Hearing this, Nami didn't answer directly, and Sanji looked up with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
Usopp seemed to have a premonition, staring intently at Nami.
At this moment, Nami said with a sigh:
"You know, I still can't bring myself to talk about that 100 million Berries."
As soon as Nami finished speaking, everyone gasped. Usopp accidentally fell off his aqua-duck.
Seeing this, Chopper immediately exclaimed:
"Hey, Usopp fell off!"
"Someone save Usopp quickly!"
Hearing this, Nami said dismissively:
"Don't worry about him, he'll catch up on his own."
Hearing Nami's heartless words, Chopper's face filled with fear, and he then cried and burrowed into Raynor's arms.
"Nami is so scary!"
...
They hurried along and finally arrived at the place where the Merry was docked at noon the next day, but the Merry was nowhere to be seen.
Raynor and the others frowned, with a look of solemnity in their eyes.
Luffy's mouth hung open as he looked around.
"Hey, what's going on? Where's the Merry?!"
Hearing this, despair flickered in Nami's eyes.
"Could it be that the Marines towed it away?"
Everyone was shocked by this.
The cigarette in Sanji's mouth fell to the ground.
"So, does this mean we don't have a ship anymore?"
Zoro drew his sword and swung it forward.
"If that's the case, then we definitely have to get our ship back. No one will pity us if we just mope around here."
Hearing this, Luffy became energized.
"If that's the case, then let's go settle the score with the Marines!"
Hearing Luffy's words, Usopp nearly went mad and started running back and forth.
"Hey, Luffy, are you joking? What kind of pirates fight the Marines head-on?"
As he spoke, Usopp cast a pleading look at Nami, hoping she would restrain Luffy.
But this time, Nami surprisingly sided with Luffy and then swung her clima-tact forward.
"I agree with Luffy. If we don't get our ship back, how will we explain it to Vivi when she comes?"
Hearing this, Usopp froze and then collapsed on the ground like a defeated dog.
"No, I've come down with a disease, the kind that makes me die when I see Marines."
No one paid attention to Usopp, and they continued to search along the coast for any sign of the Marines.
If it was towed away today, it wouldn't have reached a Marine base so quickly.
They should be able to find traces of the Merry along the way.
With this thought, Raynor and the others rapidly pursued along the coast.
Seeing this, Usopp was dumbfounded.
Recalling the large creatures he had seen in the desert, he then ran after them.
Moreover, his feelings for the Merry would not allow him to stand by and do nothing.
"Hey, wait for me!"
They chased all the way, and everyone was almost exhausted, but they still hadn't seen any sign of the Merry.
Raynor frowned. Perhaps the Merry had already been towed away last night.
If that were the case, it would be impossible to catch up.
It seemed that he would have to use the abilities of his items.
With this thought, Raynor silently recited:
"System, extract the rabbit charm!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, a hexagonal stone appeared in Raynor's hand.
Without a word, Raynor activated the power of the rabbit charm.
Under the power of the rabbit charm, Raynor finally locked onto a location.
He saw seven warships pulling the Merry with ropes, heading towards a Marine base.
Seeing this, Raynor activated the rabbit charm again and flashed onto their ship.
The Marines on board hadn't even reacted when they saw Raynor suddenly appear on their ship.
Then, in the next second, Raynor used Conqueror's Haki, causing the entire crew of a ship to faint.
As if noticing the abnormality on their end, a pink-haired woman in a red outfit on the leftmost ship.
Her eyes showed a look of solemnity.
She then saw Raynor through two ships and pulled a wanted poster from her chest.
Confirming that this fellow was indeed the one named Mumei, Tina jumped directly, leaping over several ships, and then attacked towards Raynor.
Immediately, over a dozen prison cages were shot towards Raynor.
However, thanks to Raynor's application of Observation Haki, he dodged all the attacks.
Seeing this, Tina immediately increased her attack speed.
Her graceful figure twisted back and forth, continuously conjuring prison cages from her hands. The entire Marine warship almost couldn't withstand it.
But no matter what, Tina couldn't arrest Raynor.
She then stopped, panting, and looked at Raynor, saying:
"What is your purpose in coming here? Tell me the truth, pirate!"
Hearing this, Raynor lowered his hat brim and said:
"It's nothing really, I just want to get back the ship you stole."
Hearing this, anger flared in Tina's eyes.
They were Marines, and this guy was calling it stealing, which was too much.
"Kid, Tina is very unhappy with how you're speaking. I expect you to apologize to Tina."
Hearing this, Raynor replied with a counter-question.
"Then did you apologize for stealing our ship? You apologize to me first, and then I'll apologize to you, okay?"
Hearing this, Tina could no longer stand Raynor's provocation.
She then drew a whip from her hand.
This was the additional ability of the Cage-Cage Fruit, which allowed her to manifest anything that could be used within a prison cage.
And then condense it into something real.
As her strength increased, the power of those things would also grow.
However, at present, Tina was only a Commander, and her strength still needed improvement.
If Raynor wanted to defeat Tina, it would be effortless.
Tina's strength was even a tier lower than Smoker's.
As she was thinking, Tina's whip instantly struck out. Raynor naturally dodged it.
The whip struck the warship, directly shattering it.
The next second, Raynor flew to another warship.
Tina swung her whip again, directly cutting the other warship in half.
The Marine soldiers on board were suffering immensely and said in unison:
"Hey, Commander, can you be a little more restrained!"
Facing the angry shouts from everyone, Tina felt a twinge of guilt.
She then attacked towards Raynor, retracting her whip and intending to completely restrain Raynor with prison cages.
At this moment, two broken cages instantly closed in from both sides.
However, at this moment, Armament Haki suddenly appeared in Raynor's hand!
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