Among the seventeen teams under Whitebeard's command, some are special teams with professional functions.

For example, the first team led by Marco has the nature of a medical team, and Bramanque's sixth team is a shipwright team responsible for the repair of the ships of the whole regiment.

And the fourth team, led by Thatch, is the cooking class that takes care of the food of the whole gang.

Thatch's main job is the head chef of the Whitebeard Pirates, and his secondary job is a swordsman who uses his own kitchen knife skills.

In terms of combat effectiveness, Thatch is not among the seventeen captains, and in terms of swordsmanship, he is a few notches lower than the foil of the fifth team.

However, there is more than enough to be lower than the top.

Thatch is also a white-bearded captain, and he still has a boatload of brothers under him, so he can't be caught against an unknown pirate group in the New World?

As soon as he heard Thatch's captain's name, and then looked at the battleship with the banner of Whitebeard, the invincible pirate leader from before fell into an ice cellar.

Within minutes, the pirates, who had easily defeated Smoker, were wiped out in front of Thatch.

The battle ended quickly, and Thatch walked up to Smoker and the other navy.

Facing Thatch, who was in a hostile force, Smoker was subconsciously a little nervous.

"Don't worry."

Thatch does not have the brutal temperament of an ordinary pirate at all, but gives people a sense of approachability and gentleness:

"I've seen everything before."

"You are a respectable man, and we will not hurt you."

“......”

Smoker grimaced and didn't speak.

This absurd reality of making pirates the saviors made the old navy a little difficult to accept.

And Thatch didn't feel offended, but turned to his subordinates and said:

"Everyone, help the handle, let these navies go."

"Call all the ship's doctors over again and bandage and treat the wounded."

"Boss Thatch?"

The subordinates had some doubts about this order:

"Just let them go and give them to the Navy for treatment?"

"We were still at war with the Navy two months ago!"

"What if it's the Navy?"

Thatch said without hesitation:

"As long as you are a good man, you deserve to be treated with courtesy."

As he spoke, he personally stepped in to untie the ropes.

Smoker hesitated for a long time, but still said to Thatch sincerely:

"Thank you."

Regardless of their identities or positions, they were saved this time because of Thatch's help.

And Thatch not only set him free, but also took the initiative to help treat the casualties of the navy, which was even more of a kindness.

No matter how much Smoker was wary of pirates, he couldn't ignore Thatch's sincere kindness.

"Hahaha..."

Thatch took Smoker's acknowledgment with a hearty laugh.

He picked up Smoker's ten hands and held them in his hands, and said solemnly:

"You're still in the navy after all, so we still have to be on guard."

"For the sake of safety, it's better to keep these weapons with us for the time being."

"When we heal the wounded, we will return the weapons to you, and then let your navy go."

Although he was about to disarm, Thatch's tone was still gentle and polite.

Smoker understood Thatch's vigilance, so he didn't say anything.

After Thatch had finished collecting Smoker's ten hands, he stepped aside to collect the swords scattered around Dusty.

"Five knives?"

Thatch, who was also a swordsman, saw the five swords, and looked at Dusty with a strange look in his eyes:

"This young Miss Navy..."

"I think you're also a swordsman, don't take a detour in the way of the sword."

"The more swords, the better, one sword stream is enough for a person to practice for a lifetime, is the five sword stream a little too fancy?"

Thatch kindly reminded.

Dusty's face was slightly red after being taught a lesson, and he couldn't help but retort in a low voice:

"I'm not practicing five times."

"Those swords were all gifts from their predecessors..."

Thatch didn't listen much to Dusty's words, but leaned down to pick up the five famous knives.

The knife is in the sheath, and there is nothing extraordinary to see.

But as soon as this knife was in his hand, Thatch felt the difference between these famous knives, and couldn't help but pull out one of them.

The blade is out of the sheath, and the cold light reflects people.

"What kind of knife is this?"

Thatch was immediately shocked when he saw that this blade was clearly not ordinary.

"Sakura Ten..."

Dusty whispered, "And the dead wood that is paired with it." ”

"Sakura, dead wood?"

Hearing these two rather familiar names, Thatch continued to be shocked:

"Isn't that the sword of the golden lion?"

"I heard that after the golden lion was defeated by Galen and the pheasant, these two swords fell into Galen's hands, how..."

"These swords were given to me by Galen's seniors."

Dusty went on to explain.

"Galen-senpai?"

Thatch came with a shock: "Do you know Galen?" ”

"Hmm."

Dusty didn't mean to hide anything:

"Major General Smoker and I were friends of Galen's seniors when we were in the East China Sea."

"These famous knives are all gifts from Galen's predecessors."

"That's what happened..."

Thatch's face changed dramatically.

While Smoker and Dusty were still faintly worried, Thatch suddenly laughed out loud and relaxed:

"Hahahaha!"

Thatch returned the ten hands he had just captured to Smoker without warning, and patted Smoker on the shoulder enthusiastically:

"You're all friends of the Galen brothers, why didn't you say it earlier?"

"A friend of the Galen brothers, a friend of our Whitebeard Pirates!"

"Huh?"

Smoker and Dusty looked at each other.

