This Is a Real World

When he obtained the worn flintlock, Su Xiao had received many prompts,

but the dagger he had obtained came with no prompts at all. It had no specific information, nor did it indicate whether it could be sold.

This made Su Xiao suspect that obtaining the worn flintlock had involved an element of luck, but might also have been deliberately arranged by Reincarnation Paradise.

In other words, he could obtain weapons, but he also had to take certain risks. This should be the law of Reincarnation Paradise.

The dagger in his hand clearly did not fall within that category. It was extremely sharp and usable, but he could not take it out of the One Piece World, nor could he exchange it for Paradise Coins.

That was only natural. If everything could be sold for Paradise Coins, then the currency system of Reincarnation Paradise would be nothing more than a joke.

Driving the somewhat disobedient horse onward, Su Xiao gradually approached the city gate. The few guards had already entered his field of vision.

Having suddenly changed owners, the old horse was clearly somewhat difficult to control. This put Su Xiao in a difficult position. He had never handled a horse before, but the guards were right in front of him, leaving him no chance to retreat.

Su Xiao tugged on the reins, and the horse snorted before stopping where it was.

Su Xiao took the initiative to stop and submit to an inspection. Based on his guess, leaving the city was relatively lax, but entering it was definitely not so simple.

Several guards walked over. They appeared lazy, but their eyes were as sharp as an eagle's cry.

"What happened? Why did you return to the city so early today?"

The guards' familiar attitude made the hairs all over Su Xiao's body stand on end.

These guards might know the Black Market Merchant's identity, and the two sides might even have some financial ties. This was going to be troublesome.

"Sir, I was robbed by Toby's people right after leaving the city today. Urgh~."

Su Xiao's voice was extremely indistinct, and it was accompanied by bouts of dry heaving. His voice differed from the coachman's, so he deliberately acted this way.

Combined with the stench of dirty water on his clothes, the guards did not suspect him. They even moved some distance away from him.

"What? Toby? Are they looking for death? They even dared to rob you. Doesn't he know who you are?"

The guard standing in front of Su Xiao was clearly somewhat angry, but another guard beside him said,

"Boss, Toby's forces have expanded rapidly recently. According to my informant, Toby just wiped out Roger's forces. Other than the Bluejam Pirates, no faction in Terminal Station surpasses Toby now."

"Are we just going to let it go? What about the money?"

The guards exchanged glances. Though unwillingness filled their eyes, they had no way to deal with Toby, who was hiding in Terminal Station.

"You... Forget it. If something like this happens again, don't bother coming back. Just 'live' in Terminal Station."

Su Xiao pretended to nod submissively, but his eyes remained extremely calm.

The more critical the moment, the calmer one had to be. Many failures occurred because people became complacent right before success.

Su Xiao drove the horse onward, and the brown old horse reluctantly began walking.

Just before Su Xiao left, one of the guards bent down and glanced beneath the cart, making sure no one was hiding underneath. This was a common method for vagrants trying to sneak into the city.

Su Xiao had never considered hiding beneath the cart. Instead, he had simply killed the coachman and taken his place. Though this method was risky, it had exploited a blind spot in the guards' inspection.

The garbage cart gradually passed through the city gate and rolled forward steadily—three meters, five meters, ten meters...

"Carlos, wait."

A guard's shout came from behind him. Su Xiao's pupils contracted sharply, but they immediately returned to normal.

"I've already arranged your nephew's matter. Take enough 'sincerity' with you, and you can report to the Guard Corps today."

The guard raised one hand and rubbed his thumb and middle finger together. The so-called "sincerity" referred to money.

Su Xiao hurriedly nodded and pretended to thank him, but instead let out repeated dry heaves.

"Get going! You stink to high heaven. I can smell you from all the way over here."

Su Xiao naturally wasn't going to miss such a good opportunity. He picked up the whip beside him and lashed the old horse across the rump.

"Snap~."

A crisp crack rang out. The old horse whinnied and noticeably quickened its pace.

The infiltration had succeeded. Su Xiao had safely blended into the Royal Capital of the Goa Kingdom.

Although he had a safer method of infiltrating the Royal Capital, that would take time, and he did not have much time to spare.

Moreover, he had obtained a great deal of useful information from the guards' scattered remarks.

First, the current point in time was before the original protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy, set out to sea—in other words, during Luffy's childhood, or perhaps before Luffy had even been born.

The basis for this conclusion was the Bluejam Pirates mentioned by the guards earlier.

If Su Xiao remembered correctly, the Bluejam Pirates were the pirate crew that had fought young Luffy, Ace, and the others in the original story's fire.

In the original story, the king of the Goa Kingdom had used the Bluejam Pirates to ignite Terminal Station with his own hands. He then abandoned them, leaving them to fend for themselves in the flames.

The second was an extremely unexpected gain. This gain might even be the key to Su Xiao's mission succeeding.

Su Xiao was overjoyed by one of the guard's words just now: "I've already arranged your nephew's matter. Take enough 'sincerity' with you, and you can report to the Guard Corps today."

It seemed that the deceased Black Market Merchant had made some sort of deal with the guard on duty, using money to purchase a position in the Guard Corps.

If Su Xiao impersonated the man's nephew and entered the Guard Corps, it would mean that he had taken another step toward his assassination target.

Although this was risky, it was also the best option available******Reincarnation Paradise had not arranged an identity for him. He was merely an outsider with no registered status.

Su Xiao drove the carriage along the streets of the Goa Kingdom's Royal Capital. Since he had just entered the outer layer of the Royal Capital, this area was merely a residential district for commoners.

The streets of the Commoner District were fairly clean, and both sides were packed with hawkers crying out their wares.

Large groups of commoners leisurely streamed through the streets, making the entire city seem bustling. Yet some commoners wore sorrowful expressions and hurried along.

The only difference between these commoners and the vagrants outside the walls was that they did not go hungry. Even so, they still struggled on the edge of subsistence.

The One Piece World was in an age of turmoil, filled with warfare and pirates roaming everywhere, so the commoners' living conditions were relatively poor.

Moving through the noisy streets, Su Xiao felt as though he had been separated from the world. It was as if this were not a mission world, but a real world—a place filled with living, breathing humans, not so-called NPCs.

The guards earlier had already shown that they were not lacking in vigilance. If Su Xiao had not prepared thoroughly and reacted quickly, he might already have been exposed.

In a mission world, one must not underestimate anyone. Su Xiao secretly warned himself.

For now, however, his first priority was to find somewhere to wash himself. He also needed to open the Treasure Chest (White) he had obtained earlier and make use of every resource available to him.

Su Xiao was only LV.1. In this LV.6 world of nightmare difficulty, moving forward was truly an arduous task.

Fei Wen's flight speed was extremely fast. Without several thousand recommendation votes, there was absolutely no way to bring him down.