Chapter 90: Always Buying, Always Happy

No, no, Sabo still can't be sliced up recklessly.

If he really dies and doesn't come back, Ace will be heartbroken.

Siano shifted his gaze away, then looked down at his left hand.

Hmm, to be on the safe side, it's better to start testing with this pinky finger later.

……

【Tifa's Mythril Gloves】

【Type: Equipment】

【Price: 500 Points】

【Description: One of the gauntlets compatible with Tifa in the world of Final Fantasy, produced by Shinra Electric Power Company; forged from mythril, the hardness of the knuckle sections and the overall toughness far exceed ordinary metal.】

【Seller's Note: We agreed I'd transmigrate as Cloud, so what's the deal with opening my eyes to find I've become a Chocobo?】

"Mythril Gloves?"

Siano murmured thoughtfully.

He definitely had no use for this item himself, but handing it over to Nojiko would be perfect.

The metal gloves she was currently using were crafted by a blacksmith from the neighboring town a few years ago at Siano's request; their quality could only be described as barely passing, sufficient merely for actual combat.

In every aspect, their attributes certainly fell far short of products made by Shinra Electric Power Company.

Add to cart first, next one!

……

【Henry's Secret Manual on Thievery】

【Type: Cultivation Manual】

【Price: 600 Points】

【Description: A manual personally written by Henry in the world of Kingdom Come: Deliverance after maxing out his Stealing skill; comprehending the various mysteries within may allow your thievery techniques to improve further, perhaps even reaching the pinnacle of perfection.】

【Seller's Note: It's time, brothers, let's start picking locks!】

"Morals are declining, this is utterly insane!"

Siano cried out in anguish; how could someone even put something like this up for sale? Where is their conscience, where is their bottom line? And where is the shipping address?

Oh... it's right here.

Next one!

……

【Cassandra's Falcon Statue】

【Type: Buff Item】

【Price: 5000 Points】

【Description: The statue of Icarus the Falcon, which blesses sailors setting out to sea in the world of Assassin's Creed Odyssey; after installing it on a ship, it provides a double efficiency bonus when crew members undergo physical training aboard the vessel, and its effects can stack with other buff items.】

【Seller's Note: Crap, guys, I transmigrated as Pythagoras!】

A divine artifact!

Siano's eyes lit up; without another word, he immediately added it to his shopping cart.

He remembered very clearly that the first buff item he had purchased years ago was the Statue of Heracles.

It had cost two thousand points, granting him a triple efficiency bonus for his own martial arts cultivation.

And now, this Falcon Statue that had appeared cost more than double that price; although the efficiency bonus it provided was only twofold, this was a large-area aura effect!

For a lone wolf, it might not be of much use.

But for him, as the captain of an entire ship, the cost-performance ratio was actually much higher.

……

The remaining few items in the trading market were quickly browsed, but none managed to spark Siano's desire to buy.

Entering the settlement phase.

This time, a total of four items had been purchased.

The serum, the gauntlets, the Falcon Statue, and the manual on picking things up.

The total expenditure was 13,100 points, leaving a remaining balance of 35,500 points; with Roger's execution platform as a safety net, the funds were still considered quite ample.

After closing the attribute panel, Siano looked left and right.

Sister Sister Guyina had already gone to the open-air sword dojo on the second-floor balcony to cultivate, while Nami, just like a husky, was persistently tormenting the Silver Wolf statue.

It's just an eight-thousand-Berry bounty, is it really worth it...? Look at Chopper and Bepo; they've never had any complaints!

Siano shook his head, stood up, left the deck, and entered the ship's cabin.

He first went to the mini tangerine grove and handed the Mythril Gloves to Nojiko, who was watering the plants.

The blue-haired girl was overjoyed; treating them like a treasure, she immediately put them on, carefully placed her old metal gauntlets back into her cabinet for safekeeping, and then excitedly ran off to her training room to test their effects.

Siano smiled as he watched her cheerful retreating figure, then turned to search everywhere for a suitable place to install the Falcon Statue.

After some deliberation, he ultimately chose to hang it on the wall of the library.

Usually, only Sister Sister Guyina came here, so there was no worry about accidents, and the antique-style Falcon Statue matched the library's overall decor very well.

Exiting the library and walking to the end of the corridor toward the training room, the kitchen door was located around the corner.

Siano poked half his head in, wanting to take a peek at what they were eating tonight.

As it happened, he bumped right into Zeff, who was bent over with his big butt sticking out, lying prone at the ventilation duct opening and huffing and puffing while fiddling with something.

"What's wrong, Uncle Zeff?" he asked curiously.

"Oh, it's the Captain."

Zeff turned his head to take a look and said with some headache, "The exhaust fan seems to have developed a problem; these past few days while cooking, I've felt the oil smoke is particularly heavy, and the exhaust duct isn't flowing very smoothly. Do you know how to fix it?"

Too much grease smoke?

"Let me see." Siano leaned in and began studying it alongside them.

In his previous life, he had repaired range hoods himself; even more primitive exhaust fans should pose no problem in theory.

But... the tech tree in the Pirate World was truly skewed; one never knew where some baffling black technology might pop up.

