Gensokyo's Dimensional Black Shop

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Bending down and picking up an M4, Bai Ye pulled the trigger directly at the trees on the island.

After a series of loud bangs, the trees he used as targets were smashed to pieces.

"These two rows of automatic and semi-automatic rifles are used in roughly the same way. You can choose according to your preference, and then the next sniper rifle... See that seabird over there?"

After a gunshot, the bird was blown to bits.

"This is acceptable. Write it down for me, and we'll settle the bill together later." The First Emperor's eyes lit up.

"Don't worry, there will be plenty. I brought it out to sell, didn't I?" Bai Ye put down the Barrett and picked up a large gun: "Next is my favorite one, a specially modified Gatling gun. It can fire five thousand rounds in less than two minutes. Two people can take turns firing and reloading to wipe out an entire army."

The target was still that unfortunate grove of trees, which had been completely destroyed by the metal storm when Bai Ye put down his Gatling gun.

"Then came the armed helicopters..."

"tank……"

"By the way, Your Majesty, do you need a ship? Whether it's a battleship or an aircraft carrier on the water, or a submarine on the water, you can come to me. Wholesale and retail are both fine."

"..."

Ying Zheng dared to swear that this was the first time since he conquered the six kingdoms and unified China that he worried he would be defeated by the word "poverty".

With a sigh, Ying Zheng took out the bargaining chip he had long ago, and walked into the portal with a space bag full of sealed cards in his hand.

After seeing Ying Zheng off, the Warring States, whose eyes were already red with envy because of the ships and weapons, couldn't wait to come to Bai Ye.

"Boss Bai, I remember you mentioned last time you came that Devil Fruit users can directly sell their abilities, right?"

"Is...General Senshi having this idea?"

"No, it's just that we captured a very dangerous ability user a couple of days ago. According to the rules, the Navy can only send him to the Infinite Hell on the sixth level of Impel Down. However, it seems that no one has stipulated that his ability cannot be stripped before that."

Thinking of the pirates in Impel Down who had always given the Navy a headache, Sengoku chuckled and rubbed his hands together.

If this operation had been perfect, the Navy could have easily outmaneuvered the World Government and gone solo.

Chapter 041 Five Elements Techniques

In the world of mummies, at the temporary encampment of a warlord in China, a clay figure suddenly appeared in the heavily guarded camp.

Upon seeing him, a middle-aged man rushed over.

"Your Majesty, where did you go? I searched the entire camp but couldn't find you."

"Do I need to explain to you where I'm going?" The First Emperor glared, and an imposing aura emanated from him, pressing down on the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man broke out in a cold sweat: "Your subject dares not."

"Hmph, General Yang, don't forget who you are."

Seeing that his attitude was relatively honest, the First Emperor hummed in satisfaction, entered his spatial bag, took out two cards, and then broke one of them into pieces.

An ancient scroll appeared in his hand.

"General Yang, do you still remember yesterday in this camp when I asked you about your purpose in resurrecting me, and how you answered me?"

"The general in battle serves His Majesty."

"Does that still stand?"

"I will certainly not forget."

"Very good." The First Emperor opened the scroll in his hand so that the man who had resurrected him could see the words on it clearly: "Then sign it. After you sign it, I will treat you as a trusted confidant."

"Your subject obeys the order."

Without the slightest hesitation, the middle-aged man signed his name directly in the blank space at the bottom of the scroll.

Realizing that he now truly held the power to decide the life or death of a middle-aged man in an instant, just as Bai Ye had said, the First Emperor was both pleased with General Yang's loyalty and alarmed...

Even in another world, the items from that shop still work. No matter how you look at it, this power is unfair!

While pondering various random thoughts, the First Emperor crushed another card in his hand, and a ball of green light appeared in his palm, merging into the man's body under his control.

Then, something surprising happened.

Under the watchful eyes of his middle-aged male confidants, the man defied the natural laws of life and transformed from a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties into a handsome young man in his twenties...!

"No need to be surprised. Since you have already shown your loyalty to me, I will naturally give you the reward that is rightfully yours."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The man, who never expected to have a second spring in his life, knelt on one knee before the First Emperor, saying excitedly, "Your subject will go through fire and water for Your Majesty's great cause of unification, even if it means being shattered to pieces!"

