Seeing Luffy poaching people after a disagreement, Ain was sure that this guy and Senior Smoker definitely had a bad relationship.
And Tashigi was even more confused. Why did this strange leader poach her when she just met him?
But she also had her own principles and decisively refused.
"Sorry, sir, becoming Captain Smoker's adjutant is the headquarters' arrangement. I'm sorry I can't accept your kindness."
"That's a pity."
Shaking his head regretfully, he asked again:
"Where are you going? You looked so anxious just now, did something happen?"
"Um, no, I just wanted to take a shortcut to the sword shop."
As he said that, Tashigi lowered his head and grasped the famous sword at her waist - Shigure
"Are you a swordsman too? There aren't many female swordsmen in the marine."
Ain had already noticed the sword on her waist, and when she saw her movements, she couldn't help but say
"Yes, I see you two are carrying swords....Hey, wait, what is that sword of yours, sir?"
Tashigi was about to reply, but suddenly her eyes lit up and she noticed Luffy's sword.
Seeing her eager look, Luffy smiled and generously took off his sword and handed it to her, saying:
"I also want to go to the sword shop, so I'd like to trouble you to be my tour guide."
"Yes, please follow me!"
Tashigi happily took the Seiryu with both hands, and led the way while gently stroking the blade.
It was as if she was looking at some rare treasure.
"Sure enough, it was a blue lacquered straight blade, 150cm long, with a large round cap and a dragon pattern.
This is one of the 21 great grade swords, Seiryu, a famous sword named directly after the pattern!
No, this is not just a famous sword, it's also a priceless collectible!"
Tashigi became more and more excited as she spoke, and even Luffy, the owner of Seiryu, was stunned.
"Um, you really know a lot about famous swords."
"Yes, sir, my dream is to collect all the famous swords that have fallen into the hands of evil people.
This Seiryu has been lost for a long time, and I didn't expect to find it today."
As she said this, she reluctantly sheathed the sword and returned it to Luffy.
Under her gaze, Luffy quickly hung the sword back up, fearing that this woman would go crazy and snatch it from him.
"Ahem, Seiryu was given to me by someone else. I am not actually an orthodox swordsman."
"Oh, is that so? What a pity~"
Tashigi looked regretful, and Luffy's mouth twitched. she said such things in front of her superior. Fortunately, she is Smoker's adjutant. If it was someone else, Luffy would have slapped her long ago.
After secretly feeling sorry for a while, Tashigi and the two of them stopped in front of an ordinary store not long after walking.
"This is it. I found this store when I first arrived in Loguetown.
The owner of the store is a very easy-to-talk-to uncle."
As she said that, she walked in first.
"Boss, I'm sorry for bothering you again. Please help me clean my sword."
Seeing that she had already gone in, Luffy and Ain looked at each other and chose to follow.
As soon as they entered the store, they saw a row of gorgeous swords on the shelves.
They don't know what the quality of these swords is, but the appearance is enough to attract most laymen.
At first, the store owner didn't care about Tashigi who just came to maintain her sword.
But when he saw Luffy following in with a cloak, his attitude immediately became enthusiastic.
"Hey, welcome, sir, what do you want?
No matter what kind of sword you want, I guarantee you will be satisfied."
Hearing him bragging like that, Luffy also became interested.
He raised his eyebrows and said jokingly:
"Oh, do you have a supreme grade sword?"
After saying this, the boss immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
"Uh, sir, you are joking. There are only 12 supreme grade swords in the world. How can I have one here?"
Luffy:"Really? You say that you can satisfied me?"
"Um, all right, sir, please take a look around, and call me if you like anything."
The boss's boast was exposed, and he sat back at the counter with an embarrassed look on his face and stopped talking. Luffy smiled and walked around the store with Ain.
By the way, Ain nowadays does not use the two daggers like in the original book. What she wears around her waist is still an ordinary sword bought from the headquarters.
Luffy came here mainly to get a handy weapon for Ain.
After pretending to look around the sword rack, Luffy walked to the wooden barrel where the Sandai Kitetsu was placed.
As if he had discovered something by accident, he reached out and picked in the barrel, and soon he took out the Sandai Kitetsu.
The boss, Ipponmatsu, didn't care at first and let Luffy choose.
But when he saw Liffy take out this sword, his expression suddenly changed.
"Sir, this sword, it, it..."
Before the boss could finish his stuttering words, Tashigi gave a surprising answer.
"This is the Sandai Kitetsu!"
Luffy pretended to be puzzled and looked at the boss in confusion.
The boss struggled with his expression, and finally nodded helplessly.
"Yes, it is indeed the Sandai Kitetsu.
But this is a cursed sword, I can't sell it!"
Then the boss talked about Kitetsu's deeds, emphasizing the tragic deaths of Kitetsu's masters.
Hearing this, Tashigi and Ain were not calm, and looked at the Sandai Kitetsu uneasily, persuading Luffy not to buy it.
But Luffy didn't care.
"Oh, a weapon is just a weapon, it is just an extension of the master's will.
If the cursed sword bites back, you can only blame the master for not being strong enough, not the sword."
As he said, he pulled out the sword and stretched out his wrist, and under the incredible gaze of the three witnesses, he slashed down with the sword.
"Wait a moment!"
"Stop it!"
The three of them exclaimed in unison, but what was shocking was that after Luffy had done all this, he showed his wrist, but there was no trace of it at all.
There was no scene of his wrist being cut open and blood gushing out as he had imagined.
"Look, it won't hurt me."
Plop!
The shop boss sat down on the ground in fear.
Tashigi also collapsed to the ground, not even noticing that her glasses had fallen off.
Only Ain stood still, frowning with a strange look in his eyes.
"Sir, this is too dangerous. Please don't do this next time."
Tashigi said, panting heavily and trembling with fear.
"Hahaha, it's okay, it's okay. I said that cursed swords are just legends to scare ordinary people.
When it encounters a real strong man, it will still obey."
Luffy put away the sword with a smile, turned to the boss and said:
"Boss, how much is this sword? I want it. Do you have any other famous sword?"
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