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Chapter 297 The Land of Gentle Comforts is the graveyard of heroes, and even more so, the urn of ash
Chapter 297 The Land of Gentle Comforts is the graveyard of heroes, and even more so, the urn of ashes for you lecherous cowards.
Half an hour later, a bruised and battered Hanafza knelt in front of the sofa.
"I'm sorry, I'm guilty."
Bazel sat on the sofa, drinking the fine wine that Hanafza had paid for.
"continue."
Hanafza glared at Bazel: "Don't go too far, kid! Didn't I already apologize?!"
"Um?"
Bazel glanced at him sideways. "What kind of attitude is that? Don't you want your allowance next year?"
His swollen, chubby face turned bright red, and Hanafza was determined to straighten his back and reason.
But for some reason, my knees, which felt as soft as if they had no bones, didn't want to move.
"Yes, I'm sorry, it was my attitude that was bad. Please be lenient with the allowance."
Bazeir didn't take it too seriously. After all, Hanafza was a high-ranking official, even though he had deserted his post.
But the overall situation in the West is already decided, so whether Hanafza is there or not doesn't really matter.
The perceptive Hanafza noticed that the man's anger had subsided, and with a grin, she went and sat down on the sofa.
He snatched the wine glass from Bazel's hand and drank it down.
"Wow, as expected of the most expensive champagne, the taste is truly amazing!"
"By the way, Bazel, what are you doing here?"
"This bar is a secret place known only to VIP members."
It was only after Hanafza's reminder that Bazeir remembered the important matter.
"I'm not here to see you; I'm here to see those unproductive meteorologists."
"The Golden Route plan is scheduled to begin before the grand banquet. The sea route plan has been finalized, and now all that's left is the island route."
"is that so----"
Hanafza scratched his head. "I did hear those meteorologists talking about this when I was drinking before."
"They seem to be in a hurry too; they've used up all the Pele they earned from us before."
all?!
Bazel looked at Hanafza with a shocked expression.
"I paid them a billion Berries! How could they have used it all up in such a short time?!"
Picking up a bottle from the table, Hanafza pointed to the label on it.
"This is the most expensive drink at the Mermaid Bar, brewed by the mermaids using materials from the deep sea at a depth of 10,000 meters."
"This one bottle of wine alone is worth 1 million Berries!"
"Those meteorologists are different from me. I'm a diamond VIP on Fishman Island, and I get a 50% discount on drinks at the Mermaid Bar."
Diamond VIP —
The word "Bazelle" just doesn't sound right.
And this bottle of wine.
Taking the bottle, Bazel brought his nose to the mouth of the bottle and took a sniff.
"—The taste is indeed good, but Hanafza, don't you think you're getting ripped off?"
"Wrong, wrong, wrong! Utterly wrong!"
Hanafza crossed her arms in front of her chest, making an X shape.
"Did you think I came here to drink wine worth 500 million Berry?"
"I'm doing this for sentimentality, don't you even understand what sentimentality is?!"
Bazeir knew that with Hanafza's brain, it was absolutely impossible for him to say something like "sentimentality."
The only ones who could have said that were the mermaids.
"Mermaid ladies are gentle, have lovely voices, and most importantly, they are very considerate."
Hanafza touched his heart, his expression softening with a "gentleness" that made Bazel nauseous.
"A mere few Beli, if they can soothe the mermaid's loneliness."
"Don't even mention 500 million Berries, even 1 million Berries wouldn't make me blink!"
"You're hopeless—"
Bazel suppressed the thought in his mind of advising Hanafza to behave himself.
This is the difference between people with a home and people without a home.
If he dared to spend 500 million Berries to soothe the mermaid's loneliness, Ashi would definitely team up with Lipley to make his kidneys shrivele up and eventually be unable to get out of bed.
He is Yamata no Orochi, there's no mistake.
He could have eight heads, no doubt.
But that doesn't mean he has eight kidneys.
Moreover, Bazeir never carried money with him when he went out.
Everyone in Wano Country knows him. No matter where he spends money, the debt will be recorded, and Toki will regularly send people to pay it off for him.
Handing the bottle with a few sips of liquor left to Hanafza, Bazar got up and walked outside.
Piracy is a profession where you risk your life, living for the moment.
This is the consensus among most pirates.
Even Bazell couldn't guarantee he'd live to be 100; he might just be walking down the street one day.
The divine forces suddenly descended from the sky and launched a siege against him.
"Hanafza, I feel I have to give you a few words of advice as a friend."
"You'll eventually find a wife, and you'll eventually have children, right?"
"Being penniless will make you look down on. I advise you to save some money, so that you don't end up having to borrow money to buy clothes for your wife and kids."
"Saving money?"
Hanafza raised his head and finished the wine in the bottle.
"That kind of thing isn't suitable for me. I might die at sea at any time."
"Yalalalala~~~"
"If I could actually have a child, Bazel!"
"If I die, I'm entrusting my little devils to you!"
Bazel opened the door, his left foot already outside.
The right hand is used to extend an international friendship gesture.
"Live well. I'm already having a headache taking care of that idiot Kaido's daughter."
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"Don't be a burden to me, go take care of your own children!"
boom--
The door closed.
Less than half a minute later, the mermaids surged in again.
"Oh~ Miss Sears~~"
Hanafza hugged the most voluptuous mermaid in front of her, and cried pitifully, "That guy was so fierce! Look what he did to me—"
Listening to the affected voices inside the room, Bazel shook his head and said nothing more.
