Chapter 432

"Who knows? I just suddenly had a premonition that I wanted to change into new clothes!" Sima Di winked playfully.

Zoro was defeated by this reason. Indeed, one should not try to understand a man's thoughts.

"Well, since I'm changing clothes anyway, I might as well take a bath. The sweat from earlier training mixed with the storm just now is simply unbearable..." Sima Di muttered to himself as he walked into the cabin.

Actually, Sima Di was thinking at this moment: since we are about to land on the Thriller Bark, I should tidy up early and welcome the new battle in the best state possible!

090 One hour later.

Sima Di looked at himself in the mirror and nodded with satisfaction.

Twin tails combed low, boyish pink overalls, and a matching white T-shirt with the Straw Hat flag pattern printed on it (this was clothing made by a certain fan after the Enies Lobby incident; Sima Di had just happened to take one).

"Boyish pink and horror movies are simply a perfect match."

Sima Di's aesthetic taste had already risen to a strange height.

When Sima Di came out, it was just in time for the meal; the new companion Brook was already seated in the guest area waiting to be fed.

Usopp saw Sima Di come out and tears almost burst from his eyes.

"The First Mate is here just in time! You hurry up and manage Luffy!"

"Don't you want to look at my outfit first?" Sima Di tried spinning around.

"Oh my, that sort of thing doesn't matter at all. You should look at what Luffy brought back first." Usopp hid behind Sima Di. "Luffy actually intends to make a skeleton a new companion! Sima Di! This is absolutely impossible, right?"

"Skeleton companion?" Sima Di's gaze fell on Brook. "Feels pretty good~ Back when I was writing apocalypse stories, the protagonist was a cute zombie."

Saying this, Sima Di suddenly wanted to scare Usopp, revealing a gloomy and terrifying smile, and his tone became gloomy.

"The kind of zombie army that is bloody and will eat your brains. Ah-wooo~"

"Ah~~!" Usopp was scared into becoming the famous painting The Scream.

At this moment, Brook stood up, walked over, and saluted by removing his hat.

"So this is the First Mate, Miss Lin Xiao. Indeed, you are a very cute girl. I am the new crew member Brook, Qingduozhi Sect." Brook said, "By the way, I have a sincere request... may I see your ***?"

"Yes, Brook. Please take care of me." Sima Di answered with a smile, "By the way... No!"

"Oh my, oh my, Miss Lin Xiao is so serious. It's already... too late. Truly heartbreaking, heart-wrenching... although I no longer have a heart. Yo-ho-ho-ho~" Brook cracked a cold joke as usual.

But Sima Di felt something was wrong.

"Let's deal with your heartache later, Brook. You..."

"What's wrong, Miss Lin Xiao?"

"You... how do you know my surname is Lin?"

Hearing this, the Straw Hat crew also reacted. Sima Di's name was rare; anyone hearing it for the first time would think 'Sima Di' was a given name, and a very strange one at that.

Everyone's gaze focused on Brook.

"Oh, you mean this? I used to..." Brook, not knowing when, had sat back down and slowly drank black tea.

"Just hurry up and say it!" Sanji shouted in a rage.

This skeleton had been looking for *** everywhere since boarding, and he was also eyeing that extra-large steak specially made for Robin in her small plate.

"It's very simple. I once met people from Jin Long Kingdom; their names are all so strange." Brook said nonchalantly.

Sima Di also remembered that Brook had wandered this sea for over fifty years, so it wouldn't be strange even if he had met people from Jin Long Kingdom.

Jin Long Kingdom...

Sima Di really wanted to go to that country and take a look.

After dinner, Brook explained to everyone why he was a skeleton and simultaneously explained the ability of the Huang Quan Fruit.

As they chatted, the topic led to ghosts.

To confirm whether Brook was a ghost, Nami took out her portable hand mirror. Surprisingly, the mirror did not reflect Brook's image. At this time, everyone also discovered the fact that Brook had no shadow.

