Moke stood there without moving in the slightest, as if he were not the one being attacked.
Among the pirates of the East Blue, Cabaji could be considered fairly strong.
Although his bounty was never even mentioned, his strength was slightly above Alvida’s before she ate her Devil Fruit.
After all, this guy had at least exchanged a few blows with Zoro.
Alvida, on the other hand, was someone Luffy had knocked out directly.
So Cabaji should not be underestimated.
His speed was quite impressive.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Moke, and the longsword in his hand pierced straight through Moke’s heart.
“Tsk, tsk…” Cabaji began to laugh smugly.
But at that moment, Buggy’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
He shouted in alarm, “Cabaji, get back!” “???” Cabaji looked confused.
He had already finished the guy off, hadn’t he?
Why was the captain so anxious, even telling him to retreat?
But then, he heard Moke’s voice.
“Looks like you really want to experience what it feels like to be kicked by light.” “!!!” Cabaji’s pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpoints, and his face was filled with disbelief.
After all, his sword had just pierced straight through the man’s heart!
And he still wasn’t dead?
With incomparable shock, he looked at Moke.
His gaze then fell upon Moke’s chest.
In an instant, his expression changed drastically, and the disbelief in his eyes turned into horror.
Because he discovered that the place where his longsword had pierced Moke did not shed even a single drop of blood.
Immediately after, the horror in his eyes turned into fear.
“Bang!” In the next instant, Moke swept his leg out horizontally, striking Cabaji directly in the abdomen.
Under the force of that overwhelming power, Cabaji was sent flying.
“You, you, you…” At that moment, Buggy the Clown pointed at Moke, so shocked that he could not even speak properly.
The ability Moke had just displayed was exactly the same as Kizaru’s.
It completely shattered Buggy’s decades-long understanding of Devil Fruits.
In the end, he muttered, “Could it be… Kizaru is dead?” After thinking it over, that seemed to be the only possibility.
Although, in truth, that possibility was almost impossible.
After all, with Kizaru’s speed, if he wanted to leave, no one could stop him.
At that moment, Moke suddenly transformed into a beam of light and rushed to Buggy’s side at incredible speed.
By the time Buggy reacted, Moke had already returned to human form.
Buggy was so frightened that his entire body split apart into pieces, scattering in different directions.
“Hiss…” Then, Buggy could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
A burst of intense pain shot straight to his head, forcing him to stop.
He turned back and saw Moke stepping on his foot while smiling at him playfully.
“Sir, I was wrong…” It had to be said, Buggy truly lived up to his title as Buggy the Clown.
He immediately chose to follow his instincts and surrender.
Moke asked, “Do you still want the treasure in my hands?” “It was a misunderstanding.
It was all a misunderstanding…” Buggy said with a flattering and humble expression.
He was also very tactful, respectfully presenting an Eternal Pose to Moke with both hands.
“This is the Eternal Pose to Loguetown.” “You’re quite sensible…” Moke took the Eternal Pose to Loguetown.
After confirming the direction, he turned into a beam of light and headed toward Loguetown.
“Phew…” Seeing this, Buggy could not help but let out a deep sigh of relief.
Then he immediately rushed toward Cabaji.
But when he arrived beside Cabaji, he found him lying motionless on the ground.
Clearly, he had already lost his life.
Buggy’s pupils trembled violently.
Only now did he understand that he had truly escaped disaster just now.
… A few days later, a beam of light landed in Loguetown.
It was none other than Moke.
His goal was very clear.
After asking someone for the location of the weapon shop, he headed there directly.
However, he had not expected to see a woman wearing glasses enter the shop just before him.
Moke was slightly stunned and thought to himself, Isn’t that Tashigi?
For a time, she had practically been regarded as Zoro’s “official match” after Kuina.
Moreover, meeting in a weapon shop — wasn’t this supposed to be her and Zoro’s scene?
He really had not expected to receive this kind of treatment as well.
However, he was not the kind of person who would become unable to move the moment he saw a woman.
