Chapter 129 Cute

Ship elves! ?

After hearing Mary's self-introduction, everyone was stunned and looked puzzled.

Robin, who had only knowledge, frowned and began to explain:

"Ship elves? Isn't that a creature that exists in legends?"

"Do you know, Robin?"

Nami, who had been sleeping with Robin, immediately asked curiously.

"Hmm..." Robin nodded slightly, and a look of surprise gradually appeared in her eyes.

Although she had indeed seen relevant information in the book, she only regarded it as a legend passed down by word of mouth among sailors.

Unexpectedly, today she was qualified to see it with her own eyes!

Robin immediately explained to everyone:

"Legend has it that if a ship is cared for and loved by the crew for a long time, a special creature will be born."

"Because of the reason for its birth, it is also called a ship elf."

"But in the books I have seen..."

"Generally, ship elves will only appear in foggy or special crisis weather, or warn the crew, or help the crew to overcome difficulties."

"So the ship with a ship elf will always arrive at the destination safely."

"Just..."

Robin looked at Mary with curious eyes.

Although Mary's appearance is indeed similar to the ship elf described in the book, her behavior makes Robin feel extremely unfamiliar.

"Hehe~"

As if she guessed Robin's thoughts, Mary immediately showed a quirky smile.

"Nothing but~"

Little Mary opened her arms, and a dark shadow ball suddenly condensed in her hands, and then she paddled hard towards the sea.

The shadow ball filled with ghost energy flashed a strange light in the air and fell into the sea that finally returned to calm.

Boom!

With a deafening sound, the strange shadow ball suddenly exploded, spreading the strange ghost energy throughout the sea.

After doing all this, little Merry smiled beautifully and explained to Robin and everyone else:

"Now I have entered the Pokémon world just like everyone else!"

"With the help of Red, I am very strong now!"

Although only level 10, Merry is extremely confident.

After all, in this world of pirates dominated by general types, Merry, as a ghost type, has a unique advantage.

"Another one!?" Smoker's heart suddenly tightened at the back of the crowd, as if he was pierced by a sharp arrow.

Seeing that Merry had become a red Pokémon like everyone else and gained magical abilities...

Smoker only felt that heavy snow suddenly fell above his head.

Snow flutters, north wind blows~

A sad tune that can only be sung to losers suddenly rang in Smoker's ears.

He looked up in astonishment, and then said in surprise:

"It's snowing~"

Hearing this, everyone on the deck also looked up, and said with different expressions:

"Really...it's snowing?"

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About half an hour later.

Luffy and Zoro, who finally woke up, walked out of the cabin one after another.

"Sanji, is the meal ready? I'm so hungry!"

Luffy, who had just woken up, had not had time to open his eyes completely, but he had already urged the only cook on the ship.

But he had just stepped out of the cabin door when a cold breath suddenly swept Luffy's whole body, making him wake up instantly.

"Wow!!! It's snowing!?"

Looking at the thick layer of snow piled up on the deck of the Merry, Luffy, who was only wearing a short-sleeved shirt, even forgot the cold, ran and jumped with big strides, and then plunged into the snow.

"Hey! Luffy!"

Usopp, who was pushing tools to clear snow on the deck, frowned when he saw Luffy knocking down the snow pile he had accumulated with great difficulty.

"You guy, it's fine if you don't help, but why do you always cause trouble for others!"

"Hehe!"

Luffy, who was lying in the snow, suddenly raised his head, but raised his hand and threw a snowball at Usopp's face.

"Damn Luffy!"

Usopp, who had been busy all night and had to make snow shovel tools, was furious.

He threw down the snow shovel in his hand, quickly rolled up a snowball with the most flexible fingers of the Straw Hat Gang, and began to fight back against Luffy.

"Hey! You two!?"

Sanji, holding a cigarette in his mouth, slightly turned sideways and suddenly avoided the attack of the "stray bullet".

But before he could raise his head, another snowball flew over and hit him right in the face.

Sizzle——

The lit cigarette was instantly extinguished by the cold snow water.

