Erasing the Soul

Oak cast a cold gaze at Brook. In a sense, Brook was his senior; he had become a pirate even earlier than Rocks. Compared to Brook, even Rocks could only be considered a newcomer to the pirate world.

He had only seen this guy in anime and manga before, so he had not felt much about him. But now that he had met him in reality, he truly realized just how brazen this guy was.

The first time they met, he made such an outrageous request of a woman. It was utterly disgusting.

This was blatant sexual harassment, and he was harassing Oak's women, for fuck's sake!

Who could tolerate that?

"Heh."

Oak let out a cold laugh. He had already warned this guy, yet Brook had not taken it seriously. In that case, Oak would not be blamed for going for the kill.

"Whoosh!"

He shot out a hand like lightning and immediately grabbed the skeleton in his grasp.

"Crack, crack, crack!"

The sound of bones grinding came from his hand. Under the tremendous force, Brook's bones were crushed to powder in his grip.

"S-Sir..."

Yet this did not harm Brook. He could still speak.

"That was merely a joke just now. I didn't expect you to get angry, sir. Since that is the case, please accept my deepest apologies!"

"Yohohohoho!"

Brook seemed to belatedly begin apologizing, but he still looked as though he did not care.

Oak said nothing. He merely looked at the bone ash continuously slipping through his fingers.

Fundamentally, Brook's body was already dead. He lived through the soul inside that body, using his soul to control the skeleton.

Ordinary physical means, even Haki, found it difficult to cause Brook any real harm. Even if he were reduced to ashes, as long as his soul