The person is wearing a straw hat, and starts with the power of words!

"You're the ship's spirit..." Law suddenly remembered a member of the Straw Hat Pirates, and his eyes widened slightly. "You're Merry! A member of the Straw Hat Pirates!"

“That’s right!” Merry raised her head proudly. “I am the ship spirit of the Straw Hat Pirates, Merry! I didn’t expect you to know of my existence. No wonder you are someone my father approves of.”

"dad?"

“Yeah. Although Dad’s bounty is lower than yours… it’s only a little bit lower. But Dad is amazing, super amazing! I’m standing here because of Dad’s abilities! And also, Dad is amazing too! 300 million Berries! That’s much higher than yours! A lot more!” Merry said, shaking her head.

Luo was slightly taken aback. Three hundred million Berries... that's Straw Hat Luffy! So the little girl's "dad" is Luffy. Then who is her "dad"?

A. Zoro with 120 million Berries

B. Sima Di, one hundred million Berries

Sanji, C. 77 million Berries

Luo shook his head, banishing the inexplicable options from his mind.

The answer is definitely the second one! Zoro and Sanji are both grown men! He's their father! Besides, Law has heard that Luffy's straw hat is very important to him, which is why he always wears it. And Sima Di is also wearing his straw hat in his bounty poster. What does this mean? Being able to easily lend something important to someone else to post a bounty poster definitely shows that Sima Di and Luffy's relationship is far from ordinary!

"So... the father you're talking about is... Sima Di?" Luo almost slipped up and revealed his true thoughts.

He preferred the first answer to the option that Sima Di was his father.

"Hmm, it seems you know Daddy too." Meili nodded with satisfaction.

Faced with Mary's unwavering answer, Luo, unwilling to give up, asked her again for confirmation.

"So... Sima Di is your father? Luffy is your father?"

However, the response was that Melie smiled innocently and nodded, saying that was right.

Luo took a deep breath.

Just now... there must have been some mistake, right? He never mentioned being married or having a boyfriend.

"Speaking of which, why are you here?" Melie tilted her head and looked at the other person with innocent eyes.

Luo did not want to answer the question.

Ever since entering the fog, strange things have been happening one after another. Just when they finally figured out whose territory this was and what had happened, they found themselves separated from the others, and the ship was gone.

Fortunately, after hearing what Perona said, they wouldn't die, they were just being driven out of the place, and Luo finally felt relieved.

"We'll talk about that later... Where is Emperor Sima? Take me to see him." Luo's tone was somewhat anxious.

"I...I don't know...I got separated from my dad and the others. Waaah...I can't find my way home." As Mei Li spoke, she burst into tears.

"Stop crying!" Luo shouted.

Mary's crying stopped abruptly, but only for a moment, before she started crying even louder.

Luo was at a loss. It wasn't that he disliked children, but he simply didn't know how to get along with them.

"I...I understand! I'll go with you to find them! So, please don't cry, okay?"

Luo's tone was initially very firm, but by the last two words, it had softened into a gentle reassurance.

"Hmm...you must keep your word..." Mei looked at Luo, sobbing, her eyes pleading.

"Yes, definitely."

-

Southwest of the terror three-masted ship.

A ship with a peculiar design gradually approached.

The ship was more than three times the size of the Sunny, painted entirely green, including the sails. Fortunately, there was a large red rose pattern in the center of the sail, otherwise one would really wonder if the ship was called the Forgiveness Ship.

Although the ship was very large, there were only two people inside.

One was a man around twenty years old, wearing dark round sunglasses, with a head of dark brown, choppy hair that at first glance resembled the shape of a rose. He wore a fluorescent green suit with a burgundy shirt underneath, a bright pink bow tie around his neck, and a bright red rose in his left suit pocket. His taste in clothing was truly unique.

The other was a bronze-skinned girl with short silver hair, much shorter than the man beside her, no more than 1.5 meters tall. The girl wore silver lipstick, silver hoop earrings larger than her fist, and carried a long-handled sword twice her height.

The two of them standing together are simply the most visually striking combination of the year.

"My lord, we're almost there, whoosh~" The girl habitually twirled the long-handled sword in her hand, her excitement barely contained.

"Yes...we'll be there soon. It's been a year since I last saw you, my beloved Emperor. I wonder if you are doing well?" The man revealed a hint of nostalgia.

-

The Straw Hat Pirates' second division.

Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Robin, and Franky officially set foot on the island and began searching for the whereabouts of Sima Di and the others.

They completed the side quest to tame two dogs and a fox, and then teamed up to clear a zombie dungeon, reducing the zombies to the point where they didn't want to crawl out of the graveyard anymore. Afterwards, Luffy casually accepted a main quest from a "seriously ill old man," defeating one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Gecko Moria.

Unlike Nami and her companions' arduous journey, the five of them arrived at the tall and gloomy castle with an absolute crushing force.

Time flies and never returns; the past can only be reminisced about.

Before the five of them even reached the door, they heard a faint singing voice coming from afar.

"This song is... Sima Di." Zoro was taken aback and searched around for the source of the sound.

“It really is him. I listened to him sing this song for a whole week,” Luffy said with a smile.

"That's right! It's Sima Di Xiao! I've heard him sing this song before!" Sanji's eyes lit up. "Sima Di Xiao! I'm here to save you!"

After that shout, the singing stopped abruptly.

“The singing… has stopped,” Robin said.

"The sound seems to be coming from inside." Franky noticed the large phoenix-tail vase placed at the entrance of the castle.

The vase is about one meter tall, entirely cobalt blue, with intricate gold patterns covering its surface, making it exquisite and beautiful.

"Nami would probably really like something like this if she saw it," Zoro said.

"There's no way any sound could come out from here, is there? It's just a pretty face." Sanji shrugged.

Luffy curiously approached the vase, looking it up and down, even squinting to look inside, only to find it completely dark.

“This vase looks very rare; it must have considerable historical value.” Robin also leaned closer, carefully stroking the patterns on it.

"Is that so..." Luffy stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then simply reached his hand in.

"Click——"

"Ah!" Luffy quickly pulled his hand out, and there was already a row of very obvious teeth marks on it.

“It looks like there’s something inside,” Robin said.

"What the hell is that thing?! How dare it bite me! It's outrageous!"

Luffy was about to kick the vase when Robin stopped him in time.

"This thing has great historical value, so it's best not to damage it easily."

"Luffy, don't be so impulsive! What if it's Sima Di Xiao?" Sanji offered his opinion.

"Huh? Cook, are you talking in your sleep? How did Sima Di manage to squeeze in there? That bottle isn't even a meter long. I don't remember ever teaching him the art of shrinking bones," Zoro said.

“Why not? A woman’s body is very flexible, so it should be easy to get in,” Sanji said.

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"Understood," Zoro replied.

"I'm so sorry! I was wrong!" The person inside the vase suddenly jumped out, surrendering with their hands clasped. "Please don't use such crude things as weapons, okay?"

Everyone was stunned when they saw the girl, while Sanji cheered as if he had won the lottery.

The young woman was fair-skinned and beautiful, with long, wavy cobalt blue hair and eyes of the same deep color. She wore a cobalt blue cheongsam that matched the pattern on the bottle, exuding elegance. The only flaw was the obvious stitching marks on her clothes, which detracted from her overall beauty.

The girl had a clear number on her right arm—number 380.

"Um... hello everyone, my name is Lina, and I'm the Vase Girl who lives in a vase. Nice to meet you." Lina nodded slightly, her smile captivating.

Such a polite self-introduction surprised the five people.

"What a beautiful girl~ Why do you confine yourself to a small vase? Why don't you come out and dance with me?" Sanji approached with a serious expression.

"Oh... I'm sorry." Lina took a step back.

"Don't go over there, you'll scare that cook." Zoro stopped Sanji.

"You said you're just a pretty face... so why can't you come out?" Franky asked.

To be honest, Lina only showed her upper body to everyone; her lower body was hidden in the vase and could not be seen at all.

"This... my lower body is this vase." Lina smiled slightly. "Someone told me I'm a scary zombie under Lady Perona's command. But... who is Perona?"

"Have you lost your memory?" Robin asked.

“No, I’m just new here,” Lina said. “Why are you all here? Are you new here too? Or… are you seniors?”

“We’re here to find someone,” Luffy said. “Have you ever seen a man with a long nose, a blue-nosed reindeer, an orange-haired woman, and… a woman with no distinguishing features?”

"Sima Di would definitely cry if he heard that," Robin said with a smile.

"That... was a little girl wearing pink overalls and with two little braids..."

Before Luffy could finish speaking, Sanji stepped forward and kicked him.