After retiring from the Navy, I became a doting husband.

"What's going on? Why are they serving us empty plates of grilled meat?!"

"Boss, I really did put the grilled meat on the plate myself, then put the lid on and served it. I don't know why the grilled meat is gone. Boss, you know I've worked here for years and have never made a mistake before," the waiter quickly explained.

"Boss, you've wronged Blair. I watched him plate the meat after I finished grilling it. It's not that Blair didn't put the meat on the plate, it's that someone ate it. Look, there's still oil on the plate."

"Thank you, head chef, thank you for testifying for me!" waiter Blair quickly expressed his gratitude.

"Alright, I understand. Make another serving of barbecue for the customer, and I'll personally deliver it this time!" the owner said.

Outside the barbecue restaurant, a crowd of onlookers gathered as customers loudly complained, all wanting to know what had happened at the restaurant.

"Hurry up, do you want me to starve to death?" the guest said loudly, deliberately looking at the crowd.

"Make way, make way!" Martin watched from outside for a while, then pushed through the crowd and went inside.

"Waiter, bring me the largest plate of grilled meat!"

"Yes, sir! I'll have the chef prepare it right away!"

"Sir, I think you should go to another restaurant. There's something wrong with this one. I just ordered barbecue, and they brought me an empty plate."

"Thanks for reminding me, but I've heard that this restaurant's barbecue is delicious, it would be a shame not to try it!"

Martin said dismissively, but in fact, he had already sensed the area with his Observation Haki before entering the store. He discovered a person lying on a thick roof beam, and this person was none other than Luffy, whom he was looking for.

The kitchen was bustling with activity as meat was being grilled. Luffy watched, inhaling the aroma in the air with all his might. Although he had just eaten a piece of grilled meat, he was actually even hungrier than before.

"Meat! Meat!"

Luffy kept drooling and shouting; he had zero resistance to meat, and nothing was more important to him than eating meat.

"Braille meat!"

"It's the head chef!"

Blaise quickly took out a plate, received the roast meat from the chef, and waited for the owner to put the lid on before personally carrying the plate out.

Luffy stopped what he was about to do as the plate of grilled meat was taken away, leaving him no chance to eat. His saliva dripped onto the beam, quickly wetting a large area of ​​it.

Luffy didn't give up, because he saw an even bigger piece of roasted meat, emitting a fragrant aroma in the chef's hands.

"Braille meat!"

"Yes, head chef!"

Blair took the largest tray, received the roast meat from the chef, and then put the lid on. Still not satisfied, he lifted the lid again to check, and after confirming that the meat was inside, he turned around to grab the meat and attack.

Although Martin was sitting there, he was observing Luffy with his Observation Haki. The moment the waiter turned around, Luffy quickly stretched out both hands, pulled up the lid with one hand, grabbed the grilled meat with the other, and then closed the lid.

"Here's your grilled meat, sir!"

Unaware of the situation, the waiter brought the plate to Martin and handed it to him.

Martin took the plate, surprised that the restaurant used such a heavy plate. No wonder they didn't even realize the meat inside was missing; compared to the plate, the weight of the meat was negligible.

"Your plates are so heavy!"

"Yes, sir. To prevent the flavor of the grilled meat from deteriorating as the temperature drops after it leaves the oven, we've added a heating element to the plate to maintain its temperature, which is why the plate is so heavy," the waiter explained.

After explaining the plate, the waiter opened the lid for Martin, only to find that the greasy roasted meat had vanished from the empty plate.

"Clang clang clang!"

The lid in the waiter's hand fell to the ground, the metal lid clattering on the floor with a crisp sound before finally rolling away and coming to a stop.

"How...how could this be? The meat is gone again!" the waiter shouted as he fell to the ground.

"What happened to Blair?!"

While comforting the customers and the boss, he turned around when he heard the commotion and asked what was wrong. When he saw that Brilliant had fallen to the ground, he immediately went to help him up.

"Boss... the meat... the meat is gone again! Such a big piece of meat just vanished into thin air! It's terrifying, absolutely terrifying!" Blair said, his mouth trembling.

"How could this be? Blair, are you sure you didn't make a mistake? Did you bring the wrong plate?"

"Boss, how could that be? This is the largest portion of grilled meat. We only sell a few portions a year. How could I have made a mistake? I even checked that the grilled meat was inside before I brought it out," Blair quickly said.

"This..." The boss didn't know what to say either, and he couldn't explain why.

"It's okay, the meat is gone, but I can tell from the smell of this plate that your roast meat is very good. The one that was lost is on me. I'll give you ten more servings of the same roast meat as before," Martin encouraged.

"Guest, this..."

"What's wrong, boss? Are you worried I won't have enough Berries to pay? How many Berries do you have in total? Do you think this is enough?" Martin pulled out a stack of Berries from his pocket.

"Are you sure you want ten servings of the barbecue from earlier?" the owner asked suspiciously, knowing that ten servings of barbecue from earlier weighed more than Martin himself.

“Of course! I have a good appetite, so just bring out the roast meat. Berry won’t skimp on you.” Martin said calmly.

"The customer is king. As long as there's enough Berry, we can have as much barbecue as you want." With that thought in mind, the boss sent Blair to the kitchen.

"Did you hear that? That guy ordered ten servings of grilled meat, and the largest portion at that. Is the grilled meat at this restaurant really that good? Maybe we should go in and try it too."

