ONE PIECE : GOLDEN STAR PIRATES

"No, this sword is not for sale!" Ipponmatsu shouted loudly at once.

Although Luff knew the reason, he asked anyway, "No? Why? It says here that its price is only 50,000 Belly and I have the money to pay for it."

"It's a cursed sword, Kitetsu swords are the best swords ever, but they're all cursed, all the famous Kitetsu sword users died in a horrible way, no one in the world can use these swords." Ipponmatsu said in a gloomy voice, fear dripping from his voice as if he had seen the death of Kitetsu sword users with his own eyes.

"I got this sword a few days ago, it's said that its previous owner slipped and stabbed himself with it, I tried to hide it among those cheap swords but who would have thought that someone would find it so quickly." Ipponmatsu lowered his head and said in a voice filled with pity.

"So I won't sell you the sword, I don't want to be the cause of your death because of the sword I sold you," he said in a firm voice, he wasn't willing to budge on that.

Luff smiled upon hearing that and took out the sword from its sheath.

The Sandai Kitetsu was a beautiful sword, a moderately curved katana with a white edge and a distinctive blue hamon that looked like flames.

Although Luff wasn't a swordsman and had never touched a sword in his life, he could sense the cursed aura emanating from the sword, he was sure that it had caused the death of many people over the years.

But was Luff afraid? Of course not, there was no sword that could do anything to Luff who had eaten the Bara Bara no mi fruit.

Luff raised the sword and then threw it into the air and forcefully extended his arm horizontally, upon seeing that, Ipponmatsu stood up from his seat and shouted loudly.

"What are you trying to do!!! You want to lose your arm?" His voice was laced with shock and fear.

Just as Luff expected, the sword passed through his arm and embedded itself in the wooden floor, with his arm falling to the ground.

"Ahhh, look at what have I done ! Because of me, such a thing happened, I should have hidden that sword away, now this young man lost his arm because of me." Ipponmatsu's eyes were already filled with tears and he failed to notice that there was no blood comming from the wound or the arm on the ground.

Luff picked up the sword and smiled as he looked at it, "Hehe, it seems the path of the sword is not mine, boss I'll take the sword."

Luff said as his arm was connected to his body once again, leaving Ipponmatsu in fear.

"This…this…what happened?" Ipponmatsu raised his finger and pointed at Luff's arm that was connected in place.

"Oh, this? I ate a Devil Fruit, Bara Bara no mi, I can't be cut so swords are useless on me." Luff showed as his fingers were separated from his hand and split into several pieces.

This scene left Ipponmatsu in shock.

"You ate a Devil Fruit so you're a Devil!!!" Ipponmatsu shouted louder than before and his eyes nearly popped out of his skull.

There were many rumors in the sea about Devil Fruits, some considered them a myth while others considered them a just rumors, in some seas Devil Fruit owners were considered monsters and sometimes devils themselves.

However, in Heaven, the New World and other seas Devil Fruits were widespread and not rare.

Luff walked over to the counter and put the money there.

"50,000 belly for the sword, you can't back out of that now" Luff said and Ipponmatsu came to his senses and stared at Luff deeply before he went to the back of the store.

Luff heard the sound of stairs ascending and knew what was about to happen as he smiled after what he wanted was achieved.

Ipponmatsu soon returned with something covered with a cloth in his hand, from what appeared to be another sword.

The cover was removed and revealed a sword with a black sheath, this was Yubashiri.

"You said you came to buy two swords, right? This is Yubashiri, it's a sharp sword from the 50 elite swords, made by Kurorusha Shikushiri and bladed by Midir Bakugoi, this is the best sword in my shop."

"I wouldn't normally take this sword out and wouldn't even think about selling it, but your determination has affected me, even though it's clear that you've never touched a sword before and the sword cut your arm off, you didn't give up and still wanted it."

"Even if someone else had such a fruit, they wouldn't think of doing such a stupid thing, so I want to give you this sword."

Hearing his words, Luff was surprised, at first he was thinking of buying a Sandai Kitetsu and then finding a chance to steal Yubashiri, but who would have thought that by imitating Zoro he would get both.

Luff walked out of the store with a happy expression, the store's reputation of giving away the famous swords for free had been fulfilled.

The two swords were tied to his waist as he walked down the street, Luff didn't plan to become a swordsman, he couldn't walk this path, the best proof of that was his arm being cut off by Sandai Kitetsu.

In addition, how many people were able to get to the top using a sword, devil fruit and haki at the same time .

Haki was necessary to reach the top and could be sufficient alone, in addition to devil fruit, he could reach the top with hard work and luck.

His haki and devil fruit training was hard enough and he didn't want to waste his time learning swordsmanship, his fruit had no offensive capabilities yet and it would take a lot of effort to awaken it so training his haki and fruit was his priority.

Luff didn't want to become a swordsman, he would develop his haki and devil fruit, he bought the two swords because he just wanted to have them.

Luff had a hobby of collecting things, in his previous life Luff had a room full of things he had collected throughout his life and he wanted to rebuild it in this world, with more expensive and valuable things.

Sandai Kitetsu and Yubashiri were only the first in the group .

Luff walked around the city's wide streets, from time to time he would stop and buy some snacks, somehow he had arrived in front of the execution platform.

The execution square was wide and was the main intersection of the island, there was a fountain in the middle and several stalls selling snacks.

The square was filled with people of all kind.

In a distinct luff could see a group in the distance.

"Hahaha, guys today is the day the legend of Don Krieg, the strongest man in the world, begins."

Luff heard the voice and recognized the appearance of its owner immediately. It was Don Krieg, the strongest pirate in the Eastern Sea after Arlong with more than 50 ships and 5000 pirates.

Such strength is enough to take down any island in the Eastern Sea but he did not last more than seven days in the Grand Line, although it was due to his bad luck to meet Mihawk, but luck is part of a person's strength.

There were ten people around Don Krieg and they were all wearing cloaks to hide their identities, at this time Don Krieg was a pirate with a bounty of 9 million.

"Come on guys let's get back to the ship, we have to leave today before the navy discovers us, we can't let our brilliant plan be disrupted."

With that, they headed out of the square in one direction, Luff who was nearby could hear their entire conversation.

"Huh, who would have thought my luck would be this good, even though I didn't start on the pirate path, one of the most important crew members I wanted to gather was only a few meters away from me."

"Now all I have to do is make the best of this opportunity for a smooth start."

With that, Luff separated from the crowd and followed Don Krieg and his men.