"I actually considered this issue when Galley-La and the other guys were building the ship! That's what Iceburg said back then..."
"Like the sun, full of vigor and vitality, traversing countless cruel oceans, how about this name?"
" Thousand Sunny!"
"!!!"
"This name is fantastic!" Chopper exclaimed excitedly.
"Indeed, it's much better than the Maruko- Masira -Lion I was thinking of!" Luffy exclaimed excitedly.
"Are you playing a word chain game?" Usopp slapped Luffy on the head.
Zoro: "Better than 'Boss Lionel,' whom I racked my brains to come up with!"
Robin: "It sounds better than 'Dark Pill' that I thought it would be!"
Sanji: "He's definitely a cut above my 'Sunflower Master'!"
"Hey! Are you guys kidding me? Are you seriously thinking about this?" Usopp was speechless. Did these guys all have such unique thought processes?
"Sailing across countless oceans is truly amazing! And the sunshine, the sun too! It perfectly suits this ship!" Robin couldn't help but exclaim once again.
For a time, everyone praised Iceburg for choosing this name.
Seeing this, Franky couldn't help but smile slightly.
Iceburg's chosen name has already caused such a stir, what will his next name do? It'll absolutely stun them!
Thinking of this, Franky shouted, "Wait a minute! The name we just heard was just a starting point; the real name is mine..."
"The New Fighting Machine, Franky: Lion Gang Champion!"
Luffy: "Let's use the name that Iceburg Uncle gave us, I really like it!"
The others echoed this sentiment.
Seeing that no one paid any attention to him, Franky shouted even louder:
"Lion Gang Champion!"
" The Thousand Sunny ' is such a great name!"
Agreed!
"..."
Xia Chen's lips curled slightly when he heard the name. It seemed that, without his interference, the name was ultimately chosen to match the one in the original work!
Even if the ship isn't the original one!
Xia Chen actually quite liked the name, and he didn't interfere with the naming process. Otherwise, it might feel strange later on!
However, Xia Chen still prefers to call it the Thousand Sunny rather than the " Thousand Sunny ".
There's no other reason; it's simply because the name is short and easy to pronounce!
After a while~
Everyone unanimously decided to name the new ship " Thousand Sunny "!
"Hey, Franky, what are you doing?" Luffy asked curiously, looking at Franky not far away after his excitement Luffy.
Franky was squatting on the ground, and a small hand was drawing circles on the ground from his huge mechanical hands.
The way he pouted his lips was a bit of an eyesore!
"No, it's nothing!" Franky stood up, sighing inwardly.
Judging from the current situation, his dream ship name is probably out of the question. Sigh! What a tasteless bunch of people!
"The new ship is finished, and everyone's here! We should probably get ready to head to the next island. The Log Pose filled up ages ago!" Nami said, looking at everyone.
Upon hearing this, Chopper jumped up and said, "Everything we need for the ship has been bought and is stored in a warehouse in the city. We can just go and move it over!"
"Ha! So we're finally leaving? I've been so bored these past six months! Let's get going right now!" Sanji said impatiently, as if he didn't want to stay a second longer.
"I think you just want to get there to see the mermaids as soon as possible!" Usopp said, speechless.
"Yes! It's been half a year already, it's time to start our adventure again!" Xia Chen said with a faint smile.
"Good!"
"In that case, let's move our things over here, say goodbye to Uncle Iceburg and the others, and then set off!"
Luffy was slightly excited. He had been on an island for the past six months without leaving. Although he was fighting every day to improve his strength, he was honestly a little unexcited.
This was incredibly boring for him, who is naturally adventurous, so now he gets extremely excited whenever he hears the words "set sail and depart".
Although he had only been in Qishui for half a day, he didn't want to wait a moment longer; he wanted to set sail immediately!
Having made the decision, everyone quickly got to work, making all the necessary preparations for departure...
--
Half a day later~
"Uncle Iceburg, we're off now!" Luffy waved to Iceburg from the Thousand Sunny.
Since the event of Luffy and his crew rescuing Water 7 as depicted in the original story did not occur, not many people came to see them off this time; only Iceburg and a few shipwrights from his Galley-La Company were present.
On the Thousand Sunny, Xia Chen looked at Franky sitting next to him and asked, "Aren't you going to say goodbye to your little brothers? You know, once you leave this time, who knows when you'll be back!"
"No need! What's the point of talking to those brats!" Franky said while drinking his cola.
"And they just told me not to be a burden..."
"Big brother!!"
Franky was speaking when he suddenly heard a noisy and familiar sound coming from afar. He jumped up instantly, ran to the edge of the boat, and looked towards the shore.
In the distance, a large group of strangely dressed people appeared. Of course, Franky was very familiar with this kind of clothing because he had seen it every day before!
That's right, it's Franky's henchmen!
They were shouting from the shore, "Brother! Take care of yourself at sea!"
We'll miss you! Please come back safely!
"You..."
Franky murmured, tears welling up in his eyes without him even realizing it.
"You bastards! I'll miss you! Now that I'm gone, don't let yourselves be bullied on the island like before, or you'll embarrass me!" Franky shouted back towards the shore.
"Big brother!!"
Franky's henchmen shouted in unison again.
Franky and his henchmen gazed at each other affectionately, looking like true brothers! But the next thing they said made Franky furious!
"Brother, if you die at sea, we'll burn incense for you, and we'll burn whatever you want!"
"And another thing, stop wandering around in just your underwear all the time, it's really creepy!"
"We dared not say anything to you before because we were subservient to your tyranny, but now that you're leaving, we won't hide our thoughts anymore!"
"What!!!"
(╬▔盘▔)╯!
"You bunch of bastards! You think you're all grown up now? I haven't even gone far and you dare to provoke me like this!" Franky glared at them with a dark expression.
"Hahaha... Franky, they're right! Don't go around wearing only your underwear every time, it's too embarrassing!" Sanji laughed heartily, completely unaware of Franky's increasingly dark expression.
At one point, Franky did a frog-like leap and pounced straight at Sanji, who was laughing.
"You'd better die..."