One Piece: The Long Road

Vol 3 Chapter 14: Artis Alex

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After pulling out the knife, Simon carefully observed the knife. The color of the knife has been eroded by the years, and it is no longer the same as before. The entire knife has only one color, just like the color of blood-drying blood. It was rather bleak, with a quaint aura all over his body. It was not difficult to see that the original color of this knife was a deep blood red.

Dasqi, who was on the side, saw Simon draw out a knife and watch it carefully. Out of curiosity, he also came up.

After Simon saw the appearance of the knife, his right hand climbed directly onto the dark red hilt, and with a slight force, he wanted to take the knife out of the scabbard and take a good look at the body of the knife, but he didn’t want to pull the knife out.

With a stunned expression, Simon increased his strength a little. At this time, the knife made an unpleasant sound and came out of its sheath.

Before taking a good look, Dusqi shouted in surprise: “This knife is rusted like this.”

At this time, Simon finally knew why he didn’t pull out the knife in the first place. It turned out that there was no rust on the blade inside the scabbard. He waved the rusted knife gently, and Simon was very puzzled. , Just such a rusty knife, the epee will react to it.

“Offline girl, lend me some money.” Although he felt that this knife was very ordinary and useless, Simon, who was very concerned about the reaction of the epee, planned to buy it.

“You don’t want to buy this knife, do you?” When she heard that Simon wanted to borrow money, Dusqi rarely reacted quickly, and immediately saw that Simon wanted to buy this rusted knife that seemed to fall apart at any time.

“Yes.” Simon nodded and replied, put the knife back in its sheath and walked to the counter. He came to the middle-aged man with a fat body and asked directly, “How much is this knife?”

After the middle-aged boss saw the knife in Simon’s hand, a look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on Feifei’s face, and he said, “Guest, can you change the knife?”

Seeing the troubled look on the middle-aged man in front of him, Simon said lightly, “Give me a reason.”

“Uh…” The boss opened his mouth, cold sweat oozes out of his forehead, he couldn’t tell the bitterness of this knife, and the boss, who couldn’t find a reason, said weakly, “500,000, do you want to buy it? ”

“What! Just this broken knife costs 500,000?” Simon didn’t have any response yet, and Dusky shouted in surprise.

“Is it 500,000…” Simon looked at the boss indifferently, not intending to ask why a rusty ground knife would be so expensive, he turned to Dasqi beside him and asked, “Do you have 500,000 on him? ?”

“Are you crazy?” Without answering Simon’s question, Dusky looked at Simon with a flat expression in disbelief. She knew that Simon was serious at this time.

“That…” The boss came in with a cold sweat on his face and explained: “I bought this knife three years ago with 1 million yuan, and it was still a good knife at the time. Besides, a little boy said that he I will save 500,000 and then come and buy this knife.”

Hearing the boss’s explanation, Da Siqi looked like you lied to someone, and said loudly: “In three years, this knife will rust like this, and there is a little boy who needs 500,000 Bailey to buy it, how is it possible? !”

“I didn’t lie to you.” The middle-aged man wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and explained, “I don’t know why, but in the past two years, the knife that was originally regarded as the treasure of the shop has quickly become It has grown old, and in just two years, it has become such a look that I can’t believe it!”

The middle-aged man said with a pained expression, “You know, I bought it with a million dollars. Until now, I still remember that the knife was beautiful, the blade was a rare blood red, and there were no knife lines. , that is a soul-stirring knife with a demonic aura all over it, I bought it for one million at the time, and I was secretly delighted that I met an idiot who sold knives, but I didn’t want to, but in the end I lost money.”

After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man sighed heavily and continued: “You must know that I am a businessman. Originally, I had no hope for this rusty ground knife, but a little boy in rags told me to keep it. Good knife, I will buy this knife when he saves 500,000. At the time, I thought this little boy was here to make trouble, so I didn’t care, but as time went by, this little boy would come to the store every once in a while. I looked at the knife inside and told me not to sell the knife. At that time, I realized that this little boy is serious, but for a child, it is not easy to save 500,000, but I feel a little bit in my heart. Hope, you know, I am a businessman, so I will never give away a knife that I received with a million dollars for free, even if it rots in a corner, it will not be given away.”

After listening to the boss’s big call, Da Siqi still looked in disbelief, but Simon’s expression never changed.

“The knife, I bought it.” Simon didn’t care about what the boss said, and said lightly.

When he heard that the young man in front of him really wanted to buy this knife with 500,000 yuan, he couldn’t help but burst into joy on the boss’s fat face. He felt heartache for this strange knife for a long time. It’s hard to sleep, but today I can finally sell this knife, and I feel so happy when I think about it.

The boss, who couldn’t wait, nodded respectfully, and was about to speak when a childish voice came from the door of the store.

“No! That knife is what I want!” A little boy stood at the door, pointing to the knife in Simon’s hand and shouting.

Raising his eyebrows, Simon turned to look at the door and looked at the little boy who was talking just now.

This little boy looks about eight or nine years old. His clothes are very dark and tattered. He looks like a little beggar. Even the small and tender face has a few black marks, and the specific appearance of the little boy cannot be seen. , and judging from the tattered clothes, it can be vaguely seen that it is the style of the clothing of the Kingdom of Alabasta, and it seems that it is a local.

