Pluto Rayleigh: Happy birthday, Luffy!

Merry blinked, but there was still confusion in her clear eyes.

It struggled to digest this sudden information, its little head tilted to one side, its voice tinged with childish seriousness: "So, what does the Deep Sea God need to do? Protect the ocean?"

"We only know that your existence embodies the will of the deep sea. As for other matters, we are not very clear. But the sea is free and vast. The answer may lie within it, waiting for your Highness to explore."

Meili thought for a moment and nodded seriously: "Well, okay, if you need me, I will do my best to help."

A smaller sea king swam over, holding a few pieces of emerald green seaweed in its mouth and placed them in front of Meli.

"These seaweeds have healing properties, Your Highness. Let us apply the medicine to you."

"Okay, thank you for your help."

But when the sea kings started to attack, their claws were too huge and they couldn't control the strength if they were not careful, which caused Merry to be injured even more.

Feeling the pain, Meli quickly moved away.

Merry also realized that the size disparity between the two was too great. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Let me do it myself."

"I'm sorry, we can't help you. This seaweed will work if you eat it, and if you apply it externally, the wound will heal faster."

"I see. Thank you very much."

After thanking him, Meli grabbed a piece of seaweed and started eating it.

The seaweed tasted surprisingly good, so Meli simply ate it as a meal. After eating until his belly was full, he ground another piece of seaweed into a paste and applied it to the wound.

Because of too many wounds, the pink little octopus was directly painted into an emerald green octopus.

After applying the medicine to the wound, Meli looked at the sea king in front of him who was staring at him quietly, feeling a little worried.

"Is there anything else you need? If nothing else requires me, I'd like to go to the human island."

"We are fine, but His Highness is injured. Please let us escort His Highness."

"Will this be too much trouble for you?"

"It is our honor to serve His Highness."

"In that case, let's go!"

Merry took out the life card, confirmed the direction of travel, and set off towards the Sabaody Archipelago again.

Along the way, thanks to the escort of the sea kings, Meli did not encounter any accidents or dangers.

The sea kings gradually approached the Sabaody Archipelago, and their powerful aura finally alarmed the navy patrolling the surrounding waters.

"Report, a large sea king has been spotted near Island 52."

"Why did the sea kings suddenly come here?"

The unique geographical environment and natural resin bubbles of the Sabaody Archipelago can block the approach of sea kings to a certain extent, making it one of the favorite entertainment venues of the Celestial Dragons.

"Could it be that they were sent by Fishman Island? I heard that the Four Emperors Whitebeard and Neptune are on good terms, and Fishman Island is now under Whitebeard's name."

"Impossible. Neptune of Fishman Island can't command Sea Kings."

"No matter what, send warships immediately to drive them away. We can't let them get any closer to the Sabaody Archipelago."

Several warships quickly sailed towards the sea kings, with their guns pointed in their direction, and shells flew towards them like raindrops.

This ordinary artillery fire is nothing more than insignificant harassment to the sea kings.

The sea kings casually flicked their tails and easily avoided the cannonballs.

As the tail swung, the surrounding sea water was stirred into turbulent waves, and huge waves rolled and continuously hit the hull of the warship.

The warship was tossing and turning violently in the raging waves, and it seemed like it might be overturned at any time.

The navy soldiers nervously grasped the side of the ship, terrified. At this moment, a hat-wearing vice admiral on the deck of one of the warships suddenly swung his arms and threw a huge magma lava fist into the air.

The lava burned in the air, emitting dazzling flames. More and more lava fists shot into the air one after another, and then fell from the sky like a meteor shower, heading straight for the location of the sea kings.

The sea kings roared and avoided the lava meteor bombs falling from the sky in time.

However, these magma meteor bombs fell into the sea, instantly causing a violent water vapor explosion.

White water vapor rose into the sky like a mushroom cloud, and the temperature of the sea water rose sharply in an instant.

The surrounding sea was shrouded in a blanket of hot vapor.

The sea kings immediately took Merry down into the deep sea, narrowly avoiding the danger of being cooked by boiling water.

Merry's face showed a mixture of gratitude and worry. "Thank you all for escorting me here, but the road ahead is too dangerous. Why don't we separate here?"

Sea King: "Don't worry, Your Highness. This attack poses no threat to us. We will escort you to the island safely."

Meli felt the gradually rising temperature of the sea water, and his intuition told him that it would become very dangerous to continue forward.

