Chapter 616 Big Banquet (2)
East China Sea, Barbary Island.
The Zhonghua Restaurant is also packed with customers today and is very lively.
The Zhonghua Restaurant is very famous in this sea, and countless guests come here from other places to eat every day.
It has boosted the local economy and development of the island.
Inside the spacious kitchen on the second floor.
Paparo, wearing a white chef uniform, is like other chefs.
The love for cooking is evident on her face as she stirs the delicious food dancing in the pan.
When the delicious food is flipped out of the pot, it shines with golden light.
"Amazing! As expected of Chef Paparo, his cooking skills are so perfect that the dishes shine!"
A chef exclaimed,
"Hahaha, come on, sooner or later, you will reach this level."
The chef who was arranging the food nearby said with a smile.
Just when the kitchen was bustling with activity, a waiter hurriedly ran to the kitchen door and stopped the car.
In his hand he held an invitation.
"Chef! The Navy invites us to a grand banquet. Here is the invitation they just gave us!"
The waiter's shout made the chefs silent for a moment, and they all looked towards the door.
Without looking at the people outside the door, Paparo shouted to the chefs, "Focus, you idiots! Stop looking around while you're cooking."
"Yes! Chef Paparo!"
After Paparo plated the dishes, the waiter immediately brought them out.
Then Paparo dried his hands with a towel and walked towards the guy who came to deliver the message.
He reached out and took the letter handed to him by the waiter. After opening the envelope, he took out a very solemn invitation letter from it.
Paparo read it out in a voice that everyone could hear in the huge kitchen.
After the poem was read, the whole kitchen was in an uproar and people were very excited.
"Great! It's an invitation to the party!"
"Moreover, every chef who participates in the banquet will receive a chef's medal of honor and a certificate!"
"In this case,
If I don’t have this honor in the future, I will be embarrassed to say that I am an excellent chef.
After all, as a chef, I have never participated in such a historic banquet. "
"Yes, that's right!"
There was a lot of heated discussion in the kitchen and the chefs were eager to make something.
"Chef, are we going?"
The chefs all looked at Paparo, who had the final say.
"Don't ask such stupid questions that you already know the answer to!
We must go!
And we must show off our skills at the banquet! This is about our honor as chefs!"
"Oh!!"
Paparo's decision caused a burst of heated shouting in the kitchen.
Paparo shouted: "Brothers, before the banquet begins, let us prepare for battle!
Let us risk our honor as chefs and face this battle!"
"awesome!"
"The chef's honor is on the line!"
……
The kitchen on the fourth floor also received the news.
Blonde Lilith, wearing a chef's hat, looked at the opened letter in her hand, covered her mouth with one hand, and her eyes were excited.
"Very good!
We can also contribute our own strength to everyone! ”
The chefs were so excited that their blood was boiling: "The honor of being a chef? There's no need to think about it anymore. We have to go!"
"Let those guys take a good look at the strength of our chefs at the Flower Planting Restaurant!"
"Oh!"
Everyone in the kitchen was busy and full of excitement and enthusiasm.
.........
the other side.
On the rough sea.
Here there is a ship emitting the aroma of food, sailing slowly on the sea.
There seemed to be a banquet going on on the deck and a lively atmosphere filled the ship.
But after a news bird landed just now, it became much quieter here.
"Captain Zeff, what is this letter?"
The pirates gathered around curiously.
Zhepu, who has two thick long golden beards, a sturdy build and short golden hair, is looking carefully at the letter he just opened in his hand.
The reason why Zhepu was able to receive the invitation was probably because the seagull smelled the fragrance from the ship when it passed by here and sent him a copy.
"Invite the chefs to the grand banquet... and the honor of chefs...
In that case, I have to go, I’m a chef!”
When Zhepu saw the chef's glory, a bright light emanated from his body, blinding everyone's eyes.
Then, Zhepu directly decided the next sailing route.
"Everyone, let's bet on the honor of being a chef and join in this grand banquet together!
"
"ha!!!"
