Heart of the Ocean

Su Xiao and Black Merchant arrived at the same café as before and sat across from each other.

"Mr. Byakuya, I've brought the three Dark Purple weapons. I wonder if you've brought the Destruction Fist Scroll and the Golden Dagger."

Black Merchant truly lived up to his name. He actually wanted to exchange three Dark Purple knife-type weapons for the Destruction Fist Scroll and Golden Dagger. Although he hadn't said so outright, that was clearly what he meant.

Su Xiao took out the Destruction Fist Scroll.

"Let's trade. This for the three Dark Purple weapons."

"This... Mr. Byakuya, are you joking?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

Su Xiao looked at Black Merchant with a beaming smile. He dared to kill members of the Brigade in Reincarnation Paradise or snatch their belongings. Why would he fear a Black Merchant who was afraid of the Brigade?

Black Merchant raised his head and met Su Xiao's gaze. After staring at him for a moment, he turned his head away, cold sweat seeping down his cheek beneath his face covering.

"Mr. Byakuya, since both of us have something the other needs, let's be sincere with each other. I brought plenty of good stuff this time."

Black Merchant didn't mention what had happened earlier. He hadn't explicitly said that he wanted to trade three weapons for the scroll and dagger. He had merely been testing Su Xiao's bottom line.

But Black Merchant discovered that the man before him wasn't easy to test. He understood a certain meaning in Su Xiao's gaze.

If I run into you in a Derivative World... I'll butcher you!

Su Xiao remained unmoved. He simply stared at Black Merchant with a smile plastered across his face.

"Heh heh, Mr. Byakuya, um..."

Black Merchant's laugh was awkward, his face covered in