Kira has been in a good mood lately.

He is Chinese New Year's Eve, likes to live a quiet life alone, and is currently the owner of a barbecue restaurant on Ice Peach Island, which has only opened for a few months, and is also one of the most famous chefs in the nearby seas.

After continuous hard work, the restaurant business is thriving, especially since the departure of the bastards who ate the overlord meal a month ago, he has never encountered any twists and turns, and there is a faint tendency to develop into the number one industry on the island.

"When it closes today, we will have a banquet to celebrate, and reward the staff in the store by the way."

Early that morning, after going out of the vegetable market, he walked down the street humming a little song and carrying a vegetable basket, and suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a lot of fresh faces around him.

"These ...... It should be the new guys under the command of Lord Charno, right? ”

Thinking of the rumors between neighbors in the past two days, Kira was thoughtful.

He heard that some time ago, after Lord Xano defeated the Beast Kaido, he expanded his sphere of influence, recruited three pirate groups, and transferred them all to Ice Peach Island to gather.

And the headquarters of the Storm Pirates, as well as the rest of the pirate groups under their command, seem to have arrived on Ice Peach Island one after another, which is almost a matter of one day or two days.

"Well, when Lord Xia Nuo arrives, I must find an opportunity to invite them to the store for a good meal!"

Kira touched the beard on his chin and made up his mind.

Originally, under the rule of the Holy White Wolf Jones, most of his income was used to pay taxes, and he lived a poor life every day, and was bullied by the guards of the City Lord's Mansion from time to time.

If it weren't for Lord Xia Nuo's action, how could life have been so nourishing like in the past few years.

Man, you have to be grateful.

"Huh...... Is that? ”

Just as he was thinking about this, he suddenly noticed out of the corner of his eye that a familiar figure appeared at the corner of the street in the distance.

An orange cowboy hat, black hair, freckles, a jacket on his shoulders, and a tattoo of the word "ASCE" engraved on his left arm, which reflects slightly in the sun......

"Really...... It's really him......"

Kira subconsciously took half a step back, and on a hot day, he felt trembling all over, his hands and feet were cold, and a sense of fear that hell was empty and demons in the world suddenly jumped into his heart.

Smack!

The basket of vegetables hooked on his elbow fell to the ground, but Kira had no time to care, and suddenly turned his head and ran towards his own restaurant, shouting in panic all the way to the restaurants on both sides:

"No...... Oh no! Big things are wrong! ”

"Everyone, be careful, that hungry ghost is back again!"

…………

"Huh?"

At the corner of the street hundreds of meters away, Ace listened to the faint shouting, raised his head in confusion, scratched his head, and said:

"Hungry ghosts? Who's talking about me? ”

“…… Who else but you. ”

Cavendish next to him glanced at him speechlessly: "Look at what you have done to the scourge of treating people as cooks, it was okay before, and now that you have joined the Tempest Fleet, don't think about doing this kind of thing again." ”

"Got it, got it."

Ace waved his hand perfunctorily, then turned his face away and wrinkled the tip of his nose, and muttered in a low voice: "Hey, there are so many rules." ”

"Who made you lose this bet?"

Cavendish is not an ordinary sword master, his hearing is not ordinarily good, he raised his eyebrows, and said with a chuckle: "If you can hold on to three minutes, won't there be nothing?" ”

"It's light."

Ace glared at him in shame and snorted, "If you have the ability, you can try it." ”

It's good that Cavendish didn't mention it, but when he mentioned it, his face inevitably felt a little uncomfortable.

In the last three days of his voyage at sea, he still failed to complete the goal of holding on to three minutes, and did not even break the one-minute mark, so he had to fulfill his promise according to the game.

This seems to be a shame, the person who originally aimed to become the king of the pirates ended up being someone else's subordinate.

However, from the beginning to the end, Xia Nuo did not force him, and even said that if he wanted to leave, he could provide a few days of food reserves, plus he had experienced hundreds of failures.

