Pirate's Swordsman

"What, are you scared?"

Xia Nuo snorted, took the wanted notice from Sanji's hand with a snap, then tore it into pieces three times, and said with a look of displeasure, "Ten million beli, the navy really thinks highly of me. Ah, they treat a twelve-year-old boy like this? Are they still shameless?"

"The navy's wanted posters never look at age."

Zhepu stroked his beard and frowned, "From the newspaper, it seems that the Navy regards you as a member of the Tado Pirates, and Tado and the others have already left for the Grand Line, so they can no longer use the bounty from the East China Sea. Let’s measure them. You’ve made such a big splash, and it’s really not unjust to be offered a reward of 10 million.”

Xia Nuo held his forehead, looking speechless.

"So, what are you going to do? If you are recognized by the bounty hunter, you will have a lot of trouble in the future." Probably because he was a little hungry, Zhep asked Sanji to go to the kitchen to get some toast. Come on, chew the piece, look at Xia Nuo and ask.

"What else can I do? I have no interest in being a pirate right now. I just have to stay out of restaurants less in the next few years." Xia Nuo thought for a moment, then shrugged helplessly and said, "Anyway, I'm my age now. I'm still young and my body is still developing. After these few years, even if that guy named Sika faces me, he won't be able to recognize me, so what's there to be afraid of?"

As he spoke, he glanced upward, glanced at the few strands of bangs fluttering in front of his forehead, and suddenly said "You guys will wait a minute" and hurried upstairs.

"Brother Xia Nuo, what are you doing?" Sanji asked stupidly, looking at Xia Nuo's disappearing back.

"Well, I've almost guessed it. This guy is quite witty..." Zhepu narrowed his eyes and immediately reacted. He turned around and glared at him, "What's the matter with you! You're still standing there stupidly." Then, hurry up and pack up breakfast. There is a lot of preparation work today. If you don’t come over earlier to help, do you still want to open the business earlier? "

"understood."

Sanji snorted and muttered something under his breath before stepping onto the spiral staircase in the middle of the restaurant, ready to wash up first.

As a result, before he reached the second floor, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded. The next moment, he almost bumped into a figure. He stopped in a hurry. When he looked up, Sanji was stunned. He stammered:

"you……"

"What's wrong? You don't recognize him now?" The person stretched out a hand, pinched his chubby face, and said with a smile.

"That's not so."

Sanji looked Xia Nuo up and down several times, then scratched his head and said, "But Xia Nuo, you seem to have become a lot more handsome now that you're here."

Naturally, the person who appeared in front of him was Xia Nuo. At this moment, his clothes remained unchanged, but there were a lot of changes. The originally messy bangs in front of his forehead were cut to the same level as his hairline, revealing The smooth forehead and the half-length black hair are now tied into a bundle with a long dark blue cloth and tied behind the head.

Although it was just a change of hairstyle, Xia Nuo's temperament and face had a completely new look. The original delicate and childish look was quietly transformed into a vigorous heroic spirit at this moment. The eyebrows were no longer blocked by bangs and fell into the temples. It makes the whole person look refreshed and mature.

Unless it's early

If he had premeditated it or had seen him before, otherwise it would be difficult for others to connect Xia Nuo in front of them with the figure in the photo just based on the wanted poster taken from a distance.

"You're a brat who can talk, why do you expect me to teach you swordsmanship?"

Xia Nuo's hand suddenly exerted force, and Sanji cried out in pain before smiling and letting go. After Sanji glared at him dissatisfied, he snorted without saying anything and walked towards the bathroom. .

"Well, not bad."

Seeing Xia Nuo walking towards this side, Zhepu nodded slightly, "This can indeed avoid a lot of risks, but I'm afraid a real professional bounty hunter can't hide it, so no matter what, you have spent the past two years It’s better not to go out as much as possible.”

"a piece of cake."

Seeing that Zhepu agreed with the change in his appearance, Xia Nuo felt relieved. After smiling, he turned and walked to the kitchen. He took out all the breakfasts that had been prepared and placed them one by one. on the table.

"Well, this is the first meal the three of us have together. It's quite interesting." Zhepu glanced at the food on the table, then looked at the half-bitten toast in his hand, and suddenly laughed, "Then, I'd better stop for a while and wait for that brat Sanji to come over, and then we can eat together."

"You're already old, why are you so pretentious all of a sudden?"

Xia Nuo curled his lips and said, but he did not start in advance. After looking at the sky outside the restaurant, he suddenly seemed to remember something and looked at Zhepu and said, "By the way, uncle, your recruitment notice is in Which newspaper published it..."

"I was too lazy to run far, so I found a nearby newspaper to publish it. Well, it was the Prologis Northwest newspaper, the society section."

"Sure enough, is that kind of tabloid really useful..."

"Ahem, don't worry about it." Zhepu was a little embarrassed. He happened to see Sanji coming down, so he asked him to come over and sit down, and said in a low voice, "Besides, after all, I still care about ordinary chefs. If not, I’d rather be short-term than indiscriminate. I made the conditions very clear in this notice. The chef who comes must be appetizing to me, and besides, besides that.”

Having said this, Zhepu picked up the omelette with his fork and wrapped it in one bite, saying vaguely, "I also put an advertisement for the restaurant on the front page of the newspaper. This way, customers will come to the door soon." .”

"Well, when you said that, I suddenly had a bad feeling..." Xia Nuo felt a little sore in the balls for no reason, and said with empty eyes, "I always feel that you will attract some terrible guys..."

…………

As an African with an extremely dark face, but who always considered himself the European Emperor, Xia Nuo never thought that his premonition would be confirmed so quickly this time.

Three days later, it was a sunny afternoon.

On this day, the door of the Barati restaurant was open, and classical music wafted from the gramophone in the corner, slowly floating between the beams. However, the dozens of dining tables on the first floor were empty, and not a single customer was seen. trace.

At the door of the kitchen, Xia Nuo was leaning against the wall and squatting to choose vegetables, looking at the empty scene in front of him boredly. Behind him, Zhepu was sitting on a small bench peeling potatoes, while Sanji was practicing alone. While cooking, except for the occasional gurgling sound of the soup in the pot, everything was so silent.