Codex Pirates

Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Three: Zhepu whose ambitions are extinguished

When Chales found Zhepu in the kitchen, Zhepu was sternly reprimanding Sanji, and he stopped when he saw Chales coming with an anxious face.

"What's wrong?"

After all, Chales is also a former pirate who has been to the great route, and his psychological quality is not too bad. His appearance inevitably makes Zhepu feel strange and ask questions.

After taking a look at Sanji, Charles said to Zapp in a deep voice, "Captain, the Morgan Pirates are here."

Sanji on the side looked at the two curiously. In his memory, this group of people has always been fearless. There has never been a time like now, when they only heard a name and their faces were full of dignity.

"I still found it..." Zhep's beard trembled: "So is Stolt here?"

"I came to look for you before I saw them board the ship," Charles said with a frown, "but with his brain, knowing that we came back from the great voyage, he dared to come to your door, he must be leading the team himself."

"You go and get the old man," Zapp wiped the oil stains on his hands with the apron, then took the apron and threw it directly on Sanji's face, and said to Charles, "I'll go meet them first. "

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On the other side, the warship of the Morgan Pirates had already parked next to the sea restaurant Baratti. William took the lead and led a group of cadres to disembark one by one.

When William came this time, he not only brought the chemical weapon M.H.1, which was just developed from the laboratory, but also brought most of his cadres and masters with him, because he didn't know whether Zhepu would have any opportunities in the great route.

In front of the restaurant, William looked up at the signboard, smiled with interest, and then walked in. The restaurant, which was still noisy, became completely silent after the group of them entered.

At the table that Charles served before, the female customer looked around for a while, glanced at William and Dampier behind him, and murmured: "It's really handsome..."

"What did you say?" her male companion asked.

"It's nothing, just saying that their leader is exactly as the troubadour said, he doesn't look vicious at all, and has a good temperament." The female customer said.

When Zhepu walked out of the kitchen, William was already sitting down. Although Zhepu had a broken leg, his movement was not hindered at all. He moved his wooden prosthetic limbs and walked towards the table sitting in the middle of the restaurant like a drumbeat. next to William.

Out of vigilance, Zhepu has been secretly observing the surrounding environment as he walked. He first looked at the gate, where a slender man with thick lips and long fluffy hair was lazily leaning against the door frame.

Zhepu immediately noticed the waist of this thick-lipped man, where there were two uniquely shaped bright silver revolvers, and what's more worth mentioning was that the buttons of the holsters had been undone.

This man is none other than William's sharpshooter Jesus Bu, who has the best marksmanship. He has a slender bolt-action rifle on his thigh. This position has a wide view. With Jesus Bu's shooting level, anyone who appears in the hall will be shocked. Unable to avoid his muzzle.

A young man with a baby face, a tiger's mouth full of calluses, and a knife in his waist was standing in the direction of the kitchen. The first time Zhepu walked out of the kitchen, this young man spotted him and grinned at him. He smiled, revealing two small canine teeth.

Zhepu looked towards the back door again, and there were also a few men standing there who were difficult to deal with at first sight.

Zhepu gritted his teeth and walked to William's dining table. At this time, William was wearing a gray turtleneck trench coat, and his blond hair was combed neatly behind his head. He had already remembered Zhepu as the rookie captain who was still young. Far away, he glanced at William's waist, where there was a white scabbard, which looked unpretentious.

Dampier, who was also sitting at the dining table, also carried a sword. This group of people guarded the entrances and exits as soon as they arrived, and they carried guns and swords. They are not simply customers who come to eat.

William was also observing Zhepp. His gaze stayed on the prosthetic leg of Zhepu's right foot for two seconds, and then he looked at Zhepu's figure. There has been a change, and he is no longer as fit and handsome as William remembered back then. William keenly noticed that Zhepu had a little belly, which made William frown slightly.

From this point of view, Zhepu's intention to retire is probably not a lie. The broken leg is actually not the most deadly thing for a master of Zhepu's level. The key is the extinguished ambition.

