Chapter 286: Poor
People were talking about the origins of these things, and some people didn't even know what the Grand Line was, but just came to watch the fun.
The things displayed on the stalls ranged from tables, chairs and benches to pots, pans and bowls, and they all looked like they were used.
Out of curiosity, Zhang Daye and the others followed the crowd to watch, but this stumped Wendy and Perona. They stood on tiptoe in vain but still could not see anything.
Tom climbed onto Zhang Daye's shoulder early to watch. He has always been curious and proactive.
Perona pouted, and suddenly had an idea and gave her body to Wendy, and her spirit floated out from above her head.
However, as soon as he showed his head, Ye Yan pushed him back: "Misusing abilities can easily cause chaos."
"What should we do? Wendy and I are not tall enough." Perona put her hands on her hips in dissatisfaction. Although she was a little afraid of Ye Yan, after getting familiar with him, she knew that it was okay to lose her temper with him.
"This is not difficult. Rui Mengmeng, come and help." Ye Yan called Rui Mengmeng over and took the things from her hand.
"Oh, okay, sit tight." Rui Mengmeng bent down and picked up Wendy and Perona in one hand, letting them sit on her arms, "Can you see it?"
"It turns out this is possible!" Perona hugged Rui Mengmeng's arm with one hand, put the other hand on her forehead and looked into the crowd.
Wendy felt something soft and fell into a state of loss while holding Rui Mengmeng's arms. She was no longer in the mood to watch the fun.
Xia Lulu sat on Rui Mengmeng's shoulder and patted Wendy's head comfortingly. She couldn't understand why Wendy was so concerned about her figure at such a young age.
Is it because of the female members in the guild? Xia Lulu thought about Erza, Lucy, Mirajane, Cana...it seemed understandable.
Someone in the crowd had already raised doubts: "Hey, you're not kidding, are you? How can the things on the Grand Line be so easy to get?"
The vendor said calmly, "Of course I can't go to the Grand Line with my ability, but yesterday a tour group came to our Kingdom of Goa from the Grand Line. This matter has spread in the ports and border towns, and you can find out by asking around."
The crowd was talking about this and from time to time someone nodded to indicate that they had heard of this tour group.
Tom on Zhang Daye's shoulder also nodded to indicate that he also knew about this tour group.
The vendor continued, "That tour group has been traveling all the way from the Grand Line to here. Because the journey is so long, they have long since run out of money, so they took out the things on the ship and sold them for emergency use. I spent a lot of money to get these!"
Everyone suddenly realized that this was the case!
Tom suddenly realized that we had no funds left! No wonder we had to find someone to treat us to a meal yesterday.
"Don't believe me." Zhang Da also patted Tom's head, so this is the person who is using their name to cheat money .
Hearing how serious he was talking, some people actually went to ask for the price. This guy simply marked the price of a bunch of second-hand goods at five to ten times the price.
No one is interested in pots, pans, and the like, but many people are interested in various ornaments and trinkets.
It's something about the Grand Line. When you invite people to your home in the future, if you casually mention it, wouldn't it be very face-saving?
"Are you kidding? We are not selling anything!" Perona couldn't help but shout out. Article 10 of the Elementary School Student Code is to be honest and brave, not to tell lies, and to correct mistakes.
However, apart from the vendor who felt a little guilty, no one paid attention to what the child said. No one here knew her, and everyone was busy choosing the products they liked and then bargaining.
"No need to shout." Zhang Da also pointed at the vendor who was smiling and collecting money, "Just go for Negative Ghost."
"Okay!" Perona waved her hand, and a small ghost pierced through the vendor's body.
The vendor immediately fell to the ground: "Swindlers like me really taint the air here!"
The people who were originally surrounding the stall retreated three meters away: "Ghost! That's a ghost! Is that guy possessed by a ghost?"
"So this is the effect of Perona's ability?" Wendy, who had come out of her loss, looked at the little ghost in surprise.
It is forbidden to use abilities to tease companions, and Perona was not allowed to take action in recent battles, so this was the first time Wendy saw the ability of the negative ghost.
"Hahahahahaha..." Perona was very happy to show off her abilities in front of her little sisters. She waved her hand and the ghost once again passed through the body of the confused vendor.
The vendor pounded the ground with his hands: "People like me should be with that garbage!"
"It's that little girl who's controlling the ghost!"
"There's a skeleton man there too. Are they really evil spirits?"
"what is going on?"
The crowd had dispersed and there was no one blocking the view, so Rui Mengmeng put Perona and Wendy down.
