One Piece: Under the Throne

In the early morning of the second day, Leo deliberately chose the darkest time to arrive at the Island of Dolls.

"Leo, do you really want to go up? Or you can wait until daybreak." Will clung to the side of the boat, looking at the dark island with horror in his eyes.

"Don't be afraid. The yang energy rises at dawn, which is what ghosts fear the most. If we want to catch ghosts, we must do it when the moon is full." Leo touched his non-existent long beard and explained to Will in a mysterious way.

Charles looked at Leo with an unhappy face: "Stop pretending and act quickly." Charles suddenly felt a sense of crisis, as if he had met a strong enemy. This kid Leo never missed any opportunity to show off.

The three of them quickly jumped off the boat, and Leo used his ability to make the Poseidon dive underwater to cover their tracks.

Charles saw such an ability for the first time and was surprised: "Captain, I have wanted to ask you for a long time, what kind of fruit ability are you? Can you really control the sea? Aren't all devil fruit ability users landlubbers? How can there be a freak like you?"

"Oh, you won't understand the things between gods even if I tell you." Leo spread his hands and said perfunctorily.

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"Hurry up and explore the island." Charles really didn't want to pay attention to him. Leo had pretended to be fooled twice in a row. Now Charles was sure that Leo would be his lifelong enemy.

Although they were laughing the whole time, when they really started exploring, Leo seriously warned the two not to be touched by the ghost. After all, the ability of the ghost fruit was too buggy, so it was better to be careful before you knew the enemy's strength.

At the beginning, the three of them only explored the area near the coast and did not recklessly go deep into the jungle.

"Leo, Will, look over there." The careful Charles was the first to make a discovery: a doll woven with plants was hanging on a tree. This discovery reminded Leo of a story told by one of the drinkers in the tavern yesterday.

Leo picked up a stone and said to the two of them with serious faces: "If a ghost comes out later, Will, you take Charles and jump into the sea first." Without waiting for Charles to refute, there was a whoosh, and the stone thrown by Leo hit the doll accurately.

Then the three of them stared at the woods nervously, but nothing happened after a few minutes.

Phew! The three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"Tsk, what? It's just a decoration. What that uncle said yesterday was really exaggerated!" Leo said disdainfully.

He took the doll down from the tree, fiddled with it for a while, looked at the ugly smiling face, and said with some disgust: "Who made this? It's so ugly." Then he threw the doll into the grass and continued to walk into the depths of the jungle.

Just after Leo and the other two had walked away, the doll that was thrown in the grass suddenly stood up, stomped its feet a few times in anger, and the smile on its face turned into an angry expression, and then it disappeared into the grass in a flash.

Pushing aside the brush, the three of them struggled forward in the jungle. It seemed that no one had been to this island for a long time. The grass along the way was more than one person tall, and Leo, the shortest of the three, was even nowhere to be seen.

The light in the jungle was much weaker than on the shore, so the three of them lined up and moved forward slowly. Leo walked at the front of the team with a flashlight, Will walked timidly in the middle, and Charles brought up the rear.

From time to time, rustling sounds were heard around. Will, the most timid one, held Leo's shoulders with both hands and said in a trembling voice, "Leo, did you hear any strange noises?"

"It's just the sound of wind and plants rubbing against each other. What's there to be afraid of?"

Cluck, cluck, cluck... woooo... cluck, cluck

Before Leo could finish his words, strange laughter could be heard around him, mixed with a few wolf howls.

The sudden sound startled all three of them. As they had agreed before, the three of them stood back to back in a triangle formation.

Leo shone his flashlight around and saw dozens of dolls hanging on the nearby trees, all looking at them with strange smiles. There were also hundreds of pairs of green eyes staring at them from behind the bushes.

"Damn, we're surrounded." Charles' eyes flashed coldly as he looked around.

"Leo, what should we do now? There are wolves and ghosts. We are finished." Will was so scared that he spoke in the Fishman Island dialect.

However, Leo did not panic at all. He took out a ball from his pocket. It was a flash bomb made by Leo. He signaled Charles and Will to put on sunglasses, and threw the flash bomb into the air. Falsh bomb!

Bang! The bright light blinded the surrounding wolves, and the strange laughter stopped abruptly.

"Now, run!" While the other party temporarily lost their vision, Leo gave an order and the three of them each chose a direction and rushed out.

Cluck, cluck, cluck. Just after the three of them had started running, suddenly a group of white ghosts flew out from the bushes and followed the three people.

While escaping, Charles suddenly tripped, and it was this stumble that caused him to be pierced through the body by a ghost.

Charles knelt on the ground with a look of despair on his face: "I am just a world-class chef with superb cooking skills and a dashing manner. I don't even have a girlfriend at this age. I don't want to live anymore."

Hearing Charles' wailing, Leo almost laughed out loud. You are so amazing. Even the ghost fruit can't change your tsundere personality. You are obviously very depressed and yet you are still bragging?

Pointing at Charles, Leo activated his newly acquired skill [Deep Sea Tornado]. The water molecules in the air instantly gathered into a stream, protecting Charles in the middle and began to rotate at high speed. This sudden change also caused a group of ghosts to scatter instantly.

Chuck, chuckle, huh?

"Humph, you are playing tricks on me. Who are you trying to scare, you ugly bastard?"

"Ugly? Go to hell, [Fear Ghost]." Leo's words hit the mark accurately, and all the ghosts turned red and flew towards the three people.

Just by hearing the name of the Fear Ghost, one can tell that this move will definitely trigger the most feared thing in one's heart. Leo didn't want to be hit by this move, but fortunately the ghost's flying speed was not fast and it was easily dodged.

