One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

Akainu's face was a dark reddish-black color. The voice he had just heard had clearly come from inside his stomach. Kizaru was obviously mocking him.

There's no way around it; the food at the naval academy is good, but you can't eat it every day!

Akainu glanced at the tempting advertisement posted at the entrance of the barbecue restaurant, gritted his teeth, and turned to leave without a word.

"Hey, hey, don't go! I really want to eat barbecue today. Will you come with me? It's on me!"

Akainu stopped and glared at Kizaru. Just then, the aroma of grilled meat wafted from the restaurant. He sniffed and said in a deep voice,

"Okay, but don't eat too much. Coach Zephyr said that too much oil will affect training!"

Kizaru sighed softly, rubbing his forehead, and waved his hand helplessly, saying,

"Alright, alright, let's indulge ourselves this once and go!"

Inside the barbecue restaurant, in a corner seat,

The three of them sat around an oven. Ginny, her hands supporting her chin, stared intently at the sizzling pork belly on the grill, pouting as she spoke.

"Brother Jige, how much longer until it's cooked? I'm starving!"

Giger chuckled and flicked Ginny's smooth forehead with his finger, teasingly saying...

"I think you're just greedy! Wait a little longer. Can't you learn from the bear and be more patient?"

Hearing Gigg's praise, Xiong scratched his head somewhat shyly and said weakly,

"Brother Jig, actually I'm a little hungry too..."

"...Okay, I'll add some more charcoal. Don't blame me if it burns!"

Ginny rubbed her face against Giggs' arm and said sweetly,

"I won't blame Giger! Even if the meat is burnt, I'll still eat it all!"

Giger chuckled a few times, about to speak, when a melodious voice rang out from the shop entrance.

"Boss! Are there any seats left? A large portion of beef, with a good mix of lean and fat, please!"

The voice behind was slightly muffled.

"Add two more bowls of white rice!"

"Sakazuki, you really have a special fondness for rice."

Upon hearing Sakazuki's name, Jigten paused, looking up towards the doorway.

The waiters at the barbecue restaurant greeted them warmly, and under their guidance, Kizaru and Akainu finally sat down next to Gig and the other two.

Kizaru plopped down in a chair, stretched, turned to Giggs with a smile, and asked,

"Hey buddy, you seem to be staring at me. Do we know each other?"

Giger didn't hide anything and responded with a smile.

"I'm sorry, I was rude. I just felt that you had a unique charm, so I couldn't help but take a few more glances."

"Cough cough..."

Akainu suddenly coughed twice and silently looked up at Kizaru.

Kizaru seemed quite interested in Giggs, ignoring the issue of his demeanor, and asked,

"Young man, you look unfamiliar. Have you just arrived here?"

"Yes, we're here to join the army."

Upon hearing that Giggs and his companions had come to join the army, Kizaru immediately moved a chair next to Giggs, sat down, and began chatting with him in a very familiar manner.

“That’s quite a coincidence. Perhaps we’ll become classmates. Let me introduce myself. My name is Borsalino, and that guy over there is Sakazuki.”

Jig glanced at Akainu, and Sakazuki nodded slightly, a somewhat stiff smile on his face.

After briefly introducing himself and his group, Giger said with a smile.

"It seems you two are our future seniors. It's nice to meet you."

Kizaru waved his hand and said,

"What 'senior' stuff? We're a bit of a loner at school, you know. You guys might even be hoping to stay away from us once you get here!"

"Oh? What's the reason for that? I feel very comfortable around you two."

"Hey, we're known as monsters at school. Who would want to hang out with monsters? So the two of us have no choice but to stick together for warmth."

"is it?"

Giger used his chopsticks to flip a slice of meat on the stove and said softly,

"Perhaps we are the same kind of people..."

Chapter 22 A Meal

Kizaru's expression remained unchanged, and with his sunglasses covering his face, no one knew where he was looking.

"The same type of people? Heh, is that what you mean, Brother Giger?"

