I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

At this point, the atmosphere had subtly softened.

Rum the panda, who had just been angry and throwing a tantrum, suddenly lost all hostility.

Panda Rum sat beside the wreckage of the bar, excitedly explaining:

"I am a brewer who ate the brewing fruit, and I can brew any object into wine."

"I have drunk many kinds of wine made from fruit abilities, and I have even drunk wine made from one of the fifty best swords. I will never forget the taste of that wine."

Sieg nodded, opened the bottle of iodine, and poured Rum a glass, but the pungent smell made Sieg frown.

The ability of the Brew-Brewing Fruit is similar to that of the Eat-Eat Fruit of the Longbread.

The loaf can transform objects into food and cut them, while rum can transform objects into liquid and seems to retain some of the object's characteristics.

Rum continued excitedly:

"But I've never actually tried using the Brewing Fruit's ability to convert iodine into alcohol before... How did you come up with that idea, boss?"

Sieg nodded in realization.

This is actually a kind of blind spot in thinking. No normal person would want to drink iodine.

Even the user of the Brew-Brewing Fruit, who has even drunk the Ryōkaidō sake, never thought of trying to use the fruit's power to drink iodine.

Just like how a Devil Fruit user who can eat bread would never try to cut up poop.

Then, Sieg saw Rum reach out and touch the glass containing iodine, using the power of the fermenting fruit.

Immediately, the liquid in the glass changed slightly; the reddish-brown liquid faded slightly, and the pungent smell quickly dissipated.

Rum picked up his glass and downed it in one gulp, his eyes filled with ecstasy, and even his hands trembled slightly.

“Thank you.” Rum nodded to Sieg.

"This made me realize that there are so many wines in the world that I haven't tried yet!"

On the other side, Roger had finished rinsing his hair and leaned over:

"Real liquor made with iodine sounds intriguing. Can I try some?"

Rum chuckled, showing no resentment whatsoever, and simply reached out and transformed the entire bottle of iodine into liquid.

Roger shook the bottle, poured himself and Sieg a glass each, and then drank it down without hesitation.

"Good wine!" Roger exclaimed, his face flushed.

"I told you, it's definitely good wine!"

In the blink of an eye, Rum the Panda and Roger had gone from being at odds to becoming best friends over a drink.

Sieg hesitated for a moment, then raised his glass to his nose and took a gentle sniff.

The pungent smell of iodine is indeed gone.

Sig thought for a moment, then tilted his head back and took a small bite as well.

As the liquor entered my throat, a burning sensation followed, flowing down into my stomach, a surge of intense heat as if a fire were burning within me.

The iodine tincture, after being transformed from the fermented fruit, surprisingly appears to be a rather strong spirit, drinking it like drinking fire, but it must be said that the taste is quite good.

Sieg couldn't resist drinking the remaining half-mouth of wine in one gulp.

Then, a flush rose to his face, and he stood up from his chair, letting out a breath.

"Bring those liquors from the cabinet, I want to mix a cocktail," Sig said.

Chapter 608 Charlotte Linlin Returns to Loguetown

With his eyes glazed over and drunk, Sieg finally mixed a bright red cocktail and placed it in front of Panda Rum.

"Bloody Mary, give it a try."

This Bloody Mary uses a base spirit that has been treated with iodine from rum, and the proportions of lemon juice and tomato juice have also been slightly adjusted.

This is a cocktail made by Sieg after he's slightly tipsy, based on the experience of a fictional bartender.

Panda Rum tried a sip and his eyes immediately lit up.

The drink mixed by Sieg tasted different from the iodine tincture from before; its intensity was milder, like a warm flame gradually spreading and blooming throughout the body, bringing a feeling of comfort.

After finishing the drink, Panda Rum's gaze towards Sig intensified slightly.

"Brewing techniques can use the iodine solution we just used as a base to create a completely different kind of drink... It seems there are still many, many good drinks in this world that I haven't tasted yet."

"Panda Rum said in a low voice."

He is a user of the Brewing-Brewing Fruit, which allows him to brew various types of alcohol with different flavors using different objects.

However, if one could possess the blending techniques of Siegfried, these spirits could be blended to create entirely new categories of wine...

He felt as if the door to a new world was rapidly opening to him.

"Boss, I want to learn bartending! Let me be your apprentice."

"Your bartending skills, combined with my brewing fruit abilities, will definitely make this tavern shine!"

