The sky was gray and gloomy, and the thick fog blanketing the island made it feel eerie and sinister, enough to send chills down anyone's spine.
At the center of Thriller Bark stood several old castles. A forest surrounded them and stretched all the way to the shore, while the outermost perimeter was enclosed by a wall that encircled the entire ship.
The Going Merry was currently in the massive waterway between the high wall and the island. Everyone aboard had finished preparing, and Sanji came out after packing Luffy's Pirate Bento.
"Alright, let's properly assign everyone their tasks."
Looking at the dark forest in the distance, Sanji could not help asking, "How many people are going ashore? Are we moving together or splitting up? How should we divide the teams?"
Although their crew was very strong now, there was a Shichibukai here after all. They still needed to proceed as cautiously as possible.
"A plan seems a little unnecessary right now."
Pointing at a figure sprinting into the distance, Reiner said calmly, "As the saying goes, plans can't keep up with Luffy. You can never guess what he'll do next."
Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing and saw that someone had somehow already rushed onto the island!
"HAHAHA! Adventure, adventure!!"
Whoosh!
Luffy shouted excitedly, then vanished into the forest in the blink of an eye.
"That bastard was way too fast!!" everyone cursed through gritted teeth.
"I'll leave guarding the ship to the undead."
With that, Reiner jumped down as well. His yellow robe fluttered as he slowly landed and headed straight for the castles.
"I'm going to find someone first. Those of you going on an adventure can form a team. Everyone else can follow me for now."
"Wait for me, Reiner! I'm going with you!"