Shanks: Since I Follow Big Brother Viking, It's Only Reasonable to Use the Xuanwu Gate Succession System, Right?

The Five Elders on Mary Geoise were chatting idly, talking about things like the Four Emperor pirate crews.

Meanwhile, Spandine on Enies Lobby was busy contacting Vikengam.

New World · North Calm Belt.

Not long ago, on the seventh day after Shiki's departure, Vikengam and his group parted ways with Garp and immediately headed for the Calm Belt, preparing to cross the North Calm Belt directly into the West Blue.

Inside the Oro Jackson's dining hall.

Vikengam let out painful hisses as he frantically stuffed the mapo tofu before him into his mouth.

Even though his tongue was extremely sensitive to heat, he could not care less at this moment.

"Is this the Flower Country's food culture? Isn't it a little too spicy?" Spencer said, gulping down two mouthfuls of ice water and smacking his lips.

"It's not from the Flower Country. This is my own craft, though it was born from the Flower Country's traditional culinary culture." As Tofu spoke, he brought a plate of braised sea cucumber with scallions to the table.

Still ignoring the heat, Vikengam picked up a piece of sea cucumber with his chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. Enduring the scalding sensation on his tongue, he chewed several times, swallowed, and said, "Only at this moment do I feel like I'm truly alive on this sea..."

Spencer and the others looked at Vikengam strangely after hearing that.

Tofu's cooking was indeed excellent, and they all found the dishes delicious, but not so delicious that it warranted the reaction Vikengam was having, right?

Especially after Lincoln went to Frost Island, there had been plenty of chefs from the Jaygarcia Family in the City of Heaven. Their skills could be said to surpass Tofu's by quite a bit.

Yet when it came to the many