Watching the scene felt like witnessing a goddess descend into the mortal world.
No one looked away.
No one cared about their own meals anymore.
Plates sat untouched, food growing cold, priorities forgotten. All that mattered was watching—quietly, reverently—how this goddess would finish her meal.
And just like that, ten minutes passed.
Cry finally finished eating.
Only then did the watchers release the breath they hadn't realized they were holding. A heavy exhale rippled through the restaurant, relief washing over them as if they had survived something sacred and overwhelming.
Behind Zeff, the chefs could no longer endure it. Their legs—shaking the entire time—finally gave out, and they collapsed to the floor one by one, utterly spent.
Sanji remained frozen.
A living statue.
Eyes wide, body stiff, soul still somewhere between reality and disbelief.
Zeff finally let out a long sigh. Relief flowed through his entire body, loosening the tension that had gripped him since the moment she arrived.
Then—
Her voice.
Soft. Clear. Heavenly.
Cry spoke again, only a single word:
"Pay."
It was a word she had learned earlier—something she remembered from when they were buying clothes.
The moment her voice echoed, every chef's mind went blank once more.
Zeff, struggling to remain composed, stepped forward.
"Oh, my lady… there's no need to pay," he said, his voice steady but reverent. "It is our blessing that you chose to dine with us."
He tried not to stare.
But now that he had truly seen her face, he couldn't help it. Even Zeff—a man hardened by decades at sea—was mesmerized.
Cry, however, didn't understand his meaning.
She only heard the word pay again.
Slowly, she lifted her gaze to Zeff.
Then, gently, she closed her eyes.
Gracefully—elegantly—she raised one slender finger and placed it against her pinkish lips.
The room froze.
It felt like a command.
No one spoke.
No one breathed.
Mortals obeyed without question.
Cry's lips shifted—softly pursing, delicately shaping themselves into a whistling gesture. They were small, smooth, and faintly glossy, moving with an effortless, natural elegance.
She blew gently.
From her pink lips emerged a tiny grain of salt-like light.
Everyone saw it.
The grain hovered above the tip of her index finger, shimmering softly.
Then—
It began to expand.
No one screamed.
No one shouted.
They only watched—like children witnessing a miracle for the first time.
The grain of salt slowly took form, shape unfolding layer by layer, color blooming into existence.
A fish.
A magnificent one.
Its body gleamed in deep ocean blue, adorned with radiant patterns of turquoise, indigo, and gold—flowing like living art. Its fins rippled as if swimming through invisible water, elegant and alive.
It was a mandarinfish—Synchiropus splendidus—but far larger than any legend. Nearly four feet tall and six feet long, hovering effortlessly in the air..(👉🏻)
A treasure.
A miracle.
Something no one in the East Blue had ever seen with their own eyes.
What kind of fish is that…?
Where did this goddess even get something like this…?
Those thoughts echoed silently through every mind.
Sanji finally snapped back to reality.
The moment his eyes landed on the fish, shock carved itself across his face. His breath hitched.
Zeff stared.
His heart thundered violently in his chest. Tears welled at the corners of his eyes as he gazed at the hovering fish—like a man who had just found the greatest treasure of his life.
His lips trembled.
And then, in a broken, disbelieving whisper, Zeff spoke the words that left everyone speechless—
"All Blue…?"
The moment those words left Zeff's mouth, the room snapped.
It was as if a forbidden truth had been spoken aloud.
Every chef, every waiter, every diner reacted like people who had just heard something they were never meant to hear—eyes widening, breath stalling, sanity trembling on the edge.
All Blue.
Their gazes jerked back and forth—between the hovering fish… and the goddess standing calmly before them.
Who among cooks did not know of All Blue?
A sea spoken of only in legends.
A miraculous ocean where every sea meets—East, West, North, South—where fish from all waters swim together in harmony. A place overflowing with flavors no one has ever tasted, ingredients beyond imagination, a paradise where cooking itself becomes divine art.
For chefs, All Blue was not just a place.
It was the pinnacle.
The final dream.
The reason hands were burned, knives sharpened, lives sacrificed to the kitchen.
Some chased it until death.
Some laughed it off as a fairy tale to dull the pain of never reaching it.
And yet—
Red-Leg Zeff.
A man who had sailed the Grand Line.
A man who had lost a leg to the sea.
A man whose words carried the weight of experience.
He did not joke about legends.
If Zeff said All Blue, it was not a fantasy.
It was truth.
Silence crushed the room.
The chefs' minds raced, visions exploding behind their eyes—endless cerulean waters shimmering under golden light, schools of impossible fish gliding together, aromas so rich they made the soul tremble. Knives slicing through perfection. Flames dancing beneath pots filled with miracles.
And then reality crashed back in.
The fish.
Hovering.
Real.
Alive.
Summoned without nets, without hooks, without the sea itself.
Slowly—terrified, reverent—they lifted their eyes again.
To her.
The goddess who stood quietly, unaware of the storm she had unleashed.
Ocean-colored hair flowing like calm tides.
Crystal-blue eyes reflecting depths no mortal had ever reached.
A presence so natural, so overwhelming, it made legends feel small.
Questions screamed inside their heads.
What… is she?
Who could command the sea like this?
If All Blue exists… then what does that make her?
Not a pirate.
Not a human.
Not even a myth.
Something older.
Something deeper.
Something that stood above the sea itself.
And as they stared—trembling, awed, afraid—one thought echoed through every heart in the room:
If All Blue was a legend…
Then the being before them was the one who made legends possible.
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