The Straw Hat Pirates arrived in Loguetown the day after Vic arrived, but they separated upon entering the town. Their purpose in coming to Loguetown was to make final preparations for entering the Grand Line.
Nobody expected Luffy to do anything, so Luffy went to find the Execution Platform of the Pirate King by himself. It was the place where the previous Pirate King died, and it had special significance for Luffy. He felt he had to go and see it.
Zoro borrowed some money from Nami, almost becoming Nami servant in the process, but he still needed a sword. Although a sword inexplicably appeared beside him, he was still missing a sword as Three-Sword Style swordsman.
The Grand Line was just ahead, and he needed to fully arm himself, so he borrowed 200,000 Beli from Nami and went to find a weapons shop.
Nami gave Sanji some money and then went shopping by herself. She didn't need to buy any weapons or anything like that; she just wanted to buy clothes for spring, summer, autumn, and winter. After all, none of them knew what was going on on the Grand Line, and as an ordinary person, she needed nice clothes for every season.
Usopp, on the other hand, needs to replenish his gunpowder, nails, pepper spray, and other supplies. He also needs to buy a better pair of goggles. He's gone to great lengths to arm himself!
After all, as an ordinary person with only average physical talent, it would be really difficult to survive on the Grand Line without finding a way. Even Nami, that lady, is much stronger than him. He really has no choice but to resort to unorthodox methods!
Sanji took Nami's money and happily went to the farmers' market to buy groceries (to look at pretty girls). As the ship's cook, buying groceries was his responsibility. As for training to become stronger, he was never seen to do it voluntarily. He just kept getting stronger inexplicably, which he probably found strange himself!
The Straw Hat Pirates is just that amazing; no matter what they do, something always seems to happen to them.
On Luffy way to the Execution Platform, Luffy encountered Smoker. Guided by Smoker, Luffy didn't reach the Execution Platform but instead, after many twists and turns, miraculously arrived at the tavern where Roger used to drink.
There, Luffy heard the tavern owner recount the glorious story of the Pirate King Roger. Luffy was so excited that he trembled all over, and finally drank a glass of milk before leaving.
Zoro went to the weapon shop, but was looked down upon by the bald shopkeeper because he had too little money, until the shopkeeper saw the Wado Ichimonji and Yubashiri on Zoro's waist!
Especially when he saw Yubashiri, the bald boss was completely stunned. It was a sword he had sold to that man at a high price. Now that man was a famous figure in the Grand Line, the sword was quite honored.
The shop owner was always very proud and smug about this incident; it was a legendary story that could be written into the family genealogy and passed down through generations. He just didn't know how the knife had ended up in the hands of this green-haired kid.
"Hey kid! How did you get this knife?"
The bald boss pointed at the Yubashiri at Zoro's waist and asked in a menacing tone, "If that knife were still in Vic's possession, he would feel honored."
The ancestral knife had been used and refined by a great figure, so it was no longer an ordinary knife, but a knife with a legendary story and a different kind of heritage. But now it was in the hands of an unknown nobody, so naturally he was very unhappy.
"Ah! This is... this is...? Let me check the list of Famous Sword, I found it! This is the Skillful Grade Sword Yubashiri, the blade is jet black, the edge is a chaotic pattern of small T-shaped blades, it's one of the Fifty Skillful Grade Swords, that's it, this sword is the Famous Sword Yubashiri!"
Just as the bald boss was questioning Zoro, a short-haired girl with red-rimmed glasses walked over. Upon seeing the Yubashiri that the boss was pointing at, she immediately started looking up information and then told him everything she found, displaying remarkable straightforwardness.
"Oh! Its name is Yubashiri! I never knew its name before, but I finally know it today. Thank you!"
Zoro had met Tashigi, a girl who looked very much like Kuina, before. However, since Kuina was still alive, Zoro wasn't too surprised to see Tashigi, so he didn't accidentally crush her glasses. Naturally, he didn't need to go to Marine Headquarters to work and pay back the money for glasses, so he went straight to the weapons shop.
"Hey! What's going on with you? I was asking him a question, why did you suddenly interrupt? Here! This is your Shigure, it's already been polished for you, take it now!"
