"Um...guest, there are a lot of people in the hall today, how about I arrange a quiet private room for you two upstairs?"
The restaurant manager is also a little helpless about the current chaotic situation.
Although this restaurant has a good background, it can only accommodate those little-known pirates. Who would have thought that today's visitors would actually be Supernova and its pirate group with a bounty of over 100 million, and they would also have three teams of people.
, except for the Admiral of the Navy Headquarters who is here in person, who the hell can control this?
Luo Jie glanced briefly and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
The will of the big world is really stubborn. The timeline is messed up, but the characters who should meet can still meet.
At this moment, more than a thousand pirates gathered in the thousands-square-meter hall, and they were clearly divided into three distinct groups according to where they were seated.
Among them, the largest group of pirates accounted for almost two-thirds of the total number of people present. Their uniform dark hats and suits were like the "Axe Gang" in the world of "Kung Fu", full of the unique sense of oppression of gangs.
Protected by many men, the man in the middle was a short man with a green stubble and his hair carefully combed back with hair wax. He was eating a piece of veal steak in front of him like an elegant gentleman holding a knife and fork.
He is none other than one of the Supernova 11, the captain of the "Fire Tank Pirates" and a user with the [Fortified Castle Fruit] ability - "Gangster Becky".
The bounty is 138 million beli.
The other team consisted of about three to four hundred people. Their clothes were no different from common pirates, and they were full of free and uninhibited style.
The leader was a slender blond young man with a white shirt and a long sword. His face was expressionless and he exuded an indescribable mysterious aura.
One of the 11 Supernovas, the captain of the "Hawkins Pirates", and a user with the [Straw Fruit] ability - "Magician Hawkins".
The bounty is 249 million beli.
There were only a few dozen people in the last team, most of them dressed plainly in vests and overalls. They had strong bodies and dark skin, and their honest expressions revealed the simplicity of working people.
Rather than being a pirate group, it is more like a group of fishermen who go fishing together.
The one in the center who was pampered and protected by this group of fishermen uncles was a beautiful girl with long purple-red hair who had a slightly childish face but an extremely hot figure.
Although she has the delicate appearance of a wealthy lady, this girl's behavior has nothing to do with the word "lady". She sits directly on the dining table with her legs spread, her hands spread to the left and right, and she keeps stuffing things into her mouth.
He eats food without caring about the greasy food and residue in his mouth.
The waiter responsible for serving the girl could no longer maintain his usual elegance and trotted between the dining table and the kitchen. Even so, he could barely keep up with the girl's eating speed.
This beautiful girl like a food grinder is exactly what Luo Jie is looking for.
The only woman among the 11 members of Supernova, the captain of the "Bonnie Pirates", and the user with the [Suisu Fruit] ability - "Big Stomach Girl Bonny".
The bounty is 140 million beli.
"No need to bother, I quite like the environment of the lobby, with the smoke and smoke."
Luo Jie smiled and rejected the restaurant manager's proposal, letting "Kalifa" stay near the door with her dog, and walked alone to the table of "Boni, the Big Stomach Girl".
"I see you are the only one at this table. Do you mind if I share a table?"
After Luo Jie finished speaking, without waiting for "Bonnie" to reply, he pulled out a chair and sat across from her.
…
Small theater.
"Gangster Becky" just wants to have a quiet lunch, but is always unknowingly affected by the rude advances of the woman at the table not far away, and is unable to calm down and taste the tender veal steak of this restaurant. .
Distraught, he put down his knife and fork and wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin. Then he summoned a confidant and said coldly with no emotion or anger: "Go and kill that woman."
The henchman's black man has a question mark face.
If he had read "Journey to the West", he would definitely feel sympathy for the "Ben Bo'er Ba" in Bibotan at this moment.
——You go and get rid of Tang Seng and his disciples.
——You go and kill that woman.
(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻!!!
I want to be able to kill Supernova with a bounty of 140 million, but I am going to be a pawn under you with a bounty of 138 million?
