The hardest thing in the world to cut is the karma

This time the ship guards are Shi Ping and Brook, the elderly group.

Haixia, who once had the ability to subdue dragons and subdue tigers, is also difficult to resist the invasion of time. After turning fifty, he doesn't like staying on land very much. On the contrary, he often swims in the sea whenever he has free time.Hiding in the shadow of the Sunny and catching large fish that happened to swim past has become his hobby.Thanks to this, there has never been a shortage of rations on board.

Brooke, on the other hand, refuses to set foot on this land of research fanatics.As an abnormal life form with only one body of bones but actually alive, the person who wanted to arrest him and dissect him for research, but now he was also lurking around the Sunny with red eyes.

"Although I don't have any hidden things to unravel~yohohoho~"

"Since there are no internal organs, it is likely to break your bones and see what it looks like inside."

"Hey——Yah~~~! I'm so scared~~~~"

In the face of Brooke's malice and cuteness, Jinbei took a sip of green tea calmly.

Not really wanting to get any reaction, Brook stopped playing tricks and took a sip of black tea in a normal manner.

A few hundred meters away, the people in white coats who were lying on the roof and peeping through binoculars were all excitedly sniffing hot air, and frantically writing observation records in the notebooks at hand.

A in the white coat stared wide-eyed. "Hey, did you see that one just now?"

B in the white coat frowned seriously. "I see! The tea did enter the mouth, but it didn't flow out from the esophagus."

C in the white coat was about to write down his conjectures in his notebook. "It seems that food is being ingested."

White coat B blocks white coat C. "No! It's too early to draw conclusions. It's just that eating doesn't explain anything. Digestion also includes energy conversion and waste excretion."

A in the white coat angrily punched the tile. "Tsk! The toilet is well covered, and there is no angle to spy on. Sure enough, it's time to take the risk of sneaking in and installing a camera."

B in the white coat shook his head. "No, the success rate is too low, and it will be discovered soon."

C in the white coat propped his chin and sighed. "I really want to open his jawbone and see where the things disappeared. Could it be that there is actually a black hole there?"

The eyes of A in the white coat suddenly lit up. "I have a great idea."

B and C in white coats turned to look at him, waiting for A in white coat to speak.

"Actually, I found out that the person with the most say among the Straw Hats is actually a woman named Nami. I heard that she loves money very much. If you use research funds to bribe her..."

"Stop!!!" Brook jumped up to the white coat A in the blink of an eye as if teleporting, grabbed him by the collar and pulled him up, his face was blue and purple, "Nami-san will really sell me ! So, please stop!!!”

At this time, the dumbfounded white coats B and C suddenly came back to their senses, jumped up and hugged Brook's waist and legs, while white coat A grabbed Brook's hands tightly.The three worked together to block all of Brook's actions.

"Catch it!" "Catch it!" "Catch it!"

"Ah! Oops! Jinpei-san! Help me!"

"Ha - the weather is really nice today."

"Jipei-san!!!"

When several members who left the ship came back, they found that there were three more guests on board.They are A, a tall young man in a white coat who is full of energy and quick thinking; B, a man in a white coat with glasses who is a little short in stature and exuding a rigorous academic temperament; B, a woman with a Ph. coat C.They touched and smelled things around Brook, not only put their hands into Brook's cranial cavity, but also asked some difficult questions from time to time.

Brooke, on the other hand, sat there resignedly, like a skeletal model placed in the corner of a biology classroom, letting them play with it.

Luffy and Zoro had no companion love, and when they saw it, they gloated and said that Brook was still entangled.Although Chopper sympathized with Brook's experience, he retreated wisely after seeing the weird eyes from C in the white coat.Frank was held back by the fanatics, and he might not be able to come back tonight. Russob approached him friendly but was ruthlessly ignored by the three of them.After Sanji came back, he went straight into the kitchen to prepare dinner, and when passing by, he kindly asked C in the white coat what his tastes were like, maybe he planned to keep the three of them for dinner.

Only Nami stepped forward and stopped the three of them from going too far.