"Captain Zeff, are you crazy?
We are wanted pirates, how can we participate in the banquet held by the navy! "
The pirates were so shocked by Zeff's sudden decision that their pupils were about to pop out of their sockets.
Zhepu: “I won’t force you to make a decision, those who want to go with me can stay.
If I miss such an opportunity, I will regret it for the rest of my life!
This could be the greatest party ever!"
The pirates all had different expressions on their faces: "Captain..."
……
Finally, we arrived at the next island.
Because of disagreements on board.
After some pirates were given some money on the ship, they said goodbye and left the ship one after another.
They didn't want to follow Zhepu and fall into a trap.
As a result, the number of members of the Chef Pirates was greatly reduced.
The chef pirate group led by Red Leg Zeff has an unwritten rule.
That is, when robbing a merchant ship, you can only take money, you cannot harm anyone, and you cannot take away the food on the ship!
Once a pirate violated Zeff's rules and was kicked to death on the spot.
Seeing two-thirds of the crew missing, the deputy captain said worriedly: "Captain Zhepu..."
In response to his worries, Zhepu laughed out loud towards the sky.
"Don't worry, I have never harmed any civilians, I won't die.
At most, you will be arrested.”
In the original plot, Zeff once rescued Sanji from the bottom of the sea during a storm and tsunami, and lost a leg.
Feeling Zeff's determination, the vice-captain laughed helplessly:
"I can't stop you.
If we go, it might be the last voyage for our Chef Pirates!
Even so, do you still want to go?"
Zhepu looked determined, crossed his arms in front of him, and said in an impassioned tone: "For the honor of the chef, I am willing to bet everything I have!"
"captain……"
The chefs on the ship were so moved that they cried.
“Hahaha, not bad.
It is precisely because you are such a person that I am willing to accept the invitation to join your pirate group!
Now that we’ve decided, let’s go together!
Go and risk your honor as a chef and make a scene at the banquet!"
The deputy captain raised his powerful arm and shouted, being the first to support Zhepu's decision!
"oh!
Great, Captain Zeff, let's conquer those bastards' stomachs with our cooking skills!"
The pirates were moved to tears by Zeff's courage and heroism.
"Please, brothers, please let me be willful for once!
This may be my last voyage, but I don’t want to give up this opportunity to prove myself!”
Zhepu bowed to his companions seriously.
"Hahaha, Captain, don't be so sad!
After all, we are all companions in this journey, so please do us a favor!
A big party? Interesting. I'm already excited!"
In the midst of the heat, this pirate ship full of determination left the coast and headed towards the distant sea!
Zhepu stood at the side of the ship, looking at the islands getting farther and farther away.
“However, what I didn’t expect was that such a powerful guy appeared in the navy and solved everyone’s hunger problem, allowing everyone to fill their stomachs.
The Navy has really changed...
Times have changed...
Maybe pirates really don’t need to exist anymore.”
There might be some story behind why Zhepu set such an iron rule.
……
Thanks to everyone's efforts, the grand banquet was carried out in full swing.
The day when the banquet begins is getting closer and closer...
When there were still a few days before the banquet.
The navy began sending warships to pick up cooks from various islands.
What is even more surprising is that in many places, food is given discounts to the navy as long as they come to buy ingredients.
Some people even enthusiastically offered free food, and of course, the navy gave them money.
After all, this was an order from above. The civilians could not be allowed to suffer.
However, there were also businessmen who were blinded by greed and took this opportunity to madly monopolize the market. The businessmen showed their fangs of greed in order to make a fortune!
They massively raise prices in the market!
But the end result was that their property was confiscated amid their cries and groans...and their people were forced to build roads or mine.
What a joy.
But there were also some smart businessmen who sold food to the navy at very low prices, or provided it at a loss, and at the same time used it to promote their own chamber of commerce, thus gaining a good reputation in the local area.
Fujitora, Ryu, Kuma, Viola and other members of the temporary inspection team were busy running around on the sea to prevent someone from embezzling money and ruining the banquet.
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