The Explorer of the Universe
20

Tanaka looked at Gin who pointed the gun at Zerf's head with a flat facial expression.

He was still weighing whether to help Zerf or not with his force.

"No matter how strong he was in the past, he who was now was just a chef. It's easy to blow his head off. You want to save this Old Man right, Sanji-san? Please, leave this ship. I don't want to kill you."

Patty and the rest of the chefs were worried about their boss. They also saw that the wooden leg used by Zerf had been broken by Gin.

"He broke his wooden leg!" Patty.

"Damn it!"

"What should we do to save the boss!?"

Although Gin poses a threat to Sanji, the seductress is not afraid of the threat.

"Leaving ship? It won't! You're the only one who's left this place!" Sanji said firmly.

"Promise not to act stupid."

"Don't make him mad or he'll actually kill the boss!"

The chefs ask Sanji not to behave or say something that could make Gin angry.

"You look so stupid, old man! If you continue like that, you will no longer be able to set a good example to the chefs." Sanji Clear.

"I don't have to listen to the babble from a snot boy like you." Said the annoyed Zeff.

Although his head was at gunpoint by Gin, Zerf did not feel fear at all. He was just upset that he had to lie on the floor.

"When did you stop calling me a snot boy, stupid old man!? Stop treating me like a child!" Said the angry Sanji.

"Si Sanji is that brash..."

"He didn't intend to help the owner, did he?"

"He took advantage of this circumstance to become a Baratie restaurant owner!"

The chefs accuse Sanji of being a no-no, but they are shocked when Sanji asks Gin.

"Gin, point the gun at me." Pinta Sanji was calm.

"Are you stupid?! You could die!" Said Luffy in surprise.

"Maybe." Say Sanji casually.

"Sanji-san, why?!" Ask Gin.

"If you really want to die, let me kill you with my hand. Don't move if you don't want your boss's head crushed." Said Pearl who had regained consciousness and then attacked Sanji.

Sanji was hit by Pearl's attack and thrown not far from where Gin and Zerf were.

"Sign! Damn you, I'll beat up ... " Shouted Luffy who was already preparing to deliver a blow to Pearl.

"Stop! Don't interfere!" Shouted Sanji.

"Promise, why don't you avoid it?!" Ask Luffy.

"If I dodge, he'll take the trigger off the gun." Sanji.

"Why? If you leave this restaurant, your lives will all be saved. That's easy, isn't it?" Ask Gin.

"This restaurant is the old man's precious treasure! I've taken everything from him, his strength, his dreams, so, I don't want the old man to lose anything anymore!" Sanji Clear.

Tanaka smiled at that and swallowed decided to help Zerf. He was waiting for the right moment to do it.

"This is not the time to tell that stupid story, stupid boy!" Said Zerf while looking at Sanji.

"Be quiet, how many times have I told you, don't call me a boy and treat him like that!" Shouted Sanji.

At that moment Pearl arrived behind Sanji and prepared to smash the two shields that were in both hands on Sanji's head.

"Sanji, watch out!" Shouting Patty.

Sanji then gets hit by Pearl again.

"Sign!" Luffy.

'Shit! I have to do it now." Think Tanaka.

As Pearl wanted to attack Sanji again by dropping himself on top of the chef's body, Tanaka pointed his hand towards Pearl who was in the air.

"It's so hard to do!" Said Tanaka who had difficulty using force force force on moving objects.

He had not been too adept at using force strength despite having practiced so much. But this was the first time he used force on a moving object so he needed high concentration to be able to withstand the movement of moving objects.

Moreover, the volume of the object is so large that it requires control of very extra force power to be successful.

"This is very different from holding the movement of bullets with the movement of living things like humans whose difference is quite significant." Think Tanaka.

"Damn it! You're a complete loser Gin!" Luffy said furiously.

"This is how we fight! It's all your fault! If you had given this ship away without a fight, none of this would have happened!" Shouted Gin.

Sanji seems to be trying to stand up after he falls, but his body is hit by Pearl falling on it.

"Sign!" Shouted Luffy and the chefs.

"Damn! I failed!" Said the upset Tanaka.

