I'm in One Piece, and I'm Luffy's childhood friend.

Luffy took the lead, and the others formed a circle and raised their arms, which were tied with straps.

"So..."

"Let's get ashore!!"

"Heading toward the restaurant, and then Alabasta."

Luffy shouted.

"Idiot, you've got the priorities wrong."

Nami retorted.

Bai Yun laughed and agreed with Luffy's statement, "Hahaha, Luffy is right, we need to be well-fed to work properly."

........

Luffy and his crew have just arrived at the port city of Rapeseed Flower in Alabasta.

Meanwhile, a restaurant amidst the rapeseed flowers was quite noisy, and the entrance was crowded with people.

"What's going on? That shop seems really noisy. What happened?"

Smoker, the Smoker, makes another appearance.

Because they intercepted Sanji and Crocodile's conversation near the small garden using a Den Den Mushi (snail phone).

They also captured Mr. 11, and they arrived at the rapeseed flowers one step ahead of Luffy and the others.

"It seems a customer in the shop suddenly died, Sergeant."

Tashigi (a reader mentioned earlier that Tashigi readers aren't used to this, so let's use this instead? (????)) replied.

No sooner had she finished speaking than a soldier rushed over in a panic, holding a wanted poster.

“A remarkable person has arrived in town, Colonel Smoker.”

........

Inside the hotel.

Everyone was talking about it.

"I heard that he suddenly died while talking to the store manager."

"Everyone is saying that he might be a traveler who accidentally ate desert strawberries while traveling."

"【Desert Strawberry】?"

"A red poisonous spider that looks like a strawberry."

"If you eat it, you will suddenly die a few days later."

"The body will be covered with infectious virus within hours."

"So no one dared to approach him."

Just when the guests in the hotel were almost convinced that Ace had died on the desert strawberry, Ace suddenly raised his head.

"puff!"

"She's alive!!!"

The people around him were so shocked that their mouths dropped open.

Ace looked around and then lifted a girl's skirt to wipe his mouth.

Although I learned manners from Makino when I was a child, it seems I'm polite, but not very much.

"what!!!"

"Whoo~"

"Oops......"

After wiping his mouth, Ace's mouth was still bulging. He reached up and scratched his head, saying...

"Fell asleep."

"Asleep!!!"

The guest immediately turned into a "shark face" and shouted, "So he was just asleep! I thought something serious had happened!"

But then I suddenly realized that wasn't right.

"No, how could someone fall asleep while eating and talking?"

Bai Yun: You don't understand, do you? It's a "symbol" of Garp Education. Luckily, I don't have it.

"And then he started eating again."

"By the way, what are you guys arguing about?"

Ace turned around, holding his knife and fork, and said.

The guests, enraged, shouted again, "We were worried about you!!!"

"Do you have a comedy troupe at your store?"

Ace asked the store manager a sincere question.

"No...no, never mind, it's good that you're alright..."

Before the shop manager could finish speaking, Ace suddenly buried his head again.

"Wake up!!"

The store manager couldn't stay calm anymore; what a strange person this was.

When Ace woke up, this time they got down to business and he pulled out two bounty posters.

"Manager, have you seen anyone in this town wearing a straw hat and with long hair tied with a blue headband...?"

Before Ace could finish speaking, Smoker appeared out from behind him.

"They actually dared to eat so openly in a restaurant."

"Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, what brings you to this country?"

"Portgas D. Ace."

The moment Smoker uttered those words, the store manager and the customers were instantly dumbfounded.

"White... Whitebeard!!? A pirate's accomplice."

"Come to think of it, I feel like I've seen that tattoo on his back before."

Outside, Luffy accelerated to his top speed and headed towards the restaurant, kicking up dust behind him, with Bai Yun flying in the air following him.

Inside the restaurant, Ace turned to look at Smoker, a toothpick dangling from his mouth.

"...I'm looking for...my younger brother."

.........

"What should we do? The rapeseed flowers are too big, it's too difficult to find Luffy."

As soon as he got ashore, Luffy dashed off and separated himself from Vivi and the others.

"That's easy, just go to the noisiest place in the city and you're sure to find him."

Sanji said.

“Haha, you’re right,” Usopp replied.

"It should be fine. Bai Yun is with him, so Bai Yun shouldn't do anything reckless... Well, not necessarily, those two brothers."

"Let's find a restaurant and eat first, then we'll talk about it."

Zoro said, leading everyone into the town.

........

Inside the restaurant.

Ace and Smoker were facing off, and just as Smoker was about to make a move, Luffy launched a rocket into the restaurant, sending Smoker and Ace flying and smashing a large hole in several buildings.

Luffy immediately started eating, and Bai Yun also took the opportunity to eat some first, as well as feed Xiao Bai.

When Ace returned and saw the two of them clearly, before he could even speak, Smoker pushed him down from behind.

With Luffy by his side, Smoker sees no one else.

Luffy ran off with his mouth stuffed like a balloon, and Smoker immediately gave chase.

Ace stood up and saw Bai Yun standing in front of him, smiling and saying, "Long time no see, Ace."

Chapter 133 You're so arrogant!

After several adventures, the Straw Hat Pirates finally landed in the port city of Rapeseed Flower in Alabasta.

Strictly speaking, the battle in Alabasta was the Straw Hat Pirates' first boss-level challenge. If Crocodile hadn't had the ability to be strong against strong opponents and weak against weak ones, Luffy might not have been able to defeat him.

.........

As soon as they landed on the island, Luffy flew off to find a restaurant, leaving the others no time to react before he disappeared in a flash.

Fortunately, Bai Yunfei was with him.

Once inside the restaurant, he first sent Smoker and Ace away, then, with his mouth full of food, he was chased by Smoker, enjoying the silky smooth taste of Dove chocolate.

Ace, who had been pinned to the ground by Smoker, got up again and saw Bai Yun standing in front of him, smiling.

"Long time no see, Ace."

"Bai Yun!"

"Haha, long time no see."

Ace gave Bai Yun a big bear hug, and Bai Yun didn't even have time to refuse, since Ace was covered in dust.

Bai Yun patted Ace on the back, "Alright, let's go find Luffy. His current abilities aren't enough to defeat Logia-type users."

"Natural system?"

"That smoker is a Logia-type user, a user of the Smoke-Smoke Fruit."

"We need to go right away!"