Chapter 173: Making Big News Before Leaving
Following Goodman's suggestion, Zhang Daye and his team temporarily moored the ship at the dock so that they didn't have to keep someone watching the ship.
It’s just a small fee, equivalent to parking fee, and Zhang Da also expressed his understanding.
The next thing to do is to store food. No one knows what will happen on the sea. It is possible that they will be so hungry that they will bite Chopper if they don't catch a fish for five or six days like Luffy and his friends did.
Zhang Da also didn't want to go through this again, so in addition to filling the storage room with rice and flour staples, vegetables, fruits, meat and various canned foods, he also used the inventory to store some reserve food.
All added up, it could feed the five big eaters for a month - of course, that's if Altria didn't use her full strength.
There is no need to worry about fresh water, as the ship is equipped with a seawater desalination device. In addition to drinking water, you don't have to worry about taking a bath.
As for why Alabasta is so short of water despite having such technology, on the one hand, the equipment is too expensive to be popularized, and on the other hand, Alabasta has a relatively large land area and not all cities are by the sea.
"Do I still need to buy clothes? I already have a lot of clothes." Rui Mengmeng is a frugal child. She is happy as long as she has enough clothes to wear. Even though all her clothes added up can't even fill up half of her closet, she still dares to say that she has a lot of clothes.
Zhang Da also explained: "Most of our clothes are summer clothes, so we need to prepare some winter clothes. The Grand Line is very strange, so we need to prepare raincoats and other things. We may have to steer the ship in a storm."
"That's true. I'm not afraid of the cold or the rain, so I didn't consider this matter. It's better for you to prepare something." Shark Chili patted his head. After all, he could go without clothes all year round.
Zhang Da also said to Shark Chili: "I think you'd better prepare yourself. Some extreme weather conditions are much more terrible than the winters you've experienced before, and you may not be able to withstand them."
"Eh? Do you need sunscreen or something?" Zhang Daye suddenly asked when they passed by a cosmetics store, "I don't think I've ever seen you two use any cosmetics or skin care products?"
Altria took a second to think about the purpose of cosmetics, then said, "I don't need those things."
She is naturally beautiful and her age is always stuck at 15, so makeup and skin care don't mean much to her.
Rui Mengmeng said in a daze: "I don't seem to be afraid of the sun, and I don't know much about makeup. As for skin care... does ××SOD honey count?"
"Uh... I was careless. You may not really need it." Zhang Da also remembered that Rui Mengmeng would be a super soldier who could wear black armor and fight in space in the future, so the sunlight was no big deal.
Shark pepper certainly wasn't needed, but Tom jumped up and down and raised his hands high to try to attract Zhang Tatsuya's attention.
Zhang Da also asked; "You want sunscreen?"
Tom nodded. He felt that he was afraid of the sun.
Zhang Da also rubbed Tom's head and said helplessly: "Why are you afraid of the sun? We have been floating on the sea for five days and nothing happened, right?"
Tom tried hard to recall his previous experiences, and it seemed that this was the case, but he still felt that he was afraid of the sun, so he raised his hands and looked pleading.
"Okay, okay, I'll buy it for you!" Zhang Da also patted his forehead. He really had no way to deal with him.
Tom picked the things himself because he knew about sunscreen. After all, he was the winner in cat life who could go to the beach with a little female cat, probably.
After that, everyone chose a pair of sunglasses, including Shark Pepper. There are people with heads as big as his, so there is no problem finding a suitable style.
So Zhang Da decided to give everyone a suit, which would look neat and impressive.
If you ask who looks the most handsome in a suit , it must be Altria.
Zhang Da also fainted from tears. He completely lost in terms of handsomeness . Maybe he lost in temperament. No wonder some people always think that Altria is more like Irisviel's husband than Kiritsugu.
After buying most of the things, they were delivered directly to the ship, and then everyone returned to the tavern to pack up and prepare to move.
There is no need to say much about the ordinary luggage, and the items won from the lottery have also been put back into the inventory.
Afterwards, Zhang Da also pulled out a small box from under the bed, which contained the sportswear and sneakers he wore when he first arrived, nail clippers and ear spoons, pendants, a key chain that was bent into a fishhook, Tom's wooden stick, a red cloth bag, and a stack of green bills.
When Tom saw his things, he suddenly became energetic. He took out his bag, spread it on the ground, and prepared to pack his things.
Then Zhang Da saw Tom lift up the cushion in his nest, take out a bag of cat food, pick up the green plant on the windowsill with the soil, take out a bottle of milk from the flowerpot, run to the corner of the wall, lift up the whole wall with both hands, and use his tail to sweep out the Baileys underneath...
Zhang Daye was also confused. When did he hide so many things?
In short, Tom packed up a bunch of odds and ends, picked them up with a small wooden stick and carried them on his shoulder, looking at Zhang Daye expectantly, meaning, "I'm done, shall we go?"
Zhang Da also laughed at Tom's expression. Tom's mood as he carried this small package on his back should be completely different from last time, right?
That lost little kitten who was kicked out of his home, who traveled across the world to save his life, is he satisfied with his current life?
Am I a good host, Tom?
Well, this sentence is a flag, and Zhang Da didn’t ask it.
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Two days later, GR No. 1, in front of the Population Auction House.
A guard said mysteriously: "Have you heard? The Nightmare took action again yesterday."
Another guard rubbed his eyes, seemingly still half asleep: "Really? Who's unlucky again?"
"Who else could it be? There aren't many human traffickers left in this lawless area, right?"
"That's true. Those people were so scared that they either quit or fled Shampooland. I don't know what hatred Nightmare has against them."
"Maybe someone kidnapped someone they shouldn't have. Thanks to the Nightmare, we've received less goods recently. I don't know if we can get enough goods for the auction next month."
"I heard that someone was killed while delivering goods the day before yesterday. Mr. Disco was furious."
"That's natural. Even if you're a top auctioneer, you can't do without good merchandise."
"I just hope it doesn't affect us."
"How could that be? I heard that there is a big shot behind us, and even Nightmare doesn't dare to mess with him."
“That’s great.”
At this moment, an invisible kitten made a face in front of them, and was then grabbed away by an equally invisible hand.
"Hey, did something just pass by?"
"Ah? Where is that thing?"
"But I clearly saw a shadow."
"You are dazzled, you must not be awake yet."
