92: Chapter 92 Hogback, dead!"What?Absalom was murdered?Who did it?"
In the dimly lit room, a bloated body sprang up from the sofa, eyes wide open, emitting shrill cries.A zombie knelt trembling on the floor, terrified that the creature before him might tear him apart at the slightest provocation.Upon learning that the culprit was Luffy, a little girl holding a parasol floated up, exclaiming, "Hooray, how interesting!Moriah, let me go and meet this rookie pirate crew!"
Moria nodded.He was quite confident in the little ghost girl's strength; even he had to give her a wide berth with her Devil Fruit ability, making her perfect for dealing with a novice like Luffy.Having received her permission, the little girl led her animal zombie army out of the castle in a grand procession, ready to cause trouble for the Straw Hat Pirates.After the little girl left, Moria went alone to a spacious, chilling room.In the center of the room lay a huge corpse chained with many arms-thick iron chains.Moria looked at the frozen corpse and muttered to himself, "The shadow of Oars has appeared.Straw Hat, I will definitely get your shadow."
After dealing with Absalom at the mansion, Luffy and his crew continued their exploration.Without Absalom, the mansion was just an ordinary house.As they passed a room, the scene inside caught their attention.The room was littered with severed limbs and countless bizarre corpses soaked in formalin.Their expressions were extremely painful, as if they had suffered immense agony before death.Several of them seemed not quite dead; upon seeing the newcomers, their eyes were filled with pleading, as if begging Luffy to kill them.Even Uta, the bravest of them all, hid behind Luffy, refusing to look any longer.In truth, Luffy himself was also.Somewhat frightened, "Hiss, hiss, this is truly a perfect work of art!As expected of Lord Hogback!" Just as the group was about to leave the terrifying room, a repulsive laugh rang out.They exchanged glances, mustered their courage, and entered the room.Following the sound, they arrived at a place with an operating table.A man holding a scalpel, dressed in a sexy fishnet outfit, was grinning smugly at a pieced-together corpse on the table.Beside him stood a woman with a voluptuous figure, her body covered in stitches.The man looked at his masterpiece on the operating table with satisfaction, laughing triumphantly again: "Hiss, hiss, what do you think, Miss Cindy?Do you like this work of art?"
Cindy gave Hogback a look of disgust and said without any mercy, "Who would like something so ugly?You, who can make something so ugly, might as well not live in this world."
Hogback seemed devastated, crouching on the ground, his face ashen.Uta, standing behind Luffy, couldn't bear to see this.Her dream was to create a new world where everyone could laugh and there was no pain.But now, seeing these ordinary people being tortured by Hogback, where even death was a luxury, she rushed out in anger, pointing her finger at Hogback and demanding, "Why?Why did you do this?Why did you torture them like this?"
Hogback was initially startled, then, looking at Uta's perfect figure, the idea of transforming her into a zombie took hold in his mind.Hogback chuckled smugly and said, "Hiss, hiss, why?Of course, it's because I like it!" As he spoke, Hogback secretly gave Cindry a wink.Cindry, having received the order, was about to release a large number of zombies to capture this uninvited guest when her path was suddenly blocked by Luffy.Startled by the sudden appearance of Luffy, Cindry produced several plates and threw them at him before running in the opposite direction, only to be stopped by the sudden."Who are you?Why are you here all of a sudden?Where's Absalom?Where did he go?Why didn't he stop you?" Hogback shouted in panic.He only shut up when he saw the Devil Fruit Luffy was playing with.He recognized it as Absalom's Clear-Clear Fruit."What did you do to Absalom?How did the Devil Fruit he ate end up on you?" Hogback demanded.Luffy ignored him, looking at the grotesquely stitched-together zombies around him.Luffy couldn't help but sigh.No wonder Chopper in the original story ended up.Luffy hated Hogback so much that he also hated people like him who disrespected life and insulted the dead."You're awful, so please die!" Luffy led his crew out of the room, his hands blazing with fire.Looking at Hogback struggling frantically on the ground, Luffy felt no pity.The flames gradually intensified, burning corpses to ashes.Hogback descended to hell amidst screams.Sindori gave Luffy and his crew a grateful smile before departing for heaven with a relieved expression.The fire spread rapidly, billowing smoke rising into the sky.A little girl on the other side of the forest saw what was happening.Then, startled, they saw Zoro and his companions kneeling on the ground, dejected.The little girl, feeling they posed no threat, abandoned them and rushed towards the burning mansion.After the little girl left, Zoro and his friends returned to normal.Thinking back to their embarrassing state, Zoro and the others felt their ears burning.As for why Zoro and his friends were there, Luffy and his crew hadn't returned for a long time, and Zoro and his friends were very worried.So they went to the island to look for them, and then they got separated.Then they encountered the floating little girl, and then they knelt down, exclaiming, "Aaaaaaah!What kind of ability does that damn little girl have?Why do we have such power?""Ugh, so depressing!" Zoro pounded the ground in frustration, unable to believe he'd actually uttered such words.Franky and Eneva behind him were in the same boat; before they could even react, they were kneeling, their spirits shattered.Just as they were congratulating themselves on their shameful behavior going unnoticed, a burst of laughter shattered their illusions.It was Sanji, clutching his stomach and laughing hysterically.He'd witnessed the whole scene."Hahahaha, I'm sorry, I don't deserve to live!Hahahaha, I'm so sorry to be born a human, I'd rather be a cockroach!Hahahaha!"
Sanji laughed wildly, completely unaware of the murderous glares from the people behind him.By the time he finished laughing and realized what was happening, he was already surrounded by the three angry men.Sanji weakly said, "Please don't hit my face, okay?"