Pirates: There is no prohibition of fishing in Marijoa.

While everyone was playing and joking, they suddenly heard the sound of wheels rolling in the woods ahead.

"What is that?" everyone wondered.

As the sound got closer, I saw a few strange-looking, unknown horses slowly pulling a carriage in front of me.

Soon, the carriage stopped steadily in front of them, and a strange creature got out of the carriage. He was wrapped in bandages, had human limbs and head, but a bat body. He saluted to everyone and said:

"Hello everyone, I am Hilton from Hogbark Mansion, and I am here to welcome all the guests into the mansion."

"Hogbak? Is he the genius surgeon?"

As a colleague, Deuce was naturally familiar with this famous name in the medical field.

"Yes, that's him."

"Wow! Is he here?"

After getting the other party's confirmation, Deus secretly wondered, could the strange creatures that appeared on the island be related to him? But these creatures were obviously beyond the scope of simple medical skills.

"Why? Deus, is that person famous?" Ace asked curiously.

"Ah, yes. He has saved countless lives with his miraculous surgeries. He is a recognized genius surgeon."

"But one day, he suddenly disappeared from the eyes of the world, and unexpectedly he was here."

His thoughts were interrupted by Ace's words. Deuce decided to put aside his doubts for the time being, believing that he would know the truth soon.

Hilton smiled mysteriously and said with a hint of pride:

"Yes, the doctor has been conducting research on the island that surpasses human intelligence in recent years."

Hearing this, Deus secretly became alert, but remained calm on the surface:

"In that case, please give us a ride, Mr. Hilton."

"You're welcome. If you're also a doctor, you'll probably have a lot in common with Mr. Hogback."

Hilton grinned and said, then Deuce motioned for everyone to get in the car first. No matter what their purpose was, they had to go to the mansion.

They had no intention of hiding their tracks originally, but since they had already been discovered by the people on the island and had sent people to greet them, they didn't mind using courtesy before force.

"Deus, is there any problem with this car?"

"Don't worry, Kalina."

"There are zombies and strange things outside. How can we be at ease?"

"That's why I asked him to take us there directly. Out of sight, out of mind. If I don't see it, I won't feel scared."

Deus patted his chest complacently towards Karina and continued:

"Besides, do you want to experience the attacks of those social death ghosts again?"

"Hey, that's you guys doing it again, I haven't experienced it before."

Sitting at the back of the carriage, Kalina and Deuce discussed in low voices, and from time to time they looked out the window, taking in the unfamiliar surroundings.

I saw a lot of strange animals appearing around, maybe they turned on the friendly mode, they did not attack the carriage.

It was unknown what Scar was thinking about, while Ace and Carrot were looking at the various strange creatures outside the window with great interest.

After serving the red wine and glasses, Hilton went out and squatted on the roof of the car. He did not enter the car that was occupied by several people. The group of people slowly moved towards the mansion in the car.

……

On the other side, Jerry quickly caught up with Brooke, and they ran on the water, trying to land on the other side of the island.

Seeing the man running quickly behind him, Brooke spoke, with a hint of helplessness and worry in his tone:

"Mr. Jerry, this is actually none of your business. I really don't want to cause you to lose your shadow as well."

Jerry waved his hand to stop him from continuing, and said with a smile:

"Hey, don't say that, Brooke. Even though it was Scar who invited you, we all agreed."

"Since you have agreed to join, just treat us as your partners. We are not weak."

"It's only natural to help your partner regain his shadow and solve his troubles, right?"

Jerry is quite familiar with Brook's personality and some of his past, so even without Scar's sincere request, he wouldn't mind letting him join his pirate group.

"Really? Buddy... Yohohoho, I get it."

Brooke was startled for a moment, muttered a few words, then quickly recovered and turned to talk to Jerry about other things.

"Mr. Jerry, how can you run on the sea?"

"Haha, of course it's because I have a simple mind and don't have too many messy things in my heart, so I'm as light as a swallow. What about you?"

After hearing what the other party said, Brooke gave a thumbs up:

"It's amazing. My heart is heavy, but since I'm just bones, I'm light enough to do this."

"Then why do you only have bones, but a heart that wants to appreciate beautiful women's underwear?"

"Ah, I have no heart anymore. I still don't change my bad habits. Yo ho ho ho."

After the two chatted for a few words, they landed on the shore. In front of them was a dark forest. Except for the occasional sounds of insects and birds, the surroundings were silent.

"Brook, are you familiar with this island?"

Seeing Jerry asking, Brooke said with a hint of reminiscence:

"I'm quite familiar with it. I've caused a big disturbance on the island before and failed miserably, but I also found a lot of things."

"Oh?" Jerry looked as if he wanted to know more.

Glancing at the quiet surroundings, Brook continued:

"There are many strange and terrifying zombies and animals on Ghost Island. Although they are all the product of Moria's ability, they are really terrifying."

“I was afraid of those things, so every time I encountered them I could only run away quickly. However, one time I accidentally discovered the secrets and weaknesses of those zombies.”

"I saw a zombie eat grilled fish, and the shadow implanted in their body flew out involuntarily, and the zombie fell to the ground."

“At first I thought their weakness was fish, until later, I realized it was salt.”

"Because the zombies were resurrected after the devil fruit power was implanted into their shadows, the salt containing the energy of the sea can be said to be their nemesis."

As he spoke, Brooke pulled out a small bag of salt from somewhere and shook it.

If the devil fruit is to be restrained, Jerry thinks there is obviously another way, so he opens his mouth:

"In that case, seawater is also our nemesis."

"Eh? You can say that, but it's harder for sea water to splash onto them or get into their mouths."

Brook felt that what Jerry said was right, but because he was a fruit ability user, and sea water was indeed not as easy to carry and use as salt, he did not think about this direction at the beginning.

However, he didn't know enough about the ability of the people around him. Jerry smiled crookedly, as if he had anticipated Brooke's concerns:

"Hey, that may not be the case."

Next, the two of them walked and talked, and Brooke shared with Jerry all the information he knew about this place.

"In that case, it should be fine... huh? There's someone in front."

Not long after entering the woods, Jerry, who was still answering, suddenly had a flash of eyes, as if he had noticed something.

"Human? It can't be a zombie!!!"

With his hands raised high, Brooke was so scared that his afro stood up a little.

It seemed that he had forgotten that he was actually afraid of those things. Jerry was a little speechless.

"You are a skeleton yourself, so why are you afraid of zombies?"

"They are two different things. Zombies, ghosts, spirits and the like are obviously scarier!"

"Uh...it seems like you're similar to Deuce, you're also not brave enough to face strangers."

"I am really just a skeleton now. I have no courage left. Yo ho ho ho."

Seeing how Brooke was still trying to tell bone jokes despite being scared, Jerry shrugged, convinced that the movement ahead was probably human, not some zombie.