After a night of noise, the Rocks Pirates finally returned to peace.
Snoring could be heard in every corner of the boat.
Rocks sat in a corner of the banquet hall, eating breakfast quietly and listening to Brooke playing lyrical piano music.
"Hey, Brooke, you went to sea a long time ago. Have you heard of the name of Rocks D. Gibeck?"
Rocks suddenly asked Brook
"Yohohoho, Rocks."
"He was the overlord of all the pirates on the sea at that time. With his own strength and charm, he gathered a group of terrifying monsters around him."
"At that time, almost all the pirates in the entire Grand Line trembled in fear under his name."
Brooke recalled some things about Rocks D. Gibeck at that time and slowly told Rocks the stories.
"Oh, by the way, you and that Rocks have the same name. Are you related?"
Brook seemed to finally react and looked at Rocks curiously.
"Heh, I have nothing to do with that Rocks. But we both have the same goal."
Rocks chuckled and answered Brook's question.
"Yohoho, we have the same goal. That's a great ideal."
"Come to think of it, it's been a while. After so many years, did that Rocks achieve his goal?"
"Humph, he was too hasty. He wanted to challenge the World Government with a group of people who were not in harmony with each other, but they were defeated. He also ended up with an unknown fate when Garp and Roger joined forces."
Rocks snorted coldly, showing his disdain for the other Rocks.
Although the other Rocks is very powerful and has outstanding personal charm, Rocks still looks down on him.
"Yohoho! That's such a shame. He was obviously a super interesting guy. But, Roger? I remember when I went out to sea, he seemed to be a newcomer. Did he become so strong later?"
Brook felt a little emotional. He never expected that a newcomer like him could eventually join forces with others to defeat the arrogant super pirate at that time.
However, as a senior, he was wiped out by others in the first half of the Grand Line.
"Hahaha, a newcomer?"
Hearing Brook's comments on Roger, Rocks smiled happily.
"Yes, compared to you, he was indeed just a newcomer at that time."
"Last night, we were attacked by a pirate named Davy Jones. Have you heard of him?"
"Davy Jones?!"
"The captain of the Flying Dutchman!"
"How is that possible! That guy should have been buried in the sea long ago!"
Hearing David Jones' name, Brooke cried out in surprise, and the piano music in his hand changed its tone for a moment.
"Ah, his name is indeed Davy Jones. That's what the other party called him when Jhin was fighting him."
Rocks didn't care about Brook's shock. He simply told him about the fight between Jhin and Davy Jones last night and told him about the other party's appearance.
After hearing this, Brook fell silent.
"Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, there was a great pirate named Davy Jones. He brought his men and drove the Flying Dutchman to the end of the first half of the Grand Line, at the foot of the Red Earth Continent."
"And when they got there, Davy Jones suddenly went crazy."
"On a stormy night, he killed all his men and threw them into the sea."
"After killing all his men, he blew up his ship and sank into the depths of the sea along with it."
"Some people say that because he killed his partner, he was cursed by the sea and lost the right to die. He can only live in the sea forever, enduring the sea's punishment that he can never go ashore."
"Legend has it that the only way to kill him is to find the dead chest where his heart is buried and pierce his heart."
"However, because his heart is a curse from the sea, no one can find the chest of the dead."
Brooke told Rocks all the legends he knew about Davy Jones.
"Also, Davy Jones's men also have a giant Kraken. Therefore, almost all the ships that he targeted were pulled to the bottom of the sea."
It would be fine if we didn’t mention the giant deep-sea monster Kraken, but as soon as we mentioned it, Rocks wanted to laugh.
That giant octopus provided the Rocks Pirates with abundant meat supplies.
His tentacle, which was hundreds of meters long, was enough for their entire group to eat for several days.
What's more, all its tentacles
"Don't worry, its Kraken has been beaten to death by Jhin."
Now that he knew some information about Davy Jones, Rocks no longer paid attention to him.
After all, he is just a mere David Jones, not worthy of Rocks's too much attention.
Rocks was interested in him simply because he thought he was very similar to a character in a movie he had watched called Pirates of the Caribbean.
After finishing the breakfast in front of him, Rocks looked at Brook.
"Would you like to join my pirate group?"
Faced with Rocks' sudden invitation, Brook trembled visibly.
"Yo, yo ho, can I join your pirate group? I'm just a useless skeleton..."
Brook lowered his head in frustration and looked at his own bony palms. Tears unknowingly flowed from his empty eye sockets.
"How can a useless, weak, and terrifying-looking skeleton like me be qualified to join?"
Rocks walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Brook, no one in this world is useless."
"Besides, when I invite a partner, I don't just care about his strength. I only invite those who I'm interested in."
"Moreover, you have a wealth of knowledge and know many stories that I don't know. Moreover, your music performance is very good! I hope that every banquet I hold in the future can have a musician as good as you to perform."
Brooke became even more excited when he heard Rocks' words of approval.
After drifting alone in this sea for so many years, he longed for companions.
But because of his body shape, he felt deeply inferior.
Now, he has met a man who recognizes him and is willing to invite him to be his partner.
Brook slowly stood up, then faced Rocks and half-knelt on the ground.
"My name is Brook. I was once the acting captain of the Rumba Pirates. At that time, I was offered a bounty of 30 million berries. I have the nickname of Nosing Brook!"
"Now, thanks to Captain Rocks' invitation, I join the Rocks Pirates."
"From now on, I, Brooke, will sacrifice my life for Captain Rocks to help him fulfill his dream!"
As he spoke, Brooke took out a previous bounty order from his pocket and handed it to Rocks.
Rocks took the bounty, took a look at it, and then put it away solemnly.
"Ah, welcome aboard, Brooke."
As he said that, Rocks helped him up.
"From now on, we'll be partners."