Walking through the streets of Gubo, Junbei took a break from moving around with his crew to soak up some of the highlights of the liberated Gubo. After the death of Kaz, the liberation of the city brought back the marine influence to the island, however, the marines not wanting to cause a big scene in the world, refuse to report the Yonko's activities on Gubo, which was pretty much his crew spending boatloads of money in the local brothel houses, spas and clothing stores. As Charlotte handled inventory and The Frog going shopping with Hilda, Junbei found himself just wandering the streets of Gubo, his new bought green scarf wrapped around his head to conceal his identity which was plastered across the papers. At the edge of the street was the town's square, the fountain spouted out in a vertical direction and many kids danced around the edge, playing in the water. Adjusting his eye-patch, Junbei dashed towards the pond, sneaking up behind the dubious children. "Boo!" the Yonko exclaimed. The children dashed off, nearly tripping upon exiting the fountain, terrified of the seemingly ghost of a man. However, one child didn't run, as her sun dress soaked in the fountains contents, the ten year old peered back at the Yonko, sticking out her tongue. "Rishi Rishi... Why didn't you run?" Junbei asked. "I didn't have much time to think about that... I was literally dumped into the water by those brutes. Pussies." the child declared. "You got quite the mouth on you. Why were they bullying you?" Junbei inquired. "Here!" the child shouted gleefully, handing the soggy poster to the man. Looking around the fountain, it's watery bed was filled with the flyers. Taking the flyer, the Yonko simply winked with his good eye, reading the poster.


Grinning, "I could do with something to eat. Rishi Rishi... I don't have much money on me though." the Songbird lied. "Can I still eat?" Junbei inquired. "Ha! Momma's looking for a new dish washer. I'm sure we could fit you in somehow." the child responded. "Rishi Rishi!" Junbei exclaimed laughing louder. "So Boss, what's your name if you seem to be the one employing me and promoting this business?" Junbei asked. "My name is Sally. Sally Newport. I'm Co-Owner of Momma- I mean, Miss Newport's Pie Shop!" Sally resolved. As the child shouted, many of the townspeople around them whispered under their breath, however, Junbei's logia kept him tuned into the most subtlest sounds.

Townspeople Murmurs wrote:'Ha. More like their pies taste like shit. Since her husband died... She can't even cook. What a worthless mom.'

Some of the whispers weren't whispers at all, more declarations at the child's cry. Lifting himself off the side of the fountain, Junbei exclaimed, "AH! I GUESS I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TEST THIS PIE OUT FOR MYSELF. I THINK I CAN FIND SOME CHANGE IN MY POCKET. LET'S GO." Junbei declared much louder than a general tone of the conversation for the locals to hear.

Following Sally through the streets of Gubo, the Yonko was led to the downtown strip. On each side of every street was a variety of restaurants, comfort food diners, high end bougie spots and food stands to complete the scale of quality by common societal standards. Sally ran with joy in excitement, skipping away from cracks in the concrete paved road as she led her very first customer to the quaintly placed bakery and pub located in the backstreets of Gubo. Junbei followed with a less eager pace, not that he wasn't excited to taste the shop's pie, it was more that he was taking in the ambience of the vibrant island that he hadn't fully experienced in first arriving on Gubo. As he strolled along, making sure to never to loose sight of the buzzing worker bee, the shop came into site. "Mom-" Sally nearly screamed from the top of her lungs, holding back her excitement because she wanted to appear professional to the  interesting stranger she found. The lines outside of the shop were huge, many of the frequent townspeople were interested to see if the widower were able to revive the shop's lost Gusto. Her husband dying from fighting back against the cult members who previously inhabited Gubo. As the child walked through the doors, the sight of her mother standing in front of the crowd nervously, brought a warmth to her heart. Her mother was a soft spoken woman, even when the locals rumoured or gossiped about her, she'd always meet them with a smile and brought up Sally to do the same. Her hands trembling, "I-A-Umm... Thank you!" the woman exclaimed, bowing, lowering her head as close to the ground as possible as she could without tipping over. "I- Me and my staff have worked very hard to make this happen!" Sally's mother blurted. "Please enjoy!" the woman exclaimed, much louder than the tone permitted, scuttling behind the shop's counter.

