Chapter 56- Luffy's zombie Oz awakes! Find a chance to escape, Juli!


Usopp, Nami and Chopper stared in shock at Moriah, who was laughing loudly while holding Luffy's wailing shadow tightly in his hand.

'Luffy…' Nami thought in distress.

'What was that just?!...Just now…?! Did you see…?!' Usopp thought in shock.

'I-It's a shadow… He's taken…hi-his shadow…' Chopper thought while shivering in fear.

'This is...just like the story that skeleton Brook told us.' Usopp thought in fear.

'That his shadow was stolen…! Then Brook was against him…?!' Nami realized in shock.

'I-I can't believe it… Why is he able to do something like this...?!' Chopper thought.

Just then, Perona turned around and looked in Bearsy's direction. "Hm?"

'Waaah!' Usopp, Nami and Chopper hid quickly back in Bearsy.

"Bearsy, you were blabbering again, weren't you?!" Perona huffed at him.

"Oh…Oh…" Bearsy began to sweat nervously at that.

"Man, you're too strict with Bearsy." Absalom just said with a sweat drop.

Juli still stared sadly at the unconscious Luffy while Luffy's shadow was looking around utterly confused and wailing in Moriah's grip.

"Kishishishishi! This guy will bring me one step closer to be the Pirate King!" Moriah declared loudly while laughing cheerily.

Juli looked up to Moriah at that with narrowed eyes. For a split moment as she looked at Luffy's shadow, he seemed to recognize her as well before nodding slightly and going back to wailing in Moriah's grip. Juli's eyes widened at that in surprise before she furrowed her brows in confusion.

"Hogback….!" Moriah told him with a huge smile.

"Since the day I met you ten years ago, I've lent you my power for the day Number 900 would be made. With that shadow, it could make history as the most powerful zombie ever created and become a huge source of power for us." Hogback said in excitement.

Juli narrowed her eyes seriously at that. 'This wouldn't be good. The last thing we need right now is a really powerful zombie in the grasp of Moriah, which will have the same fighting abilities as Lu… But… maybe… I wonder… The shadow is like another soul and a replica of the owner… Does that mean the personality will stay the same?!' Juli's eyes widened at that for a split moment. 'If yes, it could be that whatever zombie Moriah is making, it will not be listening to his orders because of Lu's personality!'

"The day that I will be known around the world as Graveyard King has come closer." Absalom spoke up with a grin.

"And the country of my dreams, where all the worlds cutest little things will be turned into zombies and serve me is before my eyes!" Perona said cheerily.

"That's right! Even the most insolent bastard will become an obedient zombie if his shadow has been taken. This will become a world of docile zombies! If I had a follower like this back then…! In the 'New World' would that idiot Kaido have beaten me…?!" Moriah shouted loudly.

Juli's eyes widened at that in surprise. ''New World'?! Kaido… Wait- Does he mean Kaido the Beast?! One of the four Yonko who has the same status as Dad! And he tried to win against him?!' She studied Moriah once again and shook her head. 'He would have never been strong enough to beat Kaido, who has to be on the same level as Dad. Moriah can't believe for real that just because he has a strong follower, he can beat one of the Yonko's!' She shook her head in confusion at Moriah's arrogance.

"Kishshishishi! Let's open his eyes!" Moriah laughed in excitement. "Gyoro! Nin! Bao! Open the door to the special freezer!"

"Yes, master!" And with that, the three little zombie followers of Moriah let go of Juli and stormed towards the freezers special door.

But before Juli really could react to her chance of escape, Moriah picked her up while grinning in excitement. "You're going to see something amazing, Juli-chan! Something so amazing that was never seen before!"

Juli just narrowed her eyes seriously at him.

"Spider mice! Take Mugiwara no Luffy's body and return it to his ship. And don't forget to remove the rope, it'll be troublesome if he dies." Absalom ordered the spider mice next to him.

Juli's eyes widened at that in shock. "NO! DON'T TOUCH LU!" She wailed in Moriah's grip but couldn't break free.

