By the exception of Ayuka and Karisa the boys were exposed to a short-time job at the Primal Restaurant a building constructed on top of the sea, which is in connection with the Castlemania's people who tend to visit it every day. Already on the first time of working a civilian came calling for help after barging through the front door with a sorrowful eyes tightly kept on his face.
"You have to help me, please! It's Alfred and he destroyed our entire ship, and he's headed this way and probably destroy this restaurant too!"
In the lobby of the restaurant the cooks, Zumo and Tim's crew noticed the restaurant's silence break out into a massive chaos. People started to leave the restaurant without paying their bills and some of the cooks began to complain and ordered many of guests to pay, but were ignored in an instant.
"Who's Alfred? I've never heard of him before."
Remaining calm in a situation as this one, Tim needed to scratch his itchy head due to poor knowledge about Alfred, which was then introduced to him by Simon when he stepped outside the kitchen. He sighed and quickly explained.
"Alfred is a negligent pirate with a $69,450,050 bounty who has been cruising the seas of this region for quite some time. Due to his failure to serve without causing our clients to run, Alfred was replaced by Zumo as a server in this restaurant. When Alfred heard a customer complain about the food we had cooked, he became enraged and began smashing their table. It happened every other day, and our regular customers stopped returning to our restaurant, virtually driving us out of business."
"Alfred even killed a customer who happened to be a marine, causing the global government to turn against him, and we had to terminate him from his position as a waiter as a result, so that the world government wouldn't destroy our restaurant. Since that day, I've run upon Zumo, the waiter we substituted instead of Alfred."
"During the years Alfred was gone, he caused quite a bit of trouble and earned a large bounty on his head, but unlike you, who earned your bounty by assisting the Golden Wasakona's people, Alfred earned his bounty by killing every pirate, marine, and destroy ship he came across. I'm guessing this is the moment for him to attack our ship and demolish this restaurant. I'd advise you and your buddies to hide if you don't want trouble, 'White Haired Pirate' Tim."
Tim ignored the remainder of the advice and sighed while listening to Simon's introduction to Alfred. He then turned to face the others and gave them another very understandable instruction.
"Okay, guys! Looks like an enemy is coming to attack us, so prepare to fight! Whenever the attack happens, make sure to keep Alfred away from attacking this restaurant, we can't let him destroy this ship or ours!"
Simon, Zumo, and the cooks were taken aback by Tim's decision and realized that they had misread Tim and his companions' objectives from the start, which Simon verified.
"These pirates appear to be far too strange for us to comprehend. Despite being pursued down by the world government and the agency, they're a small number of pirates that tend to support our business, just like they did to the Golden Wasakona's people. I've never seen such pirates before, and they didn't even cause us any risk when the chefs assaulted them. So, why are they still willing to assist us? I'm confident that we can defend ourselves against Alfred and his allies..."
They waited on the restaurant's deck, when they noticed a massive ship emerging from the fog. Its shadow began to approach the restaurant, slowing down and parking directly in front of it. From the ship's forecastle deck, a loud laugh rippled through the air, accompanied by a poor voice. From the restaurant's terrace, a man with beige hair looked about. His eyes were a timid-blue tone, and he wore dark pink clothes with a brilliant beige cape covering the rest of his body. His tongue, which was leaned over his lips, was continuously showing itself.
"Oh, very sorry. Did I scare off your beautiful customers? Why doesn't that sound frightening, old pal? Oh, and would you believe it, Zumo is still stealing the show with these amazing new waiters? They appear to be from the 1990s. There are four boys and one kid? But, see, two girls remained behind? Zumo, are they your gorgeous date?"
When Ayuka pressed her palms against the table, Ayuka and Karisa sprung to their feet. With rage and irritation, she yelled loudly. "You tongue-face, we're not his "date!" Then, Kou added in the back as he complained loudly. "I'm not a kid!"
"And what about that white hair? Is he supposed to be the romantic waiter of the future? I can at least affirm that he looks better than Zumo in the back! I think he has a romantic aura about him, if you know what I mean?"
Tim raised his eyebrow, and a question mark appeared over his head. He tried to figure out what Alfred was saying, but it was futile, and the question he asked was embarrassing.
"What does that mean? Did he compliment me, or what?"
Codey sighed and smacked his own forehead with a frustrated expression, but it was extremely clear what Tim would've said. "You'll never learn these stuff, will you, Tim?"
