Chapter 188: The End of the Ghost Princess!
Under the "enthusiastic" guidance of the genius surgeon Dr. Hogback, the Straw Hat passed through long, dark corridors.
Eventually, everyone was led to a spacious indoor garden.
The scene here gave off a strong sense of dissonance.
The garden was filled with strange, twisted plants.
And among those plants, eerie animal zombies wandered everywhere.
Penguins with dog heads, lions with sewn-on pig noses.
They looked both weirdly "cute" and chillingly horrific.
"Tap."
The moment everyone stepped into this indoor garden.
Dr. Hogback, who was walking at the very front, suddenly burst with an agility that defied common sense despite his fat body.
Like an oiled loach, he quickly dove into a hidden secret passage in the wall beside him.
"Clang!"
A heavy steel grate fell instantly, sealing the secret passage shut.
Through that indestructible iron grate, all pretense vanished from Dr. Hogback's ugly, fat face, and he let out an arrogant, wild laugh:
"Fosfosfosfosfos!!!"
"You bunch of irredeemable fools!
"Did you really think this master would obediently lead the way for you?!"
"Cry and repent in despair within Lady Perona's 'Negative Domain'!
"Master Moria will happily take your powerful shadows! Fosfosfos!"
While Dr. Hogback's arrogant laughter was still echoing in the garden.
"Horo horo horo horo..."
A unique, ethereal girlish laugh came from above everyone's heads without warning.
Accompanied by this unique laughter.
A girl carrying a pink parasol, with pink twin-tails, wearing an exquisite black and white Gothic Lolita outfit.
"Ghost Princess" Perona slowly floated down from the ceiling.
Around her, several semi-transparent white ghosts circled, making "woo-woo" sounds in the air.
Perona's large eyes looked down condescendingly at the Straw Hat below, and she curled her lip in disdain:
"Another group of fools who don't know the meaning of death has arrived. How disappointing."
Looking at this arrogant Gothic Lolita blocking the way.
Luffy didn't say a word; his right arm suddenly stretched backward to the limit:
"Since you're an enemy blocking the way, I'll send you flying!"
"Gomu Gomu no Pistol!!!"
Accompanied by a dull air-burst sound, it went straight for Perona in mid-air.
At the same time.
"Don't underestimate us! Ghost girl!"
Sanji also leaped into the air in sync, his long, powerful legs creating hot sparks in the air.
A sharp flying kick swept ruthlessly toward the white ghosts protecting Perona.
However.
A bizarre scene occurred.
The moment Luffy's fist, which was strong enough to crush steel, made contact with Perona's body.
It actually passed right through Perona's body smoothly.
"Boom!"
The fist, having lost its target, didn't lose its momentum and violently smashed a giant stone pillar behind Perona, sending debris flying.
On the other side, Sanji's kick also passed directly through the white ghosts.
Because his full-power strike hit nothing, Sanji almost lost his balance in mid-air, tumbling awkwardly before barely landing.
"What's going on?! No physical body?!" Luffy was shocked.
"Horo horo horo!!"
Seeing the two's attacks miss ridiculously, Perona let out a triumphant laugh in mid-air:
"A bunch of useless barbarians!
"My ghost body is absolutely invincible!"
"Since you love acting recklessly so much, go ahead and taste the despair welling up from the depths of your souls!"
"Go! Negative Hollow!!!"
Perona waved the pink parasol in her hand arrogantly.
In an instant, five eerie white ghosts bared their fangs and claws, letting out shrill shrieks.
They lunged at the group below with terrifying speed!
At this critical moment.
Tatsuya, who had been watching, immediately shouted:
"Everyone, get out of the way!!!"
"Absolutely do not let that thing touch you!!"
Out of absolute trust in this Vice Captain.
The moment he heard the warning, Zoro didn't hesitate; his body nimbly rolled to the side at the last second, just barely avoiding the ghost's lunge.
Sanji powerfully twisted his waist and abdomen, narrowly dodging the ghost's edge in mid-air.
Franky decisively raised both hands, using the strong recoil of his hand cannons to quickly push himself backward.
As for Tatsuya himself, the moment the ghost lunged, he steadily picked up Robin beside him, tapped the ground lightly with his feet, and instantly pulled away to a safe distance.
Everyone avoided this wave of bizarre attacks with extreme maneuvers.
Only the simple-minded Luffy was unfortunately pierced through the chest by the white ghost.
"Ugh..."
The moment he was pierced by the ghost, Luffy's originally high fighting spirit and excited expression instantly froze in a bizarre way.
He knelt powerlessly on the grass, his hands supporting himself on the ground in despair.
"Ah... I'm such useless trash... I want to go home..."
"What Pirate King... what nakama... living is really so tiring...
"If there's a next life... I want to be a sea cucumber lying motionless on the seabed..."
"..."
Seeing their usually fearless idiot Captain now kneeling on the ground questioning his life.
Everyone naturally understood the terrifying effect of the attack just now.