He'd said all the nice things, but if Hanafza ever ended up penniless and miserable, he'd definitely make a good laugh at him.
"Bazaar, Professor Boone asked me to take you to Visalia."
Once dressed, Harreda became serious, completely unlike his previous lewd demeanor when he was frolicking with the mermaid in the sea.
"We in Visalia are currently short of research funding, so the cloud road project needs to be finalized as soon as possible."
Barzel sat on the weather ship piloted by Harreda, staring with dead fish eyes.
"It's not just a lack of research funding, is it? I heard you guys have a considerable amount of debt from the Mermaid Bar?"
"That's all small change. We don't even care about a mere 5 million peles."
Harreda calmly maneuvered the weather ship toward the small, high-altitude island of Visalia.
"Sears said that as long as we repay the 5 million Berries, we can become a VIP Diamond member of Fishman Island!"
"From now on, you can enjoy a 50% discount on drinks and meals at any Mermaid Bar!"
"This is a huge bargain, Bazel!"
Looking at Hareda, whose hands were trembling with excitement and whose face was flushed.
Bazel knew that yet another hopeless good-for-nothing had appeared.
The drinks at Mermaid Bar are indeed excellent, and they have a unique flavor reminiscent of the deep sea.
But one bottle costs 10 million Berries —
This price has almost nothing to do with how good the ingredients are; it's just ripping people off.
As Hanafza said, those 1 million peso weren't drinking alcohol, but rather experiencing service and sentiment.
It is the gentle comfort of the mermaid elder sister that soothes the loneliness in people's hearts.
"The land of gentle pleasures is not only the graveyard of heroes, but also the urn of your lecherous cowards."
Hareda remained unfazed by Bazel's sarcasm, instead proudly raising his head.
"You don't understand Bazel. Human women aren't as gentle as mermaids."
"Moreover, we are all single, and we usually spend most of our time studying meteorology."
"Which girl would want us?"
"Rather than dying alone, it's better to use your limited resources for boundless tenderness."
"At least when we ordered drinks, those mermaids hugged us and called us 'darling,'"
"That's the wisdom of life, young man!"
The wisdom of dog shit!
Barzel could only silently complain in his heart and stopped arguing about right and wrong.
As the other party said, these meteorologists who bury themselves in their studies every day don't meet girls.
The Mermaid Bar may be a rare solace in their lives.
"Since you put it that way, then I'll have Ah Shi start collecting the management fees and venue fees for the Mermaid Bar from now on."
Harreda froze, then, realizing what was happening, dropped the rudder and grabbed Bazel by the collar with both hands.
He hung himself beneath Bazel.
"You bastard, stop right now!"
"The mermaids' lives are already hard enough, you can't add chili powder to them!!"
"Each Mermaid Bar needs to pay a management fee of 5% of the total turnover, but since this Ritsutenhara Visania is also involved, they can take 1% of that 5%."
As soon as Bazel said that, the angry expression on Harreda's face disappeared at a visible speed.
Both feet touched the ground again.
He stood on tiptoe and helped the man straighten his collar.
"I think it's a good time to recoup some of my investment. Remember to give me this money when the time comes, and I'll then pass it on to Zane and the others."
"Alright, that's settled then. Don't say another word."
The weather ship sailed into the bubble tunnel beneath Visania Island.
"The passage inside this bubble connects to the entire territory of Visania."
After disembarking, Harreda began to explain the strict construction of Visania.
"This small floating island is divided into three parts. Located below the island cloud is the bubble elevator and the bubble entrance/exit leading to the outside world, 7"
"In the middle, which is the island's ground, is the residential area for the people."
"Besides our relatives and friends, the people living in Visalia are mostly poor people we picked up while traveling."
"The top floor is our practical area and research institute, and people rarely go there."
Stepping into the "elevator" built of resin bubbles and wood, Bazel curiously tapped and banged on it.
"This is great. I originally planned to use the Sunstone as a passage connecting the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Kingdoms and Ritsutenhara. This will make things much easier. What's the power source?"
"The power comes from the wind generated by the wind knots."
Harreda opened the control panel, revealing what appeared to be an ordinary knot behind it.
"It is a special prop that incorporates meteorological knowledge, and it is divided into three stages."
"The first section is a gentle breeze, the second is a strong wind, and the third is a gale."
"However, the wind knot installed in the elevator is specially made. The wind force of this wind knot cannot be changed and will always remain at the stage close to the second stage."
"As long as weight is generated in this channel, the Wind Knot will be automatically activated."
bang~
Haredar closed the control panel and gently pressed the button marked ②.
"This is a button to stop the wind from getting to the room. After careful calculation, the countdown timer for the corresponding floor button is the time it takes for the wind to drag the room to the floor."
"When the button's light goes out, the countdown ends, and Feng Wanjie will re-enter hibernation mode until the weight of this room is refreshed."
Harreda glanced at Bazel, whose eyes were filled with excitement, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
"5 million Berries. If you're willing to pay 5 million Berries, I can say that I can help you establish this kind of passage between Wano Country and Ritsutenhara."
"And it comes with a lifetime warranty, and it only costs 5 lambes, which is a great deal."
Bazel was taken aback at first, then laughed and scolded, "That guy Li really doesn't even bother to act. If he doesn't have the money to pay back the debt, he should just say so. How dare you accept 5 million Berries for something like this?"
""
"Then let me put it another way."
While the elevator was still ascending, Harreda gave Bazell a thumbs-up.
"Help your good friend pay off 5 Lan's debt, and your good friend will gift you a specially made Wind Knot Set!"