Pearl arrogantly smiled after doing that. However, he returns to being alert as Sanji tries to stand up again, even though his body has been hit by him.

"Why do you keep standing, Sanji-san?" Ask Gin.

"The old man sacrificed his legs to save my life. I'll never be able to pay back what he did." Sanji said and stood up. "I would risk my life for him too! To keep this restaurant standing as long as possible."

"That idiot, does he want to die?" Ask Patty.

"Well, nice words. But, this restaurant is about to close and from now on it turns into a pirate ship!" Say Pearl arrogantly.

Luffy looked very angry and extended his legs up.

"Stop that stupid idiot! Don't you deal with them!" Sanji tried to stop Luffy.

Luffy then slammed his foot into the fin of the restaurant so that the fin was crushed into pieces. He smiled after doing that.

"It's similar destroyed!"

"How dare the boy ruin it! Is he planning to destroy that ship?! Gin, smash Zeff's head! Do it!" Don Krieg's orders.

"But he saved us by giving us 100 meals!" Said the doubting Gin.

"Gin, you are!" The angry Don Krieg.

"Hey! I didn't attack you at all, I just broke the fins." Luffy said casually.

Tanaka just laughed at hearing that.

"Haha~ you are so great, captain! Praise Tanaka.

"Shi shi." Luffy Laughter.

"Hey servant boy, what do you think you've done?!" Ask Sanji.

"I'll drown him!" Luffy said calmly.

"What?!" Sanji was surprised.

"I'm going to sink this ship." Luffy said, to everyone's surprise, except for Tanaka.

"Don't joke!!!" Say them all.

"I don't understand what you're talking about. Are you crazy, insolent?!" Shouted the angry Sanji.

"If I destroy the ship, they have no reason to attack." Luffy replied innocently.

"A very simple solution for someone like Luffy." Thought Tanaka was smiling.

"Huh?! What do you know?! Do you understand my position? Do you understand the meaning of this restaurant?!" Sanji asked the angry one while clutching Luffy's shirt.

"So you're gonna die for this restaurant? Are you stupid or what?" Asked Luffy who was reminded of Shanks who had saved himself as a child.

"What did you say?!" Sanji asked angry

"Death is not the way to repay the kindness of others! He saved you not for that! Gaining mercy from death was something that the weak had to accept!" Obviously Luffy.

"Is there any other way to do it?!" Ask Sanji.

Sanji and Luffy continue to fight until Tanaka has to divorce them both.

"Of course there is, Sanji, live! That's how you repay the kindness of the man who saved your life." Tanaka said that made Sanji and Luffy look at her.

"He saved your life to see you alive, not dead." Tanaka Assert.

Luffy and Sanji then stopped fighting. At that moment Pearl will suddenly attack Sanji and Luffy but Gin quickly attacks Pearl and damages her shield.

"Why, Gin-san?" Ask Pearl.

"Sorry Pearl, you're bothering me." Answer Gin.

Not only that, Tanaka who was already annoyed with Pearl directly threw far into the sky with the force of his force and no one knew where he would fall.

"Haaa~ I feel so relieved after doing it." Said Tanaka while sighing in relief.

"Gin, do you want to betray us?!" Ask the angry Don Krieg.

"I'm sorry captain, he saved our lives. I don't want him to die this way. At least, at least let me kill him." Pinta Gin's.

Everyone, except Tanaka, is shocked by Gin's sudden actions.

"He easily destroyed the armor!" Patty.

"It's really very serious!" Said a chef.

Meanwhile, the confused Luffy, then he said, "Look, my plan that got them to fight each other has worked out well."

"lik! You just wanted to destroy this ship!" Shouted Sanji furiously.

"Hahaha~ you made a great plan captain!" Praise Tanaka, even though she knows that Luffy didn't make such a plan.

"Thank you, Tanaka, shi shi shi shi." Laughing at Luffy's joy.

"You don't support his lies!" Shouted Sanji who was angry at Tanaka.

Meanwhile, Don Krieg still does not accept what Gin did.

"Have you lost your mind, Commander of the fighting force, Gin?" Don Krieg was angry.

"The commander of the combat forces?" Ask Sanji.

