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Chapter-17

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In Arabasta… 

"Thank you" Yoriichi said to a camel who gave yoriichi a free ride to his destination which was Arabasta

Now the most challenging task for yoriichi starts now which is to buy his supplies even though it might sound simple but to yoriichi who never purchased anything in his entire life, this simple task becomes more difficult than anything he has done till now

Shakky already told him about the things he needed to buy and also provided him with money but Yoriichi still didn't know where to buy those items

Not only that but he also getting a little overwhelmed by this place's population as well as tall buildings since he lived for so long on the isolated island, he couldn't help but fall out of his place

"Are you new here?" suddenly a man appeared in front of him and asked him this with a kind smile on his face

Yoriichi nodded his head at this but unknowingly he started to feel uneasy due to this man's arrival

"I work here as a guide, do you have any destination where you want to go or any other questions, I will answer any of those with the lowest price," the the man said with confidence 

Even though yoriichi felt uneasy about this man but since here in this unknown place he didn't know where to look, so he thought it would be better to tell him which at least would begin his search

After yoriichi tells him that he needs supplies, the man becomes excited as he signals yoriichi to bring his ear towards him

Yoriichi did what he said as the man started to speak in a very low tone "It's a secret but you seem to be a good fellow, so I will take you to the place which gives all the things you need at a very cheap price"

Yoriichi agree since from the beginning yoriichi has no idea where to begin his search, so he decides to go with this man

"Phe~!" Ember who flying in the sky suddenly came back and sat on yoriichi shoulder 

"Is this your bird? This bird is beautiful" Man said as he soon saw ember on Yoriichi's shoulder he complimented Ember's appearance since Ember's appearance is really eye-catching

The man then started to guide Yoriichi towards another city while introducing him to the city, meanwhile, Yoriichi really don't have much interest in all the things that man is telling him

Since he just wants to get the supplies and continue his journey to fulfil his mission given by Rayleigh 

Man did take yoriichi to a totally different town also known as Rainbase, and yoriichi became more overwhelmed in this town 

Because it was so much brighter and more noisy than previous cities, not only that but buildings here were also very tall compared to the previous place 

The man took Yoriichi to the biggest building which was a huge casino, the building is most recognizable by the golden Bananawani statue built on top of its pyramid-like structure surrounded by a moat

{ A/N:- Here is the reference picture in discord server link below ↓}

Man took him inside the building while everyone else welcomed yoriichi with smiles on their faces

Since as soon he entered the building the guards outside, closed the main gate Right after a few moments yoriichi got inside the big building

Yoriichi as soon he got inside with the Ember, yoriichi eyes became a little wide because he realised that he had been tricked by this man 

As soon he entered felt everyone's hostile eyes on him, not some but all of them inside the building staring at yoriichi with hostile eyes even though they might be appearing harmless and friendly 

But someone like yoriichi who is very sensitive to emotions can immediately able to tell what other people intentions other people have

Not only that but also Ember also started to act weird like she was trying to warn him about this situation

Previously he tried to ignore when that man's approach because yoriichi naively the other party due to his friendly way of speaking

'I am sorry, teacher' yoriichi said this in his mind as he apologised to Rayleigh because Rayleigh already told him to not believe in anyone blindly outside since everyone is not kind as yoriichi imagined this but yoriichi failed to follow Rayleigh's advice

The responsible for all this, the man behind yoriichi smiles evilly imagining that he has won since this entire area is their base and the man believes that there is no way Yoriichi would able to walk out of this building

'Now!' Man sneakily leapt forward in order to steal the sword from yoriichi since that would ensure their victory and he would also get an extremely good reward if he gave that sword to his boss

But it didn't happen as he expected because yoriichi dodged him even without looking behind before that man could even touch him and then out of reflex yoriichi gave a chop on the man's neck making him unconscious in a single move

Fortunately being trained by Rayleigh for years, the yoriichi body unconsciously can react to any danger and then counter-attack automatically 

Now since every way of going outside in this building is closed, so yoriichi has no choice but to fight and even though the odds are against him because there are hundreds of people here and he is alone

But even then in that building, nobody gonna take him for an easy target because they heard from their boss that their target had a Huge bounty of 1.1 billion issued by the world government which is very huge amount for anyone here

Seeing their companion, everyone else started to take out their weapon like swords, daggers, knives, hammers, etc. as they slowly started to move forward

"Go to a safe place," yoriichi said to Ember who was on his shoulder since things were about to get rough and he didn't want his partner to get hurt due to his poor judgement 

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