"Stop, stop, the skeleton shelf in our house is not for entertainment."

"Ahem! I'm sorry, we were too reckless."

Among the three, the tall young man acted as the spokesperson. He stood in front of Nami and pretended to be calm.

"My name is Raj. These two are my colleagues Leah and Luna. We are researchers specializing in life sciences."

When Raj said this, he suddenly straightened his chest, gestured desperately to the two companions with his right hand behind his back, Leah showed a disgusted expression, and Luna smiled wryly.But in the end the two still stood around Raj, reluctantly striking exaggerated poses.

"What is life? What is death? Who decides the boundary between life and death?"

Raj followed his own words and stretched his arms to the upper right and upper left respectively, performing the stretching movements in radio gymnastics.

"Is it the body? Is it the spirit? Who will be the carrier of the soul?"

There was helplessness in Leah's tone, and her movements were very perfunctory. She half-kneeled with her left knee on the ground, and stretched her arms to the upper right at the same time.

"Look at the macro? Look at the micro? Who will decide the definition of an individual?"

Luna was blushing almost to the point of burning, she closed her eyes tightly and dared not look at other people's reactions, but her actions were exactly the opposite of Leah's.

"We are adventurers who dare to explore the true meaning of life, rebels who dare to challenge the ethics of the world, we are—"

The three changed their movements to form a big "L".

"Lalilu team!"

As soon as the words fell, Leah and Luna immediately stepped aside, hid beside Brook and continued to bury their heads, as if they wanted to pretend that what just happened didn't exist.

On the contrary, Raj looked smug, and was very satisfied with the combo skills of the three.

Luffy and the others couldn't help laughing behind them, but Nami didn't even change her expression.Going all the way with strong winds and waves, what strange things have you never seen?For Nami, this level of shock was not even half of what it was when she first met Frank.

"So, you want to use Brook as an experiment?"

Raj rubbed his hands together, an uncomfortable smirk on his face.

"We'll pay for the hire."

Nami raised her eyebrows, and her tone was calm, making it hard to guess what she was thinking.

"Brooke is the famous king of souls."

Raj knew it, and leaned in front of Nami, making comparisons with both hands in a secretive way.

"The funds allocated to us by the Institute have this amount."

Nami looked embarrassed and sighed while holding her cheeks.

"However, I heard that the experimental methods of some research institutes are very extreme..."

Raj immediately doggedly presented the confidential information.

"This is a list of scheduled experiments, please set a price."

"Hmm - there doesn't seem to be anything too dangerous."

Nami took the list from Raj, looked at it item by item, and found that they were all CT scans, blood and urine tests, knee jerk reflex, bone age identification, etc., similar to physical examination items.Just as I was about to simply nod and agree to forget it, I saw "force-feeding (note: keep eating to see if there is a limit to the amount of food)" and "bone loss (note: take away bone tissues of different sizes to see if there is a limit to healing)" , "Move the soul (note: extract the soul and put it into other bones to see if the carrier of the soul is specific)"

Smiling and tearing the list into two pieces, Nami's conscience refused: "Brooke's situation is due to the ability of the devil fruit, and I'm afraid it doesn't have the research value you need."

"Nami-san~~~" Suddenly there was a moving "skeleton model", with tears in his eyes, looking gratefully at the female heads of the straw hats.

Leah and Luna were amazed at the two inexplicable drops of liquid, and put their fingers into Brook's eye sockets, trying to find where the tear ducts were hidden.

Raj stared at Brook with the eyes of the winning lottery ticket that was blown away by the wind, and said with infinite regret: "It really doesn't work...Damn it! I really want to study it! I really want to understand why he can eat, drink, move and talk. Ah! I really want to find the answer!"

"However..." Old God Nami used two half-clamped checklists and shook them slightly, "It's not impossible for you to try these items, but each item will be charged separately."

"Which?"

Seeing that there was still room for negotiation, the three of Raj immediately smiled, and when they saw the half-sheet returned by Nami, their faces collapsed again.This half list is full of "normal" items, none of the "interesting" ones they really want to do.So, Raj looked pitifully at the other half of Nami's hand.

