Reversing Life and Death

Another day had passed since the Summit War.

The buzz surrounding it still hadn't died down. People all over the world were talking about it.

At a Revolutionary Army base.

Dragon summoned Brook alone.

The surviving members of the Straw Hat Pirates were Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Robin, and Brook.

Their captain, Monkey D. Luffy, had been brutally strangled to death by Chaos.

Vivi had been killed by Conqueror's Haki when Chaos first appeared, and Zeus and Prometheus had devoured even her soul.

Usopp and Chopper had died in Chaos's second Almighty Push.

All three of their souls were gone. There was no chance of bringing them back.

If the Revolutionary Army and others hadn't repeatedly stepped in to help, the Straw Hat Pirates would have been completely wiped out.

In the end, Ace had been left on the brink of death, Sabo had been gravely wounded and near death, and Koshiro had exhausted himself to death saving Zoro.

The people who were still alive owed their lives entirely to those who had given theirs in exchange.

Everyone was now in low spirits. They sat before the graves like the walking dead, neither eating nor drinking, lost in endless grief.

"Brook, sit down."

Dragon looked at the skeleton, his voice gentle.

But Brook didn't sit. He looked at Dragon and spoke without hesitation. "Mr. Dragon, I happen to have something I'd like to ask you, too."

Dragon fell silent for a moment, then gazed at the skull and sighed.

He had a good idea what Brook wanted to talk about.

That was also why he'd wanted to see Brook.

Dragon couldn't put his feelings into words.

Relief?

Happiness for Luffy?

Guilt?

All in all, they were a tangled mess.

"Go ahead."

Dragon poured Brook a cup of tea himself, then gestured