That's Luffy!
Meli couldn't understand in his little head how a little cub like him could help other fish.
"How can I help you?"
The yellow-browed damselfish gently shook its tail fin and turned around: "Come with me."
Meli weighed the pros and cons for a moment, and decided to take a risk in order to find the wise turtle.
The little tentacles moved quickly, carefully keeping a safe distance and following.
The yellow-browed damselfish swung its tail in front, leading Meli to a place near the sea surface.
The warm sunlight shone through the water, which was much brighter here than the deep sea, and made Meli's heart calmer.
This doesn't look like a dangerous place.
The two fish swam to a huge shadow and the yellow-browed damselfish stopped.
Meli looked up and saw that the huge shadow above his head was clearly a ship. He could even hear the sound of play coming from the ship.
This brought back a sense of familiarity and some happy memories.
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Luffy yelled coquettishly: "I'm starving, Sanji, I want to eat."
Sanji said helplessly and lovingly, "Hashidou Masai, I'll go cook right away."
Zoro stretched and said, "I'm going to take a nap before dinner is ready."
Chopper suggested energetically, "Zoro, you've been sleeping too much. Let's play hide-and-seek together!"
Usopp ran over excitedly: "What, hide and seek? Come on, come on, play."
Zoro closed his eyes and continued to sleep: "Hide and seek? That's a game for children. Don't bother me~"
Luffy poked Zoro: "Hey, hey, don't sleep, come and play!"
"Scared? Why should I play with you? Hey! Stop right there, you guys!"
There was a great uproar and noise on the deck.
Sanji brought out two exquisite desserts from the kitchen with a gentle smile on his face: "Nami-san, Robin-chan, would you like a special love dessert first?"
Robin put down the book in his hand and took the dessert with a smile: "Aligado, Sanji."
Nami took a bite, smiled with satisfaction, and praised: "It's delicious, Sanji-kun."
Sanji's eyes instantly turned into two hearts: Today is also a super happy day!
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The yellow-browed damselfish raised its fin, pointed at several objects reflecting light in the water, and said, "Do you know what this is? If you can help me get the things out of it, I'll tell you the whereabouts of the Sage Turtle."
Meli woke up from his memories and found the things in front of him very familiar.
This is the fishhook cast by the people on the boat, with tempting bait hanging on it, specifically used to attract fish to bite.
Merry said warily, "This is bait. It's very dangerous for fish."
A hint of surprise flashed across the eyes of the Yellow-browed Damselfly. "I didn't expect you to know so much at such a young age. Although they are dangerous, the food on them is very delicious."
Meili shook her head. "Although it tastes good, I don't recommend eating it. These baits have sharp hooks hidden underneath. Once you bite, you'll be stuck and it will be difficult to escape."
The yellow-browed damselfly advised, "Yes, it is indeed dangerous for fish. But you are different. You are an octopus. You can use your tentacles to remove them safely from the hook. You will never get hooked."
Merry was reluctant to take the risk. Thinking of his recently healed wound, his tentacles curled up. "Although I won't be bitten by the hooks, they are very sharp and my tentacles will be injured."
The Yellow-browed Damselfly's voice softened as it continued to coax, "Don't you want to know where that sea king is? If you help me remove the thing from it, I'll tell you."
Just when they were in a stalemate, suddenly, a huge fishing net fell from the sky and quickly covered them.
White teeth!
Both Merry and the yellow-browed damselfly were in a panic and swam quickly out of the net.
The pink little tentacles moved quickly, but were still ruthlessly covered by the net.
Meli's small tentacles passed through the narrow mesh and tried desperately to squeeze out, but were stuck by his head.
It felt suffocated. The water pressure and the restraint of the network cable made it difficult to breathe and break free.
The yellow-browed damselfish also twisted its body with all its might. Its body struggled violently in the net, leaving marks on its body from the net lines, and several scales fell off due to the friction of the net lines.
The fishing net was brought to the surface of the sea. The fish in the net struggled frantically, and the sunlight became more and more dazzling.
The net was dragged onto the deck, flattened, and the catch was obviously not very good.
A burly pirate was a little disappointed: "Look at this net, it's full of small fish and shrimps, not even a decent big fish."
Another pirate said: "The sea around here is not very good. There are no big fish. How long will it take us to reach the next island?"
A pirate with a mustache grinned and said, "Hey, you don't understand. These little fish don't look very good, but after being fried in oil, they go great with alcohol."
The pirates spread out the net and began to pick out the fish and shrimp in the net.
Larger fish were placed in a separate bucket, while smaller fish and shrimp were placed in another bucket.
Help!
I don't want to be fried and eaten by them!