The bald shopkeeper was annoyed to see Zoro and Tashigi chatting and ignoring him completely. He took out the Shigure Tashigi had given him earlier and threw it at her with a look of disgust.
Then, in her haste to take the sword from Shigure, Tashigi stumbled and knocked over a knife rack, which made the shopkeeper even more annoyed. He muttered curses, saying that Tashigi was so far away from the rack, yet she still managed to walk over and knock it over. He suspected that Tashigi did it on purpose.
"This Yubashiri suddenly appeared beside me while I was unconscious. I don't know how it got there; it's very strange!"
Zoro covered his forehead when Tashigi ran so far and knocked over a shelf. Sure enough, she only looked somewhat like Kuina; otherwise, they were completely different. Nevertheless, he still told the shop owner about Yubashiri.
"Is that so? If he gave it to you, you really wouldn't have noticed..."
"Boss? What are you talking about?"
Oh! It's nothing!
The bald boss seemed to have thought of something, muttering to himself, but his voice wasn't loud enough for Zoro to hear clearly, and he couldn't get the answer out of him.
"You only have 200,000 Beli, which can only buy two of the most basic standard-issue swords. I see you have another sword at your waist; let me see it."
"Well... how about this, I'll buy this knife for 500,000 Beli, then you'll have 700,000 Beli, enough to buy two decent knives. What do you think?"
The bald shopkeeper saw that Zoro didn't even know that Yubashiri, which made him look like an ignorant layman. He figured that Zoro probably didn't recognize the Great Grade Sword Wado Ichimonji in front of him either, so the shopkeeper decided to buy it at a low price to make a good impression.
Zoro saw the Wado Ichimonji sword as soon as he entered, but there was a Yubashiri hanging there, so he focused all his attention on the Yubashiri until he remembered the better Wado Ichimonji Famous Sword.
"Do you still have any Famous Sword? Let me see! This is..."
"This looks familiar! It's Wado Ichimonji, one of the Twenty-One Great Grade Swords. The scabbard and hilt are white, simple and unassuming, seemingly ordinary, yet it's a hidden Famous Sword, worth over ten million Beli! Five hundred thousand Beli is too cheap! Boss! I'm willing to pay one million Beli for it!"
Just as the bald shopkeeper was about to rip off Zoro, Tashigi rushed over and started flipping through the Famous Sword encyclopedia, comparing the Wado Ichimonji in the shopkeeper's hand.
Tashigi clearly frequented the encyclopedia of Famous Sword; she could readily identify which sword, what its appearance was, and which page it was on. She quickly found the page with Wado Ichimonji, recited the information, and frankly stated its value.
The bald boss wanted nothing more than to beat this little marine girl to death, but he didn't dare. It was that kind of unbearable feeling of not being able to do anything about it. He thought that Tashigi had ruined his bargain hunt, but Zoro would never sell him the Wado Ichimonji. No matter how much money he offered, this sword represented his promise to Kuina and was priceless!
"Boss! I only have 200,000 yuan. What kind of knife can I buy with that?"
"Those buckets over there are all 200,000 Beli each, go pick one yourself!"
Zoro only has 200,000 Beli, which is only enough to buy an ordinary sword. He can worry about the rest once he reaches the Grand Line; he's not very picky.
The shop owner was also quite bored. He wouldn't make much money maintaining Tashigi's swords, and he wouldn't make any profit even with swords worth 200,000 yen. So he simply pointed to a large wooden barrel full of swords and gave it to Zoro, then rested his chin on his hand, thinking about something, while waiting for Zoro to come and pay the bill.
"Boss! I don't find anything I like here, do you have anything else?"
"Then let's go pick from that barrel; it's 100,000 Beli a go."
"Boss! Is there anything else? I'm still not satisfied."
"What a hassle! There's another bucket over there, full of 50,000- Beli sachets, but the more I pick, the cheaper they get. Another day's work for nothing!"
Zoro didn't care about the shopkeeper's attitude; he was just there to buy a sword. He walked to the last large wooden barrel and started selecting. Although the swords inside were all standard, each one had a different style, color, and shape, so he still had to choose carefully!
Then Zoro froze after grabbing the hilt of a sword. The sword seemed to be sentient, conveying to him a scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, as if telling him that if he couldn't even handle this, he should get lost and not disturb his sleep!