After the Straw Hat Pirates escaped Naval Base G-8, with no interference from Kuzan, they arrived directly at Water 7.
They sold the gold from Skypiea, intending to earn money for a new ship.
Because the Going Merry's keel had already broken after descending from Skypiea.
Although Luffy and the others did not want to change ships, if they wanted to sail farther and circle the world, they could only replace it with a better new ship.
In Water 7, the Going Merry was declared beyond repair, Usopp's money was stolen by Franky, and Nico Robin was threatened by Cipher Pol No. 9 agents...
The entire Straw Hat Pirates faced enormous problems.
In the end, in order to save Robin and Franky, the Straw Hat Pirates still charged into Enies Lobby to rescue them and declared war on the World Government...
Because those Cipher Pol No. 9 agents did not think highly of the Straw Hat Pirates at all, they saw no need to request reinforcements from Marine Headquarters.
They believed they could take down the Straw Hat Pirates themselves.
Yet Rob Lucci and the others ended up failing miserably, all of them falling to the Straw Hat Pirates.
Spandam still accidentally pressed the Golden Transponder Snail, and the five vice admirals of the Buster Call, who carried out orders unconditionally, actually launched an indiscriminate attack on Enies Lobby.
They did not even bother to investigate first.
Watching the artillery fire fill the sky, every member of the battered Straw Hat Pirates fell into despair.
This time, Merry was not there to control the Going Merry and come to their rescue.
The wrecked Going Merry was still in the scrap yard of Franky House in Water 7.
"Are we really going to die?"
With blood all over his face, Sanji