"It really is hard to explain... I have been drifting on this sea for a very long time; my becoming a skeleton and my having no shadow are completely two different things!" Brook said, then slowly took another sip of black tea.

"Continue! Hurry up!" Sanji urged.

Brook had lived alone for too long, to the point where his concept of time was weak, and his manner of dealing with people was an ultra-relaxed attitude.

"Ah... I understand. The matter is this: my shadow was stolen by a man several years ago..."

Brook began to tell this story, but after finishing, he absolutely refused to tell them who did such a thing. He feared that if Luffy and the others went, they would only suffer that ruthless fate.

But Sima Di knew that within the next two hours, they would still suffer this "ruthless fate."

Sima Di clearly remembered the "famous quotes" Usopp used to wake up the three giants.

—The handsome swordsman has brought meat!

Sima Di smiled; those three Bai Chi would make such a mistake, but with his expertise in modeling, he would absolutely not fall into their trap! A bounty of one hundred million was not given for nothing!

He was just that confident! No way~!

One hour later.

Sima Di stood alone in a desolate and bleak graveyard, panicking and looking around, yet completely unaware of where he was.

Sima Di subconsciously reached for his waist, only to find the Divine Art Sword was already gone.

Terrified, he quickly took out the Fire Clam to summon the Fire Spirit.

Even if fire could not have a substantial effect on those spirits, it could still achieve a certain level of intimidation.

However, the light and heat brought by the Fire Spirit did not bring Sima Di the slightest sense of security; instead, it made him cold from head to toe.

Warm yellow light shone on Sima Di, but nothing that should have appeared was there beneath his feet.

"My... where is my shadow!!!"

So the first Bai Chi of the Straw Hat Pirates to lose his shadow was him!

"No, no, no... I must calm down, calm down. Especially at times like this, I must remain composed."

Sima Di desperately took deep breaths, letting his overheated head cool down bit by bit.

"Alright... let me think carefully about exactly what happened."

One hour ago.

As soon as Brook finished speaking, the giant ghost pierced through the wall and poked its head inside.

Because Perona's ghosts have no physical form, Sima Di's Modeling Domain had no effect on them. Seeing the half-body of the ghost poking in, Sima Di was also startled.

"What's going on? Could this Ship Already be under surveillance!"

Brook ran out of the cabin in a panic, then saw the fact that the Sunny was already beside the Thriller Bark.

Brook subsequently urged everyone to leave quickly, then leaped down, used "Water Surface Skating," and left the area.

Because Brook's weight was truly too light, combined with high-speed movement, he could easily walk on water for a distance.

But Brook's advice was completely useless to Luffy.

Luffy laughed like a swaying sunflower, and everyone completely gave up on the naive idea of persuading Luffy.

"In that case, let's use that ship to go ashore! Merry, no problem, right!" Franky said.

Merry shook her head crying, "No no no no..."

"It's fine. Your original form hasn't sailed yet after being made into a small boat, right? And you can also send us to the island in batches." Sima Di advised.

Merry looked at Sima Di with teary eyes, "Papa Papa..."

"Just treat it like a haunted house at an amusement park. I won't let you go on the island, how about that?" Sima Di squatted down, holding Merry's face.

"Alright... but Papa Papa must go with me." Merry said in a milky voice.

Subsequently, Franky released the Mini Merry from the dry dock.

Usopp, Nami, Chopper, Merry, and Sima Di, the five people, boarded the ship immediately to check. However, a wild wave suddenly arrived, sweeping the Mini Merry away from the Sunny and rushing toward the shore.

Just like that, Luffy and the others watched helplessly as the five people drifted away.

Sima Di originally planned to act with the Second Division (that is, Luffy and the others), but after thinking it over, following the First Division wasn't bad either; at least the enemies encountered weren't very strong.

Subsequently, the Mini Merry was swept to the shore, and the four people on board were directly thrown into the moat dug around the island. Merry was spared because of her ability to float.

Seeing the bottom of the moat covered with dense white bones, the three of them trembled in fear.

"Where exactly is this, dog!"

"It looks like it's definitely a trap!"