A slight applause rattled off, the crowd was a mixture of locals, a few local merchants and various visitors common to land in Gubo for trade. One by one, the customer purchased their own custom personal pies, their mouths watering as the aroma trickled from the pie box. Taking a deep breath, Junbei grinned as mouth started to grin too. Among the chatter, many of the people sat by the tables within the shop, enjoying their pies with much enjoyment, it was as if new life was breathed into the small shop. As everything in life, someone comes along to ruin the party. Smashing the pie into the ground, "This is pie is terrible. I want my money back." one of the patrons exclaimed. The man was sitting at few tables that where joined to accommodate a party of at least ten, including the man at the tables head. As his crew dug into the pie with immense appetite, dropping dozens of the pie shells on the ground by the minute. "YEAH. THE PIES BAD." another member exclaimed, mouth stuffed filled with pie at the moment. "We want a refund." the whole pack announced. Running from behind the stall, the woman approached the man with immense fury, slamming her hand against the man's face, made the whole crew drop their jaws with immense shock. "My pie is alot of things. B-But, we've had a lot of help getting it back on it's feet. This store and it's reputation. I won't let you ruin our name with your lies." Sally's mother announced bravely. Reaching for the gun in his belt, the man attempted to aim the gun's barrel towards the woman's forehead.

"MOMMA!" Sally shouted. "Ohoho... Help huh? We all know your husband had the original recipes for this place that made it famous. How about this... Bring us your crew staff and the recipes... And I might let you have your life. See. I'm on my way to Sababody. There's a big slave auction coming up and our customers have some odd tastes. They've asked for famous pastry chefs. Before your husband kicked the bucket, we're on the way to Gubo to collect him. I paid a lot on the Black Market for his information. So, you can understand how saddened I was when I found out he was dead. However, I'll take his widow wife. She's kind of cute, huh fellas!?" the pirate announced laughing. The crew chimed in, laughing from their guts bottom, as their jaws expanded in laughter, creating their taunting smiles. Grabbing onto her sundress, Sally began to tremble as well. "So, what will it be lady? I'll give you an ultimatum. Your staff and recipes... or your body and your.. daughters body as well." the pirate declared. Looking back towards the door, Sally looked for her visitor friend for assistance but he was gone. Her eyes froze in fear at that fact. However, movements earlier, right when the pirate drew his gun, Junbei had begun his own advance towards the table, picking up a pie from grunts located on the other side. Sliding the pie into his mouth with one gulp, the Auburn Songbird munched on the pie, as his mouth dripped of saliva. As the pirates at the other end of the table attempted to draw their weapons, Junbei released a low frequency soundwave that made the men fall on their knees and vomit up their stomachs contents.  

"I think the pie's pretty good. If you want a refund, I'll compensate you for them." Junbei exclaimed. Turning his attention the red head, his gun now pressed against the mouth of the pastry chef. "Who the fuck are you, brat?" the man inquired, turning his attention towards Junbei, drawing another gun from the breast pocket of his strapped jacket. "Damn. I was trying to get through this without saying my name. I hate lying too... Let's just say, I'm random bystander 'J'. Call me Mr. J. Mr.J? Mhmm... I actually like that, Rishi Rishi." Junbei responded to the man's question.

