Shocked Perona, Ninja, Money-Grubber, Pessimist... What the Hell Is This?!

In the corridor of the enormous building, Nami three companions ran frantically down the stairs, as if they were afraid of being caught by something terrifying.

"What the hell was that?!" Nami exclaimed in terror.

The colossal giant's corpse was actually awakened by Luffy's shadow?!

That enormous body must have been at least tens of meters tall!!

Could such a terrifyingly enormous body really be awakened by a shadow?

Just where exactly is the limit of Moria's abilities?

"Where are you going?!"

Perona's shadow chased after them from behind, shouting, "How dare you hide inside Kumashi's body! I won't let you get away with this!"

She now understood why Kumashi had been acting so strangely—someone had hidden inside his body!

"Oh no, she's catching up!" Usopp exclaimed, his expression changing. "Run!!"

He had just witnessed firsthand what this guy's abilities were all about.

After the ghost passed through Chopper's body, Chopper became incredibly depressed and wouldn't move even if he was about to be killed.

If it weren't for his timely use of Smoke Screen to disrupt the enemy's vision, they wouldn't even have been able to get here.

"You can't escape!" Perona said. "Stay here obediently!"

As she spoke, Perona stared intently at Merry, her mind involuntarily replaying the words Lord Moria had just spoken.

'What a cute little girl... How about you join me?'

However, the other party's answer was... no?!

Lord Moria, such a high-ranking figure, wouldn't easily invite someone, yet this little girl refused?

This annoyed Perona, who felt it necessary to teach the other party how to get along with Lord Moria.

Even after they wiped out the Straw Hat Pirates, the other side still didn't know what was good for them.

"We're not staying!" Usopp said, turning to pick up his slingshot and adding, "Only idiots stay!"

"Ultimate Move: Smoke Star!"

"Bump!"

Usopp fired a bullet that exploded on the stairs, creating a cloud of smoke that completely obscured the area.

"Quickly, now's the time!"

After saying that, Usopp turned and ran.

Unfortunately, how could such an attack possibly stop Perona, who was a ghost?

"Hala hala hala~"

"Long Nose, your attack is ineffective!"

Perona charged forward, laughing, and simultaneously raised her hand to launch an attack.

"Negative Ghost - Impact!"

"Buzz~"

Perona grabbed a Little Ghost in her hand, then blasted it away like a cannonball.

"Whoosh~"

"Puff!"

It passed right through Nami's body without any hindrance!

"Forehead..."

Nami staggered to a stop, then squatted down on the ground with a dejected look on her face, saying, "If there's a next life, please let me be a poor wretch..."

"Huh?!"

Usopp stared at Nami in shock. Had she really said something like that?

What shocked him even more was that after Nami finished speaking, as if she had been stimulated by something, she suddenly stood up and shouted, "Bastard!!"

"I don't want to be a pauper!!"

At this moment, Nami's mental state reached its peak!

Usopp:!!!

Perona:???

The two looked at Nami in surprise, but unlike Usopp, she was surprised that she could regain her senses so quickly.

You know, her Negative Ghost is incredibly powerful; once it hits, the person will be negatively affected for a long time. But this woman... just who is she?!

"We don't know what's going on, but let's run!" Usopp shouted.

After saying that, he turned and ran without hesitation.

Nami didn't run away immediately. Instead, she turned back and glared fiercely at Perona, saying, "If you dare touch my money, I won't let you get away with it!"

Clearly, for Nami, taking her money is no different from taking her life, let alone money for her next life.

After saying that, she ran away without looking back.

Perona:...

Does this woman have some serious illness? Why is she so obsessed with money that she can even withstand the negative effects of Negative Ghost?

This is... absolutely terrifying! Just how much does she love money?!

"Let's find another target," Perona muttered.

Perona raised her hand, aimed at Usopp, and launched another attack.

"Whoosh~"

"Puff!"

"Usopp!"

Seeing Usopp stagger to a stop, Chopper panicked. If they were left here now, death would be their only fate!

As if to confirm their suspicions, a number of zombies suddenly rushed up from behind Perona, glaring menacingly at the group.

"Aww!"

"Hara hara hara~" Perona burst into laughter, hands on her hips, and said, "You have nowhere to run!"

Although I don't know what's wrong with that woman, I'll just leave her to the zombie; her job is to keep these people here.

Hala hala hala~

Chopper immediately rushed towards Usopp in a panic, intending to pick him up.

"Usopp, we need to hurry..."

"Huh?!"

Seeing Usopp looking completely unaffected, Chopper's eyes widened in disbelief.

Why does Usopp seem completely unaffected, as if he's totally immune to this negative force?

