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Every year when Garp came back, she would bring the navy to her tavern, and the people that Garp introduced every time were mostly mature and held the highest positions among the remaining soldiers.
And this time it is indeed a young man. Doesn't it mean that he is the highest-ranking officer other than Garp despite his young age?
Although he was curious, Makino did not ask any further questions. Instead, he went into the back room and started preparing ingredients.
Dawn directed the soldiers to disembark and rest while saying to Garp, "Old man, we'll rest in Windmill Village for a while, and then go around and catch some pirates nearby, and we'll come pick you up later."
Dawn naturally knew that every time Garp went back, he would visit his grandson alone in secret, and he also supported Ace.
Since Garp has so many enemies on the sea, it is natural that the more secretive the better. Every time Garp goes back, he is alone.
So without Garp having to speak, Dawn took the initiative to speak. Anyway, Ace and Luffy were babies now and it would be useless to go there.
Even if you want to play JJ, the future Pirate King, for fun, you have to wait until he can remember things before doing such a thing. By then, the future Pirate King's dark history will be firmly in his hands for the rest of his life. Dawn wants to laugh just thinking about it.
Garp nodded and grinned, "We can talk about going out to sea after we have rested enough. Makino's cooking skills are very good, so eat more today."
"Then I'm looking forward to it. Lately, it's all fish and sea kings at sea. I almost vomited after eating so much." After hearing what Cap said, Dawn couldn't help but look forward to Makino's cooking skills.
"Daoen, is this the East China Sea?" baby-5 ran in from outside and pulled Daoen and asked.
Baby-5 had been with the Don Quixote family before, either on the ship or on the chaotic island where all kinds of people lived. She fell in love with the quiet little village of Windmill Village at first sight.
"Ah, this is just the Windmill Village of the Goa Kingdom in the East China Sea." Dawn explained with a smile as he looked at Baby-5 who was gradually becoming more cheerful.
"I have already been preparing dinner for you, and I arrived just in time for you to arrive. Please try this curry I made." Makino brought over two servings of curry.
Seeing Baby-5, Makino couldn't help but praise, "What a cute little girl, did she come with Dawn and the others?"
Makino showed a sunny smile, looking at baby-5 wearing a loose training suit with fondness, and the kind-hearted girl quickly became friends with baby-5.
Dawn looked at Baby-5 in front of him, still wearing clothes that didn't fit him well, and couldn't help but slap his forehead and looked at Makino:
"Ms. Makino, could you please take Baby-5 to buy some clothes when you have time? We had to make do with our spare clothes when we were on the warship."
"No problem, I'll take her there after you've finished your meal. Although the village is small, there are still places to buy clothes." When Makino heard Dawn's request, she readily agreed.
Makino looked at Baby-5 and patted her head and said, "Hurry up and eat. After dinner we will go shopping for clothes."
"Yeah." Baby-5 nodded with joy on her face. When she was on the boat before, there was no clothes suitable for her, so she could only cut off the long parts and tie up the loose parts.
Now when she heard Dawn asking Miss Makino to take her clothes shopping, she was happy and touched by Dawn's thoughtfulness. This was something she had never experienced before.
Due to the large number of navy personnel, Makino did not stay long and soon went to make peace.
"Okay, let's eat quickly. I heard from Mr. Cap that Miss Makino's cooking skills are very good." Feeling the grateful gaze of the little maid, Dawn smiled and put the curry and rice in the spoon into his mouth.
"Hmm! Delicious!" Dawn's eyes lit up as he felt the delicious taste on the tip of his tongue.
I have to say that the curry made by Makino tastes really good, and the rice also has a light fragrance, which complements the sauce made from a variety of spices.
In the previous life, he would never let himself be wronged by eating Dawn. After all, it was the only fun in his life as a mechanical gear.
However, living alone means that you need to cook by yourself, but the quantity cannot be too much, so one or two dishes each time is the limit otherwise you won’t be able to finish them.
So in comparison, curry is a delicious and convenient food that is easy to make.
In his previous life, Dawn bought a lot of curry cubes and curry powder from various brands, and would ask his colleagues to bring some back when they traveled abroad, but none of them tasted as good as the one made by Makino.
