I, the great swordsman, am definitely not a bootlicker

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"Ah...Zoro! Go!"

Looking at the grinning "Hellhound" in front of them, the three screamed and retreated behind Zoro.

Zoro looked at the way it was mending itself, gave up the idea of ​​collecting the mount, and glared at it, "Get out!"

The hellhound's hair suddenly stood on end, cold sweat broke out, and it turned around and ran away.

"Wow! Zoro! You're so awesome!" Chopper instantly turned into a little fanboy: "As expected, it's so reassuring to have Zoro around."

Nami and the other nodded repeatedly.

Ding! Give girlfriend number three a sense of security and receive +100 love points.

I heard the notification sound. Huh? It's still possible. Let's go, we must go to the island and explore.

"Let's go! Don't stay here, something doesn't feel right." Zoro pretended to be serious.

"That makes sense!" Usopp agreed hastily.

Soon, the four found a staircase and left the ravine. What came into their eyes was a dark and depressing forest.

"I think we should wait here for Luffy and the others to come over." Nami looked at the heart-wrenching forest in front of her.

Just as Zoro was about to open his mouth to persuade him, he noticed a figure in the tree. Looking up, he saw that the figure looked like a bat, with a pair of fleshy wings on his back and a mouth full of fangs, but he was short and was standing upside down on the tree.

"Hey! Nami, what is this?" Zoro pointed at the treetop.

"Ah...! Sucking... vampire!" The weak trio were shocked at the same time.

"My name is Xi..."

"Moonstep!"

"...Hey! What are you doing? Let me go!" The dwarf, who was lifted up by Zoro's wings, struggled frantically.

"Don't be afraid, Nami! This guy isn't scary at all."

? Nami was confused: Why does Zoro smell like Sanji today?

Zoro, who didn't hear the notification sound, was also embarrassed. It seems that the sense of security can only be given once a day...

"Tell me, who are you?" Zoro mentioned the dwarf.

"How rude of you! My name is Hilton, and I'm Dr. Hogbag's servant. I heard you guys yelling just now, so I came over to see if I could help."

"Hogubak?" Chopper was surprised.

"Well, yes, this forest becomes extremely dangerous at night. If you don't mind, please take my carriage to Dr. Hogbark's mansion..."

Because Zoro was by her side, Nami was not particularly scared despite being in the strange forest: "We still have companions who haven't reached the island yet. They should come to find us. Can you send us to the shore?"

Hilton gave a strange smile and said, "I'm happy to serve you."

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"Well... although it's foggy and I can't see clearly, the horse pulling the carriage looks a bit strange." Nami, sitting in the carriage, looked at the horse pulling the carriage in front of her. It was quite tall.

Centaurs, how could that not be strange? Zoro complained.

"It's probably a psychological effect... hehehe." Hilton nodded.

Then, Chopper asked Hilton about Dr. Hogback. It can be seen that this guy is quite famous in the medical community. According to Chopper, he is a surgeon who suddenly disappeared before, causing a great sensation in the medical community.

Chopper, who turned into a little fan, even wanted an autograph.

The carriage took a long time to travel, which made Nami suspicious. They said they were supposed to take us to the coast, so she asked Hilton: "Why did it take so long? We shouldn't be far from the coast."

Hilton smiled and explained that the road from the jungle to the coast was a bit winding. Seeing Nami hesitate, he said, "Okay, I'll go out and ask the driver how long it will take."

After Hilton pulled the curtain and went out, the carriage stopped temporarily, but Hilton did not return for a long time. Usopp could not help but pull the curtain, but there was no sign of Hilton outside the carriage, and even the horse pulling the carriage was nowhere to be seen.

Zoro had already noticed all of this. The cemetery around the carriage and the ancient castle not far away were exactly what Zoro wanted.

"It seems we have been left behind. This Hilton has no intention of taking us to the shore." Zoro grinned.

"Hey - it seems like we were... left in a cemetery!!" Usopp looked around and shouted.

"What did you say? Why is it a cemetery!!" Nami was a little panicked.

At this moment, the surrounding graves began to make rustling sounds of soil being turned over, and then, pale arms emerged from the ground one after another.

"Hey!?" Usopp clutched his head in panic.

"Ah!!!" Chopper screamed shrilly

Then zombies crawled out of the graves one by one: "Ah..."

Nami had never seen this before. She put her hands together in a praying gesture, tears welling up in her eyes: "No way... zombies!!"

Seeing a group of zombies surrounding him, Zoro grinned and said, "Let's try without salt first. Is it really true that they can't be killed?"

He pulled out three knives and rushed into the zombies like a tiger into a flock of sheep. The hoarse roars of the zombies suddenly turned into screams.

Suddenly, the graveyard was filled with all kinds of broken limbs and arms. The weak trio was stunned for a moment. Usopp said blankly: "Even though they are zombies, why do I suddenly feel so pitiful for them..."

"Yeah, that's right..." Dr. Chopper expressed deep sympathy.

"Should we try to persuade Zoro..." Nami felt guilty.

Zoro didn't have the heart to pay attention to the three of them now, because he found that there was something wrong with the Kitetsu in his hand. It was as if it had tasted delicious food. The more he chopped, the smoother it became. Moreover, a cold aura kept coming from the Kitetsu.

What the hell is this!? As Zoro hacked at the zombies, he opened his attribute panel and saw the ghost energy rising rapidly. If this continued, he would be unable to use the Nine Swords Style again.

Although Zoro could feel that the evil spirits could be easily dispelled by suppressing them with the Conqueror's Haki, the evil spirits were also the source of the increase in the Ashura Path, so he began to chant Maha to purify the evil spirits.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the cemetery became even more weird. A three-sword swordsman was killing and chanting in the cemetery in the dark night. Sometimes golden light emerged from his body, and sometimes black air swirled around him. He looked like a monk who was saving the souls of the dead, and also like a butcher with a blood debt.

Suddenly, he stood still, but the group of zombies did not dare to approach Zoro easily, but attacked the weak trio on the carriage.

"Ah!! Zoro!! Save me!!" Chopper started yelling.

Just as the three were dragged off the carriage by the zombies, Zoro suddenly turned into a three-headed, six-armed creature. His six eyes emitted a bloodthirsty red light, and a cold and gloomy air swept across the entire cemetery.

Seeing this, the zombies fled in all directions, shouting, "Ghost!"

……

At this moment, Zoro was completely unaware of the situation around him. The image of the giant with a thousand eyes and a thousand arms that appeared when he just comprehended the Nine Swords Style suddenly emerged in his mind.

The giant was in the red land, howling towards the sky, his eyes filled with fighting spirit, staring angrily at the sky.

In the blink of an eye, the image in his mind shattered. Zoro's soul returned to his body, and his three-headed, six-armed form disappeared without a trace. His face was filled with shock and confusion, and he murmured, "Is that the legendary Vimalakirti? Why is this happening?"

He opened the system panel and saw that the ghost energy and Asura path both became 50 points. He felt the powerful yin and yang energy in his body, and it seemed that his three-headed and six-armed form could be maintained for a longer time.

Glancing at the deadest zombies around him, he began to understand. His Nine Blades Style was probably very different from the original owner's. His ghost energy seemed to be able to absorb evil, resentment, murder, and other unhealthy energies...

This seems to be a blessed place!