East Blue, Beast Island.
"Don't run! Don't run! Grab it!"
"Watch me pounce like a hungry tiger!"
After an intense chase, a large group of red-eyed, drooling pirates finally captured their prey—a little white rabbit.
"Heh heh..."
"Ha ha..."
The pirates surrounding the little white rabbit all broke into lecherous laughter.
Ever since the food they had plundered sank into the sea during a storm, they had gone several days without eating anything decent.
"Damn it, show some backbone! The way you're acting, can you still call yourselves pirates?" The clown-like man cursed as he vigorously rubbed his bright red nose.
The pirates flushed with embarrassment. They were the capable subordinates of Captain Buggy, the Great Pirate. How could they do something so shameful and tarnish Captain Buggy's reputation?
Thinking of this, the pirates lowered their heads in shame. "Captain Buggy, we were wrong!"
"It's good that you know your mistake. As pirates, how can you eat such a weak creature?" Buggy calmly took the rabbit from their hands. "This rabbit will be taken care of by this captain!"
Although the pirates couldn't figure out how that logic worked, some sort of aura still moved them deeply, and they shouted, "Captain Buggy, thank you so much!"
Buggy, who had been sneaking away, suddenly straightened up. After confirming that they weren't being sarcastic, he scratched the back of his head and laughed loudly. "It's what this captain should do!"
Just then, a pirate came running toward them like a madman. "It's a restaurant! It's the Sea Restaurant Baratie!"
The pirates who had been lying on the ground looking for bugs sprang to their feet. "What did you say? A restaurant?"
"That's right. It's not far ahead in these waters."
"A restaurant means food?"
"And food means that I can live again!"