"200 Berries? You're not kidding, are you?" Helmeppo's eyes widened, looking at the shopkeeper with disbelief.
The shopkeeper glanced at him disdainfully and snorted. "Our little shop doesn't do credit. Fair dealing for all."
Then, he put on a fawning smile and continued to introduce the phone's other basic functions. "Look, this can take pictures, and there's a time display here. In case you ever get lost, you can still tell the time, right?"
Helmeppo scratched his head and said thoughtfully, "That sounds very reasonable. Being able to take pictures is great, and the time display is also important. Coby can time his push-ups."
"Also, the biggest advantage of this phone is that it doesn't need charging," the shopkeeper added.
"Doesn't need charging?" Helmeppo's eyes showed a hint of hesitation—he clearly didn't quite believe it, but seeing the shopkeeper's confident demeanor, he couldn't help but feel a bit of trust.
"It really doesn't need charging. This is technology that's 10,000 years ahead of the world. It won't need charging until you die," the shopkeeper thumped his chest and guaranteed.
Helmeppo's mouth twitched slightly, and he cursed inwardly, "What the hell does 'won't need charging until I die' mean?"
But he was still tempted.
Of course, what he was interested in wasn't the bikini beauties, pure young ladies, enchanting little sisters, domineering empresses, and so on displayed on it.
What he was interested in was the phone's camera function.
If he went on missions in the future, he could completely photograph all sorts of intelligence. It would be much more useful than a Den Den Mushi!
And it wasn't expensive—only 200 Berries. He could afford it by skipping a meal.
Then, with a slap!
Helmeppo slammed two hundred Berries onto the table without hesitation and said loudly, "I'll buy it! Buy two!"
He'd buy one for Coby too. Coby would definitely like this product called a phone!
"Two units, deal!" The shopkeeper took out the packaging and manual, stuffed them all into the box, handed it to Helmeppo, and enthusiastically saw him out the door. "Come back often in the future, and help us spread the word."
Helmeppo nodded slightly. After walking out the door, he immediately took out the newly bought phone, couldn't wait to open TikTok, registered his account, and then started scrolling through videos.
When he saw beauties appear on the screen again, his constantly tense nerves suddenly relaxed. "Phew... that feels good."
He walked and watched, his finger constantly sliding. One beauty after another scrolled past, and he followed all of them.
"Huh? You can leave comments here too?" He saw the comment section, which was filled with vulgar comments like "Beauty is so pretty, beauty I love you."
"These guys are all so vulgar? They're not as cultured as I, Helmeppo."
While complaining, he wasn't idle either. He typed a line and left a comment:
"I, Helmeppo, am studying at Marine Headquarters. While I wouldn't say I'm extremely handsome, I am a fine figure of a man. I observe that the young lady is as beautiful as a celestial being, and her dance is graceful. You and I are a perfect match, a match made in heaven. I wonder if you would be willing to follow me back?"
After typing, Helmeppo looked at his comment and felt very satisfied.
He was about to continue scrolling when he suddenly looked up and realized he had already reached the base.
"Damn, how did I get back so quickly? I was clearly slowing down," Helmeppo walked in helplessly.
He returned to the barracks and saw Lieutenant Commander Bogart washing up, preparing to eat breakfast.
He hurried over and saluted. "Officer Bogard, this is today's newspaper!"
Bogard didn't even lift his head, continuing to brush his teeth, and asked indistinctly, "Is there... anything... new today?"
"Report, the Straw Hat kid and his crew have defeated the Arlong Pirates and the Krieg Pirates, and are estimated to be heading to Loguetown!" Helmeppo said loudly.
Pfft!!!
Bogard spat out his mouthwash abruptly, looking at Helmeppo in shock. "Who told you to talk about the Straw Hat Pirates? I was asking about others!"
"Then there's nothing else," Helmeppo shook his head.
"So what happened with the Straw Hats?" Bogard pressed.
Helmeppo: "I don't know."
"Alright, go train," Bogard put down the newspaper and waved his hand.
Helmeppo, uncharacteristically, didn't linger for a bit.
Usually at this time, he would ask more questions about how to quickly improve his strength, but today he didn't.
This made Bogard feel a bit strange. He turned to look at him, shook his head, washed his face, and muttered to himself, "Is this kid finally willing to rest?"
Bogard felt very relieved, because constantly training with a tense body and mind wouldn't have a good effect and could even cause physical injury.
"Appropriate rest and balancing work and leisure is the correct way to train."
Saying this, he picked up the newspaper beside him and quickly walked toward Garp's office.
On the other side, Helmeppo didn't go training today but returned to the dormitory.
Because it was his turn to rest, but according to the usual situation, ever since his father was taken hostage and nearly killed, the word "rest" had not existed in his life. It had always been training, training, and more training!
"Training blindly won't have a good effect. You need to balance work and rest, otherwise, training will eventually lead to big problems," Helmeppo nodded inwardly, then took out his phone and opened TikTok.
Looking at the scantily clad beauties on the screen, he felt like he was floating, completely relaxed. "This is life."
Comment, like, save, follow—all in one go!
Helmeppo skillfully scrolled the screen, and before he knew it, it was already dark outside.
With a bang, the dormitory door was suddenly pushed open.
Coby, covered in sweat, came in panting with two portions of food in his hands. "Helmeppo, what's wrong with you today? Not only are you not training, but you even made me get your food. This isn't like you."
Saying this, Coby put the food on the table and went to quickly clean himself up.
He had trained all day, was covered in sweat, and his clothes were soaked.
And after eating, he still had to do extra training for himself. Otherwise, how could he surpass others with the same training volume?
Only by putting in over 200 times the effort of others can you succeed!
But when he finished showering and came out, he found the two portions of food still sitting there untouched.
Instead, Helmeppo was lying on the bed, his body occasionally twitching, and making "hehehe" sounds, doing who knows what.
"Hey, Helmeppo, what are you doing? Are you sick?" Coby called out, confused.
Seeing that Helmeppo didn't respond, he became even more puzzled and walked over to Helmeppo's bunk.
Immediately, he saw the "phone" and the pink bikini beauty on the screen doing the "wiping the glass" dance, while Helmeppo was also twisting his body along with the music.
"This... what... what is all this!" Coby's face instantly turned red. "Helmeppo, you're actually watching these!"