However, Iceberg told him the real and cruel truth: the Going Merry was beyond saving.
He had only managed simple repairs before, and that was the extent of it because the Going Merry was truly irreparable, with even its most crucial keel broken.
What's more, they were about to leave again, having arrived here after experiencing the Aqua Laguna.
So, his suggestion was to let the Going Merry sleep forever here, in this sea, as it no longer had the ability to sail.
Upon hearing this, Luffy's eyes became hollow. Was this ship truly beyond saving?
Suddenly, he felt someone pat his shoulder.
He turned his head and saw Usopp holding the soul extraction lamp.
Luffy looked at the soul extraction lamp in Usopp's hand, once again lost in thought, and finally couldn't help but ask,
"Do we really have to do this?"
"Luffy, let's build another Going Merry exactly like it. Everyone remembers its appearance, and I even have the blueprints for the Going Merry in my room."
Usopp said with a gentle expression, clearly having already come to terms with it.
Coupled with Kaya's approval, he had previously been worried about letting Kaya down and had developed deep feelings for the Going Merry.
But now, the Going Merry's most important ship spirit could be preserved; as long as they built another one exactly the same and injected the original ship spirit into it, the feeling for them would be essentially the same as before.
The rest of the Straw Hat Pirates gathered around, including even non-Straw Hat Pirates members who knew about this matter.
They all nodded, indicating their acceptance of this method.
Besides, when they received this soul extraction lamp from the Pink Hat Pirates, hadn't they already made up their minds?
"Luffy, you saved me and let me experience such an exciting battle and get my revenge.
I, Franky, am also a man of loyalty.
How about this: give me the blueprints later, and I've already memorized them.
I'll build one for you for free."
Franky patted his chest and said confidently.
Wasn't it just building a small ship exactly like this?
It was a piece of cake for him.
And for such a moving event, how could he not step forward?
Otherwise, how could he face Teacher Tom, as well as his identity as a Shipwright and his dream?
"Since everyone agrees, then I'll do it." Luffy finally showed a hint of a smile, nodding wearily.
Usopp remembered Luna's previous instructions on how to use it, immediately opened the lid, and aimed the bottle head at the ship.
The soul extraction lamp began to work, and a faint white light, as if representing the power of a soul, appeared above it.
"Boom———"
Like the sound of a boulder hitting water, a special wave was generated, spreading all around, pushing back all the Straw Hat Pirates by one or two meters, leaving them all incredibly surprised.
This thing was indeed extraordinary.
"What is that?" Even Iceberg, from the other side, looked surprised at this scene, as he too was pushed back by one or two meters.
Although he didn't yet understand the function of the soul extraction lamp, he could feel that this thing was unusual.
But what happened next astonished him and everyone present, with the Straw Hat Pirates naturally being the most delighted and shocked.
On the deck of the Going Merry, a figure suddenly floated out, completely visible to their naked eyes.
That's right, they all saw it: a small spirit wearing a yellow raincoat and holding a small wooden hammer.
But at this moment, the soul extraction lamp continued to function, directly sucking the ship spirit, Merry, into the lamp's glass cover.
The lid immediately closed automatically.
"Hahahahaha, great, it worked!" Usopp was overjoyed.
"It's actually real, this is so magical." The others also looked shocked, amazed by the miraculous nature of the soul extraction lamp.
"It can really contain a soul! Heavens, is this technology or magic?" The one feeling the most internal collapse was Franky.
He hadn't believed it initially, but seeing this scene, he almost suffered a mental breakdown.
He was a materialist and also a Scientist.
"Hey, hey, Straw Hat? What exactly is this thing?" Iceberg, as his senior brother, was not much better off, as both of them were quite similar.
Iceberg also trembled at this moment, pointing at Luffy as he spoke.
Of course, the Shipwrights from Galley-La Company who came with Iceberg were also the same; they were equally stunned.
But once they reacted, the happiest were the Straw Hat Pirates; they all cheered.
Their Going Merry was saved, in another special way, a way they could all accept, keeping this special companion with them.
This also meant that when they later burned the Going Merry, they didn't shed tears, because the Going Merry's ship spirit had been preserved, and that was the essence and true soul of the entire Going Merry!
