Sudden bad news
With a "bang", the door was kicked open.
The salty sea breeze came in through the open door.
Luffy rushed into the tavern in a hurry and stood in the middle, his chest heaving violently.
Shanks turned sideways, raised his wine glass with one hand, and smiled as lazy as ever: "Hey~ Luffy, you're here."
After Shanks's arm-breaking incident, Luffy's eyes seemed to be a little different.
He took a deep breath and said firmly, "Shanks, I won't let you take me out to sea again!"
Everyone in the tavern was silent for a second, then burst into laughter.
"Hey, Luffy, the sun rises from the west today?"
"Hahaha, has Luffy finally realized that he's still too young?"
Luffy said seriously, "When I grow up, I will go out to sea on my own and find my own companions."
"Hahahaha, little devils are little devils. They like to dream."
"She was rolling on the ground crying just a few days ago."
The tavern was once again filled with laughter.
Luffy couldn't help but jump up and yelled, "Damn it! What are you laughing at? I'm serious!"
Merry smiled with his eyes curved, clapping his hands encouragingly and said, "I believe in Luffy-san!"
Luffy's anger instantly turned into touching. He stepped forward and grabbed Merry's hand, tears in his eyes: "Merry, you are so kind! You come to be my partner. The first treasure I find, no, the first five treasures will all be yours!"
Meili nodded happily in agreement: "Okay, no problem."
"No, no," Uta rushed over and pulled Luffy and Merry apart, "Luffy, how could you kidnap my Merry-chan!"
Luffy smiled with his big white teeth: "Then come to my ship too."
Uta curled his lips in disgust: "Huh? I'm a musician for the Red Hair Pirates! I don't want to board a ship with a brat like you."
Shanks finally stopped laughing and bent down to rub Luffy's head.
"Well, little brats will eventually grow up. The sea welcomes you."
The newspaper gull flapped its wings, took the silver coin from Gulishati's hand, and handed over a newspaper rolled into a cylinder.
Gulishati opened the newspaper and the bold headlines immediately caught her attention.
"This is!!!" Gulishati's mood suddenly became heavy.
Her eyes fell on the beach next to her. In the distance, she could hear bursts of laughter and cheers.
Merry was holding a fishing rod and having a fishing competition with Uta and Luffy, with a happy smile on his face.
Seeing such a happy scene, Gulishati's throat tightened a little. Meli would definitely be very sad when she knew the news.
Just at this moment, Hongo passed by.
Gulishati called him: "Honxiang, wait a moment."
Hongo stopped and said, "Sister Xiati, what's wrong?"
"You take this newspaper to Merry."
"Oh, no problem."
Hongo came to Meli with a newspaper in his hand.
"Merry, this is the newspaper Sister Shati gave you."
"Give it to me?" Meli took the newspaper doubtfully, and the front-page news came into view.
Meli's face turned pale in an instant, his big eyes widened, and his face was full of disbelief.
"You must be kidding." The fishing rod fell from Meili's hand and he burst into tears. "Wow——"
The crying broke out and the tears gushed out instantly, like pearls with broken strings scattered on the beach.
Hong Xiang was startled and panicked. He asked helplessly, "What's wrong? Merry, why are you crying?"
"Merry! Are you feeling unwell?" Uta hurried over, hugged Merry, and glared at Hongo, "What did you do to Merry?"
Hongo waved his hands repeatedly: "No, I didn't do anything."
Luffy stretched his face and made a face: "Merry, look, my face can be like this. Don't cry."
But Meli just shook his head and cried, his cry was very shrill: "Wow - Uncle Tiger -"
"What happened to Uncle Tiger?"
"Don't cry, don't cry."
No matter how Hongo and Uta tried to persuade her, Meli couldn't stop crying.
"Wow——Uncle——Wow——"
Hongo hurriedly snatched the newspaper away, and the moment he saw the headline, he understood what was wrong with Meli.
[Under the siege of the navy, the captain of the Sun Pirates, Tiger, was successfully killed]
Hongo lowered his eyes and sighed: "Forget it, let her cry."
At this time, what Meli needed most was not comfort, but to vent.
Uta was a little hesitant: "But, Meili is crying so hard, is it really okay?"
Merry's cries became louder and louder, alarming the companions on the boat.
Shanks, who came over after hearing the noise, also saw the news in the newspaper. He looked at the sobbing Merry with some heartache and said, "It will feel better if she cries it out."
However, what neither Benxiang nor Jesus expected was that Meli couldn't stop crying for a while.
The shrill cries echoed along the coast and attracted many villagers from Windmill Village to watch.
All the members of the Red Hair Pirates also knew about Tiger's affairs.
Everyone was very worried about Meli, and many people came to comfort Meli, but none of them succeeded.
