Shanks' family of five
Those eight tentacles were pink and smooth, and looked really delicious.
Hearing Luffy's words, Merry stopped what she was doing. She turned around with a confused look on her face, looked at Luffy and answered uncertainly, "Well...it should be edible."
After all, octopuses have a strong self-healing ability and can grow a new one after being eaten. When food is scarce, perhaps some octopuses really can use their tentacles as food reserves?
“Wow!”
Luffy's eyes sparkled as if he had discovered something new. He thought carefully for a moment, then asked seriously, "So, how does it taste different from regular octopus? Which one tastes better?"
"Well, I'm not sure," Merry's mouth twitched slightly. She tried to hold back her laughter, feeling somewhat helpless. "After all, I've never thought of eating my own leg."
Luffy patted his chest and said seriously: "I think your octopus legs must be more delicious than ordinary octopus! You can try it."
“Puff—”
Not only could Merry not help laughing, but Uta, Makino and Shanks beside him also couldn't help laughing.
"Hahahaha——" Continuous laughter rang out in the bar, full of joy.
"What are you laughing at? I'm serious. These octopus legs are so thick, they look delicious."
"You kid, come on, how can you say a girl's legs are thick in front of her?" Makino gently reminded Luffy to be polite.
Luffy scratched his head with an innocent look: "This is not a girl's leg, it's obviously an octopus leg, slurp--" Thinking of the taste of grilled octopus, he couldn't help swallowing.
"Hahahaha..." Merry finally stopped laughing. She glared at Luffy and pretended to be angry, "Damn it! Why should I eat my own legs? Why don't you eat your own legs?"
"My legs aren't octopus legs, so of course I can't eat them!" Luffy straightened his back and asked confidently, "Do I even need to ask?"
Shanks and Uta held their stomachs and laughed so hard that they couldn't straighten their backs.
“Hahahaha…you are so funny…hahaha…”
"I'm not kidding. It's really delicious, trust me!"
"Ha ha ha ha"
......
In this way, after a fight, Merry finally became friends with Luffy.
The Red Hair Pirates settled down in Windmill Village.
Shanks, Beckman and other friends became regulars at the Makino Bar, often coming here to drink and chat. The atmosphere was very warm and interesting.
Luffy also often went to the bar to play and listen to Jesus Bu, Lu and others talking about their adventure stories. His eyes were shining and he was completely engrossed in listening.
As the two sides had more contact, Luffy gradually let down his guard against Shanks and his crew.
Shanks thinks Luffy's personality is very innocent and interesting, and he especially likes to tease him.
However, seeing that Shanks and Merry both liked Luffy so much, Uta became a little jealous and couldn't help but often deliberately provoke Luffy.
The two little guys often quarreled, which made everyone laugh.
The noisy days have become even more lively~~
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Makino stood at the door of the bar, holding a bamboo basket in his hand. When he saw Meli and others, he smiled gently, and a gentle smile spread across his face.
"Merry, Uta, Shanks..." When Makino's eyes met Shanks, he paused slightly, and a barely perceptible warmth flashed in his eyes, "Captain, you are here."
"Yes, we are here to play again~~" Meli responded with a smile.
Shanks looked from Makino to the closed bar door, feeling a little disappointed. "We came at a bad time. Are you leaving now?"
"No. You guys came just in time, you can come with me."
There was always a gentle smile on Makino's face. As she spoke, she opened the door of the bar and found three bamboo baskets from the house, which she gave to Shanks, Merry and Uta.
She explained, "Uncle Logan from the village finally saved enough money and recently bought his own fishing boat. Today is the launching ceremony for the new boat."
Meili held the bamboo basket, his eyes sparkling. "A new ship launching ceremony? I don't think I've heard of it."
Uta was also full of anticipation: "Will there be anything fun?"
"It's a really interesting activity. Every time a new ship is launched, after the blessing ceremony, the ship owner scatters lots of rice cakes and candies, praying for peace, prosperity, and good fortune. Picking up these rice cakes and candies will also help us gain some of the good fortune."
When they heard "will scatter rice cakes and candies", Meli and Uta's eyes lit up instantly. They didn't pay much attention to the second half of the sentence, but only extracted the key words "rice cakes, candies".
"That sounds great!"
"Let's all go over and see the excitement."
"Yeah! We're going!"
A group of people carried bamboo baskets and walked along the seaside path towards the pier.
Meli and Uta were jumping and skipping in front. It was the first time for the two children to encounter such a happy event, and they ran around excitedly.
“Great, rice cakes and candies!”
The sea breeze blows gently, making people feel relaxed and happy.
