After tying Luffy up, Shin'ya warned Luffy, "You damn idiot, don't mess around. If you fly over there and smash someone else's ship, we won't be able to afford to pay for it."
Seeing that he was stopped, Luffy looked unhappy. "I got it."
A few minutes later.
Everyone docked the ship and entered the Baratie's dining area. They found an empty table and sat down. Before they could even order, a man in a black suit with curly eyebrows, twisting like cooked noodles, approached Nami.
"My beautiful lady, may I invite you to a candlelight dinner?"
Nami rolled her eyes. "It's still noon, but if you treat us to a grand meal, I might agree to a candlelight dinner with you."
Sanji's eyes lit up. "Deal! This meal is on me…"
Before Sanji could finish, Zeff jumped up and kicked him in the head, yelling, "Go order food somewhere else, don't harass people here."
Sanji looked at Zeff with disdain. "Got it, old man. Seriously, always ruining my good times."
After chasing Sanji away, Zeff said, "What would you guests like to eat? I'll make it for you."
Luffy shouted happily, "This, this, and this, this one too!"
"Alright, guests, please wait a moment. The dishes will be ready soon," Zeff said before walking into the kitchen.
Meanwhile, the Marine Iron Fist Fullbody, whom Luffy had encountered, started causing trouble.
It turned out that Fullbody was angry watching Sanji flirt with the beautiful woman he had brought, so he wanted to make things difficult for him.
"Hey, curly-browed kid, how come there's a bug in this soup!" Fullbody shouted at Sanji.
When Sanji came over, Fullbody even knocked the dishes onto the floor.
Sanji looked at the scene before him, his anger flaring. He directly kicked Fullbody flying.
Sanji walked up to Fullbody, crouched down, grabbed Fullbody's collar, and gritted his teeth. "I don't care if you're a Marine or whatever, and I don't care how you usually eat, but here at our Sea Restaurant Baratie, not a single bit of food is allowed to be wasted. Anyone who wastes food, I'll send them to hell."
Sanji was about to kick him again, but Patty held him back tightly.
Patty: "Forget it, Sanji, they're Marines, we shouldn't provoke them."
On Luffy's side, as the dishes were served one by one, everyone began to devour them.
A while later, everyone was full and satisfied, patting their bellies.
Luffy: "Ah~ that was so delicious."
Shin'ya: "Yeah, this is the best meal I've ever had."
Nami looked at Sanji and shouted, "Check, little brother."
Sanji was instantly drawn to Nami, twisting his body and saying, "Beautiful lady, what check? It's free, absolutely free, no charge."
Nami said in a cutesy voice, "Really~ little brother~ Then thank you so much~"
Just as Sanji was so excited he was about to get a nosebleed.
Bang! The door of the Sea Restaurant was kicked open by a thin man with dark circles under his eyes.
Seeing the newcomer, the diners were startled.
Diner A: "It's Demon Gin, how did he appear here?"
Diner B: "Yeah, didn't the Krieg Pirates advance into the Grand Line? So how did Demon Gin show up?"
Patty rushed out, looking at Gin warily and asking, "What do you want? If you're trying to rob us, you've probably found the wrong opponents. We're not just chefs."
Gin spoke with difficulty, "Give me food."
Patty: "Do you have any Berries?"
Upon hearing this, Gin raised the gun in his hand and pointed it at Patty, saying, "Is this enough for the meal?"
At this moment, another chef walked over. Without a word, he directly struck Gin down and threw him out.
"Guests, please continue to enjoy your meal. We will do our best to protect your dining experience here," Zeff came out and said.
Meanwhile, Sanji quietly watched this scene, then turned and went back into the kitchen.
Luffy turned to look at Sanji, who had walked into the kitchen, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.
Not long after, Sanji came out of the kitchen with a bowl of fried rice and placed it in front of Gin, saying, "Eat. You must not have eaten for a long time. No one understands that feeling better than me." After saying that, Sanji left directly.
This scene was witnessed by Luffy, Shin'ya, Zoro, and the others.
