Not long after~
The screen with the white border gradually brightened.
The image appeared~
[Luffy and company arrive at Long Ring Long Land]
[First, they encountered Old Man Tonjit, who was trapped alone on the island.]
[After that, the Foxy Pirates appeared, and their giant pirate ship trapped the Going Merry, wanting to duel the Straw Hat Pirates!]
[The two sides engaged in a three-silver-coin duel. In the end, the Straw Hat Pirates won the other side's pirate flag. Luffy also drew an incredibly ugly pirate flag for them.]
[And then, Marine Admiral Aokiji appeared!]
[Under circumstances where he almost instantly killed all of the Straw Hat Pirates, Aokiji finally showed mercy to the Straw Hat Pirates, letting them go.]
[After that, the Straw Hat Pirates and company arrived at Water 7!]
[When Luffy announced that he wanted to say goodbye to the Going Merry, Usopp went crazy!]
[He fought and struggled!]
[Usopp proposed a duel with Luffy. If he could win, he would win back the Going Merry! Usopp launched an attack as fierce as a tiger. Although it caused Luffy some damage, Luffy effortlessly knocked him down!]
["Idiot! How could you possibly beat me...?"]
[Luffy knelt on the ground, looking at Usopp, who had fallen, and let out a painful roar~]
[Then, he picked up his straw hat, turned, and left!]
["Going Merry, do as you please..."]
["We will buy a new ship, the Thousand Sunny!"]
["Goodbye, Usopp! I was very happy during the time I spent with you!"]
[There was no reply, only the sound of a tooth-gritting, painful voice echoing by the shore~]
Monkey D. Luffy "063": "Little Merry... Usopp, I really let you down..."
Usopp: "Although I'm still angry watching this scene again, I know that the decision at that time was not wrong!"
Roronoa Zoro: "That's right! Under those circumstances, if we continued to ride the Going Merry, then Luffy would be truly brain-dead!"
Monkey D. Luffy: "I never thought that decision was wrong at the time!!! I just... I really regret it... I regret not being able to take good care of Merry until Merry could no longer sail. Only then did I realize that Merry was not just a ship, but our companion! And by then, everything was already too late..."
Little Merry: "It's okay. Now, we must learn to grow up, Luffy~"
Monkey D. Luffy: "Mm!"
[After that, Robin was captured by CP9.]
[The group headed to Enies Lobby, fighting CP9 at Enies Lobby!]
[When Robin hoped everyone wouldn't save her, Luffy ordered Sniper King to shoot down the flag representing the World Government, firmly expressing one thing...]
[That is... "Robin! Even if we have to become enemies with the entire world, we will save you!"]
[Then, the decisive battle began!]
[When CP9 was defeated, the Straw Hat Pirates and company had also reached the end of their rope.]
[And the Marines' Buster Call also arrived!]
[On the Bridge of Hesitation, the bridge surface was blown up, leaving two isolated bridge piers!]
[Luffy was on one bridge pier, while the others were on another bridge pier!]
[Just when everyone was desperately trying to get Luffy to come over, the Buster Call fleet also bombed the escape ship!]
Stussy: "Nani? The escape ship was also destroyed? Then how did they survive until now?"
Seeing the situation on the screen, the Straw Hat Pirates should have been completely annihilated at this point!
But the Straw Hat Pirates' crew are all still alive, which means they all survived that time!
What's going on? Gol D. Roger: "The bridge piers have become isolated islands. Around them are five large Marine warships! The cannons have also turned their way!"
Edward Newgate: "Gurararara! This old man is also very curious, how on earth did they survive?"
Trafalgar D. Water Law: "Straw Hat Captain, how did you escape from here?"
Monkey D. Luffy: "You'll know soon!"
Little Merry: "Hmmmm~"
[All Marines attention, aim at the first bridge pier, annihilate Straw Hat Luffy!]
["Luffy! Danger, hurry and reach out!"]
["Pull yourself together, Straw Hat brat!"]
["Luffy! Stand up! Please!"]
[...]
[Watching Luffy, who was lying motionless on the bridge pier, everyone was about to explode with anxiety!]
[However, at this moment... besides desperate shouts, they had no other choice...]
[Just when everyone thought Luffy was certainly dead, the Straw Hat Pirates' companions suddenly turned pale!]
["Who? Who is it? This voice..." Usopp twisted his head, his mouth wide open in surprise, looking everywhere~]
["What are you saying? Is it my little brothers' voices?" Franky said.]
["No! It's not from there! I just heard it from... what? What's down there?" Usopp ran towards the edge of the bridge pier.]