"Thank you, everyone." And at this moment, everyone heard again the voice they had heard before, but this time, the Straw Hat Pirates all knew that this was the voice of their ship spirit, Merry.
Iceberg and the others, under Franky's introduction, learned about the function and capability of the soul extraction lamp, but it still left them with expressions of shock and disbelief, and they stared intently at the soul extraction lamp, which now contained the ship spirit, Merry.
This thing was too magical; it was a technological product that could contain a soul… Time flew by, and the Straw Hat Pirates, Iceberg and his group, and later the Pink Hat Pirates, successively arrived at Water Seven.
However, under Luna's command, the Pink Hat Pirates' pirate ship docked on the other side of Water Seven.
Midway, though, they discovered a Deserted Island at sea, at least 1600 square meters in size.
This was a good location for building a new ship.
Luna immediately launched a drone, so they could later instruct the drone's signal to return here.
However, before disembarking, she looked at the other soul extraction lamp placed in her room.
After a brief thought, she decided to use the soul extraction lamp later when they returned to that Deserted Island, to extract the ship spirit of this ship, which had not yet fully developed intelligence.
Their pirate ship docked in a relatively open area.
Shana and the Bei Group had been waiting for a long time, and seeing the large pile of materials next to them, which included adam wood, and Luna still standing on the deck, a smile immediately appeared on her face.
It seemed Shana had completely passed her test.
They immediately lowered the plank and walked down.
Shana led the Bei Group over.
"I have not failed you, Captain Luna.
All the materials are here, and this is the CP9 list you asked me to find." Shana said, handing over both the previous material list and the CP9 list she had investigated.
Luna immediately handed the list to Shiro and Dia, asking them to check the quantity and quality of the materials.
At the same time, she also looked at the CP9 list Shana had investigated.
She found that everything was verified.
It contained all the names of the CP9 members, even their appearance characteristics were noted, along with their positions during their many years of infiltration here.
"Luna, the quality is very good and can fully meet my equipment manufacturing and shipbuilding needs, and everything is complete."
Shiro and Dia walked over, and she immediately reported to her.
"Well done, but I'd still like to hear a general overview of the process." Luna said with a slight smile, looking at Shana.
Shana immediately began to explain.
Firstly, Water Seven was in chaos, making things difficult to manage.
But she still managed, by spending a small amount of money and with a clever tongue, to gather information from some residents here, and then analyzed and compiled the identities of all CP9 members, etc., into this list.
Then came the materials.
Many of the materials on the list were rare.
She had originally set her sights on Galley-La Company, the best shipbuilding company here, but Galley-La Company was in disarray, so she had to immediately find some underground black markets here to acquire these materials.
Of course, the Bei Group also helped midway, but she was basically responsible for the entire intelligence investigation and material procurement.
After listening, Luna was very satisfied with Shana's intelligence capabilities.
She was qualified to become an intelligence officer on her ship.
"Shana, congratulations on passing the assessment.
Welcome to be my crewmate, to be the intelligence officer of the Pink Hat Pirates." Luna said with a smile, this was a sincere and heartfelt congratulation from her.
"Congratulations."
"Congratulations."
"Welcome."
"Welcome."
"Welcome, welcome."
"Please guide me in the future."
"Welcome, our intelligence officer."
"From now on, everyone is a companion, a sister."
The Girls all smiled and congratulated Shana, welcoming her arrival.
Shana had already demonstrated her strong intelligence capabilities and was fully qualified to be an intelligence officer, their ship's intelligence officer.
The Girls naturally approved of her.
With youth and beauty, and with Captain Luna, Shana's strength would rise rapidly like a rocket.
And at this very moment, the system had already determined that Luna had completed the two previously announced tasks.
These were successfully forming a ten-person elite Pirate Crew and inviting the fifth native One Piece World partner onto the ship.
The reward items for these two tasks were two Supreme King Haki Infusion Comprehension Cards, one Ultraman World Skill Card, and two old friends: two Observation Haki Awakening Cards and two armament haki awakening cards.
Luna had already said before that two of the obtained Observation Haki Awakening Cards and armament haki awakening cards were to be used by Shana.
Now that she had them, she naturally wouldn't break her word and would use them shortly.
There was also the White Tiger Fruit that had been obtained before, as well as two special otherworldly weapons, weapons very suitable for Shana.
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