"So he's not his guy?" Ask Patty.

"He can destroy the shield of the person just now, what kind of power does he have?" Ask Carne.

"Sign!" Call Gin distract Sanji from Luffy and Tanaka to her. "I want you to leave this ship unharmed. But that bike won't happen."

"Yes, you understand yourself. I can't let you take this restaurant even if I have to die." Sanji.

"Then I have to kill you with my hands." Firm Gin. "It will be my special honor to you"

"Thank you, but you'd better die." Sanji said as he lit his cigarette.

"You too, straw hat and the man beside you, better get out of this place, after your friends who have left earlier." Said Gin who was looking towards Luffy and Tanaka.

"No problem, I won't lose against a weakling like you." Luffy said casually.

"Try to defeat us, even if you can!" Pinta Tanaka calmly.

"Bad! How dare you say that to the Commander of our combat forces?!"

"Weak?! How dare you say that!"

"We are the strongest pirates in the East Blue, the Krieg Pirates!"

"Hahahaha~ the strongest pirate! Is that true?" Ask Tanaka who's not sure about it.

"Are you guys claiming to be strong just because you have so many members?" Asked Luffy which made the members of the Krieg Pirates even more furious.

"Ah, your words are so piercing." Sanji.

"That's a very sharp sentence like a sword, captain, pierced but not bleeding, hahaha~" Tanaka laughed.

"So I'm right, huh?" Ask Luffy.

Then the members of the Krieg Pirates will attack Luffy, but are held back by Tanaka with his force. He broke out a lot of sweat to hold back those many people.

"It's easier than doing it to Pearl in the air." Think Tanaka.

The members of the Krieg pirates were astonished and confused as their movements came to a halt like something was holding them back.

Moments later, Tanaka pushed them backwards so they were all mostly splashed into the ocean.

"What's going on?"

"Why are we being pushed?"

"Is that done by that guy?"

"He's also a devill fruit-eater, hasn't he floated before?"

The Krieg pirates talk to each other about what happened to them.

"What are you actually doing?" Sanji asked who was really curious.

"I'll tell you that you want to join us." Answer Tanaka.

"No need! I don't really want to know either." Decline Sanji.

"Sanji, actually what Tanaka did -" Luffy's remark was cut off because Tanaka asked him to shut up.

"Captain, don't tell him, I'm negotiating with Sanji for him to join us."

Luffy immediately closed his mouth for a moment and then said, "Yes, you should join us first, then I tell you what Tanaka is doing."

"No way!" Shouted Sanji.

Hearing the rejection made Luffy feel disappointed.

Don Krieg who was in his place was very angry because the plan to seize the Baratie restaurant ship had not been successfully done.

"Retreat!" Don Krieg's orders.

"Captain!"

"But..."

"If you are angry, it proves that you are weak. It will be seen who is really strong or weak. I'm here, you don't have to be afraid!" Obviously Don Krieg was arrogant.

"B ... Alright!!" Shouted the members of the pirate Krieg.

"Hey, kid! I will make you feel the power of the East Blue Sovereign. I'll teach you a lesson that the devil fruit or whatever it is won't work on me." Don Krieg Ejek.

"You're so noisy, yeah, I'll beat you up, that's all, I'll come, wait there!" Luffy Pinta.

"Well, between the two of us who's gonna be pirate king?" Ask Don Krieg.

Tanaka just laughed at the pointless question directed at Luffy.

"Of course Luffy will answer ... " Think Tanaka.

"Of course it's me!" Luffy replied casually.

Hearing that made Patty and the chefs instantly feel frustrated because Luffy had no desire to make Don Krieg happy.

"Why should I please him?" Asked Luffy innocently.

"Is that so? All right, you all get out of the way." Don Krieg's orders.

Krieg's pirate captain then showed him a shield with Krieg's pirate emblem of two hours of sand and Jolly Roger's skull.

Seeing his captain do that made Krieg's pirate crew panic.

"What's that?" Ask Luffy.

"He's gonna do a cunning fight." Think Tanaka.

"I will teach the dreamer boy about the true power of the strongest pirate in the east blue." Said Don Krieg who took out a cannon from the shield.

