After the heavy rain, the sky cleared up. The sunlight was incredibly bright, as if it had been scrubbed clean by the rain, clear and translucent, with not a single cloud in the sky. Even the air was fresh and sweet, and there were rainbows in some places.
Water Capital, Commercial Street.
Sephiroth stood in front of the window of a weapon store, looking at the knives, guns, swords, shields, and armors inside with great interest.
After a moment, he pushed open the glass door and walked into a shop with all kinds of weapons hanging around.
In front of the counter, there was a middle - aged man with a moustache. He was wearing dress pants on the lower body, a white shirt on the upper body, a black vest over it, and a red bow tie around his neck. He smiled and said:
"Welcome, sir!"
"What would you like to buy, sir?"
"I want to buy a good knife... preferably a famous one."
Hearing this, the man with a moustache sized Sephiroth up and down, then tentatively said:
"A famous knife? I do have two sharp knives in my collection, but each of them costs over a million berries..."
"Over a million berries. I can barely afford it. Let me have a look at the quality of the knives first."
The silver - haired young man nodded slightly and didn't seem too surprised by the high price.
Actually, it wasn't that expensive to buy a knife with over a million berries.
In this weapon store, several sets of full - body armors were priced from over two million berries to five million berries.
For most ordinary people, the value of armor was actually higher than that of weapons. Armor could not only prevent sword cuts but also block the penetrating damage of bullets.
Therefore, in general weapon stores, the price of armor was usually much higher than that of weapons.
In order to buy a good knife, he rummaged through the whole house and finally found 2.6 million cash in Carl D. Parr's bedroom.
As for the over 150 million bank deposit in the other's bankbook...
His father, Carl D. Parr, had appeared on the list of maritime victims. However, his body had not been found.
According to the law of Water Capital, to officially declare him dead, one had to wait for a year. Only then could Sephiroth inherit the inheritance...
The moustached boss didn't waste any time. He walked to a nearby shelf, picked up two long knives in scabbards, and placed them on the counter.
Sephiroth picked up one of them. With a "clang" sound, he drew out the long knife.
On the straight blade, there were strange purple patterns that sent a shiver down one's spine.
"This sharp knife is called Yugui. The blade is 84 centimeters long, 1.7 centimeters wide, and about 0.8 millimeters at the edge. The handle is 23 centimeters long and 2.2 centimeters wide. It costs one million berries..."
As he spoke, the moustached boss hesitated for a moment.
Then he continued:
"However, I have to remind you, young man. This is a demonic blade. The first three owners who carried it all died a miserable death..."
Whoosh!
In the surprised look of the goatee-bearded boss...
The silver-haired teenager remained expressionless and silent. He quickly sheathed the long-knife in his hand, tossed it onto the counter, and immediately picked up another long-knife with its scabbard.
The goatee-bearded boss just stood there speechless.
Clang!
Sephiroth casually drew the second long-knife.
The straight, fiery-red blade was like the maple leaves in autumn. It was slightly heavier than the previous one.
"This sharp knife is called [Autumn Leaf]. The blade is 96 centimeters long, 1.8 centimeters wide, and about 0.7 millimeters thick at the edge. The handle is 25 centimeters long and 2.3 centimeters wide. It costs one million and five hundred thousand berries..."
The silver-haired teenager gently waved the fiery-red long-knife a few times, and then he tentatively asked:
"Isn't this one also a demonic blade?"
Hearing this, the goatee-bearded boss quickly shook his head and explained:
"No... The quality of this knife is excellent. In terms of sharpness, it is very close to the fifty good sharp knives."
Sephiroth thought for a moment, then stretched out his left hand to pick up a pencil from the counter and held it in front of him. With the [Autumn Leaf] knife in his right hand, he waved it towards the pencil.
He barely felt any resistance as the fiery-red long-knife sliced the pencil in his hand in two.
Not bad!
It's much better than the long knife I used to practice with.
That lousy knife couldn't even cut a wooden stake easily...
