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Monkey D. Luffy: "Ah..."
...Oh!
...It's terrible! How could he have ended up on this path of piracy!!!
Koby: "Hahaha, how pathetic!!!
Wasn't it you Marines who forced him into it?"
Gol D. Roger: "To be precise, it's what Sengoku's mother deserved! Running after people, day after day, after the Kage brothers, and now this little brat has become a pirate, truly disgusting!!!"
Crocodile: "h-e-tui!"
Sengoku: "You guys shut up! We don't know the truth about what Crocodile did on that side. Such a big crime as harming a Shichibukai, how could he not be wanted????"
Donquixote Doflamingo: "Right, right... If you ask me, this matter is all Sengoku's fault! Hehehehe..."
Crocodile: "Curse your mother! Clown, are you looking for death!!!"
Donquixote Doflamingo: "Hehehehe... You are indeed qualified to say that to me, but...
...it doesn't include you, you slimy little crocodile~"
Crocodile: "Heh heh! Isn't it just a reward from the viewing system? Don't you dare provoke me!! Then after I get the reward, watch me not kill you!!!"
Just then~~~
The screen with the red border slowly dimmed...
The screen with the white border gradually brightened...
The picture appeared...
[The Straw Hat Pirates and their party left the Alabasta Kingdom~]
[They wildly sailed on the sea, following the Log Pose~]
[Suddenly...]
[A large amount of shattered fragments fell from the sky!!!]
[Subsequently, a dilapidated and broken large ship actually fell!!!]
[At this moment, the Log Pose on Nami's wrist suddenly turned like a headless fly, its needle pointing to the sky!!!]
[Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji went into the sea to salvage the sunken ship from earlier, and found a map of Skypiea as a result~~]
Capone Bege: "Skypiea? Could such a place really exist???"
Jewelry Bonney: "An island floating in the sky??? That's not possible..."
Urouge: "What are you thinking! Skypiea certainly exists!!! Because I am from Skypiea!!!"
Jewelery Bonney: "There really is Skypiea? Then how do these islands float in the sky???"
Urouge: "There is an ocean of clouds in the sky, made of special sea clouds, and then there are islands made of islands on top of the sea of clouds... this is Skypiea~~"
Koby: "What a hassle!! Couldn't they just put the islands in the sky without making it Skypiea???"
Gol D. Roger: "Hahahaha! Golden Lion, you really are...hahaha!!!"
[Subsequently, the Allied Mountain Army appeared for salvage. After a fierce conflict, the Straw Hat Pirates and their party arrived at Mock Town by relying on a Permanent Log Pose received from the Sea Hunter leader Mont Blanc Cricket~~]
[In Mock Town, the Straw Hat Pirates encountered Blackbeard, Bellamy, and others separately~]
[Afterward, relying on the information gathered by Cricket, they came to the northeast corner of Mock Town and found Mont Blanc Cricket!]
[When Mont Blanc Cricket and others explained that they could ascend to Skypiea by using the Knock-Up Stream, Luffy excitedly expressed his desire to go, but Usopp vehemently opposed it!!!]
["Okay! I understand!...
...Everyone, give up on Skypiea! Haha... Really regrettable, Luffy!"]
["Luffy, this is too reckless. To put it bluntly, if you weren't the luckiest of the lucky, born from the luckiest of the lucky, you wouldn't have reached that place at all!!!"]
[Usopp tried his best to explain to Luffy how impossible it was to go to Skypiea~]
[However, Luffy just laughed, "No problem, let's go!"]
["What no problem! You'll just easily believe such baseless and boundless words~"]
[Usopp reached out and pointed at Merry. His face was covered in tears. "You see Merry's battered state? How can she withstand such a huge impact as the Knock-Up Stream???"]
[At this moment, Cricket said: "That's right! Even if that ship is brand new, it can't safely withstand it! The moment it hits the Knock-Up Stream, it will instantly disintegrate!"]
["What!?" Hearing this, Usopp's face changed drastically!!!]
[Cricket then turned to Usopp and continued: "But you don't need to worry. The Humans and Apes will help you reinforce the ship's body."]
["Hee hee hee! Leave this to us!!" The Humans and Apes raised their fists high, saying menacingly.]
[Usopp and Nami both started sweating~~]
[These guys are truly meddlesome!]
[Subsequently, when Cricket explained the Knock-Up Stream, Usopp completely exploded!!!]