“As long as you take out 500,000 Baileys, the knife is yours.” Simon looked at the little boy in front of him and said lightly.

“I don’t have enough money for 500,000 now, but after a while, I will be able to save enough money, so you can’t buy that knife!” As if the knife was very important to this little boy, contamination The black marks on his little face couldn’t hide that stubborn look.

“Oh?” Simon unexpectedly glanced at the stubborn little boy, and was very curious, why this little boy wanted to buy a rusty knife with 500,000 Baileys. Asked, “Can you tell me why you want this knife so much?”

The little boy heard a trace of sadness on his face, and said sadly, “That’s my father’s knife.”

As if he didn’t want to say more, the little boy’s sad expression was restrained for a moment, and he looked at Simon very seriously, but he didn’t mean to ask under such circumstances.

“Heh.” Simon chuckled, and was amused by the little boy’s performance. He didn’t have enough money to buy a knife, and he didn’t allow others to buy it, and his self-esteem seemed to be very strong. Even when faced with the possibility that the knife might be bought by others, his tone Neither the look nor the look imply any request.

“What’s your name?” Simon asked.

“Artis Alex!” The little boy replied quickly, his childish voice was very proud, as if he was proud of his surname.

“Artis Alex.” Simon said in a low voice with a smile on his face, “If I insist on buying this knife, what can you do?”

Hearing the content of the words, Alex’s face changed, and his two small fists were clenched tightly. After a while, Alex released his clenched little hands and said, “This is just a rusty knife. , why are you willing to spend 500,000 to buy it?”

Alex was very puzzled that Simon would pay 500,000 to buy the only thing his father left.

With the dark red knife hanging in front of him, Simon’s face was flat, making it impossible to see what he was thinking.

“Because I don’t think it’s an easy knife.”

“Really.” Alex clenched his mouth tightly. For this reason, he could not refute, nor did he want to refute. As the son of the original owner of this knife, he knew better than anyone how terrible this knife was. Once, he was also for this knife. He was proud, but now he wants to buy this knife, not because it is so powerful, but simply because he wants to keep something related to his beloved father by his side.

“Even if this knife is not simple, it has rusted so much that it is useless at all!” Alex, who could not refute Simon, found a reason, even though he knew that the young man in front of him seemed to want to buy the knife, his tone was not the meaning of the request.

“Indeed.” Simon put the knife on the counter, nodded in response, and heard Alex’s face happy.

“It’s just that the reason I want to buy this knife has nothing to do with rust, so I don’t care whether this knife is rusted or not.” Simon’s expression was indifferent, as if he was narrating an unimportant matter. Same thing.

“You…!” At this moment, Alex panicked, he could see that the young man in front of him really planned to buy the knife left by his father.

“Anyway, you can’t buy this knife!” In a hurry, Alex suddenly became incoherent.

“You don’t seem to be qualified to decide the ownership of this knife. If I really buy this knife, what can you do?” Simon’s tone suddenly became cold, he turned around, and said coldly without looking at Alex. : “It seems that you haven’t understood the reason why you can’t get this knife.”

Hearing the inexplicable words, Alex was taken aback for a moment. Seeing that Simon seemed to be about to pay for the knife, his heart suddenly became anxious. Even, at that moment, the idea of killing the young man in front of him came up, but the idea came out immediately. It was annihilated, and the emotions in his heart were suppressed. Due to the excessive force of his teeth, blood oozes from his lips. At this time, Alex was like a little lion enduring anger.

If he knew that Simon had no money in his pocket, he wondered what he would have thought.

Even at this point, didn’t he show the slightest request? Originally, he saw that this self-respecting kid was bound to get this knife, but he thought that this knife was very important to him, but it seemed that it was nothing more than that.

Simon thought silently~www.readwn.com~ Don’t turn his head to signal to the unbearable Dasqi to take out the money to buy a knife.

“Please don’t buy this knife…” A weak voice suddenly came from behind.

Alex lowered his head, and finally, when the knife was about to be bought, he finally let go of his senseless self-esteem. Although his voice was soft, it was not difficult to hear the request in the words.

Simon’s mouth twitched slightly, turned to look at the little boy who couldn’t see his expression because he lowered his head, and said lightly, “What did you say?”

Hearing this, Alex’s dirty little face wrinkled, suddenly raised his head, and said loudly, “This knife is really important to me, please don’t buy it!”

Seeing the determination on the dark little face, Simon smiled, and that smile made Alex stunned for some reason.

“This knife is yours.” Simon picked up the knife on the counter and still pointed it at Alex, who caught it reflexively, looking dazed.

“What do you mean?” Alex frowned, looking at the knife in his hand, and asked.

“What’s the name of this knife?” Simon didn’t answer, but threw a question.

“Hmph.” Alex snorted, walked straight to the counter, passed Simon, put the knife on the counter, and then walked towards the door again, saying as he walked, “The name of this knife is Poppy. , I don’t need the help of others, and when I save enough money, I will naturally take it away by myself.”

As Alex’s words fell, he had already walked to the door.

“Heh.” Simon looked at Alex who walked to the door and smiled lightly.

Alex put his hand on the door and didn’t push it out. He said, “Remember what you said…” After that, he pushed the door and walked out.

“Interesting kid.” Simon sighed, causing Dusky to roll his eyes, secretly thinking that you are only a few years old.