bookbashuk Chapter 226 Plan
Chapter 226 Plan
Chapter 226 Plan
As Franky finished his words, Usopp and Luffy shouted, "Are you kidding me?"
"Merry is our companion!"
"You made others abandon their partners without even lifting a finger. What kind of ship repairman are you?!"
"Damn it, is it necessary to repair this kind of ship? Isn't it obvious that it is a scrapped ship?" Franky was also very angry.
"You bastard! Shut up!" The rubber arm flew directly towards Franky and hit his steel nose.
"No matter what, I will not give up our friends!" Luffy glared at Franky fiercely.
"asshole…"
Franky, who was flying backwards, got up from the ground. Just when Franky was about to take a fighting stance, Uncle Tom, who had been standing beside him, suddenly roared.
"Franky, have you had enough of this?!"
"As a man, you should love every ship equally, Franky, you have forgotten your original dream!"
"Go home and copy the boat repair techniques for me ten times!"
"Don't touch the boat until you finish writing!" "Hmph!" Franky stood up from the ground with an unwilling look on his face, glared at Luffy fiercely, and then walked out of the dock.
"Does he still have a problem with me?" Looking at Franky's back, Yun Yi asked calmly.
"Alas, it was you who didn't want to take him with you when you went out to sea."
"We haven't seen each other for so many years. He was very upset when you brought that brat Ace here last time. Now you've turned around and joined an unknown pirate group. How could he be nice to you?"
"...I have no intention of forming a pirate group, let alone becoming the Pirate King. Why does he keep staring at me?"
"I just want to have a quiet adventure on the sea alone..."
"Hey, Yun Yi, it seems that Franky is not the only one who has lost his original intention!"
"It's not that I lost my original intention, it's that I've seen too much and wanted to try to change it, so I temporarily buried my original intention."
"Oh, I don't want to get involved in your affairs." Uncle Tom sighed helplessly, "Okay, go on!"
After a moment of silence, Yun Yi continued the topic that had been interrupted just now: "This is a ship that gave birth to a ship spirit."
"Ship elf..." Old Tom muttered, slowly walked to the front of the Merry, and unconsciously touched the bottom of the ship with his hand, "That's right, that's right!"
"With such love for his ship, it's no wonder he gave birth to a ship elf."
Having said that, Tom looked at Luffy and the others, and the smile on his face became even kinder.
"What is a ship elf?" Nami on the side couldn't help but ask in confusion.
"It is said that when a ship is loved and cherished by its crew, it may develop self-awareness and give birth to a miraculous spirit, the ship spirit."
The iceberg, who was standing next to Uncle Tom with a stern face, slowly explained: "This ship can give birth to a ship spirit. I believe you must have taken good care of it!"
"Come to think of it, after building and repairing so many ships, this is the first time I've seen a ship with self-awareness."
"Unfortunately, Franky is right. It is no longer possible for it to continue sailing."
"How is this possible! Are you kidding me?" Usopp also rushed out with tears streaming down his face.
"Didn't you just say it could be repaired? Souga, I get it. You must be afraid that we can't afford it, so you're unwilling to use the best materials to help us repair the ship, right?"
"Hahaha, don't worry. Although our boat is shabby, we have a lot of money."
"Look, look!" Usopp took out box after box of Bailey from his backpack, "Nami, quickly open the code of the box and tell them that we have money, a lot of money!"
"We can definitely fix the Merry!"
"It can be repaired, but what happens after the repair? Continue sailing for half a day and then sink?"
"Or replace all the parts and build a new ship that's identical but has nothing to do with it?"
"What's the point? If you replace all the parts, the ship will die..."
Iceberg's words were like a heavy hammer, striking the hearts of the Straw Hat Pirates again.
"What a joke... What a joke!!" Usopp still didn't quite believe it.
"Straw Hat Boys, you must love this ship!"
"However, it really needs to be saved. Letting it perish peacefully is the best outcome for it."
