Save Merry

Wherever the sound waves passed, the water droplets were shattered, but they condensed more tightly in the next moment.

[My king, please return~~ Let the world know your name~~ Let everyone see where you are~~]

The low humming sound waves poured directly into the depths of his consciousness, forming a huge vortex that swept Meli into rolling.

[Using the tide as a blade~~ and the waves as a shield~~ to rule this sea~~]

......

Amidst the behemoth's calls, Meli could faintly hear another voice. The complicated and entangled conversation penetrated the abyss and reached the depths of his soul.

"Compared to the lives of everyone in the world, that woman, Robin, chose the lives of a few of you."

"Great, so Robin didn't betray us after all!"

It's Nami's voice!

Meli raised his head suddenly, and billions of water droplets trembled at the same time.

"Luffy! Robin is about to be taken away, why are you still dawdling there!"

"Let's go! Go get Robin back!"

"Ah, what about Merry?"

"Uncle Iceberg, we're leaving our friend Merry in your care!"

......

The voices of his companions echoed in the deepest part of his consciousness. Meli struggled to break free from the restraints on his body and swam towards where his companions were.

What God of the Deep Sea?

I'm Merry! I'm the Straw Hat Pirates' ship, the Merry!

What rules the sea?

I have no interest in these things!

I want to wake up! I want to go to my friends!

Robin, Nami, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, and Chopper.

At the end of the abyss are the figures of my friends, everyone is waiting for me!

Merry's consciousness turned into a pink lightning and rushed up against the vortex.

"Once again~ I want to sail again~"

"What am I doing?" Uncle Iceberg put away his hammer and looked at the newly repaired Merry in a daze. "It's clearly a hopeless ship."

The next moment, a very soft voice sounded next to his ear: "Thank you."

The iceberg looked back in surprise and saw that the battered ship had already slid away from the water city with the waves.

......

After another burst of rupture and reunion, Meli opened his eyes in a daze.

Deep in the consciousness, it seems that something extraordinary is awakening.

She sat up suddenly, and the memory of the burn eighteen years ago flooded back into her mind.

The Merry can no longer sail, Usopp and Luffy duel, Robin is taken to Judicial Island by CP9...

"Robin!" Merry jumped out of bed and rushed to the door.

A boatman from the Carrera Company was sitting at the door and quickly called her.

"Wait, your partner is not in the Water City right now."

"I know." Merry looked at the surging waves outside the window, and then realized that everyone should have gone to Judicial Island to rescue Robin by now.

She kept running towards the embankment: "I want to go too!"

The boatman caught up and kindly advised: "No! You just woke up and your body hasn't recovered yet. Besides, this year's tsunami is more severe than in previous years. The boat can't cross such a tsunami..."

"Yes! Our ship is still there, the Merry is OK!"

"That shabby little ship?"

Merry suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked back with a frighteningly bright look in his eyes: "Please don't underestimate the Merry!"

The boatman was stunned for a moment, then explained: "That's not what I meant. I meant that the ship had already set sail. In fact, we are also preparing to sail. You can wait for us..."

Before the other party finished speaking, Meili couldn't wait any longer. She ran to the shore quickly, thanking them as she ran, "Thank you all for your care. I'll go first."

"Hello! Hello~~"

The boatman's anxious shouts continued, but Meli had already jumped and jumped resolutely into the surging waves.

The cold sea water instantly enveloped her, and the waves were even more violent and violent than what appeared on the surface.

Merry was soon disoriented by the turbulence, his eardrums buzzing.

......

There was continuous gunfire on the Tower Bridge of Judicial Island.

"It's here to save us!" Usopp looked at the turbulent sea and couldn't help but burst into tears, "Don't we still have a partner?"

"Come back, everyone." A gentle, wet cry with the echo of the waves echoed in the hearts of the Straw Hat Pirates at the same time.

"Merry! It's Mary!!!"

【Let’s return to that sea of ​​adventure together. 】

A wrecked sailboat slowly emerged.

【Everyone, I'm here to pick you up. 】

......

The small dhow successfully escaped from the blockade of warships.

The wind and waves gradually subsided, and Luffy lay on the bow of the ship as usual, laughing.

"Merry! It's you. Thanks to you, we were able to escape."

There was a glint of light in the sheep's head's eyes. It was a relief to be able to catch up in time.

Not far away, the large ship of Carrera Company slowly approached the Merry.

The icebergs of the Water City and the numerous boatmen crowded on the big ship cheered enthusiastically.

"Straw Hat Boy! You guys are still alive!"

"I'm so glad you're all okay."

"Mr. Iceberg, is Merry still awake?" Nami glanced across the deck of the large ship opposite, but did not see Merry. She couldn't help but feel a little worried. "You left her alone in the Water City. Will anything happen to her?"

The cheers from the other side stopped.

"Didn't Merry come after you a long time ago?"

Nami was stunned for a moment before explaining, "No, I was talking about the mermaid Merry, not our ship, the Merry."

"Whether it's the mermaids or the boats, they set out earlier than us."

Nami couldn't help but frowned: "But we didn't see Merry on the way here."

Everyone looked at each other, but before they could say anything, an ominous crisp sound gradually spread.

CRACK!!!

The Merry could no longer hold on, and the hull, having reached its limit, broke into two pieces.

Meli, who was in the distance, stopped marching and quickly floated to the surface of the sea. He looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky with a look of surprise and confusion on his face.

Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her chest, and she felt uneasy. She immediately swung her tail and accelerated. Her whole body turned into a pink arrow, rushing through the waves and exploding a circle of white waterfalls on the water surface.