"Princess?" the pirate exclaimed with immense glee, taking his eyes off Junbei for a second. "How about... I take Miss Newport and you, Princess!?" the pirate exclaimed laughing. With the pie still in his mouth, reaching another one off the table, Junbei inspected the white haired woman with piercing what seemed to be Royal Purple eyes. With food still stuffed in his mouth, "Did you really make these pies?" , came out of his mouth, this muffled and distorted sentence structure but once his mouth was empty, he'd repeat the question again if the woman didn't get it the first time around or looked at him with any frustration, that the Songbird would. Deactivating his soundwaves, the man's whole crew except from himself was kissing the pine wooded floors of the pastry shop, leaving the contents of their stomach on the floor. Turning his attention fully to Sally's mother now, the man redirected his second pistol towards the White Haired Baker, Daenys. "H-H- Hey! What did you put in those pies to make my men sick!?" the man barked, raising his voice with a mixture of fear and anger. Whistling, " Rishi Rishi." The Yonko began to laugh, "Oi. Dummy. Mr.Thick Mustache. Mr.Poncho." the Yonko began to rattle on a slew of poorly phrased insults to gain the man's attention. Turning his gun back towards Junbei, the man took aim, attempting to fire off a single round from his chamber towards the unknown pirates head, keeping his hand steady aimed towards the princess. His hand cocked on the pistol's trigger. The subtle sound of his finger pressing against the trigger, the slight moment of hesitation before he fired the shot, Junbei noticed everything about the boisterous male. Junbei's habit of blanking out unappealing people wore off, the man's eight foot height, his cowboy or old school western attire, the thick mustache that rested above his lip, everything became in focus to his lens like eyes. The bullet left the chamber, moving at Tier 3 speeds, it moved in time to Junbei's eyes, which followed the projectile with keen precision. Two inches separated the bullet from Junbei's forehead, in that moment, the man's head opened a literally hole, a passage of sound for the bullet to pass through, around three inches in width and height, more than enough for the bullet to pass smoothly. Grinning, the bullet traversed the human sound man's tunnel, breaking the window and landing into the house next door to the shop. The sound of the bullet caused everyone in the shop to scattered, running towards the door, other froze in fear and another set waited to see the end of the conflict.

Assuming Junbei was dead, the man turned his attentions back to the White Haired Baker and the shop owner. "Now!" the man announced licking his lips. "WHO SHOULD I SAMPLE FIRST-" as the last word slipped from the man's mouth, Junbei's Haoshoku Haki suppressed the verbal slush from spewing from the man's mouth. His eyes turned white, as if he possessed, his body loosing strength, collapsing like two biscuits under the force of munching molars. As his body hit the ground, the life behind the triggers in his hand, slipped from the loops, the guns sliding onto the floor, the man's body now motionless from the wave of willpower that flushed through the bar quite subtly. Using his control, he'd prevented the stream from affecting Sally, her mom and the Daenys, turning to the three women, who, were now the only people awake in the shop, the other townspeople who were either watching, fleeing or frozen, now slept in a deep slumber induced by the Yonko's invisible wave. "I tried to give them a chance. By default, I really despise slave traders. And didn't want to dirty my tonfa on scum. I thought giving his men the runs would freak him out enough to scat off but I guess this is his business, he'd commit to it." Junbei continued rattling on.

"Rishi Rishi... Helping? How do you know that I didn't want to steal the pie for myself!?" the Auburn Songbird grinned, making a menacing expression. As the tears welled up in Sally's eyes once again, the Yonko quickly blurted out in laughter to show he was indeed joking, "Jeez Sally. Easy on the water works, I'm just kidding!" Junbei exclaimed sticking out his tongue. Now that the ice was broken, Sally and her mother began to clean up the shop, shards of glass from the broken window pane, not mention the motionless bodies on the shop's floor and several unconscious personages. "Amm... I think I can help with the repairs." Junbei exclaimed. "That's a definite no. You've done too much already as is Mr.J." Sally's mother stated, bowing her head respectfully once again. "Rishi Rishi please don't worry about it. Mr.J... By the way, that was just an alias, My name is Junbei. Junbei Von Echo." Junbei stated. The woman and the child's face turn pale, "The R-R-R-Red K-King!" the comedy duo of the mother and child exclaimed their eyes and tongue seeming shooting of their sockets. "The one and the same. Teehee." Junbei stated sticking out his tongue. The mother passed out once again, while Sally popped around Junbei, expecting his body, not believing him one bit on the news reveal. "But you're so scrawny. The rumours say... You glowing Red Hair and a manly majestic demeanour!" Sally rattled on. "I shaved." Junbei simply retorted, pointing out that his beard and long hair had now been trimmed. "IT'S TOO MUCH OF A CHANGE GOD DAMNIT!" Sally announced. While the younger child riled in her own fantasies, Junbei removed the Baby Den Den Mushi from his black jacket's coat, making a call to Charlotte who was pretty the base of operations on Gubo. "Hey. Charlotte. I made a mess in a town down place called Sally's Pastries. Could you send some of our men to patch up the place, thanks!" Junbei declared quickly hanging up the phone moments before getting an ear full from Charlotte about wrecking public property without her knowing. Turning towards Daenys, "If I let her talk, she'll scold me for the rest of the day." Junbei declared, sighing. Getting up once again, Sally's mother handed over a fresh made pie to Daenys, and subsequently, the Yonko who could always eat was invited to a stroll in a nearby park with freshly baked apple pie.