"If it's a cannonball, I'll be able to bounce it back." Luffy said casually.

"Unfortunately it's not an ordinary cannonball, but it's been modified." Think Tanaka.

Don Krieg told me he was going to fire a poisonous gas that shocked everyone.

"Please, captain, let me kill this man myself!" Pinta Gin's.

However, Don Krieg ignored Gin's request because he would do anything to win the fight.

"Don't I always tell you that I don't care about pride and sympathy, in a battle the end goal is only victory." Don Krieg.

Tanaka just stared at Don Krieg with an expressionless look at all. He was thinking of stopping the cannon shot by Don Krieg.

"If you inhale this poisonous gas, the poison will flow through your body very quickly and then end in a tragic death." Don Krieg.

"Look, it's not poison gas but a cannonball that contains a small, star-shaped projectile that explodes like a grenade." Think Tanaka.

Don Krieg fired the cannon from his shield at the restaurant.

The Krieg pirate crew immediately wear anti-toxic gas armor and some dive.

Luffy who saw that, immediately took action by kicking the cannonball.

"Luffy, stop!" Tanaka Pinta.

"If it's just poison gas, I just need to kick it into the ocean." Luffy.

Don Krieg smiled a grin as he looked at Luffy who wanted to kick the bullet.

"It's not poison gas!" Gin.

Tanaka was late in stopping Luffy because he had already run ignoring his warning.

With a quick movement, Tanaka pointed his hand at the cannonball and then deflected the path of the bullet towards the mast of the ship that had previously hit Pearl.

\*bummm~

The bullet exploded and ejected so many star-shaped projectiles. The star projectile hit several members of the pirates who did not dive because they were wearing anti-toxic gas armor.

"That's not poison gas?" Asked the surprised Luffy.

"Damn! What are you doing?" Don Krieg shouted at Tanaka because he had made his plan fail.

Tanaka ignored her, running towards Luffy and pinching his head.

"Ouch! What are you doing Tanaka?" Ask Luffy.

"That's a punishment for you, captain, for being indiscriminate." Said the angry Tanaka.

"If I hadn't changed the course, the star projectile would have hurt you, your body could have been injured even if it had become rubber." Tanaka.

"Shi shi shi, sorry and thank you for helping me, Tanaka." Luffy said with a loud laugh.

Tanaka let out a long sigh looking at the behavior of his captain. He thought his actions were right to stay together with Luffy.

"Hey, asshole! Don't ignore me, what have you done to my cannonballs?" Ask Don Krieg who is angry with Tanaka.

"Why should I tell you? You're nothing to me, so there's no need for me to tell you what I did just now." Tanaka.

Of course that made Don Krieg feel very angry.

"God, the captain and his members are both crazy! Why did they upset Don Krieg!" Patty.

"Gin! To finish that chef is your job. I'll take care of that idiot kid over there. Then for the man with that strange ability, I'll finish him off later." Don Krieg's orders.

"Understand, captain!" Answer Gin.

"Sorry Sanji, you won't be able to beat me." Gin.

"Hahaha, you must be kidding me, keep your word jerk!" Reply Sanji.

Gin advances to attack Sanji, where Sanji kicks Gin, but Gin can avoid him.

"It's all because of that chef!"

"That's right!"

"When commander Gin holds his weapon, it means he will fight seriously."

"The name is, devil."

"No matter his opponent would cry or scream, he would torture him to death. He was a demon who had no pity whatsoever."

The members of the pirate Krieg comment on the fight and feel sorry for Sanji who is fighting the commander of the Krieg pirate battle force, Gin.

Gin then floated his weapon which Sanji also avoided.

Sanji kicks Gin again, but Gin quickly raises his gun and holds Sanji's neck with his weapon.

"Sign!" Call the worried Luffy.

"Don't I warn you, you can't beat me. See you, accept your defeat." Gin.

Gin then raised his weapon in his other hand. But Sanji throws his cigarette at Gin's forehead so that Gin's attack darts and Sanji can escape.

The chef kicked Gin in the face, but the commander of the fighting force also threw his gun into Sanji's stomach.

They both then both sprawled.

"The chef managed to kick Gin-san."

