The restaurant was packed full of people. The marines remained in the restaurant for a while longer to keep a close eye on Tim and Kou who waited for their meal for several minutes now. They were becoming bored by the minute and hungrier every second, when the door from the kitchen suddenly opened.
Zumo held two plates on his left and one in his right and started to make his way toward Tim and Kou's table, who was observed by the cooks with suspicion. They argued about Zumo to the chef of the kitchen who allowed Zumo to prepare a meal and use up their ingredients.
"Was that the right choice, Simon? By allowing Zumo to use the ingredients and take them to those foolish pirates, it decreased our sources and if those pirates don't eat the food, then we'll be forced to make more. Of course, if that happens, I'll make sure to kick them out and beat some sense into them so that they never return back here."
Simon was the head of the cooks and had continued to work on the order he was given a few minutes earlier. He kept a tight eye on Zumo and the pirates, while also making sure to see what the marines were planning to do.
"Should we really argue over who makes the food or for whom, when there's so many guests on the loose? It would ruin our reputation if we caused a scene."
"But those people are pirates. That blue-eyes guy has a bounty of $100 million. He had to have done some major to gain such a high bounty? Furthermore, the news that the Delivery Ravens brought explained that he managed to defeat one of the "Sea Nobles", Byron the 'Cruel' Artemis, who had a bounty of $75 million."
Simon stuck silent for the rest of the conversation to keep a tight focus on the restaurant's condition and mostly prioritized Zumo's way of treating the guest. Many of them seemed to have been happy with the food, with some of them being a tad bit disappointed, but all of the meals were prepared by the cooks. Zumo only had the allowance to prepare food for Tim and Kou who were soon about to gain the served food onto their table.
Zumo stopped in front of Tim and Kou's table and put down the prepared meals that Tim and Kou seemed to be happy about. Tim raised his arms from the excitement and finally called out loud.
"Finally! I've been starving! The meal sure must be well-prepared if it took 35 minutes to make! Let's see..."
Both of them grabbed the utensils and slowly stabbed their forks into the meat and salad. Tim used the knife to cut the prepared beef and noticed how the sauce smoothly flowed down the beef onto the plate's bottom. He slowly dragged the fork into his mouth and bit into the cooked beef. The meat was squishy enough to be easily bit through by the teeth and practically spread in Tim's mouth. In minor seconds, Tim gulped the meat down his throat while Zumo kept a tight eye on them from afar. Tim's face suddenly became scary, but out of the unexpected, he stood up and raised his arms with his eyes sparkling.
"This is amazing!!!"
"The salad is amazing too!"
In the instinct of tasting the first piece of meat, Tim started to stuff his mouth with food along with Kou where they both finished the meal in less than a couple of seconds. They quickly showed their plates with wide smiles that confused Zumo upon noticing them and asked for more.
"Did you cook this?! Whoever did, this is the best food I've ever tasted! Please, I want more!"
"Me too! The salad is absolutely fantastic!"
"Could we get some drinks too?"
Zumo grabbed the plates and looked at them confused. He never expected to see the pirates sounding so innocently and rather friendly, and due to his love of cooking he continued to prepare the meal for them, while the cooks in the back seemed to remained astonished as well, except for the chef who continued to keep a tight eye on the ongoing service.
Zumo prepared more and more food and slowly both Tim and Kou became full with food. They were practically fat from how much they ate and had an entire tower of plates placed on top of each other. They tapped their tummies and leaned back onto the chair.
"I'm full. I never thought I'd eat something so good in my life!"
"The tomato was so good and so fresh. I can't imagine what else they have in store for us! But at the moment I'm stuffed with some of the most amazing food in my life! I wish I could eat more, but I'd probably explode if I did so."
"Hey, Kou! Why don't we stay here for the rest of our lives! I don't care if I have to sleep on the deck or outside! I could eat such amazing food every day!"
Since it passed several hours, the restaurant started to be less and less packed with people, and Tim suddenly turned into Zumo's directions who picked up most of the places and waited to see what Tim wanted to ask.
"Zumo, right? I heard that name being shouted constantly when you were called by those cooks. Tell the cook that the food is absolutely amazing to whoever made it! If I had unlimited free space in my stomach, I would probably be able to eat even more!"
Zumo wiped the table with the handkerchief and turned away and brought the plates into kitchen for washing. Before he entered the kitchen, he explained that the food they ate was prepared by him and only him.
"What?! You made that food?! You can't be serious?! The food is so well-prepared that I couldn't resist and eat more and more! Hey, do you think you could bring us one last plate! But this time make it a bigger portion!"
Zumo did as asked, while the marines started to grow more and more irritated by the way Tim and Kou acted in the restaurant. They didn't cause any trouble and there were no signs of them seeming evil, but once the food was prepared by Zumo in couple of minutes, the marines had enough of their lies.
Zumo brought one last set of plates packed with food and stepped away from the table, until suddenly the marine stood up from the table in fury and made his way toward Tim and Kou's table.
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Codey and the rest waited on their ship with a bored expression. They were bothered by the fact that Tim and Kou still haven't returned from the restaurant, when Karisa finally decided to stand up and climb down the ladder onto the restaurant's deck, quickly questioned by Ayuka who leaned over the fence and watched her.
"Where are you going, Karisa? Don't tell me you're planning on joining them on whatever the hell they're doing in there!"
"Don't worry, Ayuka! I'm just going to check on them to see the progress. It's been a couple of hours after the terrace was closed. Since they've been in there constantly, who knows what had happened to them. I'll be back soon."
