Luffy asked Rubick, "Hey, Uncle, do you have a plan?"
Rubick said, "Everyone, I hate to spoil the mood, but we have to face it: the Going Merry has reached its limits. She's too small. Nami and Robin share a bed, the rest of us sleep in hammocks, and the hold is tiny and keeps taking on water."
"I'm not saying this to put the Going Merry down. She just isn't suited to the adventures ahead on the Grand Line. Any enemy with a bounty over a hundred million could destroy her without much trouble."
"What I'm saying is, when we get a new ship, let's take the Going Merry back to Syrup Village. We can dig a little lake and put her there. Then we can visit her whenever we have time, instead of one day crying over her wreckage."
Rubick's words were hard for Luffy and the others to accept at first, but Sanji spoke up. "I agree with Uncle, because the Going Merry really is close to her limit."
Seeing everyone looking at him as though he were an enemy, Sanji hurriedly added, "Believe me or not, but I can more or less hear the Going Merry's voice now. She sounds extremely exhausted. I think Uncle heard her too, and that's why he made this decision."
"What?!"
Luffy exclaimed, "Sanji, you and Rubick can hear the Going Merry's voice? Is it because of Observation Haki?"
"What's Observation Haki?"
Old Knight was eager to learn, so Sanji explained it to him.
Rubick added, "You Skypieans can sense other people's thoughts too, can't you? You call it Mantra."
"Ah, I see. So this ability can be trained?"
Rubick held out his fist. "This is Armament Haki. It strengthens your fighting ability and lets you hurt Logia users. Without it,