…
Luo Jie's unexpected move immediately replaced the bold eating look of "Big Stomach Girl Bonnie" and became the focus of everyone's attention in the hall.
Even "Gangster Becky" who was about to teach his subordinates who disobeyed orders a lesson subconsciously put down his musket and stared at Luo Jie's back with confusion on his face, unable to figure out whether this guy who suddenly appeared was Yi Gao. If you are brave, you still don’t know who is sitting across from you.
The leader of the other side, "Magician Hawkins", took out the Tarot cards that he never left behind and did some divination on Luo Jie. His zombie-like expression changed slightly, and he raised his hand to signal those subordinates who wanted to laugh loudly. Shut up, sit alone and watch.
"Bonnie" temporarily stopped stuffing food into her mouth, and looked at Luo Jie up and down with a pair of big, jewel-like bright eyes, making sure that the other party was not provoking, and continued eating without caring.
"Thanks."
Luo Jie manually cleared the few empty plates in front of him, asked the waiter for a veal steak of the same style as "Gangster Becky", and started eating slowly.
In this way, at the same dining table, the two of them ate separately without disturbing each other, and the atmosphere was harmonious but strangely harmonious.
Luo Jie deliberately slowed down his eating speed, and finally finished his portion of veal steak. When "Bonnie" came to the dinner table, she put down her plate and started to burp.
"Sure enough, it is better to eat with people who have big appetites, which will make people more appetizing." Luo Jie put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a napkin, nodded friendly to "Bonnie" in front of him, and said, "To express my gratitude, Thank you very much, I paid for this meal for you and your men."
"Bonnie" wiped it on her mouth with the back of her hand, then casually pulled the plate beside her to the ground. She sat cross-legged with her long white legs, resting her chin on her hand and staring at Luo Jie's face, raising her eyebrows and saying: "Are you doing this?
Chatting with me?"
"We can't even talk about hooking up. They are all people who are making a living at sea. Many friends mean many roads, many enemies mean many walls."
"Friend?" "Bonnie" was a little surprised. In the past year since she went to sea, she had seen all the pirates who approached her with any purpose. This was the first time she met someone who wanted to be friends with her. She couldn't help but smile and said: "Okay,
I’ll give you this opportunity, waiter, to settle the meal bill for our entire group.”
The waiter hurried over and took out an order menu that was longer than his height. After calculating with sweat, he said: "Miss, the total meal cost for your group is 4.1 million beli, of which your personal meal cost is 220.
Wan Bailey.”
Luo Jie looked calm on the surface, but in fact he was deeply shocked.
What is the concept of a person eating 2.2 million beli?
In the original work, "Luffy" only spent 100 million beli to treat everyone in the Water City to dinner and a party for one night... Of course, the prices of ingredients and drinks for an open-air party are definitely different from the prices of such high-end restaurants.
"knew."
Luo Jie picked up the dog that had just run to his feet, reached out and grabbed a handful of gold coins from the dog's mouth, and threw it lightly on the table. The golden coins jingled and piled up on the top of a hill.
It is very common among pirates to use gold and silver coins to pay. After all, banknotes are not waterproof and the maximum face value is only 10,000 beli, which is far less convenient than precious metals such as gold and silver.
This time it was "Bonnie"'s turn to ride the tiger.
She knew very well how expensive her meal was, so she said this deliberately to tease Luo Jie and make him quit.
But she didn't expect that Luo Jie paid the bill directly without any embarrassment.
Everyone in the world thinks that the life of a pirate is one of sensuality and spending money, but they don't know that the scene they see is completely survivor bias.
The big pirates can make a lot of money casually by collecting protection fees and taking advantage of the underworld; while the small pirates can only rob some villages where there are no regular troops stationed, and sometimes the rags they collect are not enough to bring the ship over.
of supply money.
Every pirate has a dream of being a captain when he first goes to sea, but in the end most of them can only compromise with reality and become a paid horse boy.
