Chapter 145

Under the Observation Haki,

that "Soul Flame" grew just a tiny bit; if Sima Di hadn't been watching constantly, it would truly have gone unnoticed.

"Yo-ho-ho-ho—How amazing!"

Brook was so shocked his jaw dropped to the ground!

What kind of flame is this?

It is simply the kryptonite of these shadows!

"As expected, anything produced by Di is good stuff!" Nami praised.

"This green flame looks anything but simple; it's a bit like that black flame that won't burn out."

"It feels very dangerous."

And Brook, having come to his senses, hesitated and said...

"It seems... I've gotten a tiny bit stronger?"

Oh?

This gave everyone motivation!

"Let's go, let's go! Let's hunt the zombies on the island!" Laboon exclaimed excitedly.

Brook's current strength of 0.9 is passable, but compared to Crocus and Sima Di, it's too pathetic.

Now is the perfect opportunity to strengthen his power!

Brook also bowed to Sima Di and said, "Thank you a thousand times!"

"We are all partners; drop these polite words." Sima Di waved his hand and said, "Just work hard to get stronger so you can share our burdens and worries."

"Hai! Yo-ho-ho-ho—"

The Straw Hat Pirates, radiating killing intent, walked toward the depths of the island.

To the extent that,

when a carriage arrived and the head-of-a-man, bat-bodied Hilton poked his head out...

he was simply beaten to death by a chaotic flurry of fists from the crowd!

—After all, as long as it is Moonlight...

Another shadow was captured again by the Soul Chains, burned into green light points, and absorbed by the Soul Flame.

"It really is getting stronger, my soul!" Brook confirmed.

This made the Straw Hat Pirates even more full of drive!

Having not walked a few steps,

they spotted a mass grave, looking gloomy and very dangerous.

Ordinary people would likely take a detour upon seeing it, but the current Straw Hat Pirates...

"Charge!"

"Zombies, here we come!"

"For Brook!"

Seeing Luffy and the other main fighters charge ahead, what could Usopp and the others left behind do?

They could only huddle together, grit their teeth, and follow!

Just as they entered the mass grave,

in front of those tombstones, pairs of hands pierced through the deep earth; twisted bodies of zombies sat up, poked their heads out, and crawled out of the pits, creating a scene of demonic chaos!

"Help—!"

Usopp and the others, terrified, hid behind Sima Di; this is too scary!

This courage...

Sima Di directly used telekinesis to grab them and threw them all into the zombie horde.

And he raised his hand to keep the others, who were eager to try, from moving.

Get some proper training in courage, you lot!

46. Ice Cream Assassin VS Negative Ghost! What experience would adding a blessing bring?

Usopp and the other two were thrown into the zombie pile; Nami hadn't even landed before she turned into lightning and flashed back.

Only Chopper and Usopp were submerged by the zombie tide.

"Aaaaaah!"

"Zombies!"

"Help! Di! Luffy! Zoro!"

"I'm going to die!"

Compared to their performance,

Luffy was looking at these zombies with glowing eyes, obviously very interested!

"Hey! Do you guys want to be my part—mmph mmph mmph—"

Sanji and Zoro tightly covered Luffy's mouth!

"What kind of joke is this? A skeleton is one thing, but these zombies look like cannon fodder; absolutely not!" Sanji roared.

"Only this time, I agree with the perverted cook!" Zoro agreed.

Sima Di was left speechless.

Luffy's habit of "inviting" any interesting creature he sees needs to be corrected at some point!

Hearing the screams of Usopp and the other two, Nami glared angrily at Sima Di!

"Hurry up and go save them?!"

"Your courage needs serious training," Sima Di sighed. "These are merely stitched corpses; what combat power could they possibly have? They can't even scratch the shell of Mk-5. Not to mention you're a Logia type—what are you afraid of?"

Nami was left speechless by the question!

Looking at Usopp and the other two being mobbed by zombies,

even after so long, their shouts remained full of energy, showing no sign of injury whatsoever.

The zombies' claws simply couldn't break the shell of Mk-5.

Indeed,

if they struck too hard, their own hand bones would break instead...

Ah, this...

Nami smiled awkwardly.

She hadn't expected these zombies to be so weak...

"But... I'm a girl, isn't it normal to be afraid of such things?" Nami coquettishly said.

Sima Di merely looked at Nami calmly.

A girl?

You tell me this now, but future enemies won't care about such things.

Meanwhile, Sanji, unable to bear seeing Nami wronged, instinctively opened his mouth to defend her.

But Zoro immediately grabbed his shoulder.

"Don't speak," Zoro said heavily. "Di... is training their courage."

Sanji could obviously see Sima Di's intention, but...

he just couldn't bear to see Nami wronged!

"We can't protect them forever. Not to mention... as a Logia Devil Fruit user, she shouldn't need any protection at all," Zoro said again.

His tone was somewhat harsh, as if deliberately meant for Nami to hear.

Nami fell silent as well.

Yes...

She is a Gomu Gomu no Mi user? No, wait—she is a Goro Goro no Mi user and possesses Armament Haki, so why was her first reaction to flee?

Seeing the confusion in Nami's eyes, Sima Di gave a look of approval, as if to say "Ruzike Sect."

"You still lack the mindset of the strong," Sima Di instructed. "We have protected you too much in the past. In Little Garden, I saved you; in Alabasta, the plan didn't require your participation; on Skypiea, you watched the entire battle..."