Nami managed to snap out of it thanks to her obsession with money, but Usopp was completely unaffected?!

"I..."

Usopp blinked; he didn't seem to feel anything at all.

Usopp glanced down at his body, blinked, then looked at Chopper and said, "Quick, let's go!"

"Huh?!"

Perona said incredulously, "Why is this one ineffective too?"

As if defying all superstition, Perona released all five of her ghosts this time, which recklessly swam back and forth across Usopp's body, but... she still couldn't bring the man into a state of despair.

"Why?!"

"Why are you alright?!" Perona exclaimed in frustration.

That woman is one thing, but why is this man completely immune to her Negative Ghost?!

"Click~"

Usopp stopped, as if he had just figured something out, and turned to look at Perona, saying, "Want to know why?"

"Of course!!" Perona roared, opening her shark-like mouth, "What's going on with you guys?!"

A terrifying Ninja can see her Illusion, and a woman who quickly regains her senses because of her love for money.

Now, a man immune to Negative Hollow has appeared... What the hell is going on with this pirate crew, you bastards?!

That's because... I'm inherently very negative!!!

"Eh!!!"

Perona stared at Usopp in utter shock, her eyes bulging out and snot flying uncontrollably from her nose.

Clearly, this extremely negative man dealt her an unparalleled blow.

"You..."

Nami and the other two stared at Usopp in disbelief. While he did say some rather pessimistic things, who would have thought he'd become immune to the Negative Ghost " because of it?

"So, this kind of move is no longer effective against me, you Ghost Woman!" Usopp said, arms crossed.

His demeanor was just like that of a peerless master, but his strength actually stemmed from negativity... This gave everyone a subtle feeling.

Even the zombies found it hard to watch.

"What a... poor man."

"That's true."

"Man, why don't you join us?"

"Damn it, who wants to join you guys!"

"You... you have to do your best..." Perona whispered.

"What?"

Keep it up!

With tears in her eyes, Perona shouted, "Don't lose hope in life, Long Nose!!"

"Damn it, don't encourage me!" Usopp roared, opening his shark-like mouth.

This was the main reason he was able to withstand the opponent's power; he didn't want to lose this layer of protection just because he was strong.

"Run! Ignore them! Find Luffy and Xi Yan first!" Nami said.

"Um!"

Chopper, carrying Merry on his back, quickly ran down the stairs with Nami, while Usopp glanced at the group of zombies and said, "You guys..."

"Mmm!" The zombies nodded. "What do we do?"

"Goodbye!!"

"Huh?!!"

The zombies stared dumbfounded at Usopp, who wasn't even turning his head, and exclaimed in disbelief, "Damn it, aren't you going to say anything?!"

They had been encouraging each other so earnestly, and the other person just ran away without looking back?

Perona, regaining her senses, took a deep breath and said, "Go! Don't let them get away!"

Although the Long Nose was pitiful, that was no reason to let them leave.

Except for the little girl, everyone else has to become material for resurrecting zombies!

"Profound!!"

The zombies roared and quickly ran downwards, looking incredibly imposing.

But soon, the zombies seemed to have seen something incredibly terrifying, and ran back with expressions of horror.

"Um?"

Perona looked at them with a puzzled expression and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's... it's that man who can breathe fire!!!" the zombie exclaimed in terror.

These zombies were the ones who survived at the main gate, and they knew very well how terrifying that Ninja was.

"Huh?!"

"It can breathe fire?"

Perona looked shocked and asked incredulously, "So, it was that Ninja who came here?!"

That terrifying man actually showed up here?

Subconsciously, Perona floated down a short distance, cautiously looking into the distance.

The moment she saw Xi Yan clearly, her face turned green.

"It really was you!" Perona exclaimed in horror, "It's you again, you devil!"

Subconsciously, Perona looked at Xi Yan's blood-red eyes, which gradually magnified in her eyes once again.

The next moment, Perona seemed to see something incredibly terrifying, and burst into tears.

"Ah!!!"

"Giant Cockroach!!"

"Please, please stop chasing me!!"

Terrified, Perona ran away without looking back.

As for those zombies?

From the moment they saw Xi Yan, they had no intention of continuing the fight and fled without looking back.

What's wrong with her?

Chopper looked back in disbelief. That terrifying Ghost Woman had actually been scared away by a single glance from Xi Yan?

"It's Illusion, isn't it?" Nami guessed.

She knew that Xi Yan possessed Illusion.

For dealing with ghosts and the like, Xi Yan's abilities might actually be her nemesis.

"Ah, with Xi Yan here, everything will be alright."

Usopp breathed a sigh of relief; he knew just how strong his opponent was.

