Krieg finally appeared in the Sea Restaurant, with Gin supporting his boss.
As soon as that despicable man entered, he knelt down in a posture of begging for help, asking for food, and Sanji brought him a meal.
As expected, a full Krieg sent Sanji flying, then revealed his true colors.
He demanded 100 servings of food from the people in the Sea Restaurant and also wanted to steal their ship.
Sanji actually agreed to prepare food for Krieg's subordinates; in Sanji's opinion, it was a chef's duty to cook for hungry people.
No matter if the hungry person was good or bad,
just as it was a doctor's duty to treat the sick,
no matter if the sick person was good or bad.
To Lin En, things that couldn't happen in reality repeatedly played out in this world.
People in the Pirate World were indeed like this; people in the world of the Pirate King all carried a serious foolishness, adhering to stubborn things, making them both laughable and respectable.
After Sanji finished speaking, the comically-faced chef Patty couldn't hold back, knocking Sanji down from behind, then instructing the other chefs to restrain Sanji.
The chefs began to resist, with the comically-faced chef Patty leading the charge.
He raised his hand cannon and gave Krieg a brutal blow.
"I'd like to see what you've got!"
A huge explosion sounded, and a cloud of smoke filled the restaurant.
According to the 'no damage with smoke' law, Krieg was indeed unharmed; he emerged from the smoke in his gleaming golden armor, completely unscathed.
He was already angry; he wanted to vent his rage on the chefs here.
The chefs, seeing this, still did not flinch, raising their weapons and charging towards Krieg.
But Lin En knew that the chefs and Krieg were ultimately not opponents of the same caliber.
Sighing, he activated Burning Charge.
Rolling magma appeared at his feet, and the phantom of a red goat emerged.
Four cannon muzzles on Krieg's armor fired bullets; by the time the chefs saw them, it was already too late.
At this moment, a scorching figure appeared in front of the chefs; the heat waves slapped their cheeks, and their forward steps halted.
Lin En stood in front of Krieg, becoming the target of the bullets.
Bullets struck Lin En's body, then quickly flattened and fell to the ground.
Lin En, who had not spoken until now, stood before this contemptible man, face to face.
"Although you're at a bit of a disadvantage, taking a hit for nothing."
"But, people can't just hit the chef after they've eaten, can they?"
Although his tone was calm, the contempt contained within it made Captain Krieg even angrier.
"Where are you from? Are you going to be a busybody too?"
The tense atmosphere between the two did not last long; a voice broke their standoff.
"Here are 100 servings of food, take the food and leave quickly." The Head Chef came over with a large bag.
Seeing Head Chef Zeff speak, Lin En didn't cause any more trouble and stepped back.
Anyway, Krieg wouldn't run away later; they could settle scores together.
The chefs who hadn't been shot all questioned their boss about why he was providing food; if Krieg's fleet of pirates got full, this restaurant would surely be stolen by them.
Captain Krieg noticed the restaurant owner at this time.
"'Red-Leg'... Zeff?"
Krieg's introduction made everyone realize that the Head Chef in front of them was no ordinary person, but the once famous great pirate "Red-Leg" Zeff.
In the past, "Red-Leg" Zeff was a significant figure, but now he was old and had lost a leg; for him, who was once known for his exquisite leg techniques, he was now far from his former self.
Hearing Krieg talk about Zeff's past, Sanji's expression froze for a moment, recalling the reason he became a chef.
Looking at Zeff, who was a shadow of his former self, Krieg had another wicked idea.
"Give me the logbook!"
He always believed that he hadn't crossed the Grand Line because he didn't have enough information, and Zeff, as someone who had once crossed the Grand Line, must have detailed intelligence about the Grand Line.
But in Lin En's opinion, it was actually because his subordinates were too weak; taking over 5,000 weaklings, they would die in droves at the first sign of trouble.
In this world, only extreme dreamers and villains have the ability to challenge the sea.
But Krieg was neither.
While Krieg was boasting about his dreams, Luffy was the first to lose his composure.
"Wait, I am the future Pirate King."
Everyone in the restaurant urged Luffy not to speak much, fearing that if Krieg suddenly attacked, it would be over.
"I mean, although our Captain isn't very smart, don't underestimate him."
Lin En interrupted the others who were trying to dissuade Luffy.
Watching the two face off, Zoro, who had finally finished eating at the table, spoke up.
"Want to fight?"
Usopp again pretended that nothing had happened, and Nami was gone.
Indeed, Nami should be figuring out how to return to her home now; there was no need to worry about that bad woman yet.
Eventually, Krieg returned with the food; Krieg was now uncertain, with Lin En on the ship, whose strength was not low, and Luffy, whose strength was unknown, he planned to let his subordinates eat their fill first before attacking here again.
After Krieg left, Gin apologized profusely. Zeff also planned to have all the chefs escape through the back door to avoid casualties.
But the chefs were not cowards; they had once been pirates themselves, so there was no reason to give up their ship when encountering other pirates.
Usopp: "Let's run!"
Most of the time, when Usopp opens his mouth, you know what he's going to say.
"Run from what? My hand is a bit itchy." Lin En felt his little hammer really needed to hit something; Zoro was going to be defeated by Hawkeye later and wouldn't be able to participate, so it seemed no one would compete with him for experience points.
He must reach level three today!
Only after level three could he learn all the skills he needed to learn in the early stages.
The remaining skills would have to wait until level six.
He estimated that his combat power would have another significant increase at level six.
In fact, defeating enemies could also earn experience points. Just like last-hitting minions, Lin En himself had leveled up from one to two after joining Luffy's ship and had been stuck at level two for some time.
However, leveling up by fighting weaklings would indeed be a bit slow, perhaps not even keeping up with the growth rate of the main characters, not to mention that if it followed game logic, the higher the level, the more experience points required to level up.
"Where's Nami?" Luffy also couldn't find Nami.
"She must have run away! Luffy, let's run too, Lin En has gone crazy, there are 100 people on the other side!"
"What are you afraid of, Usopp?" Zoro was also sharpening his swords.
At this moment, on the distant sea, a black man drifted over without any wind.
While waiting for the battle, Luffy was curious about Krieg's encounter.
Gin closed his eyes and began to tell the story of a man, that man who had caused them heavy losses.
The coolest man in the world, Hawkeye, was coming.