Luffy goes to sea
Haiyuan calendar year 1520.
An island in the New World of the Grand Line.
The midday sun is hot and the island is shaded by green trees.
"Hey, Hawkeye, what a rare visitor." Shanks leaned back in the shade of a tree, his voice slightly hoarse. "I'm not feeling well right now. Are you here to challenge me to a duel?"
"I'm not interested in fighting someone with a broken arm," Mihawk paused and pulled out a wanted poster from his pocket, "I just found an interesting brat."
The boy on the wanted poster was wearing a straw hat and grinning, and was displayed in front of Shanks and others.
"Luffy, you're finally here." Shanks's solemn expression turned into a hearty smile, "Brothers, let's have a party!"
"Oh oh oh!!!" The surrounding crew members cheered instantly.
There was a lot of noise and bustle around, and a rustling sound came from behind the shade of the trees.
"Luffy is coming!?"
A tentacle slid out from behind the bushes, followed by the second, the third...
The owner of the tentacles fully revealed her figure. Her upper body looked like a human teenager of seventeen or eighteen years old. Her bright blue eyes shone brightly, but her pupils were narrow horizontal slits, as if filled with sea water. Her lower body was eight strong and powerful pink tentacles.
In three years, Meli's body has grown a lot. She is now standing upright and squirming, and her eight tentacles naturally retract, lifting her to over two meters.
If she lies completely flat, the length of her body and tentacles can reach more than three meters, and her tentacles have good extensibility. When fighting, they can even extend to five or six meters in an instant. Ordinary people cannot get close to her at all.
Merry slid to Shanks' side, rolled up Luffy's bounty poster, and his sharp aqua-blue eyes instantly curved into crescents.
Luffy finally went out to sea!
Meili was very happy: "I want to drink at today's banquet too!"
"Huh? Didn't Melissan say not to drink before the age of eighteen?"
"I'm so happy today. I'll be eighteen soon anyway."
"Hahaha, okay, okay, let's all have a drink together!"
"Hawkeye, don't be polite, drink quickly, drink, drink, drink~~~"
......
next day
The morning light shines on the green coconut grove.
The members of the Red Hair Pirates were drunk and lying on the ground in all directions.
Shanks was leaning against a half-fallen coconut tree trunk, his hair disheveled, and sleeping soundly.
"No!" A loud shout filled with anger woke everyone up from their sleep.
Shanks suddenly opened his eyes, and there was still some lingering sleepiness from his hangover in his pupils.
He turned his head and saw Uta rushing towards him angrily, followed by Meli with a helpless look on his face.
"You two," Shanks rubbed his eyes, his voice still hoarse from a hangover, "usually you're as close as a pair of pants, so why are you arguing so early in the morning?"
Uta puffed out her cheeks, sat down next to Shanks, turned her face away, and retorted in a muffled voice: "I'm not friends with her!"
Merry came to a stop in front of Shanks, his face a little uneasy, but his voice was very firm: "Shanks, I...I want to go find Luffy."
A short sentence is like a stone dropped into a lake.
Shanks was stunned for a moment, then he remembered some past events and smiled gently: "Hey, so you agreed to Luffy's invitation ten years ago, and you weren't teasing him."
Meili touched her ears awkwardly, her long pink-gold ombre hair falling from her shoulders. "I'm sorry, maybe I was a little willful, but I always meant it."
Shanks didn't answer immediately. He touched his chin with one hand. The morning light slid down his profile, outlining sharp lines.
He looked up at Meili, his eyes calm and bright. After a long moment, he sighed, "You've grown up too."
Shanks stood up with the help of the coconut trunk, raised his hand, placed his palm on the top of Merry's head and rubbed it.
"Since you have made up your mind, I certainly won't stop you."
"But you have to remember," Shanks paused, a smile on his face, "Merry can always come back to us at any time."
Mellie's eyes were filled with tears, and she nodded vigorously: "I know, I will miss you."
"snort!"
"Uta~~"
"I don't want to listen!"
......
......
With the help of the sea beasts, Merry found out that the Straw Hat Pirates were in Alabasta.
She immediately boarded her sea monster and rushed there.
Even before landing, just approaching the coastline of Alabasta, one can feel the scorching heat.
The closer they got to land, the higher the temperature became. Merry was dazzled by the scorching sun and could barely open his eyes. "It's so hot!"
A pirate ship on the coast suddenly came into her sight.
What is that?
Sheepshead bow!
It's Go Forward Merry!
"Merry!" Merry no longer cared about the burning heat. She jumped up and pounced happily, hugging the sheep's head on the bow with her arms and tentacles.
"Hiss—it's a little hot."
The sheep's head was scorching hot under the scorching sun, but Meli just complained and was reluctant to let go.
She rested her forehead against the sheep's head, her eyes moist, "Mr. Meili really created you!"
On the coast not far away, dozens of Kung Fu manatees stopped practicing boxing, their small black eyes locked on Merry, and they jumped in front of the Merry in unison.
The leading Kung Fu Manatee pointed at Merry and said, "Wow—Ah—" Where did you come from, octopus? Get away from my master's boat quickly!
