Water 7, a tavern run by CP9 agent Blueno.
Teach and Ace entered the tavern and brazenly took seats at the bar. Teach's over-three-meter-tall body immediately occupied nearly half the counter.
Blueno, who worked part-time as the bartender, could vaguely tell that the two men before him were no ordinary people, so he cautiously asked:
"What would you two like to drink?"
"Rum!"
Teach slapped a large handful of Beli onto the bar and boomed generously:
"Bring out everything you have."
"And prepare some cherry pie for me too. The more, the better!"
"We don't have any—"
Blueno had originally wanted to refuse Teach's request, but when he saw Teach's dark, stubbled face, an inexplicable panic rose in his heart.
Without realizing it, his words changed to, "I'll have someone prepare it for you."
"Ha ha."
Ace took a sip of the rum Blueno had served him, then said to Teach with a smile:
"You still like cherry pie that much!"
Teach laughed heartily as well and started casually chatting with Ace about some trivial matters.
Just as the two were engrossed in conversation, a burst of noisy shouting and roaring came from nearby, mixed with the cries of women.
Ace frowned at the sound. Teach immediately understood and rose to his feet, walking toward several tables of agitated people.
"You lot."
Teach swept his gaze over the dozens of bizarrely dressed, delinquent-looking punks before him and said with some displeasure:
"Why are you crying and making such a racket in a tavern? You're ruining people's mood for drinking!"
"What did you say?"
A bald thug stood up aggressively:
"This is Franky Family territory. If I want to shout, then I'll—"
Before he could finish, the bald thug, like Blueno before him, was frightened by the inexplicable aura around Teach