"Kishishishishi! Ara ara, Juli-chan… You can't go right now, or you will be late for the big spectacle…" Moriah just laughed amused at her attempt of breaking free.

Juli bit on her lip at that and closed her eyes for a spilt moment. 'I'm sorry Lu… I can't help you right now… The only thing I can do at the moment is to wait for a chance to escape… But I'm sure you will not die or be in danger! Brook survived the extraction of his shadow and Absalom-san just said something about you having to stay alive… That means you're out of danger for now, and I'm sure our nakama will find you.' She took a deep breath and then opened her eyes determined, ready to escape by the first chance given.

"Yes!" The spider mice shouted obedient before remembering something. "Wait! The report!"

"What is it?" Absalom asked them in confusion.

"Just now, Commander Spider Monkey Tararan was defeated!" One of the mice reported in panic.

"Defeated?! …Did they somehow managed to extract his shadow?!" Absalom asked them seriously.

"His shadow was extracted, yes!" The spider mice shouted in panic.

"Absalom… The only man capable of doing that is him…" Hogback began to sweat heavily at that.

"The culprit is the Chivalrous Swordsman 'Humming'! Before I knew it there were countless victims! At this rate, things will get as unpleasant as they were back then!" One spider mouse shouted.

Juli's eyes widened at that in realization. 'Swordsman 'Humming'… Back then?! Wait- The only one who arrived here with us was Brook-san! So, he knows the zombies' weakness?! That's good… This is going to be a big help for us… As soon as I can escape, maybe I should look for Brook-san! He can tell me which weakness those zombies have…' Slowly, a plan began to form inside Juli's head… A plan that might help them with winning an all-out battle against Moriah.

"Dammit! The only man who can tell our enemies about the zombies' weakness…" Hogback spoke up while sweating heavily, not noticing that Cindry was standing right in front of him. "How did he find out…! And why did he return here again?!" Just then, he noticed Cindy standing in front of him. "Waahh… Cindry-chan why in front of me…?"

"I was listening and all, but what kind of guy is he?" Perona asked Absalom in confusion.

"Perona…! You don't know what he looks like?!" Absalom scolded her with a sigh. "Well, the time to scoop it out is over. The root of our master's troubles is on this island again!"

"Like I care about that dumbass!" Moriah just spoke up cheerily. "You all just do something about it! Now onto the freezer! Juli-chan, you're going to be in awe at what you will get to see."

Juli just narrowed her eyes at him and pouted. 'I can't stand Moriah-san's attitude… He just let others work for him and doesn't even think about doing something himself… How can he even think about becoming the Pirate King like this?!' She huffed and then watched seriously how the spider mice began to transport Luffy away on Absalom's orders.

'Luffy…!' Nami thought in worry as she looked after him, not noticing she just got out of Kumashi.

'Idiot, stay inside!' Usopp shouted at her inside his head while dragging her back inside Kumashi. 'It doesn't seem having your shadow stolen is fatal… It wasn't for Brook.' He thought seriously. 'We can't get out yet… We'll wait for our chance. It seems they're going to do something with Luffy's shadow…! We have to see what happens to it, so we can get it back later! And then, there's still Juli to worry about. We have to help her escape as well!'

Moriah grinned as he now looked at the opened passageway to the special freezer. "This is going to be exiting! Let's go, Juli-chan… Oh, wait! We don't want you to catch a cold, right? You wouldn't be much of a help to us then. Kishishishishi!" Moriah laughed amused, set her down on the ground and then put a black, cape like coat over her shoulders.

Juli just glared at him at that and even if she would have loved to just throw this coat off her shoulders, with her arms still pinioed she had no way of doing so. And besides that, it was ice cold inside the passageway, so she only huffed at that before walking next to Moriah, his three little zombie soldiers making sure she's not running away.

"When I saw his dead body in the frozen country, I couldn't stop myself from trembling." Hogback began to ramble in awe as they made their way through the passage. "To think that 500 years ago that repulsive thing ravaged the sea's… It's breathtaking! Raiding each country, the island was taken back to their land. It became known as a country of villains. The man who was dubbed their Ringleader, the 'Legendary Country Puller' whose name swayed around the world was in that place!"