Meli cried for a long, long time, from day to night, and the night sky was filled with stars.
Only when all the tears had dried up and his eyes were red and swollen like two little peaches did Merry have to stop.
Hongo had already prepared an ice pack: "With your eyes swollen like this, can you still see?"
"Yes, I can see it." Meli nodded listlessly, feeling heavy in her chest and still in no mood.
"Hiss!" When the ice was applied to his eyes, the cold stimulation made Meli gasp instinctively.
Hongo immediately loosened his grip and lightly touched the eye with the edge of the ice pack: "Be patient, your eye is too swollen."
"Yeah." The little girl responded obediently, her voice as small as a kitten's meow.
Jesus leaned against the door frame and said calmly, "Don't be too sad. The news in the newspaper might be fake."
Meili grabbed the corner of her clothes, her face slightly red: "I'm sorry for making everyone worry."
"It's okay, drink some water first. Is there anything you want to eat?"
"Don't bother, I have no appetite."
"Even if you don't have an appetite, you still have to eat. You've been crying all day and haven't eaten anything."
"Yeah, Tiger definitely wouldn't want to see you like this."
"Woo - Uncle Tiger -" Meli's tears began to well up in his eyes again.
"Don't cry, don't cry, don't you want your eyes anymore?"
"I'm sorry, I can't help it. Wow—"
"Ouch! Merry-chan! Stop crying, stop crying."
......
After the chaos, Merry finally lost the strength to sob, frowned, and fell into a deep sleep.
Finally stopped.
Shanks and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Merry sleeping soundly.
Hongo held an ice pack and stood by the bed, continuing to apply cold compress to Meli's eyes.
Beckman took the ice pack and lowered his voice: "Let me do the rest."
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The next morning.
Meli slowly opened her eyes, and could no longer feel the redness, swelling, and discomfort in her eyes.
She stared blankly at the ceiling, thinking of the news she saw yesterday, and her heart was still heavy.
However, Meli has calmed down a lot now.
"Crying blindly is useless and will only make everyone worry."
[That's right~That's right~Crying is useless~]
A pink tentacle poked out from under the quilt, dancing as if it had a mind of its own, and patted Meli's shoulder to comfort her.
Then came the second one, the third one... They hugged Merry and comforted her.
"I'm fine." Merry hugged his tentacles back and buried his face in them.
"I think Jesus is right. Even newspapers can make mistakes. How could a powerful figure like Uncle Tiger be...killed so easily?"
There was a choke at the end, and the small suction cups on the top of the tentacles opened and closed, as if nodding in agreement.
[Yeah~ Uncle Tiger is really awesome~]
"So, I decided to leave the Red Hair Pirates and find everyone in the Sun Pirates to confirm the truth."
Merry rubbed his tentacles unconsciously, his voice hesitant, "Do you think I'm being too willful?"
[No~No~Seeing is believing~~]
The tentacles immediately swayed left and right, and one of them wrapped around Merry's hand. "We'll accompany you~~to confirm the truth~"
Meili's nose felt sore, but she smiled: "Okay, we must work hard!"
She once again gathered all her tentacles into her arms, as if she were holding a cloud, and the fire in her eyes grew firmer.
"What! It's too dangerous!"
However, when Shanks and others heard that Merry wanted to leave alone, they rarely agreed.
Everyone loves the two little princesses, Meli and Uta, very much. Even if they don't always obey them, they almost never refuse their requests.
But no one accepted this extremely risky decision.
Shanks's mouth was extremely tight, his usually cheerful smile faded, and his expression was unusually serious: "Everyone should go with you."
"That's right, that's right, Merry, it's too dangerous for you to go to the Grand Line alone."
"We can't let you, a child, take risks alone."
The companions around nodded in agreement. We were all companions, so of course we had to set off together!
But Meli had his own plans in mind.
"I know everyone is worried about me, but this time, I have to go alone."
"No! No!"
Mellie methodically analyzed her concerns and the actual situation.
"We have a large pirate group. We need to prepare enough supplies before going out to sea, and we have to find a place to stop and replenish supplies along the way. This way, our sailing speed will not be fast at all."
Merry paused and pointed at herself. "As for me, I can ride a Sea King class and cross the Calm Belt directly. The speed will be many times faster. It will only take a few days to reach the sea where the Sun Pirates were last seen."
I'm being disliked.
A sentence flashed through the minds of everyone present at the same time.
Shanks couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. Although he felt a little sad, what Merry said made some sense.
"We... seem to be really slowing things down."
Merry pressed on, trying to convince his friends: "Besides, I was a small octopus before, and I encountered human traffickers and managed to escape... Also, last time I was in Elegia, I performed very well."
"So, please trust me! I can do it on my own, no problem!"
"You~~"
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