Just then, a huge figure appeared at the bow of Thriller Bark.
He was exceptionally tall, with hair shaped like a flaming onion and horns growing from either side of his forehead.
His silhouette looked like a demon's!
And once you saw his face, he looked like a real demon!
Stitches covered his head and neck, making his strange appearance all the more striking.
"Hee-hee-hee-hee! Chris, I'm here!"
A familiar laugh rang out from the figure.
The Chris Pirates couldn't help smiling. They had heard that laugh before.
Gecko Moria leaped down and landed right in front of Chris.
He spread his mouth wide, showing a row of sharp teeth. "Chris, we finally meet again!"
"So Jinbe and Mihawk are here too!"
Gecko Moria wasn't particularly surprised to see Empress Boa Hancock.
He had long heard that she had fallen for Chris.
It was only natural that she would come to help him.
Mihawk and Jinbe's presence, however, surprised him a little.
They appeared to have arrived earlier, and they seemed much more at ease with everyone.
Moria knew Chris had been building the Seven Warlords Alliance, but getting those two to come help could not have been easy.
Jinbe stood in his wooden sandals with his arms folded and gave a faint smile. "You finally decided to come to the New World, Moria!"
"What do you think? The New World has changed beyond recognition, hasn't it?"
Gecko Moria shrugged. "It has. The seas look nothing like they used to."
"I have to say, the pirates in the New World these days are formidable."
"In the old days, every one of them would have been a world-famous great pirate!"
Gecko Moria had spent years lying low in the Florian Triangle and had long since stopped paying much attention to the