Summary:
Luffy, Chopper, and Robin fail to retrieve Usopp and Sanji, who fell when the oars broke through part of the Mast Mansion, and decide to push forward. Knowing that the two would be fine despite what had happened, the three Straw Hats rushed to find Moria. They head to the giant freezer where the Warlord was last seen. Before they hit the freezer; however, they pass through the ballroom and meet Hogback and Cindry.
Seeing the enemies ahead, Luffy prepares for them. However, Chopper tells Luffy to let him deal with Hogback and go to Moria. Luffy complies with Chopper’s plea and with a little help from Robin is able to walk past the attacking Cindra into the freezer. After getting Luffy through, Chopper confronts Hogback and expresses how disappointed he is in his former role model. Recognizing Chopper after the reindeer turned into his Brain Point, Hogback also decides to confront him about his plans to turn the reindeer into a zombie. As the two doctors faced off, two zombies that Hogback had requested from Moria, Inuppe and Jigoro, came to Hogback’s aid. Meanwhile, Luffy gets into the freezer and confronts a lazily resting Moria.
Back at the bridge that was destroyed by Oars, Zoro, Usopp, Sanji and Franky prepare to fight the giant zombies. However, instead of fighting, the monster takes some debris and places it on its head due to its resemblance to the pirate’s bicorne. With his new accessory, Oars continues to explore the rest of Thriller Bark, leaving the four Straw Hats unnoticed. After being left alone, the four straw hats relived. Usopp; however, he is deeply frightened by what has happened.
With the giant zombie gone, the four straw hats then face a new problem. With the zombies destroying the bridge, the gap is too far for them to jump, and the situation seems to force them to take another route, an option they can’t afford at this point. Fortunately, Franky is able to quickly create a bridge across the gap from the debris around. However, he asks his colleagues to wait a few seconds later as he is not yet satisfied with the target. With the bridge built by Franky, the four Straw Hats cross the gap and enter the Mast Mansion.
Upon entering the mansion, the four Straw Hats soon notice that they have entered a strange room. The owner of Perona is waiting for them inside. He learns from her that she, who ate Horo Horo no Mi, controls all the spirits on Thriller Bark. With this explanation, Perona wastes no time and sends some ghosts to immobilize the four straw hats. Unable to escape, all four were seemingly immobilized. Seeing that she had done her job on the foursome, Perona set her Savage Zombies on them and decided to take care of the rest of the Straw Hats. However, as she was about to leave, she suddenly notices that one of them is still standing and cleaning her zombies. Perona, thinking she may have missed him, sends another ghost at the pirate Usopp. To her surprise, Usopp didn’t fall like the others. Perona questions why her powers aren’t working on him and asks what trick he pulled. In response, Usopp stated that he didn’t do anything, but told Perona why her powers weren’t working on him. To Peron’s shock, the reason Usopp was not overcome by negativity was because he is already negative to begin with, making him completely immune to Peron’s powers.
Perona, unable to comprehend that such a negative person could exist, tries in vain to cheer up Usopp with her zombies. Usopp on the other hand tells his crewmates that he will take care of Peron himself since they couldn’t. Relived by Usopp, the Three Straw Hats advance to save Brook and Nami, leaving Usopp to deal with Perona. Unfortunately, Usopp didn’t mean to. He wants them to stay and eliminate the surrounding zombies. Unable to get his crewmates to stay, Usopp is left alone to face Perona and her savage zombies to his fears and doubts.
Meanwhile, at the Thriller Bark Church, Absalom’s wedding is going smoothly according to his plans. The ceremony reached the part where all that remained was to kiss the bride to make the marriage fully consummated. With that, Absalom comes dangerously close to the still sleeping Nami, lips pursed.