Ordinary pirates, even the leaders of a medium-sized pirate group, cannot casually spend millions of beli to treat people to dinner.
Seeing Luo Jie's relaxed expression as he paid, "Bonnie" immediately realized that the man in front of her was by no means a simple character. He was most likely the captain of a powerful pirate group.
"Who are you? What do you want to do by deliberately approaching me?"
Because of her age, "Bonnie" didn't know what a city was, so she made it clear.
The fishermen uncles under his command also realized that something was wrong, and they showed their weapons one after another, and they seemed to be ready to take action directly if they disagreed.
Luo Jie opened his hands to show that he had no ill intentions, stretched out his hand to briefly push the "eye mask" up on his head, and then pulled it back to its original position.
"Captain of the Harem Pirates, Nightmare?"
In the original book, there are 11 supernovae, but in this world there are actually 12. Luo Jie himself is also among them, and he still ranks first with a bounty of 350 million.
Rankings are just like the Olympic Games. You may not remember who the runner-up and third runner-up are, but you will definitely remember who the champion is.
Therefore, Luo Jie's brief appearance immediately caused a commotion among more than a thousand people in the entire hall, not only the "Big Stomach Girl Bonnie" who was involved, but also "Gangster Becky" and "Magician" who had no interaction at the moment.
Hawkins" also showed a vigilant attitude.
There was no way, they could not care about Luo Jie himself, but they had to care about another person in the pirate group.
"Boya Hancock".
In fact, there are still many people in the pirate circle who believe in a theory - the 350 million reward for the captain of the Harem Pirates "Night Dire" is entirely due to the "Empress" of the former King's Shichibukai joining
Holding it up with one hand.
Luo Jie was just about to speak back, but was made a little uncomfortable by the glances that kept sweeping over him. He couldn't help but turn around and said to everyone in the hall: "I want to have a private chat with Miss Bonnie. Can you guys give me some face?"
"
"They are all the same supernova, why should our captain give you face..."
A crew member of the "Hawkins Pirates" relied on the strength of their numbers and seemed to want to give his captain some prestige. Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly spit out a large handful of straw and grabbed his neck with both hands.
She turned red, rolled her eyes and almost suffocated.
"It's getting late, we should go."
"Magician Hawkins" stood up expressionlessly and walked out of the hall first.
The crew members looked at each other, and even a fool could see that their captain did not want to conflict with the other party. He hurriedly lifted the unconscious man and swarmed out of the gate, leaving a mess on the ground.
…
"Captain, that "Night Dire" guy...doesn't even you have a chance of winning?"
Outside the restaurant, a cadre tentatively asked "Magician Hawkins" walking in front. This was the first time he saw his captain actively avoid someone.
The blond young man played with the tarot cards that appeared and disappeared in his hand, with a little palpitating in his eyes, and said: "This person called "Night Dire" is very special. No matter how I calculate, the winning rate against him is only 1%.
…”
The officer was extremely shocked. As the earliest confidant, he was the one who knew best about his captain's unpredictable Devil Fruit ability.
"But... aren't you immortal? Can't you kill that guy with your same-death move?"
"Magician Hawkins" looked solemn and said: "I have included my special move, but it is still 1%. In other words, this person is not afraid of my special move at all, and he can completely defeat me.
The ability of the Devil Fruit... give me an order to never have any conflict with the "Harem Pirates" in the future. Anyone who violates this will be punished as a straw man!"
"yes!"
…
The perspective shifts back to the restaurant.
After the "Hawkins Pirates" retreated, the hall was not much spacious.
After all, the "Fire Tank Pirates" are the largest pirate group among the 11 Supernovas, with thousands of people comparable in size to an army.
At this moment, everyone in the pirate group turned their attention to their boss - "Gangster Becky" who was adjusting his bow tie in front of the dining table.
No matter who the opponent is, as long as the boss gives the order, they will fight for the gang without hesitation.
