95: Chapter 95 Oars Awakens, Luffy Gains Nightmare FormEneva angrily grabbed Ors by the collar and demanded, "Ors, is this the one you swore you'd protect the princess?" Ors lowered his head in shame.If he had insisted on going with the princess, perhaps her shadow wouldn't have been taken.Just as the two were about to fight, Lola quickly stepped forward to stop them."You two are really going too far," Lola said solemnly, "the most important thing now is to find the zombie that's parasitizing the princess's shadow.If we can't find it, your princess will live in darkness forever!" She then recounted the terrible consequences of losing her shadow to everyone.
Upon hearing this, Eneva and Ors were frantic.They immediately grabbed their weapons, ready to storm the castle and settle scores with Moria.However, Luffy stopped the impulsive pair.Facing their puzzled gazes, a bulky figure suddenly appeared in the sky.This figure held a giant pair of scissors, its eyes revealing an intense desire for Luffy's shadow: "Hehehehe.Straw Hat Luffy, your shadow is mine now!Perona, attack!"
With Moria's command, the little girl with the umbrella—Perona—appeared before everyone.She glanced at Luffy with a strange smile, emitting a peculiar laugh: "Horo horo horo, alright Moria-sama, leave it to me." Perona summoned several ghosts that danced around her.In her view, a captain with such a group of defeated enemies couldn't be very strong.These "Negative Ghosts," emitting the same laugh as Perona, pounced on the group on the ground.Knowing the power of this attack, the Straw Hat crew immediately began to dodge.Zoro, Sanji, and the others even tried to counterattack, but these ghosts had no physical form, and even covering them with Armament Haki was useless.Moreover, these ghosts appeared one after another, and Lola and her crew were the first to be hit, losing their will and kneeling on the ground."I'm sorry for being born a human.I wish I were a bug."
Perona laughed triumphantly, intensifying her attack on the Straw Hat crew.Seeing this wasn't working, Luffy, dodging attacks from the Negative Ghosts, charged towards Perona."Catch the leader first," he thought, "since physical and elemental attacks are useless, I'll attack her directly." Perona, seeing Luffy charging towards her, remained unfazed.Countless Negative Ghosts appeared, engulfing Luffy in a swarm."Hooray hooray, Straw Hat, be honored that your shadow has become Lord Moria's power!" Perona covered her mouth and laughed.Amidst the horde of Negative Ghosts, one.A black cannonball shot out, striking Perona before she could even react.Instead of exploding as expected, it sprayed out countless streams of slime that enveloped her, with cockroaches crawling within it."No~~~~~!" Perona screamed, her vision rolling back as she fainted.The negative spirits vanished with her unconsciousness.Luffy patted his chest, still shaken.Having been pierced by so many negative spirits, he felt a surge of suicidal urge.Just then, Uta cried out, "Luffy, watch out!"
While everyone was dealing with the Negative Ghost, Moria quietly approached Luffy from behind.Before he could react, Moria had already grabbed Luffy's shadow from the ground and cut it off with scissors.Luffy's mind went blank for a moment.By the time everyone reacted, Moria had already retreated, firmly holding onto Luffy's shadow and the unconscious Perona.Everyone rushed to Luffy's side, crying, "Luffy, Luffy, wake up!Don't scare me!" Uta pushed Luffy's body, her voice trembling with tears.Everyone's faces were grim, and they were also puzzled.Given Luffy's strength, there was no reason why he couldn't detect Moria's attack.Little did they know, the seemingly unconscious Luffy was currently communicating with the system: "Hey, system, what's wrong with you?Why are you making me obediently let Moria take my shadow?" "!" Luffy questioned, utterly bewildered as to why the system would allow Moria to steal his shadow.If it was for the Nightmare Form, Luffy felt it wasn't worth it, as he couldn't maintain that form for long anyway.The system retorted without backing down, "You dog host, don't forget, in the original story of this world, you once obtained a very powerful Nightmare Form!As long as you can absorb a full hundred shadows, this system naturally has a way to allow you to possess that form forever!" Hearing this, Luffy couldn't help but feel tempted.Who wouldn't want to gain even greater power?However, the feeling of having his shadow stolen was truly unpleasant.Luffy slowly woke up, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing him awake.But the thought of Luffy's shadow being stolen weighed heavily on their hearts, realizing the situation was extremely troublesome.Luffy's strength was undeniable; if Moria were to place his shadow into the body of some terrifyingly powerful creature, the consequences would be unimaginable.Everyone's expression turned solemn, and they silently prayed that this terrible thing wouldn't happen.However, reality is often cruel.They knew perfectly well that Moria was unpredictable and capable of anything crazy.At this moment, everyone could only silently pray that Moria wouldn't cause any trouble.Inside the castle, Moria, carrying Luffy's shadow, went to the room where Oars was kept.After somewhat disdainfully tossing Perona aside, Moria laughed maniacally and stuffed Luffy's shadow into Oars' body.As the shadow gradually disappeared into Oars' body, this demon, who had slept for hundreds of years, awoke.He exuded an astonishing aura, forcing Moria to retreat several steps."Hehehehe, Oars the Demon has finally awakened!The strongest body paired with the strongest shadow, Roger's treasure will finally belong to me!" Moria laughed maniacally.Meanwhile, in the forest, the Straw Hat crew was frantically stuffing all sorts of shadows into Luffy's body, making Luffy roll his eyes in excruciating pain."Straw Hat, please hang in there!If you want to defeat Moria, this is the only way to create monsters from your shadows!" Lola encouraged Luffy while giving him instructions.According to Lola, as long as a shadow is stuffed into the body, one can gain all the power of that shadow's owner.However, the prerequisite is that one's willpower must be extremely strong, otherwise it is easy to become mentally deranged.Soon, Lola had stuffed almost all one hundred shadows into Luffy's body.Looking at Luffy, who had undergone a complete transformation, Lola couldn't help but marvel at what kind of monster Luffy was, accepting one hundred shadows so easily.At this moment, Luffy slowly opened his eyes, feeling the powerful force emanating from his body, and his mind was filled with countless techniques that he had never used before."Detected that the host has successfully accepted one hundred shadows, unlocking Nightmare Form, which will be preserved for the host.Congratulations to the host for obtaining the permanent Nightmare Form!"