Only then did Moke look at Tashigi, revealing a bright smile.
“Thank you.” Then he turned to the shop owner.
“I’ll take this sword.
However, I know you also have another famous blade here, one called Yubashiri.
Bring it out and let me have a look.” “What?” Tashigi, whose eyes had been fixed on Sandai Kitetsu, could not help but exclaim again.
At the same time, the look she gave the owner became intensely bright.
“Huh?” The owner was shocked.
He had never expected that the other party would even know about Yubashiri.
It seemed he had truly come prepared!
However, he quickly regained his composure.
Then, rubbing his hands together, he revealed a sly smile.
“Although I don’t know how you found out that Yubashiri is here with me, since you know of it, I assume you also know its value, right?” Moke did not waste words.
He took out a sapphire from his clothes and lightly flicked it over with his thumb.
The owner instinctively caught it.
He was a businessman.
Although his business was swords, he still had a merchant’s eye.
With a single glance, he could tell that this sapphire was the finest of the finest.
“Gulp…” He could not help but swallow.
The value of this sapphire was simply too high.
If it were sold to those great nobles, it would fetch at least several tens of millions of berries.
Yubashiri, on the other hand, was worth around ten million.
Of course, to swordsmen, famous blades were also luxury items.
They were often priceless treasures that could not be bought even with money.
But no matter how high the price went, it still could not compare to this top-grade sapphire.
Even if Sandai Kitetsu was included, he would still make a huge profit.
“Huu…” The owner took a deep breath.
When he looked at Moke again, the look in his eyes had changed.
Because the man before him was simply too generous.
He asked tentatively, “You want to exchange this sapphire for Yubashiri and Sandai Kitetsu?” Moke nodded.
“Yubashiri is worth around ten million.
Even if you ran into a swordsman who especially liked it and had money to spare, it would be worth twenty or thirty million at most.
Sandai Kitetsu is the same… This sapphire is more than enough.” Hearing this, the owner’s and Tashigi’s eyes lit up at the same time.
The fact that he could accurately state the market prices of the swords meant that this man also understood blades.
This made the two of them feel a bit more favorable toward him.
The owner looked deeply at Moke for a few moments, then smiled.
“Please wait a moment.” After saying that, he turned around and entered a room behind the counter.
Before long, he came out holding Yubashiri carefully with both hands.
Then he presented it to Moke.
“From now on, it is yours.” Looking at Yubashiri, Moke could not help but feel secretly delighted.
Swords!
Almost every man liked them.
After all, who had not dreamed of being a wandering swordsman or a blade-wielding hero when they were young?
His goal had already been achieved, so naturally, Moke had no intention of staying there any longer.
After all, his true destination was the Grand Line and the New World.
That was where his stage truly lay!
Moke hung the two swords at his waist and walked out of the weapon shop.
“Could you wait a moment?” Seeing that Moke was about to leave, Tashigi immediately followed after him.
After all, she had not yet had a proper look at those two swords!
Of course, if she could hold them for a moment, that would be even better.
Unfortunately, Moke ignored her.
Instead, he quickened his pace.
However, Tashigi did not give up and also sped up.
Moke glanced back, his brows furrowing slightly.
He had to admit, this woman was somewhat annoying.
Besides, right now, he only wanted to focus on increasing his strength.
Women… that was something to consider only after he had enough power.
Besides, once he had strength, what kind of woman could he not have?
“Bang!” Just then, someone suddenly rushed out from around a corner and slammed heavily into Moke.
“Ah!” The other party let out a cry of pain, then cursed, “Are you made of iron or something?
Why are you so hard?!
That hurt like hell!” Moke’s face twitched slightly.
After absorbing Sandai Kitetsu and assimilating his body with it, he really could be called a man made of iron.
However… Moke looked at the guy who had fallen to the ground, and his eyelids twitched.
Because this guy could also be considered a famous figure from the original story.
There was no helping it.