Just like this exhaust fan before him.

This thing looked primitive and rough on the outside, yet its internal structure was far more complex than he expected; the most critical point... it was actually powered by detergent!

Who the hell could figure out the principles behind this!

The more Siano pondered, the more question marks filled his mind; finally, just before his brain crashed, he suddenly realized he needed to discard all his science and engineering knowledge from his past life.

—I'm just a muscle-bound brawler who only knows how to fight; is this something I could possibly understand!

"We need to find a professional ASAP," Siano offered his guiding opinion. "A ship cannot be without a shipwright."

"Indeed." Zeff sighed. "It seems we'll have to make do for now; once we reach the next town, we'll see if anyone knows how to repair it."

This matter truly needed to be scheduled.

Issues with exhaust fans and ventilation ducts were minor; once they entered the Grand Line, one never knew whether formidable enemies or storms would arrive first.

The hull would inevitably suffer damage; they absolutely needed someone capable of providing technical support anytime, anywhere.

Come to think of it, they currently lacked neither a chef nor a navigator; the positions most urgently needing filling were a doctor and this shipwright.

"Hopefully, we'll encounter suitable companions soon..."

After leaving the galley, he walked along the corridor and entered his exclusive training room.

Closing the door, he retrieved the serum from his inventory slot and injected it into his body using the attached syringe.

A slight tingling sensation spread throughout his entire body, as if hot currents were surging beneath his skin.

Siano waited quietly for a while.

Only when the words "Regeneration Technique" appeared in his talent skill slot did he draw the "Masamune" blade from behind his back and slash at his little finger.

Clang!

It didn't cut...

Speechlessly, Siano lifted his little finger; upon it lay only a faint white mark, without even a trace of blood.

Even the Masamune, whose quality rivaled the Great Grade Twenty-One Works, failed to breach his defense; with an ordinary blade, the edge would likely have curled immediately.

Such was his current state.

He had already collected four chapters of the "Flesh and Blood Furnace Method": "Copper Head," "Iron Bones," "Thick Skin," and "Steel Sinews," which he had cultivated a year ago.

The effect of "Steel Sinews" was to greatly enhance the strength of the muscle fibers throughout his entire body, elevating his physical overall defense to another level.

As for the final chapter, it had not yet dropped; Siano still harbored hopes for the additional boost that collecting the complete set of fragments would bring, maintaining high expectations for it.

However, ultimately, it was because he was a fake sword master.

If it were Sister Sister Guyina, who had truly comprehended the Breath of All Things, she could easily sever it, provided he did not deliberately resist.

It seemed he could only do it this way.

Vroom—!

In an instant, jet-black Armament Haki instantly coiled around the sharp blade; Siano then reversely applied Iron Body, softening the base of his little finger as much as possible.

Hand raised, blade fell; this time, he finally severed his little finger.

"One, two... five, hmm?"

Silently counting in his heart, Siano had just reached the fifth second when movement suddenly occurred.

Accompanied by a wave of itching, the blood gushing from the severed finger suddenly contracted entirely back inward; the stark finger bones rapidly extended outward, and muscle fibers swiftly recombined.

Immediately afterward, like spring shoots just breaking through the soil, a tender white new layer of skin grew rapidly.

Before long, it completely covered the exposed finger bones.

The entire process took less than ten seconds.

He held it up before his eyes and shook it; aside from the skin tone being slightly Bai Xi, it looked no different from his original finger.

To be honest, this scene truly looked somewhat horrifying.

But thinking that the person possessing such terrifying regenerative abilities was himself, only full surprise and a sense of security remained.

He closed his eyes again to feel it carefully.

The regeneration process indeed consumed some energy, but very little—probably less than two percent?

In other words, minor injuries like a severed finger would henceforth be basically negligible for him.

"Let's try something bigger!"

Siano immediately turned his enthusiastic gaze toward his thigh.

Today, he absolutely had to conduct several sets of control experiments.

He needed to see exactly how long different amounts of body mass took to regenerate and precisely how much energy was consumed, just to have a clear idea in his mind.

Anyway, he had Life Return as his backing.

No matter how much bodily energy was consumed, after eating several large pieces of roasted meat to fill his belly, he could replenish it all in the time it took to burp and pick his teeth.

Just as Siano hid in the training room, happily playing with his own limbs.

Outside.

The bounty poster for the Closer Adventure Group scattered across the four seas like snowflakes with the newspapers, attracting widespread attention worldwide; like a stone dropped into a calm lake, it quietly rippled outward...

PS: Yesterday at 6 PM, regarding the previous-previous chapter (Chapter 87), the paragraph concerning the description of calling themselves a Pirate Crew, which everyone criticized, was modified; that initial version was indeed inappropriate. Currently, the protagonist's group still calls themselves an Adventure Group, and the flag's background color has been changed from black to white; of course, influenced by public opinion, the outside world still refers to them as a Pirate Crew.

PS2: Thanks to Sad Emotional Heart, 08a, Not-Entering-the-Dao, Sunshine After Rain, Naked-Running Earthworm, and Reader 2017061268501 for their donation support; for now, one chapter will be updated at noon, with two more chapters coming tonight.

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