One Piece: Fist of the World.

Chapter 178 Restaurant Disappearance
On the other side, the city of the Queen of Spring.

“Wow, so many beautiful clothes!”

Walking out of the station, Bakara looked at the shops on both sides of the road, with a strange light in her eyes.

"A lot of people."

Nia looked around and found that it was indeed the City of the Queen of Spring. It was completely different from other towns she had visited before.

In this world, due to various factors such as population, few towns can fully develop the space of an entire island. This situation is even more serious, especially in the Grand Line.

Of the islands they passed by, Whiskey Mountain only had a small town at the foot of the mountain, and the Small Garden was actually a primeval forest. Even Lavis, the world-famous entertainment capital, only developed a large area in the middle of the island.

Only the Seven Water City, which we had just visited, was a complete city with almost no abandoned land.

The town before her was the most developed and prosperous town she had ever seen after the Seven Water City.

“It may be because of the sea train. Originally, due to the bad weather conditions, it was very dangerous to cross the islands on the Grand Route. However, with the sea train, transportation between the nearby islands has become much more convenient, and everyone can travel freely between the islands.

Moreover, this place is very close to Judicial Island and is very convenient to get here from the Navy Headquarters, so even pirates would not easily cause trouble here for fear of attracting the attention of the Navy. After all, no one knows whether there are high-ranking officials of the World Government or generals in the Navy among the people shopping here. "

Robin thought back to the relevant information he had gathered.

"Wow, so many beautiful ladies!"

Pei Jin and Xia Qi looked at the beautiful scenery passing by on the street.

This is Spring Island, and now is the season when the temperature is gradually rising. The beauties coming and going are all dressed coolly, which makes Pei Jin and Xia Qi dazzled.

"Let's split up!"

Nia waved her hand. It would be too inconvenient for them to act together with so many people in their group, so they should act separately.

"Kosa, come with us."

Nia pulls Kosha over.

She was prepared to go on a shopping spree and had to bring Kosa with her so that she wouldn't be unable to carry anything.

"Yohohoho~~ I'm going to buy some hair care products."

Brooke smoothed down his afro.

"I'll go with you. I also want to buy some hair care products for Sissi."

Hearing this, Brook looked at Genos with empty eyes.

"Um... isn't it a bit rude to say that..."

"Sorry."

Genos apologized without any sincerity.

"Let's go shopping!"

Nia left first with Robin and Bakara, and Kosha followed weakly behind.

He felt tired before he even started shopping.

I feel like this will be an activity more painful than practicing.

"Team uniforms, why don't you go find a custom-made shop together?"

Pekin looked at Genos and Brook.

It's okay for those three women, but it's obviously impossible to ask them to give up shopping and customize the group uniforms. There's nothing Kosha can do about it since he was drafted into the army.

Why don't you two come along?

"For me, as long as I can stuff more weapons inside my windbreaker, that's fine."

Genos waved his hand. He really had no pursuit in clothing. He always liked wearing windbreakers just because he could hide a lot of weapons inside them.

"Well, I'm quite interested."

Brooke reached out and pressed her hair again as she spoke.

"But, compared to that, hair care is more important. We'll come back to you after we've bought the things."

"Alright alright."

Peikin waved her hand, signaling the two of them to go buy things quickly, and then glanced at the remaining people.

"In the end, there were only a few of us."

"Boss Rhodes didn't come either."

"He really still prefers eating."

"Let's go quickly."

Luo took the lead and walked towards the street on the right.

He noticed that there were several shops there marked as offering private customization.

Generally speaking, these customized shops are opened together.

"Genos just mentioned windbreakers. How about everyone wear a windbreaker? That would be cool!"

"Put on your sunglasses again!"

"A hat, too."

Pei Jin and Xia Qi followed behind and had a heated discussion.

"Bear thinks sportswear is pretty cool too!"

Pei Jin and Xia Qi suddenly stopped their discussion and turned their eyes to Bepo.

"what happened?"

Bepo looked at the two of them in surprise.

"What about winter clothes? And summer clothes? You can't wear a windbreaker in the summer."

Pei Jin withdrew his gaze and continued his previous discussion with Xia Qi.

"Don't ignore the bear!"

