One Piece: Wudang White Night, Vice Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates

The weather was very bad, but the weather was very good.

"Is this me?"

The fog on the west coast of Gaya Island had not yet dissipated, and on the deck of the Merry, Merry tilted his head and looked at the puppet in Bai Ye's hand, seeming to be a little confused.

Just now, Bai Ye tapped Merry's forehead with his finger and taught Merry a mental method suitable for spiritual practice.

Then, Bai Ye was ready to merge Merry with the puppet in his hand, so that Merry could completely get rid of the many restrictions of the ship spirit and become a higher-level existence.

"That's right, this is also a gift I have prepared for you a long time ago."

Bai Ye said with a smile, and his hands did not stop moving.

After making the final changes to the puppet, Bai Ye motioned Merry to go to the side of the puppet.

Merry did not hesitate and soon sat cross-legged according to Bai Ye's instructions.

The puppet was also placed in the same posture by Bai Ye.

[Soul Condensation Array - Start! ]

With Bai Ye's light shout, the magic array with a faint blue light enveloped Merry and the puppet.

Then, under the effect of the magic array, Merry and the puppet began to gradually move towards the center of the array.

Then - began to merge.

Seeing the smooth fusion, Bai Ye also smiled.

Regarding Merry, he had made relevant preparations early.

Among the magic arrays he engraved on the Merry, there are even arrays with the effect of awakening spirits.

It is also these arrays that are subtly changing the Merry.

In short, unlike the Merry in the original book that Bai Ye read in his previous life, the Merry today is no longer an ordinary ship, but a kind of existence similar to a magic weapon.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Merry was able to talk fluently with Bai Ye shortly after his birth.

At the same time, this change also makes Merry more in line with Bai Ye's mindset.

As for the main material used for the puppet, it is the same wood as the keel of the Merry.

Bai Ye also uses various rare materials to smelt and process it.

And he has only one purpose for such an investment regardless of cost.

That is to make Merry a complete member of the Straw Hat Pirates.

A ship spirit with a physical body and can become stronger.

On the one hand, it is to make up for the regret.

After all, in the original work, Merry did not show up in front of others until he was engulfed by flames.

Now with the help of Bai Ye, Merry can also appear in front of everyone as a partner.

On the other hand, it is also to prepare for the thorough transformation of Merry in the Seven Waters City.

When the Merry was first built, Bai Ye considered the issue of changing the ship.

At the beginning, he did not hesitate to spend 50 million Baileys just to make the Merry less damaged during the voyage to the Seven Waters City.

At first, Bai Ye just wanted to transfer Merry to the Sunshine in the Seven Waters after she was conceived and born.

But this involves a problem:

In the original work, although there was no ship spirit on the Thousand Miles Sunshine in the later period.

But in some pictures, Oda still drew the scene of the Sunshine's expression changing.

This may also mean that the ship spirit also appeared on the Sunshine.

In this way, to put it inappropriately, Bai Ye's move is to let Merry occupy the magpie's nest.

So after thinking about it, Bai Ye finally chose the current plan.

That is to choose to preserve Merry.

And in the Seven Waters, Merry was completely transformed.

In the middle, another problem will naturally be involved.

That is the replacement of the keel.

The material used for the keel of Merry is not good, and it is not even excellent.

Even with the protection of Bai Ye's formation, it is still difficult to face the more severe weather and dangers in the new world.

So the keel must be replaced.

But once the keel is replaced, it is almost like building a new ship.

At that time, even if Bai Ye is there, it is difficult to guarantee that Merry will not be affected.

After all, Merry itself is an elf relying on the ship.

It is also because of such concerns that Bai Ye prepared all this for Merry early.

Although Merry, who has a physical body, still relies on the ship.

But the relationship between the two sides has been reversed.

If it was the Merry that controlled Merry's life and death before.

Then now, it is Merry who holds the power of life and death.

Not only that, as Merry becomes stronger, it can also feed back to the Merry.

In this way, replacing the keel will not only not affect Merry, but will bring benefits to Merry.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye also looked up at the magic circle. Under the blue light, a figure has gradually become clear.

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"This feeling..."

In the magic circle, Merry felt his body gradually solidifying, and the excitement in his heart was beyond words.

Finally, Merry clenched his fists, raised them above his head, and shouted excitedly:

"It's really great!!!"

At this time, the blue light also completely dissipated, and a reborn Merry appeared in front of Bai Ye.

However, looking at the figure in front of him, Bai Ye's mouth twitched slightly:

"Hey, hey, hey, although I expected it a long time ago, but..."

The reason why Bai Ye said that he had expected it a long time ago is that when the spirit condenses its body, its image will subconsciously lean towards the most important person in its heart.

And Luffy is the captain of this ship, and naturally occupies the most important position in Merry's heart.

Bai Ye looked at the small figure in front of him that was extremely similar to the miniature version of Luffy, and couldn't help but complain:

"This is too much like Luffy!!!"

"Hehe."

Merry grinned and showed a mouthful of white teeth, smiled at Bai Ye, then reached out to take off the hood of the raincoat and continued:

"Bai Ye, look, is my hair the same as yours?"

Merry tilted her little head and showed Bai Ye her long white hair tied up.

"Hmm..."

Bai Ye stroked his chin and looked at Merry in front of him a little awkwardly.

Luffy's face, plus my hair, is it so ugly?

Bai Ye couldn't help but complain in his heart.

He squatted down, condensed the innate Qi in his hand, and touched Merry.

After a moment, Bai Ye stood up, looked at Merry in front of him, who was completely different from before, and nodded.

He did not pinch Merry's face again, but just erased the special features of Luffy and himself on Merry.

These were what Merry had deliberately shown when she was solidified. Now that Bai Ye had erased these features, it was equivalent to restoring Merry's original appearance.

Today's Merry would not remind people of Luffy at first glance.

But Merry is still cute and adorable, and Robin and Nami must like her very much.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye couldn't help but think:

Chopper's status as the favorite of the Straw Hat Pirates is in danger!!!

"Okay, next, I'll introduce you to the other partners."

Bai Ye stood up and said to Merry.

Hearing this, Merry raised his head, his eyes full of anticipation.

He looked at Bai Ye and nodded heavily:

"Yeah!"

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At this time, the thick fog finally dissipated, and Bai Ye and Merry also jumped off the boat.

Feeling the solid land for the first time, Merry seemed particularly excited, and couldn't help but tentatively stepped on it several times.

Seeing Merry's curious baby look, Bai Ye also smiled.

Today, Meli has completely gotten rid of the many restrictions of the ship elves.

In the future, Meli can also get off the ship and follow everyone on adventures, and will no longer stay alone on the ship, waiting for everyone to return.

Bai Ye turned around, activated the ship protection formation again, and walked towards the Magic Valley Town with Meli.