## One Piece Chapter 45, pages 15-16: BEFORE THE STORM - Chapter: 45 - Pages: 15-16 - Characters: Patty, unidentified Baratie cooks, Don Krieg (silhouette), Zeff ### Summary Page 15: The cooks continue discussing the threat. "DON KRIEG'S THE STRONGEST AND BADDEST PIRATE TO ROAM THIS PART OF THE OCEAN!" one cook says. Another agrees, "THAT'S RIGHT. HE'S A PIRATE FLEET ADMIRAL WHO COMMANDS 50 SHIPS! HE'S A MONSTER!" A dark, imposing silhouette of Don Krieg and his massive fleet is shown. Patty, unfazed, tosses food in a flaming wok ("BOO"). "SO WHAT?" he asks dismissively. A cook panics, "I HEARD THE KRIEG PIRATES WERE OVER 5000 MEN STRONG... SO IF THAT GUY THAT YOU BEAT UP... WERE TO GO AND TELL DON KRIEG WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM HERE, THEN LIKE A HERD OF ELEPHANTS STOMPING ON AN ANT, THIS RESTAURANT WILL BE CRUSHED!" Page 16: Patty scoffs at the cooks' fears. "I SEE... THEN YOU'RE SUGGESTING WE SHOULD'VE GIVEN HIM A WARM WELCOME? DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S A LITTLE RUDE TO OUR OTHER GUESTS!? AS A FIGHTING COOK THAT BARATIE IS RENOWNED FOR, I AM ASHAMED BY SUCH AN IDEA!" Another cook yells back, "JUST HOW MANY PIRATES HAVE WE CHASED OFF UNTIL NOW!? IF YER SO SCARED, THEN WHY DON'CHA JUST QUIT!" Patty retorts, "WHAT!? IT'S PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THOSE WORDS ALL THE WAITERS QUIT! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT THAT WE'RE SO BUSY, PATTY! HMPH! AS IF WE EVER NEEDED THOSE SPINELESS SACKS OF CRAP IN THE FIRST PLACE!" Suddenly, Zeff, the head chef with a peg leg, kicks open the kitchen doors with a loud "BAM". "HEY, YOU BLOCKHEADS! GET BACK TO WORK!" he barks. The cooks immediately snap to attention, "YESSIR!"