I'm a pirate in Tokyo

Shitamachi is the memory of Tokyo since the Edo period. In Tokyo, in addition to the famous Shitamachi such as Nihombashi, Kyobashi, Kanda, Asakusa, and Fukagawa, most areas of Taito, Sumida, and Koto are also included in the Shitamachi.

Just like the old streets in every city in China, Shitamachi is the old street in Tokyo, with low-rise Japanese-style old houses, well-proportioned shops in the shopping streets, wagashi shops that have been operating for decades, and long and quiet streets.

The alleys and unexpected shrines on the corners.

There are also those izakayas and enthusiastic restaurant owners that operate late into the night, all showing the unique style and charm of Shitamachi that is different from the bustling areas of Tokyo.

With the evolution of the times, this originally synonymous with geographical division has gradually become people's attachment to simplicity.

Over the years, Shitamachi has become the first choice for countless artists and creators. They hold art exhibitions, design, open coffee shops and grocery stores in these simple and elegant residential buildings.

Shitamachi has become a fusion of ancient and modern, a place where art and tradition meet.

Therefore, it has also attracted many collectors and pawn shops to open branches here in order to obtain more information as quickly as possible.

This is also the reason why Bucky brought Wu Sheng and the others over after roughly understanding what Wu Sheng and the others wanted to sell.

There is a mixed bag here, and everyone only cares about whether your product is good or not, and doesn’t care about the source at all.

What's more, what Wu Sheng and the others are planning to do is not a particularly famous master's work.

"...So I'll take you to a shop I often go to. I'll probably sell it soon." Bucky, wearing a pair of flip-flops, led the way while introducing the place to Wu Sheng and Zoro.

, while explaining why they were brought here.

"Some of the small items I got from there were also sold here."

"Oh." Wu Sheng nodded, looking at this low commercial street. He didn't expect that in a modern big city like Tokyo, there would be such an undeveloped ancient area, if it weren't for the faintly visible sight in the distance on the horizon.

Tokyo Tower and the Steel Forest, he thought he was back in the Edo period.

"It seems that the story scenes of Gintama are not completely fictitious, but are actually based on certain realistic ideas?" He looked left and right, as if it was his first time here.

Seeing his tourist-like appearance, Bucky couldn't help but ask, "Are you from Tokyo? You haven't been to Shitamachi in such a long time?"

Wu Sheng scratched his head: "I don't have any impression, maybe I haven't been here before, right?"

Zoro nodded: "Occasionally I go to Sensoji Temple to pay my respects during the Chinese New Year."

"You young people..." Bucky, a 32-year-old old man, sighed: "Don't stay at home and school every day just because of the Internet age!"

"????"

Wu Sheng was speechless. You, a 32-year-old middle-aged man who still chases idols, are not qualified to say this, right?

But today he had something to ask for, so he suppressed his complaints and said nothing.

Zoro, on the other hand, had some questions: "Uncle Bucky, I'm not too worried about these jewelry necklaces, but today I brought a piece of crocodile skin, a precious material obtained from the gem of the world of sin. I wonder if I can get rid of it?"

"Don't worry, I brought you here just because Takeda-kun said I had the materials." Bucky gave Zoro a look that said, "You can rest assured that I'm going to do something. You can actually do it yourself by hanging it online, but leather

There is only one piece of material. If you sell it online, it will be too cheap. But if it is too expensive, no one will want it. Only by finding the right buyer can you sell it quickly."

"OK, then it's up to you today. If the things are sold at a good price, today

I’ll treat you to dinner later.”

"No need." Bucky said, "I'm not going to let you two high school students treat me." After all, he is older, and his growing up environment is different from that of the pirate world. "Urban Fat Homebody Bucky" still wants to save face.

Bucky walked around and around in this dense old street of small buildings, and finally came to a small street under a long green plastic shed. There were not only various "antique shops" but also various sales on the street.

There are old second-hand shops that sell rock potted plants, and there are even older shops that make custom kimonos, all of which are dazzling and all-encompassing.

What makes these stores different from other shopping streets in Tokyo is that the things they sell are displayed outside the stores.

Wu Sheng found a shop selling bracelet jewelry at the entrance of Short Street, and stopped to see the specific price.

The boss is a middle-aged man wearing a gentleman's hat and a floral shirt. Under the floral shirt is a washed-out pure white vest. He is holding a book and reading.

Seeing Wu Sheng stop looking at something, the boss smiled cheerfully and said, "You can tell me what you like."

Wu Sheng picked up a bunch of amber-colored Stars and Moon Bodhisattva. He didn't expect that the antique market here also had this kind of thing. The bunch he had was in good condition. Most of the stars and moons were in the middle, and the sizes were even and consistent.

The overall distribution of eyes is also very even and sparse.

But there was no price tag on this string of Star and Moon Bodhisattva. It was not cheap in China, and it was probably even more expensive here. Anyway, he was just curious, so he placed the order in the boss's peripheral vision and put it down without saying anything else.

The boss's lips moved. Wu Sheng only had a few seconds to pick it up and put it down. He didn't have time to say anything. Besides, high school students didn't know how to appreciate these things. They probably thought he was blackmailing people when they asked about the price, so they simply didn't say anything.

