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  After some jokes and ughter, Brook stood up and bowed deeply toward Luffy. "Earlier, I accepted your offer to join your crew. But the truth is, I ot. I ’t leave this pce or step into the sun."

  Luffy’s expression immediately darkened, his fists g in frustration. "Why not? What’s stopping you? I’ll get your shadow back! Who took it?!"

  Before Brook could answer, Coby’s voice cut through from the side, calm but serious. "Shichibukai Georia."

  Brook’s empty eye sockets fixated in shock as he turo Coby. "You... you know Moria?"

  Coby nodded, chug lightly. "Of course, I do. Moria ate the Kage Kage no Mi. He steal shadows from people and put them into corpses, reanimating them like zombies. He’s an awful man, someone I’ve been wanting to meet for a long time."

  The rest of the crew stared at Coby in surprise. Usopp, never oo miss a beat, blurted out, "Wait... why would you want to meet a guy like that?"

  Coby’s eyes turned cold, his voice dropping in temperature. "He and his crew py with lives. They defile dead bodies. I’ll kill him and Dr. Hogback."

  Chasped, his hooves g in shock. "Dr. Hogback? He’s a respected doctor! Why would you want to kill him?"

  Coby shifted his gaze to Chopper, his expression unfling. "Hogback is a monster. He’s joined forces with Moria to resurrect his dead lover and force her to love him. He doesn’t care about anything but his twisted experiments."

  Chopper was taken aback, his eyes wide in disbelief. "That ’t be... I read about him in medical journals. He was a genius!"

  "That doesn’t ge what he’s done," Coby replied firmly. "He’s a disgraedie."

  The atmosphere around the table grew tense. Luffy, however, was still focused ohing. "I don’t care who they are. We’ll get your shadow back, Brook! That way, you join us!"

  Brook, his bony fingers clutched around his e, looked at Luffy with gratitude aation. "You’d do that... for me?" he asked, his voice softer now.

  "Of course!" Luffy said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Yoing to be part of our crew, so it’s no big deal!"

  Brook hesitated, his skeletal form trembling slightly. "But Moria’s power... it’s terrifying. He ands a massive crew of zombies, and they’re relentless."

  Luffy’s grin didn’t waver. "Zombies? Sounds fun! We’ve already fought a bunch of crazy people. What’s a few zombies?"

  As the crew sat i, chatting aing to know Brook, a ghostly figure peeked through the wall. Its transparent form floated eerily, watg them with hollow eyes. Usopp and Chopper screamed in unison, their arms filing as they scrambled to the farthest er of the room.

  "A G-G-Ghost!" Usopp stammered, shaking like a leaf. "We're cursed! It's over!"

  Brook, who had been ughing along with the crew moments earlier, froze. His eye sockets widened in terror as he reized the presence of the ghost. "No... it ’t be..." he muttered, his voice trembling. "We’ve arrived... at Thriller Bark!"

  The crew turo Brook in fusion. "Thriller Bark?" Nami asked, narrowing her eyes. "What's that?"

  Brook's face turned serious, his usual cheerful demeanone. "It’s where Georia resides," he expined, his tone low and grim. "The man who stole my shadow... I must leave immediately!" He stood up abruptly, heading toward the exit. "Thank you for your kindness, Straw Hats, but I ot stay. You’re a good crew, and I won’t put you at risk!"

  Just as Brook was about to run for it, Coby appeared behind him in a blur, grabbing him firmly by the arm. "You’re not going anywhere," Coby said, his voice ft. "I told you, I’m going to kill Moria and Hogback. You’ll stay with your crew, and your ces of surviving will increase."

  Brook hesitated, his bony form trembling under Coby’s grip. The fear of fag Moria was still fresh, but Coby’s calm determinatio no room fument. Slowly, Brook nodded, uanding that he had no choice but to trust these new panions.

  Coby turo the rest of the crew, his expression resolute. "We’re going together," he stated. There was no room for discussion, and none of the Straw Hats disagreed. Luffy was already grinning, eager for the challenge, and the rest of the crew, though cautious, trusted Coby’s judgment.

