Merry Reincarnates as an Octopus
Deep in the dark sea, a small octopus lay quietly on the cold sand.
Its body rises and falls slightly with the waves of the ocean current, as if it were dreaming a long dream.
"...I still want to continue my adventure with Luffy and the others!"
A whisper of regret escaped from the little octopus's mouth and turned into a silent sigh.
It slowly opened its confused eyes: Where is this?
It turns out to be the bottom of the sea!
Huh?
"Ah! I... wasn't I burned by everyone?"
Merry vaguely recalled the memories before he fell asleep, and it could no longer sail.
Its keel was so badly damaged that it broke in two on the sea surface. Its soul was engulfed by flames and sank into the deep sea.
But why is it awake now?
It's still alive! ?
Realizing this fact, Meli suddenly turned over and sat up, his blank eyes wide open, and as he moved, eight flexible tentacles began to slide and contract around.
“Is this my body?”
Merry waved his tentacles curiously, exploring his body.
The tentacles were a little out of control at first, floating in different directions at the same time. Before it was careful, it was entangled by its own tentacles, and the little octopus turned into an octopus ball.
Calm down! Calm down!
Merry lay on the sand, slowly getting used to his new body, and took great pains to untie the tangled tentacles.
It tried to swim forward slowly using its tentacles, becoming more and more skilled. It could even change the color of its skin to adapt to the surrounding environment.
Very good!
Merry was extremely excited: "I have a new body now! Can I...can I go on adventures with everyone else?!"
Luffy! Zoro! Usopp! Nami! Chopper! Sanji! Robin!
wait for me!
Mina-san! Let's go on an adventure together again!
But how do I find my friends?
Meli shook his head, waved his tentacles, and moved forward in the underwater world, looking curiously at everything passing by.
Once a ship, Merry now has a whole new sailing experience on the seabed as an octopus.
The coral reefs are like colorful castles, the seaweed sways gently with the water flow, and schools of small fish swim back and forth above them, their scales flashing with faint light. These are all scenery that cannot be seen on the sea.
Merry couldn't help but stretch out his tentacles and greeted the starfish on the coral reef: "Hello, excuse me, do you know what this sea area is called?"
The starfish lay quietly on the reef, indifferent to Meli's questions.
Meili could only change his target: "Hello, Xiaoyu, do you know the name of this sea area?"
The small fish exploded at the sound and fled far away, which made Meli feel a little depressed.
Why does everyone refuse to pay attention to it?
Meli continued to swim forward, left the coral reef, and discovered an underwater grassland.
The soft seaweed sways gently with the water flow, as if the wheat fields on the seabed are dancing in the wind.
Merry swam through the seaweed, stretched out his tentacles and curiously wrapped around a piece of seaweed, pulled it out and put it in his mouth.
Its eyes suddenly lit up, as if it had discovered a new world.
I used to be a boat, but I never had any sense of taste. I didn’t expect that eating would feel like this.
No wonder Luffy keeps asking for food all day long.
Meli continued to swim forward. Wow, the seaweed here is more tender and tastes really good!
Unconsciously, Meli swam to the depths of the underwater grassland and saw a group of elegant seahorses.
The seahorses wrap their tails around the seagrass and occasionally suck in the surrounding plankton with their long snouts.
Meili gently moved the seaweed with his tentacles, stirring up a string of crystal bubbles and attracting the attention of the seahorses.
The outermost male seahorse suddenly turned around, revealing its bulging pouch.
"Where did this idiot come from? What are you doing scratching around for?" the male seahorse stared at the dark circles under his eyes and spoke in a hoarse voice, filled with disturbed irritability. "I just coaxed my cubs to sleep, and you're scratching around like this, disturbing my cubs' sleep. Can you afford to compensate me?"
"Oh, sorry, sorry." Merry quickly bowed and apologized, "I just want to ask for directions. Do you know where this sea area is?"
The male seahorse rolled his eyes. "Just ask for directions. What are you digging for?" The seahorse was speechless. "So what if you know where this is? You little brat, you don't stay by your daddy's side and run around everywhere. Don't you know your daddy will be worried?"
"Ah? Uh..." Merry was speechless after being rebuked by the male seahorse, "Sorry, but I don't have a father."
The male seahorse suddenly stopped talking, then quickly started chattering again: "Ah, yes, I think I heard that octopuses are orphans at birth. Unlike us seahorses, from the moment they ovulate, all the hatching and gestation are done by me. I'm exhausted..."
Seeing that the male seahorse was getting more and more excited, with saliva flying everywhere, Meli couldn't help but take a few steps back and prepare to sneak away.
"Stop! You idiot, why are you trying to leave without even saying hello?"
