Arrival in Donghai
Seeing the pirate ship suddenly appear, the navy officers on the warship were stunned, their eyes widened.
"Isn't this the Sun Pirates!?"
"Why did they come here to stop us from attacking the redhead?"
"Could it be that the Red Hair Pirates and the Sun Pirates have joined forces?"
“Attack! Attack!”
......
On the deck of the Sun Pirates, fishmen such as Tiger, Jinbe and Aladdin were already ready for battle.
Tiger punched back the flying shells and shouted in a deep voice: "Merry! Now is the time to get to Red Hair."
Merry looked at the overwhelming bombardment and hesitated: "I can't do this."
"Stop talking nonsense! Let's go!"
Jinbei echoed loudly, "We'll hold off these navy forces. Leave now!"
Aaron said fiercely: "If you stay here, it will affect our ability to fight freely."
Aladdin said gently: "Don't worry, once you leave safely, we will escape immediately."
"Don't you know our abilities?"
"That's right, don't worry about us at all."
"Well, I'm leaving now." A touch of emotion flashed in Meili's eyes. She waved to everyone, "Everyone take care of yourselves!"
"Take care of yourself too!"
"Take care of yourself."
Merry jumped off the deck, dived into the sea, and swam towards the Redforth.
Amidst the roars, a half-human, half-octopus mermaid climbed onto the side of the ship.
When Lem Jones saw the octopus mermaid suddenly appear, he asked uncertainly, "Are you...Merry?"
"Hi! Lime Jones and everyone." Merry smiled and waved to his companions on the deck.
"Oh my God! Meli!" Uta rushed over like a gust of wind and hugged Meli tightly, "It's really you! Long time no see!"
Since Meli came on board four years ago, the two little ones have hardly been separated. This is the first time they have been suddenly separated for such a long time.
Meili was a little breathless in Wuta's embrace. She patted Wuta's back and comforted her: "It's me, I'm back."
"Welcome back!" Uta's voice was a little choked. "Everyone missed you."
"Hehe, I miss you all too."
The friends around were also very excited, and Meli's sudden appearance made them smile.
Beckman's eyes swept over the pirate ship facing the warship in the distance: "Could that ship behind be the Sun Pirates who have been so popular recently?"
"Yes, it was everyone from the Sun Pirates who brought me back." Merry let go of Uta and urged anxiously, "Now is not the time to reminisce. Tiger told us to run quickly. They will help hold off the navy."
"Okay, let's get rid of the warships behind us first, then we can celebrate!"
"Brothers, pay attention! Get ready to speed up and shake off those navy!"
"No problem, Merry came back just in time, and the wind direction is just right now."
"Let's go!"
Snake adjusted the sail slightly, and the Redforth began to pick up speed.
Shanks stood at the stern, waving in the direction of the Sun Pirates and shouting, "Tiger! And everyone in the Sun Pirates, thank you for your help!"
When Tiger heard Shanks' voice, his attack paused slightly, and a complex light flashed in his eyes. He did not respond and suddenly increased the speed of his attack.
Humans are so annoying! He just wants to repay the favor of being saved by Shanks and the others.
The fishmen of the Sun Pirates entangled the navy warship, and the Redfors took advantage of the chaos to quickly escape.
After escaping the navy's pursuit, the ship suddenly became lively.
Laqilu specially prepared a lot of delicious food, and everyone gathered in the restaurant for a banquet.
Uta handed the juice to Meli and asked curiously, "Meli, where have you been these past few months? How did you suddenly change from an octopus to what you are now?"
"Yeah, Merry, what happened to you? And what happened to Mary Joa?"
"Everyone was scared when we suddenly lost track of you at the fireworks festival. I hope nothing happened to you."
Everyone asked questions at once, staring at Meli intently.
"I think I was knocked unconscious by human traffickers while I was putting out a fire..."
"What! Damn human traffickers!" Shanks slammed the table, his face full of anger and fire in his eyes.
"Damn it! They're human traffickers!" Gulixia was so angry that she broke her chopsticks. She looked Meli up and down. "Are you hurt? Did those traffickers do anything excessive to you?"
"Did those traffickers take you to undergo some horrible transformation surgery?"
"No, no, I escaped when they weren't paying attention, and..."
Meli quickly shook her head and recounted in detail how she escaped from the human traffickers, how she met Tiger, and how she decided to follow Tiger to Fishman Island.
Although her voice was calm, it caused everyone to exclaim in surprise.
