Chapter 29"That man called Hawkeye is clearly a Haki master; he made his sword turn that black.""What level would that Haki be?""Lv4, Lv5?""If his Haki volume reached that level, his entire body could become pitch black.""Sanji, cook, cook!"Luffy urged him. He didn't have that much time to eat; he really wished this Pirate King plan could take practical situations into account.If Sanji was still lying around like a corpse, how long would it take to cook?He only had one minute to eat![Notification: No lunch supply detected. Self-sufficiency permitted. Please head to the restaurant in one minute to learn cooking knowledge from Sanji. Time: 12:00 — 13:00... Countdown: 59, 58...]"Phew, just wait. Let you all taste my cooking."Sanji lit a cigarette and stood up.They had been having banquets for the past few days, so there hadn't been a chance to show off his culinary skills.Just as Sanji stood up, he noticed Luffy walking towards him with a face that looked like he'd been drained by a succubus."L-let's go together.""I can't let a guy like you into the kitchen; that's a chef's lifeline." Sanji looked resistant.He had already gathered quite a bit of intelligence from Usopp and Zoro.The most important point was: never let Luffy into the kitchen.After the going merry set sail, Luffy had devoured half a month's worth of the ship's food supplies in a single day."Sanji, teach me how to be a chef," Luffy said.If there's a chef and I still have to learn it myself, then what do I need a chef for?Luffy could only comfort himself that, in the future, he could cook for himself.Whether it tastes good or not is one thing; as long as it's edible, that's enough.Sanji widened his eyes. "Do you want to listen to what you're saying?"Looking back, he realized that Zoro and the others all had calm and indifferent expressions.They had become a bit immune to it.Clearly, Luffy had already done too many unexpected things.Zoro felt this deeply; to be able to match his own enthusiasm for training—one could only say that Luffy had indeed changed in some ways.You have to know that sometimes even Zoro just wants to drink a little wine and take a long nap.Luffy wasn't even just blindly training; he could also go study with Nami!It was simply an all-around improvement.If anyone who knew Luffy before saw this, they might say he was haunted.In any case, the threshold for what Nami and the others expected Luffy to do was constantly rising.Nami held a book in her hands, her gaze involuntarily following Luffy's figure."No, shouldn't he be coming to find me?"According to Luffy's schedule from the past few days, after lunch, he would always study navigation knowledge with Nami.Nami knew that Luffy definitely wasn't just acting on a whim or putting on a show.Luffy was capable of devouring in one night a book that would take Nami a month to finish.That said, Luffy hadn't even reached the entry level in navigation. Nami wasn't bragging; in this regard, she was a master-level figure.More than enough to be Luffy's teacher, right?Nami was just waiting for Luffy to come find her, but then..."Sanji?"Her eyes suddenly changed a little.Usopp looked back, noticed this look, couldn't help but shudder, and silently mourned for Sanji for a second....In the restaurant.A rumbling sound came.Sanji had only taken Luffy's claim that he wanted to learn to cook as an excuse to sneak some food.As it turned out, Luffy actually looked serious.Since that was the case, Sanji didn't hold anything back."Sanji, is it this hard?"Knife skills, tossing the wok, controlling the oil temperature, timing the ingredients, managing the heat, and then thickening the sauce, plating...These most basic things made Luffy dizzy."It's already not bad."In Sanji's fixed impression of Luffy, Luffy had absolutely nothing to do with this sort of thing, alright.But for a chef, they actually quite like diners like Luffy, who can eat everything you make until it's completely clean.This is the scene a chef wants to see most.Although Luffy was clumsy, someone who studies seriously won't come away empty-handed."I, I want to read."Luffy looked at the egg fried rice in front of him; it was hard to imagine this was food made by a person."Actually, it's not bad."Sanji took a spoonful and ate it, his expression unchanged. "For a beginner, it's considered good. But Luffy, are you interested in culinary arts?""Ah, how should I put it, a little bit, hahaha." Luffyshowed a somewhat forced smile.What could he say? It was considered passively interested, perhaps.Luffy didn't know why he had to learn all