167 Turn The Car

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Night Time - Viareggio - BeachSide

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At a lone shop at the side of the beach near a cliff. Three boys and one girl are working their asses off.

Komatsu was nailing a wooden log outside of the shop with the bold writing that reads [T.G.G Shop]. He wiped sweat off his forehead and throw the hammer on the sand 'Finally!' His job was done. Komatsu has painted the wooden walls white, fixed the broken counter, and finally covering the tables and chairs they placed outside the shop for serving with white covers.

As for Alexander, he was installing the electricity system after buying a electrify generator, then installing the refrigerator, the oven, and then the stove.

Sanji was responsible for organizing the ingredients in their own boxes ready to be used, and spices on in glass jars that were already here after washing them carefully and then placed them on the shelves.

Raiju was the most unhappy person about this. She hated doing this, but she was being blackmailed by Alexander. After kissing his ass for a whole day he changed his mind and said that if she helped them in these three days, he will not tell Sanji about her spying on him and listening to his conversations. 'Curse you Helmet Kid! Curse you!' she thought as she mopped the floor from dirt and sand to throw them out of the shop.

"Alright, I am done!" Reiju let go of the mop and sat on a chair "I will not move another muscle." she said.

"Well, I was surprised that you started helping us. Going this far is a miracle. But anyway, lots of love. Thanks to you we were able to finish in one day." Sanji was amazed at his sister, never in his wild dreams, he would have imagined Reiju doing labor work. In the kitchen, Alexander was laughing out loud, everyone heard him. No one knows why he was laughing expect Reiju who started cursing him again.

Komatsu entered the shop and took in the beautiful sight that the shop turned into. Compared to the old one, this one is fully equipped and ready for work "Great! we are ready to open tomorrow." he said. Alexander stood up from the ground behind the counter after finishing installing the electricity system, he sighed and cracked his neck "Phew! we are cool here." he said. He pushed a switch and the shop brightened with light and every electricity machine started working. The Refridgerator, the oven, the stove, fruits mixer...etc. Everything is on.

Reiju was amazed honestly, these three boys fixed an old shop and turned it into a modern shop capable of serving dozens of people in an instance. She looked at her brother who was celebrating with Komatsu and Alexander, the wide smile on his face was clear evidence for his enjoyment of all of this 'Sanji...You are smiling more and more than in the past.' She felt a lump in her throat, it's been so long since a genuine smile appeared on her brother's face.

"Oi! Reiju, come here. We are making panache juice, come and have some." Sanji called for his sister. Reiju sighed and walked towards them "Make sure you fill the biggest cup for me." she said.

After a little celebration, the four of them closed the shop and turned everything down and decided to call it a night.

Outside of the shop, Komatsu took his bag and looked at Reiju"Are you passing by the Rasioré Hotel?" he asked.

"Don't worry, I will give you a lift, I am taking all of you to your own hotels." She said as she played with her monster car key.

"Nah, you don't need to. I am having someone pick me up." Alexander said as he sent a message to Keanu and Vlad who came behind him to Italy. "I will stay here until they come to pick me up," he said.

Reiju shrugged her shoulder and pushed Sanji and Komatsu to leave the beach "Let's go, boys. we need to get you there fast." she said.

The three left and only Alexander remained at the shop looking at the ocean. It was cold and windy. He looked at tomorrow's forecast and saw it will be a hot and clear day, "Sweet, time to make money." he said. For a boy who has billions in his own personal account, Alexander excited to make a couple of thousand dollars.

After half an hour. A car stopped on the upload and few men came down the beach and walked towards the shop.

"Geh! my shoes are filled with sand now!" a spiky-black-haired man complained.

"No one told you to leave the car, Master Alfie." A green-eyed man with glasses responded, he was the smartest of the bunch and took off his shoes. and as for the other man, he was just walking on sad as if walking on land, his feet never sink down as if he is not touching.

"Aw! you two are so unfair. Keanu has that feather-foot work thing and you didn't tell me that Axy was on the beach." Alfie pouted and frowned.

"Master Alfie. You jumped on the car while we were leaving the hotel, the least thing you can do now is to shut up." Vlad pushed his glasses back as he was clearly irritated "And by the way, shouldn't you and Shanks be in China looking for Haru and his gang?"

"That is exactly why we came to Italy," Alfie said with enthusiasm. "Oh! there is Axy!" Alfie noticed his little nephew and ran to him "Axy~!!" he called for his name. From Keanu and Vlad's point of view, they saw a middle-aged man chasing a young boy on the beach.

"What a sad reality," Vlad mumbled.

"Reality can be whatever you want...as long as you turn a blind eye to it," Keanu commented as he made his way to Alexander.

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Totsuki's Hotel - First floor - Erina's Room

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Erina was in her sleeping dress, she was at the balcony looking at the stars. She was waiting for Alexander, all students have returned but only he has not.

She heard a knock on the door and entered to see who it is. She opened the door to see her cousin with a frown "Has Alexander returned yet?" she asked as she looked around in the room.

Erina closed the door after them "For the 13th time...He.Has.Not.Returned.Yet." she said as she poked Alice's cheek "And why are you looking around like I am hiding him?"

Alice shrugged her shoulders and with a grin, she spoke "Why not? it's not like this is the first time you hide something from me."

"Just leave, If Alexander-sama returned he will pass by his room first, you know?" Erina opened the door and gestured for Alice to get out.

"Oh! great Idea, I should wait for him in his room." Alice quickly dashed out leaving Erina looking at her distancing back. She shook her head tiredly and closed the door. She returned to the balcony to gaze at the stares with a hot cup of tea in her hand. On her left, the main road leading inside the Hotel is visible, she was hoping to see Alexander passing by so she could go and meet him, she wanted to tell him about her day, she wanted to hear about his day.

*Rustle* *Rustle*

the trees in front of the balcony started moving suspiciously. Erina noticed this and stepped forward to investigate. As soon as she got closer, she saw a hand reach for her from behind the darkness of the tree "Hyaa!!" Erina exclaimed in shock, the hand reached to silence her mouth as a man jumped on the balcony, he did a quick work in tying Erina and making her unconscious by making her inhale chloroform.

"Easy-peasy." A dark-haired man with small short glasses-wearing Yukata giggled after putting Erina on his shoulder. He jumped down using robe to escape to the hideout on the beach so he could meet up with everybody. He ran as fast as he could.

But what he didn't notice was a car stopped at the main road. The people inside saw what happened clearly.

"Turn the car Keanu." A cold and very pissed off voice ordered.

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