Shanks and Makino followed the two little guys leisurely, chatting from time to time, and they got along very well.
The atmosphere between the two was relaxed and pleasant. Something was growing quietly without them noticing. There seemed to be a lot more pink bubbles in the air around them, and even the wind could easily make people intoxicated.
"Shanks, Makino, hurry up!"
"Yeah, soon all the rice cakes and candies will be picked up by others."
"Hahaha, here it comes."
Luffy ran past them, and suddenly seemed to notice Shanks and the others, so he suddenly ran back: "Eh? Makino, Shanks, where are you going?"
Merry had already seen Luffy, and she happily answered: "Makino is taking us to attend Uncle Logan's new ship launching ceremony. We can go pick up rice cakes and candies."
"Uncle Logan bought a boat? Why didn't he tell me?"
Uta pursed his lips: "What did Meli tell him to do? This annoying guy is going to follow us again."
"Tsk, you're the annoying one. I'm following Makino, not you!" Luffy made a face at Uta.
Meili's eyes turned into crescents as she smiled: "Yes, it will be happier when we are together."
"Let's go pick up rice cakes and candies together." Makino chuckled and handed her small bamboo basket to Luffy.
Luffy happily took the small bamboo basket: "Okay. I love picking up delicious food the most."
Uta suddenly poked Meli's arm, her mouth puffed up with jealousy in her eyes: "Do you like him or me?"
Meli didn't realize that Uta was angry. She answered stupidly, "I like both of you very much."
Uta stamped her feet angrily: "Ah! No! You can't like this annoying guy!"
Luffy shrugged nonchalantly and said, "What? I don't care whether you like me or not!"
Merry was between Luffy and Uta, trying to mediate: "Everyone get along well, don't quarrel."
Makino and Shanks were already used to the two little guys bickering and quarreling, and did not step forward to stop them.
Shanks raised the small bamboo basket in his hand to Makino and whispered, "Wait a minute, you can use this basket to carry the candies. I'll help hold it for now."
Makino was stunned for a moment, then a gentle smile appeared on his face: "Okay."
The three little guys ran forward noisily.
When Meli and his group arrived at the dock, there were already many people gathered there.
It’s a rare event in Windmill Village, and everyone is very excited and smiling.
A brand new boat was docked at the shore, with colorful ribbons hanging on the hull and a big red flower tied to the bow, which looked very festive.
As the sound of gongs and drums rang out, the originally bustling port became quiet, and everyone's eyes were focused on the bow of the ship.
Uncle Logan and his family stood neatly on the bow deck, looking very clean and energetic from head to toe.
Uncle Logan held up a tray filled with offerings and knelt reverently facing the sea: "Lord Poseidon... please bless this new ship, and may it be safe and successful, and return with a full load!"
After a solemn prayer, the surrounding villagers applauded and the children cheered.
The offerings were poured into the sea and the ceremony officially ended.
"Now," Uncle Logan stood up and shouted to the people on the shore, "It's time to throw the rice cakes!"
"Okay!" Everyone responded loudly, rubbing their hands in anticipation.
"Ready~~" Uncle Logan and his family scooped up the rice cakes and candies from the box with both hands and scattered them to everyone.
"Wow!"
Rice cakes and colorful candies rained down from the sky.
The crowd instantly became excited. Adults and children alike cheered loudly and raised their hands to grab the rice cakes and candies falling from the sky.
"Hurry up, hurry up." Uta and Meli also rushed into the crowd, taking advantage of every opportunity and quickly grabbing the scattered candies.
Luffy picked his nose, looking a little disapproving: "So it's not meat. I don't think there's any need to grab it."
Wuta gave him a provocative look: "Are you making up an excuse because you're afraid you won't be able to get it?"
"What?" Luffy's eyes widened, his face full of dissatisfaction. "Damn it! Then let's have a showdown to see who can grab more rice cake candies!"
"Sure, let's compete. I won't lose."
"Hahaha, this sounds really interesting. I want to join in too!"
"Let's have a showdown!"
The fighting spirit of the three little guys suddenly became very high.
The competition of "Who can grab more rice cakes and candies" officially started, and the scene was very intense at one point.
"Hey, hey! I got this first!"
"What? I got it first."
"While you guys were arguing, I already grabbed a few more."
"Ahhhhh, damn it!"
"Just wait, I'll surpass you soon."
"Who's afraid of who?"
......
Seeing the three little guys being so active, the surrounding villagers also burst into laughter.
Makino smiled with a gentle look in her eyes, "They are quite energetic."
Shanks smiled and said, "That's right. We can't lose. Let me help you grab some more."
"Then I'll leave it to you."
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