Pirate's Swordsman

"Ok?"

Xia Nuo was still wiping the kitchen knife with a rag in his hand. Hearing the sound, he was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously looked up at the person coming.

What appeared in front of me was an old man with yellow hair who looked to be in his fifties. He was wearing a white cloak fluttering behind him, and he looked quite majestic. The most eye-catching thing was naturally his wooden body. A prosthetic leg, and a golden beard divided into two strands on the lip and tied into a twist with a water-green bow.

With such a recognizable appearance, Xia Nuo recognized the identity of the visitor almost instantly. He was so excited that he almost lost control of his mouth.

"Zhe...Zhepu?!"

The yellow-haired old man with a crippled leg in front of him was none other than Red-footed Zepp, the owner of Barati Restaurant in One Piece and the great pirate who raised Sanji!

"You black-haired brat, why are you looking at me like this? You can't bear to part with the lobster on the table?"

Seeing Xia Nuo frozen in place, Zhepu thought he was hesitating. He waved his hand and laughed heartily and said, "Young man, don't be so stingy. Food is only good if you share it." , how can you refuse a guest, right?"

While he was talking, Zhepu had already taken out a crayfish from the plate on the table. He first put it to his mouth and sucked it. Then his eyes lit up and he put it in his mouth and chewed it without even peeling off the shell. stand up.

Accompanied by the crunching sound, the attractive red soup continuously overflowed from the corners of Zhepu's mouth, covering his two weird-looking golden beards, and his face showed a hint of enjoyment.

While chewing, he said vaguely: "Well, it's delicious. The brat is a good cook. Compared to that old guy in Ruhr, I don't know how much better he is. I can be regarded as the best in the past few months." The best thing I’ve ever eaten…”

"It turns out that the guy who landed on the island in the morning to find Uncle Ruel was this old man..."

Xia Nuo finally came back to his senses at this moment. He looked at Zhepu who was eating non-stop in front of him. After a slight twitch of the corner of his mouth, he shook his head helplessly and felt relieved.

Zhepu is one of the characters that has been written about in many pirate comics, and he naturally has some understanding of his character. Since this guy is the one who got off the pirate ship, there is nothing to be wary of.

"Hey, hey, this yellow-haired uncle, I'm not as stingy as you say, but eating my food without asking for permission in advance is really rude, right?"

Seeing that Zhepu was getting more and more delicious as he ate, and after swallowing the lobsters in his mouth, he took two more lobsters one by one, Xia Nuo rolled his eyes and said angrily.

"Ah, so to speak, I am a bit reckless, but boy, your lobster tastes really good, urrrrr..."

Zhepu's old face seemed to blush for a moment, but in the middle of his apology, he became slurred as he stuffed the lobster in his right hand into his mouth.

"As you like..."

After complaining feebly, Xia Nuo sighed and didn't rush to ask Zhepu anything. He continued to lower his head and tidy up the messy desktop.

At this time, he felt a little complacent in his heart.

It seems that my cooking skills are indeed good. After all, it is nothing to seduce the brats like Roy Bill, but it is extremely difficult to get a great chef like Zhepu to agree with him so much.

However, this kind of thing was just an episode after all. As the vague timeline of the pirates flashed through his mind, Xia Nuo's expression gradually became serious, and he began to seriously think about the information behind Zepteng Island. , some memories that he had not thought of for a long time gradually became clear, and there was also a thoughtful look in his eyes.

According to the calendar information he got from the newspaper, this year is 1511 in the Haiyuan calendar. If it is connected with the plot of the comics, it seems that Zhepu of this year has just returned from the Grand Route, and the chef Haifu he founded The bandit group was also wiped out in a storm not long after.

Since then, Zhepu has washed his hands in the golden basin. The East China Sea has lost a notorious pirate, but has gained a businessman.

Looking at the owner of the restaurant on the sea.

Thus……

Xia Nuo recalled the scene he saw in the morning, and his heart moved.

Could it be that the little boy that Zhepu brought over, who seemed to be only eight or nine years old, was Sanji?

It seems very possible, both in terms of timing and age, it is a perfect match...

Boom!

At this moment, the door of the wooden house not far away was suddenly pushed open, and a burst of cheers came from inside, deafening, and planned Xia Nuo's thoughts:

"Haha, washing is done!"

"Hurry up, or we'll be in trouble when the lobsters get cold!"

Footsteps sounded from far to near, and soon three kids led by Anderson were seen running out from behind the door. Seeing Xia Nuo from a distance, after proudly showing off his wet hands, he He couldn't wait to get past him and rushed to the table.

"lobster!"

Saliva dripped from the mouths of the three little guys. As soon as they reached the edge of the table, they each grabbed a lobster. Like Zhepu, they didn't have the patience to peel the shell. After taking a sip, they went straight to their mouths. Get rid of it.

"I'm gonna start now!"

When the juicy meat entered the mouth, a feeling of satisfaction rose from the heart. It was not until they finished chewing the lobster in their mouths that the three little boys let out a sigh of relief and recovered from the lobster in their minds.

Finally, when they looked up, Zhepu, who was also holding a lobster and chewing it with relish, met their eyes.

"Eh?"

"Who is this! Why are you eating our lobsters too!"

"Hey, bastard old man, put the lobster down for me quickly!"

After being stunned for a while, Roy and Bill instantly blushed and rushed forward angrily, waving their little fists in an attempt to snatch the lobster from Zhepu's hand.

However, Zhepu just smiled, and after a few casual blocks with his free hand, he easily confused the two brats. For a long time, they couldn't reach Zhepu's body, so they had to retreat panting. .

"Damn it!"

Roy stomped his feet angrily, forgetting to wipe his nose, and was about to rush forward again. However, when he just took a step, he was stopped by a small hand stretched out from beside him.

It was Anderson who had been frozen in place since he saw Zhepu and did not follow suit.

"Anderson? What are you doing? Didn't you see this stinky old man snatching our lobsters? Come on, come together and drive this guy away!"

" Roy was a little confused and glared at Anderson angrily.

However, Anderson ignored him, turned to look at Zhepu, scratched his little head, and said with a puzzled look on his face:

"Uncle Zhepu, didn't you want to stay at my house for dinner? Why did you come to Brother Xia Nuo?"

"Aha, it's you, the Ruhl kid."

Zhepu seemed to have recognized Anderson a long time ago, but he was busy eating lobster and ignored him. At this time, he reluctantly put down the lobster, stretched out his hand to look at Anderson's dissatisfied eyes, rubbed the little guy's head vigorously, and laughed. Get up:

"Of course you can have dinner as well. Even though the food your dad cooked is terrible, I still have to give you the respect of an old friend."

As if he didn't see Anderson's increasingly dark complexion, Zhepu raised the corners of his mouth slightly and continued: "As for why I am here, firstly, I was attracted by the smell of crayfish from afar, and secondly, naturally. In order to complete my mission to Andric Island this time..."

His eyes turned and fell on the confused Xia Nuo. He pulled his long beard and said with a smile:

"It's you, the brat named Xia Nuo."