[He roared: "No! You're lying! According to what you just said, the chance of going to Skypiea is extremely slim! But we just said that at most we can only stay on this island for one day. Then how can you say there will be a Knock-Up Stream tomorrow???" ]
["And we only just met today, yet you're lying to us, reinforcing our ship's hull and escorting us. Where did you get such good intentions from!!!"]
[Usopp was filled with indignation, adopting a stance as if he wanted to fight Cricket!!!]
Urouge: "Hahaha!!! This guy... was clearly scared to death! But then he says the ship can't handle it, then he says the other party is a liar, haha! He's killing me with laughter!!!"
Scratchmen Apoo: "Ahahaha!!! Yes, yes, judging by his appearance, he's terrified out of his wits~~~"
Monkey D. Luffy: "No! I've only considered my own adventures on this journey, but I've never considered Merry's well-being! I thought Usopp was just talking big back then... but seeing this scene again now...
Usopp, you actually were worried about Merry!!!"
Usopp: "Haha? What? I'm just scared myself!!!"
Seeing Luffy ask this in the chatroom, Usopp's face was streaked with tears~
At that time, he was scared, but more so, he was indeed worried that Merry couldn't withstand the impact of the Knock-Up Stream!!!
But now in the chatroom, Usopp didn't want to admit it!!!
After the Water 7 arc and his fight with Luffy, Usopp had matured a lot!!!
He now understood one thing...
...Sometimes, you have to be thick-skinned.
Little Merry: "Brother Usopp, you were lying~~~ At that time, you were just worrying about me!!! I could feel the intense degree of care the crew had for me!!!"
Usopp: "Ah..."
Trafalgar D. Water Law: "Hahahaha! The person involved spoke the truth~~~"
Brook: "I originally thought he was using Merry as a shield, but who would have thought that sometimes... a casual joke was actually his true inner thought~~"
Monkey D. Luffy: "Indeed...
...Usopp... I'm sorry, I apologize to you and Merry!!!"
Little Merry: "Luffy is also great!!!"
[The next day~~~]
[The Merry successfully reached the Knock-Up Stream. Although the Blackbeard Pirates showed their faces, the Merry still safely reached the Sea of Clouds in the sky above!]
[Of course...
...Even if the Merry was reinforced, it still suffered considerable damage from such a powerful impact from the Knock-Up Stream!!!]
[After entering the Gate of Heaven, the Straw Hat Pirates appeared on Angel Beach. They were willing to accept the risks here!]
[But because they didn't pay when entering the Gate of Heaven, they were considered invaders!]
[Afterward, Merry was quickly sent to the God's Altar. Nami, Robin, Zoro, and Chopper were also sent there because they were on the ship!]
[During this time, Nami, Robin, and Zoro entered the forest to scout, and encountered Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp who came looking for them from the lost forest.]
[When the six of them returned to the God's Altar, it had already been attacked by the God's Enforcers!!!]
["No... Merry is gone..."]
[When Usopp saw the devastated Merry, he was completely stunned!]
["I'm sorry... Usopp! I've done my best, but many places are on fire..."]
[Chopper was covered in soot, wrapping himself in bandages, and said with difficulty.]
[He knew that Merry had always been repaired and maintained by Usopp along the way. Usopp had deep feelings for Merry~~~]
[When Usopp turned his head to look at Chopper, his heartbroken expression was instantly hidden, replaced by a forced smile: "The important thing is that you're fine! That raging fire must be hard to deal with! And the only thing burned was the boat, not you! I'll just fix it again~~~"]
Tony Tony Chopper: "Usopp~~~, you were so distressed back then, but when you turned to look at me, you still had to consider my feelings... sniff sniff"
Usopp: "Hahaha!! What are you thinking!!! That's not your fault, it's that rotten god's doing~~~"
Monkey D. Luffy: "As the captain...
...I neglected Merry too much..."
[That night, under Luffy's direction, everyone held a bonfire party again~~]
[However... After God Enel went to sleep~~~]
[Usopp got up to pee...]
[Just as he was about to go back to sleep, he heard a series of tapping sounds!!!]
["Hmm??"]
[Usopp was filled with doubt. He followed his curiosity towards the source of the sound~]
[Finally, to his shock, he found the sound was coming from Merry on the altar!!!]
["What is that sound? There shouldn't be anyone on the ship!!!"]
[Because the mist in the lost forest was too thick, Usopp couldn't see clearly from a distance.]
[You have to know... this was in the dead of night!!!]
[Listening to the sound coming from the altar, it was still very terrifying~~~]
[However... Usopp, though timid, considering Merry was there, still bravely walked over~]
[Pushing aside layers of mist, Usopp gradually approached the God's Altar!!!]
