Perona was crying her eyes out, clutching Kumashi and refusing to let go. Ye Chen felt awful too.
He could tell that even when Perona was with everyone, she still felt lonely. He blamed himself for not noticing sooner. They all needed to look after her better from now on.
"All right. Since Kumashi is dead, let's give him a proper burial. Later, I'll find you a better, more interesting toy."
"All right!"
Perona finally managed to stop crying. Ye Chen dug a grave with his sword and helped her bury Kumashi. Once they had moved all the treasure, there was no reason to stay. On their way back, his gaze suddenly fell on a Zombie standing motionless in the corridor.
"Hm?"
Ye Chen walked over. He could faintly sense something unusual about the man.
He was clearly a Zombie, yet Ye Chen couldn't shake the feeling that he was still alive.
"This is..."
Ye Chen looked at the sword in the Zombie's hand, which radiated a chilling killing intent, and suddenly smiled. "Hey, are you still alive? I can sense your presence."
"Ye Chen, what are you talking about?"
Perona shook her head and looked at him as though he were an idiot. "Moria was captured. All these Zombies have become ordinary corpses. The shadows inside them must have returned to their original owners. He's just a dead Zombie."
"Is that so? Then you won't mind if I take this sword."
Ye Chen had barely reached for it when the Zombie moved.
"Ah... He really moved!"
Nami darted far away, staring in terror. All the color drained from her fair face.
The Zombie wore the clothes of a Wano Country samurai. Not only had he moved, he spoke.
"To be honest, I don't know why either! Perhaps a trace