They didn't know that Galen's face would be so good in front of the Whitebeard Pirates.

In fact, Galen himself did not know.

This was mainly because of the Battle of the Advance City.

Galen poisoned the prisoners, but accidentally allowed the Whitebeard Pirates to break out of the naval encirclement, allowing them to escape.

And all the captains of Whitebeard knew that Galen had a deep personal relationship with Ace and Titch, and Titch didn't expose the fact that Galen had cheated him for the honor of the Dragon Slayer Warriors, so...

The Whitebeard Pirates up and down all regarded the poison released by Galen as his intention, believing that Galen took the initiative to rescue him at a critical moment.

Without Galen, they would not have survived, and there was a good chance that Whitebeard would have died under siege by the navy.

This was a great life-saving grace, and Thatch and the others were naturally grateful to Galen.

Now seeing that Dusty claimed to be Galen's predecessor and received several extremely valuable famous knives from Galen, Thatch immediately regarded Dusty as Galen's personal disciple.

And Smoker, who has Dusty as his guarantor, is undoubtedly Galen's best friend.

Thatch's attitude suddenly became enthusiastic.

He threw his arms around Smoker's shoulders unsuspectingly, and shouted to his men:

"Brothers!"

"Prepare for the feast and entertain the Smoker brothers and Miss Dusty!"

"They are all the most honored guests of our pirates!"

"Yes!"

The island was full of jubilation.

Thatch's men are all professional combat chefs with a superb level of cooking.

Soon, the aroma of food fills the island.

"Major General Smoker, are we really going to the pirates' banquet?"

Dusty was still a little difficult to accept the fact that he had suddenly become a guest of the Pirates.

"Well..."

Smoker's expression was also very strange, and he had a hard time getting used to the "Smoker Brothers".

How can he say that he is also a navy, what is it to participate in the banquet of pirates?

Smoker thought so.

After a long time, the aroma of the food becomes more and more intense.

Occasionally, there was some fasting hunger scream.

After some ups and downs, the navy officers and men were indeed a little hungry.

"Lives have been saved..."

"It's nothing to have a meal."

Smoker said solemnly.

..........................................

Three days later.

Because some of the seriously wounded could not stand the turbulence of the sea, the Smoker Department repaired on the island for three full days.

During this time, both Smoker and Dusty felt as if they had been fattened by the pirates' food.

And on this island, it is also rare to see the navy, pirates and ordinary people gather together.

In the past, it was the collusion of officials and bandits, and ordinary people were unlucky.

And now, Smoker is a model of justice in the navy, and Thatch and the others are outliers among the pirates.

After receiving the Dark Fruit from the villagers, Thatch immediately returned with all the ship's belongings and supplies, and did not forget to help the villagers repair their houses and fishing boats that had been damaged during the battle.

It is obviously a pirate landing on the island, but a harmonious scene of military and civilian fish and water is vividly staged.

It's no wonder that the villagers consider the Whitebeard Pirates as benefactors.

According to Dusty, she felt that the attitude of Thatch and others towards the people was even more righteous than that of some navies.

Smoker would not say such reactionary remarks on his lips, but he agreed with it very much in his heart.

After three days together, Smoker's impression of the Whitebeard Pirates changed dramatically, and he unwittingly became friends with the warm, gentle, and righteous Thatch.

So much so that before leaving, the two sides really said goodbye to each other like old friends:

"Brother Smoker!"

"I'll see you in the future!"

Thatch laughed enthusiastically and reached out again.

"See you soon!"

Although Smoker did not call Thatch a brother, he still held Thatch's hand very sincerely.

The handshake between an admiral and a pirate leader has a dark and evil feeling to outsiders.

And this scene...

It also happened to fall in the eyes of outsiders.

In the distance, dozens of warships flying the flag of the strange black seagull wrench slowly approached.

"Zefa-sensei!"

Ain, a former pirate guerrilla officer and now a NEO Navy officer, reported to Zefa:

"A battleship of the Whitebeard Pirates has been found on the island ahead!"

"The Whitebeard Pirates?"

Zefa's expression became serious.

However, he was not intimidated by Whitebeard's name in the slightest.

For Zefa, who has now become paranoid and crazy, he will kill a pirate as long as he sees it, so he doesn't care what background or identity the pirate is.

"But, Mr. Zefa..."

Ain's expression was a little strange:

"There's also a warship parked on that pier, and the leader of the team looks like an admiral."

"The relationship between them... It looks like it's good. ”

"What?"

Zefa immediately became excited.

He took the binoculars and looked at the pier in the distance:

Sure enough, the admiral and the pirate leader were shaking hands cordially, and there was a dark scene of collusion between officials and bandits, and a nest of snakes and rats.

And that admiral, Zefa still knows.

Not only did he know, but he was also Zefa's protégé before.

"Smoker?!"

"You've fallen to this point?"

Zefa scolded in hatred.

Smoker used to be one of his more favored disciples, but now he shook hands with a group of naval and pirate leaders and talked and laughed?

The painful feeling of being betrayed by the navy in his heart suddenly became more and more unbearable.

"Do it!"

"Get rid of these scum!"

Zefa roared angrily.