  Coby had no iion ing out the Thriller Bark arc. The pn was simple—enter with the crew, find Ryuma, kill Moria and Hogback, maybe Absolom too, and leave. No games, no unnecessary detours.

  As the Thousand Sunny hriller Bark, the eerie isnd loomed ahead through the thick mist. The massive, shadowy figure of Moria’s ship-turned-isnd looked like a nightmare made real, its t walls and darkened spires adding to the simosphere. The crew gathered at the deck, staring at the isnd in silence.

  “Creepy pce,” Zoro muttered, gripping his swords tightly.

  Nami shivered, her hands ed around herself. “This whole isnd screams danger. I don’t like it.”

  Luffy, oher hand, ractically boung with excitement. “There’s gotta be zombies, right? I ’t wait to fight them!”

  As the crereparing to disembark at Thriller Bark, Coby's ears picked up the nearly silent sound of footsteps approag from the mist. He narrowed his eyes, sing the area. Something wasn’t right.

  In his mind, he called out, "S."

  [Skill S initiated on 'Suke Suke no Mi'. Analysis in progress… The Suke Suke no Mi allows the user to turn both themselves and objects they touvisible, giving them immense versatility in bat and stealth situations. Due to the bre of applications and strategic potential, the estimated cost for acquisition is 150,000 SP. Please firm if you wish to proceed with the Skill S and acquisition.]

  [Skill S initiated on 'Invisibility (Suke Suke no Mi)'. Analysis in progress… This ability grants the user the power to turn their own body invisible. While limited pared to the full capabilities of the Suke Suke no Mi, it remains highly effective for stealth and evasion. The estimated cost for acquisition is 100,000 SP. Please firm if you wish to proceed with the Skill S and acquisition.]

  Coby smirked. "That's useful, but not necessary right now."

  Without making a sound, he used Shadow Step and vanished from his spot. Reappeario Robin, who was already alert, she caught the sound of a low, bestial growl nearby. Coby's golden trident, the one he had taken from Enel, appeared in his hand. He thrust it forward without hesitation, pierg the invisible attacker with a powerful blow. A roar of pain echoed through the fog.

  Coby drove the trident deeper, pinning the invisible foe to the side of the Thousand Sunny's wall. The air shimmered as the figure’s ability began to fade, revealing the hulking form of Absalom, blood dripping from his chest where the trident impaled him.

  "You thought you could sneak up and lick my girls without fag the sequences?" Coby’s voice was cold, dangerous. "I doubt you’ll live to tell the story."

  Absalom’s face torted in pain and disbelief. He struggled, his strength fading as blood tio pour from the wound. "Y-You..." he mao choke out, gring at Coby.

  Without another word, Coby twisted the trident, and with one final push, drove it straight through Absalom’s chest. The sound of the man’s final breath left his body as he slumped lifelessly against the wall. His invisibility faded pletely, revealing his grotesque, limp form to the rest of the crew.

  [50 SP awarded for outmaneuvering Absalom’s invisibility using Shadow Step. 70 SP awarded for nding a critical blow with Golden Trident. 100 SP awarded for predig Absalom’s attack patterns. 150 SP awarded for killing Absalom, ending his threat on Thriller Bark... Plot Alteration Bonus: 1,300 SP awarded for ging the timeline by killing Absalom, preventing him from being a reporter. Bckbeard Plot Shift: 9,000 SP awarded for preventing Bckbeard’s acquisition of the Suke Suke no Mi and giving it to Shiryu. flict Prevention Bonus: 250 SP awarded for eliminating Absalom’s potential atta Bckbeard feoria. Impa Shiryu's Pain: 7,000 SP awarded for preventing Shiryu’s use of invisibility powers. Intelligence Bonus: 150 SP awarded for ralizing future flict by killing Absalom. Battle Efficy Bonus: 300 SP awarded for effitly defeating Absalom with minimal injuries. Strategic Superiority: 400 SP awarded for the smart use of Shadow Step, Goldent Trident, and heavy-hitting teiques to overpower an invisible oppo. Total SP Awarded: 18,770 SP.]

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