So Ace really didn't have any other thoughts about Xia Nuo except for the word convincing, so he didn't hesitate much, and cleanly took his subordinates on the spot to join the command of the Hurricane Fleet.

"Alright, don't be stubborn."

Seeing that Ace was still a little unable to let go of face, Cavendish grinned, patted him on the shoulder and said:

"You're lucky enough to be favored by Lord Charno, I was bent on joining, but I was rejected by Lord Scino, and it took years to achieve my wish, in comparison, you should be content!"

As they spoke, the two of them, with their respective subordinates, had already crossed several streets in the city.

Ace suddenly noticed that the originally bustling and lively street had become deserted unconsciously, and there were almost no people in sight, so he couldn't help but ask strangely:

"What about the people of this island? Wasn't there quite a lot just now, where have they all gone now? ”

"Isn't that hard to guess?"

Cavendish seemed to have expected it, turned his head to look in the direction of the harbor, and smiled: "Obviously, it was Lord Xano and their ship arrived, and as soon as the residents of the island got the news, they almost all went to the docks to greet them. ”

Due to the ocean currents encountered on the way, the ships of the Handsome Pirates and the Spade Pirates were disconnected from the rest of the fleet and arrived at the Ice Peach Island first, but the distance between the two sides was not too far, and it was estimated that the time should almost arrive at the port at this time.

"Huh?"

Ace was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief: "Isn't it, is there such an exaggeration?" ”

There must be at least seventy or eighty thousand people in this city, and if they all run to meet them, as Cavendish said, won't the whole dock be clogged up?

"It's normal, just get used to it later."

Cavendish smiled slightly, "Let's go, don't be stunned here, I haven't been to this island for a long time, I still want to go shopping, now that Lord Xiano has arrived, let's go over and have a look." ”

…………

Dockside.

Crowds of people, shoulder to shoulder.

"Welcome back, Lord Charno!"

As the Tempest slowly sailed into the harbor, a deafening cheer suddenly erupted on the shore, and immediately reverberated towards the sea near the entire dock.

"Haha, it's really hilarious."

On the deck of the "Great Eric", the red ghost Brocky looked at the crowded scene and grinned: "I have never been to Ice Peach Island, but I didn't expect Brother Xia Nuo to be so popular here." ”

"yes."

Dongli next to him stroked his beard and said with emotion: "This kind of scene is rare for pirates. ”

Unlike the rest of the pirates under the command of the Great Wind Fleet, in the past year and a half, most of the giant pirates have acted alone, so to be honest, it is the first time they have come to Ice Peach Island, and they will inevitably be shocked by the scene in front of them for a while.

A moment later.

All the ships of the Great Wind Fleet have completed anchoring and berthing at the dock, and the crews of the major pirate groups have disembarked in an orderly manner under the leadership of their respective captains and landed ashore.

"Long time no see, guys."

In the warm welcome of the people, Xia Nuo walked in the front, with a smile on his face, while constantly waving to both sides, and at the same time leading his subordinates behind him to advance through the sea of people with difficulty.

The enthusiasm of the people was a little too much, and it took everyone more than half an hour to walk in just a few hundred meters.

When they finally got out of the dock and got out of the crowd, everyone, including Xiano, was out of breath, as if they had just experienced a hard battle, the only difference was that there was no blood or wounds on their bodies, and they were sprinkled with various flower petals and colored paper.

The white bear Bei Bo, who followed Luo, was the first time to experience this kind of posture, and because of its cute appearance, it was particularly popular among the people, and it was hugged and kneaded by various hugs along the way, and there were many children's handprints and little girl's kiss marks on his face.

"It's horrible."

Thinking of everything he had just experienced, Bebo couldn't help but shudder: "It's almost a bear's life, Captain, can I hide in Kira's body next time I encounter this situation, I'd rather fight Kaido than do it again." ”

This was called a grievance, and it immediately caused the surrounding crew to laugh.

Luo patted Bei Bo's head sympathetically - no way, who made you a fur clan, children and girls, there is no resistance to furry cute things.