"200 Belli? You're not kidding, are you?" Helmeppo's eyes widened, looking at the clerk with disbelief.
The clerk glanced at him disdainfully and snorted, "Our small shop does not allow credit. We treat everyone fairly."
Then, he put on a fawning smile and continued to introduce other basic functions of the phone: "Look, this can take photos, and there's also a time display here. If you ever get lost, you can still tell the time, right?"
Helmeppo scratched his head and said thoughtfully, "That sounds so reasonable. Being able to take photos is great, and the time display is also very important. Koby can use it to time his push-ups."
"Also, the biggest advantage of this phone is that it doesn't need charging," the clerk added.
"No charging?" Helmeppo's eyes showed a hint of hesitation, clearly not quite believing it, but seeing the clerk's confident demeanor, he couldn't help but feel a bit of trust.
"Indeed, it doesn't need charging. This is technology that's 10,000 years ahead of its time. You won't need to charge it until you die!" The clerk patted his chest and guaranteed.
Helmeppo's mouth twitched slightly, cursing inwardly, "What the hell, not needing to charge until I die."
But he was still tempted.
Of course,
what he was interested in wasn't the bikini beauties, innocent young ladies, enchanting little sisters, the powerful Empress, and so on.
He was interested in the phone's photo function.
If he had this for future missions, he could totally take pictures of various intelligence, which would be much more useful than any Den Den Mushi!
And it wasn't expensive, only 200 Belli. Skipping one meal would cover it.
Then, with a slap!
Helmeppo slammed two hundred Belli onto the table without hesitation and loudly declared, "I'll buy it! Buy two!"
He'd buy one for Koby too. Koby would definitely like this product called a phone!
"Two units, deal!" The clerk took out the packaging and manual, put them all into the box, handed it to Helmeppo, and enthusiastically escorted him out the door, "Come again often, and help us spread the word."
Helmeppo nodded slightly. After walking out the door, he immediately took out his newly bought phone, eagerly opened TikTok, registered his own account, and then started scrolling through videos.
When he saw beauties appear on the screen again, his tightly strung nerves suddenly relaxed: "Whew... that feels good."
He walked and watched, his fingers constantly sliding, as one beauty after another scrolled past. He followed all of them.
"Huh? I can leave comments here?" He saw the comment section, which was full of vulgar comments like "Beauty, you're so pretty, I love you, beauty."
"Are these guys all so vulgar? They're not as cultured as I, Helmeppo."
While complaining, he wasn't idle either, and typed a line to comment:
"I, Helmeppo, am a student at the Navy Headquarters Base. I wouldn't say I'm exceptionally handsome, but I am a presentable man. Observing your fairy-like beauty and graceful dance, you and I are a perfect match, a match made in heaven. I wonder if you would be willing to follow me back?"
After typing, Helmeppo looked at his comment and felt very satisfied.
He was about to continue scrolling when he suddenly looked up and realized he had already arrived at the base.
"Darn it, how did I get back so quickly? I clearly slowed down," Helmeppo walked in helplessly.
All the way back to the camp, he saw Vice-Admiral Bogart washing up, preparing to eat breakfast.
He hurried over and saluted: "Officer Bogart, here is today's newspaper!"
Bogart didn't even lift his head, continuing to brush his teeth, and asked indistinctly, "Is there... anything... new today?"
"Reporting, the Straw Hat and his crew have defeated the Arlong Pirates and the Krieg Pirates, and are estimated to have already headed to Loguetown!" Helmeppo said loudly.
Pfft!!!
Bogart suddenly spat out his mouthwash, looking at Helmeppo in shock: "Who told you to talk about the Straw Hat Pirates? I asked about others!"
"...Then there's nothing else," Helmeppo shook his head.
"Then what about the Straw Hat Crew?" Bogart pressed.
Helmeppo: "...I don't know."
"Alright, go train," Bogart put down the newspaper and waved his hand.
Helmeppo, uncharacteristically, didn't linger for a while.
Usually at this time, he would ask more about techniques for rapid strength improvement, but today he didn't.
This made Bogart feel a bit strange. He turned his head to glance at him, shook his head, washed his face, and mumbled, "Is this kid finally willing to rest?"
Bogart felt very relieved, because constantly training with a tense body and mind would not achieve good results, and might even cause physical damage.
"Proper rest and balancing work and leisure is the correct way to cultivate."
Saying that, he picked up the newspaper nearby and walked quickly towards Garp's office.
...
On the other side,
Helmeppo didn't go to training today; instead, he returned to the dormitory.
Because it just happened to be his day off, but according to past situations, ever since his father used him as a hostage and he almost got killed, the word "rest" had ceased to exist in his life. It had always been training, training, and more training!
"Unrelenting training won't yield good results. You need to balance work and leisure, otherwise, cultivation will sooner or later lead to big problems," Helmeppo nodded secretly, then took out his phone and opened TikTok.
Looking at the scantily clad beauties on the screen, he felt as if he was floating, completely relaxed. "This is life."
Comment, like, save, follow—all in one go!
Helmeppo skillfully scrolled the screen, and before he knew it, it was already dark outside.
With a bang, the dormitory door was suddenly pushed open.
Koby, covered in sweat, holding two portions of food, walked in panting: "Helmeppo, what's wrong with you today? Not only are you not training, but you even made me get your food. This isn't like you."
Saying that, Koby put the food on the table and went to quickly tidy himself up.
After a day of training, he was drenched in sweat, and his clothes were soaked.
And after eating, he still had to do extra training for himself. Otherwise, how could he surpass others if he trained the same amount as them?
Only by putting in over 200 times more effort than others could he succeed!
But when he finished showering and came out, he found that both portions of food were still sitting there, untouched.
Instead, Helmeppo was still lying on the bed, his body twitching occasionally, making "geigeigei" sounds, doing who knew what.
"Hey, Helmeppo, what are you doing? Are you sick?" Koby called out in confusion.
Seeing that Helmeppo didn't respond, he became even more puzzled, so he went to Helmeppo's window.
Immediately,
he saw the "phone" and a pink bikini beauty on the screen doing a "window-wiping" dance, while Helmeppo was also twisting his body to the music.
"This... what is all this?!" Koby's face instantly turned red. "Helmeppo, you're actually watching these!"
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