Perona put her hands on her hips and said, "We are not evil spirits! We are the people from the Grand Line as he said. We have never sold anything. That guy is a liar!"
“So that’s how it is!”
"No wonder the workmanship of these things is exactly the same as ours. This guy is simply selling old stuff from his own home!"
"Damn it, give me my money back!"
The cheating hawker was severely beaten. Not only was the money he had defrauded taken away, but his stall was also smashed. He cried pitifully.
"You deserve it." Zhang Da also called his companions and turned to leave.
The brave ones came up to ask all sorts of questions, including what the strange ghosts were, what the inside of the Grand Line was like, and some even asked if they had any merchandise that was actually from the Grand Line that they wanted to sell.
After finally getting rid of these curious people, Zhang Daye and his companions continued to walk towards the port.
As a result, they met more than one person selling "Grand Line Products" on the road, including the merchant named Lyle who was taught a lesson by them yesterday.
Zhang Da was too lazy to show up, so he just asked Perona to use the negative ghost to greet them, and let these people kneel down and repent a few times, and then passers-by would know what was going on.
Zhang Da also shook his head: "He's really crazy about money and dares to do anything."
Ye Yan understood: "Without money, you can't do anything. When I was short of money, I even took Che Yongtai to a black clinic to sell organs... Unfortunately, we were caught by the police in the end and didn't make a penny."
Zhang Da also said: "Che Yongtai is the devil, right? It seems that he is your classmate and colleague for the time being?"
Ye Yan nodded: "Yes."
"How scary!" Wendy hugged Xia Lulu and hid beside Zhang Daye, away from Ye Yan.
"Devil!" Perona hugged Altria's arms tightly.
"It's too cruel. They actually sold their companions' organs. Will they target me next? Ah, I don't have any organs anymore. Yohohoho~"
Shark Chili touched himself. He was made of metal and had no organs to sell. But would he be sold as scrap metal?
Altria and Rui Mengmeng also looked at Ye Yan with something strange in their eyes. Although they knew that Ye Yan had no moral integrity, they didn't expect him to do such a thing.
Ye Yan hurriedly explained: "Hey, hey, hey, that guy is the devil. He took out a kidney and it grew back in seconds. Otherwise, I wouldn't have cheated my own people like that! And he volunteered, he even did the surgery himself!"
Tom trembled. My master said I was immortal. Can my organs regenerate?
Imagining the scene of Ye Yan cutting open his stomach with an evil smile on his face, Tom's heart jumped to his throat, but he was worried that his heart was being targeted, so he swallowed it back in panic.
"Don't imagine such a bloody scene!" Ye Yan stretched out his hand to dispel the fantasy on Tom's head, and explained that he was sure that Che Yongtai would be fine, that they were not in the same camp at the time, and that the two of them had some personal grudges, so he did that.
Therefore, when the funny plots in comics are reflected in reality, it is very likely to bring horror.
Zhang Da also shook his head, thinking that this crappy comic would be reported by parents sooner or later.
Ye Yan finally managed to convince his companions that he would not do such a thing again. However, Tom, Wendy and Perona did not dare to approach him for the time being, which made Ye Yan somewhat sad.
The port was not as busy as usual in the morning. There were a few ships docked near the pier, some were about to sail, and some were unloading.
The two soldiers seen yesterday were standing guard on the shore not far from the Amber. One of them yawned, and the other was soon infected. Zhang Da also had reason to suspect that these two people had done something bad last night.
"Thank you for your hard work, both of you." Zhang Da also greeted them warmly, and Shark Chili beside him had already taken out the prepared cigarettes and handed them over.
After taking the cigarettes, the two soldiers swore that no suspicious persons had approached the ship from yesterday till now, so please rest assured.
Zhang Da also exchanged a few polite words with them and got on board with the things he had bought.
After seeing Ye Yan, a few flag monsters who stayed behind said similar things to the two soldiers, making Ye Yan feel that these guys were just perfunctorily trying to please him.
After putting their things away, everyone sat around in the small bar. The Flag Demon Sui Feng Er floated in quietly without attracting the attention of outsiders.
Ye Yan asked what happened last night.
Sui Feng Er said, "Last night, a group of soldiers were chasing a man. In the end, the man was caught by the soldiers and thrown out of the city gate along with a truckload of garbage."
Rui Mengmeng asked curiously: "Did that person commit any crime?"
Sui Feng Er glanced at Ye Yan subconsciously: "Poor."
Ye Yan clenched his fists: "What do you mean by that look? You want to be punished, right?"
Sui Feng Er waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no, no, Master, I definitely don't mean to mock you!"