"Alright, instead of wasting time on this empty talk, we should prepare to arrive in Shangri-La before those alien races. Only by truly breaking free from this clay body can I awaken the army cursed by Violet."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will arrange it immediately."

……

After Sengoku clarified the details of the ability stripping and returned to the world of One Piece to begin preparing to empty Impel Down, Byakuya rested his chin on his hand and examined the sealed cards in front of him at the Dimensional Shop.

Name: Metal (one of the Five Elements)

Type: Magical Arts

Attribute: Metal

"Quality: Epic"

"Note: The four ancient civilizations each had their own system of cultivators, and this is the culmination of metal-based magic within the alchemist group."

This is what the First Emperor offered in exchange for a batch of weapons sufficient to equip an army of one million.

This is only one-fifth.

Now, in addition to the "metal of the five elements," Bai Ye also possesses the "wood of the five elements," the "water of the five elements," the "fire of the five elements," and the "earth of the five elements."

The quality of the five elements when separated is epic, and when combined they are legend. This is probably the highest quality thing Bai Ye has ever seen.

"System, do you think I can learn this?"

"First of all, my real name is 'Dimensional Shop Assistant Program,' not the system you mentioned, Shopkeeper. Secondly, the prerequisite for learning magic is that you must have qi within your body that is recognized by magicians."

"Ki? The kind from Dragon Ball?"

"To be precise, it refers to any form of energy. Internal energy, true qi, spiritual power, immortal essence... Only when these energies exist within the body can one harness the energy of the five elements for one's own use."

"...Just say I still can't use it, that's fine." Bai Ye pouted and looked at Sengoku, who was dragging a big guy through the portal: "So fast?"

"Yes, it's safer to hurry. I'm worried something might happen if we drag it out any longer."

Chapter 042 What if Devil Fruits no longer had side effects...

So, in your eyes, as a dignified Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, has the World Government become synonymous with an accident?

Seeing Sengoku state this fact so frankly, Byakuya gave a stiff, forced smile.

Judging from how quickly this guy changed his stance, even without coming to the Dimensional Shop, his loyalty to the World Government was pitifully low...

Well, it seems the higher-ups at Marine Headquarters aren't particularly interested in the World Government's existence.

Well, thankfully I've arrived in Gensokyo. Whatever happens in the world of One Piece, it has nothing to do with him.

Thinking this, Byakuya looked at the big guy who was being dragged into the Dimensional Shop by Sengoku like a dead dog.

"If it's about selling a person's ability, shouldn't the person's consent be required? Are you sure he'd agree to sacrifice himself for the benefit of your navy in his current state?"

"No." Sengoku directly acknowledged Byakuya's statement: "However, if I remember correctly, the instruction manual states that all customers who come to the Dimensional Shop can sell items that they own. So, if that's the case, the captives are mine, right?"

"System?" Bai Ye connected with a certain auxiliary program in his mind.

Logically speaking, the guest is right.

"Hmm..." Bai Ye touched his chin and looked at Zhan Guo: "What you said seems to make sense, but this has never happened before. Why don't we give it a try?"

“Alright, let’s give it a try then.” Sengoku nodded.

A few minutes later, a contract was drafted in the presence of both of them.

As stated in the contract, Sengoku agreed to sell the Devil Fruit ability of his prisoner, a large man named Bondi Wald, to Byakuya, and Byakuya would bypass Wald himself and directly hand over the Origin Coins for acquiring the "Momo-Mo Fruit" ability to Sengoku.

After confirming that there were no problems with the contract, Sengoku grabbed Wald's hand and pressed his fingerprint onto the contract.

Then a new card appeared in Bai Ye's hand.

Name: Devil Fruit Ability - Momo-Momo Fruit

Type: Ability

"Attribute: None"

Quality: Perfect

"Note: This is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to drastically increase the size and speed of objects it touches, and also to apply this power to themselves. It's a fruit with immense potential. It's unclear what method the person who extracted it used, but they completely overcame the fruit's inherent weakness of being rejected by the sea..."

"It's a pretty good fruit. If it can find a suitable user, it could grow into a powerful being. Are you sure you want to sell it?"