"Don't Gin-san have also been defeated."

"Bas stupid, where have you been all this time? Gin is a cold-blooded demon I trust. That's why I gave him the post of Fleet Commander. He'll show you who he is." Don Krieg.

Gin stood up and Sanji stood up as well.

"Is that Sanji okay?" Ask Patty.

"He won't be fine after receiving the shield man's attack, at least 5-6 of his ribs have been broken." Answer Carne.

"He's fine, even though his body is injured he'll be fine because he's one of the trio members of the monster in the straw hat pirate." Thought Tanaka who saw Sanji and Gin fight.

"Your gun's not as good as I thought. Is that all that a Fleet Commander can do?" Ask Sanji.

At that moment Luffy saw Don Krieg set his sights on Sanji and Gin's fight.

"Yosh, now I have a chance to beat him up!" Luffy then ran towards Don Krieg.

Tanaka who saw Luffy running on the mast of the ship belonging to the pirate ship Krieg immediately scoffed at the captain.

"Suckers! Just taking his eyes off him he was already acting reckless again, you stupid captain!" Tanaka.

Don Krieg noticed Luffy running on the pole.

"Don't be too confident." Don Krieg then damaged the connecting pole and fired a large nail bullet at Luffy.

"Damn it, big nails!" Shouted Luffy who was running back with a few big nail bullets darted past him.

A large nail stuck in the left thigh of the back. Luffy felt pain and his feet on the pole immediately slipped so that he would fall into the sea.

"Truly a very troublesome captain!" Tanaka said that he immediately pulled Luffy towards him so that he would not fall into the sea.

Tanaka immediately helped Luffy to pull out the big nail with a cry of Luffy in pain.

"This is the result if you take reckless actions!" Said the angry Tanaka.

"Shi shi shi, thank you Tanaka." Said Luffy who laughed loudly.

Seeing her innocent attitude it made Tanaka unable to scold her anymore so all she could do was sigh.

Tanaka immediately tore off a small part of her clothes to bandage the wound received by Luffy to keep her blood from continuing to come out.

"Bad you are, are you seriously fighting with me?!" Ask Luffy.

"Seriously fighting? That's just a hassle." Don Krieg's. "For me, the most important thing is the strategy to kill the opponent as soon as possible, that's the point of the real fight"

"How to fight like you do is like a monkey!" Don Krieg's.

"You're right, my captain is acting like a monkey ... " Tanaka said as he looked at Don Krieg with a sigh but then he said with a contemptuous look. "But it would be even more shameful to have someone defeated by someone who is considered like a monkey and that person is you!"

"Yes, don't insult the monkey, you'll get beat up!" Luffy said innocently as he mocked Don Krieg like a child.

"Well, keep him, commander!"

"Hahaha, all his bones must have been broken!"

"Kill him!"

Shouted the members of the pirate Krieg who looks happy to see Sanji destroyed sadistically by Gin.

Luffy, Tanaka and Don Krieg return to watch Sanji and Gin fight.

This time Sanji was attacked by Gin so sadistically that he coughed with blood on the floor.

"Sign!" Call Luffy.

The chefs were worried to see Sanji's state.

"For Sanji to have been injured in the previous fight he was easily beaten without being able to fight."

"Sanji's been beaten by that gun 10 times."

Meanwhile, Sanji who was already severely injured still did not show his defeat.

"That's just the prowess of your toothpicks! You make me laugh" Sanji said with a grinning grin.

"I'll finish you right now! Don't fight anymore..." Said Gin then attacked Sanji with his weapon again but Sanji swiftly dodged his attack.

"What the fuck?! You want to pity me?!" Sanji asked and then threw a kick that hit Gin's back. "Don't underestimate me!"

Sanji collapsed because his body could no longer stand up or move.

Tanaka quickly approached Sanji to check his wound.

"It's bad! A lot of broken ribs." Thought Tanaka was examining Sanji's body.

"Tanaka watch!"

Gin who had risen to his feet immediately kicked Tanaka to the side.

The kick caused Tanaka a lot of pain and there were some bones in the right part of his chest that felt cracked.

Although her body will return to normal as usual, but still it is very painful for Tanaka.