According to Dawn's understanding of curry, most curries are made with turmeric as the main ingredient, plus a variety of spices such as star anise, cumin, cloves, mustard seeds and so on.
As for vegetables, it depends on personal taste. Common ones are made with potatoes, carrots, onions, chicken, beef, etc.
The taste of Makino is obviously sweet curry, and the texture is softer, as if fruit puree was added to make the taste softer.
"Ms. Makino's curry is so delicious!"
"Miss Makino, another one please!"
"I'll have another one too!"
Looking at Makino's busy but sunny figure, Baby-5 finished her curry and jumped off the stool and walked towards the kitchen at the back.
Baby-5 looked at the busy Makino and said, "Sister Makino, let me help."
Maginot looked at baby-5 and smiled and said, "Thank you, can you please help me bring the curry to Mr. Navy who needs curry outside?"
"Yeah." Baby-5 nodded, and skillfully served the prepared curry plate by plate to the people who were shouting for more.
As a reserve soldier at the bottom of the Don Quixote family, Baby-5 has done a lot of these odd jobs, not to mention because of her personality.
But now baby-5 feels that the same actions she once took have completely changed.
The thank you in the mouths of those people and the malice in their eyes formed a strong contrast with their cheerful smiles now.
Serving plate after plate of curry to the navy soldiers and looking at their kind smiles, Baby-5 felt that the thank yous from the mouths of those who had asked her to do things were filled with twisted malice.
After collecting the used plates and putting them in the sink, Baby-5 came to Makino and pulled her clothes: "Sister Makino, the curry you make is delicious. Can you teach me how to make it?"
"Of course. Do you like cooking? Do you want to be a chef in the future?" Makino asked with a smile as he looked at Baby-5 who had a pleading look on her face.
"Well, Dawn said he wanted a chef companion who knows how to cook." Baby-5 looked at Dawn who was still eating curry in the distance, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but lift up.
"If you want to capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach." Makino couldn't help but tease when she heard Baby-5's words.
"No, I just want to repay Dawn." Baby-5 explained shyly but seriously.
Thank you for bringing me true warmth and a home, instead of being the place that once used to exploit me with malicious intent.
Seeing the serious expression of the girl in front of him, Makino couldn't help but rubbed baby-5's head and said with a smile, "Let's go, I won't be busy now, let's go shopping for clothes."
"Ok!"
Chapter 140 The Pirates’ Plan
The ocean in the East China Sea is mild, and compared to the weather on the Grand Route, the climate here is traceable.
As long as you sail in the East China Sea for a period of time, you will feel the gentleness of the East China Sea.
Although there are some severe weather conditions such as storms, the East China Sea is generally mild.
At least every time a weather condition comes, there will be signs of its approaching arrival, and these are also the happiest days for the navigators on the warship.
Don't even worry about the impact of bad weather on the ship.
For the helmsman who has been sailing on the Grand Line for many years, facing this normal climate is like returning to the novice village, and he can easily deal with this small difficulty.
It's not like in the Grand Line, where even steering the ship is nerve-wracking.
In general, the weather in the East China Sea is very comfortable for sailing, not to mention that the strength of those pirates is very weak compared to those on the Grand Line, so it can be said to be an easy voyage after all.
At this time, it has been a week since Dawn and others arrived in the East China Sea.
This week, the navy, led by Dawn, had nothing to do but sail and fish, arriving at one island after another aimlessly, and attacking one pirate after another that they encountered or docked on a certain coast.
They were originally elites selected by the Navy Headquarters, and with Dawn's auxiliary ability, even if Dawn just lay there without taking any action, just activating his halo could make the pirates cry for their parents.
After all, there are not many strong pirates in the East China Sea because old man Garp suppressed a group of them before.
The pirates were wiped out one after another. Only a few lucky ones either fell into the water due to serious injuries or jumped into the sea when they saw the situation was not good and survived. The rest were basically killed without any prisoners.
After all, the difference in strength is too big. With Dawn's enhancement plus the soldiers' original strength, coming to the East China Sea is basically the same as a big character going to the novice village to fight monsters.
For a moment, everyone in the East China Sea pirate group was in danger. Such a powerful opponent naturally needed to be investigated, and Dawn, who was lying there assisting the soldiers, naturally attracted many eyes.