"That makes sense, let's go together!"

"Anyway, a meal won't cost many Berries."

……

It wasn't mealtime yet, and business was slow at the restaurant. But Martin's bold move drew in the crowd of onlookers, and the restaurant was instantly packed. A queue also started forming outside.

The boss was overjoyed and immediately went into the kitchen, ready to take charge himself. Business is usually not very busy, so one head chef is enough, and he doesn't need to cook personally.

Luffy swallowed the last bite of grilled meat, licking his fingers incessantly. The grilled meat tasted absolutely amazing, so much better than anything he could grill himself.

Thinking about this, Luffy was puzzled. His grilled meat was clearly terrible, so why did his grandfather always eat it so deliciously? Every time he finished eating, his grandfather would even pack some leftovers to take home. In the end, he decided that he would never grill meat again.

Luffy thought for a moment, but his hands didn't slow down. When he saw some grilled meat coming out of the oven, he grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth.

Martin watched Luffy while eating his grilled meat. The grilled meat at this restaurant was really good; it was fragrant, golden brown and glossy, not greasy at all, and tender and delicious.

"I'm so sorry, sir, I don't know why you always seem to order less grilled meat..."

Martin interrupted the boss when he asked if he wanted to say anything more.

"Boss, you don't need to. Just grill the amount you want. I'll cover any lost meat after it's done."

"How could I possibly accept this from you, sir?" the owner said apologetically.

“It’s okay, I know where the barbecue went,” Martin said after taking a bite of the barbecue.

"Does the customer know where the barbecue is? Can you tell me?" the owner asked hurriedly.

“No, no, you’ll find out soon enough,” Martin said mysteriously.

"One more, boss!"

"Boss, I'll have another one too!"

"It's so delicious! I never knew this barbecue place was so good!"

The barbecue was a huge hit, much to the owner's delight. As the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining; the customers' earlier commotion had unexpectedly boosted business so much.

"What is this? Why is this in the barbecue?!"

At this moment, the customer who had lost his grilled meat for the first time suddenly screamed again, as if he had encountered something terrifying.

Martin turned and smiled at the guest. His Observation Haki was constantly active, so he was fully aware of the guest's every move. He sensed that the man had taken something out of his pocket and then tossed it onto the plate of grilled meat.

"What happened to the guest?" the boss asked hurriedly as he went over.

The other guests also stopped eating and looked at that guest.

"What's going on? Look for yourself! There are cockroaches in your barbecue! It's disgusting, absolutely disgusting!" The customer made a vomiting gesture.

The owner went over to take a look and, just like the customer, there was a cockroach under the grilled meat on the plate.

"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!"

Other guests also vomited at the thought of cockroaches, as if there were cockroaches in their own barbecue.

"Sir, you must be mistaken. We sell barbecue, how could we possibly have cockroaches?" the owner said anxiously.

"What, do you think the cockroach flew in by itself?" the customer asked.

"No, I'm not a customer, that's not what I meant," the owner quickly apologized.

“Of course cockroaches don’t fly in by themselves, but they can be let in by someone. You’re disgusting. If you want to cause trouble, then cause trouble. You’ve already finished this big piece of roast meat before you start complaining. If you’re so capable, then don’t eat this roast meat. You’re such a jerk.” Martin said while taking a bite of roast meat.

It was only then that the other customers in the restaurant noticed that the customer who ordered the meat with the cockroach had only a bone left on their plate.

Upon discovering that his secret had been exposed, the man angrily retorted, "Don't spout nonsense! How dare you frame me! Don't worry, I'll have the city management officers arrest you!"

"Snapped!"

Martin threw down the roast meat in his hand, stood up, walked over to the man, grabbed his clothes, and pulled a jar out of his pocket. Inside were several cockroaches.

The man tried to resist, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break free from Martin's grasp and was held firmly in place.

"Oh! So you're here to cause trouble. Did you eat the missing barbecue? Did you cause trouble at the shop?" the boss said angrily.

"No, it wasn't me. I just wanted to put a cockroach in to scare away the customers in the store. I didn't steal any barbecue," the man quickly explained.

At that moment, a group of people rushed in. They were the city management team of the Kingdom of Goa, responsible for cleaning up all the imperfections in the city.

"Sir, sir, this is the man! He actually tried to extort money from me by putting cockroaches in the meat and framing our shop!" the shop owner immediately complained as soon as he saw the city management officers enter.

"This..." The city management captain hesitated. He was actually in cahoots with the person who released the cockroaches. He thought the person had succeeded, so he brought his men in. He never expected to be caught red-handed for releasing cockroaches.

"Guards, arrest this man and throw him in jail!"

"Yes, sir!"

The two henchmen then dragged the man out, and the entire urban management team disappeared in front of the barbecue restaurant.

"Thank you so much, sir! We would have been in big trouble if it weren't for you. This meal is on me today." As soon as the city management officers left, the boss immediately shouted to Martin.

"No, no, boss, you're too kind," Martin declined.

"Yes, yes, customers..." the boss said halfway through, when suddenly a loud noise came from the kitchen.

"Oh!"

"What happened?" The boss rushed into the kitchen and found a round ball on the floor.

Just as the boss was about to go over to check, the sphere suddenly started moving, and I turned around 180 degrees on the spot.

"Hahaha, I thought I was going to die!" Luffy shouted loudly while chewing on meat.