One Piece: Dream of Immortality-Chapter 547: The Heart of Cooking

"It tastes great, but..." Usopp tried to voice before leaving the sentence unfinished.

"This isn't Sanji's cooking," Luffy spoke without any doubt.

[ I cooked it the same way I always do. ] Sanji said. [ It is my cooking because I cooked it. ]

"He didn't even spit in mine. Luffy's right, this isn't the idiot cook's shitty food," Zoro said.

"Don't insult me, you bastard! I wouldn't ruin my reputation just to spite a useless mosshead like you!" Sanji shouted and jabbed a finger in Zoro's direction.

"Sanji! I'm hungry!" Luffy shouted as well.

[ You already have food. ] Sanji's monotone returned.

"I want Sanji's food, not yours!" Luffy declared, slapping the table.

"Yeah!" Sanji agreed with a cheer.

[ I won't accept this! ] Sanji growled.

"Too bad!" Sanji started tugging on his Raid Suit.

[ No! I won't go back to being a crybaby wimp! ] Sanji started pushing against his own face.

"Hurry up, crybaby wimp. We're hungry," Zoro said.

[ "Shut up, Mosshead!" ] both Sanjis glared at him.

Sanji tripped himself and his head slammed into the table, before proceeding to wrestle himself on the floor.

"That looked like it hurt," Franky said, leaning to get a better look at the blond fighting himself.

"If he's completely awakened his dormant genetic modifications, probably not," Reiju said.

"Are you two still eating? What happened to wanting Sanji's cooking, Luffy?" Usopp asked Luffy and Cherry who had gone back to eating.

"Waste not, want not," Cherry said.

"I'll save room," Luffy said, even though it didn't look like he was saving anything at all.

...

About ten minutes later.

Sanji stood up and brushed himself off, no longer wearing his Raid Suit.

"Are you okay, Sanji?" Nami asked, concern clear in her voice.

"I'm great, Nami-swan~!" Sanji did a little spin. "Never better! I'm sorry to have worried you."

Nami sighed in relief, as did many of the others. Even Zoro let out a grunt that sounded almost pleased.

"You were at it for a while there. Did you deal with that, er, other guy?" Franky asked.

"Uh, well... Now that I'm back, I'm not so sure there was an 'other guy'," Sanji said, rubbing the back of his head as he scrunched his brows together. He tapped his head, "He's still in here. He'll always be here and always has been, I think."

"Don't I know the feeling," Cherry nodded. "Now go make us some proper food."

"Yes, Cherry-chan~!" Sanji twirled into the kitchen again without complaint.

"What do you mean you 'know the feeling'?" Usopp asked.

"Honestly, I'm starting to think everybody has a secret alter ego inside them," Cherry semi-dodged the question. "You just have to find the right stimulus to bring it out. Big Mom got too hungry, Sanji leans too hard into his genes, Cavendish falls asleep. It's kind of weird how often you see this kind of thing."

"Kaido got drunk!" Luffy pointed out. "And Chopper turns into a monster!"

"Perhaps everyone in the world has dissociative personalities," Robin said.

"Well, I for one do not," Nami said.

"Nami changes when she gets a whiff of treasure," Usopp said.

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"I just like money! That's all me!" Nami threw a spoon at him.

Sanji came out of the kitchen with desserts. There was no need to cook an entire meal again, after all. He wasn't the type to waste food like that.

"Zoro's alter ego feeds him false directions," Sanji said.

Everyone had a good laugh over figuring out what each others' extra personalities might be like and enjoyed some local dessert dishes to finish off a fairly heavy breakfast.

*Clack!*

The sliding door opened abruptly and Yamato stepped through.

"You're awake! Great!" Yamato said. "I was worried I would have to take up a vigil!"

"A vigil?" Luffy asked as he licked a bowl clean.

"It's a tradition in Wano to defend an injured ally when they cannot defend themselves, and usually one must give something up whilst they do so. I was planning to give up eating and bathing," Yamato said.

"That's stupid," Luffy said.

*Whack!*

"Don't insult other people's culture!" Nami reprimanded him.

"It is quite rude, captain," Robin concurred, albeit more gently.

"Hahaha, it's okay," Yamato waved his hand to dismiss the matter. "In any case, since it looks like you've already eaten, how about a bath? The castle's baths are quite nice, I've heard."

They could certainly all use one. They were practically covered in old sweat, dust, and dried blood.

"Yes, please," Nami said what everyone was thinking and stood. "Lead the way."

"I'll let the others know as well!" Yamato said.

...

The baths of the Shogun's castle were spacious and beautiful, practically works of art.

"The castle was built on top of a natural spring and it's renowned for increasing longevity in its regular visitors," Kiku explained.

"I'd like to have my very own fountain of youth," Nami said wistfully.

"You're a bit too young to be worrying about growing old, Nami," Robin said.

"You ought not to worry about growing old at all! All women folk age with the same grace as wine," Shinobu said.

"Speak for yourself! I'm going to age like water," Cherry said.

"Does water age...?" Hiyori asked.

"Nope~" Cherry smiled.

"I can't wait to see you looking like a swamp witch in fifty years! I'm gonna rub my smooth skin in your face!" Pudding countered with a smirk. "Mama may not have kept her good looks, but she never lost her healthy complexion!"

"What about you?" Robin asked Reiju.

"Huh?" Reiju dragged her eyes away from Robin's chest and up to her eyes. "What about me?"

"Do your genetic enhancements help with staying youthful?" Robin asked with a sweet smile, pretending she didn't notice anything.

"I think so?" Reiju answered, her cheeks reddening. "Judge might have mentioned it, but I never paid too much attention to anything that didn't affect me at that moment and that was years ago."

"Interesting," Robin said. "I'd like to learn more about your body sometime."

"Huh???" Reijju squeaked.