The silver-haired teenager was so fed up that he came to the weapon shop to spend a fortune and buy a good knife.
Anyway, the captain had already called and said that there was no problem with his identity verification. In three days, he would go to the G3 branch of the Navy to participate in the recruit training.
Therefore, he didn't have to be too stingy. Anyway, the Navy would provide him with food and accommodation in the future...
"Alright! I'll take this knife."
Sephiroth lifted the inside of his blue suit, took out two stacks of ten-thousand-yuan bills, counted out one and a half stacks, and handed them to the weapon shop owner.
"Hehe! Young man, you're so straightforward! By the way, I also have other good weapons here, including high-powered firearms.
As the saying goes, ten years of martial-arts training can't match a single bullet... I wonder if you're interested?"
The goatee-bearded boss quickly counted the money with both hands while staring at the remaining five hundred thousand berries in the silver-haired teenager's hand with a smile.
"I just got in a kind of revolver called [Anaconda]. At close range, it can kill an elephant with a single shot. It only costs one hundred and fifty thousand berries.
If you buy it now, I'll even give you sixty rounds of ammunition..."
"Uh!? No, thanks..."
Sephiroth shook his head and refused the boss's offer without any intention of buying.
He had seized a bunch of firearms on the slave ship and now they were just lying at home gathering dust.
Although firearms were very helpful to him currently, relying too heavily on them was not a good thing for him at the moment, as it would make him lazy and neglect his physical-fitness training.
The top powerhouses in this world are generally protected by extremely powerful Armament Haki.
For example, in a normal state, as long as Big Mom Charlotte Linlin doesn't have a mental breakdown, she can remain unscathed even if she's shot or bombed.
As for Kaido, it goes without saying. He often pulls crazy stunts like jumping from a height of ten thousand meters, and still nothing happens to him. At most, he gets a bit dizzy...
While Sephiroth was lost in random thoughts, he arrived at the vegetable market area.
The young man thought that it was already approaching noon, and it was time to buy some groceries and cook a meal. So he started to purchase food and planned to go back and cook...
When passing by a mutton shop, Sephiroth stopped. He walked into the shop, stretched out his right index finger, and pointed at an iron cage where three white goats were locked up.
He turned his head and asked a blond young man who was standing beside the slaughtering table, waving a kitchen knife and butchering a whole sheep:
"Excuse me, how much is a live sheep?"
"If you buy them by the head, it'll cost you 500 berries per catty...
Lilith, there's a customer who wants to buy a sheep. I'm busy right now. Come out and help me."
"Got it, big brother!"
A slender blond girl pushed the door open and walked in from the back door of the shop.
Although there were a few freckles on her cheeks, they still couldn't hide her youthful and lovely appearance.
All in all, she was a very nice-looking girl.
Lilith opened the iron cage, put a rope around a white goat, and led it onto the large iron scale.
As the blond girl added weights to the scale beam, she asked:
"Sir, do you need us to slaughter the sheep for you...?"
"No, I only want it alive."
The silver-haired young man shook his head and declined the offer.
In fact, he bought the live sheep just to extract its lifespan and make up for the lifespan he'd lost during his recent cultivation.
He discovered that the range of creatures from which he could extract life force wasn't limited to humans.
As long as a creature had blood, he could extract its life force. Animals like fish, chickens, and dogs were all fair game, but the amount he could extract from them was far less than that from humans.
Moreover, he also found that compared to normal eating to replenish energy, it was actually more efficient for him to satisfy his hunger by sucking blood.
Lilith looked at the weights on the scale that had reached balance and grinned:
"Exactly one hundred catties... That'll be fifty thousand berries in total!"
"Okay!"
Sephiroth nodded, took out a small stack of banknotes from inside his suit, and was about to count out five ten-thousand-berry bills to give to the blond girl.
"Why is there suddenly a pirate ship in the commercial street?"
Bang! Bang!
Several gunshots in succession shattered the peaceful atmosphere on the street, and people were thrown into panic.
"The pirates are coming!"
"Run!"
...
"Help!"