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The arrival of Gin put immense pressure on the restaurant's customers, many of whom silently swallowed their saliva.
But the most dedicated Patty of the restaurant approached with a smile, rubbing his hands and saying, "Sir, this is indeed a restaurant, but can you pay?"
Gin looked at Patty coldly, and with a whoosh, raised the flintlock in his hand and pressed it against Patty's forehead.
"You want to eat a bullet, don't you?"
Patty's expression changed, and he asked again, "You don't have money, do you?"
As he spoke, with lightning speed, he raised his two Sailor-like arms and smashed them fiercely into Gin, knocking Gin to the ground with just one blow.
"Our restaurant does not welcome paupers!"
As he spoke, he kicked Gin's body repeatedly.
The customers in the restaurant, seeing Patty subdue the pirate with one move, immediately burst into enthusiastic cheers.
Patty, hearing the various praises and applause, immediately cupped his hands in acknowledgment.
"Thank you! Thank you!"
Watching Patty throw Gin out of the restaurant, Yang Tao looked at the woman beside him, who was dumbfounded by the spectacle, and said with a smile, "Well, how about we eat together?"
"Ah? That... I still have to go back to Loguetown."
"I'm afraid you won't be able to go back for a while. That Captain just slipped away in the chaos. I think he probably forgot about you."
"Ah?"
The woman looked around the restaurant and, sure enough, Hody's figure had disappeared. At this, the woman's expression became a little panicked. She had come by warship, and all her belongings were on the ship. It could be said that she now had nothing but the clothes on her body.
Alvida glanced at the woman, then at her own figure, and nodded with satisfaction.
'Indeed, my figure is still better!'
"Captain, the kitchen's cooking speed is too slow today."
"There's a reason for it. Just wait. We're idle anyway."
Yang Tao took out a cup of Seer Tea, took a small sip, and looked at Alvida: "Would you like a cup?"
Alvida, who didn't know its value, shook her head frantically like a rattle-drum.
"No, no, I really can't get used to this..."
Only a ghost would know why Yang Tao liked such a strange drink.
The woman brought by Hody stood sadly to the side, unsure whether to move or stay still.
Yang Tao and Alvida chatted for a while, and it wasn't long before Patty brought over some food.
"Sir, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. This is a complimentary drink for you. Please enjoy..."
Yang Tao pointed to the woman next to him and said, "Patty, bring a chair and make another specialty dish."
Patty nodded with a smile, showing no trace of his earlier ferocity when beating Gin. In his heart, anyone with money was a distinguished guest.
"Alright!"
With that, he moved a chair and placed it beside the table.
Alvida's gaze moved back and forth between the woman and Yang Tao's faces, her eyes gradually becoming ambiguous and playful: "Captain..."
However, her words were cut off by Yang Tao after only two syllables.
"Don't think too much. I'm just looking for a local to understand the situation. Instead of finding an ugly one, it's better to find a beautiful one, don't you agree, beautiful Miss Alvida..."
Hearing Yang Tao call her a beautiful lady, Alvida's body trembled slightly, and the image of Wretch flashed through her mind.
"Yes... I spoke out of turn, Captain."
Looking down at the delicious food on her plate again, Alvida suddenly felt a little nauseous.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Yang Tao, and I'm currently a merchant. What's your name?"
"Arya, I... my name is Arya."
"No need to be formal. You just said you wanted to go back to Loguetown? If you're not in a hurry, we'll be departing for Loguetown in four days. If you're willing, you can come with us then."
Arya's face broke into a grateful smile upon hearing this and she said, "That would truly be a great help. When we reach Loguetown, I will definitely repay you."
"Heh heh, no need to repay, as long as you don't seek revenge."
With that, Yang Tao picked up the fork on the table and began to enjoy the delicacies.
...
Night.
On the Going Merry, besides Luffy who was left to work at the restaurant, the remaining three looked at 9527 and the platform built of cobblestones next to it.
Under the torchlight, it was clear that waves were crashing against the platform, and some seawater even surged over the boundary onto the platform, but the pirates who were training continued to spar tirelessly.
"Zoro, do you think those people are pirates?"
Zoro, sitting on the bow with his sword, looked at the Blue Knight's figure and, hearing Usopp's question, nodded and said, "I know some of them, but they should be subordinates of the pirate Alvida."
"But now I don't know why they are on this ship."
As a pirate hunter, Zoro naturally recognized some famous pirates in the East Blue. Although Alvida was weak, she was still considered a notable figure in the East Blue.
Usopp, holding binoculars, looked at Yang Tao, who was lying on a beach chair enjoying Arya feeding him, and said resentfully, "Damn it, why is the treatment so different when we're all pirates?"
Then he turned to Nami and said, "Nami, why don't you feed me grapes too!"
Bang...
Nami punched Usopp on the head and said, "You wish! Besides, even if you wanted grapes, we don't have any. We have nothing but sour oranges."
Usopp, with a large bump on his head, squatted on the deck, covering his head and weeping.
"Nami, you're too violent."
"You're too annoying."
However, Nami's eyes flickered as she looked at the strange ship in the distance, and the idea of going to check it out at night had already popped into her mind.
She was Nami the Cat Burglar; stealing from pirates was perfectly normal.
Time passed by minute by minute.
Yang Tao finished the fruit Arya fed him, stood up, and said, "Alright, today's fun time is over. Tomorrow... tomorrow we'll go for a spin at sea and find some pirates to practice on. Without actual combat, your progress is simply too slow."
Compared to the training of the past few days, this intensity of sparring wasn't even a warm-up.
Hearing Yang Tao's words, the pirates immediately became excited. The long-suppressed pain finally had an outlet.
The pirates lined up and walked into the cabin of 9527. Yang Tao glanced at Arya, who was dressed in a formal gown beside him, and said with a smile, "Tonight, you'll rest with Alvida."
Then he looked her up and down and said with a smile, "Otherwise, with such a beautiful woman on board, I'm worried you'll be devoured alive by those guys."
Arya nodded gently and glanced at the beautiful Alvida, who was standing on the ship's plank.
"Captain, I'll go rest now. You come with me."
Alvida, standing on the ship's plank, led Arya away.
Of the original group, only Yang Tao and Blue Knight remained. They didn't need to rest at all.
Blue Knight sat beside Yang Tao and asked, "How long are we going to stay in this world?"
"Four or five days, I guess. What? Lancelot, are you homesick?"
Blue Knight nodded gently and said, "I've never been away from Stormstone Keep for so long. I want to go back and see..."
Yang Tao's eyes lit up at the words.
He hadn't expected that someone as strong as Blue Knight would also have a home-loving trait.
"Since you want to go back, you can just go back at night and return during the day. In another four or five days, the world's number one great swordsman, Hawkeye, will arrive here. At that time, I want you to see if his swordsmanship is helpful to you."
The thought of Blue Knight slicing open mountains and oceans with a single sword was exciting. If he awakened the three types of Haki, that would be even better.
"The number one great swordsman? What is a great swordsman?"
"Uh, just think of it as a very powerful swordsman."
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