After a brief moment of surprise, he quickly returned to calm and followed Tashigi into the shop.
As soon as he entered, he saw the owner of the weapon shop.
Bald head, red nose.
It was definitely him!
The corners of Moke’s mouth rose slightly.
Then his gaze swept around the shop.
He did not pause for even a moment on the swords displayed on the racks.
Finally, his eyes landed on the barrel of cheap swords placed off to one side.
If he remembered correctly, Sandai Kitetsu was among them.
And its price was extremely cheap — only fifty thousand berries.
“Boss, I’m here to pick up Shigure…” At that moment, Tashigi had already walked up to the owner.
The owner nodded and handed Shigure to Tashigi.
“Your Shigure has already been polished.
The polishing fee is five thousand berries.” Tashigi did not pay immediately.
Instead, she drew Shigure and began examining it carefully.
She was a sword fanatic.
She was extremely obsessed with famous blades.
The owner clearly understood Tashigi’s personality.
He did not urge her, but instead turned his gaze to Moke with a smile.
“Customer, what kind of sword would you like to choose?
I have all kinds here, from every level.” Moke did not answer.
Instead, he walked over to the sword barrel and began touching the swords one by one.
When he touched a sword that had a short strip of white cloth wrapped around both the hilt and the scabbard, Moke immediately felt a gloomy yet domineering power.
Demonic aura!
Such dense demonic aura.
There was no need to say anything.
This was Sandai Kitetsu.
Moke directly took it out, then drew the blade.
Swish… A cold gleam flashed out.
At the same time, an even more domineering demonic aura rushed toward him, causing Moke to tremble slightly.
He had not expected this demonic aura to possess the ability to shake one’s very soul.
He could not help but think of Zoro’s Asura-like demonic aura in the original story.
Perhaps it had come from Sandai Kitetsu.
“Stop!” Moke’s actions successfully caught the owner’s attention.
When he saw Moke attempting to touch Sandai Kitetsu, he could not help but cry out in alarm.
“Hm?” Tashigi, who had been carefully examining Shigure in her hands, also looked over.
With just one glance, her eyes immediately lit up.
She rushed directly to Moke’s side and stared fixedly at the Sandai Kitetsu in his hand.
Then, she took out a sword encyclopedia from her clothes and quickly found the record on Sandai Kitetsu.
Hilt: no menuki, no mekugi, with a koiguchi.
A short strip of white cloth is wrapped around the hilt and scabbard.
Blade: 88 centimeters long, 1.7 centimeters wide… Edge: relatively long, with a large curve.
No blood groove.
The hamon is a typical flame-patterned steel temper line, forged through repeated folding.
There was no mistake.
This was Sandai Kitetsu.
Moke, however, ignored them.
His hand was already stroking the blade of Sandai Kitetsu.
In the next instant, his ability activated.
The hand touching Sandai Kitetsu instantly transformed into the shape of a blade, and it even emitted the same demonic aura as Sandai Kitetsu.
At that moment, he seemed to have transformed into a user of the Dice-Dice Fruit, wreathed in an eerie demonic aura.
Naturally, this scene also fell into the eyes of the owner and Tashigi.
The two exclaimed at the same time, “A Devil Fruit user?!” Only then did Moke turn to look at the owner.
With a calm smile, he said, “I’ll take this Sandai Kitetsu.
How many berries?” Hearing this, the owner raised his brows.
Then he advised, “Since you know it is Sandai Kitetsu, you should also know that it is a cursed blade.
None of its owners have ever met a good end.
You…” “Just tell me how much.” Before the owner could finish speaking, Moke directly interrupted him.
“Uh…” The owner froze for a moment, then hesitated briefly before saying, “The swords over there are all fifty thousand berries… Since you picked it out from there, it means the two of you are fated.
So, just pay fifty thousand berries.” “What?” Tashigi could not help but cry out from the side, her face full of disbelief.
Then, with complete honesty, she said, “Buy it quickly!
Under normal circumstances, it would be worth ten million berries!”