Traveling Merchant On The Grand Line

In a blink of an eye.

Two days passed.

The knife shop re-opened, much to the delight of the children of Shimotsuki Town, who came to play.

Kahn opened the shop during the day and forged knives with Haki at night.

Reiju calls every day from Sabaody Archipelago and talks to Kahn about interesting things to see and hear in Sabaody Archipelago and seems to be having a good time at Sabaody Archipelago.

"The last time I competed with Kuina in the dojo for the 2,000th time, the store manager, you came to see it, and gave Kuina a gift, right?"

Zoro, who came to see the knives again today, squatted in front of the knife holder, and said while carefully looking at the knives on the knife holder.

Sitting behind the counter, Kahn wiped the blade of a knife with a knife cloth, "Well, didn't it be agreed before? Whoever wins the 2000th game will be given a gift.

"so good,"

Zoro's tone was full of envy towards Kuina.

He stood up and asked Kahn:

"By the way, store manager, if I beat Kuina next time, can you give me a gift?"

Kahn said without raising his head, "Yes."

Zoro was full of surprise: "Really?! Even if I want a knife?"

"Okay, the premise is that you can win."

Kahn looked up at him and smiled:

"If you win Kuina one day, I will let you choose one of all the knives in this store as a gift.

Zoro was thoroughly agitated.

"Great! A man must not break his promise!"

"Of course, I always keep my word!!"

"Ah!! It feels like I'm full of strength now, let's not talk about it! I'm going to find Kuina to have another 653 real sword duel today!"

After Zoro finished speaking, he rushed out of the knife shop, obviously very excited.

Kahn put the wiped knife back into its sheath, got up and put it on the knife holder on the wall.

He looked out of the store with a hint of deep meaning in his eyes,

"A true sword duel..."

"That matter should be soon, if there are no accidents..."

He looked down at his palm.

In the palm of the hand is a white pendant that emits a warm and bright white shimmer.

If Kuina saw it, she would be a little puzzled, because this is very similar to the pendant Kahn gave her.

Level 9 Magic Item - [Guardian of Light Goddess]

——After using it, it can apply a light shield that can resist a lot of damage to the user and others selected by the user. After the shield is broken, it will turn into holy light to heal the protected #2

The one in Kahn's hand is the main body, while the one held by Kuina is the sub-body that stores a trace of the main body's power, which can only withstand one injury a day.

Talisman, it is true at all, it is a talisman in the true sense.

The memory goes back to two days ago.

When he talked with Koshiro in the afternoon...  

"Kuina she.....will die?!"

Koshiro couldn't believe what Kahn said, and even opened his smiling eyes.

"Mr. Koshiro, I know it's hard for you to believe, but the fate of (cfdi) people is full of surprises."

"But... how do you know?"

"Would you believe me if I said I saw a glimpse of the near future?"

"Did you see it with Observation Haki?"

"No, that's not true. It can only be said to be my personal secret, and I can't say more about it."

"Is that so... I'm still a little hard to believe that Kuina is going to die..."

"If I didn't see a glimmer of the future, I wouldn't believe it."

"... Mr. Kahn, can you tell me what will happen to Kuina? Can it be avoided?"

"To be honest, I don't know what kind of danger Kuina will encounter, the only future I can see is her death itself.

Kahn is telling a little lie here.

Koshiro was speechless.

If you know what will happen, you can prevent it, but if you don't know what kind of danger you will encounter, you can't talk about prevention. After all, accidents are everywhere.

Kahn took a sip of wine, looked at Koshiro opposite and said:

"Mr. Koshiro, do you want to change the fate of Kuina's death?"

"Of course, I am the father of that child. No father in the world would sit back and watch his children encounter danger without caring about it."

After hearing Koshiro's words.

Kahn was silent for a while, looked up at Koshiro and said, "Then, Mr. Koshiro, do you want to make a deal with me?"

"Deal? What deal?"

"Although I don't know what kind of danger Kuina will encounter, I have a way to ensure her safety from unpredictable dangers."

"Really?"

"Well, but this method requires the use of a very precious thing. Although I have a good relationship with Kuina and Mr. Koshiro, as a businessman, I still can't help this for free...

"So that's it, I understand, that is to say, I need to take out something that is equivalent to that treasure, and equal to Kuina's life, right?"

Kahn handed back the scroll that recorded the secrets of the Isshin style of swordsmanship, and said a word to Koshiro.

After listening, Koshiro calmly said: "Nothing is more important than my daughter's life, I accept this deal.

!

The pendant in Kahn's hand shone brightly, bringing him back to his senses.

Looking at the glowing pendant in his hand.

Kahn's eyes twinkle.

"Did it really happen... Kuina.

Inside the warehouse of the Isshin Dojo.

Kuina, who was protected by an egg-shaped light shield, fell face up on the warehouse floor, staring blankly at the top.

Ten centimeters above her head.

A heavy whetstone was blocked by the light shield and suspended in the air.

"This, this is...?!"

Just ten minutes ago.

She received the challenge of Zoro's real sword duel, so she came to the warehouse to get her favorite knife and Dao Yiwen, just took the knife, and suddenly wanted to sharpen the knife, so she moved a ladder, climbed to the top of the warehouse to take herself The most favorite whetstone.

Just come to get the whetstone and get ready to go down the ladder.

She slipped, lost her center of gravity, and fell on her back. The whetstone also fell down and smashed towards her.

Just when she felt that she was going to die, a revolving lantern flashed through her mind, regretting that she had not fulfilled her dream of becoming the world's number one swordsman.

Suddenly, the pendant from Kahn around her neck floated up, bursting out with an incomparably bright light!

That light turned into a white shield, covering her like an eggshell!

She didn't receive the slightest fall damage at all.

Even the whetstone that fell on her head was blocked.

Shocked, Kuina got up from the ground.

The whetstone fell to the ground along the light shield, making a bang.

Without the protection of the light shield, if Kuina was hit directly, Kuina felt that he must be dead.

"Broken..."

Looking at the broken pendant in her hand, Bao said:

"Did the pendant that Mr. Kahn gave me save my life?"

"Amulet, does that mean that?"

Forget about dueling with Zoro's real sword.

Kuina ran out from the warehouse and was going to find Kahn.

But met Koshiro halfway.

See her flustered.

Koshiro stopped her and asked her what happened.

Kuina took the broken pendant and told Koshiro the whole story.

"Fortunately, there is a pendant from Mr. Kahn, otherwise I must have died"

Kuina said happily, "So I want to go to Mr. Kahn and thank him very much."

After Koshiro listened quietly, he said to Kuina: "I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. It's great that nothing happened. Kuina, please go and ask Mr. Kahn to come over. This time we have to thank him very much." .”

"Um!!"

Kuina nodded heavily.

After she left the dojo.

Koshiro stood in the yard, looked up at the clear blue sky, and murmured:

"It really happened..."

"Have you seen a glimmer of the future... Who are you?"

Immediately afterwards, a peaceful and gentle smile appeared on his face.

"It was great to say yes to that deal."