The Explorer of the Universe
22

Luffy and Don Krieg are in one of the ruins of the Krieg pirate ship which is quite extensive. This is certainly an advantage for Luffy who does not have to worry about falling into the sea.

"This move is more than enough. With a foothold this wide, I can freely beat you." Luffy said with a smile even though his body was completely scarred and slightly charred by the explosion.

"Hmm?" Don Krieg looks around.

"With the spear's eyes destroyed, it was just an explosive stick. His strength is half." Said Luffy who was still smiling.

There was no fear at all towards Don Krieg even though he had already been in the explosion several times before.

"You think so, huh?" Ask Don Krieg.

"Of course, as long as there are no sharp objects, the body won't be injured because I'm a rubber man!" Luffy said confidently.

"An explosive stick, isn't that good too? Seeing your condition like that, you've been hit by a lot of my attacks." Don Krieg is still on the wind.

"With your condition like that, it's obvious that you're just bullshit!" Don Krieg's.

"I'm not bullshit." Deny Luffy.

Meanwhile Sanji, Zerf and Tanaka are still paying attention to Luffy's fight which looks unfavorable to Luffy.

"Woward is right! His body had already received many attacks from those cowardly secret weapons, no matter how strong his body was ... " Obviously Sanji.

"You're wrong, even though he has a lot of secret weapons, he won't be able to defeat that servant boy, he has something that will make the person fighting him become frightened." Deny Zerf.

Sanji was confused by Zerf's words. Meanwhile Tanaka just nodded his head.

Zerf then explained the meaning of his words. "In a pirate fight, the one who fears death will always be the loser."

"But it would be a very terrible thing for a person who gains an opponent who is not afraid of death, is that what you mean, Zerf sir?" Tanaka Sahut.

The owner of the restaurant looked at Tanaka for a moment and then nodded his head. "Yes, a person who is not afraid of death will always do something crazy and that's what the servant boy has, he looks not afraid of death."

Sanji was silent at Tanaka and Zerf's conversation. He had never seen anyone who was not afraid of death.

Sanji also faced death when he was trapped on a remote island that had no food and drink. At that moment he felt the fear of death.

Tanaka smiled and said, "Actually, the captain is not unafraid of death, but he just doesn't think about it because all he has in mind is to be the pirate king." Tanaka.

Don Krieg gives Luffy orders that he won't do.

"Give up, when you dare to challenge this Don Krieg, your death is certain!" Don Krieg's orders.

"I'm not going to die!" Luffy said and then poked his tongue out.

Don Krieg again attacked Luffy who Luffy easily avoided. He jumped up and then stretched his hand to hold on to the mast of the ship that had not been broken.

"Hey, I'm here!" Eject Luffy.

"Basic monkey!" Don Krieg was upset, then broke the mast that Luffy used to hang. "He keeps jumping!"

Luffy immediately threw the broken pole at Don Krieg, but Don Krieg quickly destroyed it using fire.

"How many weapons does he have?" Ask Sanji.

Luffy then lashed a punch at Don Krieg continuously.

"Gomu gomu gatling gun." Shouted Luffy.

"Basic weak! Your punch is very weak, not comparable to this armor! Not even a little crooked." Ejek Don Krieg who smiled cynically.

Luffy did not care and continued to lash out one very hard punch again at Don Krieg.

"Gomu gomu jet gun!"

At that moment, Don Krieg felt a pain sensation in his stomach and almost expelled the liquid from his mouth.

"Bas stubborn!" Shouted Don Krieg while throwing Luffy's body. "Free! Free! Just free! This armor won't break even if hundreds of monkeys hit it!"

"I think there's a little more to stay." Luffy, ignoring Don Krieg's words, looked at the pirate captain Krieg and stood up, but there was no more where he was. "He's gone."

"I'm here!" Said Don Krieg while standing on one of the pillars of the ship that is still intact. "Look, I have the greatest power and the greatest weapon! The strong will win, the strong will live!"

Don Krieg throws several bombs to destroy the wreckage of the ship Luffy used to stand on.

"And that man is me!" Luffy then launched an attack on Don Krieg by running on the pole and extending his hand to the back.

"Gomu gomu bazooka!" Shouted Luffy.

Don Krieg also attacks Luffy but fails to hit Luffy. Luffy's attack hit Don Krieg.

"No effect, this is all you can do!" Ask Don Krieg who was thrown up and then fell down due to gravity.

Don Krieg did not realize that his armour was beginning to show a rift.

"Your body has reached its limit! You won't be able to fight me anymore, hahaha~" said Don Krieg who is quite confident.

