"It's not as good as you say. By the way, I'll write down my cooking recipe for you!"
Sanji touched his head with his left hand and said embarrassedly.
"You know what? Thank you, Sanji!!"
The chef was incredulous and quickly expressed his gratitude.
"Um... it's alright, no need to be so polite..."
Sanji continued talking to him.
"If you have time to talk, why don't you hurry up and prepare the food for table number eight..."
Just as they were talking, Chef Jessica walked over with a large spoon and spoke loudly to them.
Yes, I can't refuse a beautiful woman's request...
Ta-da! It's ready to serve!
Hearing her instructions, Sanji was filled with motivation and quickly prepared a meatball dish for her.
"Mmm!! It looks delicious, let me take it to him!!"
Just then, Luffy, smelling the aroma, rushed out and began to fawn over them.
Then, without their permission, he took the plate and ran out.
Is it really a good idea to just hand it over to him like this?
The chefs looked at Luffy's retreating figure and said somewhat uncertainly.
"Don't worry! Leave it to him, it'll be fine. But that guy at table eight is really lucky to have Miss Jessica personally cook for him."
Sanji replied to him, then looked at Jessica directing and scolding the other chefs with envy and said.
"Yes, he's my husband after all, of course I have to take care of him..."
The chef next to him responded.
"What? Miss Jessica is already married? Then who is the happiest guy at table number eight, Navarone?"
When Sanji heard that Jessica was already married, he couldn't believe it and asked again for the man's name.
"Oh, he's Vice Admiral Jonathan, the commander of this naval fortress, Baron!"
The chef answered him, and upon hearing his identity, Sanji couldn't help but feel nervous and worried about Luffy's safety.
"Oh no, Luffy..."
"I'll go check on my companions first. They haven't come back yet. I'll leave things here to you!"
Sanji quickly handed over his work to the others and went to check on Luffy.
"Your food is served, it's ready for you..."
At table number eight, Luffy grinned and handed a meatball to the guest, Commander-in -Navarone Chief Jonathan.
"Okay, you can go now. This is the food they've been raving about, isn't it? Let me try it and see just how delicious it is!"
Here, after watching Luffy disguised as a waiter for a while, Jonathan turned his attention to the delicacies on the table and Luffy that he could leave.
But Luffy still didn't understand what was going on. He simply retreated to a corner and continued watching as Luffy used his knife and fork to taste the food.
"Awoo!!"
Hmm... not bad, it certainly didn't disappoint me, it's very delicious...
Jonathan picked up his fork, took a few bites, and exclaimed in admiration.
Awooo!!
"Mmm, it's delicious..."
While he was eating, Luffy used his ability to steal a few meatballs to eat as well.
"Um..."
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
When Jonathan finished eating and tried to pick up his fork again, he missed every time, as Luffy had stolen and eaten all the meatballs.
Clang...
This time, Jonathan aimed and stabbed one of the meatballs, and Luffy also reached out and grabbed it, but it wasn't as easy as before.
Jonathan used a fork to impale Luffy on the meatball Luffy him unable to move.
"Hey... answer me, Strawberry Boy, what exactly is your purpose in coming here?"
Although someone told me before that you accidentally came here from the sky, I still don't quite believe it.
Jonathan released his grip, Luffy suddenly bounce off his own hand and crash into the wall behind him. He then walked over, looked down at Luffy, and asked.
"If I tell you, can I have the rest of the meatballs?"
Luffy was still oblivious to the danger, his attention only focused on the delicious meatballs in front of him.
"Hmm... if you tell me, I don't mind giving you all the meatballs."
Jonathan looked at the food behind him and said to him.
"You know what? Thank you so much, Fortress Uncle..."
Swoosh...
As soon as Luffy finished speaking, he reached out, picked up the plate of meatballs, pulled them back, and started eating.
" Straw Hat Luffy, you still haven't answered my question!"
Although Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, previously reported that it was Colonel Smoker who made the report in Alabasta.
But your group showed up there, and then two of you had your bounties increased significantly.
So I suspect you guys did this! After all, based on my understanding of Smoker, he couldn't have done it; his strength isn't enough to defeat the Shichibukai Crocodile.
But why would you, who are not interested in fame or fortune, suddenly appear in this fortress? I just can't figure it out. Can you tell me?
Jonathan, as expected of someone appointed as the commander of Navarone Base by Headquarters, deduced the Straw Hat Pirates ' victory over Crocodile from only the limited information released by Headquarters.
He then pressed Luffy and his crew for their reason for being there.
"What's your purpose?! We just happened to wander in here, and we can escape at any time. Thank you for the food, Fortress Uncle, I should be going now!!"
After Luffy finished eating, he stood up, dusted himself off, and spoke to Jonathan.
"Is that so? You really think you can escape from here, no, from my grasp?"
Jonathan looked at Luffy, who was as fearless as a newborn calf Luffy, and chuckled as he spoke.
"If we want to leave, we'll naturally escape from here."
Luffy didn't notice the change in Jonathan's tone, nor did he know that the person standing in front of him was Vice Admiral from the Marine Headquarters, and responded without fear.
"Really? Even knowing that your partner has also been captured, you still want to leave here?"
Your partner, the Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro, has just been arrested by us. Knowing this, do you still want to leave?
Jonathan, with a smile on his face, told Luffy the news that his partner Zoro had been arrested.
"What? Uncle, you're saying Zoro has been captured by you? Is that true?"
Upon hearing that his crewmate had been captured, Luffy became anxious and Jonathan.
"You idiot, why aren't you running? What are you asking? Aren't you afraid this is a trap?"
Sanji, who was eavesdropping outside the door, cursed Luffy's behavior under his breath.
"Heh, that's right. Your partner was just arrested. So, do you want to go rescue him?"
Jonathan nodded in agreement.
"Of course, I'll rescue my companions and then leave this place..."
Luffy assumed a fighting stance as he answered Jonathan.
"Haha, very good, that's more like a man. Well then, to show my respect, I'll go all out. Don't expect me to hold back..."
After seeing Luffy's performance, Jonathan laughed a few times to show his approval of his actions, and then prepared to launch a full-scale attack on him.
Bang...
"You idiot, don't fight him! Get out of here with me..."
Just then, Sanji kicked open the door and dragged a eager-looking Luffy away from him, running back to the restaurant.