"Sure. I'm down! Lead the way, Rishi Rishi!" Junbei declared with immense glee. "I'mma stay behind and help momma with the repairs." Sally stated, pouting as she wanted to go to the park with the duo. "Trust me, my guys will have it handled. However, stay behind just in case... Keep an eye on one of my guys named Nico, he's a good guy but I think your mother is his 'type'." Junbei exclaimed sighing once again. Normal human desires, though he understood people and why they feel, still baffle him to this day. Grabbing Daenys hand, the Yonko bolted off, "Let's go!" Junbei declared. After a few strides, Junbei realised he didn't have a clue where he was going and turned over the authoritative role towards the Royal Purple Eyed Baker. As the two traversed Gubo's streets, at first, their was a bit of a silence, as the park wasn't seemingly to far, within a few meters steps. "So, what is the princess of a country such as Dressrosa doing in a backwater sea island like Gubo?" Junbei inquired.

As light trickled through the dolines over the park in Gubo, the leaves on the trees became the foundation for the shadows which hoisted over the Yonko and the Princess sitting under a tree on the blanket. It was huge, large enough to hoist at least eight people, Junbei selfish with space like most things in life sprawled out his long arms and legs next to the Princess, listening to stories of her travels and her reasoning for leaving Dressrosa. The underground air currents flushed streams of fresh water scents from outskirts of the city's bed, into the heart of Gubo, a unique perk to the city, and this particular district. "Your pops must have the utmost faith in you. Sending a Princess out on the seas by herself with dreams garnered from story books, seems quite dangerous." Junbei commented at first. Grinning, adjusting his scarf from covering his eyes, the man extending his arms off the blanket and picked a single blade of grass to gnaw on. "It's romantic. To see you still alive Princess, you must not have been a pushover." Junbei stated, grinning. Taking a deep breath to inhale the salty air which left a slight prickle feeling on his tongue as he suctioned air inward, the immense peace the Yonko felt in this moment was incomparable. "Ah. Now you've ran out of money and have been bussing your ass off. That's admirable." Junbei concluded, grinning only to utter his usual 'Rishi Rishi' obscure pattern of laughter. "I wasn't always a famous Yonko, I'll have you know. I heard you said singing, I fancy anything of the kind. I wanted to be a musician. I guess the summary is, a lot of things happened on the way, and now hear I am, bummer of a summary isn't it?" Junbei rambled on.

