Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

"Ah~"

Kokoro once again made a sound of enjoyment, holding Bai Ye's wine jar as if it were a rare treasure:

"Not only does the aroma of the wine fill your nose, but you won't feel uncomfortable after drinking it. Instead, your whole body will feel warm. More importantly, this feeling of being slightly tipsy is really great."

"If you like it, I can give mother-in-law a few more jars later."

Hearing what Kokoro said, Bai Ye also said with a smile.

"Hahahaha, thank you so much then."

Kokoro agreed without any hesitation, and then she continued:

"In that case, let the old woman help you this time."

Kokoro said, looking at the Merry parked near the platform:

"This is your ship, right? It has sailed all the way from the East China Sea to here, and it is still in such good condition. This shows that you have deep feelings for it."

As she had worked as a secretary for Tom's Shipbuilding Company, she was quite confident in simply identifying ships.

After carefully observing the Merry, Kokoro couldn't help but admire its intactness.

but--

Kokoro shook his head and continued:

"It is not enough to want this ship to accompany you into the new world."

"What?!!!"

The first one to exclaim was naturally Usopp.

"Why do you say that? Merry, isn't it fine?"

"That's right, Grandma, Merry is also our important partner!"

Luffy also said anxiously.

"I can tell."

Kokoro turned around and looked at everyone and said:

“It must have taken a lot of effort and thought to build a ship like this in the East China Sea.”

"You should also be very caring towards him during the subsequent voyages."

"So, even after following you for such a long time, there are still no major problems with this ship."

"But the ship still can't enter the New World."

Kokoro said this and shook his head with some regret:

"After you entered the Grand Line, you should have also felt the strange weather here."

"We may encounter various emergencies at any time and anywhere, which places very high demands on ships."

"However, even such a harsh sailing environment is still far inferior to the New World."

"Many of the shipbuilders in the world have never even seen the weather in Paradise, so the ships they designed naturally don't have the corresponding facilities."

"Therefore, all pirates who set out from the four seas will change their ships again on the Grand Line."

"Even the Pirate King Roger is no exception."

At this point, Kokoro specifically mentioned One Piece, because he could see that the people in front of him had deep feelings for the ship.

"And those pirates who were stubborn and refused to change ships all disappeared in that crazy sea without exception."

After the words were spoken, the scene fell into silence.

...

At first, when Merry heard Kokoro talking about how everyone had deep feelings for the Merry, she shook her head happily.

He was very pleased with the compliment.

But soon, he was no longer happy, because Kokoro actually said that the Merry could not accompany Luffy and others to the New World.

This was obviously a huge blow to Meli.

In fact, he also knew that if it weren't for Bai Ye's magic circle that reinforced him many times, he would have been riddled with holes by the time he had sailed to this point.

But unexpectedly, even so, the Merry was still unable to continue sailing with everyone.

Although Meli now has a physical body, he can continue to travel with everyone even if he changes ships.

At worst, Bai Ye can just put away the Merry.

However, as a ship elf, Merry was still a little sad.

After all, the reason he was born was to carry everyone on a voyage.

Just then, Merry felt a pair of large hands touching his head.

When I looked up, who else could it be but Bai Ye.

Looking at Meli's aggrieved face, Bai Ye smiled and said softly:

"Don't worry, I'm here."

Then, Bai Ye planned to tell everyone that he had a solution.

The reason why I waited for Kokoro to finish speaking was to give Meli a better reason to upgrade later.

But what I didn’t expect was——

"Bai Ye must have a way!"

Luffy's voice suddenly sounded, and he was the first person among the crowd to think of Bai Ye.

white night:"......"

Seeing everyone turning their heads to look at him with hopeful eyes, he could only smile and nod, while complaining in his heart.

According to the script, shouldn't it be that when everyone is heartbroken, he comes out to save the situation and then receives a round of exclamations?

Why do I feel now that I did it myself? Luffy is the one who is pretending.

This guy, when did his brain become so fast?

-

Then, Bai Ye briefly explained to everyone that he had thought about similar problems a long time ago and had a way to upgrade Merry without changing the ship.

This also made everyone feel relieved.

Meli held Bai Ye's thigh tightly and refused to let go.

"Oh? You actually have this ability? Old lady, I like you more and more."

Hearing Bai Ye's words, Kokoro said with interest.

Just these words made Bai Ye's body stiffen for a moment and sweat broke out on his head.

The image of Kokoro turning into a mermaid appeared in my mind.

"Hahaha! Am I that scary?"

Seeing Bai Ye’s expression, Kokoro also laughed out loud.

This made Bai Ye even more embarrassed.

Fortunately, Kokoro quickly changed the subject:

"Now that you have the best of both worlds, I will be better able to help you."

Kokoro said, looking at Nami:

"You are a navigator, right? Little girl, which direction are you going next?"

"North." Nami replied.

"That's even better. You were going to the Seven Water Capital anyway."

Kokoro then explained to everyone:

"The Seven Waters Capital is a city that started out as a shipbuilding industry. The skills of every shipbuilder there are world-class and are definitely not comparable to those of shipbuilders in the world."

"If you want to upgrade your ship, there's no better place to go."

"Wow! That sounds awesome!" Luffy said excitedly.

“Hahaha, don’t look at me like this, old woman, but I know the mayor of Water Seven City. He’s also the owner of the most powerful shipbuilding company on that island—Carrera Company. He’s an iceberg!”

"Wow! Old lady, you are so awesome!!!" Luffy said even more excitedly.

"Hahaha, you are good at talking too, Straw Hat Boy. In that case, I will go with you."