One Piece: The Between Inn

On the open sea stands a strange inn. No matter who they are, any guest with money is welcome, but the inn has one ironclad rule: anyone who starts a fight within ten meters of the inn will be killed without mercy!

Akainu: Ning Ge, hand over Ace.

Ning Ge: He's already booked a room for the day. He'll leave when his time is up.

Akainu: Then I'm going in too.

Ning Ge: Certainly. A glass of water costs 500,000 Berries, and a day's lodging costs 10 million. Are you staying the night or just stopping for a meal?

Akainu: 500,000 for a glass of water? That's more outrageous than the pirates!

Ning Ge: It's a free market. Youjian Inn never forces anyone to buy anything.

Akainu: Fine. I'll have a glass of water.

Ning Ge: Certainly. That'll be 500,000 Berries. By the way, the inn has one ironclad rule. Remember: anyone who starts a fight within ten meters of the inn will be killed without mercy!

P.S. Ning Ge gets an Inn System that lets him trade the inn's earnings for all kinds of abilities. The inn never allows trouble, because at the inn...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.