"To be quite blunt. I was chasing a Celestial Dragon that got away. I wanted information on these things called Poneglyphs. However, long story short, the Celestial Dragon escaped and I ended tangling with his sons religious cult. Now that it's over, I'll be leaving Gubo... The next plateau awaits me... The New World." Junbei commented. Turning towards Daenys, with excitement brimming in his heart, the man's Royal Purple eyes shone in contact with the Princess own, "I can feel it. Lands I've never seen... People I've never met... Rum I've never drank and ships I've never even imagined of sailing on... It's wait on me right beyond that wall. The Red Line. I've been through a lot but my biggest challenge awaits me behind those walls." Junbei concluded, plopping back onto his back, stretching as long as he possible could. "If you want... I can take you back home to Dressrosa. I don't need any reward or anything like that... I have more than enough money and treasure to last me a lifetime." Junbei stated. Gobbling down the slice of pie that Daenys had separated for him, "If I could eat cooking like this everyday, I could die a happy man. Rishi Rishi!" Junbei exclaimed, stuffing his mouth as he lied on the blanket, staring towards the shimmering refractions of light against the waterbeds encompassing Gubo. "Besides... I couldn't stay here too long. Their no skies for me to even gawk at. I'm the Auburn Songbird you know! Birds are meant to fly." Junbei stated.

Her spirit was proud, vibrant and unwavering, was she really the Princess of a sovereign land? Junbei's ideal of royalty was corrupt systems that abused the people, however, they're was this clarity in her eyes. The kind that those who hadn't taken a life perhaps or seen the evils his eyes hadn't couldn't understand. In that way, they were very different. However, as usual, it was never the people that bothered Junbei, it was the system that enabled them. Hearing more about Dressrosa, the Yonko truly wanted to visit there one day. It was an interesting dynamic, the Princess speech was prim but not coming from a place of authority, in fact, everything about her was majestic. The Yonko's hearing was A one due to his consumption of the Sound Devil Fruit, so when the girl murmured she'd come with him at first, he'd lunged up to a seated position, latching onto her hands. "Rishi Rishi! Awesome! You can show me around this Dressrosa place." Junbei exclaimed. Retracting his hands to scratch his head,"Though, I'm not sure the Princess of a country aligned with the World Government could walk me around town as if it was nothing." Junbei declared.

The next set of words that rattled out of the woman's mouth as she blushed slightly, embarrassed or was it a more shy side surfacing, was a request to go travelling with the Yonko. She'd offer her services as a chef and a baker to the crew, judging by the pie alone she was more than qualified. "I'll warn you this much... My gang is a rowdy bunch. We aren't the killers the newspapers paint us as but we are criminals. However to me, my only crime was never wanting to be cage by the World Governments ideals of freedom. I don't hate marines or Nobles... Don't get me wrong at all." Junbei declared."Hild- I mean, Frog is a good dude he's a bit rude at times. Nico is a lady killer, stay away from him. Charlotte is a Kuja... You should get along fine but she's scary." Junbei begun to tremble at the end of his sentence.

"Rishi Rishi... I started rattling on about them again. And I haven't even given you a straight answer!" Junbei exclaimed blushing slightly. "Daenys Seastar. My crew is like becoming part of a family. Whatever part you play is entirely up to you. If I could be so lucky, would you like to join up with the Songbird Pirates? Even if it's only til you make it back home, I'd love to taste your cooking! And you seem to be able to handle yourself... so yeah, I'mma stop talking now! Your turn!" Junbei exclaimed. Putting his hand towards the woman's mouth, his fist folded, to signal as if his hand was a microphone to speak into. Her response would indeed be as if she'd speak into a microphone as Junbei had modify the soundwaves in his hand to act as a loudspeaker.

A large grin filled the face of the Yonko, as the announcement startled many in the park, it was Junbei's way of lighting the serious nature of their talks of joining his crew. He'd love gaining new people to travel with and experiences to be had, so the technicality was always the first part he'd lead with. Wasting no time, Junbei lunged up from the blanket, finishing off the remainder of the pie. Extending his hand outward, he'd chivariously gesture to help Daenys from the grassy area underneath the tree. Once she'd grab his hand, Junbei would begin taking flight, making sure to either cradle the Princess like a princess or strap her over his back, whichever was most comfortable to her. In flight, Junbei would begin to gradually gain altitude, climbing to a high enough distance that they could view as much as the Kingdom as possible with their eyes.

As they hovered over the Kingdom, the Flying Dutchman was in the distance. A new adventure was about to commence. "Let's go Daenys. To the New World." Junbei grinned stating.