Chapter 813: Consuming the Dead
What is there to do in Rogue Town?
The most famous attraction here is probably the execution platform where the Pirate King Gol D. Roger was executed. Almost every year, countless people go there to visit and pay their respects, and then exclaim, "The Pirate King died here," "I wonder what kind of scenery the Pirate King saw before he died."
There are many pirates who are about to go out to sea in pursuit of their dreams and treasures, as well as tourists who come here simply to travel, or merchants who come here to gain knowledge through trade.
But from the information I just heard, the place has been destroyed beyond recognition by Natsu. I'm afraid that if I go there now, I will only see ruins.
Moreover, the outgoing mayor of Rogue Town seems to be planning to renovate this tourist attraction that has existed for 22 years and earned him enough money for his retirement.
"In this case, Luffy's sign-in achievement will not be completed? And the famous scene of Buggy stepping on the future Pirate King will also be lost..."
"What a shame! What a shame!"
Kira strolled along the street, talking to himself all the way, while looking at the shops on both sides of the street and the pedestrians coming and going.
Apart from the execution platform, the only place worth visiting here is the weapon shop where Zoro bought the Third Generation Kitetsu and Yukizou's weapons. However, Kira is a wizard, not a swordsman, and has no interest in those famous swords, so he has no plans to go. Even Erza, the only swordsman in the team now, uses a magic sword, and these ordinary swords are of little significance to her.
Moreover, even if they are swords without magic , in terms of quality alone, the demon sword Red Tassel in Erza's hand is not much worse than the Sandai Kitetsu and Yukizo. In fact, because it has been used for many years, it is possible that the combat power Erza can exert with Red Tassel will be higher than that with the famous swords in this world.
When watching One Piece before, Kira was very curious about the purchasing power of Bailey, because a newspaper seemed to cost 50 or 100 Baileys. Fortunately, he now finds that the value of currency in One Piece and Fairy Tail is almost the same, so he doesn't have to adapt to the new currency calculation. The concept of money he developed in the first 20 years has not been in vain.
The currency of the Fairy Tail world cannot be used here, so this is the first time that Kira has a large amount of money in his hands. He always feels itchy in his heart and wants to buy something.
Just when Kira was struggling with how to spend the money, he suddenly saw a familiar figure walking towards him.
He has short white hair, two thick cigars in his mouth, and is wearing a white coat with a whole row of cigars on the shoulders of the coat. He has a ten-handed weapon on his back.
Smoker, the user of the Smoke Fruit, nicknamed the "White Hunter", is a man destined to be entangled with Luffy, and a navy who has witnessed Luffy's rise from a small pirate to one of the Four Emperors.
Among the people Kira knows, there are not many wizards who use smoke. There seems to be only one Wakaba in the guild. In line with the idea of 'Pirate VS Fairy Tail', Kira couldn't help but compare the two in his mind and found that...
It seems there is absolutely no comparison!
Smoker doesn't seem to have learned Haki yet, but with the power of the Nature Devil Fruit, he is at least on the same level as Juvia in the guild; however, if we don't count the elemental body, in terms of the use of smoke alone, Wakaba should be better than him, after all, he is a wizard...
Thinking this in his mind, Kira couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The two met at the corner, but their eyes did not meet, because Kira only looked at Smoker from beginning to end, and Smoker did the same, and it was because Kira suddenly laughed.
Smoker didn't see Kira's strength because he was a Muggle and couldn't feel the surging magic in Kira's body. This made Kira secretly happy that he was playing the pig and eating the tiger.
The Fairy Tail world and the One Piece world have different perceptions of the strong. The Fairy Tail world mainly looks at magic power. People with strong magic power cannot be taken lightly no matter how poor their physical fitness is. The One Piece world mainly looks at physical strength and domineering, and the most intuitive expression of physical strength is height.
