Everyone knows that restaurants are the busiest during meal time. The waiters in front of them post orders on the wall while loudly urging the dishes in front of them.
The chefs in the back kitchen responded while speeding up the movements of their hands. Although the fan whirred overhead, it was difficult to suppress the flames and high temperature rising from the stove.
In such a noisy, noisy, and lively environment, if there is anyone who is relatively quiet, it may be the person who is silently washing dishes in the corner.
This is a young man with a young face, but three-dimensional facial features, and is quite handsome. He has medium-length curly hair parted in the middle, and his hair color is greenish and gray, like the mustard necessary for eating sashimi.
I don't know if it was because the temperature in the kitchen was too high, or because he had been standing here washing dishes non-stop for almost five hours, with drops of sweat dripping from his forehead.
But his movements were not slow at all, and he could quickly rinse the various bowls and cups piled up every time, and then insert them one by one into the distribution plate.
At this time, the door-type dishwasher next to it was working. When the sound of water flow inside it stopped, the young man opened the door and a burst of steam came out.
But he has long been accustomed to this. He pulled out the distribution tray that was warm and filled with washed dishes. At the same time, he picked up the other distribution tray that he had just prepared, pushed it into the dishwasher, and closed the door.
, and immediately the dishwasher starts running again.
The next moment, the young man began to pile the steaming bowls and plates in front of him into categories on the small table aside, allowing the chef apprentices to take away the results of his work at will.
He does this almost every day, and does it until ten o'clock at night.
Originally, the two of them were supposed to divide the morning and afternoon, but in order to earn more money, the young man took over the whole day's work after getting familiar with it.
There is no other way. Apart from that, he basically doesn't do anything else except gambling.
But it was gambling that made him learn a hard lesson last year, and he was almost caught as a slave by human traffickers. However, it was also because of this that he met a girl who was willing to make every effort for her.
"Wait! I will definitely buy you out!"
This sentence has been repeated in his mind countless times, but every time it gives him the strong inner strength to persevere when he is tired.
Just then, a faint sound of gunshots came from outside. In response, everyone in the kitchen did not make a fuss and continued to do what they were doing.
After all, this is the GR24 area, a law-free zone.
But gradually some people realized something was wrong, because the gunshots were too dense and too persistent. It didn't sound like a fight between a few people, but more like a large-scale gun battle...
【boom!!】
Suddenly, a tall and thick guy holding a long knife broke open the wooden door of the restaurant and walked in. He panted and shouted to the people at the table on the left.
"The navy is coming for us! Let's go!"
"What?"
"Why did the navy come here!"
More than a dozen people at the dining table stood up one after another, and some asked in surprise, "This is a lawless zone. Are you mistaken? You didn't chase pirates here, right?"
These people are all thugs under the slave trading company, and occasionally do part-time kidnapping jobs to earn some extra money.
"That's right!"
"The navy is visiting all the slave shops, slave companies, and slave markets. I heard that the slave auction house in Area GR1 was also attacked by them!"
The man who ran in saw that his colleagues did not believe him, and his already frightened face became a little more anxious. Finally, when he heard the gunshots getting closer and closer, he gritted his teeth and turned away, leaving only one sentence lingering in the restaurant.
.
"Believe it or not, I warned you, don't regret it if you get caught!!"
At this moment, the dozen or so people looked at each other in confusion, and the next moment, they rushed out of the restaurant like frightened wild boars. This scene left the other diners speechless.
As for meal payment, because we operate in a lawless area, we collect money first and then serve the meal. Naturally, no waiters will come to stop us and ask for money.
In fact, even if no money is given, no one dares to do this...
But what everyone didn't know was that the man's voice was shouting very loudly, and it had already reached the inexplicably quiet back kitchen.
【Snapped!】
Suddenly, there was a sound of a porcelain plate falling to the ground and breaking, and then a gray-green figure rushed out, completely ignoring the chef's scolding, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Stella...Stella...don't let anything happen to you, Stella!!"
Tezzolo, who was just seventeen years old this year, ran wildly towards a slave shop in the GR28 district, accompanied by intensive gunfire.
Area GR27, Area GR28, Area GR29, these three connected areas are where the slave industry is most concentrated on the Chambord Islands.
Although there is the most famous slave auction house in the GR1 area, it is a top-end auction house and only accepts the best quality slaves, so the number of slaves is the smallest.
On the contrary, these three places are filled with slave-related companies, shops, and even places where slaves are held in batches, called markets!
In this way, these three places also have the largest number of armed personnel.
When the naval force led by Colonel Eric approached this area, it was no surprise that they encountered the most violent resistance and obstruction.
These thugs who were paid by slave companies paid no attention to the navy. As soon as they received the order to attack from above, they did not hesitate to pull the trigger.
They don’t want themselves or their family members to be imprisoned!
Fierce gunshots, shrill screams, explosion flames, and thick smoke rising into the sky suddenly turned into a whirlpool of fear and death, shrouding the sky above the entire No. 20 Area.
No, not only Area 20, Area 0, and Area 10, but the entire lawless zone is undergoing large-scale sweeps by the navy.
This is a small war!
On the seaside of GR24 area, five ships with ordinary white sails were docked at the pier. Only a man and woman in suits and leather shoes were seen, protected by armed personnel around them, quickly running onto the ship on wooden planks. Everyone's expressions were
All with more or less panic, tension and anger.
"Damn! Damn Dorag! Damn Navy!" Dulles stood on the deck and gritted his teeth as he watched the island curse continuously.
"Where do these bastards get the courage to... dare to do this? These are the properties of the royal families and nobles of various countries!"
A lady in a luxurious blue dress looked at him worriedly and said, "This should be the intention of the World Government, otherwise the Navy would not be able to do this."
"How can this be!"
Dulles shouted in disbelief: "Even those Dracos come here from time to time to select goods, how could they allow the World Government to do this?"
"No, no, no, it must be that Dorag who makes his own decisions and does whatever he wants just because he is Garp's son!"
"Yes, yes, it must be like this, it must be like this."
He seemed to have found the truth, with a sneer on his face and said: "Just watch, when the people above react, these navy will definitely be dealt with, and we will return to business as usual!"
"But this bastard Dorag is doomed. He must be doomed. He has no idea how terrifying the power and energy behind the slave industry is. No one can save him, not even Garp!"