One Piece: The Half-Blood Ninja Who Hides on the Straw Hat Ship

Chapter 49 Mei Li, a survivor

On the ship where Iceberg was, the Straw Hat Pirates stared intently at the Going Merry in the distance, without moving an inch for the past three hours.

Iceberg stood beside the others, looking into the distance.

Franky was a little surprised when he heard that the Straw Hat Pirates' ship had given birth to a ship spirit, but he was relieved when he remembered the sounds he heard when he was repairing the ship.

The voice he heard at that time was the voice of the ship spirit!

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. If it weren't for the ship spirit, what other power could have allowed this ship, condemned to death, to pass through the water gods?

I wonder if he will ever have the chance to see the ship spirit in person.

"So much time has passed, why is there still no movement from over there?" Sanji frowned.

Is it possible that even Xiyan has no solution?

"Sometimes, not getting a result isn't necessarily a bad thing," Nico Robin said.

Because there's still a chance that Mary can be saved, isn't there?

At least Nico Robin didn't want to see west Yan come over and shake his head at them, because that would mean Merry was beyond saving!

"Robin is right," Zoro said. "Let's wait quietly."

Even Luffy, who was starving, didn't run back to the ship to find food. Instead, he leaned against Zoro and silently looked into the distance.

Just then, a change occurred in the distance.

"Bang!"

A huge plume of white smoke suddenly appeared, completely engulfing the Going Merry.

"What happened?!" Nami exclaimed. "What's going on?"

Where did the white smoke come from? Could it be that someone has launched an attack on west Yan and his group?

"I'm not sure, but it shouldn't be an attack."

"Look, the boat is gone!"

"What happened? Where did the Going Merry go?!"

The disappearance of the Merry stunned everyone.

How could such a big ship just disappear like that?

"Could something have gone wrong?" Sanji asked worriedly.

"Trust Xiyan," Nico Robin said.

......

On the other side, Xi Yan, standing on the sea, looked at the spirit scroll spread out on the wooden board. On it was a picture of the Going Merry, which was obviously the Going Merry that had just disappeared.

The pirate ship was sealed inside this scroll by west Yan using a sealing technique, and on the left side of the picture is written the name of Mei Li.

Sephiroth Merry!

This is the name that Merry has had since birth!

After signing her name, Meli has a direct connection with the summoning scroll. Any ninja who signs her name can summon her with her consent.

"Why did you sign this?" Melly asked curiously, standing on the wooden plank.

"There's no other way, I have to do this," west Yan said helplessly. "This is the only way you can survive."

Initially, west Yan planned to use Yin-Yang Escape to sever the connection between Mei Li and the Golden Mei Li, but after trying it, he found that it was impossible to do so.

So west Yan changed his mind and used sealing magic to seal the Merri, forcibly locking down the Merri's condition, at least preventing it from continuing to deteriorate.

However, this action ironically blocked the special connection between the Merry and Merry, and this unexpected gain gave west Yan hope.

But the next change made west Yan's expression change, because Mei Li's body was gradually becoming transparent, as if she was about to disappear.

After thinking for a moment, west Yan understood that this change was probably because Mei Li had lost connection with the Mei Li ship and lost the carrier that could support her existence!

In his anxiety, west Yan tried to maintain Mei Li's state using Yin-Yang Escape, which resulted in her briefly gaining a physical form.

Afterwards, west Yan tried to transform her into a spirit beast-like state, using this scroll as a spirit scroll as the latest medium.

As it turned out, west Yan was right. Perhaps it was because Mei Li was an extremely special being in the world that she easily wrote her name on the scroll.

The moment she signed her name, her body stopped deteriorating. Instead, with the help of Xi Yan's Yang Release chakra, her vitality quickly recovered, as if some rule allowed her to continue existing!

From then on, this little cutie was completely out of danger and became an independent elf!

'Who knows, maybe this little guy will master the art of spirit communication someday,' west Yan thought to himself.

"So, does that mean I can continue adventuring with everyone?" Mary asked.

As she spoke, she looked at her body and found that all the cracks on her body had disappeared, and she had returned to being that cute little elf.

"Yes, we can continue our adventures," west Yan said with a smile.

After receiving an affirmative answer, Mei clenched her little fists and pursed her lips.

This strong little guy finally couldn't hold back anymore, and tears began to well up in his eyes.

"It's okay to cry if you want to." Xi Yan, whose face was a little pale, squatted down and rubbed her little head, saying, "It's alright."

"Wow!"

Mary burst into tears, letting out her emotions.

Only she knows the extent of her suffering during that time.

To rescue her companions, she single-handedly piloted the nearly destroyed Going Merry, enduring the excruciating pain of her body being torn apart, forcing her way through the water gods and across the sea to Enies Lobby to save them.

The entire journey was pitch black, and there was no one to communicate with. She even had to figure out the direction little by little.

She also felt pain and fear, but she silently endured it all in order to save her companions.

She only released her emotions after learning that she could survive.

Ultimately, she was just a baby who was only a few months old.

"I'm so scared of being alone, the ocean is so dark..."

"I'm so... so grateful to be alive!" Mary cried. "I'll miss everyone so much, I want to keep going on adventures with you all!!"

west Yan couldn't help but be moved, finding it hard to imagine how such a little guy could have survived the tsunami all by himself.

She looks so small, yet she has accomplished an astonishing miracle.

"It's alright now. From now on, you won't be alone," west Yan said. "We'll all continue our adventures together."

"Um!"

Meanwhile, the Straw Hat Pirates also noticed the situation.

"What's going on? I think I heard crying?" Sanji said.

"Hey, let's go check out the situation," Luffy said. "Uncle Iceberg, could you please give us a lifeboat?"

"Okay, I understand, but do you guys want to try and persuade that guy?" Iceberg pointed down and said.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately noticed Usopp jumping down.

This guy didn't even think about waiting for a lifeboat, he just jumped in!

"Quickly, lower the lifeboats!"

......

After crying for a while, Meili gradually calmed down, and then a look of embarrassment appeared on her face as she said, "I'm sorry, Xiyan, I got your clothes wet."

"It's alright, it's a minor issue," west Yan said with a smile. "Are you ready to meet everyone?"

"Yes!" Meili nodded vigorously.

"Okay, I'll put this away first." After west Yan finished speaking, the summoning scroll shrank, and he then planned to put it into his ninja tool bag.

But Mary said she could have it, because she had a small personal space where she could store some things.

While explaining, Mei also casually pulled out a hammer and showed it to west Yan. It was the tool they had used to repair the ship, which stunned west Yan.

"This is... free spatial ability?" west Yan asked, dumbfounded.

But then west Yan thought about it again and felt relieved. Since this little guy is an elf, isn't it normal for him to have some special abilities?

"Hey, I'm awesome, right?"

"Fantastic!" west Yan praised, "No wonder it's Mei Li!"

After saying that, west Yan glanced back at Usopp, who was dog paddling towards them, and continued, "Let's go, we should go find our friends, or some of them will get impatient."

"profound!"

west Yan instinctively tried to pick up Mei Li, but as soon as he looked down, everything went black before his eyes, and he collapsed to the ground.

In that instant, west Yan realized that he had overused his chakra.

Clearly, the intense battle, coupled with the immense strain of rescuing Meili, had depleted Xiyan's chakra.

"west Yan!!"