"Yo~"
"Ho ho ho~"
"Yo~"
"Ho ho ho~"
Not long after picking up the trap fireworks, everyone was suddenly attracted by singing from the front right.
"Listen, it sounds like someone is singing."
A Tao put down the cigarette in his hand, turned his head to look to the front right, and a trace of surprise flashed across his face.
"Could there really be a ghost!"
"A ghost?"
Everyone got up, ran, and all ran to the right guardrail, looking to the right, not with fear, but with anticipation.
Even Kuina and Robin were no exception.
Legendary things!
Before they even entered this place, Robin had told them stories about it.
Could it be a real ghost ship?
Or just an illusion, or just a recorder.
Since hearing the singing, Kong Tai had been frozen in place, a red light appeared in his eyes, and his face was full of disbelief.
"No way! We actually met."
He wasn't Monkey D. Luffy!
They actually met the person he was looking for so easily.
"Fate?"
"..."
"Forget it."
Shaking his head, Kong Tai sat up, put on his slippers, walked to Kuina's side, and looked to the front right with his companions.
Even if he knew who was coming, he wouldn't disturb his companions' curiosity.
After all, it's an adventure!
If you know the ending, what's the point!
It's like watching a movie, no one likes pop-up spoilers, and then seeing them, that discomfort, many people can relate, right?
Even Kuina, who had the strongest Observation Haki on the ship at the moment, didn't sense it in advance, but instead looked expectantly in the direction of the thick fog in the distance, showing everyone's anticipation.
If Kong Tai hadn't known beforehand, he wouldn't have subconsciously used Observation Haki.
After all, knowing the ending and not knowing the ending, the adventure experience is completely different.
So his anticipation at this moment was not as strong as his companions'.
"Binks' Sake."
"Sent it over!"
As the singing gradually became clearer, a huge dark shadow gradually appeared in the thick fog in the front right.
With the creaking sound of rotting wood, the dark shadow gradually revealed itself.
"It's really a ghost ship."
Everyone looked at the huge dilapidated sailing ship sailing towards them, their eyes filled with excitement.
In a moment, the two ships met on the sea, and everyone's eyes widened. On the side of the giant ship shrouded in thick fog, it seemed to be standing a skeleton.
And the singing seemed to come from this skeleton.
"Skeleton?"
"A singing skeleton."
Everyone looked at the skeleton and was startled in unison.
The skeleton also seemed to see them, the singing stopped abruptly, and then the skeleton showed a look of great surprise.
"People?"
"Living people?"
At this moment, the two ships passed each other, as if the fleeting skeleton was just the illusion of everyone.
But everyone wouldn't take this as an illusion!
"Quick, chase it."
A Tao was the first to react.
He flicked the cigarette holder in his hand, exhaled a puff of smoke, then turned and hurried towards the cockpit.
He was going to activate the power system of the Freedom, catch up with the giant ship, and see what that singing skeleton was!
Everyone also quickly recovered and rushed to the bow of the ship, looking at the receding giant ship, their eyes shining, their faces flushed.
"Did you see it, Kong Tai."
Kuina pulled Kong Tai's hand, her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, and said excitedly, "A skeleton, a singing skeleton!"
"I saw it, I saw it."
Kong Tai glanced down at Kuina, the corners of his mouth turned up, and a gentle smile appeared on his face, "He won't get away, A Tao isn't going to drive the ship?"
"Mm!"
Kuina nodded, pulled Kong Tai to the bow, and stared ahead with equal excitement.
After all, Kuina, Ah Hua, and the other three, although their strength was already very strong, were only a group of young girls and boys who had just turned 17.
It was understandable to be excited and thrilled by new things.
Didn't Robin, the knowledgeable older sister, and Uncle Indigo look excited?
They had seen many strange things along the way, and even though they hadn't seen real souls with their own eyes, they had heard Kong Tai talk about them on Lamp Island, so ordinary things couldn't excite everyone.
This was not an ordinary thing, but a singing skeleton.
This made everyone's already excited hearts due to the legend, even more excited when they saw the real legendary thing.
The Freedom turned quickly under A Tao's control, then sped up, and instantly caught up with the giant sailing ship.
"Mm!"
The skeleton was still there.
Seeing the skeleton, which was much taller than everyone on the ship, standing by the ship, everyone didn't wait for A Tao, and jumped onto the guardrail in unison, then leaped towards the giant ship.
"Uh!"
The skeleton standing by the ship seemed to be startled. After everyone jumped onto the giant ship, he quickly retreated a few steps, then stared at everyone with excitement.
Well... how could they know he was excited?
He was all bones, after all!
Never mind that, anyway, everyone felt his excitement.
Before everyone could stand firm, he introduced himself. His excitement clearly showed that he hadn't seen anyone for a long time.
He held a chipped coffee cup with a cracked rim in his left hand, a purple cane hanging from his wrist, picked up the black top hat from the explosion head, and bowed slightly to everyone.
Just like a gentleman.
"Hello everyone!"
"I was rude just now,"
"I saw you all, but I didn't say hello."
"I was so scared, I haven't seen a living person in decades. It's either a ghost ship or a ghost ship here, and I'm scared to death."
"Come, come!! Don't be shy, come inside, let's have a good chat."
Saying that, he turned around, intending to lead everyone into the nearby cabin.
However...
Seeing the dark cabin, he suddenly seemed to react, froze in place, a trace of extreme loneliness appeared on his body, and then he quickly hid it.
Turning back, he looked at Kong Tai and the others, and chuckled awkwardly, "Guests, there's nothing good to entertain you with, let's chat here!"
"Yo ho ho ho~~"
Everyone looked at the skeleton, at his reaction after seeing them, at the momentary pause when he turned to look at the cabin, and the fleeting loneliness that appeared on his body.
The excitement on their faces gradually subsided.
"Although this is a skeleton, it seems to be a very lonely skeleton!"
Yes, let alone a skeleton, even an ordinary person, if they stayed in this fog-shrouded, dark sea for too long, they would go crazy!
And looking at the surrounding environment, the tattered clothes on the skeleton, the shattered coffee cup in his hand, and the excitement of the skeleton after seeing everyone.
All indicated that the skeleton had been drifting alone on this ship, in this sea, for many years!