The location is the West Sea, Taka Island.

Business is doing quite well in a tavern called "Clink", and the tavern owner, Sika, is a big-bearded man with a bold personality and a burly build.

With a cheerful smile, he listens to the stories of the guests sitting at the bar and drinking at other tables – never interrupting, never talking, never commenting.

This is the reason why he was able to run the tavern so prosperously.

It was also for this reason that he had seen pirates, navies, bounty hunters, nobles, merchants, and all kinds of guests in his tavern.

But if I have to let this boss evaluate, among all the people he meets, there is indeed such a man, who is the most unique.

- A world-class figure in the absolute sense, the legendary Pirate Emperor, "red-haired" Shanks!

It was only through the other party's initiative that he learned that this ordinary island where he had lived all his life would actually be the hometown of this sea thief.

Although the One Piece Emperor didn't tell more about it, Sika decided to give him his treasured local wine. And the other party also accepted his kindness, and said with a smile that he would share the taste of this hometown with his acquaintances when the time comes.

An acquaintance of the "red-haired" of the Pirate Emperor......

The strongest man in the world, Whitebeard?

As soon as she thought of such a possibility, Sika felt that the wine she gave away this time might be worth more than all the wine she had sold in her life combined.

Just as Sika was thinking this-

Jingle bells!

The rattle bell hanging high above the door rang softly as the nearly 20-year-old wooden door was pushed inward. Sika came back to his senses, and while continuing what he had not finished just now, that is, wiping the glass with a clean rag, he slowly raised his head and greeted with a smile:

"Welcome to Clink Glasses! Sorry, it's a bit late, so the selection of wines available to guests has been ......"

Sika was stunned suddenly, staring directly at the group of people who walked into his tavern, unable to say the rest of his sentence.

Immediately afterwards, the guests who were still in a warm atmosphere, talking and laughing just now were also stunned for a while, looking at this group of visitors dressed in different styles.

All kinds of voices quietly disappeared, and in an instant the whole tavern became like a quiet library, until someone couldn't help but whisper in amazement and discussion:

"Hey, it's not going to ......"

"Ah, that's right, the reserve sailors who received elite training at the Naval Academy at the Navy Headquarters chose to defect on the eve of becoming full-fledged sailors and made a big fuss about Marin Fando......"

"Vicious pirate team, Luffy and gang!"

Although Luffy and his gang had a special identity, the boss Sika, who had seen a lot of the world, quickly regained his mind and greeted the group of guests who had arrived in the West Sea after a long voyage:

"Although there are not many drinks for you to choose from, I hope you can have a good time and sit at any seat."

Among the guests in the tavern, some of them are also pirates, but they can only be regarded as small shrimps, and the most they are usually active in a small area of the West Sea, and at this moment, they are all staring at Luffy and the others who suddenly appeared.

It has been a month and a half since Ace took the initiative to arrest Luffy's brother-in-law that day, and in this month and a half, Luffy, Sanji, and Nami completed the rendezvous with the shipwright Frankie and replaced the new ship. At the same time, the wanted notices for the first three people, drawn up by Polusalino and the General Staff of the Headquarters, also spread all over the sea.

Trained as an elite sailor, the vicious pirate Meng Qi was trained as an elite sailor, but defected from the navy and caused trouble at the naval headquarters. D. Luffy, nicknamed "The Dark Boy" - with a bounty of 200 million Bailey - lives or dies.

He also received elite naval training, and was the fierce pirate Meng Qi · D. Luffy's important partner, the navigator and brain of "Luffy's gang", and Nami, the "money evil girl" - with a bounty of 110 million Bailey - lives or dies.

He also received elite naval training, and was the fierce pirate Meng Qi · D. Luffy's important partner, the main fighter of "Luffy's gang", and the "perverted gentleman" Sanji - with a bounty of 170 million Bailey - lives or dies.

