Chapter 12 Devil Fruit
late at night.
The wine is gone, and the food is finished.
Shanks and Jesus cloth left.
As he parted, Maud assured Jesus that he would cherish the gun as he would his son.
Then, after Jesus cloth left, Maud silently took a new name for the musket—Usopp.
As the night got darker, Maud, who had obtained guns and bullets, lay contentedly on the bed, and his sleepiness gradually struck.
Vaguely, it seemed that Sol could be heard yelling that he was cheated and that the wine was gone.
But those are not important anymore.
The important thing is that he has a gun and ammunition, and has taken a big step towards the second hunt.
the next day.
Maud woke up early again.
First, I did a few sets of high-load exercises before going down to the first floor.
At this time, Sunny had already prepared a table of over-nutritious breakfast, and Sol went to Huajie early for morning exercises.
I have to say it again, the food in the store is not an exaggeration.
But what makes Maud wonder is that the food is so good, and Sunny eats a lot, but why is the figure still Heisei... Well, so thin.
Strange is strange, you can't stop talking.
After gobbling down the breakfast, without Sunny's orders, Maud tidied up the table by himself, and then cleaned the shop routinely.
Seeing that there was still some time left, I also cleaned the corridors and other places.
After that, Sunny went downstairs and took out a ruler to measure the placement of the products one by one.
After doing this, the store started a new day of business.
Of course it was like yesterday, a few hours passed without a single guest.
However, Maud had already changed his mind about the store when Jesus bought two guns for five million baileys yesterday.
This is obviously a boutique weapons store, which is not open for three days, but is open for three years.
When he had nothing to do, Maud did a few sets of exercises in addition to combing his memory.
Sunny was sitting at the counter poring over the daily newspaper.
She turned a blind eye to Modena's exercise in the store, and did not interfere too much.
Such a relaxed management attitude made Maud happy.
Near noon, the store door was pushed open.
Maud thought it was Sol who came back from morning practice, and looked up, and it turned out that it was the undertaker Arthur.
Arthur walked into the store, closed the door with his backhand, and immediately looked at Sunny and Maud, and asked, "Is Sol back?"
"not yet."
Sunny put down the newspaper and responded.
Arthur said strangely: "It's already at this point, and he hasn't come back yet? It's really getting younger and younger."
Sonny was silent.
Arthur didn't care either, walked to the counter, leaned his body on the counter, and complained to himself.
"Yesterday, nearly 1,000 slaves were killed and injured in the pig factory because of the riot. I was really exhausted. I don't know what these slaves think. Is it okay to live peacefully? This is good, there are so many casualties, the pig factory If the production capacity can't keep up in the short term, isn't it the other slaves who are unlucky?"
Listening to Arthur's left and right slave, Sunny's expression gradually became cold.
Noticing Sunny's reaction, Arthur patted the mask on his face and apologized insincerely: "I'm sorry, I almost forgot that you don't like listening to this."
Sonny snorted, too lazy to talk to Arthur.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, Arthur smiled nonchalantly, took out a bland booklet from his pocket, and put it on the counter.
"This is the brochure that the auction just released today. I think Sol will be very interested. By the way, I will tell him that I will be waiting for him at the entrance of the auction at the end of the month."
"Oh."
Sonny was cold.
Arthur shrugged and turned away.
Before leaving, he looked back at Maud and said negatively: "Little guy, it's best not to run on the street during this time, so as not to be caught in the pig factory to make up the count."
After finishing speaking, Arthur pushed open the door and left, but he didn't forget to maintain the unspoken rules in the store--close the door.
After Arthur left, Maud leaned over to the counter and asked, "Sunny, where is the pig factory?"
"Part of the meat you eat in the morning comes from the pig factory. Where do you think it is?"
"But what does that have to do with slaves..."
Halfway through speaking, Maud suddenly thought of some pictures that would be harmonized, his face changed immediately, and he lost his voice: "Should those flesh be...?"
Seeing Maud's reaction, Sunny knew that Maud must be thinking wrong.
"What are you thinking? It's just a food production base, with a sound animal husbandry and planting industry, but the people who work there are mostly ordinary people looted by slave boats and pirates from all over the world, and some A few are navy soldiers captured by pirates, so they are nicknamed jokingly."
After explaining this, Sunny suddenly glanced at the bandage that Maud had still not removed, and said meaningfully:
"In the eyes of that group of beasts, the more seriously injured targets are worthless things. Sometimes considering the cost of handling, it is impossible to send them to the black market for sale, and they are usually thrown into the sea for disposal."
After a pause, Sunny said calmly: "So, Maud, you are very lucky."
"Are you lucky..."
Maud thoughtfully glanced at the disfigured scar on Sunny's face, nodded and said, "Indeed, it's my luck to wake up here."
"Actually you should thank Sol, he..."
Sunny opened the booklet left by Arthur, and stopped abruptly in the middle of the sentence, and her expression suddenly became excited.
"Devil Fruit, there are Devil Fruits in this auction!"
"Um?"
Maud raised his brows, but without caring about the consequences, he walked into the counter and looked at the album in Sunny's hand.
A fruit with strange ripples suddenly came into view.
Looking at the picture of the fruit, Maud's eyes changed immediately.
Devil fruit, the shortcut to becoming stronger that most people dream of!
It is a pity that with the current capital, it is undoubtedly a fantasy to get this Devil Fruit.
Maud didn't even dare to think, and soon calmed down.
He noticed that Sunny's fingers were turning white due to excessive force, and he could clearly feel Sunny's excitement.
That excitement stems from an urgent desire to become stronger.
"The great benefits like Devil Fruit are temporarily missed by me."
Maud looked away and stopped paying attention to the album.
Although the devil fruit can make him go on the road of hunting and becoming stronger at the fastest speed, but now he wants money but no money, and he has no strength to rob, so why waste his feelings.
Thinking so, he is still a little interested in the auction held at the end of the month.
Although there is no money, it is always okay to join in the fun, right?
Moreover, maybe there will be troubles due to the existence of Devil Fruits in the auction house?
At that time, the aging [Usopp] had a fire accident, and then shot someone to death from a distance, it should not be a big deal.
"There are still more than 20 days until the end of the month, if you can hunt a few prey before then..."
Maud ponders the feasibility.
Suddenly, the store door was pushed open for the second time.
The person who came was still not Sol, but a strange man with long blond hair and a blue hole mask on his face.
Maud looked at the man and recognized him at a glance.
Isn't this Kira, one of the supernovas with Kidd?