Chapter 21: Baratie Restaurant.

Not only Arlong and his crew, but Sanji should also have met with Zeff by now.

On the side of Zoro, he also needed to make a trip there.

There are also the Water 7 folks.

Tom, the world-renowned shipwright who built Roger's pirate ship with his own hands, should be close to completing the Sea Train.

"So many things have happened this year," Hiruma felt a bit busy.

That night, Hiruma planned his sea route in detail.

The next morning, Hiruma officially left the Goa Kingdom, where he had lived for over a year.

Before leaving, Hiruma gave Ace and Luffy another harsh lesson.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining +2 speed by opening yellow-grade loot]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining +1 consultation by opening yellow-grade loot]

...

"Little brats, remember to work hard in your training. I'll be back in a year at most."

"Don't let me catch you two slacking off. You know what the consequences will be."

Leaving behind Ace and Luffy, who were covered in bruises, Hiruma set foot on his journey for the first time.

[Host]: Hiruma

[Strength]: 92

[Speed]: 135

[Physique]: 100

[Skills]: Swordsmanship Lv. 32, Marksmanship Lv. 29, Taunting Lv. MAX, Conqueror's Haki Lv. 1, Boxing Lv. 36, Navigation Lv. 25, Armament Haki Lv. 1, Swimming Lv. MAX, Cooking Lv. MAX, Dragon Claw Fist Lv. 25, Observation Haki Lv. 2, Rukoshiki (Soru Lv. 12, Tekkai Lv. 21, Kami-e Lv. 19, Geppo Lv. 11, Rankyaku Lv. 12, Shigan Lv. 10)

[Devil Fruit]: Milk-Milk Fruit

His constitution had finally surpassed 100 points, but unfortunately, Conqueror's Haki did not level up.

It seemed that Conqueror's Haki was tied to overall attributes, after all.

*Splash!*

Hiruma jumped straight into the water and activated his max-level swimming skill, heading towards the depths of the sea.

He didn't need to bring anything, as all the rewards from the system, whether it was berries or items like the Okama experience card, were stored in the system space.

He didn't need to change his clothes either, and as for food and drinks... he had the Milk-Milk Fruit, which might be a little unsightly, but was certainly very convenient.

There was no need for a pirate ship or anything like that, as it was more efficient to swim on his own.

Luffy at least had a barrel at the start and relied on his teammates to get by.

Hiruma was even more extreme: at the start, he just swam, and relied on dropped loot to get stronger.

...

Ten days later, in the endless ocean.

If you looked closely, you could see a figure floating on the surface of the water.

Hiruma was extremely bored now.

It had been ten full days, and he hadn't even seen an island, let alone a person.

He underestimated the difficulty of Navigation.

Even though his Navigation skill was already level 25, without a map, he was helpless.

Looking around, there was water everywhere, without any reference points.

If it weren't for the sun and the stars, he wouldn't even be able to tell which direction was which.

Lying on a raft made from a huge empty milk bottle, Hiruma slept soundly.

Since he didn't know which direction to go anyway, he might as well leave it to fate and drift wherever the current took him.

"Splash!"

With the sound of breaking water, a large fish over ten meters long broke through the sea surface and came towards Hiruma to devour him.

Upon seeing this big fish suddenly, Hiruma was startled.

Instinctively, he thought his arch-enemy, the Lord of the Coast, was coming to attack him.

Although with his current strength, even if it was the Lord of the Coast, he could knock it out with one punch.

However, after feeling the power of destiny from the incidents of Shanks and Sabo, for some reason, Hiruma had an inexplicable fear of the Lord of the Coast.

He always felt that it was a threat to him.

But when he saw that it was just an ordinary big fish, he didn't care and used the power of the Milk-Milk Fruit to create a huge milk bottle filled with air to wrap himself up, letting the other party swallow him whole.

Anyway, he didn't know where to go, and it would be faster to be in the fish's belly than to lie on a raft.

Sambas Region in the East Blue.

A huge sea-building ship was floating there.

The entire ship had three stories, and the most eye-catching was the fish head decoration with an open mouth at the bow.

It was the Baratie Restaurant!

"Patty, there's a fish on the hook, reel it in quickly!" a childish voice exclaimed excitedly.

A bald, burly man sat on the boat, holding a fishing rod in his abnormally large hand.

Originally, it was a normal fishing rod, but in the hands of the other party, it looked like a reed.

"Oh, oh, oh, I got it, impatient brat Sanji. I don't know what the boss was thinking. We could use a fishing net instead of a fishing rod," Patty grumbled discontentedly.

The ten-year-old boy next to him was Sanji.

"You know nothing, you smelly cook. Baratie has just been established, and there are no customers at all. If we use a fishing net, there will be too many fish caught, and we won't be able to eat them all, which will be a waste of ingredients."

Patty didn't care, "This is the ocean, there are as many fish as you want, there's no waste."

Sanji was suddenly angry, "You smelly cook, you know nothing, you should be thrown onto a deserted island and be starved for a year, no! Two years!"

Faced with the raging Sanji rushing over, Patty just reached out his thick, carrot-like finger and pressed it against his forehead.

No matter how much Sanji struggled, he couldn't even touch Patty's finger.

Patty blocked Sanji with his right hand, and with his left hand, he tried to reel in the fish biting the hook.

However, with this effort, the fishing rod had already deformed to the extreme, but he couldn't catch the fish.

"It seems like a big one!" Patty suddenly became interested. He pushed Sanji aside and stood up abruptly holding his fishing rod tightly. "Haha, kid, don't blame me for wasting ingredients, it hooked itself."

With that, Patty exerted force and the fishing rod snapped in half.

"Hahaha~ Stinky cook, your big fish ran away," Sanji jeered loudly.

Patty threw away the broken fishing rod and jumped directly into the sea, saying, "The ingredients that Patty has his eyes on won't run away so easily."

After a while, Patty stood on the deck with his hands on his hips, laughing heartily. "Haha, kid, do you see that? This is the power of a strong person!"

He showed off his catch and started to dissect the over ten-meter-long fish. "Brat, watch closely. When breaking down fish meat, especially a big fish like this, the first thing to do is to cut out the heart so that the fish meat won't be soaked in blood and become fishy."

With a "chirp," Patty directly cut open the big fish.

"This is the gill, throw it away."

"This is the heart of the fish, throw it away."

"This is the intestine, throw it away..."

"This is the gallbladder, throw it away..."

"This is..."

...

Patty taught Sanji while throwing away useless internal organs into the sea.

Sanji watched with relish.

"This is the stomach, throw it away..."

Patty exerted force and threw the huge fish's stomach out.

Because of excessive force, the milk bottle inside was squeezed out of the stomach tube.

The shiny milk bottle drew an arc in the air and fell into the sea.

"What was that just now?" Patty couldn't believe his eyes.

Sanji was also puzzled. "It seemed like, it seemed like a baby milk bottle, a huge milk bottle."

"Bang!"

Patty punched Sanji's head. "You only know how to drink milk. I'm asking you if there's a person in the bottle?"

Sanji nodded blankly. This was too weird. A huge milk bottle was one thing, but there was actually a person inside. The question was, how did he get in?

Padie quickly went to the edge of the deck and looked at Hiruma inside the huge milk bottle.

Although his mouth was drooling, and his hair was not in good condition. His fingers were adorned with shiny gemstone rings, it was apparent that he was a wealthy man. "This is a real customer. God, your caring chef Patty is here to save you!"