A loud shout was heard and Meli had to stop. He was in a dilemma whether to go or not.
The male seahorse kept on nagging: "Your elders didn't teach you... Oh, I forgot again, you are an orphan, what a sin, your family has no parents, born and raised in the sea... Unlike us seahorses, well, not only are we tired, but my wife also says, 'You are just at home taking care of the kids', what the hell! I am carrying an active volcano on my back, how easy is it for me..."
Halfway through his chatter, the male seahorse became more and more excited, and suddenly his pouch squirted out, and a group of baby seahorses came out one after another.
"Dad, I'm hungry.
"Dad, I want to go play."
"Dad, I want some water."
"dad......"
"dad......"
The male seahorse was suddenly in a panic, dealing with a group of seahorse cubs.
Meli wanted to escape in the chaos, but the male seahorse shouted and pulled her back, turning it into an amusement park for the seahorse cubs.
After some chaos, the cubs finally all fell asleep and became quiet again.
"Thanks. You have a pretty good temper, kid. You listened to all my complaints without saying anything back, and even helped me take care of the kids." The male seahorse sighed and finally remembered the important matter. "Ahem, by the way, what did you say you wanted to ask?"
Meli smiled awkwardly. In fact, he didn't want to help, but it was because he failed to escape and didn't know how to refuse.
"I want to know what sea area this is? Is it far from the Grand Line?"
"This is the doldrums, not far from the Grand Line," the male seahorse slurped his lips and looked the little octopus up and down. "But why are you asking? I heard the Grand Line is full of unknown dangers. Are you, a little octopus, going to deliver food to someone's door?"
Calm belt? Merry knew that the Calm Belt was on both sides of the Grand Line, but he was not sure where exactly he was in the Calm Belt.
Merry showed an innocent smile: "Thank you for your advice. But I still want to go." Because all the friends are in the Grand Line!
"We're living well here at Windless, why do we have to leave?" The male seahorse sighed helplessly, "Children are just ignorant. They always like to play everywhere and have no idea how worried their parents are..."
Seeing that the male seahorse was about to start "complaining mode" again, Meili quickly excused himself: "Anyway, thank you. I'm leaving now."
"Come back! I haven't finished speaking yet!" the male seahorse shouted again.
Poor Merry stopped in his tracks reflexively.
This time, the male seahorse finally gave a useful suggestion: "If you must leave the doldrums, you can go find the wise sea turtle. It has lived in this sea area the longest, has seen a lot, and knows the most."
Merry's eyes lit up. "The Turtle Sage? How do I find it?"
"I heard that it loves to soak in hot springs. You can go in that direction. You'll definitely find it in the underwater hot springs over there."
"Okay, I'll remember that. Thank you very much for your help." Meli nodded seriously and gave the male seahorse the beautiful shells she had picked up on the road as a thank you gift.
"What do I need this broken thing for?" The male seahorse looked disgusted.
The seahorse cub in the pouch woke up after only two minutes of sleep.
"Dad, I want it!" They cheered in unison and pounced on him.
Seeing this scene, Meli was so scared that he waved all eight tentacles and rushed out like jet thrusters.
......
Following the male seahorse's instructions, Merry left the underwater grassland and set off along the warm ocean current.
Winding southward, the road first passed through a seaweed forest and then crossed an underwater hill. A magical scene appeared before Meli's eyes.
Warm spring water gushes out from the cracks in the seabed, and is quickly enveloped by the cold sea. It is cold on the outside and warm on the inside, forming comfortable underwater hot springs.
The steam from the hot spring swirls in the sea water, forming hazy clouds that appear and disappear, making the whole scene look vague and dreamy like a fairyland.
Merry walked through the mist and felt as if he was traveling through the clouds. The warm water flowed over Merry's body, making him feel comfortable and relaxed.
Strings of bubbles rise from the hot spring, sparkling with the luster of black pearls, but burst as they approach the water surface, making a soft "popping" sound.
Many unique sea creatures gather around the hot springs. They are attracted by the hot springs and live and feed here.
The hot spring in the center was ridiculously large. A strong current suddenly surged up from the calm water surface, forming a big bulge.
"Boom--" A huge figure slowly rose from the depths of the hot spring, first revealing its spinal armor, then its head and neck.
The creature was far larger than anything Merry had ever seen, and its massive body cast a large shadow on the surface of the hot spring water.
The head was more like a dragon than a turtle. As the giant beast rose completely, hot spring water poured down from its body like a waterfall.
Meli stretched out its tentacles and tightly wrapped around the huge rock next to it. Its mimicry ability was passively activated, and the whole octopus merged with the rock, its heart pounding wildly.
This, this is not an ordinary turtle at all!
This is clearly a sea king!!!
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