"I see! I never thought Merry is actually a mermaid."
"That's amazing! It was a very thrilling experience."
"It's really too dangerous!"
"I'm so glad you came back safely!"
"Cheers to our reunion!"
"cheers!"
Everyone raised their glasses, happily drinking, eating meat and chatting, and the restaurant was filled with laughter and cheers.
"On the night of the fireworks festival, you suddenly disappeared, and we were all worried sick..."
While eating the grilled fish, Uta told Meli in vivid detail about their experiences over the past few months.
When they discovered that Merry was missing, they searched the entire island of the fireworks festival upside down, but couldn't find even a trace of her.
Later, Shanks and his friends searched around the islands near the small island until they found the news that Mary Geoise had been attacked.
"We haven't found you after searching for so long. We thought...we thought you might..." Uta's voice was a little choked, and she didn't dare to continue talking about the terrible possibility.
Gulishati quickly changed the subject: "When we saw the wanted poster, Uta said that the octopus mermaid must be you."
Wuta was very confident: "Of course, I recognized it at first sight!"
"Hahahaha, I didn't expect it to be true."
At this point, everyone laughed, and there was relief and relief in their laughter.
Meili felt mixed emotions, and her eyes were a little moist: "Thank you all for trying so hard to find me."
"Silly boy, you're our partner. If you're missing, of course we'll go look for you! Later, knowing you were still alive, we felt relieved and continued our adventure."
Uta continued excitedly, "Let me tell you, we went to Elbaf, the Kingdom of Giants..."
After listening to Uta's adventure story, Merry discovered that Shanks seemed to have not yet gone to the East China Sea to meet Luffy. She couldn't help but feel moved: it seems that she hasn't missed it yet.
When did Shanks and Luffy meet?
Merry asked curiously, "Shanks, where are we going next?"
Shanks took a long sip of his drink and said casually, "Next, we're going to the East Sea."
"East China Sea?" Meli's eyes lit up instantly and his heart beat wildly.
East China Sea, isn’t that the hometown of her, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp and Nami!
Finally, I get to see you all!
"Really? When are we leaving for the East China Sea?"
"Huh? Why is Merry so happy?"
"Haha, don't worry, we are now on the route to the East China Sea."
"Great!" Merry grinned happily.
"It's such a happy moment, let's sing!"
Punji and Mengshida were playing instruments on the side. Uta put down the food in her hand, stood up and started singing.
"...Set sail towards the unknown end of the sea..."
During the time that Meli was away, Uta ate the Song-Song Fruit by coincidence. Her singing was already very beautiful, and now her singing has become even more contagious, easily touching the emotions of the listeners and making everyone forget the previous danger and fatigue.
The whole restaurant was filled with singing and laughter, and was very lively.
"Cheers to our adventure!"
"cheers!"
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East China Sea
The Redvers slowly passed a small island.
The island is covered with green trees. If you look closely, you can see dots of gold interwoven among the green.
There were rows of orange trees, and the trees were full of yellow, heavy fruits, like small lanterns, swaying in the wind.
The sea breeze blew towards me, and the salty and fishy smell seemed to bring the fragrance of oranges.
On the deck, Laqilu looked at the orange trees in the distance and rubbed his round belly. "We've just run out of the fresh fruits and vegetables on the ship. Let's go to the island to get some more oranges."
orange?
Merry stopped swinging the wooden sword, turned her head and looked at the familiar orange tree. She couldn't help feeling a little nostalgic: Nami had also planted three orange trees on the Merry before.
She suggested with some anticipation, "Rusang, why don't we buy two orange trees and plant them on the boat? Then we can eat fresh oranges anytime."
Shanks nodded in agreement, "Merry's a good idea!"
Beckman shook his head. "No, no one here knows how to take care of orange trees. If we don't take good care of them, the trees will die."
Lem Jones: "Taking care of an orange tree shouldn't be difficult."
"Not difficult? Do you dare to say this to those philodendrons that you killed? And the Lycoris radiata and Carnation that you killed..."
"Oh, that's enough, stop counting, I won't plant anymore." Lime Jones waved his hands quickly.
"Hahahaha~" A burst of laughter suddenly broke out on the deck.
"What are you laughing at? Can you take care of the orange tree?"
"If we don't understand, we won't raise them. Unlike you, you've killed one tree after another and still have no idea about yourself."
"......." Lime Jones covered his face in embarrassment.
"Hahaha, let's go to the island and buy some oranges."
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