The Sea Restaurant

When Usopp heard that Johnny was someone Zoro knew, he finally stopped hanging back and started boasting about himself to the two of them again.

"What? Do you know anywhere to eat, Zebra Face?"

Luffy rubbed his stomach. Although he was happy to run into someone Zoro knew,

this was the time to eat—or maybe throw a party.

"Zebra Face?"

Johnny pointed at himself and asked in confusion. Luffy had been talking to him just now, so was "Zebra Face" supposed to mean him?

Johnny had writing tattooed on his face, and Luffy could never remember other people's names, so he just called him whatever came to mind.

"Yeah. Who else would it be? Do you know anywhere we can eat? Since you're Zoro's friends, we should throw a party!"

Luffy tilted his head. He was already starving half to death.

"There is a place to eat. There's a sea restaurant not far from here."

"A sea restaurant?"

Usopp asked in confusion. So there was something like that out on the ocean.

"Great! My ship just happens to be missing a cook!"

The moment Luffy heard that, he clapped his hands.

He had been eating bread for days. What he wanted most right now was meat, or he would not even have the strength to fight.

"Right. If you're looking for a cook, that's the place to go. The cooks there are all excellent."

"Good, let's go there now!"

Nami shook her head helplessly. Why had she ended up with such an energetic captain?

Was there even a single reliable person on this ship?

A while later, the Going Merry finally arrived at the sea restaurant.

It was an enormous ship, and the Straw Hat Pirates all stared with their mouths wide open.

"How can there be such a huge ship?"

"Haha, surprised? But I heard the Yonko's ships are practically the size of small islands."

Johnny stood with his hands on his hips, looking at the sea restaurant. Before he could say anything else, he spotted a Marine ship beside it!

"How could there be Marines here?!"

Nami covered her eyes with both hands, nearly bursting into tears. Why were they so unlucky?

The Marine warship had only arrived ten minutes before the Merry.

It belonged to Marine Headquarters Captain Iron Fist Hoppidy, the Marine officer in charge of these waters. He had come to the sea restaurant for lunch.

A soothing melody played in the restaurant. The scattered guests sat and chatted quietly, until the restaurant doors were violently pushed open.

Everyone fell silent. Even Moyun and his group, seated off to one side, looked over.

What the heck, just some minor fodder. Looks like Luffy would be arriving soon too.

Moyun took a small sip from his wineglass. "Just wait for the show."

"What?"

By then, Kuina and Olvia had both put on cloaks and masks, but their figures still made it obvious that they were two stunning beauties.

Iron Fist Hoppidy arrogantly swept his gaze across the room. When he saw Kuina and Olvia, his gaze visibly paused.

He had not expected to find beauties he had never seen before in a place like a sea restaurant.

"What are you looking at? Aren't we going in?"

Beside Fullbody stood a sexy woman in a red dress, who had also drawn the eyes of quite a few men present.

"Let's go. There seem to be empty seats over there."

The moment the two sat down, the other people in the restaurant began whispering among themselves.

"Isn't that a captain from Marine Headquarters?"

"Yeah, he looks so elegant!"

"I finally got to see a real captain! Haha, what an honor!"

The surrounding discussions were not particularly quiet, and the woman in the red dress heard every word clearly.

Her red lips curled as she looked at Fullbody. "I didn't expect you to be this famous. It seems everyone knows you."

"Not at all. They're all captivated by your beauty."

He said it to the woman, but the corner of Fullbody's eye remained fixed on Olvia's table.

Why were neither of those women coming over to look at him?

A man in a black suit slowly approached. A lit cigarette hung from his mouth, and he held a bottle of red wine in one hand.

"Hello."

The blond man gave them both a slight nod and poured the wine from the bottle into their glasses.

Fullbody raised his glass and lightly clinked it against the woman's. After taking one sip, he suddenly froze.

"This aroma is the Fragrance of the Earth from Mikkel in the North, isn't it?!"

His voice was loud, and the corner of his eye remained fixed on Olvia, hoping to draw her attention.

Although Olvia did not turn around, everyone else in the restaurant looked over at him.

"If I'm not mistaken, this wine should be Etrou, right? Am I correct, waiter?"

Fullbody smugly looked at the wine in his glass. This was the red wine he had arranged with the restaurant yesterday, intending to use it to win the woman's favor.

"No, sir. Please enjoy your meal. Also, I'm not a waiter. I'm Sanji, the sous-chef here."

Sanji placed a spoon in Fullbody's hand, turned around, and left.

The entire restaurant fell silent, then a burst of laughter suddenly erupted from the corner.

"Hahahaha! I'm dying! How can this guy be so embarrassing?!"

Moyun clutched his stomach and laughed loudly. Some scenes really were more entertaining when witnessed in person.

Following Moyun's laughter, everyone else in the restaurant began laughing too.

The laughter made Fullbody feel utterly humiliated. He had not expected the person leading the laughter to be traveling with those two beauties.

"Shut up!"

Fullbody roared. Everyone else fell silent, but Moyun kept laughing.

"Hahaha! Oh my god, the beauty sitting across from that Marine must think this is so embarrassing! Hahaha!"

Only after laughing enough did Moyun prop his chin up with one hand and stare intently at the woman in the red dress.

Kuina was curious too, so she followed Moyun's gaze.

She was pretty, but Kuina still thought Sister Olvia was the most beautiful.

When Fullbody saw Kuina looking over, he quickly lowered his head. The spoon in his palm had already been bent out of shape.

It was all because of that damned cook—and that silver-haired brat laughing so loudly!

Fullbody slammed his fist down hard on the table, and it collapsed at once.

"This is outrageous! Does this restaurant let just anyone come in to eat now? And what kind of taste is this food supposed to have?!"

He felt as though every person in the restaurant was mocking him.

How could Fullbody, who cared so much about his pride, possibly endure that?

Hearing the commotion, Sanji came out of the kitchen and immediately saw Fullbody flying into a rage.