Will also carried Charles on his back at this time, but before they could escape, they were both killed by a red ghost.

After being hit, Childs suddenly screamed: "Oh No, I cut my hand, it hurts! It burned my hand."

Will also burst into tears and ran away with Charles on his back: "Damn, stop chasing me." Leo frowned as he watched Will carrying Charles disappear from his sight. What on earth have you two experienced before?

In just one distraction, Leo was successfully attacked by a negative ghost: "I want to be a dead fat otaku again in my next life."

Ugh! Leo blushed and got up. "Sea Stone Mecha - Deep Blue Flash"

Leo didn't want to be hit again, so he put on the seastone armor and started shooting wildly in all directions.

Ah! Ahhhhh, Duang!

"Okay, stop shouting. Put me down first." Charles was the first to recover from his fear. Seeing that Will was still running away in panic, he quickly punched him.

"What's wrong with me? Where is this? Where's Leo?"

Charles straightened his clothes first: "It seems that we are lost, but there is no need to worry about Leo, he is very strong."

Will moved his nose, sniffed left and right, pointed in a direction and said, "Leo is over there, and we are surrounded again."

"Yeah, Will, I didn't know your nose is so useful... What? We are surrounded again, so why don't we run away quickly?"

Awooo~ wolves howled all around them, and in the blink of an eye, the two were surrounded by wolves. However, the wolves looked a little strange, just baring their teeth and growling, and did not come forward to attack them.

Just when Charles was nervous and confused, a child's voice came from the jungle: "Awoo! Get out of here, woohoo!"

As his ears moved, Charles locked onto the target, used his legs to jump into the air, and then threw a stone in the direction of the sound.

Boom! Ouch! Woo~woo… The bushes shook, and it seemed that a small figure was escaping into the depths of the jungle. At this time, the wolves also changed, chasing that figure and retreating back into the jungle.

Will and Charles were overwhelmed by the situation. Will asked, "We won? What should we do next?"

Charles walked into the bushes and fumbled around for a while. Suddenly, he handed a piece of animal skin to Will: "This was left by the guy who just escaped. Smell it and see if you can find that guy. He definitely knows the secret of Doll Island. If we solve the secret here before Leo... hehehe!"

Will also became interested after hearing this. He didn't want to show off in front of Leo, but it would be nice to show off. He sniffed carefully, leaned over the ground to identify for a while, then pointed to the front and said, "They ran this way."

"Okay, Will strikes out."

"Ouch, ouch!"

At the same time, on the other side of the jungle, Leo was carefully guarding his surroundings, with a circular stream of water protecting him.

"Hey! Ghost girl, are you the count's daughter?"

"Hehe, guess what, handsome boy, can you stay with me?" The voice came from all directions, so light that it was difficult to tell the enemy's location.

Hearing that the other party was not cooperating, Leo had to continue asking questions: "Did you make all the dolls on the tree?"

"Yes, those are the souls I collected. I stuffed the souls into the doll's body so that I can keep them here forever. Soon you will become one of them."

"Oh, no, I don't want it. The dolls you make are so ugly."

"Wulusai, Damale, that foul-mouthed kid is not cute at all." The ghosts around suddenly rioted and rushed towards Leo again.

After a fight, Leo also discovered how to restrain the negative ghost. To be more precise, Leo discovered that the ability of his recycling fruit can restrain all devil fruit abilities. He can use sea water mixed with recycling power to destroy the negative ghost.

This discovery gave Leo a lot of confidence, so he seemed to be possessed by Teacher Yi and asked an infuriating question: "Are those dolls made according to your appearance? You don't think you are very beautiful, do you? I think you should take a good look in the mirror."

"Shut up, you damn kid, go to hell." The ghosts floating in the air began to gather together, and countless small ghosts merged into one large ghost.

Leo used all the water flow to block the giant ghost, and then his eyes began to search continuously. Suddenly he found a small figure hiding behind the leaves and staring at him fiercely.

"Right there, I found you! [Water Grenade]" Boom, the water bomb blew up several big trees like a cannonball. Oops! The black shadow screamed and ran away swinging on the vine.

The ability user ran away, and the ghost became ineffective, so Leo took the opportunity to chase him. But after chasing for a long time, Leo suddenly found that he had lost him.

Boom! Suddenly, Leo stepped on a tattered rag doll. Unlike the ones hanging on the tree, this doll was just an ordinary toy. It looked like it was made many years ago. It was dirty, and the cotton was leaking out in some places.

Leo held the doll by the scruff of its neck in disdain and squinted at it. The more he looked, the more puzzled he found it. Why did the rag doll have a big bump on its head?

After looking at the doll seriously for a while, Leo felt that its eyes seemed to avoid him.

Put your hands under the doll's armpits and cut the chicken, cut the chicken, cut the chicken!

The doll couldn't help but began to tremble: "Hahahaha, Dane...don't...stop."

...(My dear lady, I doubt you are driving)

Just as Leo was playing with the broken doll, there was a noise in the jungle opposite, and a girl dressed in animal skins rushed out of the jungle.

"Aw, Sister Anna, those bad guys are so scary..."

Before the girl could finish her words, she saw a young man in front of her touching Sister Anna all over, and the words she was about to say got stuck in her throat.

The sudden appearance of the girl also scared Leo, so he naturally fought back.

Duang! The girl fell down with a big bump on her head.

Just then there was another roar from the jungle: "Stop, I see you."

Will and Charles also rushed out of the bushes, and then saw Leo poking a girl's face with one hand, and holding a struggling broken doll in the other hand. Because Leo had been pressing for information, the perverted smile on his face had not yet faded.

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Charles and Will wisely retreated back into the jungle: "Sorry to bother you."