Juli listened to his rambling thoughtfully. 'The 'Legendary Country-Puller'…? I've read of that name in a history book before… But I can't remember exactly what I got to know… Anyway, it doesn't matter, just what we need to know is that it isn't something good.'

"The absolute best from which to make a zombie. Fos fos fos." Hogback laughed in excitement.

"And another legend will be revived! Kishishishishi!" Moriah shouted loudly before entering a huge hall like room. "Now then... Time for his Resurrection! History's only… The Insane Warrior called Devil! OZ!" Moriah declared in excitement as he stared at the frozen giant zombie in front of him.

Juli's eyes widened utterly shocked and surprised as she stared at the giant zombie. 'Oz?! The Oz I read about in some history books?!' She clenched her fist and bit on her lip as Moriah walked towards Oz's head with Luffy's shadow in his hand. '… To do something like this to someone's dead body is disgracing the person he once was…!' She thought in disgust. 'Making his body a zombie servant is just disgusting…' She shook her head sadly. 'Why does we humans have to do something like this for power?! It isn't human at all! Power shouldn't be worth it to disgrace other people like that…' Juli thought upset before concentrating back on what Moriah was going to do.

Perona, Absalom and Hogback just watched in excitement, while Usopp, Nami and Chopper looked out of Kumashi behind their backs.

'W-What's that… giant's corpse?! He's huge, even for a giant!' Usopp gulped in fear.

'Ugh… Ugh…' Chopper tried hard not to sneeze.

'Don't make a sound Chopper, hold it in!' Nami thought in fear.

Moriah grinned widely as he held up Luffy's wailing shadow, as he tried to escape out of Moriah's grasp. "Be still, Mugiwara no Luffy's shadow! I'm your new master!"

Luffy's shadow just slumped forward at that obedient and nodded. Juli just frowned at that in dislike.

"You will live as a zombie from now on. I will give you a voice and flesh. Forget everyone you knew in the past. Abide my will and become my soldier!" Moriah told him. Luffy's shadow nodded at that.

Moriah grinned dangerously. "Kishishishishishi! Contract complete!"

"We should have bound Cindry-chan with the 'Past Erasure' contract as well… If we would have done so, I could eat meals on plates." Hogback spoke up.

"I can break your kneecaps too…" Cindry told him in a dark voice, a scary expression on her face.

"Scary! Cindry-chan, that threat just now was super scary!" Hogback shouted at her.

"Cindry is too harsh on Hogback." Absalom deadpanned.

'So, Moriah has to make a contract for the shadow to listen… Interesting…' Juli thought seriously before narrowing her eyes.

"…NOW AWAKEN… FROM YOUR 500 YEAR SLEEP!" Moriah shouted and with that, he slammed Luffy's shadow into Oz's corpse, where it slowly got absorbed into the body.

Juli's eyes widened at that in surprise for a split moment before she narrowed her eyes utterly serious. '…He's going to wake up now…'

Nami, Usopp and Chopper just still looked utterly shocked at Oz as Moriah arrived back on the platform next to Juli.

"Kishishishishi!" Moriah laughed in excitement.

"It entered…" Absalom spoke up.

Just then, some creaking noises could be heard and the crows that were sitting on the tower of the mansion flew away in panic. Juli narrowed her eyes more as goosebumps appeared on her arms.

Usopp's eyes bulged out utterly shocked as Oz's hand moved all of the sudden.

'You can't…! Don't scream!' Nami thought in panic as she hugged Chopper tightly, just as he wanted to scream as the giant zombie slowly turned his head around to them.

Perona, Absalom and Hogback just watched in excitement while Moriah laughed evilly. Juli bit on her lip, feeling the tension built up in the air.

Suddenly, Oz opened his eyes and glared directly at Nami, Chopper and Usopp.

"GYYAAAAAAAAAA!" The three screamed horrified while falling out of Kumashi.

"What's that?" Moriah asked in annoyance as he looked at the three.

Juli's eyes widened utterly surprised as she spun around to them. "Nami! Chopper! Usopp!"