"You are really mocking me, you bastard!" Ye Yan punched Sui Feng'er on the head, "You'll give me three minutes to explain yourself clearly!"
"Yes, Master." Sui Feng Er was so sad that he could not even cry. He quickly told the information he had found out, "Being poor is the biggest mistake in the Kingdom of Goa. Having no money is the same as being garbage. You will be kicked out of the city and will never be able to enter the city again. If you want to survive, you can only rely on the garbage transported out of the city...
"Those soldiers last night were called the Garbage Hunting Team. They are responsible for investigating and expelling the poor in the city. No matter if they went bankrupt, got cheated, or gambled or squandered, they never cared about the reason. As long as they didn't have money, they were guilty."
"That's too much. How can there be such a rule?" Wendy was kind-hearted. She felt that even if they didn't provide relief, they shouldn't be violently arrested and expelled, right? Treating people like garbage...
Sui Feng Er continued, "In fact, people who were thrown out of the city are not necessarily worthy of sympathy. I heard that man crying and shouting 'I don't want to be an inferior person' when he was caught. After he left the city, he treated the people who were kicked out before him as if they were not human beings. It seems that guy is not a good person either."
"Why is this happening?" Wendy was still young and didn't understand people's hearts very well.
Zhang Da also heard that the information obtained by Sui Feng Er was similar to what he knew, and said: "This is a country that worships the Celestial Dragons extremely. It is rotten from top to bottom."
So when Monkey D. Dragon returned to his hometown half a year ago, he did nothing except taking Sabo away and rescuing those people who were about to be burned to death in the Uncertainty Terminal.
If we think pessimistically, there may not be many good people among the people rescued by Dorag.
If this country is to be completely changed, there is no telling how many people will need to be killed or arrested. By then, it will be hard to tell whether they are here to save the country or to destroy it - it is definitely not because he is afraid of Garp leaving a slipper mark on his face!
"These are not things we should worry about. Maybe most people in the city are enjoying it. No one thinks they will be the next one to be kicked out before it happens."
Zhang Da didn't know what he could do for the people here, or even whether the people here needed him to do anything for them. If he simply killed the king because he couldn't stand it, it might not be a good thing for most people.
So let him just focus on his own small tour group for now. Maybe when he becomes stronger, has seen more things, and stands at a different height, he will have some new perspectives.
Altria's face did not look very good. The topic of changing a country was too heavy for her. She put herself in the shoes of the king and thought about what she would do if she were the king of this country.
Then Artoria smiled self-deprecatingly. She didn't even know how to save her own country, so what right did she have to worry about other kingdoms?
Tom yawned, feeling that this topic was so boring. He took out an axe and gestured a few times, indicating that they had agreed to go and chop down the Christmas tree, so why weren't they leaving yet?
Zhang Da also took the opportunity to end this heavy topic: "Let's go chop down some trees!"
"I'll stay and watch the boat. After all, I just provoked a little noble yesterday. He might come to take revenge." Ye Yan pointed at the flag monsters, "These bastards are really not very reliable."
Brooke said, "I will also stay and accompany Mr. Ye Yan to watch the boat."
Rui Mengmeng said, "Then I'll stay too. Teacher Tom is out, so someone needs to cook lunch, right?"
"I'll stay too," said Altria.
"No, Altria! There are a lot of ferocious beasts on the mountain outside the city, such as wild boars, tigers, crocodiles and the like. If you go, we can have a barbecue and picnic. If you don't go, my small body will be a meal for the beasts!" Zhang Da also used a forced cute tone and shook Altria's arm exaggeratedly.
Tom cooperated by showing a frightened expression, thinking of the scene when he was chased and bitten by a tiger.
Zhang Da also felt that Altria was in a bad mood and wanted to take her out to relax, but Tom... was really scared.
"How bad." Xia Lulu looked at Zhang Daye and expressed her disappointment in him.
"Don't say that, Xia Lulu, Brother Tatsuya is just..." Wendy thought of the reason in distress.
"This guy is too unreliable. Sister Altria, you should go with us!" Perona cleverly hugged Altria's other arm.
"How can it be so exaggerated?" Altria laughed, "It's okay."
I don't know if she meant herself or the wild animals in the mountains when she said it was okay.
In the end, Altria agreed to go with them.
Tom shouldered the axe, walked out cheerfully, and then—
The iron axe slid off the wooden handle, blade side down, and precisely cut off the tip of Tom's tail, embedding it into the floor.
Tom turned his head away stiffly, his eyes filling with tears.