"...This fruit has quite a reputation. When I get back, I plan to freeze Wald in the Infinite Hell to prevent people from finding out that he has lost his fruit power. So even if I keep it, it won't be of any use in the short term. It's better to turn it into something that can improve me right now."

"A smart choice." Bai Ye nodded, put away the card, and transferred the Origin Coins used to recycle the Momo Fruit to the Sengoku Card.

"By the way, shopkeeper, may I ask another question?" After hesitating for a moment, Sengoku asked, "I just saw the information on the Momo-Momo Fruit card. It seems that if someone gets the card from you and becomes a Devil Fruit user, they will not be vulnerable to seawater and Seastone?"

"Theoretically speaking, that's true."

“Well…” Sengoku licked his lips, “Shopkeeper, do you think I could sell my ability first, and then buy it back from you…”

Byakuya looked at Sengoku as if he were a monster.

How bizarre is your thought process to come up with such a crazy idea?

"Aren't you afraid that after I take your abilities, I'll refuse to sell them back to you?"

“No, as far as I know, if we don’t count Wald, I am probably the first and only person among all the Marines, and even the pirates and the World Government, to come here and trade with you,” Sengoku replied.

Sengoku's meaning was also clear: if Byakuya felt that the price of a Devil Fruit ability was comparable to the profits of a world, then he would accept the loss of the Devil Fruit.

"That's why I'm quite annoyed by you smart people. If all customers were like... Jeanne Alter, wouldn't that be wonderful?" Byakuya sighed, glancing at Black Jeanne who was wiping the shop's decorations not far away, and held up two fingers to Sengoku: "This isn't some charity. Since you're so concerned about the side effects of Devil Fruits, and you're a Marine Admiral, if I'm not mistaken, the sea must hold a lot of weight over there... So I'll charge you 20% of the Devil Fruit's value as a processing fee. You don't have any objections, do you?"

"Of course I have no objection." Sengoku breathed a sigh of relief.

A user who is no longer afraid of the ocean—if used well, this ability alone can severely inflict damage on the Navy's enemies.

However, upon closer reflection, it seems that the current high-ranking naval officers, including Fleet Admiral Sky, Zephyr, and Garp, are all physical prowess users without Devil Fruit powers. Tsuru's role is that of a strategist, which means that only she can use this method to remove the side effects of Devil Fruit powers?

Hmm... In a few days, we can go and see if any promising talents have emerged from the Naval Academy. This time, we can focus our efforts on Devil Fruit users.

Chapter 043 A Western-Style Mansion by the Lake of Mist

After seeing Sengoku off, Byakuya suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten something...

"Manager, is my presence really that fragile?" The sage, who had been left aside for a long time, puffed out his cheeks and adopted a girlish posture that said, "I'm very angry, come and comfort me."

"Huh, you're still here?" Bai Ye exclaimed in surprise.

So he had forgotten about her.

"Manager, this is too much! We waited here for so long so as not to disturb your business, only to be ignored by you in the end. Our girlish heart has been hurt quite a bit~" Yakumo Yukari covered her overflowing conscience, making Byakuya's eye twitch.

This model...

There should be at least a D, right?

and……

"Girlish heart?"

"Manager, are you sure you know what you're saying?" Something that Byakuya had become very familiar with recently appeared on Yukari Yakumo's body... a murderous aura.

"Ahem, let's talk about the purpose of your visit today. It can't be that you sensed my needs and came to provide special services," Bai Ye coughed dryly, covering his mouth with his fist.

"Ha, men." Yukari Yakumo glanced at him sideways.

"Get to the point!" Bai Ye slammed his hand heavily on the counter.

"Alright, let's get straight to the point. Recently, a new Western-style mansion has moved to the shore of Misty Lake, right in the place where you and Mokou bullied 9 last time... We want to ask if it has anything to do with you."

"Are you sure it's there?" Byakuya looked at Yakumo Yukari with suspicion.

"Looks like we'll just have to say it this way. You might not believe me, little shopkeeper, so just see for yourself." After returning from that unknown island, the interior of the shop had been sealed off by Byakuya again, but the outside was still open, so Yakumo Yukari created a gap at the shop entrance.

Through the gap, Bai Ye actually discovered a dark-colored Western-style mansion located on the shore of Misty Lake.