Half an hour later.
Roy passed through the thick fog and arrived at Thriller Bark.
Though called a ghost island, it was really nothing more than an enormous ship.
That was precisely why the legend of Thriller Bark had spread.
"Hehehe, I wonder if Moria will be touched by my arrival!"
"As for the little rats hiding in the shadows, I'll let them live a little longer."
"Once I gain my new ability, hehehe, I'll turn them into ordinary shikigami!"
With a sinister laugh, Roy officially set foot on the island and headed toward its center.
Some people hiding nearby who had been robbed of their shadows were utterly stunned at the sight.
"Hey, hey, hey, isn't that the monster from out on the seas?"
"You've got to be kidding! Hasn't he been missing for ages? Why would he come here?"
Although Thriller Bark was almost completely cut off from the world, Moria still gathered outside intelligence and occasionally kept an eye on events at sea.
As a result, some old newspapers found their way in, and those whose shadows had been stolen learned quite a bit about the situation outside.
But they had never expected that, on this very day, the monster who had humiliated the Navy and escaped Impel Down would actually arrive at Thriller Bark.
How could they not be shocked?
Yet amid their shock, quite a few pirates whose shadows had been stolen began to speculate.
"Hey, do you think Calamity Roy came to Thriller Bark to go after Moria of the Shichibukai?"
"If so, doesn't that mean we're saved?"
But before they could celebrate, someone levelheaded threw cold water on their hopes.
"Are you still daydreaming? You've lived for decades, and you still believe in stories about heroes rescuing princesses?"
"Don't be ridiculous."
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