It shook its head and said firmly, "I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me. Besides, if it causes too much of a commotion here, I'm worried it will affect my next move."

The leading Sea King reluctantly agreed, "Alright, Your Highness, everything is up to you. We'll attract the navy's attention, and Your Highness, take this opportunity to land on the island."

"Well! Thank you all so much again! Bye!"

Merry bowed deeply to the sea kings, hugged his pearl bag tightly, and suddenly accelerated, swimming towards the Sabaody Archipelago.

The concerned voice of the Sea King came from behind: "Your Highness, if you encounter danger, please call us in your heart, and we will come immediately!"

Merry turned around and waved his tentacle: "I know. Goodbye!"

Looking at Merry's receding figure, the sea kings suddenly roared in unison, began to swing their tails violently, and came under the warship.

Under the control of the sea kings, the sea water gradually gathered into huge whirlpools, sucking the warships into them.

The warship swayed in the whirlpool and then capsized. The sailors on the ship fell into the water one by one, and the boiling hot water instantly scalded the soldiers who fell into the water.

Screams of pain were heard everywhere and the sea was in chaos.

"Sakaski, look at what you've done!"

“There are always sacrifices on the road to success.”

While the navy's attention was completely focused on the sea kings, Merry used the octopus's mimicry talent to blend into the surrounding environment, like a chameleon, hiding his figure.

It turned into a small transparent octopus and silently passed through the chaotic sea, approaching the Sabaody Archipelago.

A huge shipyard and coating factory stand on the island, and the tree trunks here are marked with the word '51'.

There are many ships docked in the spacious dock, including various pirate ships and majestic and stern naval vessels.

Some ships are in pieces and shipbuilders are assembling them. Some ships are being repaired by shipbuilders with sparks flying everywhere. Some ships are quietly waiting for repair or modification.

The entire shipyard was bustling with activity, various sounds intertwined, and the scene was grand, busy and orderly.

This time we are really going ashore!

Meli's heartbeat involuntarily quickened.

It carefully climbed up from the corner of the dock, its transparent camouflage body almost invisible.

The transparent little octopus quietly passed by a pirate ship that was waiting for repairs. It saw that the body of the ship was covered with traces of past battles, and a trace of loneliness flashed in its eyes.

Those scars are the beautiful memories of adventures and fighting side by side with friends!

However, Meli soon cheered up. The octopus was in good health now. It could travel freely in the vast ocean and step onto land to experience all kinds of new things.

As long as we find Luffy and the others on the island, we can continue our adventure with everyone.

The little octopus used its tentacles as legs and continued to wriggle forward.

The transparent body was completely invisible in the crowd, and no one noticed that a small octopus was passing by.

Meli avoided the crowd and the debris on the ground, moved forward flexibly, and came to a relatively quiet and deserted corner.

It breathed a sigh of relief, stopped and wanted to rest, when suddenly a slightly hoarse voice came from behind it.

"Hey! Little guy."

Merry's body suddenly stiffened, his heart pounding. No, don't be afraid, this voice might not be calling me. It had already used perfect mimicry, so logically, no one should be able to detect its presence.

It calmed down, mustered up its courage, and continued to crawl forward.

Two long legs appeared in front of the octopus, blocking its path.

The voice sounded again: "Little octopus, why don't you stay in the sea? Where do you want to go?"

White teeth!

Discovered!

Meli's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and his round eyes rolled wildly.

What should I do? What should I do? What should I do?

The man in front of him squatted down, stretched out a finger and poked Meli's head.

It felt soft, like a ball of jelly, and he couldn't help but poke it a few more times.

The voice was filled with a gentle smile: "Little octopus, can't you speak?"

Although his head was constantly being poked, Meli could feel that the force was very light and the person in front of him had no ill intentions.

It raised its head stiffly and saw a pair of gentle eyes.

He was an old man in work clothes, with silver hair and a scar on his right eye, but he looked particularly elegant with a pair of round glasses on.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person."

But bad guys will never admit that they are bad guys.

The person in front of him had a strong aura, and Meli could only complain a little in his heart and did not dare to resist.

The little octopus's body was soft and chewy, and felt particularly chewy. Rayleigh poked it a few times but didn't feel satisfied enough, so he couldn't help but gently rub the octopus's head.

Meli was a little dazed by his rubbing, and spoke in a very low voice: "Um...why can you see me?"

Rayleigh's hand stopped: "So you can talk."