"Gangster Becky" carefully arranged his tie and suddenly raised his glass of red wine to Luo Jie.
"Captain Nightmare, I give you this face not because I think my pirate team is inferior to yours, but because I personally admire your elegant style of doing things, which is completely different from those rude guys. Maybe we can have a good conversation...
Let's go and leave room for Captain Dire to talk."
Luo Jie also raised his glass to express his gratitude.
Of course, he doesn't completely believe the high-sounding rhetoric of "Gangster Becky". Maybe there is some personal appreciation in it, but it is definitely more out of weighing the pros and cons.
The supernovas gathered in the "Champaign Islands" have only one common goal - to break into the "new world".
At this critical juncture, every ounce of combat power is precious.
It would be fine if the war was to compete for substantive interests, but to rashly start a war with an opponent of similar strength just to compete for a false reputation would only benefit the navy and other pirate groups.
Countless pirates with dreams sailed into the Grand Line, and among the 11 elite people who emerged from the waves, none of them could get here just by relying on recklessness... Well, that fool "Luffy" is an exception.
There were other pirates in the restaurant, but the two powerful ones, "Magician Hawkins" and "Gangster Becky", had already left. It would be too conspicuous if they lingered on.
God knows what kind of temper the captain of the "Harem Pirates" has. If he is the kind of ruthless character who says, "If you want dignity, I will give you dignity, but if you don't want dignity, I will give you dignity." Then he would have died unjustly.
So, with lame excuses like "Mom giving birth, the soup is simmering", hundreds of individual guests also left the venue one after another.
The restaurant manager was on the verge of tears. Although the fight was eliminated by Luo Jie's light words, the turnover for one day was just gone...
Leaving the crew waiting in the lobby on the first floor, "Boni, the Big Stomach Girl" and Luo Jie walked into the private room on the second floor.
As soon as the door is closed, the outside sound is immediately perfectly isolated. It is obvious that this restaurant has put a lot of effort into ensuring the privacy of its guests.
As soon as she entered the private room, "Bonnie" leaned carelessly on the sofa, frowned and said impatiently: "If you have anything to say, please tell me."
Luo Jie could see that "Bonnie" was very wary of him, and he did not insist that he could have the trustworthy personality of "Luffy" when they first met. He sat across the table across from her and said straight to the point:
"Miss Bonnie, I want to negotiate a deal with you... Of course, I would rather ask for help from friends."
If it were anyone else, "Bonnie" would definitely look down upon it, but after all, the person in front of her is the person with the highest bounty in this supernova. Although she doesn't like dealing with pirates, she doesn't want to make enemies easily.
"For the sake of you inviting me to dinner, I can listen to the content of your deal, but I can't guarantee that I will agree."
Luo Jie picked up the pen, tore off a page of the menu, wrote a few lines on the back and handed it to "Bonnie".
"Bonnie" frowned even more after reading it.
"Captain Dire, your request is easy to fulfill, but the risk is too great. I don't want to become a key target of the navy."
Luo Jie smiled and said, "Miss Boni is joking. The moment we were called a 'supernova', we were already on the navy's blacklist."
"It's not that I want to be a "supernova". It's because the pirates who wanted to rob me and the navy who wanted to capture me were too weak. When the ship sailed to Shampoo Island, I found that I had become a "supernova" for no reason..."
"Bonnie" puffed up her face and muttered like a child having a tantrum.
Well, it's not like, this girl is actually a child.
Although "Bonnie" claims to be 24 years old, her actual age is only 10 years old. Her current mature appearance is entirely due to her "Sui Sui Fruit" ability.
It is not an illusion, but it directly jumps one's physical development to the age of 24. It is an extremely rare time rule ability.
"Miss Boni, don't refuse in a hurry. Do you want to hear my terms of transaction?"
Luo Jie could see that "Bonnie" didn't want to cause this trouble, but since he dared to find "Bonnie", he had already made full preparations.