sorts of knowledge to become the Pirate King, even cooking.Could it be that even the Pirate King might end up stranded on a desert island and, in the end, starve to death because he didn't know how to cook?"It's actually possible..." Luffy suddenly fell silent.Chapter 34 UtaIn the restaurant.Luffy carried out a large pot of seafood porridge. On the vast sea, anything might be lacking, but seafood certainly wasn't."At least this is edible."Luffy's face was full of exhaustion; he felt that compared to this kind of manual labor, reading was better.He didn't like playing with crafts!"Luffy, you actually made it?" Usopp's face was full of disbelief."Want to try?" Luffy was quite confident.He wouldn't 'try and die', would he?To tell the truth, Usopp was already full. An hour had passed, and the facts proved that Sanji's culinary skills were indeed superb; he could teach Luffy while still churning out dishes continuously.Even Zoro, facing Sanji's snide remarks, endured it; this perverted cook's skills really had something to them.Luffy's eye for talent... was it really this good?Thinking about it carefully, it really was.Nami, the Navigator, goes without saying. Although Zoro always felt she was a troublesome woman, her navigation skills were very high.Sanji, this perverted cook, had good culinary and kicking skills.Plus himself, the future Great Swordsman.Usopp: "???""Not bad."Nami gave him face and drank a bowl, saying, "We are very close to the Grand Line; it won't be many days before we reach the Twin Capes.""The supplies Nojiko and the villagers gave us are enough for us to sail on the sea for half a month, but there is a large town nearby. Should we go replenish our supplies before entering the Grand Line?"After all, they knew very little about the Grand Line. The only thing related to the Grand Line was the Krieg crew they met at the Baratie restaurant; the so-called great fleet of 5,000 men lost more than half within a few days of entering.And then there was that Great Swordsman, Hawkeye, who beat Zoro without giving him any chance to fight back."Go, go, go!"Some information flashed through Luffy's mind. The most famous place in the East Blue was undoubtedly Loguetown, known as the town of beginnings and endings.The place where the Pirate King Gol D. Roger was executed more than twenty years ago.The Great Pirate Era also began at that time.It is said that the people who watched that execution back then have now all become big shots famous in their own right."Pretty good. I'll take the opportunity to change swords, too." Zoro nodded.Sanji: "Leave the matter of replenishing supplies to me."Usopp: "I'll go see if there's anything to enhance the going merry's combat power."With everyone chipping in, they had already more or less resolved the ship's affairs.This is the benefit of having partners.The dream he had talked about with Uta when he was little seemed to have already been realized: traveling around the world, meeting all kinds of people, eating lots of delicious food."Grand Line, here we come!"[Warning: The scheduled time (for studying with Nami) has arrived. Please execute immediately... A conflict with the next event has been detected. Allocating time based on the importance of the event... Please try your best to reach the next target's side. Countdown: 3 minutes.]The expression on Luffy's face, which had just been cheering, instantly turned utterly miserable.Although he didn't even know who his parents were."Do you know how long I've been eating, you bastard!"Luffy, who had just relaxed, felt as if a knife was being held against his crotch again.The next target, who is the next target?Luffy didn't have the leisure time to eat; he stuffed everything he could see into his mouth.His gaze swept over Nami, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp... something was wrong.If it were them, why would it say something vague like 'next target'?After a massive amount of knowledge flooded his brain, Luffy was now very good at using his head."What's wrong?" Nami asked."Nothing, I'm just thinking about what to do next...""Let's, let's go."Nami stood up and looked at Luffy, arms crossed."Where to?"Luffy asked strangely."Back to the room, of course. Don't you still have navigation knowledge you don't understand... It's agreed, from now on it's going to cost money, otherwise you're always freeloading off me."Nami chattered on and on, not knowing if she was finding an excuse for Luffy or for herself.Why did she suddenly feel particularly expectant about this in her heart?Ahhh, what am I thinking?!