The fire on the Merry burned more and more fiercely, causing everyone's shadow to flicker.

Just as the flames were about to engulf the sheep's head, a voice came from somewhere.

"sorry......"

The sound was not loud, but it clearly penetrated everyone's eardrum.

"I originally wanted to take everyone...to a farther place..."

It's Mary!

Luffy, Chopper, Usopp, Nami and others could no longer hold back and burst into tears in an instant.

As the flames continued to rise, all sorts of memories flashed through everyone's mind, breaking everyone's heart.

Just as the shadow of the ship was about to burn out, the sea surface was torn apart with a loud noise.

A pink figure broke through the waves, and Merry finally arrived.

She stared at the flames, a strange and ancient voice echoing in her mind.

Boom, boom, boom——

Merry could feel that the soul of the Merry was slowly falling to the bottom of the sea.

etc!

She couldn't help but stretch out her hand, and when her fingertips touched the burning flame, she felt a stinging pain.

At that moment, the pain finally opened the door to memory.

The deep sea throne, the giant blue egg, countless kneeling phantoms...

A whisper in the dream suddenly exploded in my mind.

She seemed to have awakened to something extraordinary in her sleep.

Meli didn't have time to think about it, her instinct drove her to dive into the sea again.

The pink figure disappeared on the sea, and Nami screamed and rushed to the side of the ship: "Merry!?"

"Let her go." Sanji squatted down and stretched out his arm to stop the excited Nami. The firelight reflected his red eyes. "Usually, Merry and Usopp are the ones who care the most about the Merry."

"She's so sad. Let her calm down at the bottom of the sea alone."

“Wuwuwuwu…”

Above the sea, ashes like snow were still falling.

Beneath the sea, the darkness was reflected by the fire into a turbid orange-red.

The further down you go, the dimmer the light becomes.

Finally, at the intersection of darkness and orange light, Meli caught up with the ball of light.

A small, transparent ball of light is slowly sinking into the deep sea and may go out at any time.

That was the soul of the ship spirit that only she could see.

Meli's heart tightened, and he chased after it, extending his tentacles and carefully embracing the ball of light in his arms.

The small ball of light trembled slightly, like a frightened cub, and then seemed to sense something and sank into the soft embrace with peace of mind.

In an instant, the darkness on the seabed suddenly lit up with tiny blue lights.

Meli could hear his own heartbeat gradually coinciding with that of the small ball of light.

Boom——

It's still alive! It can be saved!

Looking at the small ball of light in his hand, Meli's eyes exploded with surprise.

The rescue was urgent, and Meli had no time to go back and explain to her companions. She held the ball of light and swam quickly to the sea where Dr. Surina was, while taking out the sound shell.

"Luffy, Nami, Robin, and everyone, I'm going to be away for a bit now. Please keep going, I'll catch up with you soon."

After recording the message, Merry wrapped the Sound Shell around the back of a passing turtle and said, "Please, help me deliver the Sound Shell to the Straw Hat Pirates."

The image of the Straw Hat Pirates entered the turtle's mind. It nodded as if it understood and swam towards the surface of the sea.

Meli turned and swam towards the sea where Su Rina was, and summoned a sea king for help. The swimming speed reached a thousand miles in an instant.

The ball of light in Meili's arms was beating slightly, and its vitality was getting weaker and weaker.

The huge figure broke through the waves and reached its destination at lightning speed.

"Meli?" Su Rina looked surprised. "Why are you here?"

"Doctor, is your research almost successful?" Meli didn't bother with small talk or explanations. Her voice was urgent. "Can you let me see your results?"

It was rare for Su Rina to see Meli so anxious, so she took her into the laboratory without saying a word.

The two mermaids came to the incubation chamber, where a string of octopus egg sacs were hanging, stacked like grapes, and the surface emitted a faint phosphorescence.

"In theory, the experiment has been basically successful." Su Rina raised her tentacles and controlled the panel of the incubator. "But in reality, they are still just empty shells, without souls..."

"Now I have it!" Meli spread out his palm, and a small ball of light the size of his little finger gradually appeared in the palm of his hand.

"Is this possible?" Su Rina's pupils shrank.

"We have to give it a try whether it works or not."

Without any hesitation, Meli brought the ship elf's soul light ball close to the octopus egg sac.

The next second, she closed her eyes and uttered a melody from her throat that was unfamiliar even to herself.

The slow, long, ancient song of the ocean sounded, stirring up waves in the surrounding water.

A faint blue fluorescence gushed out from Merry's heart and gathered at his fingertips, gently covering the soul of the ship elf.

The ball of light was wrapped up, becoming brighter and brighter, and gradually merged into the octopus egg sac in the center.

Boom——

The embryo inside the egg sac began to beat, and tiny ripples appeared in the culture fluid.

Su Rina quickly pressed the control key, and several soft tentacles extended from the inner wall of the culture chamber, imitating the action of an octopus holding eggs, stroking the egg sac again and again.

Boom——

The entire string of octopus egg sacs lit up at the same time, then quickly dimmed, leaving only the one in the center still shining brightly.

The echo of the singing gradually faded, and Meli collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

Success!

The ball of light in the egg sac flickered regularly.

"It's truly amazing!" Su Rina stared at the octopus egg sac in the culture medium, her eyes filled with wonder. "Merry, how on earth did you do that? And who was that little ball of light just now?"

Eh?

Merry opened his mouth and was about to answer, but his eyes suddenly widened.

It was not until this moment that she suddenly reacted.

It turns out that the person who placed the ship spirit of Merry into the octopus eggs so that she could be reincarnated was actually me at this moment?