"Good evening, Captain Kuro."
In the quiet forest, a warm greeting suddenly pulled Kuro's thoughts back from his beautiful fantasy.
Hearing the familiar yet strange name, Kuro suddenly felt a chill in his spine and broke out in a cold sweat.
What? Someone is calling him Captain Kuro!?
How... How is this possible!?
He has been faking his death for many years, how could anyone still know his identity!?
Could it be that his own crew members are deliberately scaring him here!?
No...
Kuro was the first to rule out this stupid guess.
He slowly raised his head and looked forward.
About twenty meters in front of him, a man dressed like an aristocrat was standing there, smiling at him kindly.
At this moment, Kuro knew very well that he had never seen this person!
Thoughts flashed through his mind.
A hint of gloomy cruelty suddenly appeared in his eyes.
"Sir, are you calling me?"
"My name is not Kuro, did you recognize the wrong person?"
He pretended to frown and asked kindly.
But he was nervous.
Kuro continued to move forward with his limping legs while guessing the identity of the person in front of him.
Could it be that his crew wanted to rebel and told others about his plan?
Or did the navy investigate the truth of the year and pull him out?
Countless thoughts flashed through Kuro's mind, and his footsteps did not hesitate at all, approaching Leo quickly.
No matter who the other party is...
dare to appear at this moment, Kuro would not risk letting him continue to live.
The sharp cat claws stretched out quietly.
Although he was not wearing a weapon, his claws could also easily penetrate the rock, which should not be underestimated.
In any case, he would never allow any flaws in his plan!
"I didn't recognize the wrong person, Captain Kuro."
"Let me introduce myself, I am..."
Hearing Kuro's question, Leo also smiled slightly.
But just as he was about to say the familiar lines, he didn't expect that Kuro, who was approaching, suddenly became fierce, and his legs crossed at high speed, stomping on the ground.
Whoosh!
In the dark night, a dark phantom flashed by.
Kuro had stretched out his sharp claws and rushed straight to Leo's throat.
A fierce look appeared on his face again, tearing off the gentle disguise, and the nature of the pirate was revealed.
"It doesn't matter who you are!"
Kuro's face was ferocious.
"Anyway, you won't see the sun tomorrow!"
In the blink of an eye, Kuro crossed a few meters and rushed in front of Leo.
However...
facing Kuro's high-speed attack, Leo did not panic at all, and still showed a calm smile.
"Really, are the customers now so rude?"
Thinking of Garp who attacked Wailord before, Leo suddenly felt that he needed to teach these rude guests a lesson.
Garp is fine, his strength is there, so he dare not fight back.
But you, a small vegetable sprout from the East Blue Sea, actually dare to attack the great dimensional merchant!?
"Eevee, go play with him."
As he spoke, Leo threw Eevee in his arms towards Kuro.
"Eevee!!"
In mid-air, the sleepy Eevee was suddenly startled, its two big dark eyes widened, looking at its owner in confusion.
It was watching cartoons at home, but was forcibly taken away by Leo.
That's fine!
It finally didn't want to stay up late, and just wanted to sleep in Leo's arms, but it was thrown out by its owner to get rid of a weak chicken!?
Is there any justice in this world!?
But seeing Kuro rushing straight at it, Eevee had no choice but to use all four legs.
With a bang, Eevee's little feet seemed to step on a real object, stepping out a ripple in the air, and instantly adjusted its body shape that was thrown out.
At this moment, Eevee used one of the Navy's six moves - Moon Step!
After inheriting Garp's memory, Eevee successfully mastered it with its own talent.
Under the moonlight, Eevee turned in the air and turned in a circle gracefully.
The fluffy and soft big tail paused for a moment, and a metallic silver light shone under the moonlight.
Iron tail + iron block!
Originally, Eevee was still inertially trying to add another layer of Armament Haki to his tail.
But when he thought that this was the customer that her master was looking for, it would be troublesome if she killed him, so she didn't take it too seriously.
The tail, as hard as steel, swung at Kuro with terrifying power.
"What!?"
Kuro was stunned when he saw the strange creature in front of him.
Puff!!!
Before Kuro could react, Eevee's tail suddenly hit his cat's paw.
Just like steel hitting a glutinous rice ball, Kuro's wrist was instantly dented and blood flew everywhere.
With the help of the recoil of the attack, Eevee adjusted its body shape again in mid-air.
The hard steel tail directly hit Kuro's chest and knocked him out.
Instantly!
A mouthful of scarlet blood spurted out of Kuro's mouth.
