May I see your panties?

When Lin Nuo returned to the Mike's deck with a living, walking, talking skeleton, the uproar was easy to imagine.

"A g-ghost! Aaaah!!!"

Ginny and Ivankov leaped backward like startled rabbits, nearly crashing into the mast.

"Bones...?"

Little Teach, cradled in Alice's arms, stared with wide eyes.

He reached curiously toward Brook, opening and closing his hand as if he badly wanted to touch him.

Alice quickly pulled his hand back, astonishment written all over her face as well.

"Kishishishishi!!!"

Unlike the others, who were frightened, Moria reacted with excitement and curiosity.

He circled Brook several times, his long, pointed, onion-shaped head nearly touching him. "Hey, Lin Nuo, where did you find a treasure like this?!"

Even the worldly Silver Axe and Babel couldn't hide their surprise.

Silver Axe held his enormous axe, his eyes roving over Brook as though searching for some mechanism or illusion.

Babel scratched his head and muttered, "...Now I've seen everything."

"Everyone, calm down." Smiling, Lin Nuo clapped his hands to get their attention.

"Let me introduce our new companion—Brook, formerly the musician and swordsman of the Rumbar Pirates."

"A Devil Fruit left him wandering the world in this form. Brook, these are my crew."

Brook gave an elegant, perfectly executed bow, his top hat tilting slightly.

"A pleasure to meet you all! My name is Brook!"

"Seeing so many lively new faces moves me to tears... though I no longer have eyes to cry with! Yohohoho!"

Lin Nuo then gave a brief but clear account of Brook's story—

The Rumbar Pirates' adventures, the deadly disease that infected their entire crew, their promise to the Island Whale Laboon, and their final performance as they calmly faced death.

And how Brook's soul had returned through the power of the Revive-Revive Fruit, only to lose its way