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

After Usopp and Robin parted ways, Usopp disguised himself as a soldier and went to the maintenance crew, which was the repair headquarters, and finally saw the Going Merry.

The Going Merry was repaired here by Mechao, the repairman who was the first to see it fall from the sky, and thus its life was saved.

Usopp was thanking Mechao and exclaiming how wonderful it was, but before he could finish his exclamation, Colonel Drake caught him red-handed.

He was tricked into revealing his suspicious identity.

"This is the maintenance crew headquarters! If you dare cause trouble here, I'll fight you to the death!! Drake!!"

Seeing the soldiers draw their weapons, Grandpa Mechao didn't hesitate to yell at Drake, mainly because he was afraid the ships they had painstakingly repaired would be damaged in the hands of their own men. So, even though Drake held a high rank, he maintained this attitude because this was the maintenance crew!

"Uh...uh..."

Drake may look menacing, but he is a very reasonable person.

"Take him to the commander."

.........

Speaking of the commander, Jonathan was still in the canteen at this moment.

However, looking at Luffy's smiling teeth as he served him food, which were exactly the same as those on the bounty poster, he couldn't figure out what Luffy's purpose was in coming to Baron.

Luffy said, "What's my purpose? I didn't want to come either. Uh, does eating count?"

"Awaited!"

Luffy said.

"Well, thank you for your hard work."

Jonathan was also planning to expose the truth.

"Ah."

Luffy hummed in agreement and then left.

Jonathan picked up a meatball with his fork, put it in his mouth and chewed, his expression turning cheerful.

"Mmm, delicious, just like the legend says."

The legend here refers to the soldiers who ate Sanji's food and spread the word.

Jonathan had already guessed that the chef from Mary Geoise was not the original chef, but the chef from the Straw Hat Pirates, but since Sanji did not have a bounty, he did not know what he looked like.

"Um?"

Jonathan bent down and re-inserted a meatball, but it felt a little strange.

After eating the second meatball, he wanted to eat a third, but then he realized something was wrong. He had eaten two meatballs, and half the plate was gone!

"clatter!"

"clatter!"

Jonathan squinted, trying to stick another meatball in, but the meatballs disappeared the moment he tried to stick them in for the second one. When he tried to stick in the third one, Jonathan made a sudden move and grabbed Luffy's outstretched arm.

"Hey! Let me go!!!"

Luffy shouted.

Jonathan satisfied him, instantly letting go. His arm snapped back, and the momentum sent Luffy staggering backward and crashing into the door.

"It wasn't Smoker who defeated Crocodile in Alabasta, it was you!"

"You're hiding what you're doing, and this is a great opportunity for you to become famous. How selfless of you."

"So!! What brings you here now, Straw Hat Boy?!"

Jonathan walked to the table, looked at Luffy, and asked.

Luffy is still concerned about food, but he still has some cleverness in him. Even though he doesn't know what his purpose is, he says he'll eat.

"If I tell you, you have to give me half of the meatballs."

"Hmm? Don't just say half, I'll give you the whole thing."

Jonathan didn't expect Luffy to still be concerned about food at this moment.

Chapter 369 Who is whose wife, and who is whose captain?

Luffy came to deliver vegetables to Jonathan; isn't this home delivery?

As expected, Luffy's identity was exposed by Jonathan. Or rather, since they were fighting over food, Jonathan couldn't help but call them out directly. It's much easier to ask them directly than to guess, even though the answers he got weren't necessarily correct.

........

"Really? That's wonderful! You're such a kind and generous person!!!"

When Luffy heard Jonathan say he'd give him all the meatballs, he didn't care about anything else. He reached over with his other hand, grabbed the whole plate, and gulped it down. In his eyes, anyone who gave him good food was a good person.

"Awoo awoo awoo~"

Chewing on the meatballs, Luffy looked happy, as if his soul had been elevated.

"Now, you can tell me your purpose, right? A notorious criminal with a bounty of 1 million, the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, the Straw Hat Boy, Monkey D. Luffy."

Jonathan leaned against the table, watching Luffy chew on a meatball, and asked, "You, a pirate, are having a really good time in the Marine base."

After swallowing the meatball, Luffy replied, "Purpose? I don't have any purpose. Next, I just want to find the Going Merry, reunite with my crew, and then leave."

"I don't have any particular purpose..."

Jonathan narrowed his eyes, indicating that Luffy and his crew didn't really have any ulterior motives; it was just that Jonathan was overthinking things.

"The Going Merry, that's your pirate ship, right?"

"Find the boat, then leave?"

"You really underestimate our Iron Wall G8 Fortress."

"If I were to capture the pirate hunter Zoro now, would you still have the same plan?"

Before Jonathan mentioned Zoro, Luffy was lying on the ground with his head against the door, very casually. But when Jonathan mentioned Zoro, especially the word "captured," the smile on Luffy's face instantly disappeared, and he sprang to his feet.

"Then I'll rescue him and then leave!!"

"Where is Zoro now?!"

When it comes to his crewmates, there's no room for negotiation, even if the opponent is one of the Four Emperors!!

"They're really full of confidence, saying this in the center of a naval fortress base."

Jonathan replied.

Their eyes seemed to flash with electricity as they faced off, locked in a fierce confrontation, and it looked like they were about to start fighting.

Sanji immediately pushed open the door, grabbed Luffy, and ran, not forgetting to say, "Excuse me!!"

But as soon as she turned around, Jessica and the chefs formed a human wall and blocked her way.

"So you're with the Straw Hat Pirates! What a waste of your cooking skills!!"

"Don't be afraid, Rika, these pirates can't cause any trouble in G8 Fortress."

Jessica spoke up, and then comforted Bai Yun, because Bai Yun had been trying his best to perform.

Bai Yun thought to himself, "She's so kind. I wonder if she'll kill me after her true identity is exposed."

"You're the chef, aren't you?"

"I knew it wasn't a chef from Mary Geoise."

"Surrender now, you have nowhere to retreat."

Jonathan began to speak.

Luffy and Sanji stood one in front of the other, each facing one side.

But as soon as Jonathan finished saying "there's no way out," a wave of soldiers rushed in, ready to eat.

Sanji grabbed Luffy and, taking advantage of the chaos in the crowd, ran against the current.

"I'm sorry, Miss Jessica."

"Straw Hat Boy!!"

These were the words Sanji and Jonathan left behind when they escaped.

Seriously, who is whose wife, and who is whose captain?

Chapter 370 Extremely Safe

The entire Straw Hat Pirates infiltrated the G8 base.

The current situation is that Zoro has been captured.

Usopp was taken to Jonathan's office by Drake.

Sanji and Luffy escaped from the group of chefs led by Jonathan and Jessica, and their current whereabouts are unknown.

Nami and Chopper are still saving lives in the infirmary.

As for Bai Yun's true form, "Cook" Rika, it's not time for him to play a role yet.

Meanwhile, the clone and Robin swaggered off to Jonathan's office.

.......

When Jonathan returned to his office from the kitchen, he saw a group of soldiers and Drake holding Usopp hostage inside.

They are working every single moment.

But Jonathan actually liked this feeling, for a naval commander who enjoyed outsmarting and outmaneuvering pirates.

This actually made him feel a little better about his displeasure at Luffy and Sanji's escape.

"Ah, this man?"

"Reporting to the commander, this man claims to be from the navy, but he can't say his rank or which unit he belongs to."

"Based on the analysis, he is very likely a member of the Straw Hat crew."

Drake reported.

Jonathan walked up to Usopp and asked him a few questions.

Name, secret.