43: Chapter 43 Sanji and GinJust as Luffy and his crew sat down at the table to order, a man with round eyebrows suddenly appeared in front of Nami.He poured her a bottle of red wine and said, "Beautiful lady, I am Sanji, the sous chef of this restaurant.Is there anything I can do for you?"
Nami smiled politely and said, "Thank you, but I'm with them." Sanji looked at Luffy and the others with displeasure and said, "What do you guys need?"
Zoro, looking at Sanji, couldn't help but feel annoyed: "Your round eyebrows!We're guests, is this how you treat guests?" Sanji, seeing Zoro's anger rising, retorted angrily: "You with that green hair, you dare call me a round-eyebrow guy?Look at your hair, you green hair!"
Just as the two were about to fight, Luffy was about to intervene when a calm voice came from above: "Sanji, how many times have I told you not to be rude to the guests?Go to the kitchen and prepare the food for them."
Sanji scoffed in annoyance and turned back to the kitchen, while Luffy looked up towards the source of the sound.An old man with a braided hairstyle and a prosthetic right leg smiled at him."Excuse me, young man," the old man said, "I'm the owner and head chef of this restaurant.My idiot apprentice has caused you trouble." Luffy smiled nonchalantly.A moment later, their food arrived.Looking at the delicious-looking dishes, Luffy and the others couldn't resist their appetites and immediately began to devour the food.Even Zoro, who was annoyed with Sanji, ate heartily.The group exclaimed, "No wonder it's a famous sea restaurant!This is so delicious!"
Just as Luffy and his crew were enjoying their meal, a weak-looking man walked in, shouting, "Someone, I want to eat!" Luffy glanced over and recognized him as their target—Gin.Remembering a meme from his past life: "Everything is Gin," Luffy couldn't help but laugh.A fat chef approached and asked, "Sir, do you have any money?" Gin impatiently replied, "Can't you hear me?I'm starving!Get me some food right now!"
The portly chef, still smiling, asked, "Sir, do you have money?If not, we can't provide you with food." Ah Jin's eyes suddenly flashed with malice, and he pulled out a gun, pointing it at the chef's head: "Give me the food right now, or I'll shoot you!"
The fat chef's expression immediately turned cold."So, sir, you don't have any money?Well, I'm sorry," he said, punching Ah Jin hard to the ground, dragging him and throwing him to the doorway."If you don't have money, get out of here.We don't serve customers who don't have money."
Sanji, emerging from the kitchen and witnessing this scene, said nothing, silently went back inside.A moment later, he returned with a plate of fried rice and water.Luffy followed.Sanji placed the rice and water in front of Gin, saying, "Eat," while leaning against the railing.Gin didn't even glance at it."Is he pitying me?I'm not eating."
"This is my failed attempt at fried rice.I only gave it to you because I didn't want to waste it.If you don't eat it, I'll throw it into the sea to feed the fish," Sanji said, pretending to dump the fried rice into the sea.Hearing this, Gin grabbed the fried rice without a second thought and wolfed it down.After finishing, he looked at Sanji with tears streaming down his face and said, "Sir, I, Gin, will never forget this meal you gave me today."
Sanji shook his head."My name is Sanji.Forget about the meal; I know how awful it is to go hungry." He then threw the empty plate into the sea."That way, no one will know."
Ah Jin returned to the small boat and said firmly, "I will repay the kindness of this meal."
Sanji remained silent, took out a cigarette and started smoking.Just then, a voice came from behind him: "You really do have a kind heart, Mr.Sanji."
Sanji turned around and saw Luffy smiling at him."It's you.What's it to you?What I do is none of your business," Sanji said, continuing to smoke as he walked back.Luffy shrugged and came to Sanji's side."Your cigarette is nice, isn't it?Do you have any more?Give me one." Sanji glanced at Luffy speechlessly, took a cigarette from his pack, and handed it to him.Just as he was about to take out a match to light Luffy's cigarette, a flame appeared in Luffy's hand and lit it.A look of surprise flashed in Sanji's eyes: "I didn't expect you to be a Devil Fruit user."
"Yeah," Luffy replied, taking a deep drag of his cigarette."You know, the feeling of being hungry is really awful." Sanji continued, "I've been hungry before, so I don't want to see others go hungry, which is why I helped him.You know, before I…"
Luffy listened quietly as Sanji recounted his past.