"It really is astonishing. A corpse that had been dead for over a hundred years could still retain some of its memories from life, and even resist a Devil Fruit's power..."
Meowrah looked at the zombie Ryuma, who had already turned to ashes, and could not help marveling. "Too bad he burned away. Otherwise, I'd really like to study him, meow! Check-it!"
(ゝω)~☆
"..."
Having recovered his shadow and watched a blood-pumping battle, Brook had been about to join in with a few words of admiration. But Meowrah's next words instantly silenced him, and reminded him of his miserable experience of being "studied" by two cats.
"Look, Seijūrō! We helped Skeleton Uncle get his shadow back, and now he's crying tears of joy, meow!"
Klee Meow, with her unwittingly wicked streak, put both hands on her hips and proudly bobbed her little head.
Xie Wen scratched her chin and "kindly" refrained from spoiling the child's lovely fantasy. Then he walked over to Ryuma's ashes and picked up the Black Blade, Shusui.
The current surroundings were not suitable for checking the Hunter's Notes, so after putting Shusui away, Xie Wen looked around.
The surviving soldier zombies and animal zombies had all fled the moment they saw Hua Mei Meow cut the General Zombies in half. As for the last of the Three Freaks, the Genius Surgeon Hogback, Xie Wen had not seen him appear at any point.
So their surroundings were now very quiet. Even the people whose shadows had been stolen, who had been secretly watching from a distance earlier, could no longer be detected with Observation Haki.
"Strange. Why hasn't Moria shown up yet?"
Xie Wen scratched his head in puzzlement. They had already wiped out more than half those zombies and captured two of the Three Freaks under