Chapter 3 Buying a Knife
Vic got up early the next day and started exercising.
People in the One Piece world are generally strong, and Victor wants to see the limits of this body first so that he can better execute the plan.
The results came out, and my physical condition was pretty good. I ran 10 kilometers, did 1 kilometer of frog jumps, did 200 push-ups, and 500 sit-ups.
They are all still within the limit range. This physique is much stronger than that of adults on Earth.
After training, Vic went home and took a shower before coming to Rebecca's house for breakfast.
While eating, Vic told the old lady that he wanted to find a job. He couldn't eat for free and had to pay for his living expenses.
The old lady thought about it and agreed. As she was an old lady, it was impossible for her to support Vic forever. He would have to rely on him in the future. She asked Vic what he thought.
Vic's plan is to find a job as a milkman so that he can deliver milk on the run.
You can achieve the purpose of training and make money, and it only takes the morning time, and you can learn other things in the rest of the time.
"Okay, I'll ask for you."
The old lady also agreed. After all, Vic was only ten years old and could not do many jobs yet. After delivering milk in the morning, he had extra time to learn culture.
"Vic, take a few days off to get your body back in shape. There's no rush for work. I'll help you out."
The old lady was still a little worried about the ten-year-old child, after all, he had just lost both parents.
Vic nodded and agreed. He was not in a hurry, after all, he still had some money.
Coming out of the old lady's house, Vic was followed by Rebecca, who was jumping up and down.
"What are you doing today, Vic?"
Vic was walking home when he heard Rebecca's soft voice from behind.
"I want to buy a weapon and find a place to train. I want to become stronger!"
"I want to go too, to see how you practice, hehe!"
"Come if you want to, I have something to say to you!"
After getting the money at home, Vic and Rebecca went out to the street together.
Although the streets had been cleaned up for a few days, they were still very dilapidated and there were dark marks everywhere.
The town is so small that there are even fewer people who need weapons.
Vic came to the only weapons store on the street. There was only a middle-aged man dozing off at the counter in the store.
Vic and Rebecca walked into the store and went straight to the counter.
Vic turned around and looked at the weapons on display in the store. There were very few varieties, only bows and arrows, spears, flintlock rifles, pheasants, and most of them were samurai swords. He did not find any broad double-edged swords.
Vic turned around and slammed the counter, waking up the dozing boss.
Seeing that there were two children, the boss was a little confused. He didn't know why the children came to the weapon shop and disturbed his sweet dream.
He said a little depressed: "I say, kid, a weapons store is not a place for you to come. Go, go, go and play outside. There are weapons everywhere here. Don't hurt yourself."
Vic said calmly, "We are here to buy weapons for our own use. Please introduce them to us."
The boss was a little surprised and joked: "Oh, you didn't buy it to kill pirates, did you? Hahaha!"
"That's right, I lost my parents because of the pirates a few days ago, and I want revenge!" Vic said softly.
The boss was stunned after hearing this, and stopped smiling: "How much money did you bring? My weapons are all new. The previous weapons were all taken away by the damn pirates."
"I have three hundred thousand Baileys here, and I plan to buy two weapons suitable for both of us. Take a look at your options."
Vic reached into his pocket and put the money on the counter.
Rebecca was surprised and asked, "Is there one for me too?"
"Yes, I'll buy you one too. I'll tell you more about it later."
Hearing that there were 300,000 Baileys, the boss immediately said enthusiastically: "300,000 Baileys can buy two ordinary flintlock rifles, two swords of slightly better quality, three ordinary swords,..."
The boss said as he came to the weapons rack and introduced them.
Vic himself had already ordered what he wanted to buy, mainly to see the price.
Vic chose a samurai sword, which was of better quality than ordinary ones. The blade was 1.3 meters long and the blade was 1.1 meters long. There were black and white burnt patterns on the blade, and the hilt was a wide cross, very similar to Xuezou's hand guard.
Rebecca picked a slender double-edged sword, which was similar in style to an ancient Chinese sword, except that the blade was narrower and the body was longer. The sword was metallic white, 1.5 meters long and 1.3 meters long. It looked very beautiful overall and suitable for girls.