As he spoke, he extended a finger, and a golden cross-shaped light flashed from the fingertip. Some diners who heard the noise and looked over were immediately blinded by the light and closed their eyes.

Akainu crossed his arms and said in a deep voice,

"Borsalino, retract your power!"

The light at Kizaru's fingertips instantly went out. He stood up, clasped his hands together, and bowed to the surrounding diners in apology.

"Oh dear, I'm so sorry everyone, I got a little too excited."

After saying that, Kizaru selectively filtered out some of the unpleasant comments and sat down on his own. When he looked at Giger again, he was stunned.

Giger's pupils swirled like two vortexes, faintly emanating a suction force.

As he watched, Kizaru instinctively felt uncomfortable and looked away, not wanting to look into Giger's eyes anymore.

Akainu also noticed the strange phenomenon on Giggs, but he didn't feel anything amiss.

Giger's eyes returned to normal, and he smiled in admiration.

"That was Borsalino's ability just now, wasn't it? It was a truly magnificent ability."

Kizaru didn't respond to that question, and casually said...

"Brother Giger is also an ability user, right? That's a terrifying ability. Can you tell me what your ability is?"

"This can be kept secret for now. Anyway, we'll be meeting again soon. How about I keep it a little mysterious, senior?"

"Haha, of course!"

Kizaru didn't mind; unless the user of a Devil Fruit is too famous, the fewer people who know about it, the better.

Moreover, in Kizaru's view, he had only shown his abilities slightly and had not revealed what kind of Devil Fruit user he was, so he didn't suffer any losses.

He never imagined that Giggs would be a time traveler who already knew most of his and Akainu's background.

After that, the group stopped discussing the topic and started chatting. Under Giggs's deliberate guidance, the atmosphere became quite harmonious, and even Akainu, who was usually not fond of talking, took the initiative to say a few words.

After all the dishes were served at Kizaru's table, the two tables even shared dishes that the other didn't have. Akainu even reluctantly gave up one of his two large bowls of white rice to Kuma.

There was a little incident: Ginny's gluttonous nature aroused Akainu's competitive spirit, which was a typical chauvinistic straight man.

Although Ginny didn't pay any attention to Akainu, in Akainu's mind, how could a grown man like him lose to a "weak woman" who weighed less than half his weight?

He completely forgot his initial instruction to "not eat too much" and proceeded to show off the grilled meat on his plate.

After showing off the last plate of grilled meat, Akainu glanced with satisfaction at the stack of plates in front of him, then looked at Ginny out of the corner of his eye. What he saw completely stunned him.

The plates in front of Ginny were piled up like a mountain, but her mouth was still busy, picking up a large piece of roast meat and putting it into her mouth.

Giger and Bear, who were standing nearby, were already used to this situation. Bear had started reading the Bible, while Giger was still helping Ginny grill meat.

Akainu rubbed his swollen belly, silently lowered his head, and tacitly acknowledged his defeat.

Seeing Ginny enjoying her grilled meat so much, Akainu couldn't help but chuckle, thinking to himself that he was really obsessed, actually comparing himself to a girl.

He felt not disappointed at all, but rather exceptionally relaxed.

For Akainu, who had been holed up in the naval academy hanging out with Kizaru, this experience was quite novel.

After eating countless plates of barbecue, Ginny contentedly picked up a tissue to wipe her mouth. When she looked up, she found Giger and the others smiling at her.

Two blushes appeared on Ginny's fair face as she leaned close to Giger and whispered...

"Why are you all staring at me like that? The food here is really much better than in Solbe Kingdom, so I couldn't help but eat a little more..."

Giger gently pinched Ginny's little nose and chuckled.

"Alright, eat as much as you like. There will be many more opportunities like this in the future."

Kizaru raised his hand and said in a cheeky tone,

"Just between us, Professor Zephyr is very strict. Sakazuki and I haven't been out for two months, so you'd better be prepared."

"Huh? Why is he like this...?"

Ginny pouted, suddenly feeling that the future was bleak.

Just as Giger was about to say a few words of comfort to her, she suddenly seemed to remember something and exclaimed excitedly,