Chapter 278: Waiting online, very urgent
Koshiro said, "My father, Shimotsuki Kozaburo, was a samurai who came to the East Sea more than 40 years ago and settled here. However, he has rarely appeared since he passed the dojo to me. He doesn't seem to want to talk about the past. All we know is that he came from a big country where kendo is popular, and Shusui is the national treasure of that country."
It's normal that you don't want to say more. Strictly speaking, Shimotsuki Kozaburo's escape from the closed-off country of Wano was considered illegal exit.
"More than 40 years ago, he was from the same era as Brook." Zhang Da did not respond to Guo Bao's words. Should he return Qiu Shui to Kaido or to Kurozumi Orochi? Forget it.
Brooke was suddenly mentioned and thought about it seriously: "Even if Mr. Tatsuya said so, I don't remember it."
"Is Mr. Brook so old?" Koshiro was surprised. He thought that the tour group was full of young people .
Brooke was a little resentful: "Although it is true, I still feel a little unwilling to be told this."
"Excuse me."
"Yohohoho~ It's okay. Although I'm old, my mentality is still young. It's about time for you to take a look at that." Brook stood up seriously and walked to the corner, "Forty-five degrees!"
"Wow!" It was the first time Wendy saw Brooke perform, and although it looked weird, it seemed very interesting.
"What is this?" Xia Lulu was just as confused as Koshiro, Kuina and the others.
Tom would not miss the opportunity to show off his special skills, so he threw a dozen meatballs into the air and made a circle in the air like an acrobat. Finally, he opened his mouth to catch the meatballs, letting them get stuck in his throat and finally he hit his head and swallowed them with a gulp.
The series of performances made everyone laugh, and Ye Yan couldn't help but dress up as a sunflower and sing and dance to be cute.
This person really has no sense of shame.
After the meal, Zoro and Kuina recalled how Altria ate and fell into deep thought. If they wanted to become the world's greatest swordsman, would the first goal they had to accomplish be to eat enough food for a hundred people?
At night, everyone rested in the guest room of the dojo. There were flag monsters watching on the boat, so there was no need to worry.
The next morning, everyone went to the market to shop, and Kuina and Zoro volunteered to lead the way.
In the end, Kuina successfully brought Zhang Daye and the others to their destination, but Zoro disappeared inexplicably.
"Do you want to go look for him?" asked the kind-hearted Rui Mengmeng.
Kuina patted her forehead and said , "Maybe they got separated somewhere again. Don't worry about him. The village is so small. Zoro can get back even if he wanders around."
The worst that could happen is that you'd miss lunch.
There is no need to have too high expectations at the market in the small village. There is nothing new, but fresh ingredients are easy to buy. Zhang Da also mainly looks at Altria's eyes when shopping.
Every time she encountered an ingredient she had never seen before, Altria would always be keenly aware of it and keep an eye on it. At this time, Zhang Da only needed to take out the money and say, "This is all covered. Please send it to the ship with the cat-head flag on the south coast."
When the stall owners hear this, they often smile and pack up their stalls quickly. Then you carry the load and I lead the horse to quickly deliver the goods. Usually, people from the same village or neighboring villages come to buy things here and there, and it is rare to meet such generous outsiders.
Kuina wanted to remind them that the nearest island would only take a few days to reach, so there was no need to stockpile too much food, but thinking of the performance of these big eaters yesterday, she chose to remain silent.
After that, I bought some clothes for Wendy and Xia Lulu. Although there were not many styles, it was still necessary to buy a few sets for Wendy as backup.
It’s just that Xia Lulu’s clothes are a bit difficult to deal with. Her aesthetic taste is closer to that of a middle school student, and she really can’t appreciate clothes for infants and young children, so I can only buy some big ones and ask Tom to alter them when I get back.
Zhang Da felt heartbroken at the thought of asking Tom to alter his clothes, so he bought various styles of fabrics to prevent Tom from damaging his clothes in the future.
After walking around, everyone was holding a candied haws in their hands and eating it slowly. Tom even carried a pile of candied haws with dozens of candied haws on it.
Kuina originally didn't want this kind of food that only children like, but after seeing the young and old people in the same group, from people to cats, especially Altria, whom she regarded as a role model, eating so happily, she finally did not refuse.
