Laboon, I'll Take You to Find Brook

[Ding!]

[Chain Main Quest Completed: Crew Completion Plan Six: Repel the First Enemy]

[Quest Reward: Complete Wind Chi]

Ye Zhuo landed on the ice.

He strode toward Aokiji Kuzan as the Wind Chi swiftly merged into his body.

[Side Quest Unlocked: Laboon and Brook. Take Laboon to the Florian Triangle to find Brook. Countdown: 24 hours]

[Quest Reward: Shadowkhan: Night Bat Shadowkhan]

This quest had a countdown!

The main quest of finding crew members had finally come to an end.

Ye Zhuo let out a satisfied breath.

But new tension followed right after.

An ice spear flew past him at that very instant.

"Not interested in fighting anymore."

Ye Zhuo glanced at Aokiji.

What he needed to do now was take Laboon to the Florian Triangle.

"You keep testing our limits. How could this fight end just because you said so?"

Aokiji exhaled a breath of frost. With his hands in his pockets, he had no intention of stopping.

"Is that so? Then keep fighting."

Ye Zhuo snapped his fingers.

"Boys, get them!"

The Shadowkhan appeared.

They blanketed the ice.

Ninja Shadowkhan were fast and wielded many weapons. They were decent at everything, but none of their abilities had been developed to the extreme.

Samurai Shadowkhan had high attack and thick defenses, but their agility was poor, and they were practically useless at range.

Blade Shadowkhan were fast, agile, and strong attackers, but their defenses were weak.

Once the new side quest was unlocked, he could obtain the Night Bat Shadowkhan.

Just from the name, he knew they would make up for Ye Zhuo's lack of aerial combat power.

Endless Shadowkhan surrounded Aokiji from every side. No matter how many he froze, even more would appear.

The frozen ones would quickly return to the Shadow Empire and come again.

"Let's go, little sister Tashigi."

Ye Zhuo lifted Tashigi with one hand, stepped on the railing, and leaped back onto the Demon King.

"Let me go! You evil pirate!"

Tashigi struggled desperately.

"I was ready to go our separate ways too, but you refused. You even brought a warship specifically to chase me."

Ye Zhuo turned to look toward Twin Cape.

"Crocus, I know where the person Laboon has been waiting for is. I'll take it to find him!"

"You brat, don't fool this old man."

Crocus raised his harpoon and shouted.

"Laboon! Come with me to find Brook! He from the Rumbar Pirates is waiting for you there!"

At the sound of Brook's name.

Laboon's enormous eyes sharpened. Its body plunged into the sea and followed behind the Demon King.

Its massive body was many times larger than the treasure ship Demon King, comparable to a small island.

"I'll heal your injuries."

Ye Zhuo pressed one hand against Laboon's head.

The Horse Talisman rapidly healed it, completely mending the wounds it had sustained from ramming its head against the Red Line.

"Just how many abilities has this brat copied?"

Like the newspapers, Crocus also believed Ye Zhuo was a copy person who had eaten the Copy-Copy Fruit.

Seeing him heal Laboon, he mistook it for another Devil Fruit ability.

"You really underestimate the title of admiral!"

Aokiji seized the opportunity to strike, appearing to Ye Zhuo's left.

"Oh? Then you underestimate my strength too!"

Ye Zhuo turned his head and extended his left hand.

Having just obtained the Wind Chi, he wanted to test its power as well.

Boom!

A storm erupted from his palm, instantly tearing through every obstacle in front of him.

In merely one breath.

Aokiji could no longer hold it back. In the midst of it all.

Ye Zhuo suddenly appeared at his side.

A brief touch.

"Damn... cluck, cluck, cluck!"

Before he could finish speaking.

Aokiji began flapping his wings.

The next moment, as he flew over the heads of the Shadowkhan, he truly turned into a rooster with cyan feathers.

Whoosh!

Countless Shadowkhan froze and vanished.

"The Monkey Talisman really is the most useful."

Ye Zhuo walked toward the cabin in satisfaction.

"Set sail. Our next destination is the Florian Triangle!"

"Yes, Captain!"

After battle after battle, the crew had long since become deeply impressed by Ye Zhuo.

Laboon followed behind them as they sailed onward.

Even traveling day and night for twenty-four hours would be impossible if they wanted to reach the Florian Triangle.

Unless Ye Zhuo used the Rabbit Talisman!

"Laboon, catch!"

A massive rein was thrown into Laboon's mouth, and it swam ahead.

Ye Zhuo used the Rabbit Talisman to accelerate Laboon.

Whoosh!

The entire ship raced across the sea as though it were flying.

They would only rest briefly midway through the journey to adjust their direction.

The Empress, Kalifa, and Vivi had a large number of Eternal Poses.

Otherwise, they would have wasted even more time.

Tashigi sat at the stern, hugging her sword in despair.

Only because the Rabbit Talisman's effect applied to her as well could she remain normal aboard the ship.

That was the conceptual-level power of the Twelve Talismans.

Even stronger than the originals.

"The era of the Marines carrying out justice upon the seas is completely over.

Colonel Smoker, Vice Admiral Garp, Admiral Aokiji... they all lost!

They lost to a Demon King. Then what was the point of everything I once stood for?"

Tashigi shed unwilling tears.

In her eyes, Ye Zhuo attacked whenever he disagreed with someone. He was simply moody and unpredictable.

She could not understand his motives for doing anything at all.

"Are you feeling awful?"

Vivi pressed both hands against the wall and appeared beside Tashigi at some unknown moment.

Tashigi was curled into a ball, lost in despair.

"You were brought here by force too, weren't you, Princess Vivi?"

"No. I actually came willingly."

Vivi wiped away her tears.

"What he does is always hard to understand, but I think I should seriously tell you about why Sister Robin and I came aboard."

They had mentioned it before, but only said that Ye Zhuo had used force.

Now that the truth of the past was revealed.

Tashigi recalled everything that had happened in Cocoyasi Village.

"By the way, is Colonel Smoker still alive?"

"I don't know. Even Vice Admiral Garp's life or death is unknown."

Hearing Vivi's words, Tashigi instead found a sliver of hope.

She asked, "Princess Vivi, why did you join the Demon King Pirates?"

"After the captain eliminated Crocodile, the hidden danger in my kingdom, he gave us a water source.

Besides wanting to prove myself, I also wanted to repay this kindness.

Three years! After that, I'll definitely leave the ship!"

Vivi clenched her little fists.

"Really? Nami said she wanted to draw a world map, yet that Demon King Ye Zhuo made her become the ship's electrician!"

Tashigi said with a tearful laugh.

"The important thing is what kind of person you want to become!

Haven't you noticed that only by following this guy can you encounter more hidden sides of the world?"

Vivi's words made Tashigi's eyes light up.

"I'll become stronger, until the day I can take revenge!

If Smoker and the others really are dead!

Then I'll make their names resound across the seas!

I'll surpass Demon King Ye Zhuo!"

"Surpass me? Are you still dreaming?"

Ye Zhuo's single sentence drained all color from Tashigi's face.

The Demon King was filled with laughter and joy.

Before the countdown ended.

After adjusting their course several times.

The Demon King Pirates successfully arrived in the pitch-dark Florian Triangle!

"Let me scan it with Observation Haki!"

Ye Zhuo stepped out. Ultra-Long Distance instantly covered the surrounding area, searching for Brook like radar.