It is said that in the pirate world, if you are less than two meters tall, you are disabled. This may not be entirely true, but it does make sense, because the rule of this world is that the stronger the physical fitness, the taller the height, such as the three admirals of the Warring States Garp, Whitebeard Kaido and Big Mom...
The stronger and more experienced a person is, the more they recognize this phenomenon. However, when facing a magician, their proud eyesight is bound to be greatly reduced.
Because the strength of magicians lies in the amount of magic power in their bodies and the sophistication of the magic they use, and they use this to hone their physical fitness. Only a small number of magicians will develop a tall and strong body.
Even the tallest ones in "Fairy Tail", such as Bigusro, Gildarts, Laxus, and Elfman, are only about 1.9 to 2 meters tall.
Therefore, in the eyes of people in this world, most wizards are just ordinary passers-by at first glance, especially people like Kira who are far inferior to Erza in physical training, and even inferior to Natsu and Gray. Although he does not look short when he stands in the guild, he is...
It can be said that any strong person in this world will only have one impression of Kira when he sees him for the first time: he is very handsome, but not very strong.
"Why did that kid suddenly laugh out loud on the road just now? He doesn't look like an idiot..."
Smoker muttered as he walked towards the square in the center of the town. As the security chief of Rogue Town, he needed to always keep an eye on Natsu, a restless guy with unknown origins.
In fact, Smoker had already noticed that Kira was behind him, but there were so many people on the street, it was normal for them to walk the same road. In addition, he could not see any danger from Kira, so he ignored him and just focused his mind on the construction of the square.
Originally, it was just a square, and if it was damaged it could be rebuilt. However, the money-obsessed mayor actually demanded greater efforts to attract investment in the square, wanting to turn such a place of epoch-making significance into a commercial district, which made Smoker very angry.
This place has a celebrity effect. If a business circle is really established here, there will definitely be many businessmen who buy rental spaces here to do business, and it will definitely be very popular. These are all foreseeable.
But in that case, the square will inevitably lose its previous scenery. It will no longer be a solemn execution platform, no longer a place that carries the "beginning and end of an era", but just a commodity that consumes the dead.
This behavior is simply disgusting!
"That bastard... just wanted to make some extra money before he left, without caring what would happen after he left office. He really deserves a beating!"
Even though he didn't want to admit it, Smoker actually had a little admiration for Gol D. Roger in his heart. Just a few words before his death opened up a new era. Even though it caused the deaths and injuries of countless people, how can people not admire him?
"I will never allow a low-class businessman to exploit that guy's reputation!!"
Smoker's face was gloomy and he quickened his pace.
Kira, who was walking behind him at this time, heard Smoker's mumbling, and countless question marks suddenly appeared on his face: What did our merchant do to you?
If this was a feudal country where people could be self-sufficient in food, clothing, housing and transportation, we could still criticize merchants for pursuing profits and ignoring morality, and for not engaging in production. But now it is the Age of Exploration! This is a world where islands need to frequently trade and exchange materials!
In this case, how can we say that businessmen are inferior? We are the pioneers who promote the exchange of civilizations and advance the development of the times!
Kira couldn't stand hearing that kind of talk, he was a magic merchant, that is, a magician X merchant, and hearing someone speak ill of a merchant was like hearing someone speak ill of a magician.
Now some people say that magicians are low-class and all magicians are trash. Can he tolerate this? Of course not!
So Kira wanted to go up and argue, but then he changed his mind. If he went up to pick a fight, wouldn't it be like forcing trouble? The other party was a navy captain after all. If he wanted him as a pirate, wouldn't it be troublesome? He still had to catch some pirates first to save money!
Although as long as he doesn't fly the pirate flag and doesn't act as a pirate, there is a high probability that he will not be caught as a pirate, but it is still better to be careful in everything, as there are so many people behind him who he is responsible for.
It's decided
Looking at Smoker's back, Kira curled his lips and revealed a sinister smile: "Sure enough, if you want to make Fairy Tail famous in this world, it is most convenient to make trouble!"
