Big Chopper Rocky

Luo Ze docked the Ghost Sword on the island's western coast and soon disembarked with Ellie.

Over the past month, aside from setting aside a few hours each day to spend with Ellie, Luo Ze had basically remained in the training room, cultivating tirelessly.

After a month of grueling training, Luo Ze's strength had become extremely formidable. He had fully adapted to twice the gravity, and even when using those special weighted training systems, he no longer felt too exhausted.

Therefore, a few days ago, Luo Ze had begun challenging the triple-gravity setting on the gravity machine. At the same time, his strength and agility had both improved significantly.

A month of frenzied training had directly increased his strength by 50 points, bringing it to 400. Moreover, the huge increase in strength had also spurred a surge in agility. Over the month, Luo Ze's agility had risen by 150 points, reaching 500.

Thus, Luo Ze's current status panel was:

Host: Luo Ze.

Sword: Fine Steel Sword.

Swordsmanship: 1050 {Swordmaster}

Strength: 400

Agility: 500

Haki {Observation Haki}: Not Learned

Haki {Armament Haki}: Not Learned

Haki {Conqueror's Haki}: Not Learned

Furthermore, a month of arduous training had made Luo Ze's muscles even stronger. He looked slightly larger now. Though he could not be called broad-shouldered and powerfully built, he was still quite a muscular man.

Besides that, Luo Ze had also taught Ellie some swordsmanship during the past month.

Ellie was highly gifted. Although she was still young, her swordsmanship had improved rapidly. Moreover, she was willing to endure hardship. Many times, even after Luo Ze could no longer bear to watch, Ellie was still diligently practicing her swordsmanship.

Thus, although Ellie was still physically small, her strength was now more or less on par with that of an ordinary pirate lackey.

Luo Ze and Ellie soon arrived at the center of the island.

The island appeared relatively prosperous. The streets were crowded with people: local residents, merchants conducting business, and even passing pirates and pirate hunters could often be seen.

"As expected of waters so close to the Grand Line. There are far more pirates and pirate hunters gathered here than in Dog Town."

Looking at the scene on the streets, Luo Ze could not help but let out a sigh of admiration. Dog Town was also quite prosperous, but due to its location, there truly were not nearly as many pirates there.

"Let's find somewhere to fill our stomachs first."

Neither Luo Ze nor Ellie had eaten lunch yet, since they had planned to try some local food.

"Big brother, let's eat there!"

Just as Luo Ze looked around and considered what to have for lunch, Ellie tugged on his hand and pointed toward a restaurant on the left.

"Alright."

Luo Ze glanced at the restaurant and quickly agreed. It did not matter what he ate; as long as Ellie wanted it, he would naturally go.

The two soon entered the restaurant.

Perhaps because the island had such heavy foot traffic, the restaurant was packed with customers. Waiters carried trays back and forth, making the place seem particularly crowded.

Luo Ze and Ellie searched around for a while before finally finding an empty table. Holding Ellie's hand, Luo Ze quickly sat down with her.

Just after they sat down, a waiter dressed in white approached. He handed the menu to Luo Ze, who placed it in front of Ellie and looked through it with her.

"'Bo bo' lobster meat?" Luo Ze soon spotted an interesting dish and asked the waiter about it.

"Hehe, this 'bo bo' lobster meat is one of our restaurant's signature dishes. The lobster is caught from the deep sea, while the 'bo bo' meat comes from a unique local animal. Its meat is very tender and round, like a woman's breasts, which is why it's called 'bo bo' meat."

The waiter patiently explained the details of the "bo bo" lobster meat to Luo Ze, leaving him rather astonished.

Sure enough, the pirate world was incredibly bizarre. There was all kinds of weird stuff. There was actually meat that looked like a woman's breasts—he had to admit defeat.

In the end, Luo Ze ordered six or seven dishes. Both he and Ellie had large appetites, so even though there were only two of them, six or seven dishes would be no problem.

The waiter soon left.

Luo Ze and Ellie remained seated. Ellie was biting her fingernails while Luo Ze casually observed the other customers in the restaurant.

Before long, he noticed that the restaurant had all sorts of people. Several pirates were targets he had previously considered, each with bounties around sixty to seventy million Beli. There were also several well-known pirate hunters, apparently waiting here for some unlucky person to catch their eye.

However, just as Luo Ze was observing the customers, several men walked toward him.

The leader of the group was a fat man. He was a pirate whom Luo Ze had once considered hunting, but the man had disappeared for a long time, so Luo Ze had given up on him.

His bounty was fifty-five million Beli. He was Big Chopper Rocky, a fairly well-known pirate in the South Blue. Behind the fat man stood a group of pirates as well. They were crew members of the fat man's pirate crew, though they were merely low-bounty lackeys. Luo Ze had looked into them before, but because they were too weak, he had not even bothered to remember their names.

Watching them approach, Luo Ze remained calm. He rested his chin on one hand and said nothing.

The other customers in the restaurant, however, quickly recognized Big Chopper Rocky as they watched the men stride aggressively toward Luo Ze. Their interest in watching a spectacle was immediately stirred.

"Hehe, isn't that Big Chopper Rocky, the one with a fifty-five-million-Beli bounty? I heard he's a serious pedophile. He loves snatching young girls and torturing them to death. That girl looks pretty cute. Since that fat bastard noticed her, she's in trouble."

A pirate at one table saw the scene, sneered, and muttered to himself with the mindset of watching a show.

"Hmph! Kid, my men and I have nowhere to eat, so this seat belongs to us now. Get lost!" Reaching Luo Ze's table, the fat man slammed a hand onto it and grinned smugly.

As he spoke, his gaze remained fixed on Ellie, revealing a faint smile.

"Hehe, this little one looks quite delicate. She's mine."

Seeing that their captain had begun snatching another girl, the crewmen behind the fat man looked at Luo Ze with gloating smiles.

"Sigh, the captain's at it again. Last time, he caught an eight-year-old girl and played with her on the bed for half a day before playing her to death. This time, he actually picked one so young. What a rotten personality."