Ace goes to sea
Merry suppressed the urge to vomit, retracted his tentacles, and hurriedly left this strange room.
After some searching, Meli finally found the control room of the entire building.
There were too many high-tech-looking buttons on the instruments here. Meli couldn't understand them and didn't know how to operate them to stop the sonic attacks.
But it doesn't matter. Meli knows that as long as all the lights on these instruments are turned off, there will be absolutely no problem.
Just do it.
Merry gathered the seawater stored in his body to the tips of his tentacles, and several tentacles rose up at the same time.
"hiss--"
Several water arrows shot accurately into the gaps of these instruments, and the water vapor spread along the circuit boards, extinguishing the light one by one wherever it passed.
“Sizzle—sizzle—”
The machine was flooded with water and was making a hissing sound and sparks.
The people in the laboratory shouted in panic.
"What's going on? Who touched my console?"
"Oh my god! The neural bridging rate has dropped to 56%, and my brain waves are disordered..."
"Quick! Initiate emergency treatment!"
"Bang——" Sparks flashed from the machines one after another.
"Why is the power out?!"
"Oh no! It's the main control room!"
"Beep beep—warning—"
"boom--"
After a loud roar, the last machine was blown up, and the lights in the entire building went out, plunging into darkness.
At the same time, curses, screams, and footsteps were heard, and everyone fell into chaos.
The sea kings dozens of kilometers away also received the signal from Meli and immediately swam towards the island at lightning speed.
The huge tail fin slapped the sea surface, causing the sea water to surge violently, forming a huge wave hundreds of meters high that rushed towards the island.
"boom--"
The reefs around the island were instantly shattered by the huge waves and swept into the surging waves.
The huge waves continued to spread, the sonic tower soon broke, and the semi-arched building was also submerged.
"It's a tsunami! Why is there a tsunami?"
"Damn it! It's those sea kings! They're coming again."
"I told you it was too risky to use the genes of a sea king!"
"What's the point of regretting now? Hurry up and get on the submarine! Retreat!"
"But those experimental data..."
"It's already late, run!"
The semicircular building was submerged by the waves, and the rubble hit the outer wall with a bang.
The silver-gray metal exterior gradually deformed, and the building was shaking violently.
A lot of sea water invaded from the hidden ventilation holes, filling up the room little by little.
In the simulated oceanarium located under the building, the imprisoned sea king cubs sensed the signals coming from outside, excitedly slapped the water waves, and made calls of the same frequency.
Your Highness~
[Mom~]
I'm here~
Meli sensed the information from the sea king cubs, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he immediately went to where the cubs were.
【Here I come~】
"Bang—Ka-la—Ka-la—"
Under the continuous attack of the tsunami, the semi-arched building slowly shattered like an eggshell and completely collapsed.
The sea water filled the interior completely, and the cylindrical tank exploded, sweeping away the struggling experimental subjects, and the human screams were instantly extinguished.
The island sank bit by bit in the huge waves.
Meli escaped from the cage with the sea king cubs and reunited with Milo and other sea kings.
The huge figure protected Merry and the cubs, slowly sinking and migrating to the deep sea.
The island gradually disappeared on the sea surface, the wreckage of the buildings rolled with the waves, and was soon swallowed by the whirlpool.
The surroundings became increasingly quiet and dark.
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In the midsummer of that year, three little boys drank sworn brotherhood wine on Mount Korpo.
But then, a fire broke out at the Uncertainty Terminal.
Sabo was taken back to the Kingdom of Goa, but never returned.
Of the three brothers, only two were left. The eldest brother, who was hot-tempered and arrogant, began to learn etiquette, and was determined to take on the gentlemanly manners of his younger brother as well.
Spring goes and autumn comes, and the seasons change from cold to hot.
Uncle Logan from Windmill Village got a new, bigger fishing boat, the village chief Schlap's hair and beard have turned white, but Makino's tavern hasn't changed much.
Time passed by in a flash, and before we knew it, it was the year 1517 in the Hai calendar.
Seventeen-year-old Ace stood on the boat and smiled confidently: "I'm going out to sea first. Just wait, I'll be famous all over the world soon."
Luffy grinned widely, "Well, come on, Ace. I'll be even stronger when I go out to sea in three years."
Makino warned with concern: "Ace, take care of yourself!"
Ace bid farewell to Windmill Village and started his adventure alone.
Unfortunately, the ocean is full of unknown uncertainties.
Ace soon encountered a shipwreck, his boat was broken by the waves, and he was washed up on an uninhabited desert island.
