A cook, vice-captain of the Rocks Pirates?

All Lingling wants to do right now is beat someone up and then find something spicy to eat.

"That red stone with strange characters engraved on it that you got from Wano Country."

Ryan's voice wasn't loud, but it was like a thunderclap, exploding in Newgate's ears.

The history of road signs!

Newgate looked sharply at Ryan, his eyes filled with shock and confusion.

He knew of the existence of the Poneglyphs and that they might conceal a massive secret capable of overturning the world.

But he never imagined that Renn would be interested in this thing, and even willing to exchange such a precious cooking recipe for it.

How many secrets is this head chef hiding?

Upon hearing this, Lingling was taken aback for a moment, then said nonchalantly, "Oh, you mean that broken red stone? I don't know what it's for, I just thought it looked nice so I stole it from Wano Country. Since you want it, you can have it!"

For her, a stone she couldn't understand was far less valuable than the energy bar that would allow her to defeat Kaido.

A priceless transaction that would determine the ultimate fate of the world was thus completed in a few casual words of conversation, in a way that was full of absurdity.

Linlin, leading her group of children who were high in fighting spirit as if they were on drugs, boarded the cake ship and transformed into a pink streak of light, charging menacingly towards Kaido's territory.

The ancestral giant tortoise's back has returned to its former tranquility.

"Raine."

Newgate walked up to Ryan and asked in a low voice, "Why do you want that stone?"

Raine didn't answer directly. He just looked in the direction Lingling had gone and said calmly, "I just feel that we can't always be aimlessly searching for ingredients at sea."

"We need a more accurate map, a map that can guide us to find the most premium, legendary, and dangerous ingredients on this ocean."

"And that stone is part of the map."

Ryan's gaze shifted to Newgate, and for the first time, a flame of ambition flickered in those usually calm eyes.

"Captain, don't you want to know what the ultimate treasure known as ONE PIECE tastes like?"

Newgate's heart was deeply moved at that moment.

He looked at the young head chef in front of him. He always thought that the other man's dream was just to make the best food in the world, but he never thought that the other man's ambition was so grand.

What he wants to cook is the ultimate secret of this world.

"Gurarararar! Interesting! Really interesting!"

Newgate burst into laughter, feeling his heart, which had become somewhat dormant due to comfort, being reignited.

"Okay! It's settled then!"

Newgate waved his hand and declared with boundless ambition, "From today onward, our goal, in addition to eating our way around the world, will include another—"

"Let's go see what kind of top-tier ingredients are hidden on that final island that would drive even Roger crazy!"

"Oh oh oh!"

Although Gatz and the others didn't quite understand, they would get excited unconditionally whenever they heard about new adventures and new ingredients.

As if sensing the high fighting spirit of the people on the ship, the ancestral giant tortoise let out a long, ancient cry and slightly turned its huge head.

Guided by the rubbing of the Poneglyphs that Renne obtained from Lingling, it slowly but surely began its new and great voyage towards a completely new course filled with unknowns and legends.

This era, driven by the ambition of a chef, has begun to surge in an even more magnificent and unpredictable direction...

On this day, Renn was standing at the kitchen door, looking at the Heart of the World that he had placed in a specially made incubator.

Under the continuous baking of the Phoenix Flame and the nourishment of the giant tortoise's life energy, the creative aura emanating from the surface of the seven-colored fruit became increasingly intense.

Raine even tried watering an ordinary potato with this aura, and the potato grew into a grunting, lively pig-shaped potato within three days, with a texture that combined the creaminess of a potato with the savory aroma of pork.

This discovery gave Rennes even bolder ideas for the future of the land beneath his feet.

Just then, Newgate walked over with the rubbing of the Road Sign History text he had traded with Charlotte Linlin.

“Raine, take a look at this.”

Newgate handed him the rubbing.

“We can’t keep drifting aimlessly on this ocean forever; it’s time to find a new goal.”

Raine took the rubbing. The characters on it were not ancient scripts that he could understand, but rather a pattern that was closer to the origin, formed by the trajectory of energy flow.

In his understanding of the meaning of food, this stone slab was like a complex recipe, recording the path to a certain top-quality ingredient.

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Who said I've burned out? Chapter 10, updated!

Chapter 222 Visiting Two Old Friends

"Let me see."

Raine closed his eyes and slowly covered the rubbing with the meaning of food.

The next second, a flood of chaotic information rushed into his mind.

Those are not words, but fragments of taste, sound, temperature, and even emotion.

There was the salty smell of the sea breeze, the sulfurous smell of the volcano, the roar of a giant beast, and another... ancient smell, full of glory and battle spirit.

Renn's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

"This map does not point to a fixed location."

He slowly opened his eyes, a hint of solemnity in them: "It's more like a living coordinate, constantly moving."

"Coordinates of being alive?"

Newgate was somewhat puzzled.

"Ah."

Renn nodded, pointing to a constantly flashing core pattern on the rubbing.

"The energy reaction here is the strongest and most chaotic. It feels to me like two enormous life forms are colliding endlessly, and each collision causes violent changes in the surrounding sea."

