"Hey, hey, hey! What the hell is all that noise outside—!! Are those bastards slacking off?!"
Rocks, leading the key cadres of the Rocks Pirates including Newgate, Shiki, and John, arrived aggressively following the noise, his face written with the annoyance of being disturbed.
"It's... it's the Lords of the 'Rocks Pirates'!!"
The pirates grew nervous immediately upon seeing them, but they still plucked up the courage to explain:
"Ple... please don't be angry! Captain Rocks!"
"We were the ones acting on our own!"
"We were just thinking about how to help that lady settle down peacefully on the island..."
Rocks impatiently pushed through the crowd: "Hmm? Just who is it that made you..."
His voice came to an abrupt halt when he clearly saw the beautiful figure surrounded in the center.
Shakky, dressed in an ultra-short slit cheongsam and tying on a kitchen apron printed with the Kuja Pirates' emblem, walked over elegantly. Behind her was a shop with a sign hanging that read 'Shakky's Rip-off Bar'.
A bright and moving smile bloomed on Shakky's face as she said to Rocks and his group:
"Ah la! This is truly delightful♡. Welcome, my distinguished first batch of guests♡. Looking at you all, I assume you wouldn't mind coming in for a drink?"
The next second, led by Rocks, every male cadre of the Rocks Pirates present—including the upright Newgate, the arrogant Golden Lion, the shrewd John, and so on—moved in perfect unison. It was as if their chests had been pierced by invisible arrows of love; their eyes were instantly occupied by giant hearts, their mouths gaped into huge 'O' shapes, and they let out a soul-stirring cry in unison:
"There's an angel here—!!!♡♡♡"
The legendary bar that would later be whispered about throughout Hachinosu Island and the entire New World pirate circles—the one where it was said you'd have to wait a month just for a reservation—'Shakky's Rip-off Bar' officially opened... Hachinosu Island, 'Shakky's Rip-off Bar'.
Despite the 'Rip-off' sign hanging outside, the bar was still bustling with noise and packed to capacity.
The thick smell of alcohol, the sweat of pirates, and the scent of low-quality tobacco mixed together to form a unique atmosphere.
However, amidst this clamor, there were still a few peculiar 'vacuum zones'.
Charlotte Linlin lay on a specially made giant sofa, holding a wine glass that seemed dainty compared to her size. She took only a shallow sip of the amber liquid inside before setting it down.
It wasn't that she had a low tolerance for alcohol; it was simply that the taste of this wine was truly nothing to brag about.
"Ma~" She let out a unique low laugh, her pink-purple long hair draped casually. Her gaze fell upon the beautiful female shop owner behind the bar who was handling everything with ease.
"So, Shakky, you came all the way from Daughter Island to this stinking Hachinosu Island. It couldn't really be just to open such a... 'people-friendly' bar, could it?"
Behind the bar, Shakky was skillfully yet perfunctorily mixing several base liquors together, handing the drink to a pirate with hearts in his eyes.
Hearing the question, she looked up and returned a perfectly seamless smile, her tone carrying a touch of well-measured weakness:
"Hehe, isn't it because you're here, Linlin? I figured that here, you would protect a weak woman like me who has retired from the life, wouldn't you?"
"Miss Shakky! I'll protect you with my life!!" A group of pirates in front of the bar immediately declared their loyalty excitedly.
But both the questioning Charlotte Linlin and the answering Shakky seemed not to hear this fanatical declaration, their gazes meeting in mid-air.
"Heh," Charlotte Linlin scoffed, glancing at the long line of pirates at the bar entrance just to get a close look at Shakky, her eyes full of disdain.
"If you really wanted my protection, why didn't you go to my Inazuma? At least Totto Land smells good now. Coming to this pirate's nest... you must have... other plans, right?"
If it weren't for the fact that Shakky was from Kuja and a fellow countrywoman of Gloriosa, she wouldn't have bothered stepping into this place filled with male hormones and stench.
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