Meeting the Straw Hats

As soon as the Straw Hat Pirates entered the restaurant, they were led to the second floor by the waiters who had been waiting for them.

Once you go up to the second floor, you can see a wide variety of delicious food and drinks displayed on more than a dozen tables in the hall.

Luffy's mouth was watering as he eagerly rushed forward, grabbing handfuls of food and stuffing them into his mouth until his cheeks were bulging. He also stretched out his arms to grab food from another table, mumbling indistinctly as he devoured the food, "Delicious... delicious!"

"Luffy!" Usopp felt embarrassed and quickly reminded him, "This is too shameful!"

He then quickly looked at Nami and the others, "You guys should also try to persuade him. This is clearly a trap set by that Buggy. He deliberately laid out so much food so that we would have to eat in an unseemly way, to humiliate us!"

Brook: "Yohohoho~~ That guy can't be that kind of person, right?"

"You know Luffy's personality..." Nami said helplessly, watching Luffy wolf down his food. "That's our captain for you."

Usopp covered his face. "Oh no, I'm going to be laughed at..."

"Monkey D. Luffy..."

The curtain of one of the private rooms was lifted, and a figure stepped out.

A cunning smile appeared on Buggy's face. "I've poisoned the food on the table."

"Hello!"

Usopp immediately shouted in alarm, "Luffy, stop! He poisoned the food! He's definitely up to no good..."

"Just kidding."

"Did you hear that? He also said he was joking, Luffy. You'll be poisoned because of him... he... was joking..." Usopp said, then froze.

Luffy, unaware of what was going on, asked, "Usopp, what's wrong? The food here is delicious!"

Please make yourselves at home.

Killer a chair and sat down. "Usopp, you're still the same as ever... Don't look so wary. Have you forgotten how I found and killed Klahadore, successfully saving your village? By any measure, I've done you a favor."

"Stop arguing! Why did you make Kaya a pirate?!" Usopp was about to say something more, but suddenly his eyes widened. "K- Kaya..."

"Usopp!"

Kaya then emerged from behind the curtain, looked on with great surprise. "You... what are you doing here!"

Kaya's golden hair had grown much longer, making her look even more sophisticated and beautiful. Looking at the familiar face before him, Usopp was momentarily at a loss for words. He hastily blurted out his most prized possession, "Kaya, I... I... my bounty is now a whopping 30 million Beli!"

"Congratulations, Usopp! You've taken another step closer to becoming a warrior of the sea!"

Kaya wasn't the only one to emerge from behind the curtain; the entire Buggy Pirates had also arrived!

However, all they knew was that Buggy had invited the Straw Hat Pirates, but they didn't know who was on the invitation.

Besides Kaya and Usopp catching up, Nami also saw a familiar figure.

"Nami!!" Mikuru jumped into Nami's arms without saying a word, almost knocking her to the ground, and happily rubbed his fluffy head against her. "It's been so long since I've seen you, cat!"

"That's great, Mikuru, you've been safe and sound all this time!" Nami smiled and patted Mikuru's head. "You haven't been mistreated, have you?"

"No, I eat Shutaro's grilled fish every day, it's delicious!"

"No wonder, you've gained quite a bit of weight!"

"Nami, I didn't expect to see you here... Cat is so happy!"

Shuma looked at Nami and Mikuru and murmured, "I can pat their heads, I can pat their heads..."

"Hey, so you all know each other?" Luffy asked Luffy, looking around as he ate at the table.

"Hehe~~" Robin replied with a laugh, "I guess this is 'fate'..."

"What an adorable tanuki! It's even cuter than the one on the bounty poster!" Lilina crouched down, looking at Chopper with stars in her eyes.

"I'm a reindeer, a reindeer!!" Chopper protested loudly.

"Hehe, this looks like fun!" Lilina picked up a cotton candy from the table and handed it over with a grin. "Here, take this."

"Marshmallow! Thank you!" Chopper happily reached out to take the marshmallow, but Lilina suddenly lifted it up, and Chopper, with his short arms, couldn't reach it.

"Here you go!" Lilina handed the marshmallow down again, but when Chopper reached out to take it, she lifted it high again. After being teased several times, Chopper suddenly transformed into his human form and roared, "Give it to me now!"

"Wow, it's not cute at all now!" Lilina quickly handed over the cotton candy and took two steps back.

"Yohohoho~~ Beautiful lady, please don't tease Chopper ~" Brook looked at Lilina, "And, can I see your underwear?"

He had barely finished speaking when he suddenly let out a loud scream. Shuma was gnawing on his arm, his expression one of pure elation, as if he'd discovered a new continent. "It's live skeleton food!!"

Startled, Brook broke free and hid behind Robin, trembling as he said, "He... said I'm skeleton food! He'll definitely slice off pieces of my flesh and slowly boil them in a pot... even though I don't have any flesh left!"

Shuma immediately gave chase. "Don't run, you're a skeleton ingredient!"

"Help! Even the bones, which are very nutritious, are going to be eaten!" Brook cried out in a cold sweat as he dodged Shuma's pursuit.

For some reason, the atmosphere around them suddenly became very lively. Buggy Straw Hat Pirates one by one, and a bold idea suddenly popped into his mind: if they wiped out this group right here... the original timeline would completely end, thus entering a completely new timeline.

"Hey, you must be Buggy!" Luffy, who had half-filled his stomach, swallowed a large piece of meat. "Hello! My name is Luffy!"

Buggy said, "I know you, the rookie pirate who challenged the World Government. You also set sail from the East Blue, so you should have heard of me, right?"

Luffy shook his head expressionlessly. "No."

"You really don't give me any face at all... But I'm quite interested in you, that hat is Shanks', isn't it?"

"Shanks!" Luffy immediately forgot about his food and asked excitedly, "Do you know Shanks?!"

"... He and I were both crew members on Captain Roger's ship."

"Hehehe--So you're Shanks' friend!" Luffy stretched out his arm, offering a piece of meat, and grinned, "Then I'll treat you to some meat!"

Usopp glanced at it and quickly said, "How can you offer someone else's food!"

Chopper stared in disbelief. "Luffy actually shared his meat with others!"

"No thanks..." Buggy pushed away the chunk of meat from Luffy's hand. "I just want to see for myself what a pirate who shakes up an era really looks like..."

As he spoke, his voice lowered, "This final farewell meal will surely be unforgettable for you all, after all, the next time we meet will be in a brand new era..."

Luffy stuffed the meat in his hand into his mouth. "Buggy, what are you talking about... Oh well, you've treated us to so much food, you must be a really good person!"

Buggy remained noncommittal, then looked at Robin: "By the way, Robin... it's been a long time."