Starting with Food Wars, I'll be sourcing delicacies from all realms.

Looking at Liji, Ximen Yan suddenly felt a little tempted to give it a try.

At that moment, Liki, who was helping his master Mochi light the fire, trembled all over.

For some reason, it felt as if it were being targeted by a wild beast as prey!

Somewhat frightened, Leakey quickly looked up.

Then he saw Ximen Yan looking it up and down.

Looking at Simon's gaze, Liki felt that Simon seemed to be considering which part of him was more delicious!

"Ouch~!"

With a mournful cry, Liki hid behind Mochi, trembling with fear.

This is terrifying! Someone actually wants to eat a lion!

However, Liki's massive body was clearly beyond the reach of Mochi's small frame.

His timid appearance left Ximen Yan speechless.

It's a lion, for goodness' sake! Why is it so cowardly?

Although he did have a desire to try the taste of lion.

But after all, nothing has been done yet!

Because of Liki's sudden action, the match that had already been lit was extinguished again.

"What are you doing, Niki?"

"Captain Buggy will be angry if we don't burn down the Straw Hat Pirates' ship."

Mochi frowned and looked at Liki.

To ensure that Luffy, the Straw Hat Boy, has nowhere to escape.

The cunning and treacherous Captain Buggy then arranged for him to burn down the Straw Hat Pirates' ship.

In this way, Straw Hat Luffy will be stuck in Loguetown.

However, due to the sudden strong winds and torrential rain.

It's not easy to even light a match, let alone burn a boat.

This made Mochi somewhat irritable.

Just when hope seemed within reach, it was destroyed by a niche market.

Mochi was naturally very angry.

But who can blame them when Liki is the lion they raised!

So I had no choice but to put up with it.

"Ouch."

Leakey cautiously extended its paw from behind Mochi and pointed at Simon on the Going Merry.

Mochi looked up in the direction that Leakey's claws were pointing.

He immediately saw Simon standing on the Going Merry, calmly watching him and Liki.

"Are you also a member of the Straw Hat Pirates?"

Moqi looked at Ximen Yan and questioned him.

After all, there didn't seem to be a person named Ximen Yan in the Straw Hat Pirates before.

"No, and I'm not a pirate either."

Ximen Yan shook his head calmly.

Although I am temporarily staying with the Straw Hat Pirates.

But he was just a food supplier.

"What? So they weren't part of the Straw Hat Pirates!"

Mochi said with a slight disappointment.

After all, Ximen Yan looked very weak.

If he were a member of the Straw Hat Pirates.

He and Liki could easily arrest Simon.

When it's delivered to Captain Bucky, he'll be very happy.

Unfortunately, Ximen Yan is not a member of the Straw Hat Pirates, so it's of no use to him.

Ximen Yan's mouth twitched slightly.

Although he is not actually a member of the Straw Hat Pirates.

But he's on the Straw Hat Pirates' Going Merry right now!

Don't you even have any doubts?

However, it seems there are quite a few people in the One Piece world who are a bit dim-witted.

Thinking of this, Ximen Yan revealed a kind smile.

"So, what are you doing? Do you need any help?"

Ximen Yan asked, seemingly out of kindness.

He wanted to see if this guy was really missing a screw in his head.

"Captain Bucky sent me to burn the Straw Hat Pirates' ship."

"In that case, the Straw Hat Boy will be stuck in Loguetown."

"But because of the rain, I couldn't get the firewood going!"

"Captain Bucky will be furious if we don't burn this ship!"

Moqi looked at Ximen Yan with great distress and said.

He didn't want to anger Captain Bucky.

Yeah, that's for sure, this guy is definitely a bit dim-witted!

Ximen Yan glanced at Moqi speechlessly.

They actually revealed Bucky's plan so directly.

There's no other explanation than that the person is completely out of their mind.

At this moment, even Mochi's lion, Liki, seemed unable to look Mochi in the eye.

The lion covered its eyes with its paws. Why would it have such an owner? It's such a disgrace to lions.

"Do you want me to lend you a hand?"

As Ximen Yan spoke, a ball of flame rose from his hand.

After all, he's currently bored.

It's a good opportunity to play some Mochi to kill some time.

"A Devil Fruit user!"

Mochi shouted.

He then flipped over and straddled Liki, and shouted.

"Leaky, let's run!" (Okay, okay)

In fact, Leakey had wanted to escape for a long time.

At this moment, without Moqi urging him on, he burst forth with all his speed and ran into the distance.

"I……"

Ximen Yan stared at Moqi and Liji as they walked away, his face dark with exasperation.

We were having a nice chat, why did they suddenly run away!

However, Ximen Yan did not intend to pursue him.

After all, Luffy and his crew should be back soon.

After riding Liki a long way, Mochi realized that Simon wasn't chasing after him, so he told Liki to stop.

In fact, Moqi has never doubted Ximen Yan's identity.

The reason he escaped was entirely due to his identity as a Devil Fruit user.

Although Ximenyan is not.

In Mochi's mind, he was a Devil Fruit user.

They are all monsters like their captain Buggy and Straw Hat Luffy.

How could such a powerful person possibly be kind enough to help him?

There must be some conspiracy targeting him.

At this point, the best course of action is to escape as quickly as possible!

Chapter 66 Naval Attack (Seeking Flowers)

Not long after Mochi and Liki escaped.

Nami and Usopp were the first to rush back in a panic.

After seeing the Going Merry and Simon on board.

Nami and Usopp couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Great! The navy hasn't arrived yet! The Going Merry is safe!"

Usopp was very happy to see the Going Merry intact.

They rushed back in a panic.

It was because they had just discovered in town that the navy wanted to come to the port to search the Going Merry.

"The Navy didn't come, but Bucky had previously sent one of his men to burn down the Going Merry!"

"That guy was carrying a lion that looked like it had a lot of meat on it."

"Of course, this kind of weather is obviously not suitable for starting a fire!"

"And it ran away inexplicably."

Ximen Yan said quietly.

He had originally wanted to chat with Mochi a little longer to pass the time.

Unexpectedly, Mochi actually arrived there.

"Who's that guy with the lion?"

Usopp looked at Nami with a puzzled expression.

He had heard Luffy and Nami talk about their conflict with the Buggy Pirates.

However, Usopp didn't know anyone from Buggy's Pirates.

"It's Mochi, the beast tamer of the Buggy Pirates! Is that guy trying to burn down the Going Merry?!"

Nami said with a somewhat unpleasant expression.

After all, if we're talking about someone with a lion and a 257, the one without a doubt is Mochi.

Since Mochi is there, it's likely that the rest of Buggy's crew are also there.

In other words, the Straw Hat Pirates not only have to face pursuit from the Navy.

Do we still have to be wary of the Buggy Pirates lurking in the shadows?

However, Nami then looked at Ximen Yan.

"By the way, what describes a lion with firm and tender flesh?"