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Sengoku: "Damn it!!! He actually released so many criminals from Impel Down!!!"
Sakazuki: "Straw Hat Luffy!!! You truly deserve to die!!!"
Kuzan: "The reason Impel Down exists is mainly to prevent those with powerful Devil Fruits from falling into wicked hands again! That place was originally impossible to break through, but because of Luffy's unexpected actions, he actually broke through that impossible-to-break prison!"
Borsalino: "He played a crucial role! If he hadn't won, even if they broke through outside Impel Down, there would be no way to deal with the fleet. They would only have to wait for Magellan to come and destroy them."
Sakazuki: "In short, all of this is because of pirates!! Pirates should be executed!!"
Tsuru: "Marshal Sakazuki is right!"
Garp: "Damn pirates!!"
Charlotte Linlin: "Mamamama..... What are you dogs barking about?! Haven't you noticed something interesting??? The video on this white-framed screen has already played up to this very moment.....!"
Gol D. Roger: "When you put it that way... it really is like that!!! So this viewing system should end now, right?!"
Buggy: "It's good that it's ending! I'm already eager to overturn Marine Headquarters! Wahahahahaha!!"
Rocks D. Xebec: "What?! End?! No...! Impossible! This old man hasn't revived yet!!"
Kaido: "Just let it be! Even if there's another question later, you're still in the forbidden answer period..."
Charlotte Linlin: "Mamamama. .....! You've revived several, but without you, Rocks! You're truly pathetic!!"
Sengoku: "Damn it...!! Is this big war about to begin...??"
Compared to Rocks, Sengoku's mood wasn't much better.
He wanted to be fifteen years younger, but he hadn't reached that state yet. In his current state, being a prisoner of war might be better.
At this moment, the red-framed screen gradually brightened...
The scene appeared!!
[The Going Merry and Thousand Sunny sailing on the vast sea.]
[Compared to the Thousand Sunny's steel might, Luffy still preferred to use the Going Merry to practice]
[Moreover, the current Going Merry has been modified by Franky; it's almost an engine powered by wind, so there's no talk of resource waste~]
[As for the other members of the Straw Hat Pirate Crew~]
[Usopp needs to observe the situation from the observation deck of the Thousand Sunny]
[Sanji follows Kalifa everywhere, all day long~]
[Zoro cultivates on the Thousand Sunny, because the Thousand Sunny has Franky's exclusive training room, this is incredibly deep~]
[Luffy: "Buggy, why do you take the Going Merry out every day?"]
[Buggy, with an expression beyond comprehension, laughed bitterly: "The ship has no consciousness, how can it be lonely?"]
[Ahahaha...]
[Luffy also chuckled, "I know that too, but that day when I took the Going Merry into the Thousand Sunny's hull for the first time, I felt that the Going Merry was very scared and very lonely...."]
["Don't say that, I know it's a bit ridiculous. But that was my true feeling at the time, and now, every day when I take the Going Merry out of the hull, I can feel that she's happy!"]
["Moreover, these past few days of sailing, I've increasingly felt that the Going Merry seems to have its own emotional fluctuations!"]
[Luffy chuckled, scratching his head.]
[Nami: "You wretched Buggy, stop following Luffy around! Why aren't you hurrying back to the Thousand Sunny to train!!" At this moment, Nami walked over, threatening him.]
[Buggy waved his hand: "You yourself cling to Luffy all day, and you have the nerve to tell me?"]
[Nami: "Idiot! I'm doing it to take care of the tangerine grove!!"]
[Upon hearing Buggy actually tease her, Nami punched Buggy's head in anger~]
[Puff~]
[Buggy split into fine particles like sand, then quickly flew to the side and reassembled himself.]
[He grumbled: "Everyone says you should move the tangerine grove onto the Thousand Sunny! It has a dedicated sunny greenhouse suitable for plant growth! So why don't you move it...?"]
[Nami said angrily: "I damaged my tangerine tree during the transfer!!! Why are you so noisy, hurry up and train!"]
[Buggy wanted to say something else, but then he saw a series of arms connecting from a window on the Thousand Sunny's side, and then saw Robin walking down the arms like stairs.]
[Robin gave Buggy a blank look: "You fellow... really lack romantic sense! Hurry up and train!"]
["Eh?"]
[Seeing Robin also talking about him, Buggy immediately felt embarrassed~]
[Alright..... A good man doesn't fight with women!!]
[I'll dodge!]
