Lin MuMu said matter-of-factly, "Of course. Trust me, you can't go wrong."
"Hey, hey, hey, Lin MuMu, look over there!" Perona pointed at the restaurant across the street and said excitedly, "That guy looks like Sabo."
"Huh?" Lin MuMu turned to look. Sure enough, Sabo and Koala were sitting back-to-back, one reading a newspaper and the other wolfing down food.
Perona nudged Lin MuMu with her elbow. "You two really are destined to meet. You even run into each other in different worlds."
"Pfft, give it a rest." Lin MuMu sounded unimpressed. "He's here because the plot needs him, not because of me. Soon, he'll go to the Colosseum and take Luffy's place to win the Flame-Flame Fruit. He'll win."
Perona said sulkily, "Why are you just like Captain? Seriously, you act like you can predict the future, spoiling everything. It's no fun at all."
"Hahaha." Lin MuMu patted Perona on the head. "That's exactly what I'm doing—spoiling everything to drive you crazy! Hahaha."
"You're so annoying." Perona struck back.
Lin MuMu dodged, and Perona chased her. The two began happily chasing each other and fooling around in the street.
Sabo had been shoveling down food when he suddenly sensed something and turned his gaze toward the window.
Noticing that Sabo had gone unusually quiet, Koala asked without looking up from her newspaper, "Finished already?"
"No," Sabo said. "I just felt like someone was looking at me."
Koala burst out laughing. "Don't flatter yourself. Hardly anyone here knows you. Who'd be looking at you?"
Sabo said helplessly, "Maybe I imagined it..."
With that, he returned his attention to the plate in front of him and continued wolfing down his meal.
In a small tavern, Lin Mo ordered an ordinary set meal, picked a random corner, and elegantly drank alone over