One Piece - I Am A Different Luffy! BOOK2!

Chapter 254 - Thriller Bark 01!

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Third Person POV

Thriller Bark, First Half of Grandline.

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The crew took a while to understand Luffy's words, looking at their captain wiping away the tears that some had from the meeting with Laboon and Brook.

"How are we going to take down another Shichibukai?!" Uta immediately asked while the others intensified their gaze towards their Captain.

Luffy flashed his rogue smile, "That has always been my goal for coming here, after all, Moria lives here. It will be a good opportunity to loot his treasures," he said.

"We're out of money, we need more money..." Luffy said sincerely, the gold was running out and he didn't want to rely only on the system. He also used the navy's money to buy a specific fruit, from a user he had killed a while back, so he was in need of money again.

'I'll see who will be the user of this fruit after the war. After all, we must strengthen all the kingdoms under my domain...' Luffy thought and returned to his crew.

"Be prepared for battle, but I don't believe it will be a fight like what happened at Enies Lobby, far from it." Luffy commented and looked forward again.

Soon, the coast of Thriller Bark began to appear as the fog started to dissipate. But the structure that claimed this place was a ship, still remained hidden with these other parts still distant, closed off by the fog.

"Is that where the Shichibukai lives?" Nojiko asked.

Even seeing just that part, it was obvious that the island was sinister with a horror theme, with old and macabre trees.

"What place is this? Is this an island?" Alvida asked.

"No, it's a ship," Luffy replied calmly and looked at his group. "Get ready, because we're going to see zombies, strange creatures, ghosts, everything in this place," he commented, as Nami clung to Vivi looking at him with frightened eyes.

"How can you say such things!!" They screamed frightened.

Luffy didn't care and started to prepare. The ship found a kind of wooden deck on the side like a kind of harbor, Franky ended up steering the ship there, stopping at the deck.

With the bow falling into place, they were getting ready to disembark.

"Luffy!! I want to stay on the ship!" Chopper cried.

"Sorry Chopper, but I won't leave the ship here alone, these waters are treacherous. I plan to take the ship in my pocket." Luffy commented, but having to take out other ships from his pocket, after all, he couldn't shrink them more than they were.

At this moment, Brook opened the kitchen door, still crying. It seemed they had talked a lot. They approached while Laboon was still clinging to him.

"Laboon told me about you and your adventures... Thank you!!!" He said sincerely looking at everyone still with tears in his skull bones.

"I see you're getting along," Nojiko spoke to him with a smile.

"Yes, we never forgot each other. Laboon will always be my friend. It's good to see him after so many years. Maybe he's the only one who survived of all the people I've known," Brook spoke with a melancholic tone.

He was going to speak again, but for the first time he took his attention off the crew in front of him and looked towards where they were, Thriller Bark. "Are we here?!!" He yelled scared, even leaving Laboon confused.