"You're getting bigger and bigger, Stolter," Zapp came to William's table, pulled out a chair and sat down, "but I heard that your name is William now?"

William didn't care about Zhepu's tone, and said with a smile: "Why didn't you tell your old friend when you returned from the great route?"

William looked at the layout of the restaurant as a gesture: "If you want to open a restaurant, I can help."

"I heard that you are a big shot now, the uncrowned king of the Navia Kingdom," Zhepu snorted coldly, "but I can't talk about old friends with you, and I'm just a cook now, I don't want to talk to you anymore What does it matter, the treasure I brought back from the great voyage is enough to guarantee that I will open this restaurant."

In Zhepu's heart, he actually didn't want to have anything to do with William. In his impression, William was scheming and easy-going on the surface, but he acted domineeringly. He no longer wanted to be a pirate, but only wanted to be a chef. Willing to get involved with William again because of something, and be calculated by William, especially after he inquired about William's growing power in the East China Sea this year.

While the two were talking, Zhepu's original pirate subordinates, and now the restaurant's management, all came to the restaurant and stood behind Zhepu. Without exception, all of them were disabled, and some of them lost their arms. , and some lost their calves.

William glanced at everyone, and asked strangely: "What did you encounter on the great route? Why are there so many fewer people than before, and all of them suffered such serious injuries?"

Hearing this, Zhepu looked back at his subordinates with some feelings: "It is not easy to sail on the great route. In addition to fighting all kinds of fierce characters, you also have to fight wits and courage with the unpredictable weather there. My companions will stay in that sea area forever, and for the rest, after my navigator passed away, I decided to take them back to the East China Sea, so that even if they die, they will at least die in the sea area of ​​their hometown."

"Then their hands and feet?" William asked with a frown.

Zhepu turned his head, put away his sentimentality, and said with a numb face: "After we finally passed the calm zone, the ship was seriously damaged. We wanted to hijack a passenger ship and transfer, but encountered a storm. We, a group of pirates, and Some of the passengers were stranded on a deserted island with no food."

"After fasting for a month, some people died, and there were some hungry and crazy people who wanted to eat old people and children," when Zhepu said this, Charles behind him lowered his head unnaturally, "then, One man chopped off his own leg and let them eat it, and after that all the adults alive followed suit, which kept us all till the end, when the boat rescued us."

Zhepu breathed out, and a few words seemed to have cost him most of his energy: "You know now? I don't know if you are satisfied with this answer. If you are satisfied, should you tell me what is the purpose of your coming here? What?"

William didn't answer Zhepu's question, but looked sideways at Zhepu's feet at the bottom of the table: "The person who took the initiative to cut off his own leg, is that you?"

Zhepu was expressionless, neither admitting nor denying.

"Redfoot Zapp," William sighed sincerely, "was it worth it?"

"It's not worth it. After so much, my crew and I don't want to be pirates anymore. As long as I have a pair of hands that can cook, it's enough for me," Zhepu said in a deep voice, " What's more, I'm a chef, and I'm even the captain, I don't want my subordinates to turn into a group of beastly monsters, of course I have to find a way to fill their stomachs."

The gang behind Zhepu looked complicated, but no one spoke.

After a moment of silence during the dinner, William asked, "To be honest, I came here this time for the logbook on your ship."

"I guess it's the same," Zhepu sneered, "Apart from the logbook that records what we saw and heard during our one-year voyage on the great voyage, in the hands of us down-and-out ex-pirates, what else do you have in the East China Sea? Something worth looking at?"

"Is the logbook still in your hand?" William asked.

"Yes," Zhepu nodded, but then asked back, "but this is a memory shared by my partners, why should I give it to you?"

"I will have someone copy a copy, and I won't take away your original diary," William said, winking at Jesus cloth leaning against the gate, and Jesus cloth waved to the other subordinates outside, "In addition, I can also inject 100 million Baileys into your restaurant to help you expand your business."

As soon as he finished speaking, several pirates from the Morgan Pirates ran in from the outside with a suitcase, and then put the suitcase on the table and opened it, revealing bundles of large denomination Baileys inside.

