"Are you... are you also pirates?" Luffy looked intently at Kevin, who had come ashore: "You must be very strong. Shanks couldn't even deal with that terrifying monster, but you solved it in an instant. Oh, right, I'm Monkey D. Luffy, the man who will become the Pirate King."
He lived up to his name.
Luffy simply didn't know what fear was.
Like a monkey, he was jumping up and down nearby.
Kevin wasn't interested.
What Luffy would become in the future was the future; right now, he was just a brat, and Kevin had no interest at all.
"Monkey? D?" Gyon's delicate brows furrowed as she glanced at Luffy.
The same surname as Mr. Garp.
And also from the D. family.
It's just that his mind seems a bit off.
Seeing that Kevin wasn't interested, Gyon also withdrew her gaze.
"Jabba is actually hiding on this island." Kevin looked up at the quiet little village.
There weren't many villagers.
Seeing Kevin and his group, they weren't afraid; instead, they looked over curiously.
"I think I saw him in the newspaper."
"I saw him too."
Windmill Village is located in the East Blue, and the villagers are ordinary people, so it's hard for them to constantly keep up with what's happening on the Grand Line.
For a moment, the villagers couldn't remember.
"Is he very famous?" Luffy, ignored, sidled up to the villagers and asked curiously.
"Let me look." A villager quickly went home and brought out a large pile of newspapers, flipping through them continuously: "I remember seeing him in the newspaper a while ago."
Soon, he was found.
"So it's this important figure."
"Windmill Village really has an amazing person visiting."
"Why would such a person come here?"
The villagers gathered together, holding the newspaper and comparing it with Kevin. It was him; their breathing became heavy.
"Let me see, let me see."
Luffy squirmed through the crowd, too short to see.
"Quick, tell me, who is he? Is he a pirate? Compared to Shanks, who is stronger?" Luffy asked loudly.
"Are you talking about Shanks who just left yesterday?" The villagers remembered the Red Hair Pirates who had come to the village a few days ago and had a big conflict with the mountain bandits.
"I don't know, Shanks seems famous too, but what this important figure did is incomparable. This is an unprecedented feat."
The villagers' eyes grew even more fervent.
"Is he the Pirate King?" Luffy's small eyes sparkled.
"I don't think even the Pirate King could do it."
"Me too." The villagers weren't very interested in who the Pirate King was.
They admired Kevin even more for invading the Holy Land and making the Celestial Dragons, the World Nobles, suffer a setback for the first time.
"Something even the Pirate King can't do?"
Luffy was stunned.
Isn't the Pirate King the strongest pirate in the sea?
Why is there something the Pirate King can't do?
He stared intently at Kevin's back, watching him walk into the only bar in the village.
Curiously, he followed him in.
.....
"Welcome." Makino, with a bandana and beautiful deep green short hair, smiled from behind the bar at Kevin and his group as they entered.
"Was there a disturbance here just now?" Gyon observed the situation upon arrival, noticing signs of damage in the tavern. Was the village not as peaceful as it seemed?
Makino smiled wryly, "There was a small incident here the day before yesterday, but it's already resolved. You must be esteemed guests from the Grand Line."
Makino looked at Kevin with curiosity.
She ran a tavern.
She was more likely than ordinary villagers to hear outside information.
She had already recognized Kevin's identity.
She was even more enthusiastic than with other guests.
"I smell a wonderful aroma, proprietress, you must be a chef," Lily sniffed her nose, her eyes lighting up at the fragrance from the back kitchen. Her cooking wasn't inferior to her father's.
"You're very lucky, I stewed venison today, would you like to try some?" Makino wiped the table for Kevin and his companions.
"Yes!"
"Makino's cooking is actually this good, it wasn't revealed in the original work." Kevin tasted the soft, flavorful stewed venison, a rare delicacy.
Through the doorway, he saw Makino stir-frying.
Not only was she a good cook.
She could also make many different dishes.
"I brewed some wine myself, would you like some?" Makino brought a small dish and asked softly.
She was also a winemaker.
After eating and drinking their fill, Kevin leaned lazily back in his chair.
He watched Makino clear the table.
A certain thought arose in his mind.
Take her away.
What the Tomorrow needed most right now was not a navigator, not a doctor, not a sniper, but a chef.
With his powerful strength and the Pirate Crew having an hour of invincibility every day.
Most storms at sea had little effect on the Tomorrow.
The navigator's only use to Kevin now was to help him travel to Sky Island.
The women on the ship were all in good health, with almost no instances of illness, so the need for a doctor was not urgent.
As for a chef.
Everyone needed to eat every day.
If they didn't eat well, they would be listless all day.
Taking Makino away would be a bit difficult.
She was a female, meeting the recruitment criteria.
But she was an ordinary person content with a simple life.
Out of a hundred slots, wasting one for good food was worth it, but if she was unwilling, forcibly taking her away would not be good. He couldn't force her to cook.
Kevin lowered his head in thought.
This caught Hancock's attention.
She then looked at the gentle Makino.
....
At the same time.
On the same island, far from Windmill Village, a small wooden house stood by the shore, with an endless forest behind it.
A large dragon-headed ship was docked by the shore.
"Mr. Jabba, I've come to see you. I've found some great new companions, and they want to try and see if they can get Ace." Before even disembarking, Red-Haired Shanks shouted towards the wooden house.