One Piece My Partner is Too Crooked - Chapter 51
Icey stood on the second deck of the Infinite Dream, quietly watching as the Black Cat Pirates’ ship gradually sailed away until it disappeared.
The opponent’s sails and hull were coated with thick, waterproof grease, indicating that Crowe had already prepared for a battle before coming.
After all, the commotion they caused in Orange Town was not small, and it was easy for someone like Aqua to gather information, especially about her ability to use flood attacks!
As for why Crowe didn’t launch an attack in the end, it was probably because of the sudden appearance of a king in the sea restaurant.
In the brief conflict just now, Icey noticed Crowe’s quite surprised expression when he heard the heartbeat-like sound of King’s engine.
And this was one of the reasons he gave up capturing Crowe in exchange for the bounty.
Unless they could suppress them in strength, it’s hard to defeat such a speed-type opponent in the first place.
If Crowe were forced into a hurry and unleashed indiscriminate attacks as swift as Shave, aside from Aqua, King, as an ordinary person, would probably not be able to withstand it!
Plus, the uncertainty and risk of capturing Crowe would greatly increase with the Black Cat Pirates already prepared.
This wave had already earned over two million berries, so it didn’t seem like a loss, no matter how you looked at it.
So, the conflict that should have erupted in the sea restaurant with the Black Cat Pirates ended abruptly, with Captain Crowe paying and leaving.
With a bounty of 14 million, Crowe was undoubtedly a top-tier pirate in the weakest East Blue.
Therefore, the fame of the Infinite Dream Sea Restaurant once again soared!
Even ordinary merchants and some pirate hunters began to board the ship to consume, obediently paying for their meals.
This made Icey feel a bit troubled—because he needed more time in the kitchen to cook, naturally extending it.
Thinking that his two-color conqueror’s haki was still in its basic rookie stage, he suddenly got an idea as he looked at the knives and spoons before him.
He could practice his two-color conqueror’s haki while cooking!
So, Aqua, responsible for serving dishes as a waiter, walked in to see this scene: Icey Crowesing his eyes, holding a knife emitting a faint black light, crazily chopping a large pig bone…
Seeing Icey earnestly practicing his two-color conqueror’s haki, Aqua’s clever eyes turned around.
She quietly lifted her footsteps, carefully retreated from the kitchen, and Crowesed the door.
Half an hour later.
Icey, who was seriously training, was disturbed by a noise.
Pushing open the tightly Crowesed kitchen door and entering the restaurant hall, he saw the Goddess of Fools had already mingled with the customers, drinking wine and boasting about her glorious years and heroic figure in the divine realm.
“Ahahaha! Tell you a secret: my disciple Eris’s chest is padded!”
With a blush on her pretty face, Aqua held a bottle of champagne, laughing heartily at the table.
“Really? Did she learn that from you?” A cold voice came from behind.
“How is that possible? This goddess is the real deal!” Aqua raised her head proudly and patted her chest.
Strange, why does this voice sound so familiar?
As soon as she finished speaking, Aqua noticed something wrong and stiffly turned her head back.
Seeing the familiar face of Icey, her smiling expression froze on the spot.
“Causing trouble at the slightest distraction. This is a sea restaurant, not a noisy tavern at sea.”
“Do you understand, you foolish goddess!”
Seeing the mess of wine bottles all over the restaurant floor, Icey grabbed Aqua’s cheeks with his hands and rubbed them.
Once Aqua got started like this, in the future, customers coming to the restaurant to eat would treat it like a tavern and drink recklessly.
After all, the core function of the restaurant was only to attract wanted pirates as a cover and earn some petty food money. Its essence was still a single-masted sailing ship for navigation.
Icey didn’t want his first ship to be filled with disgusting alcohol smells everywhere within a few months!
“I understand, I’m sorry.”
Knowing she was in the wrong, Aqua didn’t dare to resist. She could only shake her two arms helplessly.
Sitting at the front desk collecting money, King quietly took away the beer on the table and put it under the seat.
Finally, until the customers expressed willingness to pay for the related wine and bottle cleaning fees, Icey didn’t bother with Aqua anymore.
Two days after encountering the Black Cat Pirates.
King, who was responsible for watching the sea, finally saw the island’s outline at the coastline’s end through a single telescope.
Their destination, the Cocoa Village on the Shu Meida Island, had arrived!
The scale of Shu Meida Island was not small. In addition to Cocoa Village, there were also several scattered villages and towns.
Among them, the most prosperous was Fusu Town, which was only separated by a mountain from Cocoa Village, and there was a special dock for mooring ships.
Icey’s main purpose was still to meet the familiar characters from the original work and buy some fruits to sell on the ship.
So, the Infinite Dream did not dock at the regular port of Fusu Town, but instead, according to the position on the sea island map, directly came to anchor along the coast adjacent to Cocoa Village.
Stepping on the slide constructed by Aqua with flowing water, Icey and his two companions successfully landed and arrived on the soft and cool sandy beach.
At the end of the beach was a several-meter-high hill covered with lush tropical vegetation.
A steep slope extended from the hill to the beach, forming a road over two meters wide, leading to the jungle’s depths.
Walking along this dirt road, one would most likely reach Cocoa Village.
Icey speculated that this should be the landing place of Arlong Pirates in the original work.
However, at this time, when Arlong had not yet become one of the Seven Warlords, Arlong, who had not been released innocently, should still be squatting in prison!
I wonder what Cocoa Village looks like now.
Nami and Nojiko, Bellemere, and the three of them should still be living a humble but happy life, right?
Thinking like this, Icey suddenly sensed something and looked up ahead.
A petite and cute figure stood at the edge of the hill, nervously staring at the three of them.
The beautiful orange hair gently fluttered in the sea breeze, and the brown eyes were clear and moving on the childish face.
Although her Crowethes were patched and looked worn out, it couldn’t erase the girl’s innate loveliness but made her cuteness more prominent and profound.
Clutching tightly the navigation book stolen from the village, the watery big eyes stared at Icey standing on the beach.
Sweeping past the blue-haired beauty, Aqua, and finally resting on King, who had scars all over his body and ex
Used a fierce aura.
Being someone who had never seen a real pirate, she was immediately frightened, her face turning pale, taking several steps back and then turning around to run.
“Pirates, pirates are here! Everyone in the village, pirates are here!!”
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