Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara, returning from shopping, warmly Gaara Elder Chiyo. As the children of the Fourth Kazekage, Temari and the others were quite familiar with Elder Chiyo, the advisor of Sunagakure. Their attitude towards Pakura differed from that of Chiyo. They were all very happy to see that Sunagakure had gained a Kage Level Puppet the Mandarin.
Having watched Konoha's manpower increase and the arrival of Kirigakure, the three Sunagakure were quite anxious. Today, finally, another Sunagakure was brought to this world by the Lord. It seems the Lord still favors Sunagakure...
Of the three, Kankuro was the happiest, especially when Chiyo told him she would teach him Puppetry; his excitement was palpable.
Chiyo is a Puppet the Mandarin and poison expert from Sunagakure, and she also commands the top-tier Puppet, the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets. To become Chiyo's apprentice and learn Puppetry from her would offer so much room for growth.
Night fell.
After meeting the Fourth Kazekage's three children at the Sunagakure Puppet Shop Puppet Shop, Chiyo quietly left. She had something to do: collect some interest.
Following Chiyo, they arrived at a slum in Brooklyn, a place teeming with unemployed people. Every night, this place became synonymous with chaos, and apart from gang members, few pedestrians could be seen on the streets.
Meanwhile, in an underground Warehouse, Leonardo came to sell the stolen goods. He had robbed an LV bag earlier that day, and selling it here would fetch him several thousand dollars.
Because it was stolen goods, the luxury handbag, originally worth tens of thousands of US dollars, could only be exchanged for this little money, which left him feeling helpless.
However, several thousand US dollars is not a small amount for him. Unfortunately, there were no other valuables in the bag, only some women's cosmetics and the like.
Leonardo walked up to a man with a cigarette in his mouth and said, "Roman, deal with this bag."
Roman, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, took the bag from Leonardo, glanced at it briefly, and then said casually:
"I'll take this LV women's crossbody bag for $1,200."
Upon hearing that it was only $1,200, Leonardo complained, "This is a limited edition. I checked online, and it sells for over $30,000 in stores. $1,200 is too little."
Roman glanced at Leonardo and said with a smile, "You know your stuff, kid. But you said that's the store price. How about I add another 800, making it $2,000 in total? I'll take it."
Leonardo hesitated for a moment, then said firmly, "$3,000. According to the Rules for receiving goods, we can get one-tenth of the price for luxury bags like these that are easy to sell."
Roman didn't speak, but glared fiercely at Leonardo, while Leonardo looked back at him with unwavering eyes.
For Leonardo, $1,000 was enough for him to live a carefree life for a while. He could hire girls at $50 a time 20 times, buy a month's supply of cigarettes, and have enough alcohol to go to the bar 10 times, or buy enough canned beer to drink himself to death. So this $1,000 difference was a price he had to negotiate.
Roman spat out the cigarette butt, his expression changed, and he laughed, "Good lad, since you insist, then let's go with the price you said."
Roman opened the drawer, took out a stack of hundred-dollar bills from one side, and then pulled out thirty of them.
"$3,000, the money is yours."
Looking at the table covered in hundred-dollar bills, Leonardo's expression darkened, but he still said, "I want ten-dollar bills. Roman, do you think I can spend all these hundred-dollar bills?"
"Or rather, how long will it take me to reasonably consume them..."
Roman scoffed, "Three thousand is the amount. How you spend it is your own business."
"I can have a used $10 bill, but don't accuse me of bullying Roman with $2,000."
Leonardo, his face dark, thought for a moment before reaching for the stack of three thousand dollars. A hundred dollars was indeed hard to spend, but not impossible; he could just spend it slowly.
Roman didn't seem to care at all about Leonardo's choice. He simply picked up a bag and put the LV handbag inside. Others might find it difficult to sell this item, but it was no problem for them. This deal would earn them at least $25,000.
Just as Leonardo finished packing the money and was about to turn and leave, a voice rang out. "I can't sell you this."
Upon hearing this, and with the voice reaching everyone's ears, everyone in the Warehouse looked towards the door.
Leonardo recognized the person instantly. Wasn't this the old woman he had pushed over when he ran away during the day? How did she find her way here?
"Old woman, you actually found this place. Looks like you've got some skills."
"What, at your age, do you still want to be a superhero?"
"Hahaha!"
Everyone in the Warehouse burst into laughter. Then one of the people Warehouse spoke up, "Old woman, this isn't a place for you. Get out!"
"If you don't get out now, you might lose your life here."
Roman looked at the old woman at the door, his brow furrowed, and said, "Leonardo, you brought this trouble upon yourself. Get rid of it now."
"While this isn't a secret base, it's not a place that just anyone can know about."
"If we step in, Leonardo, you'll probably have to give up that $3,000 you just got."
Upon hearing Roman's words, Leonardo's face darkened, and he reached down to his lower back and pulled out Butterfly Knife hidden there.
Leonardo twirled the Butterfly Knife in his hand, then gripped the hilt and walked towards Chiyo. He was determined to get rid of this annoying old woman; he couldn't let the money he had just earned be lost because of this person.
Chiyo smiled, seemingly unconcerned, as she watched the burly black man approach with a knife. With a slight flick of her fingers Chakra Threads shot out, instantly the Nexus with the ten people, including Leonardo.
At that moment, Leonardo, who was walking towards Chiyo, suddenly widened his eyes and found that his body had stopped in his own hands. He then swung his knife-wielding hand toward the neck of a gangster who was watching the commotion.
"Whoosh~"
The Butterfly Knife slashed across the other man's neck in an instant, and blood spurted out, spraying all over Leonardo's face.
The man whose throat had been slit with Butterfly Knife clutched his neck with both hands, staggered to the ground, convulsed, but could not utter a sound.
The sudden scene shocked everyone. Roman grabbed a pistol from under the table and roared, "Leonardo, you're asking for it!"
Leonardo turned to Roman and cried out in terror, "No, it wasn't me!"
"My body is out of my control."
Roman ignored Leonardo's words and immediately raised his gun to fire at Leonardo.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Three shots were fired in quick succession, each aimed at Leonardo's chest. In Roman's view, at such close range, the man was definitely doomed, regardless of the reason.
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I recommend a Douluo Continent fanfiction: <Douluo: I, Liu Erlong, will punish Yu Xiaogang from the start>
If I were to transmigrate into Liu Erlong's body, I definitely couldn't be Yu Xiaogang's lover, so let's be sisters...