One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 931 Cruel
"Why? If it's money, we have it! We have gold, we'll exchange it for Bailey right away!"

Luffy became anxious when he heard this and shouted immediately, while Jack, who was standing behind the crowd, showed an expression of understanding on his face. As he expected, the ship could not be saved.

"It's not about money. I can see that you guys really love this boat. Even though your craftsmanship is not good, the patches on the hull are really well done. For a beginner, you definitely did your best."

Iceberg shook his head and said.

"But a ship can be repaired anywhere except one place where it cannot be repaired at any time."

Franky continued what Iceberg said.

"Where it can't be repaired?"

Luffy and the others tilted their heads at the same time, only Usopp reacted and his expression became very ugly.

"It's the keel. For a wooden ship, the entire ship is built on a qualified keel. This also means that once the keel is damaged, the ship will be useless no matter how good the other parts are."

Jack stood behind the crowd and said that this was a cruel fact, but it was also something that a pirate group like Luffy had to face. When they first set sail, such people often could not get a very good ship, so when they had their first usable pirate ship with a pirate flag painted on it, they would often cherish it. However, being usable does not mean being very useful. Often such a ship could not last too long, especially compared to the Four Seas. The sea conditions on the Grand Line were much worse. Although Paradise was not as good as the New World, it could still make these newcomers from the Four Seas suffer. Every year, countless people died on this sea due to astronomical phenomena and sea conditions, and those who were captured by the navy were a minority.

"Is there no other solution? You only took a look and you didn't even get into the water!"

Luffy said with tears in his eyes. Although he was not very smart, he knew that Iceberg and Franky would not lie to him, but he still wanted to ask one more question. What if? What if they were wrong?
"We are not wrong about this. Look here. This crack is the evidence. A normal ship will not crack in this place. It is only possible that the keel was damaged and the hull began to deform and squeeze to form cracks. In fact, it is a miracle that you can drive this ship here."

Franky said with a hint of surprise.

"Yes, judging from the time, this crack has appeared for at least a month. Normally, a ship with such cracks should not last more than three days. To be honest, this ship is qualified to enter our museum."

Iceberg took a closer look and immediately understood what Franky meant. Indeed, according to reason, the Golden Merry should have been broken into two pieces long ago, and it was a miracle that it had insisted on sailing here under such circumstances.

"A month ago! Wasn't that when we were on Sky Island?"

Nami suddenly shouted.

"Sky Island? You've reached Sky Island? Which Sky Island? Is it Ansa?"

When Yamato heard that Luffy and others went to Sky Island, he immediately became excited and asked.

"It's not Ansa, it's a place called Angel Island, and there's also the legendary Golden City - Shandora. No, now is not the time to talk about this. Is it true that the Merry can't be repaired?"

Nami quickly turned around and asked.

"Yes, although we would like to say that we have a way, it is impossible. Unless there is someone with the ability of this fruit, otherwise, your only choice is to change a boat."

Iceberg spread her hands helplessly. This ship was able to hold on for so long under such circumstances. It was obvious that this ship loved Luffy and the others very much. It was like a person with a broken bone who insisted on running the rest of the marathon. Obviously there was a very important reason for her to persist. What's more, the keel was almost equivalent to the spine and brain for a ship. In short, it was definitely the most important part of the body. That was why Iceberg had said before about entering the museum.

"how come!"

Nami couldn't hold back for a moment and squatted on the ground, covering her face and crying. Kuina hurried forward to comfort her, but the effect was not good, because Kuina herself had tears all over her face. Of course, the one who cried the loudest was Chopper, who was biting his hat and crying bitterly. As for Luffy, Zoro and Usopp, they didn't cry, but the faces of the three of them didn't look good.

"Alas, it is indeed a difficult decision to ask you to change ships directly. How about this, you can dock here for a while, and we will not charge you the docking fee. You can think about it for a few days."

Iceberg looked at Luffy and the others, sighed helplessly and said.

"Of course, there is another way. You can dismantle this ship, and then use the usable materials and some new materials to rebuild a new ship. There is a saying that the new ship built in this way can inherit the will of the past ship. Of course, the specific choice is up to you." Franky snapped his fingers and said. As a shipbuilder, he knew too many anecdotes about these ships. Some were from personal experience, some were from hearsay, and some were passed down from generation to generation.

"Thank you, we will think about it."

Luffy lowered his head and thanked him quietly.

"Well, then you can discuss it among yourselves. By the way, Yamato, didn't you say you had something to talk about? Let's go somewhere else to talk."

Iceberg turned and said to Yamato and the others.

"Oh ok, why don't you go to our boat?"

Seeing that Luffy was in a bad mood, Yamato didn't say anything to disturb him until Iceberg spoke to him. It was not difficult for Yamato to empathize with the feelings of Luffy and others. After all, she had not experienced these things. However, she also knew the significance of a ship to a pirate group, so she didn't say anything to disturb them too much.

Except for the question about Sky Island which made Yamato unable to hold back, in other aspects Yamato acted as a listener. This was an innovation for Yamato, who always talked a lot.

"No problem. By the way, do you have Coke?"

Even though he hasn't become a cyborg, Franky's love for Coke remains unchanged.

"I can't say anything about food, but as for drinks, we have all kinds of drinks."

Yamato said with a thumbs up.

When Iceberg and others boarded the Yamato ship, Luffy and others returned to the Golden Merry in silence. Everyone sat in the restaurant, without saying a word to each other.

"Since no one is talking, let me speak. My opinion is to change the ship. We can't stand still because of the problem of the Merry, so changing the ship is necessary."

Zoro looked left and right, and seeing that no one spoke, he finally gritted his teeth and chose to speak.

"Zoro! How could you be like this! You are so heartless!"

"That's right! Zoro you idiot!"

"ruthless!"

"Bad guy!"

"Mito stream!"

"Hey! Luffy, three sword styles aren't a word to describe people."

"Four sword styles."

"That's not even the Four Swords Style!"

Seeing everyone starting to spray towards him, Zoro was not angry. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief. It was better to be willing to speak than to hold it in. Although he was in a bad mood, Zoro knew that he had to be the cruel person to say this, because everyone understood that the Merry could not be saved, but if he didn't say it, everyone would still have unrealistic fantasies, which was absolutely not acceptable.

(End of this chapter)