One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 933: Meili's Decision
"Sure enough, do we still need to change boats?"

Usopp lowered his head and said in pain.

"We don't want to leave the Merry either. Although her space is relatively small, this is our first proper ship. But under the current circumstances, it's time for her to rest."

Kuina looked at Usopp and said that she understood that Usopp had the deepest feelings for the Merry. After all, the Merry was built in his hometown. Although the Usopp in this world would not think that he was useless due to his lack of strength, and would not feel inferior and think that only the Merry was the capital for him to join the pirate group, but no matter what, the Merry was still very important in his heart. After all, when the housekeeper Merry handed the Merry to them, she attached a letter from Kaya. In Usopp's heart, the Merry was actually a gift from Kaya to him.

"I understand, but it really feels a bit uncomfortable."

Usopp said this and also raised his hand. They were voting by raising their hands. Although it was difficult, after Zoro proposed the vote, everyone slowly raised their hands one by one to express their agreement to change ships.

"Okay, next topic. There are two options for replacing the ship. One is to completely replace it with a new ship and put the Merry in the museum. Although we have only met once, I think that Iceberg and Franky should be trustworthy people. They should treat the Merry well. The other option is to do as Franky said and dismantle the Merry and merge it into the new ship. There are two options. Let's vote by raising our hands."

After seeing that everyone agreed to change ships, Zoro secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although no one said it, everyone actually tacitly acknowledged the fact that he was the vice-captain. As a vice-captain, especially the vice-captain of a pirate group with an unreliable captain, Zoro knew that he had to be hard-hearted at times.

“I want to keep going with everyone.”

Suddenly, a voice that was difficult to distinguish between male and female and sounded like a child's was heard, causing Luffy and the others to freeze in place. The first to react was Usopp.

"Merry! It's the Merry, right? It's you, right? I was not mistaken when I was on Sky Island!"

Usopp stood up and said with tears in his eyes.

"Everyone, I want to continue sailing with you."

The ship elf of the Merry made a sound again. She could not appear in front of everyone directly, but she could make a sound so that those who were recognized could hear her voice.

"Merry!!!"

Luffy and the others burst into tears when they heard the voice. Even Zoro, who had been holding on, couldn't help but let two tears fall from the corners of his eyes. He wiped them away immediately, but they were still caught by Kuina.

"I want to sail on with everyone, change my body, and continue sailing."

Merry's voice sounded very weak, and her words were intermittent, but everyone could hear the firm will in it. As a ship that had only been sailing for a short time when the ship spirit was generated, the love of Luffy and others was beyond imagination. Accordingly, Merry also hoped to continue sailing with Luffy and others.

"Well, it seems that there is no need to vote. One's own wishes are more important than anything else. So let's choose the second option. But Merry, if you change your hull, are you still yourself?"

Zoro sighed and asked, if the Merry would no longer be the same Merry after changing its hull, he would rather send the Merry to a museum. At least in this way, the Merry could still exist. He would rather the Merry hate him than disappear. Although he did not understand what kind of existence the Merry was, he could guess a little bit, just like a good knife has its own soul, it seems that the Merry is almost the same.

As a swordsman, Zoro knows very well that once a sword is damaged, its soul is destroyed. Even if it is recast, only a new soul will be born. He wants to know if the same will be true for Merry. If so, he will join forces with Luffy and others to send Merry to the museum. At least this way they will have time and opportunity to visit this old friend.

"Yes, I can live in every wooden board. Everything here is me."

Merry's voice was very gentle, as if she was afraid of scaring someone, and Merry's assurance made Zoro feel relieved. Similarly, the other people who understood what Zoro's question just meant secretly gave Zoro a thumbs up. Kuina decided to make an exception and allow Zoro to have a few more glasses of wine during dinner tonight. As the temporary manager of the kitchen of the Straw Hat Pirates, Kuina still has a lot of say in meals.

"Then it's decided! Let's go find Franky! And let them rebuild the Merry!" Luffy jumped onto the dining table and shouted.

"Oh!!!"

Several others raised their hands and shouted at the same time.

And when they found Yamato the next day to explain the situation, they immediately learned the news about Baoshu Adam from Yamato and others.

"Adam Baoshu, I know something about this. My mother told me that the legendary pirate king Roger's pirate ship, the Oro Jackson, as well as the Red Hair Pirates' Red and Blue Force, the original flagship of the Beasts Pirates, the Beast King, and the Whitebeard Pirates' flagship, the Moby Dick, are all built with this material. It is known as the best ship building material in the world!"

Usopp said as he picked up his little notebook and flipped through it.

"Legend has it that there was an island where wars were constantly going on. The entire island's cities and people were basically destroyed in the war, but there was a huge "tree" that still stood. No matter what happened, the tree stood there. After the war, people relied on this tree to build new cities and countries. There are only a few trees like this in the world, and people call it the strongest tree. This is the story of the treasure tree Adam."

Robin, who was standing aside, began to give Luffy and the others a scientific explanation. The treasure tree Adam is a material that is openly prohibited from being bought and sold. Not only is this tree too rare, but due to its own characteristics, only the branches that fall off according to the season can be used, and the tree itself is almost impossible to be cut down.

However, there is no shortage of people who want to get rich in this world, so even in the New World, there were people who dared to engage in slave trade against the law, not to mention the precious tree Adam who would not lose his head.

"Do we have enough money?"

Nami began to think about the batch of gold preserved on the Merry. Although it was very old, due to the corrosion in the giant snake's stomach, many treasures had actually lost their original shape, causing their value as cultural relics to become much lower. If it were just gold, it might not be that valuable.

"By the way, didn't you guys say before that you reached Sky Island? And you found the Golden Land on it? Tell me what happened?"

Yamato suddenly remembered something and said.

"Well, actually, it was because the needle pointed to the sky, and then we discovered that the monster current could send the ship into the sky. After that... then we defeated that guy named Enelu, rang the golden bell, and then left. That's about it."

Luffy recounted his and others' previous experiences.

"The user of the Thunder Fruit? Wait? Is that the guy that Uncle Golden Lion picked up earlier?"

Yamato said immediately after hearing about the Thunder Fruit.

"What? Have you seen Enelu?"

Luffy immediately perked up when he heard this. They had been sailing for so long, and apart from Ace, Enelu was the strongest enemy he had ever encountered. Although he was immune to the opponent's lightning, his own powerful strength and his overly strong observation Haki also put Luffy in a tough battle.

"I guess so. I don't know if it's the same person. Anyway, a new person came to Uncle Golden Lion's place a while ago. He seems to be the user of the Thunder Fruit." Yamato spread his hands and said.

(End of this chapter)