His features were simply too obvious.
Look at that grass-green mohawk.
There were markings under his right eye, a nose ring, a face like a demon, a black wing-shaped semicircular tattoo on his chest, and a short blade hanging at his waist.
Wasn’t this Luffy’s ultimate brain-dead fan, Bartolomeo?
Right!
This guy was born in Loguetown.
Wait… Why did something seem a little off?
Right.
At this time, Bartolomeo should not have eaten the Barrier-Barrier Fruit yet!
If everything followed the original story, then didn’t that mean he could… snatch the Barrier-Barrier Fruit as well?
“Damn… That’s right.
In the entire world of One Piece, these two Devil Fruits are probably the easiest to intercept.” But the premise was that everything had to return to the original storyline.
However, in the original story, this guy only developed the desire to go out to sea after seeing Luffy being executed by Buggy and Alvida together.
It was also at that moment that he began to regard Luffy as his idol.
Right now, he was only a small-time thug in Loguetown.
But the key point was that Alvida had already been killed by him.
Buggy had also been badly frightened by him, and without Alvida as an ally, would he still come to Loguetown and cause a scene like in the original story?
Would he?
If not, would Bartolomeo still go out to sea?
Wait a second… Why did it have to be Buggy and Alvida?
He could do it himself!
In the end, as long as Luffy was suppressed on Roger’s execution platform, that should be enough.
But going against Luffy for the sake of one Barrier-Barrier Fruit… Actually, that did not seem impossible!
Moke’s eyes lit up.
This was the Barrier-Barrier Fruit they were talking about.
With it, he could nurture a powerful subordinate.
At that moment, Bartolomeo had already stood up and was glaring viciously at Moke.
“Kid, today you’re going to—” “It’s you again, Bartolomeo…” Tashigi had already caught up.
The look she gave Bartolomeo was extremely unfriendly.
As a Marine stationed in Loguetown, how could she not know a small-time thug like Bartolomeo?
After all, people like him were also one of the unstable factors in Loguetown.
The Marines would often go and “take care” of them.
“Corporal Tashigi!” Bartolomeo’s face stiffened, and he took a step back.
At this time, he was not yet the Super Rookie he would become later.
He was only a small-time thug, and the Marines were his natural enemies.
“Gulp…” Bartolomeo could not help but swallow.
Then he decisively turned around and ran.
As he ran, he shouted, “It’s a misunderstanding!
It was all a misunderstanding!” Seeing this, Tashigi could not help but roll her eyes.
Then she looked at Moke with concern.
“Are you all right?” Moke watched Bartolomeo’s departing figure, then looked back at Tashigi.
His gaze swept over Shigure in her hand before finally falling on Sandai Kitetsu and Yubashiri at his own waist.
His eyes flashed slightly, and an idea immediately appeared in his mind.
That was, there was still some time before Luffy arrived.
He could not possibly just wait around in Loguetown doing nothing, right?
He had to find something to do.
For example, swordsmanship!
After all, it was impossible for him to rely solely on his Devil Fruit ability and have no other combat skills at all.
The original story had already proven that only by improving oneself in every aspect could one become truly flawless.
And swordsmanship was a decent choice.
Although Tashigi’s strength was average, teaching a complete beginner like him some basic swordsmanship should not be a problem.
But how could he make Tashigi agree to teach him swordsmanship?
Then Moke could not help but smile.
He took Yubashiri from his waist and handed it to Tashigi.
“What are you doing?” Tashigi was a little stunned by Moke’s actions.
“Although this may be a bit presumptuous, I would like to ask you to teach me swordsmanship.
This Yubashiri will be your payment.” “Huh?!!!” Tashigi, who had already been stunned, became even more dumbfounded.
Moke then patted the Sandai Kitetsu at his waist and smiled.
“You wouldn’t want this Sandai Kitetsu to gather dust in my hands, would you?” Uh?
Why did that sound so strange?
It felt like something was not quite right!