【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Sanji looked at Luffy sleeping on the bed and was a little confused. Could such a thin body contain such a strong power? He thought that after spending some time with him, he had a certain understanding of his madness, but after witnessing the duel, he found that this guy's persistence in his dream was beyond his imagination.

Looking at the wounds on Luffy's body, Sanji sighed, used the few remaining bandages and cloth strips to bandage the deep wounds, and then carefully placed his hat beside the bed.

Zeff's words kept ringing in his ears. He knew that the old man had always wanted him to leave with Luffy to pursue his dreams, but his favor had not been repaid yet, so he could only ignore the old man's hints and bury his admiration for Luffy in his stomach, pretending that he had no feelings about it. Maybe he would learn about this kid's adventures in the newspaper later.

Sanji took out a cigarette and walked out of the room. He leaned against the fence and looked up at the sky. He smoked in silence, recalling the time when he and the stinky old man ran this restaurant together. Until Luffy's voice asked for a hat, he glanced at the boy who was sitting on the bed and kept looking for a hat. "Isn't it next to you?"

"Oh! It's great to be here!!" Luffy picked up the straw hat on the bedside and shouted happily, looking at Sanji outside with a bright smile on his face.

"My life as a handyman ends today!" Luffy said happily to Sanji who was standing outside, "Come with me and be a handyman..."

"I'm not going. I don't want to be a pirate." Sanji refused quickly and decisively, as if he would have been unable to resist agreeing if he had been a step slower.

"Okay, I give up." Luffy listened to Sanji's refusal for the first time, but his hands still tightly grasped Sanji's collar.

"Your hands haven't given up!" Sanji said speechlessly as he grabbed the collar that he was holding, but he could also feel from the strength of Luffy's pulling that this was his last attempt.

"After what happened, I can't leave here anymore. No one here is trustworthy!" Sanji said while biting his cigarette, "But one day I will go to the Grand Line!"

Luffy heard what Sanji said and shouted happily "Then let's go now!"

"It's not time yet." Suddenly Sanji said to Luffy happily, "Do you know ALL BLUE?"

Luffy sat cross-legged on the railing and tilted his head at Sanji's question "I don't know."

"What? Don't you know? It's the sea of ​​miracles, where fish from all the seas gather..." Sanji excitedly introduced his dream to Luffy.

Zev was quietly watching the two people talking excitedly on the upper deck and smiled, "Such a happy expression... What an idiot."

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Sanji looked at the full seats in the restaurant and asked confusedly, "Huh? Hey! Where are our seats?"

"Where's the meal?" Luffy asked as they heard the dinner bell.

"There's no place for you."

"Hey, eat on the ground!"

The chefs shouted as they ate.

"How is it possible that there are no seats? This is a restaurant!" Sanji said dissatisfiedly, but seeing Luffy who was already sitting on the ground eating, he had no choice but to join him.

"Why do they look weird..." Luffy asked puzzledly as he sat on the ground and looked at the chefs.

"They've always been weird." Sanji said indifferently.

"Hey! Who made today's soup?" Paddy asked, holding up the soup in his hand.

"Ha! It's me, it's me!!" Sanji said happily, "Today's is especially delicious...!"

The sudden smashing of the bowl interrupted Sanji's next words. Sanji looked at Paddy angrily and suddenly started to belittle his soup. He angrily retorted, but all the chefs began to pour out the soup in their hands and said it was unpalatable, even the stinky old man. He grabbed Zeff's collar angrily and said, "Don't be ridiculous, stinky old man! What's the difference between your soup and my soup! Tell me!"

"With the soup I made..." Zeff asked, and then punched Sanji away "Don't be so self-righteous!!"

"The boss hit someone..."

"Not with your feet, but with your hands..."

The other chefs in the restaurant said in disbelief.

"You're a hundred years too early to talk about cooking in front of me, kid!" Zeff emphasized as he looked at Sanji on the ground, "I've been a chef at sea all over the world!"

"Damn it!" Sanji couldn't stand it anymore and rushed out of the restaurant.

"This soup is so delicious!" Luffy said doubtfully after finishing the soup in his hand.

"Of course we know." The chefs said, and then they all served another bowl of soup. "We all know how good Sanji's cooking is."

"Let's take that brat with us." Zeff looked at Luffy and said, "Going to the Grand Line, that's his dream."

After venting his anger, Sanji calmed down and realized that the old man and the others couldn't do this suddenly. Sanji sat by the door and then heard it. He heard that the chefs put on a show to help him realize his dream. Everything was just an act. He could hear them asking for another bowl of his soup. "...I heard everything...a bunch of idiots!"

Luffy's voice of rejection came from inside, and Sanji couldn't help but smile. So this was even, he had rejected that guy so many times, and this time it was finally his turn to reject him.

Zeff was somewhat shocked by Luffy's refusal. He asked in confusion, "Aren't you in need of a chef on your ship? Are you not satisfied with him?"

"Of course not, I also hope he will go with us, but he said he wants to continue to be a chef here." Luffy said while chewing the food in his hand, "So no matter what you guys say, I can't take him away."

"You mean, he has to agree in person, right?" asked Zev.

"That's it."

"That guy won't say it on his own initiative, after all, he's a stupid guy with a hard mouth!"

When Sanji heard someone say this, he couldn't help but curl his lips, exhaled a puff of smoke, and stared at the sky. Can he really leave here and start his own journey? Sanji struggled in his heart until a huge shadow fell from the sky and smashed down on him, forcing him to stop his inner struggle.

"Sanji!"

“Is this a mermaid?”

"Stupid, it's a man and a shark!"

Luffy and the chefs came out of the restaurant after hearing the noise and exclaimed at the strange human body and fish tail on the ground.

"Joseph!" Luffy recognized him. He squatted in front of Joseph and asked in confusion, "Why are you alone? Where are the others? Where is Nami?"

"Although we didn't catch up with Sister Nami, we deduced her destination from her route, so Brother Qi asked me to come back and take Brother Luffy there." Joseph said.

"Oh, then we can just go and bring her back." Luffy said with a smile.

"We need Brother Luffy's help." Jose responded.

"Got it, let's go!" Luffy made his decision and immediately took action.

"Wait." Sanji made up his mind, looked at Luffy nervously and asked, "Take me with you! I will be the chef on your ship, okay?"

"Okay! That's great!" Luffy shouted excitedly.