【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"What a big ship! Has that kid Akin come to repay you?" Luffy said as he looked at the pirate ship docked not far from Barati.

"I don't think so, but it's too strange." Sanji looked up at the huge ship in front of him. It almost completely covered the Barati, but the hull was obviously seriously damaged. "It is impossible for human power to destroy such a huge ship to this extent. This ship must have encountered some natural disaster."

Qi felt that someone had gone down from the giant ship and walked towards the Barati Restaurant. He told the others, "Two people went down from the giant ship. One of them should be the Creek pirate who asked for food in the restaurant before, and the other should be Creek himself."

Usopp looked at the crowd fleeing outside the restaurant and couldn't help but asked nervously, "What on earth happened in the restaurant?"

"Let's go and take a look and we'll know." Qi said with a smile.

"What? Are you serious!?" Usopp shouted in shock.

"Why are you scared?" Zoro said with a smile, then turned to look at the giant ship and asked in confusion, "There is almost no trace of people on that ship."

"Well, there are still people there, but they are a group of weak pirates." Qi Ying said.

"How do you know?" Zoro was a little surprised as to why he knew so much.

"Felt it." Qi replied as he walked towards the restaurant.

At this moment, a huge explosion occurred in the restaurant, followed by a small burst of intensive gunfire. Qi and Zoro looked at each other and quickened their pace towards the restaurant.

When they enter the restaurant, they see Luffy facing off against a man in strange golden armor, loudly declaring that he is the future Pirate King.

"Do you need help, Luffy?" Qi said with a smile as he looked at Luffy who was ready to fight.

"Do you want to fight?" Zoro curled his lips and placed his right hand on the hilt of the sword, ready to fight at any time.

"You guys are here too!" Luffy turned his head to look at Qi, Zoro and Usopp smiled and said, "No need, just watch there."

"Is... is that so? I'm sorry, but since you said so, let it go." Usopp tried to maintain his confidence, but his shaking legs revealed his true thoughts. "I will help in times of crisis! Come on..."

As soon as Creek saw Luffy's crew, he immediately started laughing and taunted "Hahahaha! Are they your crew? They are so few and far between!"

"What are you talking about!? We still have two people!" Luffy retorted angrily, raising two fingers.

"Hey, have you included me in this again?" Sanji complained.

"Don't joke with me, kid! Without any intelligence, even my fleet of 50 ships and 5 people was destroyed by that demon sea in just 7 days!!" Creek shouted excitedly, not caring about the whispers that followed, and mocked, "You are so naive. If you insist on saying that, then wait for me to come back and kill you! I will bring food to my men now. If you don't want to die, try your best to escape!!"

"Did you just hear that?" Usopp looked at Qi in horror with tears in his eyes. "50 ships were defeated in one week!"

"It seems very interesting!" Zoro said with a smile.

"Ah, I can only say that this guy is not strong enough." Qi said with a smile. He knew that Usopp was only scared for a while, but he actually still wanted to go.

Creek ignored what the boy's companion said. He hated the man who kept staring at him and watching his every move. The only thing that stopped him from shaking his fist at them was his weakness caused by long-term hunger. After he gave the food to his men, he would come back to deal with them. "My target is only this ship and the logbook, so if you don't want to die, stay away from this ship!!"

"Sanji! Have you used this opportunity to figure out how to seize the position of head chef? Or are you out of your mind? How can you give him food? That's Creek, and he's coming to seize our ship!" Paddy shouted excitedly to Sanji.

"Shut up, bastard!" Zev shouted angrily, "Have you ever experienced what it feels like to be starving to death? In this vast ocean, without water and food... Do you know how terrifying and desperate it is?"

Sanji said nothing, letting Zeff speak for him, he lit a cigarette and blew out a circle of smoke, thinking back to the days when he and Zeff were starving on the rocky island.

"This...what does this mean, Boss!" The chefs all showed surprised expressions.

"Instead of pursuing responsibility here, it's better to escape through the back door!" Zeff said, pointing to the back door of the kitchen.

"I won't run away, I'm going to stay here!" Paddy said, gripping the weapon in his hand tightly.

"Me too! This is the restaurant where we work."

"There's nowhere else to go anyway!"

The chefs shouted, expressing that they did not want to leave, this was their home and they needed to protect it.

"What are you doing! Haven't you just witnessed how powerful the leader is? Run for your lives!" Ajin shouted while sitting on the floor. He didn't want his companion who saved his life and gave him food to get hurt.

"Hey, Jin!" Sanji spoke for the first time, looking at the person sitting on the ground, "Let me tell you something, feeding hungry people is my responsibility as a cook, but that's where it ends. The next opponent is a well-fed enemy, so don't complain if I kill your partner."

"If anyone tries to take this store away, I will kill him without mercy, even if it's you," Sanji said fiercely, "Do you understand?"

"Hmph, it was you who saved him anyway, so he won't have anything to say even if you kill him, Sanji!" Paddy said while carrying a fork.

"Shut up for being noisy, you stinky chef!" Sanji retorted, then turned his gaze away to look at the few people who had been making noise since the beginning.

"Luffy, we have to leave here quickly!" There was a hint of fear in Usopp's voice.

"Don't worry." Qi said with a smile, "I believe Luffy will defeat him."

"The opponent is just a wounded man," said Zoro.

"Yes, I must duel with him!" Luffy grinned. "If that guy is a very powerful person, we will meet him one day. It is better to solve it now."

"By the way, Jin!" Luffy looked at the man sitting there and asked, "Didn't you say you knew nothing about the Grand Line? But you've been there, haven't you?"

"I really don't know anything. It's the seventh day since we entered, and I still don't know what happened that day. Everything seems like a dream. My mind is still in a mess until now." Ajin covered his face and his body kept shaking. "A man who suddenly appeared actually destroyed our fleet of 50 ships!!"

"what!"

"impossible!"

"One man defeated a pirate fleet!?"

People in the restaurant kept gasping in shock.

Usopp and Sanji opened their eyes wide in disbelief, and even Zoro had a look of shock on his face.

"Before we figured out what happened, the ships of the fleet sank one after another. If it weren't for the storm, our main ship would have been sunk as well. I don't even know how many survivors there are." Ajin sat on the ground holding his head and said in pain, "That man had a pair of eyes that were enough to kill people, as sharp as an eagle's! I can't recall it anymore!"

"What!?" Zoro said in disbelief. That was the person he had been looking for.