Rum stared at Sieg with his bear-like eyes wide open.

"Heh." Sieg chuckled coldly, pointing to the wreckage of tables and chairs destroyed in the fight between Roger and Rum:

"Even if you don't say that, you're not getting away with turning my tavern into this mess."

"Let's not talk about apprenticeships for now, just pay the money first."

“I…” Panda Rum rolled his eyes and said:

"I don't have much money, so I'll repay you with my wine!"

"I am a user of the Brew-Brew Fruit. I can make a continuous stream of different kinds of wine by myself. It's a business with no investment and huge profits!"

"Ok?"

Sieg was now somewhat tempted.

Of course, what moved him was not some risk-free, high-profit business.

He didn't come into this era to become a bartender and open a pub to make money.

"The sake brewed by a user of the Brew-Brew Fruit..." Sig recalled the "Good Quick Sword Sake" that Panda Rum had mentioned earlier, and an idea came to him.

There's more than one knife shop in this town of Loguetown!

"Okay, do your best." Sig patted Panda Rum on the shoulder, but the moment his hand touched Rum's body, he could see that Rum's body tensed up and stiffened instantly, as if he was on guard against something.

Rum breathed a deep sigh of relief only after Sieg turned his back to him and went to wash his hands at the sink.

Recalling Sig's strange moves, the feeling of being completely manipulated and defenseless was especially terrifying for someone like Rum who had already made a name for himself and had extensive combat experience.

Smashing a bottle on the head instead of delivering a fatal blow is already a very restrained approach.

"This man is too dangerous... but we finally managed to fool him."

Rum secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

..........

In this day and age, the news industry is not very developed, and information is relatively scarce.

However, Panda Rum was born on Zou Island in the New World and was a well-known pirate in the East Blue. The information he possessed was on a completely different level from that of a small-town youth like Roger.

Sig was even pleasantly surprised to find that Rum actually knew several of the "Fifty-Six Emperors" from the East Blue.

With Rum acting as the mole and leading the charge, the "Fifty-Six Emperors of Bottle Smash" operation proceeded very smoothly.

In just over half a month, several people have already been subjected to Sieg's bottle-baptism in the taverns of Loguetown.

And their reaction was exactly the same as Panda Rum's.

Being caught bare-handed by a blade is often seen as a strange Devil Fruit ability in this world's logic. Yet, Higuma would leave them kneeling on the ground, unable to move or resist, yet he would still hold back and not take their lives...

In the hearts of these individuals, a nightmare so powerful it was almost impossible to resist remained forever, and that nightmare's name was Wang Xige...

Just when Sieg thought that time would pass smoothly day by day, things took another turn for the worse.

this day.

For the first time ever, Roger didn't go to the tavern. Instead, he weighed the bulging money bag in his hand and went to the vicinity of the port shipyard in Loguetown.

"The moment has finally come."

Roger stood at the harbor, looking at the small boat he had just bought, a bright smile on his face.

"Should we set sail? Isn't it a bit too early?"

Just as Roger was lost in his dreams about the future, a large ship sailed by, casting a shadow over Roger.

This large ship has a very unique design, with creamy decorations on its hull and a giant cake at its bow, making it look like a cake ship that only exists in fairy tales.

"What a big ship! One day I'll have to get a bigger ship too."

Roger smiled.

But then he saw a somewhat familiar figure leap off the ship and onto the shore.

Roger's pupils contracted slightly.

This is a woman wearing a pink halter dress, but with a body as large as a mountain of flesh. Despite her giant-like size, her face still has the innocence of a young girl.

He had only seen this figure once before, but the person had left a deep and unforgettable impression on him.

"Charlotte Linlin, with a bounty of five hundred million?" Roger murmured.

Charlotte Linlin, unaware of Roger's presence, was carrying a large pile of tiramisu cakes and was about to run excitedly ashore.

"Wait! Lingling! How many times have I told you?!"

The long loaf caught up from behind and said somewhat anxiously:

"The man you met named Wang Xige is just a tavern customer; he's probably not from Loguetown!"

"Even if we come to Loguetown, finding him here would be like looking for a needle in a haystack!"

"Lingling, stop fooling around, let's hurry back to the Grand Line!"

Upon hearing this, Charlotte Linlin's previously cheerful expression froze, and a wronged look appeared on her large face: