Chapter 174

After all, they were "old friends" by now—he understood exactly what set Sanji off.

Just then,

Kaimi slowly came to as well, and the furious Sanji instantly switched to a gentleman's face, half-kneeling before her.

"My Princess, what service may I offer you?"

Kaimi was dizzy and confused.

What was going on?

Then she spotted the familiar Xiao Ba, along with Pappagu who had been kicked unconscious, and immediately abandoned Sanji to dash over.

"Pappagu! Who hurt you? And to hit you so brutally!"

Xiao Ba glanced at Sanji, who was whistling, and thought about the treatment he might receive if he exposed him...

He chose to keep quiet about it.

Instead he asked, "How did you two end up swallowed by a sea beast?"

"Ah... we heard you'd been kidnapped and came to rescue you... but we didn't see this sea beast, and just got eaten."

Everyone: _●)_●)

They looked at the sea beast floating on the surface, several times larger than the Going Merry.

With a body that huge, how did Kaimi manage not to see it?

Does the sea not require eyesight?

Sanji flashed into view!

"My mermaid Princess, don't worry—your knight will always come to your rescue in times of peril."

Kaimi looked at Xiao Ba in confusion—who was this?

"His name is Sanji. He's the one who rescued you from the sea beast's belly," Xiao Ba explained.

Kaimi immediately bowed ninety degrees to Sanji.

"Sanji-san, thank you ever so much for saving my life!"

However...

Just now Pappagu had been squeezed out through that collar, his clothes already warped out of shape.

This ninety-degree bow...

"Pfft—"

Sanji shot up into the sky with a nosebleed.

Scared Kaimi chased him across the entire deck.

Sima Di watched Kaimi's fish tail slapping the deck with great interest, and somehow got a déjà vu of the curious sort...

Robin suddenly leaned in close and whispered, "What, want to have a taste of mermaid?"

Hmm...

At that thoughtful pause, the understanding big-sister Robin instantly got it.

"Then you should pick a better one too—this Kaimi... doesn't look too bright," Robin added.

Sima Di nodded decisively.

Even if he wanted to try a mermaid, Kaimi was still a pass.

The mermaid Princess Bai Xing, the mature mermaid Lady Xia Li, and so on—those were all better choices.

As for what they tasted like...

Those who know, know.

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The taste of mermaid hadn't been sampled yet, but Xiao Ba's takoyaki was more than plentiful.

Have to say,

Worthy of being an octopus fish-man—Xiao Ba's mastery of cooking octopus was simply superb. The takoyaki had a crispy skin, the octopus chunks springy and chewy, so delicious that one after another you simply couldn't stop.

Even Sanji, who was busy currying favor beside Kaimi, couldn't help but get distracted and ask for tips.

Only...

Kaimi suddenly slapped her head.

"I almost forgot! The regular price is 500 Beri per person!"

Everyone: _●)_●)

Still charging for it?

"Slap!"

Pappagu leapt up and gave Kaimi a smack, scolding, "This isn't a business! Idiot!"

"Bam!"

Pappara was sent flying by a brutal kick from Sanji.

"Don't hit my mermaid Princess, you damn starfish!"

That actually startled Kaimi.

"No, no, no! I'm not a mermaid Princess—the Princess is back at Fish-Man Island," Kaimi waved her hands repeatedly.

It was as if she hadn't heard Sanji calling her that earlier.

"There's really a mermaid Princess?" Sanji's eyes lit up. "Wonderful! I must meet my Princess! Of course, Kaimi, you're my Princess too—I'll always be your loyal knight!"

To be able to reach such an extreme — truly worthy of you, Sanji.

"Yo ho ho ho—I'm full!"

Brook took a sip of coffee, then "pooted" out a fart, then "burped" out a hiccup.

Good grief!

It made Lord Sima standing beside him frown in disgust.

Disgusting me?

【A user of the Huang Huang Huang Quan Fruit will develop osteoporosis!】

"Crack—"

The hand bone holding the coffee cup in Brook's hand shattered outright, but the coffee cup itself was held up by Lord Sima with his telekinesis — after all, it was one of only two items Brook had brought from his ship, so it still needed to be handled with care.

But as for Brook himself......

The moment he turned his head......

"Crack—"

Stood up......

"Crack—"

Was about to open his mouth......

"Crack—"

Before long,

Brook had shattered into a pile of broken bones on the ground, but the Soul Fire granted him the ability of "bone self-healing" — as long as the Soul Fire wasn't damaged, the bones were merely props that could be swapped out at will.

But "osteoporosis" meant that any movement he made would result in a fracture.

So one could see Brook's skull propped up on an afro, Soul Fire burning in his eye sockets, gazing at Lord Sima with a look of grievance.

Speak?

His jawbone had fallen off, so he couldn't speak.

Tch!

That it would lead to such a comical outcome — Lord Sima hadn't expected that either.

"Quack! Di, don't treat Brook like that!" Laboon came over to plead for him.

Lord Sima shrugged.

He teased Brook: "How about you swap out a whole skeleton? How about one made entirely of Sea Prism Stone? Hmm...... not sure if it'd work though."

Brook's "main body" now was the Soul Fire — even if the Huang Quan Fruit lost its power, he could still move about normally all the same.