Karisa walked silently toward the restaurant's window and secretly peeked from the corner of the window. Her eyes popped out from her sockets as she yelled out loud, quickly covering her mouth.
"WHAT?!"
Codey, Ayuka, Natan and Elliott ran onto the forecastle deck and peered over it to see Karisa frozen in place. She was white as a ghost with her tongue constantly shaking from outside of her mouth. Codey took the moment to ask of what happened and waited for her response.
"What happened, Karisa?! Why scream all of a sudden?! Are you trying to give me a heart attack?!"
She slowly turned herself around and shook on the spot with her arms dangling to the very bottom of the deck, nearly touching the tip of it. She made sure to point one of her fingers through the window and stuttered to speak.
"T-They... T-They... They ate way too much?! There's probably nothing left in their source of food?! There's no way we have enough money to pay for so much food!!"
"What?!"
Ayuka and Codey dropped from the forecastle's deck and landed on the deck, so that they suddenly joined up with Karisa and peered inside the restaurant. The blue moon that shone over their heads created a scenery as Codey and Ayuka screamed out loud. Ayuka grabbed her cheeks while Codey slammed his forehead into the wall. He quickly became depressed, next to Ayuka who crouched on the deck and started to circle the tip of her finger on the floor. Just like Codey, she was depressed.
"How can they eat so much...? We only have so much money... We're screwed, now I won't be able to buy myself a new dress... This is so depressing that I just want to jump in water and drown..."
Codey continued to bonk his forehead into the wall and complained with a very disappointed face. He couldn't escape the depression and instead repetitively exclaimed out words.
"No matter how hard we try... No matter how far we come, there's always him causing trouble. Surely I didn't except Kou to join him. There goes our repairs for the ship... We'll lose all the money we have left and there's nothing we can do to stop it now... We're doomed..."
Codey and Ayuka collapsed onto the floor and wrapped themselves around like snails, with Codey rolling on the floor left and right while Ayuka bit into her thumb. Karisa watched them unimpressed with a sweat dropping down her forehead.
"Um, you really need to get a grip, geez..."
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While Tim and Kou prepared to eat the final meal of the day, the marine stepped next to their table and it suddenly provoked everyone's attention onto him. He was dressed into brighter clothes. He had a tight chain wrapped around his hand and knuckles and pink hair that practically shone in the restaurant's lightning. Tim and Kou looked him into the eyes as they waited to see what the man would do, while people that remained in the restaurant spoke out quietly in whispers.
"Isn't that Zach 'The Chain Knuckles' marine? And at the table that's that woman who he took out and made sure to visit the Primal Restaurant a few weeks ago? I suppose their date was well prepared and the woman still accepted his request after so many weeks."
Zach looked down at Tim and Kou with a ferocious looks. His eyes were shaking as he instantly shouted out.
"You! Do I look like I should be ignored?! Don't make me look dumb as if I don't know who you are?! You cruel and disgusting pirates! I am Zach the 'Chain Knuckles' of the marine organization and there's no way you'll make me look like a fool in front of these lovely ladies and guests! Reveal your true identities and stop lying to the entire restaurant! You damn pirates!"
Tim and Kou blinked at Zach with confused looks as they held the food right in front of their mouths, ready to be eaten. They were silent and felt embarrassed as the sweat dripped down their foreheads. They had no clue who he was, so instead Tim just gulped down the piece of meat and provoked Zach into a pissed expression. Zach's eyes darkened and his mouth shivered. He raised his arm in the air and immediately punched his chains into the table.
An instantaneous sound of broken plates and table sounded throughout the restaurant, catching everyone's attention and caught them in shock. The food was spilled onto the floor and ruined in matter of seconds and with that Zumo's eyes shook after watching from afar. He grew irritated and angry and prepared to attack Zach, however, he stopped upon noticing Tim becoming extremely serious.
Despite the fact that the food was spilled onto the ground, he picked up the fallen meat and still ate it. Zach became extremely enraged after he witnessed Tim pick one more piece and out of fury swung his arm and knocked the meat out of Tim's hand who froze in the middle of him standing up. Zach instantly shouted out in rage.
"What a disgusting creature you are?! First, you make it sound like this food was delicious and then you eat off the ground?! Such manners are very clear for the pirates!"
Suddenly the poster of Tim and his $100 million bounty waved in the wind. Tim's face became completely shadowed while Kou watched him in concern. Zach felt neutral until he felt a sudden terror fill his body. Tim pulled his right arm behind his back and in an instant his fist ignited in a burning orange fire that swirled around him and surprised everyone in the room. It continued to rage behind Tim's back and in a sudden moment Tim punched forward with intense might. His veins nearly popped as his knuckles rammed into Zach's face completely deforming his face into the most disgusting way.
Tim's screamed out loud in fury.
"Don't ever say that to me?! The food was amazing, even when on the floor, and you have no rights to say something that is no where near of being true?! You got that, Zach?!?"
Blood squirted from Zach's face as he went flying through the room toward the window through which Karisa and the others looked. They screamed in fear and quickly jumped out of the way as Zach's body crashed through the door. The rubble went flying as the fire swirled above Karisa's, Codey's and Ayuka's heads. Zach's body went flying into the ocean as he sunk. Natan and Elliott noticed the fireworks explode with Natan being careless while Elliott screamed in surprise.
Tim stood still in front of the broken table and plates as Kou stood aside. The guests were caught in surprise while Zumo's eyes, shook gently in hearing Tim's words. As the smoke continue to float from Tim's knuckles and hands, the woman that Zach had brought screamed in terror, and they finally understood Tim's $100 million bounty...
To be continued...