One Piece My Partner is Too Crooked - Chapter 36

“I said, Boss, is this the sign you hung outside? Aren’t we all followers of the Akusis religion? Can’t we eat here for free?”

Smoothie stood still, looking at the fist in front of him, mockingly laughing.

When he entered the door, he saw this sign hanging conspicuously in a prominent position, so he casually took it down.

Icey carefully looked at the sign in the other’s hand again, and seeing the cute expression at the end, his blood pressure soared.

His mouth twitched crazily, and he constantly cursed Aqua in his heart while hesitating about whether to take down this foolish captain first.

“This sign, indeed, was hung by us.”

Icey withdrew the fist hovering over the other’s head, sighing deeply.

“In that case, we, who believe in Lady Aqua, bid you farewell.”

Pirate Captain Smoothie casually threw the sign to Icey’s feet, waved his hand, and signalled his men to leave.

Just as they walked a few steps, he turned back with a smug face, “Oh, by the way, the meat and wine here, I’m quite satisfied with the taste, I’ll come back next time.”

“Hahaha!” The pirate henchmen burst into laughter again.

“I only said this sign is ours, I didn’t ask you to leave, did I?”

After returning to his senses from Aqua’s absurd operation, Icey shouted to the pirates about to leave.

“Oh? So, you mean speaking doesn’t count?” Smoothie stopped his steps, slowly turned around, and stared fiercely at Icey with his scarred, fierce eyes.

“Let’s hear it then, the doctrine of the Akusis religion.”

Icey bent down to pick up the sign from the ground, expressionless, “As believers of the Akusis, you don’t even know what the doctrine is?”

At these words, both Smoothie and the pirate henchmen looked puzzled.

They were just pirates who plundered and robbed on the sea. How could they know what the Akusis religion was?

Smoothie’s eyes turned, just about to speak, but Icey interrupted: “If you’ve forgotten, then I don’t mind reminding you.”

“Akusis believers, as long as they are serious, can do anything. We are capable people, even if we don’t do well, it’s not our fault, why blame?”

Smoothier was confused by this statement, pondered for a few seconds, and casually found a more normal way to say, “Blame those who dare to obstruct.”

“It’s the world! If things aren’t done well, it’s obviously the world’s fault!”

In the corner, Aqua, who didn’t know what kind of beating she would face later, couldn’t help but shout, pointing at Smoothie’s nose, “A guy like you who dares to face reality, how could you possibly be a believer of this goddess!”

For Akusis religious believers, her goddess had great tolerance, but these guys in front of her, who were cheating and deceiving under the name of Akusis, could never be forgiven!

“Water’s kin, holy water generates!”

Angry Aqua raised her arm, surrounded by water pillars, and a faint blue light appeared under her feet.

With the villagers of Windmill Village believing in her, her spellcasting speed also increased significantly.

Before Smoothie and the pirates could react, the magic circle floating above their heads poured down a torrential flood!

Whoosh!

The sudden flood washed the unsuspecting pirates away. Fortunately, there were large doors for entry and exit on both sides of the first-floor restaurant, so they weren’t completely submerged.

After the flood, the place was a mess.

The pirates whose formation had been scattered were scattered all over the restaurant, and two were directly washed out of the door and into the sea outside.

“Actually, actually can produce this level of water! You, you bastard, could it be, are you, the legendary Devil Fruit ability user?!”

After all, Smoothie was the leader of this group, accustomed to dealing with the sea for years, and quickly regained his footing; the fierce expression on his face suddenly disappeared when he thought of the terrifying rumours about Devil Fruit ability users.

He wasn’t like those tough pirates at heart, encountering things that were hard to understand. Naturally, he would feel fear.

“I, I’ll return your…”

As he was about to concede, a fist emitting a faint black light suddenly struck from the side, fiercely smashing his cheek.

Plop!

Smoothier, as a small pirate who couldn’t even make a name for himself in the weakest East Sea, where had he ever suffered a blow covered in armoured colour?

Moreover, Icey threw this punch under the enhanced state of Aqua’s attributes!

So, intense dizziness and pain rushed to his brain; Smoothie struggled on the ground for a moment, then his head tilted, and he passed out on the spot.

After all, the difference in bounties was there; in terms of combat ability, this guy was even worse than the bandit Higuma!

Icey clapped his hands, took his gaze away from the unconscious Smoothie, and looked at the other pirates.

“This pirate doesn’t pay for meals, so staying here to work and pay off the debt, what’s your relationship with him?” he asked knowingly.

The Double Cutlass Pirates only had Captain Smoothie on the wanted list; capturing these little brothers wouldn’t even fetch a penny; it’s just a waste of space.

Rather than that, it’s better to get the meal money back from them and earn money on both ends.

“No, no relationship, boss, spare us, I totally don’t know this bastard!”

“Yes! Yes! This damn guy forcibly brought us onto the pirate ship, we were all forced!”

“We’ll pay the bill now, please forgive us for our offense just now.”

…

Facing the restaurant owner who knocked out the Boss with one punch and possibly the legendary Devil Fruit ability user, the pirate little brothers who had never seen much of the world dared not resist anymore.

After quickly distancing themselves from their Boss, they hurriedly searched their bodies and took out all the valuable things to pay off the debt.

Icey didn’t refuse; after collecting the treasure into his pocket, he waved his hand, “Alright, this restaurant on the sea is very particular about rules. If you’ve paid and want to leave, you can go.”

“Thank you, boss, thank you, boss!” The pirate little brothers were grateful.

Just as they turned to leave tremblingly, they bumped into two companions who had just been washed into the sea.

“This damn guy dared to wash us with water, boss, it seems we have to show these two idiots a little bit of color, let them understand their position!”

“Definitely have to let them see, my knife isn’t for cutting grass!”

As they charged in, the two pirate little brothers carried big machetes with fierce eyes and murderous intent.

So…

The two groups stared at each other awkwardly,

the atmosphere suddenly becomes tense.

One minute later.

The two bruised and swollen men finally recognized their position, obediently paying the bill.

In this way, the group left the restaurant cautiously.

“Wait.”

A voice from behind made their nerves tense instantly, standing still in place, afraid to move.

Icey’s gaze swept over the trembling pirate little brothers one by one, finally stopping on one of them.

“I’m curious, if your knife isn’t for cutting grass, then what is it for?”

The trembling pirate little brother stammered, completely devoid of the fierceness he had just shown.

“F-f-for, for picking teeth, boss, my knife is for picking teeth…”

“I see, thank you for clearing that up for me.”

At his words, Icey nodded satisfactorily, smiling, “Well then, thank you for patronizing, feel free to come often.”

“Come often, my ass!”

The relieved pirate little brothers hurriedly ran out of the restaurant, climbing back onto their ship.

The pirate ship with the skull and crossbones flag fled in disarray, contrasting sharply with the arrogance and dominance they had just shown!

“Icey, Icey, how much is this guy worth? This time you can’t say that Lady Aqua didn’t contribute, right?”

Completely unaware of what she would face next, Aqua approached eagerly, rubbing her hands excitedly.

“The worth of this guy for now is uncertain.”

Icey glanced at the fallen sign scattered on the ground, his expression and voice calm.

“Aqua, let me ask you a question first.”

“Huh? What question?”

“What is 1000 minus 7 equal to?”

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