Nami Receives a Mysterious Grand Gift, and the Going Merry Returns to Life

Luffy stood before the Going Merry, her hull broken in two, holding a torch. Zoro and the others stood behind him, their expressions solemn.

Luffy's face was calm, but his voice was filled with grief. "Merry, the bottom of the sea is dark and lonely. We'll always be watching you."

With that, he brought the torch to Merry's hull and set her alight.

The flames slowly spread across the Going Merry. Before long, the entire ship was ablaze.

"Maybe it's a good thing Usopp isn't here. Otherwise, he definitely couldn't bear to see this," Luffy said, sounding a little relieved.

"What do you say?" Zoro asked, glancing at Usopp, who had put his mask back on beside him.

"It's fine! A man never sheds a single tear when he says goodbye," Usopp said firmly, watching the Going Merry burn. "She must have prepared herself for this too!"

"Thank you for carrying us all this time, Merry," Luffy said, his voice beginning to choke as he gazed at the Going Merry in the raging flames.

Just then, a lyrical, mournful piece of music suddenly began to play. The next moment, scenes of how Luffy and the others had acquired the Going Merry, and everything they had experienced and all the adventures they had shared aboard her, slowly appeared in the video.

At the same time, snow suddenly began to fall from the sky. Of Luffy and the others, everyone except Zoro and Sanji was already in tears. Usopp was the worst of all: his tears soaked his scarf and poured down it like water from a spring.

"I'm sorry!"

A voice suddenly came from the Going Merry, which had burned until only her upper half remained. "I wanted to carry everyone farther."

"I'm sorry! I wanted so badly to keep adventuring with everyone!"

"But I..."

Merry had only gotten that far when Luffy interrupted her, blaming himself. "We're the ones who should be sorry."

"My steering was so lousy that I made you hit an iceberg, and I damaged your sails too."

"Zoro and Sanji are idiots. They've broken lots of things on the ship."

"Usopp can make repairs, but he's so clumsy he can't do them properly."

"So we're the ones who should be sorry, Merry."

Luffy grew more and more emotional as he spoke. Tears kept pouring out like a flood through a broken dam, until at last he was so choked up that he couldn't say another word.

"But I was so happy. Thank you for cherishing me all this time. I was truly happy, because I could be with all of you." Merry, now completely submerged beneath the sea, spoke her final words.

"Merry!" Luffy and the others shouted.

Comments from viewers moved by the scene immediately appeared on the screen. {Boo-hoo, that was so touching! If only I had a ship like that too!}

{That's not fair! She's only a ship! Why... why does she make me cry so much? Boo-hoo.}

{Their bond really was deep! No wonder a Klabautermann appeared. That's a rare thing in this world! Boo-hoo.}

{Boo-hoo, the Going Merry really was a great ship! Boo-hoo.}

{...}

{...}

East Blue, Syrup Village, Kaya's house.

"Thank you, Merry. Thank you for helping me fulfill my dream. Now, sleep well," Merry said gratefully, bowing deeply to the Going Merry in the video.

Grand Line, Alabasta Kingdom, inside the royal palace.

"Thank you, Merry. Rest in peace," Vivi said sadly, tears streaming down her face.

Grand Line, somewhere at sea, aboard the Thousand Sunny.

"Boo-hoo, Merry, Merry!" Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper clung to one another, sobbing.

Nami and Robin were wiping away tears nearby. Although Brook, Sanji, and Zoro weren't crying, a trace of sadness had appeared in their eyes too.

"You'll carry on Merry's will well, Thousand Sunny," Franky said, tears streaming down his face as he patted the Thousand Sunny's hull.

At that moment, the system's text appeared in the video. "This marks the official end of the Enies Lobby Arc. After this, I shall play a little bonus scene from after the Enies Lobby Arc for you, and then we shall move on to the next Jianying video—the Strong World Arc, also known as 'On This Sea, No One Gets to Lay a Hand on My Friends.'"

"But before that, I have a question for you: who was the true MVP of the Enies Lobby Incident?"

"Next, I shall open the comments for a limited period of free use, lasting three minutes."

"After three minutes, I shall announce the answer and grant a wish for the MVP of this incident. I shall also randomly select one lucky person from among those who answered correctly and give them a mysterious grand gift."

"Now, the question begins!"

{Straw Hat Luffy.}

{Sogeking.}

{Black Leg Sanji.}

{Cat Burglar Nami.}

{Straw Hat Luffy}

{...}

{...}

{The Going Merry}

{...}

{...}

For a time, the entire screen was flooded with the names of Luffy and his companions.

Luffy's name was especially prominent. Clearly, the vast majority believed that it was because he had held off and defeated Lucci that they had succeeded in rescuing Robin and escaping Enies Lobby.

Only a handful of comments mentioned Merry, and most of those came from Luffy and the others.

Three minutes passed quickly, and the system's text appeared again. "Now, to announce the correct answer: the MVP of the Enies Lobby Incident is the Going Merry."

"Without her crossing the vast sea and arriving in time, Straw Hat Luffy and his crew could never have escaped Enies Lobby. The Going Merry's presence was therefore crucial, and she truly deserves the title of MVP."

"Next, I shall grant the MVP's wish. At the same time, I shall randomly select one lucky person who gave the correct answer and present them with a mysterious grand gift."

"The drawing begins now. Three."

"Two."

"One."

"Whoosh!"

A box filled with small balls appeared on the screen. The next moment, a hand appeared out of the void.

The hand slowly reached into the box, stirred the balls around, and grabbed one.

Soon, the hand pulled a ball out of the box and slowly opened it, revealing the name inside.

"Congratulations to Cat Burglar Nami, who has won a mysterious grand gift. The gift will be delivered shortly."

"Now I shall play for you a short bonus scene from after the Enies Lobby Incident."

Meanwhile, on the seabed where the Going Merry lay at rest, a spirit wearing a yellow raincoat suddenly appeared in the sea. It looked around in confusion, having no idea what had happened.

But soon, a mass of information that had not originally belonged to it was forcibly stuffed into its head.

It immediately spoke to the seawater around it. "I want to sail these adventurous seas again. I want to return to my friends."

The next moment, somewhere on the Grand Line, a ship with a sheep's head for a figurehead and flying the Straw Hat Pirates' flag appeared out of thin air on the surface of the sea.