"Is she the girl who controls ghosts?" Xi Yan said, stroking his chin. "She doesn't look like a child."

If he had to say, he felt the other person's age was about the same as Nami's.

Why would such a creature be afraid of Giant Cockroach?

She wasn't even afraid of zombies...

Is it because of Moria, having lived with zombies since childhood, that he's not afraid?

Hmm, that makes sense when you think about it that way.

"This terrifying ability user is actually afraid of cockroaches?" Lola said with a hint of surprise in her eyes, "That's really unexpected."

"This girl might be Moria's daughter."

"Huh?!"

Lola exclaimed in shock, "Is that so?"

That incredibly terrifying Moria actually had a daughter?

Thinking about it carefully, it seems reasonable; otherwise, there's no way to explain why there would be a pretty young girl here.

"Who are they?" Nami asked Lola and the others curiously.

After a careful scan, I realized that I didn't recognize any of the twenty-odd people.

"These are friends I met in the forest," Xi Yan said. "They're the ones who told me about Moria."

"This is Lola, Ai Ke, Baoya..."

Xi Yan introduced the person to Nami, so that everyone could become familiar with him.

"Lola, these are my partners: Merry, Usopp, Nami, Chopper."

Hello!

"Um, hello..." Nami looked at Lola hesitantly, feeling like she'd heard this guy's voice somewhere before.

"Cough..."

Lola suddenly coughed lightly and walked seriously to Usopp and Chopper.

Upon seeing this, Xi Yan instinctively covered his face.

"W-what's wrong?"

Looking at Lola's serious expression, Usopp looked puzzled, wondering why she was suddenly being so serious.

"Which of you two wants to marry me?"

"Huh?!?" X2

Usopp and Chopper stared at Lola in utter shock, never expecting her to suddenly propose, and to propose twice at once.

"Who wants to marry you?!" the two roared, their shark-like mouths agape.

"And I refuse!"

I've never seen anything so outrageous! Proposing on the very first meeting, when we don't even know each other!

"Hahaha, the captain's 4446th marriage proposal has failed!!"

"What?!"

The two stared at Lola in shock. She had proposed 4446 times?

Most importantly, they were all rejected?

This... this is a bit outrageous...

"How could this be..." Lola said disappointedly, "Even the Masira rejected me..."

"Damn it, I'm a reindeer!"

After putting Merry on the ground, Chopper returned to his original size and said, "I'm a reindeer, you bastard!"

"Huh?!"

"Are they reindeer?"

"Then may I ask you...?"

"At least find someone, you bastard!!" Chopper roared, opening his shark-like mouth.

He never dreamed that a Reindeer Man like himself would be proposed to by a human; it was simply outrageous.

"Wait... a proposal..." Nami said as if she had just remembered something. "I knew your voice sounded familiar. We saw a zombie earlier, and she was also talking about proposing to Lord Absalom."

"Could that guy be your shadow?"

As she spoke, Nami glanced at Lola's feet and noticed that there was indeed no shadow beneath them.

Lola blinked and said, "Is that so?"

I think it's very likely.

"Me too."

Ai Ke and Baoya exchanged a glance, nodded in agreement, and then chuckled, their unspoken understanding unspoken.

"No, this isn't the time to talk about these things," Usopp suddenly said. "Quick, Xi Yan, let's go back to the ship and find Luffy."

"Huh?!"

"Did Luffy get back to the ship?" Xi Yan asked, dumbfounded.

They had previously visited the Thousand Sunny, but hadn't seen anyone on board, so they led Lola and the others towards Moria's lair.

Did the person go back?

Wouldn't that mean missing out on the other person again?

"Yes, Luffy lost their shadows, so they've most likely returned to the ship by now," Nami nodded.

"Them?"

"Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy."

Xi Yan:...

"What are these three idiots doing?" Xi Yan complained.

Even if those zombies were reasonably strong, they shouldn't have been able to defeat them, right? Or are there even more powerful zombies here?

Thinking about this, Xi Yan fell into deep thought.

"We'll talk about that later. Let's go back and find them first," Nami said.

She didn't know how Luffy and his two companions got captured by the zombies, but now wasn't the time to think about that; the most important thing was to get back to the ship.

After saying that, Nami pulled Xi Yan, who was still lost in thought, and told Lola and the others to hurry up and follow.

"Go see Straw Hat Luffy...?" Lola suddenly asked with an expectant look, "Will he accept my marriage proposal?"

Upon hearing this, Usopp and his companions stumbled and nearly fell to the ground.

"Captain, keep it up!"

"Haha, I'll definitely do my best!"

"You guys, hurry up and catch up!"

"Profound!"