The Strongest Swordsman In One Piece

Chapter 41's

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The first stop on the Grand Line of the four is not the whisky peak of the original manga "Cactus Island", but an unusual and remarkable island.

Usually, there was always a city that was one level lower than Loguetown, with a population of over a hundred thousand people.

amazingly, as the first stop of one of the seven routes, a city that is not in an affiliated country, also has no naval or permanent army branch, nor does it have a permanent army, it has not been destroyed or occupied until now.

You should know that the pirate groups that came from the four seas were all very rebellious.

Although there were also cautious pirates who did not dare to make trouble in this city out of awe of the unknown, there were more brainless pirates who could not wait to announce their arrival to the Grand Line and act recklessly.

Hence, this city had been able to stand firm until now, there was definitely a reason why countless groups of pirates did not dare to make trouble.

When the four come ashore, El uses his ability to read people's hearts and read the memories of the locals, only to find out that the city was originally a place sheltered by the black market.

Black markets are also known as illegal markets, shadow markets, or underground markets.

The black market is never a particular power, but a general term for an alliance.

This was a great alliance led by several dark world kings, followed by countless gray and black forces, all over the world.

On the black market, almost everything is available.

Whether it's weapons, drugs, slaves, Dance Powder, organs, intelligence, etc... All forbidden items, even humans, could be bought on the black market.

There's a saying in the pirate world: Even if you offend the Navy and Mary Geoise, you can't offend the black market.

Because pirates are a profession, which consumes weapons. They cannot produce their own weapons. Unless they attacked the naval base, even if they captured the enemy's weapons, it was not enough for them to waste it.

The only place they can buy supplies is the black market.

Not to mention pirates, even if the navy ran out of ammunition at sea, most of them would go to the nearest black market to buy supplies, he said, to avoid meeting other pirates at sea when they return, and they have no means to defend.

And an emperor who stood at the top of the black market was Donquixote Doflamingo, known as The Heavenly Demon, or Joker. He even sold his firearm to Mary Geoise, who had ruled the world for 800 years.

Yes, even real world hegemony needs to buy weapons from Doflamingo.

And Doflamingo is just one of the black market emperors.

This shows how strong the black market is.

For pirates, a naval gift for them is an honor, but if the black market pulls them into the blacklist, it is a disaster.

If they were blacklisted by the black market, unless they paid a higher price, the other black markets would not do business with them, which equates to losing their only supply line.

Therefore, no matter how rebellious the pirate group was, they would not make trouble in a place protected by the black market.

And this is the reason why this dark city was able to stand firm until now.

"I didn't expect that our first stop on the Grand Line would be one of the black market fortresses."

Carina, who learned everything from El's mouth, let out a slight sigh.

There's also a black market in East Blue, and he's also the only member of the four who's been to the black market.

Carina doesn't need to go back to the black market until she meets El.

"The first stop is one of the black market fortresses. For us, it's the blessing of the sea."

The corner of El's mouth rose slightly, and he walked towards the city: "Let's go, let's go shopping." After reading the memories of the locals, as well as the Haki Observation that covered the entire city, El had already mastered all the information here.

Here, maybe he has what he needs.

The outside world is just an ordinary city. The real black market was in a certain house in the city, it was a shop that specialized in the sale of weapons and forbidden items.

What El wanted to buy, entering that market was no different from buying a Log Pose in Loguetown, and he would definitely be slaughtered for the price.

Because black market tastes are bigger than a sailing tool shop in Loguetown.

Everything is sold here, but the price is not known times higher than the normal market.

Only those in desperate need will enter the black market.

Since you entered, you deserve to be pitted and tortured.

so then...

Unless El doesn't buy what he wants at a regular store, he'll go to the black market and be tricked.

After a while, El took the three girls to a sailing tool shop in the city.

Yeah, the nautical supply store!

The one El wants to buy is still Log Pose.

To be exact, it was the Eternal Pose.

"welcome home."

As the four of them pushed open the door and entered, the sounds of the maids suddenly entered their ears.

Coming to the counter, El asked directly, "Do you have the Eternal Pose of Drum Island here?" "...Yes, Drum Island is famous for its medical power in the main line, and Abadi Pose has always been one of the best selling products, no matter which island, our company branch, will prepare this island Eternal Pose.

The waiter clearly did not expect that this time guests would truly know of the existence of the Eternal Pose. It seemed that the other party should not be a newcomer.

After being stunned for a moment, he quickly entered a working state. From the counter full of glass balls, he took out a glass ball with a wooden frame similar to an hourglass, placed it in front of the four, and said slowly.

"I want it, and this perennial pose, help me pack it."

El glanced at the glass ball under the counter, glanced at the letters in front of the glass ball, then pointed to some glass balls and said to the waiter.

"...Welcome back next time, guests please walk slowly!"

From entry to exit, El takes less than three minutes.

"Nii-san, why did you buy so many immortal poses?"

While holding a wooden box containing several glass balls, Nami who is a navigator only feels very negligent.

It turns out that there are many different types of recording pointers, including the regular version, the timeless version, even the new world version.

But more than that, Nami is increasingly curious about the purpose of El buying this eternal pose.

"Drum Island, the famous medical state in the Grand line, nii-san, what are you going to do there?" Carina also looked at El with a confused expression.

"Go to the most professional doctor to help or even teach us how to make 'nutrients'."

El finally said his plan, and that was also the reason why he didn't do it.

"Grand Line is different from East Blue. There are many dangers here, and we can face a powerful enemy at any time. We need to use external forces to become stronger."

"So so... The use of nutrition is to help us accelerate our growth, there is actually such a method, as expected of you Nii-san!"

Carina and the two girls were slightly stunned, then they all looked at El in awe.

Especially, Carina, she had a sharp mind, she had never thought of this method.

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