Merry desperately ran around in the net, looking for a gap to escape.
A young man with golden punk hair walked out of the cabin, exuding an unruly temperament.
The pirate who was picking fish saw him and immediately called out to him, "Hey, Marco, are you going to Daddy's place?"
"Phoenix" Marco walked over, looked at them with half-closed eyelids, and raised a faint smile.
He said lazily, "I'll be there in a minute. Are you guys fishing?"
"Then wait a moment, we'll fry some small fish and you can bring them to Dad for us."
"Okay, leave some for me too. I like it too."
Marco nodded, his eyes falling on the fishing net, where he saw a small octopus caught in the gaps of the mesh.
He walked forward and poked the little octopus. The soft, pink little body trembled under his fingertips like a newborn hairless kitten.
The little octopus waved its tentacles desperately and slapped Marco's fingers, but it had no deterrent effect at all.
Bearded Pirate: "Then let's get another net and fry some more fish. It would be even better if we could catch a big fish and have a grilled fish."
Marco nodded and pointed at the little octopus and said, "This little octopus is quite interesting. It's too small now and not very tasty. Put it in a fish tank and raise it as a pet."
"Okay, no problem."
The pirate pulled Merry out of the net and threw her into another bucket.
"Help! Let me out!"
Merry shouted anxiously, but the pirates could not understand his language at all.
The little pink tentacles attached themselves to the smooth wall of the bucket and climbed up little by little.
But every time it struggled to climb to the edge of the bucket, a rough big hand would suddenly pull it down and throw it back into the bucket mercilessly.
A small flying fish flapped its wings a few times at the bottom of the bucket and then gave up struggling.
It watched quietly as Merry's efforts failed again and again, with a hint of helplessness and pessimism in its eyes: "It's useless for you to do this, save your energy. We can't escape."
"No! I can't be trapped here."
Merry adjusted his posture and tried to climb again.
The little flying fish moved its long pectoral fins, but found that it could not stretch out at all in the bucket, and it couldn't help but sigh.
"Well, good luck to you."
Finally, they were all thrown into a large fish tank. The sea water in it was slightly turbid, but you could still see that the fish tank was covered with colorful shells and seaweed, and various marine creatures were swimming in the water.
Due to inertia, Meli fell to the bottom of the fish tank and was knocked dizzy.
It rolled under the water and adjusted its posture.
Meli felt surrounded by the sea water and was delighted, thinking that he was back in the sea. He immediately began to swim faster, but hit the transparent glass directly.
"Bang!"
Meli stuck to the transparent glass, groping around with her tentacles, with a look of confusion and anxiety in her big eyes.
Outside is the vast sea, but it cannot be reached.
A starfish was clinging to the transparent glass. It raised its head from the glass and looked at the little octopus next to it: "Hi, do you like this glass too?"
Meili shook her head in frustration: "I don't like it that much."
Starfish: "Why? This is a great spot to enjoy the ocean view!"
A colorful butterfly fish swam over and shouted, "Come here, everyone! There's a new little pink octopus and a little silver flying fish."
The fish around came closer one after another. They surrounded Merry and the little flying fish, asking questions non-stop.
"Were you just captured from the outer sea? Which sea area are you in now?"
"Have you ever seen a fish that looks just like me? That's my twin sister."
“Do you have any interesting stories to share?”
......
Although Merry was a little frustrated, facing the curious fish, he still answered their questions one by one with good temper: "I don't know which sea area this is. I'm sorry, I haven't seen any fish that look like you. If I have the chance, I will help you keep an eye out..."
The little flying fish quickly cheered up, shook its long pectoral fins, and began to proudly tell the story of its adventure:
"I've encountered violent currents and ferocious sea kings... Every adventure is a life-or-death struggle... Once, while flying to avoid a giant fish, I accidentally landed on a pirate ship filled with ferocious pirates..."
The fishes' attention was quickly drawn to the story told by the little flying fish.
Some fish listened attentively and made exclamations from time to time.
Merry wandered around the fish tank, observing the surrounding scene.
The other directions of the transparent glass are facing the cabin.
The little octopus stuck to the glass, and its big eyes looked at the cabin outside the glass with curiosity and nostalgia.
This was the first time it had observed the interior of other pirate ships up close.
The cabin looked a bit messy, with nautical charts, navigation tools and equipment piled up randomly. In the middle was a large table with a compass and nautical charts on it.
There were a few newspapers scattered on the table. Merry didn't know human language and couldn't understand what was written on them.
However, Merry noticed a photo in a newspaper that showed a familiar straw hat.
Merry's eyes lit up instantly, it was Luffy's straw hat!
What is Luffy doing now?
And Mina-san, where is your adventure now?
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