"Wha..."
"He's stupid though..."
To further offend Tim, Alfred continued to stare at him with a bored expression. When Tim stepped in front of everyone else, Alfred straightened his suit and crossed his arms. He raised his head, displaying no fear, but rather bravery.
"I don't understand a word you're saying, but I'm here to kick your ass! I've heard you've been a bother for this restaurant in the past, and the way you treated customers was completely disrespectful, and your days of destroying ships for no purpose other than to kill marines are done. I honestly don't care about them or the pirates, but I'll stop you from destroying the innocent ships you've wrecked or plan to destroy. You can leave this restaurant unharmed and keep the restaurant at its perfect condition, or..."
Everyone got unamused as they looked behind Tim, where the big hole had been created from yesterday, and Kou spoke out right away. "In a "perfect condition," he says..."
"Prepare to get your ass kicked!"
Suddenly two additional people emerged on each side of Alfred and laughed in the response of Tim's confident speech. Clear to the eye, they were very much doubtful about Tim being capable of defeating Alfred.
"This guy thinks he can really beat, Captain Alfred? That's such a formal preparation for something so unnecessary. Am I right, Number Two?"
"Y-Yeah... S-Sure, he won't be a-able to beat C-Captain Alfred, N-Number One..."
Number Two swallowed hard and felt exceedingly self-conscious in public. He questioned his own power and appeared to be afraid of combat, whilst Number One appeared to be the polar opposite. They were twins, and their outfits had the numbers one and two on the front. The number one had blue hair, whereas the number two had red hair. Both of their colored hair reflected their personalities, but they seemed to dismay Codey the most.
"That blue-haired guy kind of looks like Elliott..."
Elliott appeared behind Codey, angry, and screamed his objections loudly. In response to Elliott's shout, which was obviously heard to everybody, Codey remained motionless and thoughtless.
"Hey! He looks nothing like me, curly-hair!"
Ayuka rubbed the side of her head, her curiosity piqued. "Why does everyone insult each other based on their hair? Have some versatility, man..."
Alfred's booming chuckle reverberated across the diner. Everyone remained silent as they waited for him to do the same, but it was hopeless. Alfred wobbled his tongue and displayed his right arm once his laugh finished. He wielded a spiky mace on a lengthy chain. He slung it over his right shoulder and locked his stare on Tim.
"Do you believe a pirate like yourself can truly beat me? You're obviously acting tough and showing no symptoms of fear, but deep down, you're a coward whose objective as a pirate is illogical, and your little crew has no chance against hundreds of men. I'm guessing your bounty is roughly $70,000, which is little compared to mine!"
A swarm of pirates assembled on top of Alfred's ship, each brandishing their weapons and shouting angrily. They largely applauded and encouraged Alfred, but their time together was swiftly coming to an end, so Tim hurriedly shouted out to one of his buddies.
"Ayuka..."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm on it. You don't need to remind me, just stay back and watch, but you owe me for it."
Alfred's booming laugh questioned Ayuka for stepping in front of everyone else. "How is a girl like you supposed to handle my hundred men?"
She took a step toward the restaurant's deck and dipped her right arm into the water. They noticed a blue flash underwater where Ayuka had her arm, and everyone on Alfred's ship looked at her in bewilderment. She breathed chilly air and then exhaled it via her mouth, creating a fine mist.
"Crystal Glacier..."
A large spread of frigid ice began to form at the tip of her palms, freezing the water and extending toward Alfred's ship. It began to increase in size and froze the ships in its wake, where the ice began to build in the air and spread across Alfred's ship, scaring Alfred's pirates away who were trapped by the ice and froze inside it. Alfred's eyes, shook as Number One and Number Two seemed more than impressed, and a weaker hailstorm began to fall from the sky due to a big source of forming a massive field of ice.
Ayuka finally took her palm away from the ice and froze the last speck. She stood up and gripped her ice-covered right arm, her left wrist, and then blew through her mouth. While exchanging glances with Alfred, she lowered her frigid arm and grabbed the glove, which she then covered.
Ayuka sighed and turned around. "Now that you had completely ruin my arm, do me a favor and kick their asses."
"You bet. Thanks, Ayuka, enjoy your meal if possible, though this battle might be noisy."
"Remember, you owe me..."
To be continued...