Heading towards the straw hat
"Is it true?"
Upon hearing the news, Meli's eyes widened instantly, and he was completely unable to suppress his inner excitement. The strength of his tentacle massage involuntarily increased a bit.
"Ouch," Liyun cried out softly, twisting his body in pain. He rubbed the painful spot and said angrily, "Are you trying to break my bones by hammering so hard?"
Merry apologized quickly, and the force of his tentacles became gentler: "Ah. Smithmasai, Smithmasai."
Li Yun shook his head: "Alright, alright. I don't need your massage. Let Aqiang tell you what happens next."
Tuo Qiang said slowly: "Merry, the Straw Hat Pirates you are looking for have a pirate captain wearing a straw hat, a curly-haired sniper, and pet crew members..."
It tried hard to recall the details of the news it had previously given, and continued, "Um... and the one wearing a green turban..."
Tanuki nodded affirmatively, "All the characteristics you mentioned match up. So, the ones our companions saw this time must be the Straw Hat Pirates you're looking for!"
"That's great!" Meli's eyes widened and widened, and when she heard the last sentence, all her tentacles danced with excitement.
Finally, I found news about my friends!
Liyun couldn't help but swim away from the dancing Meli: Fortunately, he refused Meli's massage just now, otherwise he would definitely be hurt by it.
"The information this time is very reliable. Some of our friends even managed to get their crew members' life cards."
Liyun took out a life card from the scales on Tuoqiang's body and handed it to Meli.
"Oh my god! You guys are amazing! Thank you so much!"
Meli took the life card and excitedly spun around in the water, affecting the surrounding water flow and causing it to start shaking.
Surina extended her tentacles and rolled up the excited Meli: "Now that we have found their clues, what are you going to do next?"
"I..." The excited Meli calmed down all of a sudden. He looked at Su Rina, with a trace of confusion and reluctance in his eyes.
In the past two years, it has been longing to reunite with its companions, and now it has finally found their trace. However, in the past two years, Surina not only taught it the skills of survival and fighting, but also took good care of it.
Meli was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do.
"My love for you these past two years has not been in vain." Su Rina saw Meli's embarrassment, she rolled the little octopus in front of her and gently stroked her cheek.
His wise eyes were full of tenderness and understanding: "Go if you want to, Meli, go find your friends. I will always be here, you can come back to see me anytime if you miss me."
"Dr. Surina." Meli stretched out his tentacles and hugged Surina's tentacles back, his voice choked. "I will miss you."
Li Yun watched from the side and couldn't help but curl her lips: "Why are you guys making it seem like we're parting forever? It's not like you'll never come back."
Tuo Qiang smiled innocently: "Yes, I finally found news about little friend Meli. This is good news."
Su Rina laughed heartily. "It's indeed a happy occasion. In that case, let's celebrate it tonight and practice it for Meli!"
Merry was also amused by their words: "Well, that's a good thing. I'll go catch some big lobsters for everyone to have as an extra dish tonight."
Mia next to him also said, "I'll go pick some delicious seaweed."
"I can also help pick up some scallops."
......
After a busy afternoon, everyone returned to the ruins with a lot of harvest.
All the delicacies were piled on a huge reef, and marine creatures such as Meli were sitting around the reef.
Su Rina took the lead in rolling up a lobster and smiled: "Come on, let the party begin!"
Everyone held different foods and touched them together: "Good luck!"
"I wish Merry a safe journey and all the best."
"I hope Merry can reunite with his friends soon."
"Blessings to Merry~~~"
......
When the sun rose again, Merry carried a small shell bag containing the life card and the conch, and set out again on the journey to find the Straw Hat Pirates.
Mia did not leave with them. She said she wanted to stay with Dr. Surina and learn more.
Phil originally wanted to accompany Meli on an adventure, but unexpectedly, at the banquet the night before, he was too excited and accidentally broke his pectoral fin. Unfortunately, he had to stay and recuperate.
In the end, only Merry, the octopus, set out.
It passed through coral reefs, and schools of colorful fish swam past it.
Meli did not stay, but swam forward in the direction indicated by the life card.
A huge moray eel suddenly jumped out from behind the coral reef, and the surrounding fish fled in all directions.
Meli stopped moving forward, and his two tentacles danced, rolling up streams of water and spraying them towards the conger eel.