Bucky, who was in front, walked for a while and found that Wu Sheng had not followed. He turned around and saw him stopped there, so he walked back and said, "Let's go, get rid of the things first and then we can go shopping."

Wu Sheng nodded, very interested in such a small flea market of arts and crafts: "Oh, okay."

Although Bucky was leading the way, they were still not moving fast. There were many people on this street, and because the shops had all their things laid out, the road was narrow and crowded.

The three of them were not in a hurry. It had not yet entered dusk. At the gentlest moment of the afternoon sunshine, the three of them walked around and looked at it. They felt that even if they did not sell anything today, it would be good to come here for a stroll.

As they were walking, Zoro suddenly stopped and stared at a shop. Wu Sheng looked in the direction, and sure enough, it was a sword shop.

The two of them looked outside the door and found that this was said to be a sword shop, but more like a Tibetan shop. All of them were ancient Tibetan knives, and there seemed to be no modern or contemporary ones.

"Let's go, we can't afford this kind of knife." Wu Sheng pulled Zoro. A Tibetan knife of literary and entertainment level can cost tens of millions. If placed in an ordinary family, it would basically be a family heirloom.

"Hmm." Zoro looked greedily at the one he had just spotted - Echizen Morisukehiro. This is a masterpiece by one of the few masters of Osaka's new knife craftsmanship, with a price tag of 24 million.

Zoro also didn't expect to see such an important sword of art quality in such a flea market. It was really amazing.

Swords like this that are labeled as "important swords" can only be collected in the country after buying Neon. If you want to transport them abroad, you can only choose to smuggle them, otherwise they will not be able to get out of the customs.

The combat effectiveness of this kind of thing is unknown, and it must be inconsistent with its own value. Due to purchasing power issues, they still don't know whether there will be any difference between modern knives and ancient Tibetan knives after they go to the criminal world.

Zoro was excited, and suddenly thought that Bucky was here? He quickly told Bucky his doubts.

However, Bucky didn’t know that he

He also quit the combat order when he entered college. Anyway, when he quit, no one in his team was willing to buy ancient Tibetan swords...

"Is that so..." Zoro suppressed the question and asked Miss Kuhale next time. She has been active and should know some news.

The three of them carried backpacks and darted left and right among the crowd, and finally arrived at a leather goods store at the end of the street.

The shop is very inconspicuous, with a gray penguin statue wearing a straw hat and a water vat of lotus flowers outside the door.

There is an awning made of book cover on the wooden sliding door. When you open the wooden door, the light inside is dim.

The walls in the store were gray and white. When he first entered, Wu Sheng thought he had entered a small factory and laboratory. All kinds of unknown leather belts, coats, and some unknown geometric shapes were hung on the walls.

Cut leather.

On the table and on the floor, there are many mottled metal ironware and sculptures, covering a series of tea sets such as iron cauldrons, pot holders, and wind stoves. The patina formed by the old iron over the years, and the texture formed by hand-beating on the surface of the utensils, combined with the

With its simple shape, a kind of beauty of time and art comes across.

There were not many things. Wu Sheng looked at them one by one and found that they were unique in shape and had their own unique aesthetics. Wu Sheng was shocked by the fact that they did not pursue functionality or practicality, but only the purest aspects of the items.

Human beings have a common appreciation of beauty and do not need to go through training. Beauty is beauty at first sight. These handicrafts hide the traces of artificial processing and follow their materials, cortical texture or natural state. After processing, the materials have a sense of beauty.

The cumulative power of nature.

There are many transparent bottles and jars on the table, which contain various test samples. The labels record the shapes of leather and metal stones at different temperatures and humidity, as well as the unique colors formed by adding other colors.

This is simply a small art expo! Wu Sheng was a little surprised. He had gone to many art exhibitions in Shanghai in his previous life. From his aesthetic point of view, the things here were almost the same as those displayed in large art exhibitions.

"Bucky is cheating!"

But Bucky ignored him. Seeing that the store was empty, he shouted into the back room: "Uncle Riley!"

Although Wu Sheng admired the artwork in the store, he still paid some attention to Bucky.

Suddenly I heard his name shouted, I turned my head sharply and looked at Bucky in shock, "What are you shouting?!"

Bucky didn't notice Wu Sheng's eyes and continued shouting.

Soon, a rich but gentle voice sounded in the inner room.

"Here we come, wait."

After a while, an old man with long gray hair and round glasses but a strong spirit walked out. At a glance, he was nearly 1.8 meters tall. He had a rosy face with some wrinkles, but

The chest and abdominal muscles in the open white shirt on his upper body clearly indicate that the old man is in super good physical condition.

"I didn't expect you to arrive so soon. I was just smoking in the back room." The strong old man had an easy-going smile, and his calm eyes were very bright and calm. This is someone who has experienced wind and rain, life and death, and has seen everything in the world.

The eyes that only people who have experienced vicissitudes of life have.

"Are you smoking again? Aren't you afraid that Sister Xia Qi will catch you?" Bucky also teased with a smile. It seemed that he was very familiar with Rayleigh.

"Okay, if you don't tell me or I don't tell you, how will she know." Riley slowly and disgustedly made a "go, go, go" gesture towards Bucky.

"Oh, that's right!" Bucky didn't forget why he came here this time. He pointed at Wu Sheng and Sauron and said, "These are the newcomers we mentioned yesterday, here to deal with those things."