"Two enormous life forms... a never-ending collision..."

As Newgate pondered these words, a long-forgotten memory suddenly flashed through his mind—a legend he had heard shortly after the Rocks Pirates were formed and when they first entered the New World.

"Could it be... those two guys?"

A smile, filled with nostalgia and fighting spirit, appeared on Newgate's face.

"Dad, you know them?"

"I'm standing here," Joz asked, looking puzzled.

"Gurarararar! It's more than just knowing!"

Newgate burst into laughter: "Those are the freest and purest warriors on this sea! Their battles are one of the most magnificent sights in the New World!"

He walked to the bow of the ship, took a deep breath facing the boundless sea, and then issued a command as loud as a bell.

"Dorum! Take the ship to the highest point!"

"Yes, Captain!"

"Gats! Put the anchor back in and stop fishing!"

"Oh!"

"Men! Be alert!"

Newgate's voice was filled with unprecedented excitement.

"Our next goal is to visit two old friends we haven't seen in a long time! And while we're at it... let them see what a real banquet is all about!"

As if sensing the captain's soaring fighting spirit, the ancestral giant tortoise let out a long cry, and its massive body slowly turned around, embarking on its new and great voyage towards that unknown sea filled with legends and the atmosphere of battle.

Guided by Raine and aided by the primordial giant tortoise's absurd navigational abilities, they arrived at the legendary sea just one week later.

Upon entering, everyone was awestruck by the sight before them.

The sea here is no longer a simple azure, but a heavy, steel-like gray-black.

There were no clouds in the sky, only countless enormous, inverted mountain-like vortexes slowly rotating, each rotation bringing with it a terrifying gravitational pull strong enough to tear steel apart.

Even more terrifying are the creatures swimming in the sea.

Those could no longer be called sea kings; they were a group of true, ancient marine giants.

Giant sea serpents, comparable in size to islands, slither through the whirlpools, like mythical earthly serpents.

The giant deep-sea squid, with hundreds of eyes, causes the surrounding seawater to boil or freeze instantly with each blink.

However, these terrifying creatures, which would normally deter any fleet, were terrified and sank into the deep sea after sensing the godlike aura of the ancestral giant tortoise, daring not to make the slightest move.

The ancestral giant tortoise, like a king surveying his territory, glided smoothly through this sea of ​​giant spirits, leaving a trail of utter silence in its wake.

"My goodness... the food here still looks so hard, it doesn't look appetizing."

Gatz lay on the edge of the island, watching the menacing black shadows flash by below, and began to worry about the taste of the ingredients.

"The flesh fibers of creatures of this level have long been tempered to the extreme by enormous life energy, and every bite contains world-destroying power."

"Of course, with your current teeth, you really can't bite it," Ryan said calmly.

Just then, a muffled roar, as if it could shatter the sky, came from the distant horizon.

Boom!

The sound was so loud that even the moving continent beneath their feet trembled slightly.

"What's going on? Is it thundering?"

Gatz scratched his head in confusion.

"Do not."

Newgate's eyes sharpened, and his unfathomable Observation Haki clearly revealed that it was a clash of two incredibly powerful wills filled with pure strength.

It's them.

As the giant tortoise drew closer, the source of the sound finally came into view.

It was a huge, primitive island, covered with prehistoric plants that grew like giant umbrellas, and where long-extinct dinosaurs roamed leisurely.

In the center of the island, two towering giants are engaged in a fierce yet glorious duel.

The giant on the left has long blue hair and a beard braided into a huge plait. He holds a giant sword that seems to pierce the sky, and each swing of it brings with it a terrifying sword pressure that could cleave the sea in two.

The giant on the right has long brown hair and a thick beard. The giant axe in his hand is equally formidable. Every swing of the axe causes the earth to crack, as if it is about to split the entire island in two.

"Ha—cough cough cough cough!"

The blue-haired giant unleashed a powerful sweeping motion, sending his opponent staggering back several steps. The immense recoil itself caused him to cough violently.

"Broki! Your sword is getting duller and duller! Like an old woman's knitting needle!"

"Shut up, Dongli!"

The brown-haired giant known as Brogy was also in bad shape. Clutching his chest, which had been slashed by the sword's energy, he roared, "Your axe is the weakling! It's not even worthy of shaving me!"

"What did you say?!"

"Come at me again if you're not satisfied!"

The two giants, whose combined age exceeded three hundred years, roared and charged at each other like two quarrelsome children.

Every clash between sword and axe caused the entire island to groan in agony.

The members of the Whitebeard Pirates all wore strange expressions as they watched the simple and brutal battle that was full of retro vibes.

"Gurarararar... These two guys are still exactly the same as before."

Newgate looked at the two familiar figures and a nostalgic smile appeared on his face.

The last time I saw them was not long after the Rocks Pirates were formed. They had resupplyed on this island and witnessed the duel between these two giants.

So many years have passed, the seas have been turbulent, and times have changed, but these two seem to have been forgotten by time. They are still here, fighting day after day for a reason that has long been forgotten, in the purest battle that belongs to warriors.

Chapter 223 You two, come at me together!