Chapter 106: The Materials are in Hand!

Chapter 106: The Materials are in Hand!

The two women nodded, and immediately Sandersonia took Betty and flew towards the sky.

Buggy had made a special trip back to Kuja City to bring the two of them along precisely for this moment.

One must know that when a star falls, it creates intense friction with the atmosphere, causing the entire star to be enveloped in huge flames. Without Betty's ability, Sandersonia would be unable to touch this star, let alone stop it.

If it couldn't be stopped, it would mean Buggy would have to find people to salvage it from the bottom of the Calm Belt. The difficulty of that would be far too great. One must know that the Calm Belt is the nest of Sea Kings. Whoever wanted to salvage it would first have to face the Sea Kings. Coupled with the size of this star, it would basically become an impossible mission.

It was precisely because he had considered this point that Buggy had brought Betty and Sandersonia along.

With the cooperation of the two women, and with Sandersonia using her full strength, the giant star was finally made to float on the surface of the Calm Belt sea just before it fell into the water.

Two hours later, after the flames on the surface of the star had extinguished and the temperature had cooled down, Buggy finally leaped onto this star.

Extending his hand and placing it on the surface of the star, Buggy used his derived purification ability.

In the next second, in everyone's line of sight, fine rubble continuously fell onto the sea surface, and the area of the star began to gradually shrink.

Several more hours passed. By the time the sun was high in the sky, Buggy finally withdrew his hand and returned to the ship.

And at this moment, floating next to the "Thor" were two pieces of unknown metal. One was a pitch-black metal block about the size of a cabinet, and the other was a sky-blue metal only the size of a common papaya.

"Are these the metal materials you wanted? Can you introduce them to me? I'm very curious about metals that need to be mined from the sky," Fujitora asked Buggy.

"The large piece is meteoric iron, which is relatively common in meteorites. It is generally also called black iron due to its dark color. The small piece is a super-metal that is not contained in most stars. I call it Adamantine. If Mr. Issho is interested, you can try lifting the Adamantine. Although its volume is much smaller than the black iron, its weight is definitely far greater."

After Buggy finished speaking, Fujitora did not extend his hand to actually feel the weight of the two metals. In fact, ever since Buggy had refined the two metals he couldn't see, Fujitora already believed him. He only asked out of curiosity.

After all, who could see the value in the stars of the sky? Buggy not only saw it but also refined the things contained within the star. If this world didn't possess all sorts of inexplicable miracles, Fujitora would really see Buggy as a prophet or some other non-human being.

Shaking his head, Fujitora slowly said, "Since the materials are in hand, I wonder when you plan to open the Southwest Tunnel?"

"We'll set off after the pirate crew's strength has been further improved. Mr. Issho, please come with us as well. The blacksmiths of Kuja City have a high level of sword-forging skill. With new materials, we can also improve the quality of your cane sword. Let me also thank you properly. If it weren't for your help, obtaining these two pieces of metal would have been exceptionally difficult."

Faced with Buggy's invitation, Fujitora did not refuse at once but began to ponder.

For Fujitora, whether his cane sword was reforged or not was not important. He was considering other matters.

After pondering for a while, Fujitora raised his head and said to Buggy, "Then I shall accept your hospitality."

Having obtained the materials and successfully invited Fujitora as a guest, there was naturally no need for Buggy to continue wandering outside.

Returning directly to Rusukaina, Buggy had Hancock take the black iron and Adamantine to Kuja City. Forging weapons was not something that could be completed in a short while. If nothing else, Buggy estimated that just smelting the Adamantine would probably take a considerable amount of time. Not to mention weapon design, mold making, and the like. It was definitely impossible to complete the re-equipping in a short time.

After Hancock left, Buggy introduced Fujitora to the other members of the pirate crew.

Well, the likes of Bonez, Law, and Hawkins didn't have much of an opinion, as their strength was not on the same level as Fujitora's. But master swordsmen like Mihawk and Shiliew, who were on the same level as Fujitora, had quite a few ideas after seeing him.

For a continuous month, after beating that deserted island to the point of almost sinking, the sparring among the three finally came to an end.

It was only at this moment that Fujitora truly understood the strength of the Red Nose Pirates. Although the strength of the juniors was not high, they had the power to completely suppress a Marine Rear Admiral. As for the main combatants, apart from Buggy and Hancock who hadn't made a move, the Great Swordsman Mihawk and Shiliew of the Rain, who could already be called a great swordsman, gave Fujitora a considerable shock.

Whether it was Mihawk's "Blade Realm" concept or Shiliew's superhuman strength that was simply not something a normal human should possess, both made Fujitora recognize the terrifying nature of the Red Nose Pirates.

And the more he recognized this terror, the more Fujitora believed that his idea of abolishing the Seven Warlords of the Sea was most likely to be realized only with the support of the Red Nose Pirates.

But from beginning to end, Fujitora never mentioned this matter to Buggy. Although Fujitora realized that Buggy had invited him back to let him see this fact, Fujitora was very hesitant to propose cooperation.

For no other reason than that he had paid a sufficient price for asking for help. Similarly, if he asked for help, he would also have to pay a price.

Completely different from his simple favor, having the Red Nose Pirates break away from the Seven Warlords and become the main force in suppressing the Warlords would require an extraordinary price.

What was even more obvious was that apart from his own strength, he had nothing else to offer. And joining a pirate crew was not what Fujitora wanted.

It was precisely because he knew he couldn't come up with any bargaining chip that would move Buggy that Fujitora didn't mention the proposal of joining forces to abolish the Warlord system at all.

Another month passed. When the cane sword, now infused with Adamantine, was delivered to Fujitora's hand, it meant that the time for his departure had officially entered its countdown.

All good things must come to an end. Not to mention a guest like Fujitora who hadn't joined the pirate crew, even the members of the crew would one day part ways with the dissolution of the crew.

After a farewell banquet, Buggy and Fujitora came to a beach on the island.

"You're leaving tomorrow. The next time we meet will be when we officially start excavating the Southwest Tunnel, right?" Buggy said with some emotion.

"Ah, it should be so. I think as long as we cooperate well, we should be able to break through the tunnel in one or two days," Fujitora nodded and replied.

"If we're really in a hurry, it can be done within a day," Buggy, having excavated once before, could estimate the speed of excavation.

(End of Chapter)

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