The moment they saw the skeleton appear, Zoro and Sanji immediately assumed fighting stances.
"Tch~ There really is a moving skeleton!" Zoro slowly drew his sword.
"It's okay, if he dares to make any moves, just kick him to death!"
The skeleton, seeing this, was not annoyed, but instead smiled faintly and said, "Welcome to my ship, everyone. I have nothing to offer you; it is truly impolite!"
"Huh?" Zoro and the others were taken aback by the skeleton's words; the skeleton was surprisingly polite. However...
"Why can you talk?!" Zoro Sanji shouted in unison.
"Don't get so excited, guests!"
"As you can see, I am a skeleton. It's perfectly normal for a skeleton to talk!"
"Then why did you turn into a skeleton and have an afro?!" Luffy asked excitedly.
The skeleton slowly took a sip of his coffee, which he claimed was several years old, and explained methodically:
"As I just said, I'm a skeleton, so it's normal for a skeleton to have thick hair roots, right?"
"Normal my foot!" Zoro and Sanji shouted again.
"Hahaha... You're so funny!" Luffy said with a loud laugh.
"There's nothing we can do!" the skeleton shrugged.
"All I've seen here over the years are ghost ships, I haven't seen a living person in ages, I'm getting a little excited!"
"Facing these eerie and bizarre things every day is truly terrifying!" he said, patting his chest as if feigning fear. But as soon as he patted his chest, he seemed to sense that something was wrong.
"Huh? You forgot I'm a skeleton, I don't have chests, hahaha..."
"Don't tell lame jokes here!" Zoro and Sanji shouted again.
"Hehe~ That's quite interesting~" Robin chuckled. This chuckle drew the skeleton's attention to him.
Then he took two steps at a time and stood about three meters in front of Robin.
Seeing this, Zoro and Sanji immediately stepped forward, glaring at the skeleton and asking, "What do you want?"
"Haha... please don't be so hostile towards me, I'm just a little amazed because I haven't seen such a beautiful lady in so long!"
After saying this, the skeleton straightened his clothes, bent slightly, and said in a gentlemanly manner:
"Beautiful lady, may I see your panties?"
(•́へ•́╬)!
"Who would show you, you bastard!" Sanji roared, kicking the skeleton.
"Bang!"
Sanji kicked the Sanji several meters away, and after a while, it slowly got up and looked at Sanji, saying, "My friend, you've got a bit too much of a temper!"
"Wow, you can even get bumps?" Luffy exclaimed excitedly, looking at the bump on the skull that Sanji had kicked.
Hehehe... you're so funny!
Luffy laughed again, then looked expectantly at the skeleton and asked:
"Skeleton, how about becoming my partner?"
"Hmm! Sure!" the skeleton said casually, taking a sip of coffee.
Everyone:!!!
"No, absolutely not!" Sanji roared, straining his neck.
The air remained silent for a minute, and no one echoed Sanji's words. Seeing this, Sanji became anxious and quickly turned to look at Xia Chen.
" Xia Chen, aren't you going to say something?"
"What can I say?" Xia Chen shrugged.
Do you think the captain's decision is so easily changed?
Sanji: (⊙o⊙)...
"Sigh!" After a long while, Sanji sighed and said, "Whatever!" Then he turned his gaze back to the skull.
"But then again, the idea of a living skeleton seems familiar... where have I heard of it before?"
"Hmm..." Sanji stroked his chin, deep in thought, then suddenly seemed to remember something, his expression changed, and he looked at the skeleton, asking:
"You're not Brook, are you?"
"Hmm? You know me, sir?" The skeleton, Brook, tilted his head in confusion.
That doesn't make sense. He's been dead for fifty years, how could anyone still recognize him?
"Yeah, I'd say we know each other!" Sanji took a drag of his cigarette and nodded.
Sanji's words reminded Zoro and Luffy of something Xia Chen had once said, and Luffy immediately asked Brook:
"You're from the pirate crew that Laboon was waiting for?"
" Laboon? You mean Laboon?!"
Brook became excited immediately upon hearing the name Laboon and eagerly asked Luffy.
"Yes! That's right! We heard about your story with Laboon from Uncle Crocus..."
Then Luffy told Brook that Laboon had been waiting for them and had been ramming his head against the Red Line.
After a period of time~
"Waaaaah! Laboon ~"
After hearing the story, Brook burst into tears, but because he was a skeleton, he could only hear the sound, but not see a single tear.
That's really a bit strange!
After some time, Brook gradually calmed down and looked at Luffy with gratitude in his eyes.
"Thank you for stopping Laboon from crashing into the Red Line, otherwise it really wouldn't have lived to see the day I returned!"
"Hahaha... I'm not doing this for you guys, this is a promise between me and Laboon!" Luffy laughed.
After laughing for a while, Luffy looked at Brook again and said:
"So, join our pirate crew! Let's travel around the world together and then go back to find Laboon!"
"Okay!" Brook answered readily and happily, but then seemed to remember something and became dejected.
"I'm sorry, I got too excited just now and suddenly forgot something very important!"
Thank you for inviting me aboard, but I'm sorry, I can't leave this area!
"Huh? Didn't you just say it was okay? Why isn't it okay now?" Luffy panicked upon hearing Brook's words and quickly asked.
He didn't want to miss out on such an interesting companion!
"That's a long story, mainly because..."
"Since it's a long story, let's go tell it on the Going Merry. Do you think the atmosphere would be better for listening to the story here?" Xia Chen interrupted Brook before he could finish speaking.
"Oh, right! Let's eat something and talk about it!"
"By the way, can a skeleton like you eat?"
Brook was touched again by Luffy's warm invitation.
"Thank you! Although I'm a skeleton and don't have an esophagus or a stomach, I can still eat!"
"Yohohohoho~"
Hahahaha...