The mere statement that "they have received elite naval training" is enough to make the rest of the pirates vigilant, not to mention the legendary deeds of "Luffy and his gang" and "making trouble for the Navy Headquarters". Coupled with their dizzying exaggerated numbers for the first bounty, as well as their nickname that is not ordinary at first glance - "Luffy's gang", there is no doubt that they have become famous and bigwigs.

The appearance of such a big man in this small bar in Xihai made many people directly feel a little unreal in their minds.

Luffy, who was wearing yellow sunglasses, sat down at the bar with a big grin, and after pretending to look at the menu on the wall and the menu on the bar, he nodded with satisfaction and said reservedly:

"Hey, uncle! Stir-fry your menu as it is! Hee-hee-hee~"

The three people who followed Luffy were already surprised by his outrageous approach, and Nami sighed directly, and knocked Luffy, who didn't know the cost of firewood, rice, oil, and salt, to the ground with one punch, and was extremely tired.

Frankie pulled out a tiny camera from his open mechanical modification chest and clicked to take a picture:

"Oh! super nice photo！ Nami! You can also press Luffy's head to the ground, and I'll get you another one! New photos for the next wanted warrant! ”

Sanji pressed the cigarette butt in the ashtray, and the boss Sika, who was still stunned, smiled apologetically: "Sorry, boss, our captain is a fool, can you hand me the menu?" ”

"Ah...... Oh, it's okay, it's okay, guests, please feel free. ”

The boss, Sika, immediately handed over a complete menu, lowered his head with a strange expression, and began to sort out today's accounts.

After all, "Clink" is a tavern, and although it also serves dishes, most of them are mainly snacks. So in terms of staple food, Sanji relied on his rich experience in the kitchen and a short observation after entering the tavern, and finalized a choice with a high probability that there would be no mistakes:

"Well, we're going to have ten meat stew sets, three beers, and a big bottle of Coke. Trouble. ”

"Understood, I'll go tell the kitchen."

……

The boss Sika went to the back kitchen to tell the chefs to show their real skills, and the rest of the guests in the tavern also resumed their whispered discussion when they saw that the vicious pirates "Luffy's gang" did not cut people as soon as they came up. The four of them found a random table, sat around, and began to discuss their next move.

"Sanji, the swordsman you talked about, Roronoa Sauron, is he sure he'll meet us on this island?"

Nami, who crossed Jiro's legs and showed a very attractive body line, asked curiously while playing with the bracelet on her wrist:

"This Taka Island is not a big island, and I estimate that the news of our arrival will spread here in less than three hours...... If that swordsman had enough mobility, he would have appeared almost after we had eaten, right? ”

"Huh? Sanji? What's wrong? ”

Seeing that Sanji didn't reply, Nami looked at him suspiciously, Sanji was typing something frantically on the phone bug screen, and his face was very ugly.

"This green algae-headed swordsman...... I haven't replied to my message yet!! ”

Sanji looked at the situation on the phone bug screen, gritted his teeth and said, "I obviously sent out the location yesterday, but it turned out that he, this kid, can't read it back!" ”

"Could it be because he's in some kind of troublesome battle right now? Haven't done it yet? ”

With a strange tongue flicking sound, Frankie with the sky blue plane head guessed, and by the way, he also put on a very exaggerated bodybuilding pose: "After all, Sanji, you also said it, this swordsman named Sauron is also a pirate hunter himself, and he likes to fight with the strong." ”

"Probably not, the day before yesterday, that green algae head told me that he was ready, and he would come directly after going to a nearby naval base to receive the bounty for the pirates he had hunted."

Sanji continued to bombard Zoro with phone bug messages, and frowned, "And even if he encounters any enemies on the way here, well, although this little swordsman can't beat me, with his strength, he can ...... here in the West Sea."

"What's wrong here in the West Sea?"

Nami blinked, not understanding why Sanji was stunned as she spoke, and her whole body seemed to be petrified at this moment.