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"This one, this one, and this one!"

Nia pointed to the pile of clothes she had just tried on.

"Wrap these three?"

The waitress had a bright smile on her face.

This is a high-end clothing store, so even if it's just three pieces, it's considered a good sales performance!

"Pack up everything except these three!"

Nia waved her hand with a generous look on her face.

Rhode was never stingy with money, and she had not had time to spend the money she had before because she was busy with cultivation. Unexpectedly, just after the New Year, Rhode gave them another large sum of money.

"Ok!"

The waitress could hardly hold back the smile on her face, and her voice was a little out of tune.

After a while, a group of four people walked out of the store.

“The clothes here are amazing!”

Nia was carrying large and small bags in her hands.

"As I mentioned before, because of the Sea Train, the Spring Queen City has become more and more prosperous in recent years."

Robin followed along and she also bought a lot of new clothes.

“Moreover, it is close to the fashion capital of Champs Elysees. Although the sea train does not connect it to the City of the Queen of Spring, it only takes less than a day to get there even by boat.

It is a world-famous fashion capital, and influenced by the Champs Elysees, the taste of the Spring Queen City has become more fashionable. "

"Champs Elysees?"

Nia always felt that this name sounded familiar.

“We have permanent pointers there.”

Robin seemed to see what Nia was thinking and reminded her.

"I remembered!"

After hearing Robin's reminder, Nia also remembered what happened.

They had just left the small garden. In order to avoid possible pursuit by the navy, Rhodes took out several captured permanent pointers to choose a route, one of which was a permanent pointer to the Champs Elysees.

However, Rhodes later chose the entertainment capital of Lavis, which sounded more interesting. It was there that Bakara joined the team.

"I didn't expect that after so many twists and turns, I would eventually sail to this area."

Nia said with a little emotion.

As they were talking, they passed by a music restaurant and could faintly hear soft music coming from inside.

"This restaurant looks good. Let's have something to eat." Nia stopped and looked inside the restaurant, then stuffed the things in her hand into Kosa's hand.

"There are too many things, Kosa, please put them away."

After all, users of devil fruit abilities are still very rare. After all, this Door-Door Fruit was obtained from CP9. Considering the impact, Nia and the others did not let Kosa open the door all the time to store things. Instead, they waited until the number of bags in their hands accumulated to a certain amount, and then Kosa went to a relatively secluded place, used his ability to open the door to the other space, and put the purchased clothes in.

"Ok."

Kosa took the bag they handed over somewhat numbly.

It had only been two hours, but he felt as if all his strength had been drained away.

Even though I had been running for half a day, I didn't feel this tired.

"Let's go in first."

Nia patted Kosha’s shoulder.

She was very optimistic about this young man who had just completed his internship and had taken one step into the official crew field.

She has clear goals, a quick mind, and is diligent in her practice, just like her brother.

Except for the slightly worse appearance.

Ding bell~~
The door of the restaurant was pushed open, the hanging bell made a crisp sound, and Nia and the other two stepped into the restaurant.

"Ok?"

In the corner of the restaurant, there was a girl with two red ponytails and a small backpack slung across her body. She wore a white velvet hat on her head, a black short dress, and black long boots on her lower body, outlining her slender legs.

In front of her, there were two donuts, and she looked like she was enjoying dessert.

On the table in front of her was a translucent, square box. Through the translucent box, one could see all kinds of cute dolls placed inside. It was like a miniature palace.

Hearing the sound coming from the door, the girl raised her head and looked at Nia and her group who came in, and a light suddenly flashed in her eyes.

These three people are all very cute!

"Here, this, this! Serve us the food as soon as possible."

Nia made some marks on the menu that was handed to her, and then quickly handed it to the waiter.

After finishing her meal, she will continue to kill people!

The seat chosen by Nia and the others was not far from the girl. After sitting down, Robin was face to face with her. They looked at each other and gave her a friendly smile.

She's a very cute girl!

This thought flashed through the minds of both people at the same time.

"Um, those three big sisters over there."

The girl with twin ponytails put down the donut in her hand and spoke to Robin.

After Nia and the others turned their attention, the girl gave them a sweet smile.

"Would you like to have dinner with me? I liked you guys as soon as I saw you!"