"The corpse is moving!" The three screamed scared.

"Ah!" Kumashi got out in surprise.

"Oi, Kumashi! Don't tell me you've been hiding the pirates?!" Perona shouted at him surprised.

"DAMMIT! WE'VE BEEN FOUND OUT!" Usopp gasped in horror.

"DID WE… MAKE SOME SOUND?!" Nami pressed her hands over her mouth in shock.

"THE DEMON HAS AWAKENED!" Chopper cried loudly in fear.

Juli bit on her lip at that. 'Uh oh… Not good… I hope Nami, Chopper and Usopp can escape quickly…'

"That is my bride! What was she doing in there?!" Absalom shouted in surprise.

"IT'S THE PIRATES! CAPTURE THEM!" Moriah's three zombie soldiers shouted and let go of Juli while storming towards the three.

Just then, one of the huge chains that were holding Oz in his place broke loudly.

"Oh…" Moriah turned around to Oz with a huge smile. "He's ripping off that big chain so easily."

Juli's eyes widened as she looked back to Oz, who was now standing up straight while glaring at Moriah. Everyone looked at the giant zombie in surprise a that, while Nami, Usopp and Chopper froze in horror.

"Wonderful! It's a master piece! What a coercive feeling! He really is a devil!" Hogback shouted cheerily.

Juli just looked thoughtfully at Oz. 'Is… Is his personality going to be the same as Lu's…?'

"MEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAATTTTTTTT!" Oz suddenly roared loudly. "I AAAAAMMMM HUUUNNNGGGRRRYYYYYY!"

At the same time Oz was screaming so loudly and surprising everyone, Usopp grabbed onto Juli's arm. "Juli, come! Let's escape!" He whispered to her in panic.

Juli looked at him in surprise before shaking her head. "No… Quickly escape on your own… I would only hinder you…"

"But…" Nami and Chopper insisted.

"GO!" Juli whispered seriously towards them.

Nami and Usopp nodded seriously, grabbed Chopper and then quickly raced away. Juli looked seriously after them, hoping they could escape, before looking back to Oz as he roared loudly again.

"WOOOOO! SAAAANJI, FOOOD! …Hmm… Who is Sanji?!" Oz shouted loudly.

"Kyaaa!" Juli shouted in surprise as she had to shield herself from the wind Oz was making just from shouting.

"Oi, where did the pirates go?!" Absalom shouted as he realized that the three were gone.

"They ran away at full speed! What fast legs they have!" Moriah's three zombie soldier informed him.

"I won't let them get away!" Absalom shouted seriously while storming after them.

Juli bit on her lip at that while looking after Absalom as Moriah's three zombie soldiers appeared right next to her side again, to make sure she doesn't escape as well. 'Nami, Chopper and Usopp… Please escape!'

A few minutes later, zombies hurried towards Oz with all food they could find.

"Keep it coming! It's still not enough!"

"How much can this special zombie eat?!"

"He'll devour this island's whole food store!"

Juli looked thoughtfully up to the eating Oz. '…His personality really seems like Lu's… That's good… Maybe we can use that for our advantage…'

"What an amazing appetite." Hogback said in amusement.

"Bearsy! What kind of reason could you have for hiding those pirates!" Perona huffed at him angrily.

"Oh…Oh… But that is…" Bearsy spoke up nervously.

"Stop talking it isn't cute!" Perona shouted at him.

Oz looked at Moriah while chewing on some food. "Sorry little leek guy! I don't even know who I am, but… You went ahead and gave me some food! I appreciate it though even when it's still not enough! Shishishishishi!"

"NUAAAH!" The other zombies just got out in shock.

Juli just blinked at that before a fond smile slipped on her face. 'Definitely Lu's personality…'

"WHY YOU SPECIAL ZOMBIE, YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR TONE!" The other zombies began to scream at him angrily.

"Just whose shadow do you think we're using to move?!"

"What a thing to say to the man, you're facing the leader of Thriller Bark!"

"The master is going to be King of this Sea someday!"

Oz just looked at them at that.

