After saying that, Cheng Lang left.
The powerless pirates looked at the discarded food hopefully, full of disbelief.
After all, they noticed everything that happened before.
They were already in despair. After all, Captain Crick had been defeated. What else could these defeated soldiers do?
Isn't it just waiting to die?
Everyone's eyes were filled with tears.
But he still instinctively moved towards the food.
"It's really... so delicious."
"It's really great to be alive."
Tears welled up in the eyes of the pirates.
And the other side.
Ajin, who had been knocked unconscious, also woke up, but he was now lying in the corridor of the back kitchen.
"Are you awake?"
Sanji was leaning against the wall smoking a cigarette.
"Captain Click... failed." Ajin opened his mouth and finally said these words.
"Yes, but I guess he's not dead yet."
"Is that so?" Ajin's eyes were dim. Although he was knocked unconscious, he still vaguely heard a lot of things.
For example, the other party released a poison gas bomb while you were unconscious.
"You accepted your failure so calmly?" Sanji was surprised. The reason he was here was, on the one hand, that he was 'driven' here, and on the other hand, it was convenient for him to keep an eye on Jin.
After all, there is no guarantee that the other party will do something irrational.
Jin laughed at this and said, "Fifty pirate ships entered the Grand Line, and now only one tattered ship remains. Although we were lucky enough to pass through the Calm Belt, failure was already a foregone conclusion. Now we are lucky to be alive."
Looking at Ajin who was disheartened.
Sanji took a cigarette from his pack.
"Do you want to smoke?"
"Thank you." He took the cigarette, but choked as soon as he took a puff.
"If you don't know how to smoke, don't smoke." Sanji joked with a smile.
Ah Jin covered his forehead with his hands, tears streaming unconsciously from the corners of his eyes, not knowing whether it was from choking or...
After a long time.
Ajin calmed down.
"Thank you."
Ajin stood up and prepared to leave.
Sanji stretched out his hand, but didn't know what to say, so he hesitated.
But looking at the other person's desolate back.
Finally, Sanji spoke up: "What are you going to do next?"
"After that?" Ajin stood there, gazing at the azure sea. "Maybe he'll live in hiding on an island somewhere."
"..."
Ajin finally left.
Back on the dilapidated ship.
The former overlord of the East China Sea, now the loser of the Grand Line, left Barati on a dilapidated ship.
Cheng Lang, who witnessed all this, also had a complicated expression.
This little butterfly of his has already created a different future.
And just now, Ajin revealed his experience.
It directly brought him to level 32.
Just because Ajin did not continue to sail to the Grand Line, he could actually increase his experience level by two levels.
Obviously, Ajin, who appeared earlier, still had some big and small stories in the future New World chapter, and he must have been involved in the main storyline.
But now it seems that the other party has left the sea completely disheartened, and I don't know whether it is good or bad.
At least in the plot that Cheng Lang knew, Ajin never appeared.
"Sanji, have you thought about it?" Luffy leaped to the guardrail, his eyes full of expectation and anxiety.
"Well, I've thought about it. I will be the chef on your ship, but let me say goodbye for a while." Sanji opened the door of the kitchen and walked in.
Sanji came to Zeff.
He knelt down directly.
"Thank you so much for taking care of me over the years."
The sudden kneeling naturally surprised the other chefs, but then they all breathed a sigh of relief.
They finally don't have to pretend to hate Sanji anymore.
...
"Ah~ Beautiful Miss Alrita, what flavor of drink would you like? Your loving knight Sanji is at your service~" Sanji, with love in his eyes, came directly to Alrita, knelt on one knee as if proposing.
Alrita supported her chin with one hand and looked at Sanji with interest: "Then just give me a glass of fruit wine."
"Good~"
"What kind of drink does the beautiful and dashing Nami-san need?"
"Orange juice."
"Oh, my lovely angel, Miss Mi..."
Looking at Sanji who started chatting as soon as he got on the boat.
Zoro rolled his eyes in annoyance: "Perverted cook."
"That's right! We want drinks too, you naughty chef!" Usopp immediately agreed.
"I want meat!"
Cheng Lang joined in when he saw this: "I want some meat too!"
"Well, let me show you my craftsmanship."
For a moment, there was laughter and joy on the boat.
Next stop!
Cocoa West Village.
Orange field.
Nojigo was pruning the orange trees and picking the oranges that were easy to sell.
Ajian came to the orange grove.
"Ajian? What's wrong?"
"The town next door, Kesha, rebelled and was then destroyed by Aaron. Many people died."
The master Noqi who was pruning the orange tree paused for a moment, then continued to prune in an orderly manner.
"This is the nth town that has been destroyed." Ajian sighed deeply.
For eight years, I was oppressed by Aaron for a full eight years.
The island, once famous for its fruits, now has few people left, some have died and some have fled.
Today, Kokoasi Village may be only a few years away from extinction.
After all, there are fewer and fewer merchants coming to buy fruits, and business is becoming more and more difficult. If this continues, we won't be able to pay the monthly headcount fee of 100,000 yuan.
"No need to worry anymore."
The sudden voice startled Ajian.
Look back.
It's Nami.
"No need to worry anymore." Nami came to Ah Jian with a smile and repeated the previous sentence again.
"Nami, you're back?" Ajian lowered his head to hide his expression.
"I've saved enough money! One hundred million." Nami shook the suitcase in her hand.
Nojigo walked out of the orange grove. Seeing Nami's happy expression, she also smiled: "Looks like we made a lot of money this time?"
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"Hehe~" Nami smiled mysteriously.
Seeing the other person's state, Nokigao smiled and changed the subject: "It's rare for you to come back, let's have a meal together. It just so happens that there is a bumper harvest of oranges recently. I'll make your favorite orange dishes."
"Okay."
Nami happily returned to her room.
And when Ajian looked at Nami, who had now put down all her burdens, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
The agreement is about to be fulfilled.
At the same time, I am happy for Nami.
All these years of patience have been worth it.