Gin then holds Sanji's neck and wants to hit Sanji's head with his gun.

"Bad..." Said Sanji who was ready to take the blow of the weapon that might make him die immediately.

Tanaka who saw that immediately pointed his hand at Gin to stop him.

Suddenly, Gin cried.

"I can't.I can't, captain! I can't kill him, I can't do it, captain!" Shouted Gin.

"What did you say?!" Ask Don Krieg.

"This is my first time. No one has ever treated me that well. So I can't kill this guy!" Reveal Gin while his head bowed down.

"Bas a coward!" Said Don Krieg who was angry. "You're really disappointing, Gin! I always believed you were my most trusted crew and you were the one who led Krieg's pirate army always to victory"

Gin paused for a moment and then said, "I understand, I didn't mean to betray you. I don't think what we've been doing all this time was a mistake." Gin.

"I still respect your power and your pirates. I'm really glad you believed in my power. And acknowledge me as Commander of Krieg's pirate battle army, that's why I'm following your orders. But, but I can't kill him!" Clearly Gin was feeling guilty for not being able to obey his captain's orders.

"Captain, can we just leave this ship and forget our plans here?" Gin asked as he looked at Don Krieg.

Of course the actions and requests made the members of the Krieg pirates surprised and they were confused by what happened to their commander.

"You! Not only did you defy my orders, now you want to come up with a crazy idea too?!" Don Krieg was angry. "It's disappointing that kindness and sympathy, I hate both of those things the most. Didn't I say that often?! Move aside, all of you!"

Don Krieg then prepared his weapon on the shield and pointed it towards the restaurant.

"Captain, that..." Gin.

"M-MH5H!"

"This time the captain will actually unleash the strongest poison gas weapon!"

"What?!" Sanji Sahut.

"Toxic gas?!" Ask Luffy.

"Ah, the protective mask!"

"Quick wear protective masks!"

"Hurry now! We're gonna die too!

There was panic in Krieg's pirate crew, the chefs, Luffy and Tanaka because Don Krieg would actually release a poison gas bullet.

"Using such weapons..."

"You're really mean!"

"Do you know what happens if you use that?!"

"Stop messing around with useless things! This is a battle! Victory is the most important. Fought cheating, cunning, what's wrong? It is the power that is most true." Don Krieg's.

"No matter what we do, results are everything. Using poison gas or whatever, the most important thing is victory. That's power!" Don Krieg's.

"Truly a cruel man!" Sanji.

Gin then took out his protective mask.

"Dump that protective mask! You are no longer a member of the pirate Krieg! Die you!" Don Krieg's orders.

Luffy quickly ran towards Don Krieg.

"I'm not gonna let you fire that poison gas!" Shouted Luffy.

"Stop babbling, boy!" Don Krieg said as he fired his bullet which made Luffy try to avoid him.

Tanaka looked at Luffy who was moving under the pole like a cockroach and it made him laugh.

Don Krieg, however, destroyed the mast, causing Luffy to fall back into the sea.

Tanaka quickly pulled back Luffy so as not to fall into the sea.

Seeing that, of course, Don Krieg became even more angry.

"You really make me angry! I will destroy your body and make it fish food!" Threatening Don Krieg to Tanaka.

The one who was threatened only ignored Don Krieg while giving a grim smile.

"Damn! Gin, you don't have to listen to weak people like that anymore! I'll beat him up now!" Said Luffy who was already near Tanaka.

"Don't insult Don Krieg! He's the strongest man, you can't beat him." Pinta Gin's.

"Be aware, you fool, he wants to kill you!" Sanji.

"Of course, I couldn't fulfill my duty and got caught up in my own feelings. This is a reward for what I've done." Gin then threw away his protective mask.

"Gin!" Luffy.

"Why, why?!" Sanji.

"In the end you showed your pride yes, but it was too late. Die with that chef! Deadly Poisonous Gas Explosion, MH5!" Said Don Krieg while releasing a poison gas bullet..

Tanaka quickly pulled out four protective masks used by Krieg's pirate crew that were at sea.

"You guys, put this on!" Tanaka said while throwing protective masks at Luffy, Gin and Luffy.