"What good thing is that?"
The Blood Staff Mercenary Group members were all curious and gathered around.
Xuan Ge waved them off. "Go on, get lost. It's for the boss. What's it got to do with you? Go wait somewhere else!"
The group members immediately broke into laughter, but no one was willing to move.
They all knew perfectly well that since the old man was presenting it to the boss in person, he was definitely showing it off. He wasn't afraid of anyone seeing it.
The old man stepped forward, removed the seal from the long box in his hands, drew out its contents, and held it out before Puppet with great solemnity.
"This is a branch from a Mutated Plant in the Convergence Zone that our laboratory found during its research. It's very special. We tried countless methods, but we couldn't remove even the tiniest sample from it. I think it would be perfect as a gift for Your Excellency."
Everyone craned their necks to look and couldn't help marveling.
It was a branch that had never been trimmed or altered, yet it had naturally grown unusually straight. It was pleasing to look at and just the right length. At a glance, it was clearly an excellent Hand Cane. If they had found it by the roadside, they would have picked it up and happily swung it around a few times.
Puppet lowered his head and gave it one look. Just one look, and he felt that it suited him perfectly.
In truth, after becoming a Fighter, even if his old Hand Cane had not broken in battle, it would no longer have been able to bear his strength. It really was time to replace it.
He reached out, picked it up directly, and gave it a light