"Reno, are you really going to snatch that beautiful chef onto the ship?!"
Facing Kaya's persistent questioning, Reno stated frankly, "Yes, she is one of my targets."
The women were speechless.
"You philanderer," Nami pouted, a little jealous.
They already had the four of them, and he still wanted to snatch other beauties.
It was only Reno.
If it were anyone else, they would be willing but powerless.
Reno keenly sensed the change in the women's emotions and asked, "Nami, how have I treated you from beginning to end?!"
Nami was taken aback, thinking that he had indeed been very good.
But she still turned her head stubbornly, "Alright."
Reno continued to press, "Then, after I had Makino and Kaya, did my kindness towards you ever diminish?!"
"And the same goes for all of you."
The women looked at each other and shook their heads one after another.
"So," Reno paused, his gaze sweeping over the women, "you don't have to worry that others joining the crew will take away my favoritism towards you."
"As long as she is my woman, I treat everyone equally."
Reno knew that Kaya, Makino, Nojiko, and Nami had the same concerns.
It was just that their personalities were reserved, and they wouldn't show it.
But Reno needed to state his attitude at the appropriate time.
After all, this was just the beginning, and more and more beauties would join the ship in the future.
The reason he unscrupulously snatched so many beauties was, firstly, because subduing them would earn him system rewards.
Secondly, it was because he was indeed lustful.
He had never denied this point.
But he was definitely not the type to only favor a few people once he had them, and ignore the others.
He wouldn't do such a thing.
Reno's words were like a reassurance, and the four women, Nami included, finally felt at ease.
Most importantly, in his interactions with Reno, he had indeed acted this way.
It was not just an empty promise.
"Reno, Kaya trusts you," Kaya rubbed her cute little face against Reno's body.
"Hmph, this young lady is always defeated by your sweet words."
Reno's words instantly dispelled Nami's anger.
"Everyone, let's continue eating. Captain, this dish is good, you should try it." Makino forked a piece of foie gras and offered it to Reno's mouth.
Reno savored it carefully, nodding in appreciation.
Baratie Restaurant, living up to its reputation.
Soon, the dining table was once again filled with laughter and joy.
At the same time, outside the Baratie Restaurant.
"Captain, are you alright?!"
As "Demon" Gin touched Krieg's body, he felt a jolt of electricity surge through his own body.
Scared, he instantly retracted his hand.
"Damn it, who did this?!"
"Did Mihawk chase us here?!"
No sooner had the thought arisen than Gin shook his head, denying it.
It absolutely couldn't be Mihawk.
To chase them, would Mihawk really use his black blade yoru to sail that broken coffin from the Grand Line to the East Blue?!
Would the World's Strongest Swordsman do something so boring?!
Most importantly, Mihawk was a swordsman.
"Cough, cough, cough," Just then, Krieg coughed up two mouthfuls of seawater, his blurry consciousness gradually clearing.
"Gin, get out of here quickly," Krieg struggled to speak.
It was too terrifying.
That woman was too terrifying.
What trouble had he stirred up? He had barely escaped Mihawk's pursuit, only to be defeated by an unknown woman.
And it was an instant defeat.
It had completely shattered Krieg's confidence.
Gin angrily asked, "Captain, who did this?! I'll avenge you!"
Krieg was so anxious he wanted to curse, constantly shaking Gin's arm, his voice urgent, "Get out of here quickly."
What the heck!
He said he could instantly kill someone with a 16 million Berries bounty, so why could Gin, with his 12 million Berries bounty, withstand one more attack?!
At this moment, Krieg's thoughts were extremely simple.
Get out of this place of trouble quickly.
However, what he didn't notice was…
A small coffin boat, glowing with ghost fire, was slowly approaching from a mile out at sea.
The man on the boat had his fingers intertwined, his eyes like a hawk, and a black long blade strapped to his back.
Mihawk had finally arrived.
On the coffin boat, Mihawk looked at the tattered warship blocking his path and stood up expressionlessly.
Black Sword Night suddenly unsheathed!
The atmosphere shrieked as a seventy-meter-long, emerald-green Zanbō tore through the air, covering a thousand meters at lightning speed, instantly slicing through the Dreadnought Saber.
In front of this Zanbō, the massive ship was as fragile as tofu, directly split in half.
The two halves of the ship's wreckage capsized to either side.
The Zanbō swept across the sea, and turbulent waves surged, wildly engulfing the surroundings.
Baratie began to shake violently with the spreading waves.
Inside the restaurant.
Carmen, who had just served the last dessert to table three, was about to leave when the ship suddenly rocked.
Accompanied by gasps, she lost her balance and stumbled to one side.
Reno, quick-witted, stood up and supported Carmen, preventing an accidental revealing moment.
"Thank you, thank you," Carmen subconsciously expressed her gratitude.
Reno smiled and nodded in response.
"What's happening outside?!" Makino quickly caught the juice that almost tipped over.
It was calm just now, so why is there such a huge commotion all of a sudden?
Is it a storm?!
"Mihawk is here," Reno had already sensed his presence.
A presence like a wild beast.
"Mihawk?! Never heard of him. Is he famous?!" Nami looked outside but didn't see anyone.
"He is a current Warlord of the Sea, and also the World's Strongest Swordsman."
Reno patiently explained to the women while waiting for Mihawk's arrival.
"World's Strongest?! That amazing?!" Nojiko's mouth dropped open in surprise.
Reno nodded, noncommittal.
Mihawk is Oda's acknowledged number one swordsman in the world, without question.
"Then isn't he much stronger than Arlong?!"
Reno chuckled at Nami's question.
Arlong?!
He's nothing.
"The two of them are incomparable. If it weren't for his Warlord of the Sea status, Mihawk's bounty would probably be around 3.5 billion Berries."
3.5 billion?!
A bounty amount with ten digits, eight zeros?!
The women were deeply shocked; it was their first time encountering a pirate with a bounty in the billions.
Nami subconsciously swallowed, then tentatively asked, "Reno, the person you came here to find, it wouldn't be him, would it?!"
"He's here."
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