Sanji was deeply moved by those words.
He stood there in a daze, looking at his hands, then at Zeff's wooden prosthetic leg.
"The power to kick through every obstacle..."
Sanji murmured to himself, as though a new door were slowly opening in his mind.
Watching Sanji, Kuina shared his feelings and tightened her grip on Wado Ichimonji at her waist.
Just as Sanji sank into thought, completely absorbed in Lorne's stirring words.
Boom!
A deafening crash suddenly erupted at the restaurant entrance.
Someone kicked Baratie's heavy wooden double doors open with savage force.
Flying splinters swept through the dining hall amid a violent gust, slamming into nearby tables.
The doors that had been shut tight were now scattered fragments across the floor, revealing the dark, rolling sea outside.
"Who's there?"
"Who dares cause trouble at Baratie!"
Patty roared, planting his thick arms hard on the bar like an enraged gorilla.
"All of you, behave yourselves!"
A burst of crude, wild laughter came from outside.
Then a flurry of footsteps trampled the splinters on the floor.
Dozens of pirates wearing ragged leather armor and carrying guns and broad-bladed cutlasses poured into the hall like a tide, quickly blocking the entrance completely.
Leading them was a tall, brawny, one-eyed man whose face was covered in scars.
He carried a heavy iron hammer still dripping seawater, his face brimming with overbearing arrogance.
"They're from the Krieg Pirates!"
A merchant hiding beneath a table recognized their insignia, and his voice distorted with fright.
"Heavens, why would the East Blue Overlord set his sights on this place?"
Another diner's face turned deathly pale as he kept shrinking back.
The Scarred Brute slammed his iron hammer onto the floor.
With a boom, several cracks instantly split the hard wooden floorboards.
Zeff stepped forward on his