[Suddenly... a gust of mountain wind blew away the mist.]
[In front of Merry, a small figure wearing a yellow raincoat and rain boots, like a ghost, was tapping the ship's hull.]
["Hmph hmph!!!"]
[Noticing Usopp saw her, the fairy Merry showed him a clean, white toothy grin~~~]
[!!!]
[In that instant, Usopp's face twisted in terror. His eyes rolled, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud~~~]
Nami: "Hahaha! This is the first time Usopp saw Merry!! He was directly scared unconscious!"
I am your ship spirit; I would never do such a thing!"
Usopp: "Hey, hey, hey!! At that time, we hadn't even heard the legend of ship spirits... In the middle of the night, suddenly seeing a vague, ethereal figure tapping the ship, if it were you, you'd definitely be scared speechless and fall to the ground!!"
Nami: "Hmph! I won't admit that~~~"
Vinsmoke Sanji: "So Usopp actually met Little Merry back then!!!"
Little Merry: "Actually, I was only truly born that night!!! Before that, although I had consciousness, it was just a shallow awareness attached to the ship's hull. Until that night, when Brother Usopp saw my burned body, his concern and bond with me completely activated me!!!"
Trafalgar D. Water Law: "Amazing! Usopp, the one in charge!!"
Usopp: "The birth of the ship spirit Little Merry wasn't just my credit; it was the credit of all our companions' shared bond! Of course... my credit is a little bit more than others~~~ Haha!!"
[Afterward, the Straw Hat Pirates and their party engaged in a great battle against the God's Island faction led by God Enel!!!!]
[As Luffy punched Enel away with his Golden Rifle, he also rang the Shandora Bell!!!!]
[The battle-scarred Shandian warrior, Wyper, listened to the beautiful sound of the bell, muttering: "Did you hear it? Mont Blanc Noland... I made you wait so long... I hope this bell's sound can reach your descendants~~~"]
[As the beautiful melody of the Golden Bell descended from the sky, Mont Blanc Cricket and his group on Jaya Island also heard this beautiful sound!!!]
[Everything seemed to be predestined in the dark!!!]
[The long-awaited bell of that "Great Liar" from 400 years ago finally resounded through the heavens again today after 400 years!!!]
Basil Hawkins: "Mont Blanc Noland... who would have thought that the 'Story of Noland the Great Liar,' which has been circulating in North Blue for 400 years, was actually the real lie!!!"
X. Drake: "Indeed...
..., this is a children's story well-known throughout North Blue!! It's been a full 400 years!"
!!! It's truly unimaginable...
..., how much injustice did Mont Blanc Noland suffer!!"
Trafalgar D. Water Law: "If the Straw Hat captain hadn't rung the Golden Bell, would 'The Story of Noland the Great Liar' have continued to circulate???"
Sakazuki: "No one from North Blue doesn't know this story. Now, with this viewing system playing, everyone in North Blue knows the truth, don't they!!! This story..., it should be
changed~~~"
Mont Blanc Noland: "The Shandora Bell... it finally rang again!!!!"
Gol D. Roger: "Nani!
!!! This isn't...???"
Edward Newgate: "This name...
...is the real deal here???"
Sengoku: "You are that Mont Blanc Noland,
who was called the Great Liar, from 400 years ago???"
Mont Blanc Noland: "Has it been 400 years? So I've been dead for so long now...! My consciousness suddenly awakened just now, and then I saw the Shandora Bell on the screen light up!!"
Shiki: "Wow!!! A person from 400 years ago!!!"
X. Drake: "Amazing!!!
To actually be able to hear a person, well-known throughout North Blue, speaking..."
Trafalgar D. Water Law: "Indeed...
..., this truly is a kind of fate~~~"
Mont Blanc Noland: "Monkey D. Luffy!"
Monkey D. Luffy: "Huh?"
Mont Blanc Noland: "Thank you and your companions!!!"
Cargara: "Noland!!!"
As parties involved in this matter, Cargara and Noland, both had just awakened their consciousness and then saw this scene~~~
Mont Blanc Noland: "Cargara!!!"
Cargara: "Noland!!!"
Mont Blanc Noland: "Cargara!!!"
"Hahahahahaha!!!!"
The two didn't say anything sentimental; everything was expressed through their laughter...
At this moment, everyone in the chatroom, regardless of their faction or allegiance, all tacitly remained silent, not making a single sound!!!
Everyone ceded the stage at this moment to these two good friends from 400 years ago~~~
The laughter of friendship...
At this moment, echoed in everyone's minds!!!