["Below?"] Although Luffy remained motionless, he also heard someone calling him!
["Who are you? Where are you?" Nami was full of surprise. She stomped her foot and cautiously looked for the source of the voice around her.]
["What on earth is it??" Sanji also frowned, he heard it too!]
["It's calling us to look down!"]
[Jimbei stood up~]
[Jimbei's granddaughter, Chimney, asked with a bewildered look: "Chimmey, what are you saying?"]
[Trafalgar D. Water Law: "This is... someone is calling them?"]
[Joroi Boroi: "Looking at their reactions, obviously! But why can't other people hear this voice, besides the Straw Hat Pirates?"]
[Eustass Kid: "That's right! Looking at others' reactions, they certainly can't hear this voice."]
[Gol D. Roger: "Hehehe, isn't that right?! Could this voice be...?"]
Suddenly thinking of something, Roger's eyes widened~
[Usopp looked down at the bridge first!]
[With just one eye, his eyes were already bursting with tears of madness!]
[He shouted loudly: "Quick! Robin! Get Luffy into the sea!!! And everyone else, hurry and jump into the sea!!!"]
[Seeing Usopp about to do something so crazy, everyone shouted loudly: "Hey! Usopp! What's the difference between jumping down like this and suicide?!"]
[Although he seemed to have heard something, it was because he was still in a crazy fight with the Marines, so he didn't look down at the bridge, and didn't have time to think about what that voice was...]
["No! We're saved! It came to save us!"]
[Usopp, spraying tears wildly, grabbed Zoro's collar and shouted: "We... are we not still comrades?!"]
[And at this moment, Nami, Sanji, Jimbei, and others all saw the source of the voice from below the bridge~~]
["Hundred Flowers Flurry, Great Flying Grass!"]
[Robin used her Flower-Flower Fruit ability to directly pull Luffy down from the bridge pier!]
["Jump!"]
[The other Straw Hat Pirates also followed and jumped down~]
[Following their descent, the sea surface below appeared before everyone's eyes...]
[A hanging Straw Hat Pirate flag flew fiercely in the wind and waves, waiting for the Straw Hat Pirates!]
[On the goat head of the ship, two pitch-black eyes were still, but at this moment, they were a legend beyond compare...]
Sengoku: "What?! That ship... wasn't it already dragged into the shipyard?"
Spandam: "Impossible!!! A ship whose keel was almost broken, how could it sail from Water 7 to Enies Lobby!?"
Perospero: "Are you kidding me? That ship was already severely damaged. How could the Going Merry, which only had the luck of the Straw Hat Pirates to reach Water 7, possibly continue to sail?"
Gion: "Any intelligent sailor wouldn't dare ride that ship!"
Stussy: "Is it my hallucination? That ship's deck doesn't seem to have a rudder at all! How did it sail over here?"
Gol D. Roger: "Heavens! I might have guessed right!! If nothing unexpected happens... that ship... it came here by itself!!"
Charlotte Linlin: "Nani? Roger! What nonsense are you talking about? The ship came by itself?!"
Edward Newgate: "No way... Do you mean... a ship spirit?"
What! When Whitebeard mentioned the term "ship spirit," all the spectators were utterly shocked!
Damn! Everyone suddenly remembered! The Going Merry had awakened a ship spirit when it was on Skypiea!
Could a ship spirit really sail a ship by itself?
The main reason was that no one had ever heard of a ship awakening a ship spirit before, so this was a complete blind spot for everyone.
["Let's all go back together! Continue to adventure on the sea..."]
["Everyone..., I'll come to pick you up!"]
[A voice like a hundred birds chirping echoed over the sea~~]
[Although the speaker was not seen, everyone knew... this was the voice of the Going Merry!]
["What!! Where did that ship come from?!"]
["Damn it! How did these guys manage to get this ship through the encirclement of a heavy fleet and bring it here?"]
["From a pirate's perspective, it should be the Straw Hat Pirates' pirate ship! To be able to blast through it?!"]
["No! Hina! Robin is still on it! He's the one that was designated to be captured alive!"]
[...]
[When the Marines on the Buster Call fleet were at a loss, Spandine picked up a Den Den Mushi, shouting loudly: "Listen! General Aokiji has given the order!!! If you can't capture Robin alive, then even if it means destroying her and the ship, blow it up!"]
[At this moment, a giant whirlpool appeared, and the Marine fleet was influenced by the whirlpool, losing their bearings. Merry, however, directly leaped into the whirlpool by riding the wind, escaping! They escaped!]
Gion: "Oh my god! That ship actually saved them..."