"Injection?" Zhepu didn't even look at the money on the table, and deliberately glanced at Dampier who was sitting at the same table, "I don't want my restaurant to be the same as Dampier's weapon company , even the restaurant and me have become puppets in your hands."

Seeing that Zhepu didn't take his conditions seriously, William wasn't angry. Dampier sneered and lifted a one-foot-long airtight metal can from under his feet, and put it gently on the table.

The body of the metal can has a skull printed on it and the words M.H.1.

Zhepu looked at William with some puzzlement, while William leaned his upper body over with a smile, and whispered something in Zhepu's ear.

"You lunatic!" Zhepu looked at William in shock after hearing what he said.

William had already sat back on his chair, heard this and said with a smile: "The world government and navy are also developing this thing, and the lethality and destructiveness must be higher than ours. They can study it, why can't our alliance countries study it? "

"Captain Zhepu, after hearing your deeds, I don't want to embarrass you. I personally respect your behavior even more, but I am also responsible for my subordinates, so I must get the logbook no matter what. "William restrained his smile, "Otherwise, why do you think I came here on a pirate ship?"

Zhepu's face also turned cold: "You mean, if I disagree, you are going to grab it?"

The atmosphere in the field suddenly became tense, and Zhepu's subordinates slowly dispersed, gradually surrounding the dining table.

On William's side, Jesus Bu, who was lazily leaning against the gate, also stood up straight, with his hands hanging down to his sides. Aramis, Edmund, Selkirk, Harden, Di Ge and the others also put their hands on their weapons with a cold face.

Seeing that the two groups of people were about to fight, the customers who had been watching the excitement hurried away from them and retreated to the corner of the restaurant. They did not dare to escape because the entrance and exit of the sea restaurant Bharati had been controlled by William's subordinates.

William didn't seem nervous at all. He and Dampier slowly took out a gas mask from their arms and put it on, which made Zhepu's cheeks tremble involuntarily.

While he was hesitating, a blond-haired little boy in a chef uniform who looked only twelve years old suddenly ran over from the direction of the kitchen, holding a kitchen knife tightly in his hand, and came to Zhepu Behind him, he asked nervously, "Stinky old man, what are they going to do? Are they robbing our restaurant?"

Seeing the sudden appearance of the little boy, Charles also seemed a little nervous: "Sanji, what are you doing? Go back to the kitchen!"

"No! I want to defend this restaurant too!" Sanji said loudly.

Hearing this, Zhepu took a deep look at Sanji, and said to William, who had always been indifferent, "I can lend you the logbook for copying."

"Captain!" Charles and the others looked at Zhepu in surprise, as if it was hard to imagine that their always tough captain would succumb to this.

"The logbook is a dead thing after all. I don't want to kill my companion who is still alive because of the memories of the past." Zhepu stared into William's eyes. "Besides, you just copied it, right?"

William smiled, but he was wearing a gas mask, and Zapp couldn't tell: "Of course, all I want is the content on it."

"Charles, go to my room and fetch the logbook." Zhepu ordered without looking back.

Charles didn't move, and he left the hall in confusion and unwillingness until Zapp gave another order.

Although the faces of Zhepu's men were ugly, they still stood behind him under the command of their own captain. William and Dampier also took off their masks.

"I've already agreed to lend you the logbook." Zapp glanced at the metal can on the table in disgust. "You can take this thing away."

William heard that someone came to take the poison gas canisters back to the ship temporarily. At this time, Charles had already taken the logbook and handed it to Zapp first. to William.

William himself was both a navigator and a captain, so he was very familiar with the logbook, so he simply flipped through it, and asked, "I don't know if you have been to the capital of seven waters, Captain Zhepu, have you seen it?" By sea train?"

"I didn't go to the Seven Waters, but we saw the sea train in Puqi, the gourmet capital." Zhepu recalled.

William looked away from the logbook, and asked with interest: "How is it? Is it as easy to use as the news says?"