The next moment, a hot breath suddenly rose from Sanji's body, turning the white snow around him into boiling water and evaporating into the air.

What is more useful than snow removal tools?

"You two bastards!!!"

Because his angry body was too hot, Sanji couldn't accumulate snowballs.

But he was not without a way!

He raised his legs high, and then suddenly swung them hard in the direction of Luffy and Usopp.

In an instant!

A hot wind blew up, lifting up most of the snow on the deck and rushing towards Luffy and Usopp.

Under the hot breath, the white snow quickly turned into a piece of snow water, pouring on the two people with a puff.

A gust of cold wind blew, and the two were actually frozen into two lifelike ice sculptures.

Sanji lit a cigarette calmly, and with the smoke rising, he slowly turned around and said softly:

"This is art!"

And a thin layer of ice naturally couldn't control the powerful Luffy.

Soon he broke free from the ice.

Usopp on the side was not trapped for too long.

The two who broke free immediately began to aim their firepower at Sanji.

However, compared to Usopp, who always hit the target, perhaps the severe cold temperature froze Luffy's rubber body, affecting his accuracy, causing almost every snowball he hit to hit the wrong target.

Soon, Smoker, who was shoveling snow in every corner of the Merry, and Zoro, who had just gotten up, were hit by the dancing snowballs.

On the deck of the Merry, a war without gunpowder officially started.

At the same time, on the second floor of the Merry.

Nami, Vivi, and Robin, who had already changed into a thick cotton jacket, were sitting at a round table drinking hot tea and quietly watching the boys playing below.

Seeing this scene, Nami immediately shook her head gently:

"Alas~ When will these boys make some progress?"

"Hehe~"

"I think they are quite interesting like this."

Looking at the cheerful atmosphere on the Merry, Robin took off her disguise for a rare time and laughed from the bottom of her heart.

Maybe it was the words of little Merry that touched her.

At this moment, Robin actually wanted to join such a group of happy guys.

It's a pity...

Whether it's her identity as the son of the devil or her job as Crocodile, it's impossible for her to easily let go of the past and join the Straw Hat Pirates completely.

"Speaking of which..."

Vivi, who put down the tea in her hand, suddenly asked curiously:

"I haven't seen Merry since just now..."

"Luffy and Zoro have woken up, and Usopp is back. Isn't she going to meet them?"

"Oh, right..."

Knowing the truth, Nami immediately raised her lips and said:

"Merry said she wanted to give Luffy and the others a surprise, so she told us not to tell anyone about her first."

"Haha... Isn't it said that the ship spirit is formed by the emotions of the crew?"

"Her hidden dark and playful personality is obviously from Red!"

"Red?" Vivi tilted her head and showed a puzzled look.

But Nami had a mysterious smile on her face.

"Do you think that Red became the vice-captain of this ship just because of his ability as a trainer!?"

"Don't be fooled by the fact that he always looks steady and mature. In fact, he has more tricks than all of us combined!!!"

"Oh? Really?!"

"I didn't expect that I would have such a high opinion in your heart, Nami!"

At this moment, a voice with a yin and yang tone suddenly sounded above Nami's head.

Nami was shocked: "Scared!"

She quickly raised her head and looked in the direction where the voice came from.

I saw Red with lightning under his feet falling from the sky and landing directly beside Nami, looking at her with a funny look.

"Ha...haha..."

Nami laughed awkwardly twice, then immediately stood up, pointed to her chair and said:

"Second Captain, I have warmed up the chair for you, you can sit down at any time."

"Heh~!" Red smiled slightly with a slightly raised face.

But he did not choose to sit on the chair that still had Nami's body fragrance.

Instead, he reminded Nami:

"Now is not the time to drink tea peacefully."

"Get ready quickly, Nami."

"I just saw an island in the air, right in front of our route!"

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Magnetic Drum Island is a winter island located in the first half of the Grand Route, which is in a snowy climate all year round.

Because the shape of the mountain on the island resembles a magnetic drum, it is called "Magnetic Drum Island".

