Chapter 196 White Night Farewell Wine, Merry’s Evaluation (Ch 196)

Soon, the Straw Hat Pirates stopped the boat near the platform.

Then, after Chopper conducted a simple examination and confirmed that the old woman was just drunk, he took out a hangover pill and fed it to her.

Soon, the old woman woke up and everyone started talking.

“Thank you for your help. My name is Zimoni.”

The little girl said to Luffy and the others, then pointed to one side and continued to introduce:

“This is Quimbe the Kitten.”

“Is this thing a cat?” Sanji was a little surprised.

“This is my grandmother, her name is Kokoro.”

“Hahaha, yes, it’s me, an old woman.”

Kokoro, who was sitting on a chair, nodded and said.

“Hey old lady, why are you calling us the Idiot Pirates?”

Luffy went straight to the point and asked his question.

“Hahaha, he’s a guy who calls himself a pirate, but he doesn’t burn, kill, and plunder, but instead does good things like saving the country. Isn’t that an idiot?”

“Moreover, you have done so many good things, but you are still on the Navy’s wanted list. In the days ahead, all that awaits you is hunting and killing. Isn’t that stupid?”

Hearing Luffy’s question, Kokoro said with a big laugh without any hesitation.

“Oh, so that’s how it is!” Luffy tapped his palms and showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

“You accept it too quickly!!! Idiot!”

Usopp saw this and punched Luffy in the back of the head again.

“Hahaha,”

Seeing this scene, Kokoro laughed again.

Then she continued:

“However, the more idiotic pirate groups like yours there are on the sea, the better, hahahaha!”

“Zimone, was the ship that just passed by on the sea powered by steam?”

At this moment, Nami asked the little girl Zimoni:

“But how can a ship of that shape sail on the sea? Is it a railroad in the sea?”

“That’s right.”

Hearing Nami’s question, Zimoni said with some pride:

“That is unique in the world, Mr. Tom’s greatest work.”

“It’s called the Sea Train, Smoky Tom.”

“It’s quite convenient to be able to run on rails not far below the sea surface. Also, there are warning tapes around, so it’s very dangerous to come over like you just did.”

“Although there are warning tapes, frogs won’t understand.” At this time, Luffy interrupted and said:

“You actually let the train hit the frog directly. That’s really too much.”

“I was planning to catch it and eat it.”

“Ah! It’s called Yokozuna, and it’s obviously the troublemaker of our Marine Mobile Station.”

Hearing Luffy’s words, Zimoni showed a somewhat aggrieved expression and said:

“It loves to compete with humans in strength and always wants to defeat the Sea Train.”

“It’s like the impact just now won’t kill it, and it has come many times before.”

“A competition of strength? Oh! Is that why it didn’t run away?”

Luffy suddenly realized and showed an expression of admiration:

“That guy is really determined!”

“I’ve decided not to eat him!!!”

“I won’t thank you!!!” Usopp complained very naturally.

“That’s right!”

Zimoni seemed to have thought of something and suddenly turned to look at Luffy:

“I remember you were going to be the Pirate King, right?”

“Mr. Tom, you are the one who built the Oro Jackson for the previous Pirate King.”

“Wow!!! Really!!!”

Just hearing the three words “Pirate King” made Luffy extremely excited.

“Hahaha, that’s right.”

Kokoro on the side also laughed out loud. She said:

“Tom is the world’s number one shipbuilder! And, don’t look at me now, old woman. Back then, I was the secretary of Tom’s shipbuilding company.”

Granny Kokoro spoke to Luffy in a tone full of pride, causing the latter’s eyes to light up.

And she seemed to be talking about something worth remembering, so she picked up the bottle and started drinking again.

“Hey, old woman, you can’t drink now. It will make your condition worse.” Chopper said with some concern.

“Hahahaha, it doesn’t matter. I’m an old lady. I just like to drink.”

Grandma Kokoro laughed heartily and didn’t care about Chopper’s reminder.

“If you really want to drink, you might as well drink mine.”

At this time, Bai Ye took the opportunity to speak.

A wine jar appeared in his hand.

“Not only does it taste better, but it’s also good for your body.”

“Yes, Bai Ye’s spiritual wine was highly praised by Doctor Doriel.”

Chopper also echoed.

“oh?”

Granny Kokoro first looked up at Bai Ye, then looked at the wine jar in his hand, pursed her lips and said:

“If it’s what you said, I’ll have to taste it, old woman.”

As Kokoro spoke, he took the jar of wine from Bai Ye’s hand.

As soon as she opened it, she was attracted by the aroma of wine in the jar.

Then just a small taste made her let out a sound of extreme enjoyment.

While watching Grandma Kokoro enjoying herself, Bai Ye also remembered the story about her.

She had not lied in what she had just said.

In addition to being the stationmaster of the Sea Train, Kokoro was also a secretary at Tom Shipbuilding Company.

And this Tom is indeed the fishman who once built ships for the Pirate King Roger.

At the same time, the old woman in front of everyone, who was out of shape and looked like a drunkard, was also not a human, but a mermaid.

When I was watching the anime at night, I was shocked by Kokoro’s mermaid state in the sea.

Of course, Oda once drew a picture of Kokoro when she was young, and she was also a great beauty.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye felt a little sorry. He didn’t know what kind of experience she had gone through that made her indulge her body like this.

According to Bai Ye’s unreliable guess, Kokoro may have experienced emotional trauma when he was young.

In an interview with Oda, Kokoro’s experience was mentioned.

When she was still a mermaid, she traveled thousands of miles to the Seven Waters City because she admired Mr. Tom.

Here comes the interesting part. Kokoro, who admired Tom, did not get married to Tom, but married a human man and had children. Her son, who had both human and mermaid blood, also chose to marry a human woman.

This is why Zimoni, who is not even thirty years old, already has two feet.

And because Zimonni has mermaid blood, his swimming skills are also quite good.

Although these are just background settings, referring to the conflicts between humans and mermaids, we can seem to guess what happened back then.

This resulted in Kokoro having to depend on Zimoni for his life.

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