The sky was dark and gray. Thick fog blanketed the entire sea, making it seem fraught with danger and filling everyone with a vague sense of unease.
Trapped in the thick fog, they could barely see. Gray stretched as far as the eye could reach, and an eerie, frightening atmosphere hung all around them.
Before long, the others woke up and came out, all of them staring around in astonishment.
Splash! Splash!
Splash! Lina leaped onto the foredeck and released all the undead. They plunged into the sea, and countless dark shadows swam off in every direction.
"Hey, what's going on?"
Usopp and Chopper clung to each other, trembling all over. "Is this the haunted stretch of sea Grandma Kokoro told us about?"
"How could there possibly be such a thing as ghosts in this world?"
Lina had always been quick to dismiss superstitions. He walked up behind Usopp and spoke in a chilling voice:
"There are only cursed spirits here~~ They'll call your name in the dead of night. If you answer without thinking, your soul will be trapped here forever. And that spirit will take your place and leave this sea~~"
"Ah! No! Don't!"
Chopper was so frightened that his nose was running. Clinging to Usopp, he cried out in panic, "How scary! I don't want to be left behind!"
"Chopper~~, Chopper~~"
A cold voice suddenly called out.
"It's a ghost calling us!"
Usopp's face turned deathly pale. He immediately clapped his hands over Chopper's ears. "Chopper! Close your mouth! Don't answer it!"
Chopper's eyes widened, then rolled back as his tongue lolled out. He fainted on the spot.
Seeing Chopper go limp and collapse onto his arm, Usopp screamed in terror. He shook the small body frantically.
"It's over! The ghost must have stolen Chopper's soul! What