And his body was like a cannonball, heavily bombarding the big tree behind.
In just one second, Captain Kuro, who was once a powerful figure in the East Blue Sea, was hit by Eevee and vomited blood.
"No... Impossible!!!"
Kuro, who fell under the tree, was shocked, holding his severely injured chest, and stood up with difficulty.
When he looked at Leo again, the elegant noble young man had disappeared.
Instead, there was a god and demon who exuded a vast pressure and made people unable to raise their heads!
"Did you finally calm down, customer?"
Leo walked over with a smile, and Eevee jumped onto his shoulder as he combed its fur.
"Ah!"
"...Who are you!? What are you going to do?"
Kuro leaned against the tree tremblingly, his eyes full of fear and panic.
Whether it was Eevee's terrifying power just now or the momentum released by the person in front of him, he felt fear.
This was a power that he could not understand!
"Don't be nervous, customer."
Leo smiled as if he was in the spring breeze and continued to walk forward.
At the same time, a magical pink light suddenly flashed from his eyes.
Kuro, who was illuminated by this light, seemed to be controlled by some kind of magic. His ferocious expression disappeared instantly.
He showed a calm face.
"This..."
Kuro looked at his hands in confusion.
Although he was facing a terrifying mysterious strong man, his heart was unusually calm at the moment, and even his mind became clear.
This strange feeling made him indescribable.
Kuro looked up and looked at Leo in confusion, not knowing what he wanted to do.
Leo spread his hands at this moment and smiled elegantly:
"It's just a little magic, don't be too surprised."
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Leo Drago. I am a dimensional merchant who travels in various worlds. I am currently looking for customers with predestined relationships to trade with."
Dimensional merchant!?
It was obviously very nonsense, but Kuro seemed to be possessed by a demon and believed it inexplicably.
He was smart and understood instantly that his heart had been controlled by the person on the other side.
But at this moment, he could not do anything except be shocked.
With a clear mind, he bowed to Leo and apologized:
"I am really sorry, Lord Leo! I thought it was my former enemy..."
He was beaten to the point of vomiting blood, but he still had to apologize to the other party at this moment.
This is definitely not the performance of a big pirate.
But he doesn't have choices here.
"It doesn't matter~"
Leo smiled and waved his hand, interrupting Kuro's confession.
Looking at Kuro's appearance at this time, he smiled and murmured in his heart:
"Sure enough, my superpowers can easily change the other party's heart."
This is a skill that Leo mastered after strengthening his superpowers.
The 40,000 points earned from Garp...
20,000 of them were used to strengthen Wailord, 10,000 were used to strengthen himself, and the remaining 10,000 were reserved for future use.
Today, after the second strengthening, Wailord has become a behemoth 900 meters tall and 12,000 meters long!
Its strength has reached level 73, a true admiral-level deep-sea creature.
In fact, if it weren't for Leo's pursuit of the belief that "bigger is better", and he had madly increased the size of Wailord...
The blessing of 20,000 points is definitely not just this level.
And after Leo himself added 5,000 points of wave power and superpowers, his strength was greatly enhanced.
Putting aside the relatively small change in physical strength, the energy of these two energies alone, Leo's energy is already comparable to that of a level 60 Pokémon.
At the same time, there are many new uses of superpowers, such as changing the opponent's inner emotions, a longer range of instant movement, and the enlargement and reduction of parts of the body...
Just now, Leo used superpowers to directly change Kuro's inner panic, and let the other party believe the authenticity of his identity, and instilled relevant knowledge, so as to conduct transactions more efficiently.
Because there is no deception in this, so it is not considered forced buying and selling.
The transaction process is still within the scope allowed by the world's will, and the power of points can still be obtained.
"Relax, Captain Kuro."
Leo's words seemed to have magic, falling into Kuro's ears, instantly making his heart calm, unprecedentedly calm.
Leo continued, "As you know, I am a dimensional merchant from the Transdimensional Chamber of Commerce, and I am looking for a destined customer."
"Yes."
Kuro pushed his glasses calmly, ignoring his broken wrist, and said calmly:
"Thank you, Lord Leo, for giving me this opportunity. I am very interested in the transaction."
"It's just that there is one thing, Lord Leo..."
Clo's face was embarrassed, and his words stopped abruptly.
Leo raised his eyebrows slightly, indicating that he should continue:
"Oh? What do you mean?"
Kuro's mouth twitched, and he said embarrassedly:
"That is, Lord Leo, I..."
"I don't have any money!"
(End of this chapter)