Chapter 127 Shine on, Merry! (Two in One)

"Merry."

Looking at Merry, who was somehow emitting a sense of desolation, Chihong immediately stepped forward.

"Don't worry, Merry!"

"Since I have come to this world, I will never let that happen to you again."

Although his tone was not passionate at this time, and his voice was not very loud...

But at this moment, Chihong, standing under the night sky, exuded a charming charm.

Although there was still a strange red light in the middle of the Silver inspection mirror above his head.

"Well! I believe you, Chihong!"

Merry turned her head, stood on her feet, crossed her hands behind her back, and smiled sweetly.

"So..."

Chihong suddenly stretched out his palm and invited Merry:

"Want to be my Pokémon, little Merry!?"

Since Merry had already obtained his memory, Chihong didn't pretend at this moment.

And when she heard Chihong's invitation, little Merry immediately showed a look of surprise and doubt.

"Pokemon!? Can I do it, too?"

As the memory combination of the Straw Hat Pirates, Merry certainly understands the meaning of being a Pokémon.

However, after she was born, she became an independent individual and no longer shared memories with the Straw Hat Pirates.

She will just continue to accept everyone's scattered emotions and mental power to strengthen herself.

And these powers can allow Merry to condense a body that touches reality, or control the actions of the ship.

Although no matter what kind of activity is carried out, the energy in Merry's body will dissipate quickly, but this is the meaning of the existence of the ship elf!

But if...

Merry can also enter the Pokémon world like other partners and obtain the Pokémon power given by the machine...

Then will she still become a special ship elf, and even when she is strong enough, she can laugh and have a party with everyone like a normal life! ?

"I don't know if it will succeed."

Chihong did not give a positive answer, but he said with a slightly raised corner of his mouth encouragingly:

"But if you don't try, you will never succeed, right!?"

From the fact that Meili could ask such a question, it can be seen that she once, even though she knew Chihong's special ability, never dared to think about such a thing.

Merry, who is made up of memories and emotions, knows better than anyone how terrifying the power of emotions is.

If she holds hope but does not get the desired result, the emotions of loss and regret will eventually run through her whole body.

Over time, she will either completely dissipate or become a ship elf who resents the crew.

In order not to make herself like that, little Meili directly cuts off such thoughts from the root.

This is also the reason why most ship elves are unwilling to have too much contact with the crew.

However, this is a behavior that belongs to the racial characteristics of the ship elves, and Chihong naturally does not know it.

Looking at his outstretched palm, a trace of hesitation flashed across little Meili's face.

But soon, she stepped forward and grabbed Chihong's palm.

"Let me be your Pokémon! Trainer!!!"

She suddenly said.

The next moment, a relaxed and relieved smile appeared on Red's face.

"As you wish, little Merry!" Red said softly.

A dazzling light instantly occupied their sight.

When she opened her eyes again, the two had successfully entered the Pokémon world!

At this time, they were standing in front of the Pokémon Center in Golden City.

"I did it! I actually did it!!!"

Looking at this scene that only appeared in memories, little Merry suddenly jumped up excitedly.

After a while, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked Red:

"By the way, Red!"

"Quick! Show me my attribute interface!"

Because she carried Red's memory, Merry was not unfamiliar with the Pokémon world at all, and was even more familiar with it than the other people in the Straw Hat Pirates.

"Don't worry." Red replied with a smile, and then he clicked on the Pokémon interface, which belonged to Merry's attribute interface.

[Pokémon: Go Forward·Merry (Ship Spirit Form)]

[Level: 5]

[Gender: —]

[Personality: Naughty (+ Attack - Special Defense)]

[Attribute: Ghost]

[Feature: Float (Can float freely in the air and easily avoid attacks from the ground)]

——

[HP: 27]

[Attack: 18]

[Defense: 13]

[Special Attack: 20]

[Special Defense: 14]

[Speed: 20]

——

"Ship Spirit Form?"

When Red finished reading the attribute list of Merry, he was stunned for a moment.

Realizing something, he looked at Merry curiously and asked:

"Merry, can you... still turn back into a ship now!?"

"Of course you can, what's wrong!?"

As a ship spirit, Merry was stunned for a moment, and then answered as a matter of course.

Although in ancient legends, ship spirits are magical species born from the hull of a ship.

But in fact, although the ship spirit and the hull seem to be two separate entities, the ship spirit's consciousness and thinking exist in both at the same time.

