Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

"Hello."

In front of Luffy and Byakuya, the old man with bandages on his body spoke up: "Just now, you two seemed to be talking about defeating Moria and taking back the shadow?"

"Yeah, that's right, that guy stole my partner's shadow, so I have to beat him away."

Hearing the other party's question, Luffy answered it all in a very familiar manner.

Bai Ye was thinking to himself, if the navy were to interrogate Luffy and start the interrogation at lunch, this guy would be able to tell you how old he was when he wet the bed before they even finish half of the meal.

"Is that really the case?" The old man nodded first, then continued: "When we saw this brother taming the monster on this island just now, we had such a guess, but we never dared to come out."

"Why?" Bai Ye on the side suddenly asked with some confusion.

"Ah..." The old man's eyes lingered between Bai Ye and Luffy, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "Because we feel that this brother doesn't seem to be easy to communicate with."

Low emotional intelligence: I feel like this guy is a fool.

High EQ: Seems not very easy to communicate with.

"Pfft~" Bai Ye couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Well, let me make things clear first."

The old man spoke again, "We are the Tumbling Pirates, [Proposal] Lola's subordinates, and we are also the ones who had our shadows taken away by Moria."

"We have just seen your strength, so could you please wait for our captain for a moment."

"She can tell you the secret of Moria's ability."

"And we can entrust two people with amazing power."

"Secret? Power?" Luffy tilted his head and said, "What is that?"

"That's not the most important thing!"

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the dense forest.

After hearing this voice, the old man turned around and shouted in surprise: "Captain, you are here."

Then, as the footsteps became clearer, Luffy and Bai Ye also saw a figure walking out of the dense forest.

Obviously, this is the captain the old man mentioned just now, [proposing] Lola.

She is very sturdy, with thick lips, and from her grinning mouth, you can see that she is missing a front tooth. She has pink ponytails, a black bowler hat on her head, a red dress, a beige jumpsuit, purple high heels, and two crossed swords on her back.

If Bai Ye were to describe it in one sentence, it would be: Oda's aesthetic taste must not be normal!

Laura walked up to the two of them and stood still, looking very serious and saying:

"Please marry me!!!"

"Huh? I don't want to." Luffy shook his head and said.

"I refuse." Bai Ye followed closely.

Then, the crew members also shouted with an expression as if they knew it.

"As expected! The Captain was rejected again!!!"

"Being rejected by two men at once, this is... the 4445th time!!!"

"You are truly worthy of being the captain!!!"

After getting the answers from the two, Laura didn't care at all. After all, she was a woman who had been rejected more than four thousand times, and she was used to it.

"Then let's talk about Moria."

Lola said so.

-

[Sake Barrel Dance·Chain Attack!!!]

In the dense forest not far from the castle, Brook attacked again with a rapier in his hand.

In an instant, it seemed as if countless shadows of rapiers appeared in front of him, and then they all stabbed at the figure holding the black knife in front of him.

clang! ! !

But the next second, the figure simply held the black knife horizontally in front of his chest and blocked Brook's attack that was like a storm.

"Your swordsmanship is terrible."

The figure spoke softly, and in just a moment, the black knife in his hand switched from defense to offense -

[Wine Bottle Dance·Chain Attack! ]

In the blink of an eye, the figure used a move that was almost a replica of Brook's.

boom!

Before the black knife reached him, the blade energy from it had already blown Brook's already light body away.

boom!

After rolling several times in the air, Brook still couldn't keep his balance and fell heavily to the ground.

Before he could stand up, a black knife was placed on his neck.

"Although I am your shadow in my body and I use your moves, the meaning contained in this body is something you can never imagine."

"Let me show you the gap between you and me."

After saying this, the figure raised the black knife above his head.

This time, he did not use Brook's moves, but instead simply slashed.

But looking at the rapidly falling blade, Brook knew that even at his peak he could not resist even a single bit of the force.

[Ittoryu·Thirty-six Troubled Phoenixes! ]

Just as the black knife was about to fall, a swift and powerful blow suddenly came from the dense forest on the side.

"Hmm?" The figure let out a light exclamation, but was not at all panicked, and instantly changed his offensive strategy.

The blade swung upward from bottom to top, slashing rapidly diagonally, deflecting the blow to the side.

boom! ! !

Even though some of the power has been offset, the power of the slash is still strong.

With a loud bang, smoke and dust rose up.

Then, a voice sounded from the dense forest:

"In that case, let me be your opponent."

"I also want to see how much of the gap I have made up through my progress."

As the smoke and dust dissipated, a figure appeared in front of the two.

It was because of the sound of fighting that Zoro finally walked out of the maze.

"Mr. Zoro! Please..."

"Ah, I know what you mean."

Just as Brook was about to say something, Zoro interrupted him directly:

"But I'm really sorry."

As Zoro spoke, he tied a headscarf around his forehead:

"Every time I meet an opponent like this, I can't help but get excited!"

Zoro pulled out the Wado Ichimonji and bit it in his mouth, then looked at the figure opposite him.

At this moment, there was no room for anything else in Zoro's eyes except the man holding the black knife in front of him.

"I see."

After hearing this and seeing Zoro's eyes, Brook understood his intentions and took the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield.

"Yohoho, nice eyes."

The figure had already shown some appreciation for Zoro after just one strike, and now seeing the look in his eyes, he understood even more what kind of swordsman was before him.

"You seem to be using three knives?"

"Ok!"

"Yohoho, this is totally unheard of. But from your aura, I know that your three swords are definitely not just for show."

The figure seemed to be very interested in Zoro, so he talked more.

"Say your name, swordsman. This is the etiquette you should follow as a junior."

Even as he said this, the figure had already raised the black knife and was ready to attack seriously for the first time.

"Roronoa Zoro."

Zoro slowly said his name, his eyes fixed on the figure in front of him, and the aura in his body had reached its peak.

"Yohoho, you should know that almost all of my consciousness now comes from that skeleton."

"But perhaps this body is too powerful, which led me to know some of his stories."

The figure slowly put the black knife back to his waist and made the starting posture of Iai.

"Roronoa Zoro from the future!"

“Remember it!”

"The body you are fighting with is the one who once slew a dragon!"

"Swordsman——Ryoma!!!"

【Iai and the Three Songs of the Nose Rhyme!!!】