Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

The name Shimotsuki Ryoma is like a god to the people of Wano Country.

Many, many years ago, when Wano Country had not yet closed its doors and still stood on the sea with the name of "Golden Country", the name of Ryoma Shimotsuki frightened countless pirates and world nobles who coveted the gold of Wano Country.

There was no other reason, it was just because Shimotsuki Ryuma personally killed a giant dragon in the sky above the capital!

Such achievements also allowed his body and sword Shusui to be enshrined in the shrine in Wano Country after his death.

But 23 years ago, after Moria went to Wano Country to challenge Kaido and failed, he stole many corpses from Wano Country, including Ryoma Shimotsuki.

In the Devil's Triangle, Hobgoblin transformed Ryuma's body into a zombie general, and Moriah even stuffed Brook's shadow into his body a year ago.

Perhaps his body has reached another level, so even though he has been dead for hundreds of years, even though he has been transformed into a zombie, even though he has been stuffed into the shadow of someone else.

Still hidden in the dragon horse's body was the power that had once slain the dragon.

Even if it is only a small part, it is enough to fight a junior like Zoro to a draw.

“Yohoho! This is such an unforgettable battle. Even this body that has been dead for hundreds of years can feel its blood boiling!”

"Although I'm a zombie, I don't have blood, yo ho ho ho."

At this moment, Ryoma was not in a good condition. From the second he fought with Zoro, he was using the power hidden deep within this body.

Hundreds of years had passed and these powers were already very limited. Now, after Longma's squandering, they were almost exhausted.

"Being able to fight an opponent like you is something I've been dreaming of."

Unlike Ryuma, Zoro at this moment was like the Shura God crawling out of hell, emitting a terrifying and bloodthirsty aura.

As time went by, Sauron's aura even became more solid and growing.

"Roronoa Zoro!"

"Even though I am only a shadow's consciousness, I still don't want this body to experience the pain of failure after it dies."

Ryoma's voice suddenly changed, and he didn't even have his signature yo-ho-ho.

The aura of the whole person also surged at this moment, and a ball of fire ignited on his body without him even realizing it:

"For my wish, which is also the obsession of this body, I will burn everything in this body and use my last sword."

Ryoma held the autumn water in his hand and pointed it at Zoro, and said in a deep voice:

"This is his strongest power! Its name is——Ryu Sakura!!!"

An extremely rich black color surged out from Longma's right hand and wrapped around the black knife Qiu Shui in the next second.

"Armament Haki? Is it flowing?"

In just a moment, Zoro discovered that the Ryuo mentioned by Ryoma was very similar to the advanced armament color recorded in Roger's domineering training notes.

"In that case, I will never admit defeat!"

After seeing Ryuma burning himself, Zoro understood his opponent's intention and decisively used his strongest power.

[To endure all kinds of suffering without getting tired of it, this is the path of Shura! ]

[Ghostly Energy·Nine Swords·Asura·Netherworld Rebirth!!!]

The autumn water with flowing cherry blossoms and the Shura ghost with ghostly aura collided violently in the blink of an eye.

But they passed each other in the next second.

Boom! ! !

The huge castle nearby finally collapsed completely after a series of attacks, raising a cloud of dust.

Ryoma was the first to stand up. His appearance at this moment was no different from Brook, who was left with only a skeleton.

That final blow just now had drained away the last bit of his remaining strength.

The flames were still burning his body, but he didn't care at all.

He just turned around, looked at Zoro and said, "Even though this is something I don't want to see, but... I... lost."

Zoro also turned around and looked at Ryoma who was gradually disappearing in the flames and said:

"If you feel the taste of failure, that's enough."

"A swordsman should be one with his body and mind..."

There was no joy in Zoro's eyes from defeating a powerful enemy, only a hint of sadness:

"I really want to fight you in your time!"

Longma did not answer this question, but slowly raised the Qiushui in his hand:

"The twenty-first skill of the great sword, Qiu Shui!"

"This is what you deserve as a winner."

"It is worthy of its name to entrust it to you."

Then, Ryoma threw Shusui at Zoro, who caught it and said:

"Big sharp sword, Qiu Shui, I'll take it!"

“Yo-ho-ho!”

As if he had put his worries to rest, Ryoma laughed loudly amid the growing flames, and said one last word:

"Roronoa Zoro! Remember the name of this body—"

"Shimotsuki Ryoma!!!"

Finally, with the flames extinguished, Ryuma, a powerful man from Wano Country, completely disappeared from the world.

Zoro was also shocked by his last words: "Frost... Moon? Master Koshiro..."

At the same time, as Ryuma's body disappeared, the shadow belonging to Brook finally returned to Brook's feet.

"Yo ho ho! It's back, my shadow is back, it really makes me excited, even though I have no heart."

But then Brook was suddenly stunned, because he found that there seemed to be something extra in his mind.

"Is this... the power that belongs to Ryoma?"

The shadow that has been separated by the user of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit will return to its original body after a period of time, and the original body will receive the shadow's previous memories.

In the original work, this is how Nami and Lola established friendship.

In the competition with Zoro, Brook's shadow also received the consciousness of domineering from Ryoma's body.

To be honest, this is completely different from Zoro's training according to the Haki notes. For Brook, he not only knows it, but also has a feeling that he has really had it before.

It's like being reborn.

And this gift from Ryoma will give Brook a great surprise later.

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"Hey, Zoro, we're ready to go back!!!"

Just when everything was settled and Luffy was about to call Zoro to return to the Merry, a huge figure appeared beside the fainted Moriah, and stretched out his palm and slapped him. The next second, Moriah disappeared.

"Who is this guy? How did he do that just now? So amazing! Is he in the inner scene just like Bai Ye?"

Because Byakuya usually uses the same action to store various things, Luffy misunderstood.

"He is the same as Moria, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Tyrant Bear!!!" Lola, who was originally happy about getting the shadow, exclaimed.

"So, it's an enemy?" Sanji said as he lit a cigarette.

Zoro on the side directly drew out the Autumn Water he had just obtained.

"Dear friends of the Straw Hat Pirates, please wait a moment, we have no ill intentions."

Just when the atmosphere on the scene was about to become tense, a voice suddenly rang out.

On top of the ruins that had become a castle, a blond figure appeared in front of everyone.

He gently lifted his hat, and a kind smile appeared on his face with scars from the fire:

"Let me introduce myself first."

"I am Sabo, Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army."

"Nice to meet you, Straw Hats."

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"Sa...Sabo!!!"

ps: Brothers, let’s wait until tomorrow to reveal it~