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Okay, since you all reject the idea of modifying previous chapters, I will cancel the idea anyway.
A piece of advice, before reading this chapter, listen to the song "Bink Sake" in the background, it will immerse you in the atmosphere of the chapter.
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Manga Island, The New World:
The wonderful sound of Bink's Sake's piano playing spread across the island, from the art store on Moby Dick. This lively music enlivened the Whitebeard Pirates and their affiliates' party.
Whitebeard's smile broadened as he listened to the excellent piano playing. "Gurararara! Rob always manages to surprise me. This time is no exception."
Although Marco and the others wished to dance and enjoy the party in the style of the straw hats in the manga, Brook's tragic backstory prevented them from doing so.
Meanwhile, someone aboard Moby Dick was attempting a suicidal escape. While Whitebeard and his sons were immersed in the fantastic events of the manga, a barrel of wine began rolling towards the anchor's exit.
The barrel was somewhat larger than average but otherwise looked like any other barrel of wine.
It was bigger than the barrel of wine Luffy used to survive the whirlpool at the beginning of the manga.
The barrel easily rolled overboard and fell into the sea without anyone paying attention.
Teach, who had transformed into a small donkey less than 50 centimeters in size, held his breath inside the barrel as it drifted away from Moby Dick towards the unknown, carried by the waves of the sea.
Fortunately for him, Whitebeard and his crew did not consider the possibility of his escape and thus did not keep an eye on him.
This is how the young Blackbeard managed to escape from the Whitebeard Pirates.
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Returning to Ohara,
BUUUUUEEH!
there was a sudden exclamation of excitement – the unmistakable sound of a whale.
Laboon had been listening to Brook and his crew's rendition of Bink's Sake, from the art store, which had evoked a sense of nostalgia within him.
This was the very song that the Rumbar Pirates had sung to him long ago when he was just a baby whale, having become separated from his flock.
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"One Piece" Events:
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[Brook's Backstory]
"What is this whale doing...?" asked one of the Rumbar crew members.
"He won't stop following our ship," replied another.
"He must have lost his way... Poor thing... The ocean is so vast..." commented a third crew member sympathetically.
"It looks like he's really upset... Maybe he's still a baby..." added the first crew member.
The baby whale cried out, "Uuuuuueerh."
"Captain York! Shall we play a song then?!" suggested someone.
"Great idea Brook! Hey everyone, bring your instruments over!!!" exclaimed Captain York.
"Yohohoho! Let the sobbing child smile! Come on! Let's show him the power of us pirates! Get ready!!!" shouted Brook.
The baby whale seemed confused, making odd noises, "?*<>*?"
"One, two, three, four," counted Brook while playing with his violin.
The crew played a lively tune, and the baby whale's cries turned into joyous sounds, "Uuuueeeerhhhh!!!"
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"What's wrong?... Now, it's just a quartet..." Brook still plays the song of life despite the death of one of his last living comrades.
"... Trio..." Another one fell dead.
"... Duet..." Brook's tears never stopped coming down.
"... Solo..." In the end, he remained alone.
"Ah, why...?!! Leaving just the accompaniment...."
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((York: if you wanna join my crew, all I ask is that you love music!! This is the ship of the Rumbar Pirates, who can bring a smile to any child's face!!!"))
((Yeeeeeeah!!))
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((Laboon! You just wait right there! We'll come straight back here!! That's a promise.....!!"
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((Laboon...!!))
In the end, Brook fell dead too.
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((If you've been waiting there all this time... For these fifty long years... Could you possibly wait... Just another one or two?))
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For me, too..... Have the true spirit of a pirate!!! You're facing that wall and waiting for me...
And just as we promised, when I meet you again, I'll be coming over that wall!!!
Onward, to the promised place!!
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"This..." Tears streamed down Rosinante's face without interruption as he struggled to speak.
He was not alone in his grief; all children aged 14 and under, except for Doflamingo and Enel, were severely affected.
"The only crime these pirates committed was wanting to bring a smile to the children's faces," he said. "I love them... I really love them... Why did such a tragedy happen to them?"
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"Now, I understand everything. Who could have imagined that the story of the people who left Laboon behind would be so dramatic and sad?" said one of the readers.
"I'm sorry. I can't seem to control my tears. I fear I may flood the art store with them." said another one while crying hard.
"What a crew... What a legacy... I had thought that the Straw Hat Pirates were the only good pirates in this world. But the Rumbar Pirates... I'm impressed!"
"Rumbar Pirates... Even though they have been dead for many years now, history will immortalize them!"
"Rumbar Pirates!!!"
"Rumbar Pirates!!!"
"Rumbar Pirates!!!"
"YORK!!!"
"BROOK!!!"
"LABOON!!!"
"CROCUS...!!!! Ah? Why Crocus?"
No one knows who started it, but soon many people were chanting the name of the Rumbar Pirates with great enthusiasm, both inside and outside the art store.
This was not limited to the real world; even the global and local forums were overflowing with words of praise and encouragement for the Rumbar pirates, who unfortunately were dead and could no longer see their historical memory revived by millions of inhabitants of the Pirate World.
"York, the Captain of the Rumbar Pirates, once said that his name would shake the pirate world someday," Doflamingo mused. "He wasn't lying, as now his name has rocked the pirate world 28 years after his death, fufu..."
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Brook held the sound dial close to his chest as he looked at the hundreds of people who were enthusiastically chanting his name with tears in his eyes.
"You're not alone anymore, Brook-dono!"
"What if you're just a skeleton? You are the miracle man who returned from the dead!"
"You are the kindest person I have ever met!"
"You are a wonderful man, Brook. Please marry me!"
Suddenly the atmosphere inside the art store shifted from sadness to joy as laughter mixed with tears.
The manga had brought back Brook's painful and wonderful memories, but the looks of love in the eyes of the people who recognized him and his background made him feel even more emotional.
"Hello, Brook. Now, that the world knows about you and your tragic story, and everyone feels sad for you, do you feel that this world, which took everything from you, is a little fair?"
At this moment, the person who changed Brook's life arrived, with a familiar small whale on his shoulder.
"Buuuueeh *<>*"
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Upcoming chapter titles (spoilers):
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Chapter 437: The eighth member: Brook! (End of the arc)
Chapter 438: The Games World!? Yamato's life is changing…
Chapter 439: The Birth of Perona! The legendary hunter No. 1
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