Merry didn't move, but looked at Kung Fu Manatee with some nostalgia: "Huh? So it's you guys."
Kung Fu Manatee waved his fist: "Ao-Woo-Woo-" If you don't leave, don't blame us for being rude!
"Ah, I'm not a bad person, and I won't do anything bad to this ship."
Meli jumped down from the sheep's head and wanted to continue explaining, but the leading Kung Fu Manatee had already rushed up with his fists clenched.
Meli took a half step sideways and swung out a tentacle. The manatee was knocked back and fell to the ground.
"Wow!!!" Instead of being scared away, the other Kung Fu manatees rushed up one after another.
In a short while, all the Kung Fu Manatees were knocked to the ground by Meli, but their eyes became bright.
“Wow! Wow!” Awesome! Master!
Merry was surrounded by enthusiastic Kung Fu manatees and the scene became very chaotic for a while.
"I'm not your master."
"Ah!" More heads came over.
"Sorry, sorry." Merry struggled to squeeze out of the Kung Fu Manatee, waving his hands repeatedly, and rushed into the desert quickly, "I really have to go! Luffy and the others are still waiting for me!"
......
The midday sun was extremely scorching, and the desert was covered with scorching sand.
Meli was completely unprepared. The eight soft octopus tentacles were covered with sand, which made them hot and itchy. Before he could take a few steps, he was screaming in pain.
"Help! What the hell is this place!"
Meli struggled to move a distance. The hot wind blew sand particles onto his body, causing beads of sweat to appear on his forehead and his body to become sticky.
She couldn't help but lick her cracked lips, breathing hard.
"If this continues... I'm afraid I'll be... dried like an octopus..."
Merry continued to move forward listlessly, his vision gradually becoming blurred.
Suddenly, a strange "gurgling" sound came from behind the sand dune, as if something was swallowing saliva.
Merry immediately turned around alertly.
The sand on the top of the dune slid down, forming a big sandbag.
"puff--"
A Venus flytrap as thick as an adult's waist popped out from under the sand.
The edge of the clamp, which was several meters wide, was covered with sharp spikes. It opened and closed, revealing the digestive glands inside, and then it covered Meli.
At the critical moment, Merry jumped sideways and avoided the attack.
The giant clamp snapped shut, and the next attack followed.
When he saw the monster in front of him clearly, Meli's eyes lit up, and a surprised and twisted smile appeared at the corners of his cracked lips.
"Plants! There's water!"
One fly trap was dodged, and then another equally huge fly trap popped out from under the sand, followed by a third, a fourth...
Several huge clamps surrounded Merry and attacked him frantically.
A fly trap swept across, and Meli suddenly swung out a tentacle, sucked the back of the trap, and pulled it hard, and the whole person swung like a swing to the side of another giant trap.
With a flash of sword light, Merry drew the long sword from his waist.
A fly trap was cut in half, and green juice spurted out from the broken end.
Swish swish——
Meli cut off several fly traps in succession. Seeing that the situation was not good, the other fly traps reluctantly retreated to the bottom of the sand.
The sand dunes returned to calm, and Meli picked up a broken handle, the broken end of which was still slowly emitting water.
“Gulp…Gulp…”
The cool and slightly astringent plant juice flows into the throat, and the taste is a bit unpalatable.
Merry frowned and didn't stop until he had sucked the broken handle dry, leaving only dry residue.
"Huh! I'm alive." After replenishing a lot of water, Meli felt better.
Not long after, the sand dune suddenly shook violently again.
Rumble——
Layers of yellow sand collapsed, and a giant purple desert lizard broke out of the sand.
The body, more than 20 meters long, was very huge, and its two big eyes like bridge cars stared at Meli fiercely.
Merry raised her hand shakily and waved dryly, "...Hi?"
In response to her, the desert monitor lizard suddenly opened its bloody mouth.
Meli moved slightly, and his figure disappeared from the spot in a flash.
The desert monitor lizard missed its bite and as it looked around, it suddenly felt a pain on its head.
"Fishman Karate: Tangcaowa Zhengquan!" Meli jumped onto the head of the desert giant lizard at some point.
A water shockwave struck the center, sending ripples through the air.
Bang! The huge body crashed into the sand, stirring up a cloud of dust.
As the sand waves settled, Merry brushed off the sand on his body. His voice was hoarse but unapologetic: "Sorry, I was a little too rough."
As he spoke, Merry jumped off the monitor lizard's head and prepared to move forward.
Unexpectedly, another monitor lizard emerged from the sand dunes ahead.
The identical body made Meli look back involuntarily.
The lizard that had just been knocked down was still lying there.
"Ah, are you going to be avenged by your companions?"
Meli raised his eyebrows and used the same trick again, quickly knocking the desert lizard down.
But this time, she controlled her strength and did not kill him.
Meli sat on the monitor lizard's neck, and several tentacles wrapped around the most delicate carotid artery, tightening the force slightly threateningly.
The monitor lizard, which was trying to struggle, suddenly froze and lowered its front legs as if accepting its fate.
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