"Hahaha, I like cute girls like you, too."

Nia gave the girl a hearty smile, walked up to her and sat down.

"Are you alone?"

Although the security here is very good, it is still somewhat dangerous for a frail girl to act alone.

"no."

The girl shook her head and pointed to the translucent box she had placed on the table.

"They are all with me!"

"them?"

Nia tilted her head and glanced at the box placed in front of the other person.

In the translucent box, there is a model of a castle with extremely exquisite details, just like the real thing. The sharp-eyed Nia can even see that there is a doll inside the castle. As a toy, this can be said to be very delicate.

However, no matter how detailed or realistic it is, it is just a doll.

Nia's eyes softened a little when she looked at the girl. This girl was also a pitiful person. She had no family or friends to accompany her. Only the cold doll could accompany her.

"Let's go together!"

Nia waved for Robin and Bakara to come over.

Since we have met by chance, let’s just consider it as making friends!

"Really? You guys are so nice!"

Looking at Robin and Bakara approaching, a happy smile appeared on the girl's face.

“I love you guys so much!”

"I like you, too!"

Bakara sat nearby, lifted her long hair, and looked at the cute girl who had the same hair color as her captain, feeling a sense of closeness.

"Really? That's great!"

The girl shared the donuts in front of her among the three people and looked at them expectantly.

"I really hope you can stay by my side forever!"

Hearing what the girl said, Robin suddenly felt an extremely strange feeling in his heart.

This girl is very strange!
Years of experience in hiding came into play again at this moment. Robin's heart suddenly rose, but his face remained expressionless.

"Hahaha, forever is not that easy!"

Nia said with a big smile, taking the donut the girl handed her.

"No, it can always be done."

The girl pointed to the box on the table.

"They can stay with me forever!"

"Dolls don't count—these are delicious donuts!"

Nia tasted the food and a satisfied expression appeared on her face.

"so cute!"

The girl looked at the three young ladies in front of her, with a gleam in her eyes.

"Love you guys~"

The girl stretched out her thumb and index finger and made a heart shape towards Nia and the other three.

'Am I being too suspicious?'

No matter how you look at it, the girl in front of him is just an innocent girl, but Robin has a lingering feeling of uneasiness in his heart.

As his mind turned, several arms suddenly grew out of the wall outside the restaurant, and an eye strangely grew out of the palm of the hand. Soon, arms appeared in various hidden corners, and soon found Kosa who had just put his things away and walked out of an air door.

Snapped!
An arm suddenly grew out from Kosha's shoulder and patted Kosha's body. After Kosha looked over, a mouth grew out on the palm of his hand. Just as he was about to say something, it suddenly turned into petals and dissipated in front of Kosha's eyes.

"This is……!?"

Kosa's expression changed slightly.

What happened just now was obviously Robin's ability. She seemed to want to say something to herself, but before she could say it, the ability was lifted.

Given their personalities, it is unlikely that they would do something like a prank, so that means they encountered something unexpected!

Thinking of this, Kosa turned around quickly and walked quickly towards the previous music restaurant.

Ding bell~~
With the sound of a clear bell, Kosha pushed the door open and walked in, but he did not see Nia and the other three.

"Sure enough, something went wrong!"

I clearly saw them walk into the restaurant, but I didn't see them. Is it the restaurant's problem?
"Your order is ready!"

A waiter came out from the kitchen carrying a few dishes. He glanced at the empty table and a look of surprise flashed across his face.

"You were just here..."

The next moment, a hint of anger flashed in the young man's eyes.

"After ordering the food, he ran away without paying. What a bastard!"

Kosa glanced at the food the young man was carrying.

Small cakes, sandwiches, and grilled fish are indeed the types of food that the three of them like.

And judging from the clerk's behavior, he was indeed unaware of the situation, so it was someone else in the store who did it?

Kosa glanced at the people in the restaurant and casually found a place to sit down.

After all, he was just a newly-promoted crew member, and in terms of strength, he should be the weakest on the ship. Since Nia and the other three were dealt with quietly, it would be useless even if he rushed forward.

For him, what is more important is to find the enemy and then bring the intelligence to Luo and the others!
(End of this chapter)