Nami was about to crumple the waste paper in her hand and throw it back. Zoro, who was watching all the time, suddenly made a move, without even taking out the sheath, and waved the knife in the direction of the paper ball, and the paper ball instantly turned into powder .

Raj immediately shut up obediently.

The profiteer Nami took advantage of the victory to pursue, counting with her fingers.

"There are a total of ten items on your card. Since each item is safe and simple, even if you are cheaper."

Raj swallowed nervously.

"Cheaper?"

Nami held up a finger.

"100 Baileys."

It was still within the acceptable range, just as Raj wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, Nami continued.

"Every item."

"God horse?!" Raj fried hair and shook his head again and again, "No, 100 million, 1000 million are [-] million! No matter how much funds are, it is not so wasted."

"Then you just choose a few things to make. Anyway, the price is here, and you can't lose a penny."

Nami put on an attitude of "it's free money anyway, neither earn nor lose".

Raj struggled with the list for a while, finally gritted his teeth and accepted it, and called the two companions to gather not far away for a muttering discussion.

"That's all three."

Raj stared at the list in his hand, and Leah and Luna nodded in confirmation.The three reached a consensus, and Raj returned to Nami with the list again.

"Please take a look."

I don't know why, but it's an honorific.

Nami glanced at it and found that the three items of CT scan, bone age identification and urine blood test were ticked.She pondered for a while, and then agreed: "Pay 60% of the deposit first, and pay the balance after the work is done. If you add items without authorization, or don't pay them back when you run out...you understand the consequences."

In an instant, a strong sense of oppression shrouded the top of the "Lalilu Group", and the previous relaxed and happy atmosphere disappeared.Only then did the three of them remember the identities of the group in front of them. Their faces were ashen, and their backs were drenched in cold sweat. They hugged each other tremblingly, nodding their heads.

Seeing that the intimidation had achieved its effect, Nami made a "shut up" gesture to Luffy and the others without a trace.

As soon as the pressure on their bodies was lightened, the three of them "touched" and slumped on the ground, with expressions on their faces as if they were dreaming.

"Okay ~ tonight, Brook is yours."

As soon as Nami finished speaking, the "Lalilu team" jumped up as if they were being pardoned, and fled off the boat with Brook flying.

During the whole process, Brook was in a state of lovelessness and completely gave up resistance.

Lying on the side of the boat, looking at the backs of the three of them running away, Luffy asked Nami suspiciously.

"They ran away without paying the deposit. Nami, is this okay?"

Nami didn't take it seriously.

"It's okay, they dare not renege on their debts."

"Humph--"

Soon, neither the "Lalilu team" nor Brook could see anyone, but Luffy still looked at the island and did not take it back.Seeing that he was worried, Rusob couldn't help saying a word of concern.

"Luffy, what are you thinking?"

"Today, I met Robin's disciple."

"and then?"

"She called me 'the root of all evil.'"

"..."

Russob bared his teeth, and looked at the other companions with some dumbfounding.Zoro shrugged, Chopper smiled dryly, Nami couldn't help but nodded in agreement, Sanji...he was still busy in the kitchen.

You said, where did the stunned youth come from?How can you speak so truthfully.How does this make him refute?

"Luffy, don't worry about it." Rusob temporarily comforted, "The other party doesn't understand you."

"I don't care." Luffy finally turned his head and looked at his sniper, his eyes were a bit melancholy, "I was just thinking, parting with important people is really a painful thing."

Not understanding what Luffy wanted to say, Russob could only agree cautiously.

"yes……"

"Everyone has been coming and going a lot lately, and they always come back to this ship, so I forget about it."

"..."

"One day, our adventure will come to an end."

"...Luffy, what happened to you?"

Now Russob was really worried.

"fine."

As if the deep energy just now was all pretending to deceive people, Luffy spread a big and bright smile.

"Let's take a group photo! Gather all~~~all~~~ of everyone we know, and take a super long and awesome group photo!"

Just like that, a hurricane swept across the whole world because of Luffy's words.