Luffy jumped while re-expanding his hands back to give a very hard punch effect on Don Krieg's body.

"What?!" Don Krieg.

Luffy launched an attack that left Don Krieg's armor shattered.

Tanaka smiled grinningly looking at that. "The fight is over." holding Luffy's straw hat and sighing in relief.

"Good, you did it, lackey boy!"

"I'm the winner!" Luffy said with a smile.

"Don't be arrogant, boy!" Don Krieg.

"Huh, he's alive!" Ask Luffy.

Don Krieg throws a net at Luffy to pull Luffy into the water.

"Are you able to escape from that iron net?!" Don Krieg asked and laughed. "Your fall into the ocean is the end of everything, little boy! In the end, I was the one laughing!"

Luffy then pulled his hands and feet out of the net. "If my hands and feet can come out, I'm the one who wins!" Luffy said and twisted his body like a.

"When the conditions are unfavorable, why doesn't he retreat?" Think Sanji.

"Sanji, look carefully at the boy, you will be able to learn a lot from him." Pinta Zerf while staring at Luffy who still remained against despite the situation not favoring him.

"You can no longer underestimate that boy like before." Zerf.

Desperate Don Krieg orders his troops to attack Luffy.

However, Sanji and Tanaka certainly did not remain silent. The two of them immediately blocked the pirate Krieg members who wanted to attack Luffy with a bow.

"Don't interrupt the captain's fight!" Said Tanaka who used his force, flying several swords towards the pirate Krieg.

While Sanji beat two members of the pirate Krieg and stood on their faces while giving a threat.

Don't interfere! Or do you want to die!?" Threaten Sanji.

Luffy attacked Don Krieg by slamming his head into the side porch of Baratie's restaurant very loudly.

"Gomu gomu hammer!" Shouted Luffy.

With the attack, Luffy and Don Krieg are knocked out.

But Luffy's condition was not good, he was still stuck in the net and also fell into the sea.

"Sign! I'll just drop this straw hat for a second." Said Tanaka who gave Luffy's straw hat to Sanji and quickly dived to help Luffy.

"Bas on a troublesome captain!" Think Tanaka.

He manages to get Luffy out of the net and brings Luffy's body to the surface.

Tanaka immediately inhaled a lot of air.

"Luffy, wake! Captain!" Tanaka said as he patted Luffy's cheek to get him up, but Luffy didn't wake up either.

He immediately took Luffy to the Baratie. "Luffy, open your eyes! Luffy!"

I did CPR on Luffy to get him up by pressing on his chest.

Suddenly, Luffy's mouth spurted the water inside his body like a fountain and he opened his eyes.

"I'm still alive! I thought it was dead!" Luffy said casually.

"You really are a troublesome captain!" Tanaka.

"Shi shi shi, thank you, Tanaka, you saved me." Luffy said while waking up.

Tanaka just sighed, then put Luffy's straw hat on his head.

"Don't die before you become a pirate king!" Tanaka.

Luffy suddenly just lay back and closed his eyes as well as snoring.

'Sleep, you must be tired, good job captain!' Thought Tanaka while looking at the vast ocean.

"I am the strongest! I will win, no one will be able to destroy my power!" Said Don Krieg who was unconscious.

"He's alive?"

"How can you?"

"What should we do?"

"We can't possibly win against him!"

There was a commotion among the chefs.

Meanwhile, Krieg's pirate crew finds it difficult to appease his captain.

"Captain, please stop!"

"Hold him, he's even unconscious!"

"I'll win!" Don Krieg.

"Please stop, captain!"

Members of the Krieg Pirates tried to restrain Don Krieg's body.

"I will win with my strength!" Don Krieg.

Don Krieg then released the hands of his members who tried to hold his body.

"I have to win! I am the strongest man!" Don Krieg.

Gin who appeared in front of Don Krieg directly hit Don Krieg's stomach which made him fall back on Gin's shoulders.

"Captain, we've lost." Gin.

"Commander of combat troops!!"

"Let's stand down with honor and start all over again. Thanks for everything, Sanji." Gin.

"Yes, don't ever come back." Sanji.

"Sanji and you, when she wakes up later, please tell her this. We'll meet again at the Grand Line." Gin.

"You..." Sanji.

"When I think about it, there's only one thing I want to do. Without me noticing, Don Krieg's ambition has become mine as well." Gin said and then he coughed. "Maybe my life only lasts a few more hours. Really stupid to have ambition but I'll be dead in a few hours."

"But this time, I will do it with my determination and my path. Then, there's nowhere else to run for me." Firm Gin.