In addition, Dawn and his crew did not deliberately hide their tracks, so many intelligence dealers changed to legitimate merchant ships and followed Dawn from a distance, watching him destroy one pirate ship after another and finding out a lot of information about Dawn.
For a time, undercurrents surged in the East China Sea.
....
Mouse Island.
This is a deserted island in the East China Sea. Later, when the pirate era came, it gradually became an underground gathering place, where pirates conducted transactions or were hired by some countries to help them do some shady things.
Over time, the originally nameless island became Rat Island, referring to the rats that live in dark places and cannot stand the light.
At this moment, most of the pirates in the East China Sea gathered here. They came here with only one purpose, which was to respond to Dawn and his group's crazy attack on pirates.
Most of those who can sit here have the secret support of the country behind them, and they have more than just one pirate group under their command. Even some famous pirate groups are just a force under them.
After all, the other party has already threatened their own safety, and some of their pirate groups have been directly wiped out. This is intolerable to them. If this continues, they will be left alone.
Therefore, the prominent pirate leaders in the East China Sea began to consciously gather together to eliminate the source of this incident.
"Bagu, I believe everyone present here knows why I called you here this time. Even if there are any grudges in the past, let's put them aside for now, how about that?"
Bagu is a middle-aged man with a rough appearance. His severed right hand is not equipped with a traditional pirate hook, but instead with a sword, and he has an eyepatch on his left eye.
But everyone knows that the eye under the blindfold is intact, and it is only worn to prevent the loss of vision in a sudden event.
Furthermore, the scars all over his body and the burn marks on his face make him look very ferocious, giving people the impression that he is a "serious pirate".
"Since Brother Bago is the leader, naturally we have to give him face." A fat man with a fat face sitting on a chair responded. This guy controls the underground transactions in the East China Sea and has abundant funds.
"No objection. They have attacked a lot of pirates recently. I believe our names have reached their ears. I'm afraid it won't be long before they target us."
A woman holding a folding fan half covering her face spoke.
"In that case, Annie, as the biggest intelligence chief in the East China Sea, please introduce us to this uninvited guest from the Navy Headquarters." The fat man looked at the beautiful woman with a lewd smile.
The beautiful young woman whose name sounded like a good girl gave the fat man a coquettish look and said:
"The people on this ship are elite soldiers who came from the Navy Headquarters. We don't know their specific purpose, but we can be sure that they are well-trained and cannot be compared to the pirates under our command."
"Where is their leader? The guy who seems to be the user of a devil fruit. Once circles appear under the feet of those soldiers, their combat power will increase significantly. I have lost quite a few people." Bagu asked with gritted teeth, feeling a pain in his heart when he thought of his lost subordinates.
"It is speculated that it is a kind of superhuman devil fruit, which can bless them and significantly increase their strength. However, it seems that it cannot work on himself. He has not made a move and does not know the opponent's strength."
At this point, even though the three of them were well-known figures in the East China Sea, they couldn't help but become serious. How powerful is this man whose soldiers are so strong?
If the opponent's subordinates are so strong, how strong should you be?
The atmosphere was a little solemn for a moment, but the fat man sitting next to him quickly spoke to comfort himself:
"You don't have to worry too much. What if the opponent's ability can only work on others? Maybe the opponent's strength is not strong at all."
"That is indeed possible. I also heard that the other party seems to be a new recruit from the Navy Headquarters." Annie added after hearing the fat man's self-consolation.
After hearing Annie's news, the fat man said disdainfully: "New recruits? They probably haven't experienced combat and don't dare to go to the battlefield, so they are only responsible for using their abilities to assist the soldiers in combat."
"No matter what, we can't let the navy from the Navy Headquarters go on like this. We must immediately gather our pirate groups and annihilate them! We must let the Navy of the East China Sea know who they cannot mess with!" Bagu said with a grim smile.
"That's exactly what we need to do. Otherwise, others will think we are no match for the navy and might even want to replace us." The greasy-faced fat man echoed.
"Since we have decided to take action, we must use our strongest force to completely defeat him. The troops should be mixed together as before, and then I will be in unified command. This time I will do it myself!" Bagu said proudly.