"What's wrong!?"

Listening to Merry's casual answer, Red began to doubt whether she had inherited the memories of herself, Luffy, and Usopp!

That's a ship!

A ship!

It's so cool to let a ship be your Pokémon! ?

Red was eager to fight:

"Quick, Merry! Show me your other form!"

"Ah? Here?"

Little Merry stretched out her hands to grab both sides of her hood, looked around, and showed a little embarrassment.

"But..."

"It's too small here~!"

Although she said so, the next moment, Merry still showed her "super transformation form" to Red!

In an instant...

A light sailboat that was supposed to appear in the outside world carrying the Straw Hat Pirates suddenly appeared in front of Red!

"Fuck! It actually works!!!"

Seeing this scene, Red couldn't help but swear.

But the next second, he couldn't wait to open Merry's attribute interface again.

[Pokémon: Advance Merry (Ship Form)]

[Level: 5]

[Gender: —]

[Personality: Naughty (+ Attack - Special Defense)]

[Attribute: General]

[Feature: AR system (You can change your own attributes to that attribute by loading items with different attribute energy.)]

——

[HP: 27]

[Attack: 19]

[Defense: 15]

[Special Attack: 17]

[Special Defense: 16]

[Speed: 17]

——

"AR system!? What is this feature?"

Red was stunned when he saw an unfamiliar feature. After reading it, he immediately looked up at Merry, but he didn't get any answer.

At this moment, the ship-shaped Merry in front of him changed again and instantly turned back into the ship spirit form.

Merry said aggrievedly:

"No, Red, I still have too little energy now, even answering your questions is very difficult..."

"Not to mention controlling such a huge body!"

"I am still a long way from the Merry in your memory!"

"I see."

After listening to the explanation of the Merry, Red suddenly showed a look of realization.

That's right.

The Straw Hat Pirates have just passed the second island after entering the Grand Line.

In such a short time, even the gifted little Merry in the ship is not so easy to grow up.

But it doesn't matter.

Red suddenly grinned and said:

"I roughly understand what's going on."

"Don't worry, little Merry!"

"Since you have entered the Pokémon world, you should know..."

"In the next period of time, you will make rapid progress!!!"

Although a lot of electricity was spent to exchange for the Silver Inspection Mirror, Red did not have no energy left.

Although the remaining time is only enough to support about half an hour of game time...

But it is enough!

Ten minutes later.

Red, who brought Merry to the wild, did not hesitate at all, and instantly plunged into the grass, and carried out horrible and cold-blooded destruction on each cute Pokémon.

With the high experience infusion, Merry's level has improved by leaps and bounds.

In just half an hour, she has successfully reached level 9!

A full 4 levels difference!

This is the benefit of Red becoming stronger...

He can directly crush Pokémon, provide a fast channel for new partners to become stronger, and get through the difficult novice period.

Of course, all this is inseparable from the efforts of Luffy and Zoro.

Without their help, Red would not be able to find this leveling area that is obviously not low, but still can't beat him.

With another level 26 Rada fainting on the ground, little Merry's level has improved further and directly reached level 10.

Although it is not much, it directly makes little Merry's body several times stronger than before!

"Red, I feel like I've gotten stronger again!"

After upgrading, Meili said in surprise.

She waved her hand suddenly, releasing a dark energy wave ball directly from her palm, and then threw it towards a big tree in the distance.

It was the only move Meili could learn in the ship spirit form - [Shadow Ball]!

Whoosh!

Bang! ! !

After the shaking shadow ball touched the tree trunk, a huge explosion sound suddenly erupted.

The scale was not very large, just the power of ordinary shells that ordinary artillery could fire.

But even so, it was enough to make Meili happy.

"It's just as you guessed, Red!"

"The power of Pokémon has merged with the power of the ship spirit!"

"And I can clearly feel the energy in my body slowly recovering!"

"This is completely different from the ship spirit power that I usually grow silently!"

"I don't think I'm just a ship spirit anymore!!!"

The excited little Merry spoke to Red, expressing her indescribable joy.

Seeing this scene, a satisfied light also flowed in Red's eyes.

He reached out and patted little Meili's head lovingly:

"This is just the beginning!"

"You must become stronger quickly, little Meili!"

"We guys are still counting on you to take us to the sky and the sea, and travel around the world!"

"Yeah!!!" Little Meili nodded seriously and replied seriously.

A night of silence.

