In Cocoyasi Village, in Nami's orange orchard.
Hachi stood on the ground, wielding six swords. As the long blades flashed, they left only streaks of afterimages behind.
"Too light."
Hachi looked at his swords and spoke to Nami in front of him.
"Light? These are already the heaviest swords that can be made, okay? Each one weighs ten kilograms." Nami stood before him, sounding annoyed.
Hachi snorted. "My old swords weighed three hundred kilograms each. Swords like these are too light."
"Three hundred kilograms? Without special materials, there's no way to forge swords that heavy." Nami said, "And if I remember correctly, you didn't carry swords either time you fought that Black Fish, did you?"
"The swords were too heavy. I couldn't carry them underwater," Hachi answered.
Nami immediately said, "So what's wrong with switching to lighter swords?"
Hachi scratched his head. "Then they'd be too light, and their power would drop a lot too."
"But your speed would increase."
Nami walked over to his side. "It would be harder for your enemies to block your attacks. And as long as the blades are sharp enough, you can still hurt them if you hit them."
"You're right." Hachi's eyes lit up.
Nami said, "These six swords cost two hundred thousand each. Six of them only cost one million after a discount. They may not be famous blades, but they're incredibly sharp. You should be satisfied with that, right?"
Fifty thousand Belly could only buy a dull sword. For two hundred thousand, one could already buy a fairly high-quality sharp blade.
Hachi smiled. "Thank you, Nami. I'm very satisfied."
"These six swords cost me one million. That was money I'd saved up over the past few years." Nami coughed lightly.
Over the past three years or so, Nami had saved twenty