"Haha!"
Thinking this, Kong Tai smiled slightly, "Sha Qi..."
After a pause, he spoke again, "I'll still call you Aunt Xia! Although I hate pirates, I only hate evil pirates, so you don't need to be nervous."
He paused slightly as he spoke, then continued with a smile, "I do know you, and I also know that Pluto Rayleigh has been living in seclusion here for over twenty years, but I have no ill intentions. I just happened to land here, and I wanted to come and see you all."
"Hahaha~"
Looking at Kong Tai's hearty laughter, the nervous Sha Qi somehow relaxed.
She raised her right hand, took a deep drag from her cigarette, and then, through the smoke curling from her lips, gazed at Kong Tai. Her spirit regained its calm, and a smile appeared on her face.
"Alright!"
"I was too nervous. The old man has been in seclusion for decades, and I thought he was exposed, making it known to everyone!"
"Otherwise, how would a little brat like you, who's only been at sea for half a year, know about it?"
"Me?"
Kong Tai took out his wine gourd, tilted his head, and took a drink, then said with a faint smile, "I just found out by chance."
"Oh... Right, I wonder where old man Rayleigh is now."
As he spoke, he turned his head and looked behind the bar.
"Stop looking, I don't believe you don't know that I'm the only one here."
Sha Qi smiled faintly, then shifted her gaze from Kong Tai to the people behind him, and said with a smile, "Since you guests have arrived, please sit down quickly!"
"What would you like to drink? I'll get it for you."
"Juice."
"Lemonade."
"Beer."
Ah Hua and the other two didn't stand on ceremony and sat directly to Kong Tai's left.
"Kelekelekele~"
Puchipuchipuchipuchi~
Indigo laughed with animated gestures, making a sound like a fart, then sat to the left of Ah Hua and the other two, saying with a smile, "Juice."
"Heh! I'll have juice too."
Gu Yina immediately sat to Kong Tai's right.
Sha Qi looked at the young people, sensing their vibrant energy, and smiled faintly. Then, her gaze fell on Robin.
When she saw Robin, her pupils contracted for a moment. Clearly, she knew who Robin was and what she meant to this world, to the Poneglyphs.
"And this lady?"
Robin sat down to Gu Yina's right and said with a smile, "Could I have a cup of coffee?"
"Mm!"
Sha Qi nodded, didn't look further, retracted her gaze, and then looked at the last person, Brook.
"And this gentleman..."
"Uh..."
When she clearly saw Brook's appearance, she was slightly startled, then quickly smoothed over her surprise and said with a smile, "What would you like to drink?"
"Yohohoho~"
Brook stepped forward, elegantly lifted his black top hat, and asked with gentlemanly flair, "Miss, may I ask what color underwear you are wearing today?"
Sha Qi looked at Brook, let out a light laugh, and replied, "I remember I'm wearing..."
Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Ah Hua and the other two, "Brook, you really dare to ask!"
"Haha, Miss, you really dare to answer!"
"Yeah! That's right, that's right."
Kong Tai glanced at everyone, shook his head, and turned his gaze back to Sha Qi, smiling, "Alright Aunt Xia, stop joking. Just get Brook a cup of coffee. As for me, give me your best liquor!"
"Yohohoho~ Miss, please do as the captain says! And get me a glass of milk too. I feel like my complexion has been a bit sallow lately, I need some calcium."
Brook stepped forward and sat to Robin's right, stroking his face and saying, "Even though I'm just a skeleton, I'm still a person who cares about my appearance!"
"Yohohohohoho~"
"Haha, alright!"
Sha Qi glanced at Brook, her lips curved upwards, then she retracted her gaze, left her chair, and turned towards the back kitchen.
"By the way, Kong Tai, what were you talking about with this..."
Gu Yina didn't know how to refer to Sha Qi, so she simply followed Kong Tai's address, "What were you saying to this Aunt Xia?"
"Do you really know her?"
"And that... Pirate King's right hand, Pluto Rayleigh, is he really here?"
They had all heard Kong Tai and Sha Qi's conversation just now and had many questions. So, now that Sha Qi had gone to prepare their drinks, they asked.
Kong Tai placed his wine gourd on the bar counter in front of him, then turned his head to look at Gu Yina, who had a curious expression on her face, and then at his crewmates, all of whom were looking at him with curiosity in their eyes.
He smiled faintly, "You just need to know that Sha Qi is a bar owner, and Pluto Rayleigh is an old man who is staying here."
"So, Pluto Rayleigh is really here?"
Ah Hua adjusted his glasses and said excitedly, "That's a legendary figure!"
"So what if he's a legend?"
Kong Tai withdrew his gaze, shook his head, picked up his wine gourd, tilted his head, and took a drink, then said with a faint smile, "You've seen legends before, haven't you? Shiki of the East Blue was also a legendary pirate."
Ah Hua and the other two, and Gu Yina, thought about it.
Indeed, they had seen legends before.
Thinking back, they remembered their helplessness when facing Shiki. Even though their strength had improved significantly now, except for Gu Yina, the three of them would probably still be in the same situation if they faced Shiki.
"Hmm... No."
They had only seen Shiki from a distance at the time, and had never come into close contact. But here, they could have close contact with a legend.
Thinking this, they looked at Kong Tai with renewed excitement.
"Alright, alright."
As if sensing the curiosity and excitement of his crewmates, Kong Tai shook his head and smiled, "Rayleigh isn't here now. We'll go look for him later. I think I know where he is."
"Really?"
"Really?"
The first "Really?" was asked by Ah Hua and the other two. The second "Really?" was asked by Sha Qi, who had come out from the back kitchen with a tray, looking at him.
Kong Tai glanced at the three of them with shining eyes, then looked at Sha Qi, who was standing at the kitchen door, staring at him with a puzzled expression.
He smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Rayleigh should be at the slave auction house right now!"
Sha Qi walked over slowly, placed the tray on the bar counter, and looked deeply at Kong Tai, who had a smile on his face.
"It's indeed possible he's there."
She retracted her gaze, picked up the juice, beer, and coffee from the tray, and distributed them to everyone one by one.
Then, she bent down, took out a bottle of green liquor with a firework pattern from under the counter, straightened up, placed it on the bar, and pushed it towards Kong Tai.
"This is liquor from the West Blue. After smelling the liquor in your gourd, I knew you had good liquor in there, even better than mine. So, I won't embarrass myself. Although this bottle of liquor doesn't have the mellowness of the liquor in your gourd, it is a very famous liquor in this world."
"It's called the most domineering liquor on the sea, a strong spirit."
She emphasized the words "strong spirit."
"Haha! Strong spirit?"
Kong Tai looked at the bottle of liquor in front of him, a hint of thought flashing in his eyes.
He seemed to have seen this bottle before. "Liquor from the West Blue?"
Oh... he remembered.
It was the liquor that the stubborn old Marine he admired so much liked to drink.