Encounter!

Loguetown has always been busy, and today is no different. With the streets crowded with people from different places. This is the infamous town that started the new era. The era of pirates, the era that made people dream. The Great Age of Pirates!

In the streets, a young man in Hawaiian shirt and shorts strolled around the streets with lazy eyes. His charming red eyes that are rarely seen and his lazy figure really contrasted with each other making him look like an old man that appeared young.

His old man-like easy-going behavior did not attract attention, however. This is the One Piece World, a world that is eccentric.With seven moons, weird places and even weird creatures.

As the young man continued to walk, his nose suddenly perked up.

'Where is this fragrance coming from?' Rai thought as he recognized the smell of some ingredients from the fragrance. Although he has not really cooked for a long time, his advanced skills and knowledge in cooking were not for show.

Curious, he looked with his nose and followed the scent.

'It's coming from the alley? Is a restaurant there?' It was really strange for a restaurant to be in that dark alley. Strange things happens everyday, especially in this world. Rai just followed his nose and entered the dark and gloomy alley ahead of him.

He descended the stairs and finally found the source. he raised his head and read the sign above the door, "Gold Roger Bar." His eyes got confused for a second as he felt that the sign was quite familiar. He tried to remember where he saw it but the memory could not come.

"Hmm. Interesting, an underground bar cooks such fragrant food?" Rai's curiosity spiked up and descended the stairs leading to the underground bar. The surrounding was a little dark and gloomy, making it very creepy. There were many old bounty posters that were pasted on the walls. most of them were slashed indicating that the bounty was already taken and most of the images and words were not recognizable anymore.

Just as he reached the door, he heard voices and the more he heard, the more he heard it, the more it became familiar. His head suddenly spun and epic memories surfaced on his head like a wildfire burning the amazon.

He just stood there rooted on the ground and not moving for a minute. Cold sweat trickled on his back and his expression was frozen to that of a shock. He was just one step away from the door and he would see what was inside the bar, but at this time, he suddenly had no will to do so.

In his head, a name kept ringing!

'Why the hell is that man here?!' was the only thought in his head.

He swallowed his saliva very hard and wanted to completely turn around and go up the stair and act like nothing happened. But as he did so, he felt that he was completely frozen. After some time of recovering his composure, his food made a tiny movement, but he could not continue. It was like a force was holding him down.

Fear suddenly engulfed him and the grim ripper seemed to dancing around his head, impatiently waiting for his death. He did not know how this emotions suddenly riled up like this, but one thing was for sure, it was caused by the man inside.

At this time, he felt that only kneeling down would spare his life, but just as he was about to do so, he heard a voice.

"A real man should not kneel even if his legs were crippled just to beg for his own life nor lower his head even if his head was being snapped apart. Leave if you want to!" The voice clearly showed that the man talking was displeased and disappointed.

When he heard the voice, Rai froze. The roller coaster of emotions he experienced earlier was wiped out replaced by disappointment to himself. He smiled bitterly but he did not leave, instead, he moved his leg and entered the bar.

He smiled bitterly as he looked at the towering man sitting by the counter wearing a green cloak. The man had a spiky black hair with a widow's peak and a tattoo on the left side of his face. He also had a bit of stubble on his chin and his eyes looked stern.

This man is the most wanted man in the world, Monkey D. Dragon, the Supreme Commander of the Revolutionary Army!

From the start, Dragon did not even look at him and just drank the liquor from the large cup and stared straight.

Without hesitation, Rai Kiri suddenly bowed in a 90 degree angle. "I will remember your words!" With that he stood straight and walked to sit beside the legendary man.

"It's an honor to meet you. My name is Rai Kiri, an aspiring bounty hunter." His bitterness from earlier was gone as he spoke respectfully to the man. Although not much were shown about Dragon on the anime or manga, Rai knew that he was a man of great pride. A man like this should be respected.

"Heh... You know me?" Without looking at Rai, he spoke. He was not surprised or even shocked, he just asked expressionlessly.

"Aren't you famous enough?" Rai grinned and replied. His heart raced from excitement, he did not have an ounce of fear this time.

"That's true." Dragon also replied and jugged the liquor.

Rai felt awkward from the reply but he still asked, "I came because I smelled good food, to think that I would meet you here instead. Tell me, is my luck that good or terrible, Dragon the Revolutionary?!" At this moment, Rai felt very brave, asking the presumptuous question. Even daring to look at Dragon.

"Dunno. Kid, wanna join my army?" Dragon tilted his head and looked Rai straight in the eye.

Rai also met the gaze and said with a grin, "I am just an aspiring bounty hunter, I am not qualified to join your army."

"That's true."

Sound of footsteps echoed in the quite room and an old man wearing a white, red-hemmed shirt, and the same earrings, necklace, hat, and glasses came out carrying a large plate that emitted fragrance. The old man was sweating and was quite tired. He placed the huge plate in front of Dragon and took a seat for himself.

"Enjoy! Ah! back in the day, I could make a thousand of these without breaking a sweat!" The old man slapped his thighs as he complained.

On the plate was a dish that Rai never saw before. He could tell from a glance that the ingredient used were very high quality. But Rai could also smell a hint of the sea from the dish, it was then that he knew, the meat was from a Sea King, or something similar.

Without a word, Dragon took the spoon and dug in, ignoring the two.

"Good dish!" Rai praised with shining eyes.

"Oh. Another customer. What would you like to get?" The old man looked at Rai in surprise.

"How about one of that?" Rai pointed at the dish in front of Dragon with great anticipation.

"Do you have the ingredients?"

"No."

"Then nothing for you, and I am tired, I would not make it even of you had the ingredients. How about a drink?" The old man sneered took a bottle of liquor.

"I will take the drink." Rai took the bottle and drank a mouthful before slamming the bootle on the counter.

Just like that, the moments passed quietly as the two drank while the other ate.

"Hiccup! Thanks for the drink!" A little tipsy, Rai subconsciously took out a thousand bellies from his inventory and placed it on the counter. He then sat up and left with wobbly steps.

Just as he was about to exit the door, he suddenly remembered something and turned to look back at the still eating Dragon.

"I almost forgot. Dragon, as thanks, I will tell you something interesting. Hiccup................." After saying what he wanted to say, Rai turned and exited the bar.

As for Dragon, he looked back to where Rai left in surprise. He grinned and continued to eat. But in his head, he mentally took note of the young man who introduced himself as an aspiring bounty hunter.