In the blink of an eye, it was early morning the next day.

As the first ray of morning sun shines on the bow of the Merry, Robin, who happened to "join" the Straw Hat crew, got up early.

I saw her walking quietly to the side of the boat railing with her slender legs, looking at the scorching sun that had just risen in the distance, her expression in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.

"You're up so early, Robin."

At this moment, a red voice suddenly came from behind Robin.

And Robin seemed to have expected it. Before he could turn around, the words had already blurted out.

"You too, Mr. Vice Captain."

She turned around, her dark hair glowing as smooth as silk in the morning sun.

Paired with Robin's charming smile, people can't help but want to take a second look.

But facing Robin, who exuded charm, Chi Hong's expression remained unchanged.

He imitated Robin with a smile, also leaned against the railing of the boat, and retorted:

"You're wrong about that, Robin~"

"It's not that I woke up early, but I didn't sleep all night!"

"Perhaps my characteristic is not sleeping!"

"Although I don't quite understand it, it sounds like it's very powerful." Robin blinked slightly, showing an amazed look.

And just when she wanted to continue to say something and continue to extract information from Chi Hong...

A child figure wearing a cloak suddenly appeared beside Chi Hong.

It’s none other than Little Meili, the boat elf!

As soon as she appeared, she immediately said to Red under Robin's truly shocked eyes:

"Red, there seems to be a strange submarine that looks like a hippopotamus not far ahead!"

"And there is a pirate flag hanging above the submarine!"

"Submarine? Pirate flag!?"

After hearing these key pieces of information, Chihong's mind suddenly recalled plot fragments from the world of pirates.

The next second, he turned to look at Xiao Meili.

Although the ship elves do not have eyes, their faces hidden by their cloaks are their permanent form.

But at this moment, Chihong still saw endless anticipation in Xiao Meili's body!

Because they are familiar with the plot and they all know it...

In that pirate submarine, there is a high probability that they are the Wapol group who were scared away by Blackbeard who abandoned the citizens from Drum Island!

And who is Wapol! ?

Not only is he the former king of the Drum Kingdom, he is also the current captain of the White Iron Pirates.

At the same time, he is also a superman with the ability to swallow the fruit! ! !

As for the power of the Tunton Fruit, even Hong Hong, who has a unique golden finger, can't help but want to eat it——

BUG level fruit ability! ! !

The Nika Fruit and the Dark Dark Fruit, in Chi Hong’s opinion, are not as good as the Tuntun Fruit that can swallow all things and turn them into its own power!

False god-level fruit ability: sit-ups, never beaten to death.

Real god-level fruit ability: swallow the unconscious creature or object that has eaten the devil fruit, and integrate all the fruit abilities into your own body! ! !

Of course, since Tuntun Fruit already has its own owner, Chihong doesn't have the ability to plunder other people's fruits...

So after meeting Wapol, there was only one thing he could do!

"Meili, start the AR system!"

"yes!"

Xiao Meili suddenly saluted seriously, and then disappeared in an instant.

The next moment, I saw a strange device miraculously emerging from the depths of Chihong's feet.

It was a cylindrical device that seemed to protrude from an alien space.

In the middle of the device, there is a pure black concave design where objects are placed.

Chihong took it out from behind and immediately put the fire stone originally prepared for Usopp into the device.

The next second...

As Mei Li was sailing in the sea, a circle of eternal flames ignited inexplicably, just like the fire of life on the tail of a Charmander!

Immediately afterwards, without anyone's control, the Meili actually turned the ship on its own, tilting the ship slightly so that the bow of the Sheephead pointed its gaze in a certain direction below the sea.

Terrifying energy suddenly began to condense in front of the sheep's head bow.

If Luffy and the others saw such a scene, they would definitely shout in surprise:

"Fuck! Destroy the death light!!!"

But soon, the destructive death light they were familiar with began to change its appearance.

The flames burning on the Meili suddenly rose, adding the power of flames to the fluctuations that destroyed the death light...

It instantly turned into a fire attribute attack move.

Chihong came to the bow of the ship and looked at the flames that illuminated the sea red in front of her eyes. She suddenly laughed knowingly:

"Come on, Merry!!!"

“Let everyone know that you can protect others too!!!”

"Let your power shine at this moment!!!"

boom! ! !

The mighty energy impact suddenly shot out, forming a blazing light that penetrated all the sea water and rushed towards the diving pirate ship not far away...