You'd Better Treat Her Well!

"Welcome! Do you all have a reservation?" As soon as they entered, a burly man in a black chef's uniform with a pink scarf around his neck came up to greet them, his face plastered with a comically ingratiating smile~

"Our bill... put it on that gentleman's tab~" Rayson pointed at Fullbody, who was already seated in the corner~

"Honored guests! Right this way!" Seeing that the Navy captain had tacitly accepted the bill and seemed rather wary of this group, head chef Patty immediately caught the scent of money. The fat on his face practically crinkled with delight~

"Bring me the menu~" Rayson said calmly as he took his seat~

"Right away! What would you like to order? Every dish here is guaranteed to leave you full of praise!" Patty nodded and bowed~

"Start by bringing five servings of every item on the menu, exactly as listed~" Rayson said without changing expression~

Pfft!

Fullbody had just taken a sip of water when he heard that, and immediately sprayed it all over the table~

"F-five full menus?" Patty was dumbfounded as well, blinking his eyes~

Five orders of every dish? He had been cooking here for so long, yet he had never seen anyone eat with such extravagant abandon~

Besides, this place was not cheap at all~

"What are you standing around for? Go prepare the food! Surely Captain 'Double Iron Fist' Fullbody of Navy Headquarters isn't going to skip out on such a small meal bill, is he?" Rayson did not even raise his eyelids as he cast an indifferent glance at Fullbody in the distance~

"..." Fullbody's heart bled with pain, yet he did not dare utter a single word~

He could clearly feel a chillingly sharp presence locked onto him. If he dared say no, he probably would not be leaving this place in one piece today~

> Sanji Trait: Black Leg Style (Deep Purple), Modified Exoskeleton (Adaptive) (Unawakened)~

> Black Leg Style (Deep Purple): As a chef, one's hands are sacred tools of cooking. Therefore, in battle, he mainly relies on powerful kicking techniques tempered through harsh training~

> Modified Exoskeleton (Adaptive) (Unawakened): Originated from the Vinsmoke Family's lineage factor modification project~ After the exoskeleton awakens, the body's toughness rises sharply, granting healing abilities beyond the reach of ordinary people. Even broken bones can reset and heal themselves in an extremely short time~ The body's hardness is astonishing enough to ignore frontal slashes from blades and gunfire~ At the same time, it grants modification enhancements, allowing one's strength to rise by leaps and bounds~

Although Sanji had been one of the Straw Hat Pirates' three main fighters in the original story, he was not fundamentally a professional combatant. His primary occupation was still that of a chef~

In comparison, Zoro was an exceptionally pure warrior~

To be objective, before awakening his exoskeleton, Sanji's individual combat strength was indeed slightly inferior to Zoro's~

However, once that powerful shell awakened, his strength would undergo an earth-shattering transformation~

In the original story, that steel-like body could even take a full-force slash head-on from Queen the Plague, one of the Beasts Pirates' Emperor commanders, and shatter Queen's blade with the recoil~ The terrifying defense and backlash it displayed even surpassed Sanji's own Armament Haki~

Even if his bones were shattered, he only needed to casually twist his body to forcibly reset his dislocated joints on the spot~

Relying on the toughness of his awakened exoskeleton, Sanji defeated Queen despite the gap in rank and entered the ranks of the top powerhouses~

As for the adaptive trait in its unawakened state, its upper limit after awakening depended entirely on Sanji's foundational combat strength when he awakened~ Once Sanji finally crossed the threshold into awakening, the trait's displayed rating would immediately align with his capabilities at that time~

Not only that, this trait completely preserved all the techniques from Vinsmoke Judge's lineage factor experiments~

Judge's modifications to his children mainly consisted of strength, recovery, exoskeletons, and the removal of emotions~

While Sanji's physique retained the transformative potential of the first three, he had fortunately avoided the tragedy of having his emotions stripped away and still possessed a fiery soul~

Once this trait successfully awakened, Rayson would not only obtain those indestructible Iron Bones, but also gain the comprehensive physical enhancements contained in Judge's experiments~

More importantly, even though this was an unawakened trait, the system could still forcibly load it onto him~

It could even force this Modified Exoskeleton to manifest on the spot, just as it had helped him awaken Conqueror's Haki before~

Rayson's eyes burned with desire~

The defensive power unleashed by an awakened exoskeleton had already faintly surpassed the scope of ordinary Armament Haki~

If paired with the unfathomable upper limit of his future physique... this skeletal frame would likely give him defensive power comparable to Big Mom's legendary Iron Balloon body, perhaps even greater~

Furthermore, Plundering it would allow him to inherit the Vinsmoke Family's explosive power and self-repair potential from their scientific achievements~

Judging by its outrageous performance in the later stages of the original story, this trait was unquestionably gold-tier~

As for exactly what level it could align with, that would become clear once Sanji officially joined them and the trait was fully equipped~

However, Sanji had yet to encounter those Attack Cuisine dishes that could strengthen the body. His cooking was currently still only a life skill and had not appeared on the panel as a combat trait~

Rayson did not care about that. He had no intention of taking a chef's job, much less cooking for himself~

He only wanted to enjoy the other man's cooking in peace~

Meanwhile, Fullbody, who had been trying to flaunt his status before his companions, got into an argument with Sanji over his picky complaints about the food~

After overturning an entire plate of food onto the table and arrogantly declaring that money could buy anything, Fullbody brazenly crossed this chef's bottom line~

"Out at sea... can money really fill your stomach?" Sanji's expression turned cold, fury blazing in his eyes~ He grabbed Fullbody by the face and lifted him one-handed off the ground~

Having personally endured near-fatal starvation, Sanji understood better than anyone how hopeless hunger could feel~

Crash!

Just as the atmosphere in the restaurant tightened to its breaking point, the ceiling above suddenly shattered~

An old man with a wooden leg and Luffy fell straight down together, smashing the tables and chairs below~

"My ceiling! This is all your fault, you brat!" Zeff, the man at the helm of the sea restaurant, glared furiously at Luffy, who was pinned beneath him~

That reckless little bastard had not only blasted a huge hole through the kitchen and nearly killed him, but now he had even torn open the dining hall's roof!

"You broke it yourself, you old geezer!" Luffy clutched his head and retorted without backing down~

"How dare you treat a distinguished guest like this?! I'll lodge a complaint with the World Government and have your restaurant shut down on the spot!" Fullbody finally broke free, scrambling up from the floor in a miserable state as he screamed with a twisted expression~

"Then I'll slaughter you right here first!" Sanji's gaze immediately darkened as he stepped toward Fullbody~