Sengoku: "Saving people with a ship... I've truly never heard of such a thing before! This world's Navy is too amazing, just wow!"
Joroi Mikeli: "This is the legendary ship spirit... it truly is an eye-opener!"
Gol D. Roger: "There are too many people who treat ships as companions, but only one family currently allows their true heart to be felt by the ship..."
Edward Newgate: "Gurararara! This old man also treats his ship as a companion, but this guy isn't even giving face, and it's not even awakened yet!"
Charlotte Linlin: "Mammamamama! My ship not only gives face, it can even talk!"
Kaido: "Stop lying! Yours is a demon!" power had nothing to do with a ship spirit!
[When the Going Merry once again carried the Straw Hat Pirates to Water 7~~]
[The moment they arrived at the shore...]
[Crack!!!]
[The bow suddenly broke off!!!]
["Ah!!?"]
[Luffy's face instantly paled, looking at the suddenly broken Going Merry~]
[He looked at the ship from the Galley-La Company that they had escaped with, and anxiously shouted: "Uncle!!! Something's wrong! Something happened to the Going Merry! Please hurry and help me!"]
[Iceburg, the mayor of Water 7, and a group of shipwrights stood on the deck, silent, their faces heavy~~]
[Seeing that no one spoke, Luffy anxiously shouted: "It's our companion that has been sailing with us all this time! It just saved our lives!!! Please, please help us!!!"]
"At that time... I finally understood why Usopp cared so much about Merry's feelings! I... I truly am a bastard captain...!!!"
On the Marine battleship in Impel Down, Luffy's eyes streamed with tears, filled with endless regret~~~
[Facing Luffy's plea, Iceburg sighed heavily: "Then... just... let him rest in peace! I have already... done my best!"]
[As soon as these words came out, Luffy was struck as if by lightning!!!]
[He was completely stunned!!!]
[Iceburg looked at Luffy, who was like a heartbroken gourd, and continued: "Do you know? That day... after you went to Enies Lobby, Typhoon Aqua was still raging. I came to the shore, but I heard a creaking sound coming from the direction of the abandoned shipyard~"]
["At that time, I was very curious, how could there be anyone in the abandoned shipyard at this time?"]
["So I went to the abandoned shipyard, wanting to see what was going on???"]
["After that, I saw your Going Merry pirate ship."]
["When I went forward to inspect your ship, I found that it was already broken beyond repair."]
["Just as my hand touched the Going Merry's hull, a voice suddenly reached my mind!"]
["That voice said... 'I still want to sail..., I still want to sail one more time!'"]
["At that time, I thought I was hallucinating!!!"]
["But I don't know why, I actually believed that voice came from the Going Merry! So... I started repairing this ship!"]
["Although I tried my best to repair it, I can assure you, it definitely wouldn't meet the conditions for going out to sea! Let alone in a typhoon!"]
["But... do you know? The moment I stopped repairing it, that voice reached my mind again! It said... Thank you!"]
["Then I saw a scene that I will never forget!!!"]
["Your Going Merry sailed out to sea by itself!"]
["So, I decided to ride Kairi's ship out to sea. I wanted to see if the Going Merry could really complete one more voyage!"]
["And then... I saw a miracle!"]
["Although I've been a shipwright for many years, I've never seen such an incredible ship! It... defied fate!"]
[— —]
[On the sea, the wind was strong~]
[Flames began to burn on the Going Merry's body~]
[It was clearly a bright sunny day, but fine snow was floating in the air...]
[Fine snow danced, falling on the burning Going Merry, turning into rainwater, sliding down its goat head, as if they were Merry's tears~]
[Amidst the falling snow, a cute voice faintly sounded~]
["I'm sorry, actually, I still want to take everyone further..."]
["I'm sorry, I really want to continue adventuring with you all..."]
["But, I..."]
[This time, everyone heard Merry's voice!!!]
[Luffy's tears streamed down, crying out in immense pain: "We're the ones who should be saying sorry!!!"]**
[He cried out loudly:]
["I don't know how to navigate, causing you to hit an iceberg! And even tearing your sails!"]
["Zoro and Sanji, those two idiots, are always causing damage on the ship too!!!"]
["Although Usopp repairs you every time, his skills are too terrible!"]
["I'm sorry! Merry... we are the ones who should be saying sorry!"]
Speaking of this, Luffy was already kneeling on the ground, unable to speak coherently~
["But, I... am very happy!"]
["Thank you all, for always treating me so well!!"]
[The Going Merry's final voice came from within the flames]
["Merry!!!——"]
The white-framed video ended here, the screen slowly fading away~
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