Dragon Ball: Super Goten

Chapter 114 The Baratie, the Sea Restaurant!

Picking up where we left off, after thoroughly teasing Luffy, Goten still paid off their debts. He also revealed the truth about Unaman's treasure to the little boy who idolized him. Then, he returned to the Going Merry and sailed it to the place where the treasure and food were packed. With the treasure and food in hand, they began a new journey...

After this incident, Luffy obviously didn't take it to heart. The next day, he carefree started taking Usopp to try out the cannon again. After finding a small reef, Usopp hit the target with a single shot.

Luffy then appointed Usopp as the ship's sniper. Upon hearing this, Usopp smugly replied, "Well, I guess I'll have to make do for a little while. But if you perform poorly as captain, you'll have to give up your position!"

Luffy replied without hesitation, "Sure!"

Back at the restaurant, the group began discussing their new seating. Nami spoke first, saying, "Now that we have such a beautiful kitchen, shouldn't we consider hiring someone to use it? If the price is right, I might consider it..."

At this moment, Luffy nodded firmly and then said something surprising: "You've all noticed, haven't you? The important position that's missing on the ship is a musician!"

Upon hearing this, Goten decisively spoke up, "We really should change our captain..." Goten's words instantly garnered unanimous agreement from everyone except Luffy...

However, while everyone was still discussing, an uninvited guest arrived outside. He kicked a wooden barrel on the spaceship and shouted for everyone on board to get out. When Luffy stepped out, the guest drew his large sword without saying a word and swung it at Luffy. Luffy dodged, but the attack cut through the ship's railings...

Faced with the sudden attack from the blue-clad, sunglasses-wearing man who also damaged his ship, Luffy immediately retaliated, knocking him to the ground with a single blow from his Gum-Gum Pistol...

Zoro stepped out and discovered that the person who had come was none other than his acquaintance Johnny. He asked, "Isn't this Johnny? Where's Joseph...?"

As Zoro and Johnny recognized each other, Johnny brought the purple-faced Joseph aboard the ship. Johnny, with tears streaming down his face, began to recount his ordeal: "Joseph was perfectly fine a few days ago, but suddenly he turned deathly pale, fainted several times, lost his teeth, and his old wounds started bleeding. I had no idea what was going on. I finally found a reef for him to rest, and then a cannonball was fired from afar!"

Upon hearing this, Usopp and Luffy gaped open. Realizing that they were the ones who had fired the cannon, they immediately bowed and apologized, saying, "We're sorry!"

Johnny then retorted, "If apologies were enough, what would we need the police for..."

Seeing Joseph's symptoms, Goten decisively said, "What? It's just scurvy. Just give him some orange juice. Don't you even have this basic common sense? How dare you go out to sea..."

Upon hearing this, Luffy and Usopp immediately grabbed a bunch of oranges and started squeezing out the juice to feed Joseph. Sure enough, after a while, Joseph suddenly stood up and jumped around for a bit, then fell ill again and collapsed. After settling him down to rest, Luffy and the others began to discuss finding a cook.

Upon hearing Luffy and his crew's request, Johnny promptly recommended, "Speaking of chefs, I know a great place, not far away... the extremely famous floating restaurant—'Baratie'!"

Upon hearing this, Luffy immediately made up his mind to change course and head towards the sea restaurant. At this moment, Goten, carrying a plank, came to Johnny's side and said to him, "Before you go to sleep, remember to fix the fence you damaged, or you won't be sleeping, you hear me!"

Upon hearing this, Johnny immediately began repairing the fence diligently, finishing his work in the early hours of the morning. Meanwhile, Zoro kept watch, silently observing his former friend...

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The next day, following Johnny's directions, the group finally arrived at the Baratie, a sea restaurant. Just as they were about to approach, a Navy warship suddenly appeared beside them, its cannons already pointed at Luffy's direction...

Seeing this, Goten immediately prepared to strike first. However, when the enemy fired the cannonball, Luffy suddenly stretched out his limbs and grabbed the mast and the bow of the Merry, attempting to deflect the cannonball back. But the next second, his hand slipped, and the cannonball flew directly towards one of the rooms in the sea-going cabin, hitting him squarely...

When the restaurant staff came to question him, Luffy only apologized and let them take him away. Goten was speechless. He could have just said it was the Navy's fault, but he insisted on taking the blame himself...

When Luffy was brought before the victim, Zeff, he discovered that Zeff was the head chef of the Baratie, and that Zeff's right leg was missing. Upon seeing this, Luffy immediately apologized, saying, "I'm sorry, sir, your leg was......"

However, Zeff kicked Luffy away and yelled, "Idiot, you didn't cause the leg injury, but you damaged my roof, so you'd better pay up..."

Upon hearing this, Luffy immediately exclaimed, "I have no money!"

Zeff was surprised by Luffy's straightforwardness and said directly, "So direct! If you don't have any money, then work for a year to pay off your debt!"

Upon hearing this, Luffy immediately held up one finger and replied directly, "Please reduce it to one week."

Upon hearing this, Zeff retorted, "I told you not to be so direct. Besides, do you think you can compensate me for my losses in just one week?"

Seeing this, Luffy immediately added a finger and said, "Then two weeks." Zeff shook his head. Luffy then added another week, but Zeff still shook his head. In a final struggle, Luffy held up four fingers and said, "Then four weeks!"

Upon hearing this, Zeff could no longer hold back and kicked Luffy away, shouting, "I told you not to be so direct!"

Luffy, who had been kicked away, retorted, "I endured ten years to become a pirate, I absolutely cannot waste my time here..."

Upon hearing this, Zeff walked up to Luffy, stomped on Luffy's right leg, and said sternly, "Since you value time so much, I have a better suggestion: you can leave one leg as payment!" He then pulled out a knife and was about to dismember Luffy's leg...

Seeing this, Luffy weakly said, "I don't want to..."

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After waiting for Luffy for a long time without success, Goten and his crew finally couldn't wait any longer and arrived at Baratie. However, as soon as they opened the door, they saw the Navy captain who had just ordered the Navy to fire in their direction being carried by a blond, curly-browed chef from the restaurant. The chef said fiercely to the Navy captain, "I will never let any man who wastes food get away with it, so be prepared!"

(End of this chapter)