"Okay, Iceberg, you go over first and gather Aaron and the others to prepare the tools. I'll talk to them!"
After persuading Bingshan to leave, Yun Yi continued to say to Luffy and the others: "Everyone, regarding the rescue measures for the Merry, I now have two solutions!"
"Luffy, I need you to give me an answer, an answer as a captain!"
"What method?!" Hearing Yun Yi's question, new hope bloomed on Luffy and Usopp's faces, "Tell me quickly, tell me quickly!"
"The method is very simple. Either I pay a huge price to reverse time and space and reverse the timeline of the Merry to the time when it was just built."
"The price is that his consciousness will also be annihilated. Perhaps a new Merry will be born in the future, but he is not the same consciousness as this Merry after all."
"In addition, the structure of the Merry also means that it is destined to be unable to adapt to more intense adventures. If it is not careful, it will sink completely and there will be no possibility of resurrection..."
Turning his head to look at Luffy and the others, Yun Yi spoke again without waiting for them to answer: "Don't doubt it, it won't last you long enough to become the Pirate King, or even halfway through the Grand Line!"
After interrupting Luffy and the others' expectations, Yun Yi continued to express his second idea.
"The second option is to build a new ship, and then I will use my ability to transfer the soul of the Merry, which is the ship spirit you just heard about, to the new ship."
"The good thing is that the new ship has enough power to accompany you to become Pirate King, and Merry can continue his journey with us."
"What about the downsides?" Sanji asked in a deep voice as he lit a cigarette.
"The downside is that the new ship also has the possibility of developing self-awareness, which means that Merry will most likely need to share a body with another ship spirit. No, it should be restricted by this body, after all, it is just an outsider."
"It will forever be accompanied by the bright moon and starry sky, and will never see the scenery during the day again."
"In other words, your daytime adventures will no longer have anything to do with him. The only time he can accompany you is at night, when you fall asleep, and he will quietly watch over you."
"Except for its soul, it will no longer have any connection with the Merry."
"Body or soul, choose one of the two, this is the only way!"
"Nai, Bai Ze, there is still a way, right? There is still another way, right..." Chopper's voice trembled, tears streaming down like raindrops, but he could not get any new answer.
The salty sea breeze blew through the dock and hit Luffy's face. He adjusted his straw hat and lowered his forehead slightly, his long knuckles trembling against the brim of the hat.
The last words of Chopper's trembling voice still hung in the humid air, and a dead silence broke out in the dock.
Aside, Usopp's breathing became very light, like a baby bird with its throat strangled.
His knees slammed heavily on the ground, and his ten fingers dug into the cracks in the stone floor, the white knuckles almost piercing his skin.
Tears slid down his long nose and condensed into turbid drops of water on his chin.
"How is it possible...Merry clearly..." Her lips were trembling with salty tears, "We clearly agreed to go together..."
The tail end of the sound was torn apart by the sudden sound of the sea breeze. In a trance, he seemed to hear a tiny cracking sound coming from deep in the wooden board of the Merry in front of him.
It was like the faintest groan of pain from someone who was dying.
Luffy's hand was still on the straw hat, and he could feel the stitching on the inside of the brim pressing against his palm.
This was the first time he had given an order that would decide the fate of his companions, so even the straw hat that usually seemed very comfortable to wear became uncomfortable to the touch.
Her throat felt like it was stuffed with a ball of water-soaked cotton, and her chest ached when she swallowed. The moment Nami turned her face away, a drop of crystal clear water streaked across her tall nose.
Zoro put his hand in his pocket and wiped his saber silently, the blade reflecting the red corners of his eyes. Sanji's cigarette broke in two between his fingers, and a small sigh flew when the sparks fell to the ground.
Chopper was crying like a little child, while Robin was looking at the Straw Hat Pirates in silence. This was the first time she saw someone cherish a ship so much.
If I were the current Merry, what would be different? How would I feel?
Robin didn't know because she had never seen it.