If hit by such a thing, losing all will to fight would be fatal on the battlefield.
Seeing that three of her finishing moves had actually missed.
Perona's originally arrogant expression instantly collapsed, and she stamped her feet in mid-air in frustration:
"Dammit! You barbarians sure dodge fast!"
"I want to see how you dodge the next terrifying attack!"
"Special Hollow: Ghost Kamikaze—"
Just as Perona angrily raised her parasol, preparing to summon a giant explosive ghost to completely level this garden.
"Hey."
A low voice suddenly rang out in the garden:
"Stupid woman, look at me."
Hearing this insulting address, Perona instantly bristled with anger.
She looked down angrily and shouted toward the direction of the voice:
"Who are you calling an irredeemable stupid woman!!!"
However.
The moment her gaze met Tatsuya's.
"Buzz—!"
Perona felt a dull roar in her brain.
The sound of the wind in the garden, Luffy's negative mumbling, and her companions' exclamations...
At this moment, all of it vanished bizarrely.
Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique.
Perona's mental world was instantly and forcefully pulled into a terrifying crimson world by this domineering ocular technique.
She discovered with horror that the cute zombies she was so proud of.
Instantly turned into hideous, true horror monsters dripping with foul-smelling pus.
"Ahhh! Don't come over!!"
Those monsters let out blood-curdling roars and crudely pinned her firmly to the ground.
Next, Perona felt her soul as if it were being pierced by countless cold iron nails.
Her limbs and torso were cruelly impaled, pinning her to the spot, unable to move an inch.
Pain! Despair!
In the real world.
Everyone watched in shock as the arrogant expression on Perona's face in mid-air instantly froze.
"Thud!"
She instantly lost all her floating ability and fell straight down from mid-air, landing heavily on the soft grass.
As Perona's spirit completely collapsed.
All the white ghosts floating in the garden also instantly dissipated in the air like fragile bubbles.
"Good chance."
Zoro keenly seized the opportunity.
"Swish!"
He instantly appeared beside the twitching Perona on the ground.
Facing this bizarre enemy.
Zoro simply reversed his sword hilt, using the hard base of the "Wado Ichimonji" hilt.
He precisely struck Perona's fragile back neck.
"Thump!"
A dull thud.
Perona let out a painful groan, her eyes rolled back, and she completely passed out on the grass.
The battle came to a bizarre end in an instant.
The strange crimson in Tatsuya's eyes receded quickly like a tide, returning to its usual deep black.
Franky exaggeratedly adjusted the sunglasses on his face, his mouth wide open in disbelief:
"Hey, hey... what just happened?
"That arrogant woman, how did she suddenly fall down in pain just because you looked at her?
"Is this some kind of SUPER magic?"
Sanji took a deep drag of his cigarette.
Although his innate chivalry made him feel uncomfortable with Zoro's crude action of hitting a woman.
He also clearly knew that only this method could break the situation.
And at this moment.
Robin was still quietly and steadily held in Tatsuya's arms.
This mischievous Archaeologist, instead of being in a hurry to get down.
Naturally reached out her jade-like arms and provocatively hooked them around Tatsuya's neck.
Her exquisite face leaned in slightly, her warm breath hitting Tatsuya's ear.
She murmured in a soft tone:
"Ara..."
"Vice Captain, you decisively protected me in your arms at the first moment."
"Lately... you seem to have become quite concerned about me.
"Why is that, I wonder?"
Hearing this teasing whisper in his ear, the corner of Tatsuya's mouth twitched helplessly.
He naturally couldn't let this older woman, who loved to test dangerous boundaries, continue to arrogantly tease him.
Tatsuya turned his back, using his broad back to block the view of Zoro and the others behind him.
Then, under the gaze of those charming eyes, Tatsuya suddenly lowered his head.
Without giving Robin any chance to react.
He directly blocked those two warm and soft red lips.
"Mmph!"
Robin rarely widened her eyes, clearly not expecting Tatsuya to suddenly counterattack in such a forceful way.
After a brief kiss.
Tatsuya straightened up calmly and gentlemanly placed Robin steadily on the grass.
He immediately turned around, his gaze fixed on the giant spiral staircase in the deepest part of the castle:
"The obstacle has been cleared."
"Let's keep moving."
Robin stood in place, quietly watching Tatsuya's broad back.
Her long fingers unconsciously touched her warm lips.
A pleasant smile inexplicably appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Then, she lowered her head slightly, her usually calm cheeks already tinged with a bit of charming redness.
"Puh-ha!"
With Perona completely unconscious, the effect of the Negative Hollow also completely dissipated.
Luffy, who was just negatively wanting to be a sea cucumber, instantly bounced up from the ground like a fully inflated ball!
"Ah! I'm back to life!!!"
Luffy squeezed his fists hard.
Excitement and fighting spirit burned in his large eyes once again:
"Everyone! Let's go!!!"
"Let's go take back our friends and Brook's shadow once and for all!!!"
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