The conger eel felt pain from the strong water column, twisted its body flexibly, turned around and ran away quickly.
Merry smiled triumphantly, touched his head with his tentacles, and encouraged himself: "Hehe, even the moray eel is afraid of me! I really am a powerful little octopus!"
"I am a powerful little octopus, little octopus~~~"
——
The golden beam of light penetrates the sea water, illuminating the tranquil underwater world.
Merry woke up in the reef cave, stretched out his tentacles, and prepared to continue his journey.
The tentacles touched the side of the body, but did not touch the familiar shell bag.
Isn't it on the left?
Confused, Meli stretched out his tentacles to feel the other side, but still couldn't find the shell bag.
Eh???
The round little face was visibly panicked. Meli anxiously searched everywhere in the reef cave, carefully checking every corner, but still could not find any trace of the shoulder bag.
How come the shell bag disappeared!!!
A panicked octopus came out of a hole in the reef, and frantically shuttled around the reef, searching frantically.
No.
No.
No.
No matter how hard I looked, the small bag seemed to have vanished out of thin air, leaving no trace.
The pink octopus's face turned pale and it was extremely panicked: without the life card in the shell bag, where could it find Luffy and the others!
No, it has to get the life card back quickly!
Merry extended his tentacles, one of which wrapped around a passing fish.
The fish struggled desperately: "Help! Help..."
"Excuse me," Merry spread out his other two tentacles and eagerly gestured to measure the size of the bag. "Have you ever seen a small shell bag? It's about this size..."
"No, I didn't see it!" The fish's voice was both frightened and uneasy.
"Oh, okay, thank you." Merry let go of the tentacles in disappointment, and the fish quickly fled away.
Meli didn't bother to apologize and continued to swim near the reef, using his tentacles to grab every fish, shrimp, crab, and even the slow-moving sea cucumber that passed by.
"Hello, have you ever seen a small shell bag..."
By the end of the questioning, almost all the marine creatures nearby knew that there was an octopus here that was crazy about catching fish but very polite.
"Hello, do you have..." Meli's voice was a little hoarse, and his eyes showed fatigue and disappointment.
It has asked countless fish, but still has no clue.
"I know."
"Okay, thank you." Merry reflexively released the tentacles and swam away in frustration.
After a long while, it suddenly reacted.
"etc!"
With a whoosh, a pink whirlwind returned to the seahorse, its eyes excited: "Did you just say that you know?"
Kaiba: "Yes. I saw it."
"Great!" Meili excitedly sprayed water into the air and continued to ask, "Where did you see it?"
"I saw a Domon penguin passing by here. They love collecting these shells to decorate their nests. The pearl bag you lost might have been taken by it."
"Domon penguin? Where is it? Which direction did it swim?" Meli asked three questions impatiently.
The seahorse pointed with its tail and said, "It swam in that direction. That direction is the Ice Channel, where the Domon penguins live."
"Hyokaido?"
Merry frowned. He had never been to this place before. "I don't know the way to the Ice Sea Road. Could you please help me show me the way?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed in the seahorse's eyes, as if hesitating: "But, I swim very slowly..."
"It doesn't matter. Just point out the direction. I can swim with you and won't make you too tired."
Merry said, and before the seahorse could react, its tentacles had already wrapped around the seahorse's body again.
"Let's set off quickly!" The little octopus swam hurriedly in the direction the seahorse had just pointed.
The seahorse was entangled by the tentacles and could not struggle at all, and could only rise and fall with the waves.
It didn't seem panicked, and its voice remained gentle and calm: "Okay, you have to be careful. I heard that the current in the Ice Sea Road is very strong, and there are many icebergs."
"I see. Thank you, what's your name?" Merry adjusted the seahorse's position to make sure it wouldn't be uncomfortable.
"My name is Katie, what's yours?"
"Kadi, nice to meet you, my name is Mellie."
......
The pink whirlwind swept the little seahorse, chatting while constantly increasing its speed.
The further we went, the colder the sea water became, and the refracted sunlight became very thin, almost non-existent.
From time to time, there are ice floes of various sizes in the ocean currents, and Meli must be very careful to avoid them.
Katie shuddered and stopped Mellie: "Mellie, wait a minute."
Meili paused, her voice trembling a little: "What, what's wrong? Are you cold?"
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