Chapter 141

I'm not his nanny!

Thinking carefully,

it seems he's recently been helping everyone get stronger?

Vivi is his woman, that's only natural.

But the others...

Dragon Voice has a cooldown.

If he uses it to materialize Cultivation Techniques tailored for everyone else, wouldn't he himself be standing still?

"Mm..."

"Not many have mastered Haki. Once they've all exchanged, I'll need to appropriately cut back the resources given to them afterward."

"After all, I'm not here to be a nanny."

Continuing to use his Word Spirit ability to keep Haki circulating, Sima Di looked toward the field.

Everyone had already calmed their emotions and was curiously gathered around Brook, sizing him up.

"It's really a skeleton!"

"His bones are so white."

"So a waist can actually be this slim?"

"Is this hair real?"

Brook actually seemed quite popular.

Because of the connections with Laboon and Crocus, although Brook's current appearance was frightening, even Usopp wasn't too scared.

Luffy also finally couldn't help saying: "Brook! Come join my crew!"

"No problem~" Brook said without hesitation.

The Straw Hat Pirates with Laboon,

even if Luffy hadn't invited him, Brook would surely have fought to join.

【Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the famous scene "The Fastest Invite Aboard in the Straw Hat Pirates!", obtaining the sign-in reward "Fire Demon Sanji Already's Rabbit Talisman"!】

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"Fire Demon Sanji Already's Rabbit Talisman": Originally belonging to the fire demon "Sanji Already," and also one of the twelve Talismans' magic power within Sanji Already's body, teleportation and agility, it grants the holder extremely fast speed movement, and after being struck by an ion wave, can also travel through time and space back to the past!;

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【Reward has been stored in the system space!】

Rabbit Talisman!

Like the Rooster Talisman, also one of the Twelve Talismans, its ability is simply extreme speed.

It's an ability Sima Di currently doesn't have.

If it were before,

Sima Di might have chosen to give it to someone in the Straw Hat Pirates, allowing their combat power to surge directly and leap into being a main force.

But now...

Sima Di took it out from the system space, directly held it in his palm and absorbed the Rabbit Talisman, merging it into his own power.

"Whoosh—"

Sima Di, who had activated the Rabbit Talisman, transformed into a streak of light, and along with matching thought reaction, everything around him looked as if it were standing still.

Although movement still couldn't escape the capture of Observation Haki, it gave Sima Di the initiative of "freely choosing the timing of battle."

Want to fight, close in; don't want to fight, pull away.

If you can't catch up, just stare blankly.

This Brook is worth befriending,

in such a short time he's contributed five famous scenes already.

Sima Di returned to his original position, and Crocus turned his head to glance at him.

He had clearly noticed Sima Di's "window shopping" behavior just now.

But he didn't pay it much mind, only assuming it was a new ability Sima Di had developed.

Over there,

after Brook agreed to Luffy's invitation, he immediately brought up his own problem.

"But I can't leave with you directly, because... my shadow was taken by a group of people. If sunlight hits me, I'll be burned to ashes on the spot."

"What!" Laboon snarled: "Someone actually dares to do this? Where are they? I'll kill them!"

Laboon's fist was gleaming black, making Brook silently take half a step back—the power of that black fist, he had felt it deeply just now.

A black fist that can make a skeleton feel pain!

"Laboon, don't rush. I'm not sure where they are either, I just happened to encounter them in this black fog many years ago... I haven't eaten in many years, I wonder if you could treat me to a meal?"

"Leave it to me!" Sanji laughed: "I'm the ship's cook, Sanji. I guarantee you a feast you'll never forget in your life!"

That tone...

Sanji is getting serious!

Obviously,

because of Laboon and Crocus, plus Brook's 50 years of lonely waiting, Sanji Already has accepted this companion.

The Straw Hat Pirates members all couldn't help but show expectant looks upon hearing this!

"Let's go!"

"Back to the Going Merry!"

"Let's go, let's go, let's go!"

Although the Going Merry had already drifted to who-knows-where in the black fog, this was hardly an issue.

Everyone took out flint and steel, just about to strike it.

Suddenly, the Going Merry burst out of the black fog and slowly, firmly, docked before the Straw Hat Pirates.

The entire Straw Hat crew was right here; it was obvious this was the work of "Merry."

"Merry, you've come to pick us up!" Luffy shouted.

The others also jumped onto the deck of the Going Merry one after another.

"Sorry, Merry, for leaving you alone," Usopp apologized belatedly.

The situation at the time...

Usopp had been terrified; he hadn't even considered staying behind on the Going Merry.

Chopper and Nami also scratched their heads in embarrassment.

Chopper was understandable,

but Nami, as the navigator, abandoning the Merry was a bit much.

After apologizing to the Going Merry, she suddenly glared at the Straw Hat Pirates!

"Listen, can't you plan your actions in advance?" Nami roared: "All our main force ran off at once; what if we encountered an enemy? What would happen to the Merry? What about us?"

Everyone: "......"

But they were just thinking that skeleton was quite interesting and they had to see him.

Meanwhile, Sima Di and the others, usually the most steady, seeing Laboon and Crocus's abnormal behavior, guessed a certain possibility, so they too couldn't hold back.

In the end, only Nami and the other two were shivering here...

"Ahem! This was an accident," Sima Di said: "Everyone doesn't act like this usually; won't happen again, right?"

Sima Di signaled to everyone with his eyes.

"Ah yes yes! Di is right!"

"Yes yes yes! Won't happen again!"

"Sorry, Merry, we won't do it again!"

Amid everyone's promises, Nami's anger subsided.

Only Brook asked strangely: "Who is Merry? Merry? Is that the ship's name? If there was no one on board just now, who steered the ship over to pick us up?"

"It's a ship spirit, skeleton guy," Franky explained.

But this made Brook even more puzzled.