- Speaking of strength and fighting, Sanji can't help but think of his first meeting with Zoro, which is the sea restaurant Barati in the East China Sea.

After that meeting, Porusalino had told Sanji that Zoro would be joining their future team. And in order to further temper Sauron's strength, Polusalino also asked the warship to take Sauron to the West Sea - compared to the weakest sea in the East Sea, there are a large number of gangsters in the West Sea, and the comprehensive strength of the pirates is also stronger, which is very suitable for cultivation.

It is precisely because Polusalino is so well arranged that Sanji naturally forgets the biggest characteristic of Zoro - road idiot!

- Isn't the reason why Sauron appeared in Bharati in the first place because he got lost and couldn't get out at all, and he sailed back to the starting point every time?

"This. Damn, unreliable green algae head!! ”

"Don't you know if you're lost? I can't read the message back, right!! ”

"Your mouth is harder than your sword!!"

“.”

Although he didn't know what Sanji's anger was at this moment, Luffy still instinctively smirked, "Hehehehe~ That new companion of the swordsman seems to be a very interesting person!" ”

Large, exaggeratedly shaped mechanical ships sail the seas - unlike other metal warships, this large ship seems to be half-floating.

"Report to Captain Ace! According to the news fed back by the various branches of the West Sea Navy, the dark boy Luffy and his gang seem to have temporarily stopped sailing and docked at Taka Island"

"Taka Island?"

Ace, who was learning to read the newspaper in Polusalino, raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard the news: "Taka Island, if I remember correctly, is it the hometown of that Pirate Emperor 'Red-haired' Shanks?" ”

- Roger picked up Shanks as a baby in the Valley of the Gods, where the Rocks Pirates were destroyed, a secret that only a handful of people in the pirate world know. In the records of the world government and the navy, it is also recorded that Shanks was born on the island of Taka in the West Sea.

Shanks had dealt with Luffy, and Luffy's Dark Fruit seemed to be the other party's trophy.

Even Luffy's yearning for the sea and his unaccustomed to stability seem to have the other party's factors.

After a little thought-

"We keep the original plan and do not carry out the diversion pursuit for the time being,"

Ace made a judgment, "My stupid Doudoudou Luffy is most afraid of trouble on weekdays. And since he went out of his way to get the charts about the East China Sea before leaving Marinfando, and only took the charts about the East China Sea, it was certainly not a meaningless act. ”

"In other words, no matter what he does in the process, he will definitely go to the East China Sea in the end."

"So let's not be distracted by their current whereabouts, just go to the East China Sea in advance and prepare for it!"

"Yes!"

At the same time as Ace gave orders to his subordinates, a terrible alarm suddenly sounded in the base of the 159th branch of the West Sea Navy, which was actually only an hour's flight away from Taka Island. A piercing screech shattered the silence of the past, and the entire base was audible both inside and out.

"What's going on? Who sounded the alarm?! ”

The night duty officer of the 159th Branch, who was dozing off on his desk in the office, Lieutenant Colonel Yalong was suddenly awakened and shouted.

It was a chore to be the duty officer at night, but it couldn't be helped, it was Lieutenant Colonel Yaaron's job this week.

It's just that he usually dozes off at night and doesn't make any mistakes, what's the situation today?

"Sir, yes, it's the pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro! He's attacking our base! ”

The captain who hurried in raised his hand to report on the current situation.

"Bastard!"

When Lieutenant Colonel Yalong heard this, he was surprised and furious, and immediately slammed his fist on the table, smashing a corner of the table:

"The bounty pirates he hunted, Lao Tzu only deducted 30% of the tea fee, and the other bounties were not missing a Bailey!"

"Isn't he satisfied?!"

"And! A mere pirate hunter dares to attack our Navy's 159 base! Who does he think he is?! Who gave him the guts?! ”

"Hurry up, send someone to take him down! Don't be polite, after teaching a hard lesson, leave a breath and send it to Lieutenant Colonel! ”

"Yes!"

(End of chapter)