[He stomped on Robin's just-created arm-stairs and walked back to the Thousand Sunny.]
["Thank you, Robin-nee!"]
[Nami happily hugged Robin's arm and acted spoiled.]
[Robin merely smiled. How could she not see Nami's feelings for Luffy?]
[Therefore, she often helps Nami to hide things, creating a suitable two-person space for Nami and Luffy...]
["Did you hear that?"]
[Suddenly, Luffy was like his butt was poked by a tuna, and he bounced fiercely off the reclining chair.]
["What?"]
[Nami and Robin simultaneously showed puzzled expressions.]
[Luffy shook his head again, also a bit puzzled: "Oh... maybe I didn't sleep well~"]
["Alright, I won't disturb you two. I'm going to train my Haki~"]
[Since officially becoming a member of the Straw Hat Pirate Crew, Zoro has worked even harder on his training!!!]
[As a member of the Straw Hat Pirate Crew, she was very worried that one day when danger came, she would be unable to help everyone!!]
["I'm going to see if the tangerines are ripe yet!" Nami said, then left the deck.]
[Luffy rubbed his eyes, then lay back down on the reclining chair~]
[But the moment he lay down, he bounced up again!!!]
[He frantically looked around, searching everywhere~]
[He froze. The moment his gaze swept over the Going Merry's mast, his gaze suddenly fixed there...!]
[Found it!!!]
[Under the sunlight, a small figure wearing a yellow raincoat and rain boots was sitting on the horizontal bar of the mast, two tiny legs swinging happily~]
[The moment he saw this small figure, the small figure also looked at Luffy~]
[Luffy's eyes instantly burst with deep shock!!!]
[Because when he saw the happy arc at the corner of that small figure's mouth, he also felt the Going Merry express happy emotions!!!]
[This happy emotional fluctuation far exceeded any degree of affection he had ever felt from the Going Merry before!!!]
[It's her!!]
[It's the Going Merry!!!]
[Although this matter in front of him was too preposterous, Luffy could be certain that this small figure in the yellow raincoat was absolutely the source of the Going Merry's emotions!]
["You... are you the Going Merry?" Luffy unconsciously asked.]
[Then the Ship Spirit gave no verbal response, but merely showed extraordinary excitement and happiness through those three words, "Going Merry."]
[How to put it...]
[It's like you adopted a puppy and named it Going Merry. If you keep calling it that name, it will slowly learn that Going Merry is its name~]
["Doesn't understand human language?"]
[Luffy was a bit surprised, then tried to wave at the Ship Spirit~]
[The small figure on the mast suddenly disappeared!!!]
["Huh?" Luffy was instantly startled~]
[But then, before him, the Ship Spirit materialized out of thin air!]
[Without any restraint or shyness, the Ship Spirit directly pounced into Luffy's arms.]
[Luffy unconsciously hugged the Ship Spirit, and then saw the Ship Spirit lean its small face against Luffy's chest, a look of utter satisfaction on its face~]
[At the same time, the Going Merry's emotional fluctuations also made Luffy feel it clearly!]
[Happy!!!]
[Yes, this is an extremely happy emotion!!!]
[Oh my God!!!]
[The Going Merry has become a spirit!!!]
[When Luffy finally reacted, he thoroughly realized how preposterous this matter was!!!]
[No wonder he had felt the Going Merry's emotions many times before. He even thought he had some kind of mental disorder related to an illusion, but it turned out to be real!!!]
[Luffy excitedly hugged the little Going Merry and ran to find Nami~]
[Nami was also stunned~]
[But when she reached out to hug the little Going Merry, she found her hand actually passed right through the Going Merry...]
[Nami's face darkened, and she said irritably, "Huh? Why can't I touch her?"]
["Haha! I don't know either! But I can~"]
[Luffy laughed heartily, gently hugging the little Going Merry a few more times.]
[The meaning of teasing, completely undisguised~]
[Subsequently, Luffy told this news to his comrades!]
[Everyone was shocked. Only Franky's eyeballs almost popped out: "My God! This... this... this is the legendary Ship Spirit!!!" ]
["Ship Spirit??"]
[All the comrades looked at Franky with bewildered faces.]
[Franky immediately told everyone about the Ship Spirit~]
[Everyone finally understood how unbelievable the existence of this small figure in the yellow raincoat was at this moment...]
["You must know, Ship Spirits only exist in legends! Currently, no ship has ever been recorded to have a Ship Spirit! Our Going Merry is the only one!!" Franky's heart surged, he said, trembling.]