"Cat! The cat who sells candied haws! I want a candied haws!" Occasionally, a passing child would clamor to hand Tom coins and then ask for a candied haws.
Tom took the money with a smile, then took the candied haws and gave it to the child, touching the other's head. The atmosphere was very harmonious.
However, the atmosphere would occasionally be destroyed by Altria's frequent picking of candied haws with her little hands and Shark Chili's sermons to the children about eating less sweets and protecting their teeth.
The children held candied haws and listened to Shark Chili's sermon, but in fact they just wanted to watch the robot for a while, and they left reluctantly only when the adults called their names.
After all the candied haws were sold (eaten), Ye Yan pulled Tom out of the group: "You guys go shopping first, Tom and I have something to discuss!"
Not long after, Tom found the team again, with a candied haws stick as tall as a person following behind him.
"How about it? This is the performance art that I just thought of - 'Sour and sweet is me'!" Ye Yan posed excitedly in his newly made candied haws suit.
Altria poked the candied haws suit and said sincerely, "It makes me salivate."
Rui Mengmeng thought about it and commented: "It's so lifelike."
Shark Chili tried hard to give Ye Yan a thumbs up: "It looks different."
Brooke laughed loudly: "I don't understand performance art."
Zhang Da also sighed: "He just has a hole in his brain."
Perona didn't dare to speak, always feeling that her vocabulary was not enough and she needed to study hard. But she was immediately shocked and wondered, how could I have such a horrible idea?
Kuina felt that she had really broadened her horizons this time. It turned out that all the people in the Grand Line were so eccentric?
Wendy hugged Xia Lulu tightly. She just liked to wear strange clothes. It was no big deal. It was much better than the guy in their guild who took off his clothes anytime and anywhere.
It didn't take long for Zhang Da to finish his visit to the small market. He asked, "It seems that things like sea charts can't be bought here. Is there a bookstore in the village?"
Kuina said, "Actually, the gym has a chart of the nearby seas. Father said he would give it to you after he finds it."
"That's great." Zhang Da also said that having a ready-made nautical chart would save a lot of trouble.
Next, everyone took a tour around the village accompanied by Kuina. It was actually just an ordinary small village. There was nothing worth visiting except her gym.
According to Guina, the situation in the next village was similar to this one. Everyone lost interest in visiting and finally decided to go up the mountain to hunt.
He hunted two wild boars and a brown bear before going down the mountain. On the way down the mountain, he also hunted a lost little Zoro.
Kuina asked in surprise: "Zoro, why are you here?"
"Of course I came to find you! You got separated when you were in the village. It's really worrying!" Zoro chose to take the initiative. They will definitely believe such a good reason, right?
"Ah~" Kuina sighed helplessly, "Thank you for your hard work. We will go back to the dojo now, follow closely."
Zhang Daye and the others were all trying to hold back their laughter. They got lost in the village and ended up in the mountains, but they still refused to admit that the child was hopeless.
Only Wendy bowed solemnly to Zoro and apologized: "I'm sorry!"
Zoro was at a loss: "Ah, it's okay!"
Zoro obviously misunderstood. He thought Wendy believed him and apologized to him for getting separated. In fact, Wendy was just feeling guilty that she couldn't cure him.
On the way back, Kuina pulled Zoro's clothes and successfully brought him back to the gym, but Zoro still looked reluctant.
Koshiro took out a wooden box, opened the lid and handed it to Zhang Tatsuya: "I really can't repay you for your kindness to my daughter. Here is the sea chart that Mr. Tatsuya mentioned, and there is also a treasure map that I found by chance. I will give them to you as a thank you gift."
Koshiro didn't know whether the treasure map was real or fake, but he didn't think there was anything in the East China Sea that could threaten the people in front of him. He was not interested in treasure at all, so he just gave it away as a gift.
"Treasure map?" Zhang Da took the box curiously. There were a few flat sheets of paper inside. They were ordinary nautical charts. A quick glance revealed familiar words such as the Kingdom of Goa.
There was also a rolled-up piece of yellowed parchment. When it was opened, there was a picture of an island on it and some unclear code words written next to it, which probably hinted at the location of the treasure.
"This is the first time I've seen a treasure map." Although he couldn't understand it for the time being, Zhang Da was still very happy. It was nice to have the experience of treasure hunting.
