One Piece: Honey Badger Speedruns the World

Whale Restaurant in the Klaus business district.

This is Zou's most luxurious restaurant, built on a huge canopy platform surrounded by a river of glowing resin.

From here, you can overlook the bustling lights of the entire business district.

In the past, whenever Mia passed by here while delivering packages, she wouldn't dare linger at the door for even a second longer, for fear of being chased away with disdain by those well-dressed waiters.

But today.

"Lord Goss! Are you satisfied with the doneness of this steak?"

"Miss Mia, would you like your hot towel changed?"

The manager, who wouldn't have given them a second glance just a few hours ago, was now bowing over, his face plastered with an almost fawning smile, and even his forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat from nervousness.

Mia's hand holding the silver knife and fork trembled slightly, but her eyes shone with an astonishing light.

She looked at the sizzling premium sea cucumber steak in front of her, then looked up at the figure opposite her who was enjoying his meal.

That was her brother.

Whether he was skinny and small but incredibly fierce, or tall, strong, and imposing like he is now.

From a landfill to a whale restaurant.

My brother has never changed in my heart; he will always be the safest and most reliable person to rely on.

Seeing the awe in the eyes of the diners around her as they looked at the knight-errant uniform, Mia felt as if her heart had been struck hard by something.

An unprecedented mix of bitterness and pride filled my chest.

So... this is what it feels like to be a strong person?

From now on, I'll never have to worry about what to eat tomorrow...

On the other hand, Fei Li Si felt extremely uneasy, unable to calm down at all.

Watching Goss eat with such nonchalance, she didn't find it rude at all; on the contrary, she felt that this was the demeanor of a strong person.

But this realization made the wine glass in her hand feel incredibly heavy.

Why did Goss specifically bring her along? It must be to get revenge for his own blindness in offending such an important person.

Yes, he must be waiting for me to bow my head and admit my mistake.

"That... Goss."

Fei Lisi bit her lip, finally put down her wine glass, lowered her head, and her voice was full of shame:

"I'm sorry. I'm really... sorry."

Goss didn't stop eating, only giving a muffled hum: "Huh? What's wrong?"

Hearing Goss's words, Felix became even more determined in her thoughts. She gritted her teeth and continued speaking.

"I shouldn't have made you take off those clothes, I shouldn't have wanted you to clean the toilets, and I definitely shouldn't have thought you were acting..."

Scarlet Clown clutched the hem of her skirt tightly, her cheeks flushed red: "I was too presumptuous, I offended you like a clown..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Goss finally swallowed the meat in his mouth, picked up a napkin and casually wiped his mouth, then glanced at her.

There was no anger or mockery in his eyes, just the usual calm.

"Why should I apologize? Because you didn't see my hidden strength?"

Goss pointed at Scarlett with his fork, then at Mia standing next to her:

"No one in this world is born to help others."

"When I couldn't find a job, you had the nerve to ask your ex-boyfriend to find me a job cleaning toilets."

Goston paused, then forked the fattiest piece of meat on his plate and gave it to Scarlett:

"Although your eyesight isn't very good and you think I'm useless, your help is genuine, and your intentions for Mia and me are also genuine."

"Scarlett, you didn't do anything wrong. The fact that you're willing to help me is already very kind of you. Treating you to a meal shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"If I really cared about your attitude, I would have said it on the spot, instead of waiting until now."

Goss picked up his glass and gently touched it to Scarlett's glass, which was frozen in mid-air, producing a crisp "clink":

"Eat up, there's plenty to eat tonight."

Scarlett stared blankly at Goss, tears welling up in her eyes.

She had prepared herself mentally, expecting to be ridiculed or forgiven in a condescending manner.

Nothing happened, and Goss seemed completely unconcerned about his previous arrogance.

At that moment, she finally understood why Mia trusted her brother so wholeheartedly.

In this man's world, her offenses are probably nothing, not even as important as the piece of meat on the plate.

"...Then I won't be polite!"

Fei Lisi took a deep breath, and as if to vent her anger, she forked the meat on the plate and took a big bite, just like Goss did.

Really fragrant!

……

The meal took an hour.

But for the restaurant's kitchen staff and servers, it was definitely the longest and most terrifying hour of their careers.

The once pristine and elegant long dining table is now completely devoid of any space.

Not just on the table.

On the floor next to Goss, dozens of neatly stacked, pristine plates were piled up, each stack taller than a person. From a distance, they looked like rickety white porcelain towers, completely blocking the aisle.

Three whole Zou rock-backed cattle, a specialty of Zou, twelve whole roasted lambs, and countless deep-sea fish...

Even the whole pot of thick soup that was kept in the kitchen for tomorrow's breakfast was drunk by Goss as if it were water.

"This...this is the third time the kitchen has had to urgently borrow ingredients from the restaurant next door..."

The foreman next to him was clutching the long bill that dragged on the ground, his calves twitching, and he was looking at Goss as if he were looking at an ancient sea king in human skin.

The most outrageous thing is that after eating enough food to nearly burst the entire restaurant, Goss's stomach remained flat, without even the slightest sign of bulging.

It was as if the food hadn't gone into the stomach, but had been thrown into a black hole connected to another dimension, and had been completely digested without a sound.

Gos finally filled the bottomless pit of the Hungry Ghost Realm.

"call……"

He opened his mouth and exhaled a mouthful of scalding white steam, like a steam behemoth that had just awakened.

Under the shocked gazes of Mia and Felix, Goss's body underwent a bizarre transformation.

His muscles were writhing and expanding wildly as if they were alive, stretching his clothes so tight they looked like they were about to burst.

But the next second, these swollen muscles suddenly contracted and compressed inward.

sizzle...

With a sickeningly loud screech of fascia stretching, the previously loose skin and flesh became as dense as steel.

If he was like an unpolished rock just now, then he is now a piece of refined iron that has been forged through countless trials.

His height seemed to have increased even more, and the veins on his neck bulged like coiled dragons before disappearing under his thickened skin.

Goss's bones cracked and popped, a result of the significant increase in bone density.

At this moment, even sitting there motionless, he gave people the feeling of a solid iron ingot pressing down on the chair.

"Is this... what it feels like to be full?"

The physical exhaustion caused by training and combat was completely filled by this gluttonous feast.

The abundant life energy even propelled his physical strength to a new level.

Goss clenched his fist, secretly assessing his current condition: if he were to fight Lund again, he was confident that with his enhanced body alone, he could turn the previous draw into a decisive victory.

"Boss, the bill!"

Seeing the mountain of plates beside him, Goss felt a little uneasy, wondering if the money Barr had left him would be enough to pay for the bills.