["But..., why can only Luffy hug her? We can't?"]
[Zoro grumbled: "Is it because you color chefs are too flashy, so the Ship Spirit is afraid of you?"]
[Sanji was instantly furious: "Nonsense! Then you can't touch her either, can you?!"]
[Zoro shook his head: "Who says? I haven't even tried to touch her yet. How do you know I can't?"]
[Sanji: "Then go touch her now!" Sanji dragged Zoro and walked towards Luffy~~~]
[Zoro: "I'm not going!!!"]
[Zoro flung Sanji's hand away and said disdainfully, "As long as I don't touch her, you can't prove that I can't touch her. On this point, I am currently ahead of you!"]
["Ahhh!! Damn Moss-Head! I'll fight you!!!" Sanji, exasperated, pounced on Zoro~~~]
[At this moment, Franky explained to everyone: "Ship Spirits can only be seen by crewmates who are recognized by the ship itself. As for touching her, there are no records whatsoever regarding that... Either it's because Luffy is the captain? Or because Luffy has the deepest bond with this ship? In short, it definitely requires a very stringent condition!!!"]
[Boom!! —]
[Just then, a violent explosion sounded from outside!!!]
["What's going on?"]
[Everyone from the Straw Hat Pirates immediately rushed out~~~]
[When they arrived on the deck, they saw the Clean-up Giant Trio looking bewilderedly at the two empty treasure chests in front of them...]
["What's going on?"]
[Sanji rushed over, then nervously assessed Kalifa. "Miss Kalifa, are you injured?"]
[Seeing Luffy and the others approach, Rock asked, shaking his hands: "Just now, we found a floating treasure chest on the sea surface. It said 'Tribute to the Sea God' on it, so we just casually fished it out."]
["As a result, when we opened it, it was actually a signal flare! If I'm not mistaken, someone in this fog might be targeting us~"]
[Although it seemed they had caused trouble, Rock was still brave enough to take responsibility, and he made a very bold analysis of the possibilities.]
[Luffy looked at the wooden treasure chest. He saw that it indeed had the words "Before Sea God's Imperial Treasure" written on it. At first glance, one would indeed think it was a treasure someone else was offering to the Sea God.]
[Very clearly... this was done intentionally by someone!!!]
["Hmm, your analysis isn't wrong. However, if it's pirates, then it's not bad. The Sabaody Archipelago has a Marine base; it's perfect for capturing them and exchanging them for money~" Luffy said.]
["What??"]
[Hearing Luffy say this, the Clean-up Giant Trio were instantly shocked beyond belief!]
["Capturing pirates??"]
[Kaku's eyes widened. He said in shock.]
[Luffy shrugged: "Just earning some money on the side (speaking well), is it worth being surprised?"]
["..."]
[The Clean-up Trio were speechless. They didn't dare to say much.]
[They just felt speechless in their hearts~]
[Pirates capturing pirates for bounties?]
[This was the first time they had heard of such a thing....]
[As they delved deeper into the Florian Triangle, the fog on the sea surface grew thicker and thicker~]
[Because visibility was low, Luffy temporarily drove the Going Merry into the hull.]
[On the deck~]
[Buggy stood holding a piece of wood~]
[It looked like he hadn't done anything~]
[But if you looked closely, this piece of wood was constantly vibrating slightly!!!]
["Truly... just a little bit off, and it's always just a little bit off~"]
[Buggy shook his head irritably~]
[Ever since seeing Luffy's Devil Fruit awakening in Little Garden, Buggy had a new goal for developing his Devil Fruit!!!]
[Everyone is a Paramecia Devil Fruit user... since Luffy's Rubber-Rubber Fruit can awaken, why can't my Chop-Chop Fruit awaken...???]
[Ever since leaving Little Garden, Buggy had been continuously practicing active splitting, while also trying to practice splitting external objects!!!]
[He experimented with many things and found that inorganic objects responded to his splitting ability, but organic objects almost had no response at all!!!]
[So Buggy focused his splitting training on inorganic objects!!!]
[The reason he used wood for training wasn't because this particular piece of wood was special. It was just because Buggy used this piece of wood the first time he trained with inorganic objects, so it became a habit~]
["I clearly already have a feeling, but it's always just a little bit short..."]
["Damn it! Even if I can't catch up to Luffy's pace, you can't be left further and further behind by him!!!"]
["Again! I must awaken!"]
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