Everyone else was also very interested, especially Tom, who took the treasure map and looked at it horizontally, vertically, backwards, and upside down, but he couldn't make sense of it for a while.
Rui Mengmeng asked curiously: "What kind of treasure ?"
"Most treasures are gold, jewels, or possibly Bailey," said the veteran pirate Brook. "But it may have been taken away by someone else. Most of the time, if you follow the treasure map to search for treasure, you will come up empty-handed. But that's also the fun of treasure hunting, yo-ho-ho-ho~"
Tanghulu Ye Yan said: "In fact, I have always wanted to complain about how this treasure map came to be circulated. Would someone really bury their own property on purpose, and then carefully draw a map and wait for others to discover it?"
Brook explained: "As a pirate, sometimes there are situations where the treasure is inconvenient to take away, so it has to be hidden. Drawing the picture is to remind myself, but later I encountered an accident and only left a picture."
Zhang Da also said: "It is also possible that someone deliberately spread the treasure map as bait, in order to lure people to a certain place, set a trap in advance, and then do something to the captured people."
Wendy hugged Xia Lulu tightly. She didn't expect a treasure map could be so complicated. "It sounds scary. So, should we still go?"
"Try to study it first. If you can find any clues, go check it out." Zhang Da also comforted her, "Don't worry, Wendy. You are also very strong. Be more confident."
"Yeah, yeah!" Wendy thought that the purpose of coming here was to become stronger, and it was not good to be afraid of difficulties, so she nodded firmly.
Zhang Da also put away the blueprints and said to Koshiro, "Thank you for your hospitality. We won't stay long."
“Um…” Kuina spoke before Koshiro could say anything, mustering up the courage to ask, “If we go out to sea, can we become stronger?”
"Kuina..." Koshiro looked at his daughter in surprise. At least now he didn't want her to go out to sea.
"Father, I want to become stronger. My dream is to become the world's greatest swordsman, and I want to achieve it no matter what!" Kuina said firmly, and then looked at Artoria - the person she trusted the most, wanting an answer.
Zoro was stunned for a moment before he reacted and shouted, "How cunning! If Kuina wants to go out to sea, I want to go too!"
"Going out to sea can broaden your horizons, and you can fight with all kinds of strong people. You may encounter all kinds of dangers. It is indeed possible for people to grow rapidly under such pressure." Altria thought about the level that Kuina and Zoro showed yesterday: "But your level has not yet reached the level where you need such pressure to improve. It is better to practice hard for a while."
Kuina opened her mouth, a little disappointed: "Is that so? I will try my best."
Zoro asked, "How strong do you have to be to go out to sea?"
"If you want to go out to sea, you have to at least reach my level." Zhang Da also hurriedly interjected. He was afraid that Kuina and Zoro would go out to sea early because of them, and then be hacked to death as soon as they went out. That would be a sin.
These two men are now one 11 and the other 9 years old. Even if they have good kendo talent, their physical fitness limits them. Even if they burst out in battle, they are only at the level of Sword Emperor and Sword Saint. They may be defeated if they encounter a pirate with a bounty of one million.
So Zhang Da decided to set an example for them, picked up an ordinary sword, and walked towards the iron ingot that Zoro usually used for push-ups.
The disciples who were in contact in the courtyard were discussing:
"Difficult, could it be that he can cut through steel?"
"But he was holding just an ordinary sword!"
"But he is also a strong man who came from the Grand Line. Maybe he can really do it."
Kuina and Zoro also watched with wide eyes.
Zhang Da also raised his sword, aimed at the iron ingot, and swung it down.
With a clang, the sword collided with the iron ingot, sparks flew, and the iron ingot remained intact.
However, the sword bounced back and continued to vibrate with a small amplitude and high frequency. The vibration was transmitted backwards through the sword body and all the way to Zhang Daye.
Zhang Daye's feet were off the ground, and his whole body began to vibrate, accompanied by a faint duang～～～～ sound effect.
The man and the sword vibrated in the air for five seconds before landing.
This is unscientific, I just learned how to cut iron! Zhang Da is now thinking: Damn it, what if the installation fails? Waiting online, very urgent.
Feeling the gazes of the onlookers, Zhang Da felt extremely embarrassed.
