Chapter 41


    The first stop on the Grand Line of the four is not the whisky peak of the original manga "Cactus Ind", but an ind that is both ordinary and extraordinary.


    Ordinarily, there is always a town one grade lower than Loguetown, with a poption of more than a hundred thousand people.


    extraordinary, as the first stop of one of the seven routes, a town that is not in an affiliated country, nor has a navy branch or a permanent army, it has not been destroyed or upied until now.


    You must know that the pirate groups that came from the four seas were all so rebellious.


    Although there are also cautious pirates who dare not to make trouble in this town out of awe of the unknown, there are more brainless pirates who can''t wait to announce their arrival to the Grand Line and act recklessly.


    Therefore, this town has been able to stand strong until now, there must be a reason why countless pirate groups dare not make trouble.


    When the four came ashore, El used his ability to read people''s hearts and read the memory of a local resident, only to discover that this town was originally a ce sheltered by the ck market.


    The ck market is also known as the illegal markets, shadow markets, or underground markets.


    The ck market has never been a certain force, but a general term for an alliance.


    This is a huge alliance led by several kings of the dark world, followed by countless gray and ck forces, all over the world.


    In the ck market, almost everything is avable.


    Whether it''s a weapon, banned drugs, ves, Dance Powder, organs, intelligence, etc... All prohibited items, even humans, can be bought on the ck market.


    There is a saying in the pirate world: Even if you offend the Navy and Mary Geoise, you can''t offend the ck market.


    Because pirates are a profession, that consumes weapons. They cannot produce weapons on their own. Unless they are attacking navy bases, even if they snatch the enemy''s arms, it is not enough for them to squander.


    The only ce they can buy supply is the ck market.


    Not to mention pirates, even if the navy runs out of ammunition at sea, most of them will go to the nearest ck market to buy supplies, so as to avoid encountering other pirates at sea when they return, and they have no means to defend or attack.


    And a emperor standing at the apex of the ck market is Donquixote Domingo, known as The Heavenly Demon, or Joker. He even sold his firearms to Mary Geoise, who has ruled the world for 800 years.


    Yes, even the real hegemons of the world need to buy arms from Domingo.


    And Domingo is just one of the emperor of the ck market.


    This shows how powerful the ck market is.


    For pirates, the navy''s bounty for them is an honor, but if the ck market pulls them into the cklist, it''s a disaster.


    If they are cklisted by the ck market, unless they pay a higher price, other ck markets will not do business with them, which is equivalent to losing the only supply channel.


    Therefore, no matter how rebellious the pirate group is, they will not make trouble in the ce sheltered by the ck market.


    And this... is the reason why this dark town has been able to stand strong until now.


    "I didn''t expect that our first stop on Grand Line would be one of the strongholds of the ck market."


    Carina, who learned everything from El''s mouth, sighed slightly.


    There is also a ck market in East Blue, and she is also the only member of the four who has been to the ck market.


    Carina didn''t need to go back to the ck market until she met El.


    "The first stop is one of the strongholds of the ck market. For us, it is the blessing of the sea."


    The corners of El''s mouth rose slightly, and he walked towards the town: "Let''s go, let''s go shopping."


    After reading the memories of the local residents, as well as the Observation Haki thatpletely covered the town, El has already mastered all the information here.


    Here, maybe he has what he needs.


    The outside world is just an ordinary town. The real ck market is in a certain house in the town, it is a store specializing in the sale of arms and prohibited items.


    It''s not that other things are not sold, but the price is just too expensive.


    What El wants to buy, entering that market is no different from buying Log Pose in Loguetown, and he will definitely be ughtered in price.


    Because the appetite of the ck market is bigger than the sailing tool shop in Loguetown.


    Everything is sold here, but the price is unknown times higher than the normal market.


    Only those who are in dire need will enter the ck market.


    Since you came in, you deserve to be pitted and tortured.


    so...


    Unless El didn''t buy what he wanted in an ordinary store, he would go to the ck market and be scammed.


    After a while, El brought the three girls to the town''s sailing tool shop.


    Yes, the nautical tool store!


    What El wants to buy is still a Log Pose.


    To be precise, it is an Eternal Pose.


    "wee."


    As the four pushed the door and entered, the waiter''s voice suddenly entered their ears.


    Coming to the counter, El asked directly, "Do you have the Eternal Pose of Drum Ind here?"


    "...Yes, Drum Ind is well-known for its medical power on the grand line, and its Eternal Pose has always been one of the best-selling products, no matter which ind it is, the branch of ourpany, will prepare the Eternal Pose of this ind."


    The waiter obviously didn''t expect that the guest this time would actually know the existence of the Eternal Pose. It seems that the other party should not be a neer.


    After being stunned for a moment, she quickly entered the working state. From a counter full of ss balls, she took out a ss ball with a wooden frame simr to an hourss, cing it in front of the four, and said slowly.


    "I want it, and this eternal pose, help me pack it up."


    El nced at the ss balls under the counter, nced through the letters in front of the ss balls, then pointed to a few ss balls and said to the waiter.


    "...Wee toe back next time, guests please walk slowly!"


    From entering to exiting, El took less than three minutes.


    "Nii-san, why did you buy so many eternal pose?"


    Holding a wooden box containing a few ss balls, Nami, who was a navigator, only felt that she was very negligent.


    It turns out that there are so many types of recording pointers, including regr versions, eternal versions, and even new world versions.


    But more than that, Nami was more curious about El''s purpose in buying this eternal pose.


    "Drum Ind, a well-known medical country on the Grand line, nii-san, what are you going to do there?" Carina also looked at El with a puzzled expression.


    "Go to the most professional doctor to help or even teach us how to make ''nutrients''."


    El finally said his n, and it was also the reason why he didn''t want to risk waiting for Crocus at Twin cape


    "The Grand Line is different from the East Blue. There are many dangers here, and we can encounter powerful enemies at any time... practicing step by step, it''s too slow to improve our strength. We need to use external forces to be stronger."


    "So that''s it... The use of nutrients is to help us speed up our growth, there is actually such a method, as expected of you Nii-san!"