In fact, Vic doesn't like the samurai sword very much. It was originally evolved from the Chinese Tang Dynasty horizontal sword. A Chinese soul is of course more interested in the sword culture of his own country.
"This world was created by the Japanese. They don't understand our Chinese sword culture. There is no way to solve this problem.
I can only wait until I have enough money to find a famous knife maker to make one according to my own wishes.
It's just for practicing the basics, just use it for now!"
Rebecca was very satisfied with her sword. She looked it up and down with a smile on her face. It is really hard for girls to refuse beautiful things.
After Vic had chosen the items and paid for them, the two boys took their weapons and walked out of the store. However, they were stopped by the boss before they even walked out of the store.
"Just wait for me."
After saying that, he walked to the small room behind the store.
The two kids waited for a while in some confusion, and then they saw the boss coming out with a booklet with some dust on the surface. It was obvious that this thing had not been touched for a long time.
"This is the basics of kendo that was passed down to me by a kendo master when I was young.
The basics of our kendo gym all depend on this booklet,
It's just that I have little talent and have made no achievements. I haven't even learned the basics of kendo.
So I could only return to this island with this book on the basics of swordsmanship, and later I opened this weapon shop."
"I just heard that you are going to deal with pirates, but pirates are not that easy to deal with. I will give you this book on the basics of kendo. I hope you can survive!"
The boss also lamented the state of the world.
Vic took the booklet and flipped through it. The booklet was not thick, only a dozen pages, and it was indeed the basics of kendo, without any moves or sword techniques.
"Thanks, uncle, this is exactly what we need."
After Vic finished speaking, he bowed slightly to the boss, then took Rebecca out of the weapon shop and headed south.
Vic came out of the store without saying a word and headed south.
"Where are you taking me?" Rebecca asked puzzledly.
Vic paused, still without speaking, and then continued walking.
“Is it right or wrong to bring Rebecca into this vortex? I can only ask Rebecca herself what she thinks later.”
He was still thinking as he walked.
Rebecca was confused when she saw that Vic didn't say anything, but she still followed him with the sword in her arms.
Vic stopped only when he reached the edge of the forest in the south. He found a piece of open space covered with green grass and sat down cross-legged.
"Rebecca, come and sit down."
After Rebecca sat down, he asked solemnly, "Rebecca, what do you want to do when you grow up? What kind of person do you want to be?"
Rebecca thought for a moment and replied, "I want to be a navy like my parents who can protect grandma and everyone else."
"You know that the navy is very dangerous. Just like your parents, they can be sacrificed at any time!" Vic said directly.
"But this is what I think." Rebecca said seriously that the children in this world are a little precocious.
"You know, before the execution, the Pirate King revealed that he had a great secret treasure.
The world will become even more chaotic in the future, with bloodshed, tears, and killings always accompanying us.
As the vanguard against pirates, the navy will always be at the forefront and may face death at any time. Think carefully before answering me! "
Rebecca thought for a moment, looked at the sword foundation on Vic's legs, picked up the sword and raised it, saying seriously:
"Vic, help me, help me become stronger!!!"
Vic was silent for a moment. Now that Rebecca had made her choice, she would have to bring one more person with her in future plans.
"Okay, I will train you and help you become stronger. If you want to become a marine, you have to become strong. Weak people are cannon fodder in the navy. Can you take what I say seriously in the future? Can you do it?"
"Yes, we can do it!" Rebecca said firmly.
"Okay then. I'll tell your grandma when I get back. From now on, you should train according to my plan."
After saying that, Vic instructed Rebecca to squat in a horse stance under the shade of a tree. After adjusting Rebecca's posture correctly, he asked Rebecca to hold her sword horizontally with both hands raised.
After sitting back on the grass, Vic opened the book on the basics of Kendo and began to read.
Vic planned to read it through first to understand it and then think carefully about how to practice it.
He was surprised as he read through it, and the contents of more than ten pages were all imprinted in his mind.
"You have a photographic memory. Although my memory was pretty good in my previous life, it was far from being able to remember things just once. Is this a benefit of traveling through time?"
He pondered for a while and thought that it might be because he had two souls!
There is no answer without a reference, but this is a good thing for Vic, as he will learn faster in the future.