"The devotion I've been giving to the captain, it turns out, I'm just hiding behind his big name. I understand that I don't have to be afraid of anything stupid anymore. Like being afraid of the enemy and afraid of being harmed by the enemy, I learned everything from the boy." Gin.

Sanji is silent for a moment and then asks Patty and Carne for something that appears after Gin.

"Patty's! The carne! Give him the boat we used to shop!" Sanji Pinta.

"Nani?! Are you stupid?!" Patty Saying.

"Why should we give our ship to pirates?!" Carne.

"Then how do we shop later, you idiot?!" Patty Saying.

"He's right, just let them swim!" Carne.

"Just give it up!" Pinta Sanji with a shout

"I understand." Carne.

"No need to yell at us." Patty Saying.

"Well, fine, we'll give it to you!" Said the two of them while entering the restaurant and grumbled secretly without being noticed by Sanji.

Then all the members of the Don Krieg Pirates boarded the ship.

"Until now why am I hesitant and worried? When I think about it, I feel so stupid." Gin said and got on the boat. "Good see you, thanks for the boat. We don't have to give it back, do we?"

"Yes, if you dare return it just do it, losers." Sanji.

"That's right, keep this all right! This place is Baratie's restaurant, where the fighting chefs are!" Patty Saying.

"Yes!!" Say those chefs.

"Truly a scary restaurant." Gin said with a smile.

Then the Krieg Pirates left. Tanaka and Sanji stared at the sleeping Luffy.

"Sanji, can you take Luffy to let him rest inside and get treatment?" Ask Luffy.

"Why don't you do it yourself? He's your captain." Ask Sanji.

"I'm pretty tired right now." Answer Tanaka reasoned.

"You think I'm not tired either?" Sanji asked who stood up and carried Luffy on his back.

He walked into the restaurant leaving Tanaka alone.

"Ck, you tsundere!" Think Tanaka.

He immediately followed her while carrying Luffy's straw hat. Sanji then lays Luffy on the bed and Tanaka puts Luffy's straw hat on top of him.

Tanaka looked at the contents of the room with a picture frame of Sanji and Zeff on the wall.

"Zeff really is like a parent to Sanji." Thought Tanaka even though she saw in the photo there was no familiar at all.

"Is there a P3K box?" Ask Tanaka.

"Wait, I'll get it." Said Sanji who came out of the room and a few minutes later he came back with the first aid medical box.

Tanaka also began treating the wounds on Luffy's body with a potluck because he did not know too much about medical treatment.

When she finished, Tanaka looked at Sanji.

"Promise, don't you also rest and get treatment?" Ask Tanaka.

No need, I'm fine." Answer Sanji.

Tanaka just nodded his head because his own person said so. He is neither a doctor nor a medical professional so there is no obligation for him to force Sanji to rest and get medical treatment.

Tanaka then stood on the balcony of Sanji's room and stared at the vast ocean. At that moment he remembered Usopp, Zoro and the others who were chasing after Nami.

"Have they made it to Nami's hometown island? We have to go to the island and defeat Arlong. It's been enough for Nami to suffer since she was a child until now." Tanaka thought while staring at the ocean.

"Hey, why did you join him?" Sanji's question made Tanaka look at him.

"I'm not hey, but Tanaka Syahputra, just call Tanaka." Answer Tanaka.

"Whatever, answer quickly!" Sanji Pinta.

Tanaka sighed and then said. "I just wanted to travel to different places in the world and I happened to meet him who was looking for his pirate crew and I decided to join because I thought I was going to have an adventure pretty good with him.

"That's all?" Ask Sanji.

Tanaka nodded his head. "Yes, what are you thinking?" Ask Tanaka.

"No, I didn't expect you to be a pirate just for being adventurous." Sanji.

"Promise, don't underestimate a person's dream, Everyone has his dream that he wants to achieve, even though the dream is considered small and useless to others, but it is his dream." Tanaka.

Tanaka looked at Sanji for a moment and then asked, "Didn't you have a dream you want to achieve?"

Sanji was silent and he walked towards the balcony of his room, staring at the vast ocean.

"There ... I want to find all blue, where all kinds of sea creatures gather, it's a paradise for chefs." Sanji Clear.

"Why are you still here? Why don't you go find that place?" Ask Tanaka.

Sanji did not answer the question immediately. He looked at the blue sea with a clear sky.

"There's still something I need to do here." Answer Sanji.

Tanaka looked at Sanji again and then said, "Does that have anything to do with the owner of this restaurant?"

Sanji nods his head and then he tells her about his tragic past and Tanaka listens carefully even though he already knows.