When they returned to the Going Merry to rest, Shin'ya looked at all his companions and asked, "What do you think of that chef just now? Should we try to get him to join our pirate crew?"
Luffy's smile was irrepressible. "Ah~ I've decided, he's going to be our companion, he'll be the chef of our pirate crew."
Zoro, Nami, and Usopp all nodded in agreement.
From that day on, Sanji was constantly followed by someone, which annoyed him greatly. Every day, this person would follow him, trying to get him to join their pirate crew, asking him all day long, making Sanji's head ache.
After another failed attempt, Luffy returned to the Going Merry looking unhappy. Seeing Luffy's expression, everyone knew he had failed again.
Usopp: "Luffy, it's been two days and you still haven't managed it. Should we just look for another chef?"
"No, I want him as our chef," Luffy said firmly.
At this moment, Shin'ya suddenly said, "Luffy, it's useless to keep pestering him. You need to find the owner of Baratie. If you can convince him, you can get Sanji to join the pirate crew."
Luffy clenched his fist and slapped his palm. "Soga! I know! Hahahaha~ I'm going now!"
Before Luffy could go find the owner of Baratie, a heavily damaged large ship appeared not far away, slowly approaching the Baratie restaurant.
Just then, a terrified scream suddenly erupted from the crowd: "Look! That's the Krieg Pirates' flag! They're heading towards Baratie!"
This scream, like a thunderclap, instantly shattered the previously calm atmosphere, causing a wave of panic among the surrounding diners. Everyone looked towards the ship, seeing a dilapidated vessel slowly approaching in the distance, its striking pirate flag fluttering in the wind, as if announcing its arrival.
Meanwhile, the busy chefs in the kitchen were also drawn by the commotion outside. They stopped their work and came out to check the situation. When they learned that the notorious Krieg Pirates were approaching, their expressions all turned grim.
The chefs quickly returned to the kitchen, grabbed their respective weapons, and then hurried to the deck, nervously watching the gradually approaching broken ship.
"Let's go take a look too," Shin'ya turned to Zoro and suggested.
Zoro nodded in agreement.
Then, Shin'ya looked at Nami, Usopp, Johnny, and Yosaku, and instructed, "Nami, you, Usopp, Johnny, and Yosaku stay here and guard the ship. Don't worry, nothing will happen here."
Nami said worriedly, "You guys be careful."
And at the Sea Restaurant Baratie.
Under everyone's gaze, two people descended from the dilapidated pirate ship.
One was Gin, the pirate who had previously come to Baratie to eat without money. He was supporting a tall man, Krieg, who was covered in bandages and wearing a gray cloak.
Gin supported Krieg as they walked towards the Baratie restaurant, completely ignoring the stares of others.
But as soon as they reached the deck, they were stopped by the chefs.
"Pirate Gin, what are you doing here again? And this time you brought your captain with you. Don't you know you're disturbing our customers' dining experience?" Patty said disdainfully.
"Get out of here, we won't cook for you," another chef angrily retorted.
"We brought money this time, we just want to buy food," Gin said, throwing a bag of treasure over.
At this, the customers became agitated: "Don't sell to them, let them starve to death. The Krieg Pirates usually do all sorts of evil, so now's a good time to ignore them."
"Exactly, who knows what he'll do once he recovers his strength," another customer echoed.
"If Krieg recovers his strength, he'll definitely attack our restaurant, not even a drop of water should be given to him!" a chef from the back also shouted loudly.
Just then, Krieg knelt on the ground, humbly pleading, "I won't do anything. I promise you, if you give me something to eat, I'll obediently go back. Please, save me!"
Gin looked at Krieg, who was kneeling, and couldn't help but kneel down as well.
Gin looked at the chefs, heavily kowtowed several times, and then pleaded, "Please, save Captain Krieg."
Just then, Sanji walked out of the kitchen, holding a bowl of fried rice.
Sanji placed the fried rice in front of Krieg and said, "Eat. Eat and then leave here. Although I don't want to see anyone starve to death, if you dare to harm this place after eating, I will personally kick you to death."
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