Zoro shuddered all over.
He abruptly grabbed Luffy's shoulder: "What are you talking about, you idiot?"
"Kuina, of course!"
Luffy was stunned by Zoro's reaction:
"She said she wants to see you, right at Shakky's bar!"
Zoro stared at Luffy's face for several seconds.
Then he let go of his hand, took a step back, and his voice dropped:
"Idiot, Kuina died many years ago."
Luffy blinked: "Is that so? Then is that person a ghost?"
Chopper poked his head out from behind, holding a cotton candy: "It's true, Zoro!"
"I saw it with my own eyes, a little girl carrying a gray sword, saying she was looking for you!"
Brook also leaned in, his jaw clicking:
"Although I am a skeleton, that person is definitely not a ghost."
Zoro froze upon hearing this.
He stood in place, his mind buzzing.
Kuina.
It had been many years since he had heard that name from someone else's mouth.
Zoro recalled the things he had said to Kuina.
He recalled the oath he had made standing in front of Kuina's grave.
His hand unconsciously felt for the white blade at his waist.
"Impossible..." Zoro muttered.
But it didn't give him time to keep thinking.
Camie's scream came from the distance.
A group of slave traders openly grabbed Camie on the main street.
Little Eight was the first to rush out.
His six arms swung, and his massive body forced a path through the crowd.
Luffy and the others followed behind, and Zoro also temporarily pushed the matter of Kuina down, drawing his sword to keep up.
Where the crowd parted, Camie was pinned to the ground by several men in black suits, and a man wearing sunglasses was directing people to stuff her into a bubble car.
Little Eight rushed over and