Originally, this was a medical power that civilized the whole world with medical treatment!

Countless kingdom dignitaries respected Magnetic Drum Island in order to be able to borrow doctors with superb medical skills.

It is precisely because of this that, with the world's top medical level, Magnetic Drum Island does not have a problem of resource shortage even in a winter island where it is difficult to produce food.

However, all this has changed dramatically after Wapol came to power in the Magnetic Drum Kingdom!

In order to better maintain his own rule and make the people respect him more...

Wapol ordered the arrest of all doctors in the country, and finally only left 20 doctors with the most superb medical skills, making them his royal doctors.

And they were given the title: [Doctor 20]!

As for other citizens, if they want to see a doctor, they must accept conditions that are enough to bankrupt them...

Enter the palace and ask Wapol to allow Doctor 20 to treat them.

Over time, Wapol pocketed all the wealth accumulated by the previous kings of the Drum Kingdom for the citizens.

The lives of the citizens are getting harder and harder, but the royal family and dignitaries are enjoying themselves every day!

If Blackbeard hadn't suddenly broken into Drum Island and scared away the Wapol regime...

It's still unknown what the future of this country will be like.

Because Wapol took the doctor 20 away before he left, the citizens now no longer even have the chance to spend money on medical treatment.

Of course, there is also such a legend circulating in this country...

Whenever someone in a family suffers from a serious disease, the witch will immediately come!

She then descended from the sky in a sleigh carried by reindeer and took away all the family's wealth.

It will also take away all their diseases.

But what the citizens of the Drum Kingdom don’t know is...

This is not a legend, but a true story that happened to many people.

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"Eh!? Doctor Dori, something seems to have happened at the port!"

On the zipline extending from the highest peak of Cigu Island, the reindeer pulling the sled suddenly turned its head, revealing a small and cute blue nose, and it actually spoke human words.

On the sleigh behind the reindeer, an old woman with an old face but an unexpectedly slender figure subconsciously looked towards the port after hearing this.

Because of the location of this zipline, they can easily see the sea not far away from Cigu Island...

A ship flying the pirate flag was sailing quickly towards the Drum Island.

"It's a pirate!!!"

Bah——! ! !

The running reindeer suddenly stopped, and its four hooves scraped against the zipline, making a harsh sound.

"Asshole Chopper! Do you want to throw me out of here and inherit my medical skills!?"

"Idiot, stop dreaming!!!"

Peng!

Gureva, who was almost thrown out due to inertia, immediately raised her fist and slashed Chopper's head in front of her.

"ah!"

Chopper, who was in pain, suddenly screamed and his body returned to that of a normal child.

He turned his head aggrievedly and said with tears in his eyes:

"No, Doctor Dori!"

"It's a pirate... It's a pirate!!!"

Chopper excitedly stretched out his hoof and pointed to the port.

At this time, in the distant sea, the pirate ship had slowly approached the port.

The convoy organized by Dalton was holding guns and ammunition and was ready to confront the pirate ship.

"They seem to be in trouble!" Gureva said as she took a sip of strong wine.

"Who? That group of pirates?"

Chopper asked, tilting his head in confusion.

"Haha~" Gureva, who had already recognized the Straw Hat Pirate Flag, sneered, as if mocking Chopper's ignorance.

But the next moment, she sat in the sleigh again and said to Chopper:

"Let's go, Chopper!"

"The patients in Hill Town are still waiting for us to treat them as soon as possible!"

"Precious rescue time cannot be wasted at this time!"

"Ah, yes, yes..."

There was a sudden sound, and Chopper immediately transformed back into his reindeer form. After looking curiously at the direction of the port, he immediately started running quickly along the ropeway.

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At the same time, at the port of Cigu Island.

The prepared escorts aimed their guns at the Merry below.

Dalton, standing at the front of the crowd, held a simple loudspeaker and shouted to the front:

"Pirates, you are not welcome here!"

"Please turn the ship around immediately and leave this island!"

Tomorrow, the computer should be back tomorrow...

Although I can’t guarantee it, I will try to write more!