Brew right to your side.
Like the sea breeze, free and easy, riding the waves.
On the far side of the sea,
Even the setting sun is boisterous,
The birds' songs
Draw circles in the sky,
Farewell, harbor, land of silk.
Come sing a song, a song of setting sail.
Golden waves and silver surf become splashing spray.
We leave because of the sea.
Yohohoho..."
As the familiar song began, Laboon recalled the days when it had sailed with