One Piece: Turning Fruit

Chapter 30 Patch
Allen twitched the corner of his mouth stiffly, and gave Joya an ugly smile back.

"Hey, do you want a glass of water, captain?" A voice came from the side, and a glass of water was handed over at the same time.

"Ah, thank you, my voice just isn't right! Who are you!" Alan didn't realize it at first, but after thanking him, he was about to reach out to take the water glass.

But when he turned his head, he saw an old face next to him.

It's obviously a wrinkle on the face, but it is powdered upwards desperately.

Alan was so scared that he thought he had met a ghost.

He retreated quickly, and after reaching a "safe" distance, calmed his little heart, turned to Joya and asked, "Why didn't you tell me that someone was coming?"

"I didn't see it!" Joya's tone was a little aggrieved.

"!, such a big person", Allen turned his head and pointed at the person who came, only to realize that this person with half a foot of powder on his face?
The stature is extremely short, and Allen can probably reach his knees with his eyes.

"Sorry, I misunderstood you, Joya," Alan admitted his mistake decisively.

Judging from this person's height, when "he" approached Allen just now, it was really difficult for Joya to spot.

"Humph", after giving Alan a blank look, Joya turned her head and asked the visitor, "Who are you?"

"Hello, pretty little girl, my name is Paqi, and I'm the chef of this ship." With a slight nod, Paqi clarified her identity.

"." Allen and Joya looked at each other.

"How did you find out that Joya is a woman?" Allen was a little puzzled. He had only been on this ship for only three days, and he had never seen this Patch before, and just in case Allen When introducing Joya to the crew, he also used "he" instead of "she".

How did this old man of unknown gender see it?

"Also. Are you a man or a woman".

Hearing such an impolite question from Allen.

Patch turned her gaze from Joya to Allen, "You are really annoying, captain."

"I'm a woman, can't you see it?" Paqi asked back as she patted her face and powder fell all over the floor.

"Well, now I know", nodded awkwardly, and Allen asked another question, "Um, what's the matter with you when you come out?".

".Damn captain, do you smoke?" Seeing Allen shook his head, Patch took out one and lit it.

"These poor guys are screaming so loudly, of course I have to come out and take a look," said Patch, exhaling a puff of smoke.

"Tsk tsk tsk, look at these poor guys." After taking a deep breath, Paqi heard the crew shouting in her ears, "It's really tragic."

Allen raised his eyebrows, "Are you familiar with them?".

"Hehe, I squeezed out a few ugly laughs like sand, and Paqi's answer was a bit out of line, "For these poor creatures, a little favor can make them feel grateful."

"That's right, annoying captain." After finishing speaking, a pair of eyes glanced at Allen meaningfully.

She was saying that Allen bought the hearts of the crew with a little bit of respect for people.

Allen smiled and did not answer.

"Oh, forget it, anyway, it's better than the previous captain", Paqi also smiled, jumped onto the guardrail and fixed her body with both hands, then looked at the crew below and said with some emotion, " Most of their wretched lot are slaves, and few can treat them like you do."

"I'm just a cook"

"Wait! What do you mean by most of what you said?" Allen ignored Paqi's emotion, but noticed a small detail that was easily overlooked.

Turning around and taking a closer look at the crew below, yes, they all wear collars.

"Oh! Don't you know?" Paqi's tone was a little surprised.

Seeing that Allen was really at a loss, Patch took a puff of cigarette and explained, "The original captain is an idiot, he spent some money to buy these poor bastards as cannon fodder, and his original crew was adulterated. manage them in it."

"After you killed their original captain, you left them alone, and those little fools ran away last night."

After Patch finished explaining, she glanced at Allen, "Didn't you find that one of the life rafts was missing?".

How does this make Allen answer, how many crew members ran under his nose and took a life raft, and the captain himself didn't even notice?

"...Found it!" After a moment of silence, Allen said stubbornly.

Just kidding, I don't want to lose face!

"Hehehehe~, your companion seems to be awake, do you want me to prepare some food?" Paqi saw through Alan's stubbornness, but didn't say much, and asked after laughing a few times.

(End of this chapter)