"Waaah! We're really sorry." The zombies all began to apologize while bowing to him.

Juli just studied Oz and then narrowed her eyes seriously. 'Oz has Lu's personality… So, he probably isn't going to listen to Moriah for now. He would never want to be an underling, that's buried deep in his personality.' She looked at the three zombies next to her and smiled at them kindly. "I know you three are just following your orders and do whatever your master says… But you never get shown any kindness, right? I'm really sorry for that. You should be treated more like normal beings not like slaves who have to listen to everything someone says…" Juli whispered to them softly.

The three zombie servants looked at her utterly surprised. "…That's right… As much as we enjoy helping Moriah-sama, we hope that we're treated better some day…" One of them spoke up.

Juli's eyes softened. "I see. That's no way to live… But you know what? If you let me go, I'm going to make sure that you three shadows can definitely get back to your real masters, where you can live a happier life."

The three zombies looked at her utterly surprised before looking at each other uncertain for a moment.

"Thank you for your kindness… Goddess…" One of them finally spoke up and bowed to her, the other two following.

Juli blinked at that in confusion before smiling gratefully at them. "Thank you~" And with that, she looked back to Moriah while carefully backing away towards the passageway they came from.

"Alright Oz!" Moriah spoke up to him with a wide smile. "500 years ago, you were a great villain who left countless legends behind! And now you've been revived to be my underling to this present day on sea."

"Underling?! No way! I have a dream!" Oz shouted at him.

Juli's eyes widened at that. 'Lu's dream is even buried this deep in his personality?' She shook her head in fondness and concentrated on trying to reach her fans with her bounded hands.

"WE'VE NEVER SEEN A ZOMBIE LIKE THAT!" The other zombies shouted flabbergasted.

"It's kinda cramped and boring in here." Oz said easily. "I'm going outside for a bit! Maybe go out to sea and take a trip around the world!"

"A HUGE VOYAGE?!" The other zombies shouted flabbergasted.

Oz looked at the iron walls and hit them really lightly with his fist.

"You idiot! That's useless! This super freezer is air tight and made out of super dense iron!" The other zombies laughed at him.

"Gomu Gomu no Pistole!" Oz just shouted and casually punched through the whole tower.

At the same time as Oz escaped outside, Juli reached her one of her fans and cut through these weird ropes that were bounding her hands together. The last thing she heard before running away was Oz declaring loudly that he's going to become the Pirate King.

Meanwhile, Usopp and Chopper were succesful with escaping with the help of Robin and Franky, while Nami got caught by Absalom...

Just now, the four Strawhats stormed towards Sunny in hope of finding Zoro, Sanji and Luffy there.

"The thing we heard just now… that loud noise that sounded like a scream…" Usopp spoke up seriously. "Luffy's zombie is probably breaking out and throwing a huge rampage I bet. Let's hurry!"

"It's the Sunny!" Chopper shouted as he spotted their ship near them.

"So, that's it… They lead it here." Franky said seriously.

"It looks like they lowered the stairs here." Robin realized and so the four quickly went on deck of Sunny.

"Oi, it looks like it's been pretty messed up." Usopp said as he walked around on deck. "It's the zombie's doing… Their footprints are all over the place."

"Eh?! Then they might still be here!" Chopper shouted in surprise.

Just then, Chopper, Robin and Franky followed after Usopp and looked around the messy deck, which looked like a party was thrown there.

"Are there no zombies…?" Chopper asked while sweat dropping.

"They certainly were rough…" Franky deadpanned. "They weren't paying attention to anything around them."

"First, where are those three? They are not around here…" Robin said thoughtfully as she couldn't spot them on deck.

"OIII! LUUFFFY! ZOOOROOO! SAAAANJII!" Chopper called for them.

"They're here in the dining room! All three of them!" Usopp suddenly shouted.

Robin, Chopper and Franky hurried to the dining room, just to sweat drop at what they saw. There, on stools were sitting their three passed-out nakama, wood sticks morphing their faces into funny grimaces as well as little braids that were in their hair, making them look ridiculous.