It was a blessing in disguise, as on this deserted island, Ace met Deus, who was also in distress.
So, in order to go out to sea, the two people who shared the same suffering decided to work together to build a ship.
After experiencing hunger, misunderstandings and shipbuilding failures, Ace and Deus gradually became closer, and they accidentally ate the Flame-Flame Fruit.
"Oh wow! This looks like a devil fruit. Flame seems to be very useful. Fire Fist!"
In this way, Ace and Deuce boarded the small Charger, formed the Spade Pirates, and went on adventures at sea together.
......
On the calm sea, a large piece of ice float slowly floated over, with a strange outline.
Ai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked expectant: "It seems that there is something good frozen in there."
A piece of ice floats on the sea in the middle of summer?
Deuce felt uneasy and stopped him, saying, "Don't pick up things carelessly. Our Charger won't have enough space."
Ace had already driven the boat and accelerated towards the ice floe.
"There might be some treasure hidden in here."
As we got closer, we could see more clearly that there was indeed something hidden under the ice.
A ball of fire rose from Ace's palm, and the flames approached the ice.
"Sizzle--" The white mist exploded and the flames quickly went out, but the ice floe did not change at all.
"Huh?" Ace frowned and started to fight with the ice in disbelief.
Both of the boy's palms were burning with flames, which kept falling on the ice.
After Zeus's dissuasion failed, he had no choice but to let him go.
The sun yawned and gradually set, and the sky turned orange and red.
Many beads of sweat rolled down Ace's body, and his arms were shaking slightly due to the frequent use of his abilities.
Deuce handed over a glass of water: "Rehydrate."
Ace gulped down the drink, wiped the water droplets from the corner of his mouth, and continued the human-shaped flame grilling mode.
The floating ice finally began to drip water, gradually forming a stream.
After the sun rose again, the surface of the ice finally melted completely, revealing the outline of the object wrapped in the ice.
No, it shouldn't be called an object.
The shape was clearly that of a person, a human girl with the upper body and an octopus mermaid with octopus tentacles in the lower body.
“???”
Ace's joy at successfully melting the ice suddenly disappeared.
Where is the treasure you promised?
All the ice shells completely melted and shattered, and the fine ice crystals fell down, and the figures inside also fell with them.
The first thing to hit the deck was eight soft octopus tentacles, and then the human's upper body fell into Ace's subconsciously open arms.
Ace felt as if a cold cloud had crashed into his arms. He lowered his head and stared blankly at the figure in his arms.
The girl looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old, with diamond-like icy flowers hanging on her eyelashes. Her long hair, a gradient of pink and gold, was wetly entangled in Ace's arm, and cold water droplets slid down his arm.
Her skin had been frozen for too long, giving it an almost transparent pink color. The most eye-catching thing was her pair of azure blue eyes. The moment they opened, they seemed to be filled with stars and the sea, so blue that it was breathtaking.
"Huh!??" Ace's mood went from surprise to shock, and then to who I am and where I am, all in just one second.
Meli slowly opened her eyes, finally freed from the ice, but all she could see was a foggy scene. The only thing she could make out was the "fire source" that was very close to her and was continuously emitting heat.
Hungry!
So hungry!
Meli felt like she hadn't eaten for a long time. She was so hungry that she had no strength left and collapsed into Ace's arms.
She instinctively followed the source of heat and buried her face in the crook of Ace's neck, a very soft sound leaving her mouth.
"......e......"
"Hey! You, you..." Ace was petrified instantly, as stiff as if he was holding a hot potato, not daring to move at all. "Deuce, what should I do?"
Deuce walked over slowly. "I told you not to pick up things randomly, but you wouldn't listen."
"Why are you talking about this now? Come and help!"
"Put her on the deck first and lie down."
"Oh, oh!" Ace squatted down in panic, but he couldn't control his strength well.
Bang—Meli felt a pain at the back of her head. The dazzling sunlight made her squint her eyes. The ice crystals on her eyelashes were shaken off, and her foggy vision became much clearer.
Meli wanted to move, but found that her body was limp and her breathing was weak. Only her eyes could move. Her throat seemed to be blocked and she could only make some sounds.
"......e......"
Deuce placed a finger on the side of Merry's neck. His pulse felt very weak beneath his fingertips. "She's still alive, but she feels like she's dying."
It took Ace a whole day and night to successfully thaw the person inside. Naturally, he felt a little unwilling: "What? What should we do? Throw her away?"
Although he said he was going to throw it away, his body honestly took a step forward and used his body to block the direct sunlight for Meli.
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