One Piece My Partner is Too Crooked - Chapter 35
The pirate ship slowly stopped on the left side of the Infinity Dream, and the two ships did not follow the normal docking process.
The pirates standing on the deck stared at the Infinity Dream, confirming that it was a newly opened sea restaurant, and then jumped off the ship one after another.
They boarded the Infinity Dream with a rough, overbearing attitude and walked in directly.
“Welcome to the sea restaurant Infinity Dream, what would you like to eat?”
Icey, already sitting at the restaurant reception desk, greeted them and assessed the fierce pirates.
Only seven were dressed in plain dark clothes, with swords at their waists, some even carrying flintlock guns.
The leader was a burly man with scars all over his face, carrying two large machetes crossed on his back.
“Sea restaurant Infinity Dream? I’ve never heard of it in the East Sea. Is it newly opened?”
The pirate captain’s gaze also looked towards the front desk.
Seeing this small sea restaurant with only one young man who seemed not very powerful and had a delicate and weak beauty, they couldn’t help but sneer.
Their slightly narrowed eyes flashed with a fleeting fierceness.
“Money is not a problem, meat and wine, any kind will do. Bring out everything you have!”
With that, the pirate captain arrogantly waved his hand and strode to a table.
Behind him, with inexplicable smiles, his lackeys followed closely and took their seats.
“Understood, please wait a moment. You can start with some peanut appetizers.”
Icey smiled and was quite satisfied with the arrogant attitude of these people.
He liked this kind of unruly pirate who didn’t seem to follow the rules!
After instructing Aqua to serve some appetizers, he walked into the kitchen without a trace and quietly placed the East Sea pirate wanted poster in his hand.
Miche Smofis, with dual machetes, is a notorious pirate who frequently attacks and loots merchant ships at sea with a bounty of 2.5 million berries.
Although lower than Bandit King Sig’s bounty, this amount was still eye-catching.
As the first fish caught on the hook, it was barely acceptable.
“Brothers, don’t pay later!” Icey silently prayed in his heart.
He had his bottom line: as long as they normally paid in the restaurant, whether wealthy merchants or pirates, they would be thanked for their patronage and allowed to leave safely.
There were, at most, five sea restaurants in the East Sea.
If he bound and extorted every pirate he saw without hesitation, his reputation would soon stink, and it would not be conducive to long-term development.
Of course, if someone with a bounty of tens of millions came knocking, and they weren’t particularly troublesome individuals…
Icey would try to lower his professional bottom line, rid the people of harm, and bring peace to this vast sea!
“Hello, this is the complimentary appetizer from the restaurant.”
Aqua professionally placed several plates of peanuts on the pirates’ table.
As an admired water goddess, she was unwilling when Aqua first heard Icey wanted her to be a waitress.
But as soon as she heard that she could earn a thousand berries (1000 berries) a day for helping out, she immediately promised that this kind of work was tailor-made for her.
Her motto was to follow the money!
“Hey, the little girl is quite pretty, isn’t she?”
Pirate captain Smofis looked at the flawless beauty before him and couldn’t help but praise.
The other pirate lackeys also looked at Aqua with undisguised admiration.
Strangely, despite their usual brutality and lust, they showed no desire or greed towards Aqua. They glanced at her a few more times before calmly withdrawing their gazes.
Perhaps the goddess aura emanating from Aqua purified their impure thoughts, or perhaps Aqua voluntarily blessed herself.
Considering Aqua’s intelligence, the former was more likely.
“Thank you for the compliment.”
Aqua instinctively felt these people were similar to the bandits in the Windmill Village, so she had no intention of engaging in conversation, just a simple response.
The pirates didn’t care; they grabbed the peanuts and threw them into their mouths, saying they were delicious.
About half an hour later, Icey, who was busy in the kitchen, turned off the stove, took off his apron, and returned to the front desk. Aqua, with meat shreds on her lips, sat beside him—yes, this girl had sneakily eaten a few bites on her way to serving.
All the meat dishes were ready, and boxes of chilled beer were placed at the pirates’ feet.
The pirates sat around, with Captain Smofis leading the group, eating and drinking, freely recounting their recent robbery experiences and laughing heartily.
When the sunset was like fire, and the darkness of the night began to appear on the horizon.
The pirates finally finished eating and drinking and stood up one after another to leave.
As Icey expected, these arrogant fellows showed no signs of paying the bill, striding towards the restaurant’s door.
“Guests, you haven’t paid the bill yet.”
Icey lowered his head, casually flipping through today’s newspaper, his muscles tense under the light blue short sleeves.
“Oh? Do we have to pay for eating here?”
Captain Smofis stopped in his tracks, hands in his pockets, turning around with a malicious glance at Icey.
“This is a sea restaurant, not a charity place for rescuing the distressed. You’ve eaten meat and drank wine, so naturally you have to pay.”
“If you don’t have money, then I’m sorry, you can’t leave through that door today.”
Icey’s eyes narrowed slightly, slowly standing up.
With Haki fully activated, his spiritual pressure covered his fists.
He was ready to strike with lightning speed and take down these pirates who dared to dine and dash!
“Hahaha!”
Upon hearing this, the pirates were stunned and laughed heartily.
Although they weren’t big-name pirates, how could they be scared off by a few words?
“I say boss, did you forget something important?”
Captain Smofis raised his hand to interrupt his lackeys’ laughter, his face gradually turning serious.
The atmosphere in the restaurant fell into a strange silence at this moment.
Even Aqua, idling nearby, couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.
“Aqua, now is the time, wet their flintlock guns!”
Sensing the captain’s hand reaching for his waist, Icey, who was prepared, decisively made his move, flipping over the counter like a human tank and charging towards the pirates’ camp.
At this critical moment, Aqua finally didn’t drop the ball. After blessing Icey with an attribute enhancement, she was ready to summon water columns to attack, disabling their more powerful firearms first.
The two of them cooperated quite tacitly. Before the pirates could react, Icey, who had been enhanced in speed, was already in front of them!
If everything went as planned, 2
.5 million berries would be theirs!
However, as expected, things didn’t go as planned.
As Icey raised his fist, about to smash it on Captain Smofis’s head, the latter happened to pull out something from his waist.
It wasn’t a sharp blade, nor a firearm pistol, but…
Aqua’s signboard is hanging at the entrance!
Due to Icey’s fully activated Haki and intense concentration, he only glanced at it and saw the contents.
?Welcome to the sea restaurant Infinity Dream; as long as you are a believer in the goddess Aqua of the Akucis religion, all expenses in the restaurant are free!?
Icey: “…”
Damn it!!
No wonder why suddenly became so diligent and sensible, knowing to make a sign for the restaurant!
This damn goddess!!!
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