"The zombies seemed to have completely decorated them…free of charge." Usopp said while sweat dropping.

Franky just narrowed his eyes at them. "OI! WAKE UP YOU JERKS! NO TIME FOR SLEEPING!

"Yes! This is a serious situation!" Usopp shouted at them as well… And after a lot of crashes… Sanji, Zoro and Luffy were now laying on the ground with huges bumps on their head, the three stools now completely destroyed. But the three pirates still didn't even move a muscle nor making one move to wake up.

"Didn't wake up…" Usopp said while panting heavily.

"Did these guys even feel that…" Frank sighed and opened his left hand. "No choice, move over, I will try the bazooka then…"

"No, wait!" Usopp interrupted him and looked at the monster trio that was now laying pathetically on the ground. 'Normally I would go with the 'A beautiful Lady Swordsman just arrived with a ton of Meat' option, but I wonder….' Usopp thought before taking a deep breath. "THAT INVISIBLE BEAST IS GROPING JULI AGAIN!"

Luffy, Zoro and Sanji began to move at that before looking up utterly serious and angrily.

"I AM GOING…" Sanji said angrily.

"TO KILL THAT…" Luffy said darkly.

"FUCKING BASTARD!" Zoro finished with a dangerous voice.

"They're hopeless!" Chopper shouted flabbergasted.

Usopp just sweat dropped. "You got to be kidding me… That was working as well…?"


Hey guys! So, that was chapter 56. How did you like it? :) Looks like Oz is revived now... If that's a good thing or not will show the future chapters… And Juli finally was able to escape! Let's just hope it stays that way and she doesn't get captured again as well as her disappearance getting noticed too soon… Oh, and yay! The Monster Trio is back and woke up out of their slumber. XD Looks like there is now another method of getting their attention quickly as just with beautiful ladies, meat or swordsmen. XDD Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. :3 See you next week and have an amazing day! :D

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Gomu Gomu no Pistole = Rubber Rubber Pistol (Luffy, Luffy's shadow (Oz))

Reviews

'silent blue rose': Thank you for the chapter

You're welcome, dear~ :3

'Totong': Is Moria really serious using Oz to defeat the Yonko especially Kaido? After seeing what Kaido did to Luffy, I doubt that even Oz can manage a hit against the BEAST! Anyways great update. Onwards true beliver, excelsior!

Thank you~ :3 And Moriah just thought that IF he had Oz back then in the new world when he was facing Kaido, he wouldn't have gotten beaten up by him. But who knows what that smug idiot is planning. Maybe his plan is to beat the Yonko especially Kaido with the help of Oz. Well but even then this plan is just stupid. XD As Juli already concluded as well, Moriah couldn't even touch Kaido not to mention beat him. But let this leek idiot believe that~ He only will get beaten up by Kaido again~ ;)

'Strawberry bunny': I love it because it's a wonderful chapter plus I'm glad that juli was able to escape and I was if it's okay with you to do the request I been asking for please and by the way I absolutely adore your work it's totally amazing

Thank you~ :3 I'm glad that you really love my story. To your request, as I already said it will take quite some time until I can work on it. I'm really busy at the moment and just have time to write a new chapter, but as soon as I have a bit more free time, I will work correcting the mistakes in the first chapters as well as get to to work on your request. :)

'Fanboy 316': Nice change from "a beautiful lady swordsman just arrived with a ton of meat" to "that invisible beast is groping Juli again." That definitely wake-up those three knuckleheads. Hoping to see more fantastic like these to come.

Thanks~ I'm glad you liked the change of the line that woke up those three idiots. XD I'm sure when the time comes, there will be definitely more of such little changes. :3

'DinoZilla': I'm hoping Juli manage to escape to reunite with her crewmates. If not, well there's hell to pay. And I wonder if you gonna add were Franky and Robin gonna tell the sad tale of Brook and Laboon. See ya!

Well, of course I'm hoping Juli will succeed in escaping and reuniting with her nakama as well, but who knows? Until now, the chances are pretty good. ;) And Franky telling Brook's sad tale of friendship with Laboon is going to be added. :3