Marineford War: I Will Stand in the Sky

Witnessing Chopper's flustered explanation, Yann couldn't help but laugh heartily.

"Hahahaha!"

Chopper, somewhat bewildered, asked, "What...what are you laughing at? I was introduced to this job by Doctor Kureha. The address should be here, right?"

"That's right, that's right, come in."

"You'll be the shop's mascot for now, or rather, a salesperson," Ya'en said with a smile.

"what?"

Chopper blinked, a little embarrassed, and said, "I...I'm here to be an intern, right? This place..."

"That's right!"

"But there's one thing you need to learn here before you can become a real doctor," Yann continued, teasing Chopper.

"What is it?" Chopper asked cooperatively.

Then, amidst Chopper's deathly pale expression, Yann casually picked up a katana and brandished it around Chopper a few times, saying...

"That means studying medicine won't save the ocean; some things require you to just pick up a knife and cut it down."

[Chapter 717. The Honest Man's Form]

Feeling the sharp blade slicing back and forth in front of him, Chopper's fur almost stood on end in fright. He quickly shrank behind a cabinet, cautiously examining the strange masked man in front of him. Then, he nervously swallowed and whispered an explanation.

"I...I'm just a doctor..."

“Of course, I’m well aware of that,” Yann replied with a smile.

Then, Chopper nervously explained his philosophy: "As a doctor, isn't it enough to just learn how to save lives?"

As he finished speaking, Chopper noticed the change in Yan's gaze and became less confident.

However, instead of flying into a rage as Chopper had feared, or even slashing him with a knife on the spot, Yann sat down on the small sofa behind him and calmly said...

"The idea is correct, but..."

Yann looked at Chopper and asked, "What use is your medical skill if the enemy doesn't give you a chance to save the patient?"

Chopper hesitated for a moment, then asked, "So...so?"

A smile played on Yan's lips as he stated the facts, half-jokingly and half-asleep.

"So, naturally, the only thing to do is to take up the knife and kill the enemy first. Then, not to mention saving your own family and friends, even deciding how to treat the fallen enemy will be up to you."

As an animal at heart, Chopper felt the unspoken terror in Yann's tone, and his fur stood on end again, and he inwardly groaned.

'Oh...how terrifying...Why did Doctor Doriel make me work for this man...?'

However, as Yann stopped paying attention to Chopper and instead leisurely reclined on the sofa sipping tea, Chopper, after careful consideration, inexplicably felt that what Yann said seemed to make some sense.

A moment later, Chopper's weak voice rang out from the corner.

"Hey, um..."

“What?” Yann asked.

What do I need to do?

Chopper asked nervously, as if he were afraid that Yann would send him out with a knife to kill people, and then bring them back to continue killing them...

“Didn’t I tell you? I’ll have you be the mascot of the store, and you can also take on the role of a salesperson. You just need to greet customers when they come in,” Yann said.

"what?"

Chopper blinked and said.

"But I don't know the prices of those weapons in the shop, and... I'm sure a talking reindeer like me will scare away the customers who come to the shop, right?"

Yone glanced at Chopper and continued, "Don't worry, no one can resist a fluffy, talking tanuki."

Immediately, Chopper instinctively rushed out from the corner of the cabinet, shouting, "I'm a reindeer, a reindeer, not a raccoon dog!"

Seeing Chopper's somewhat clumsy but incredibly earnest explanation, Yan couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"No...no more laughing!"

Slightly provoked, Chopper shouted, his body suddenly swelling to the size of a humanoid figure, and loudly warned Yann.

Yann's voice also paused for a moment, his gaze seemingly scrutinizing Chopper's changes.

'Oh no, this is bad...'

In an instant, Chopper felt a surge of tension. 'To...to become this monster-like form, I'm sure people will hate me, right?'

However, to Chopper's surprise, Yann didn't yell at him to leave. Instead, he said with a hint of delight, "Your form is perfect for occasionally helping me move some goods. Not bad."

Chopper paused for a moment, then quickly returned to his tanuki-sized form and asked in surprise, "You...aren't you afraid of me? You're clearly a monster."

"Afraid? Why are you afraid?"

"I don't think so," Ya'en said dismissively.

"I already knew your specific Devil Fruit ability. It's nothing more than the Zoan type, the Human-Human Fruit, in the Honest Human form. It's completely harmless."

At first, Chopper was delighted to hear that Yann didn't see him as a monster at all. But when he heard about the "honest human form" and "completely harmless" at the end, Chopper grinned at Yann and said.

"I'm not an honest person!"

Yann nodded, then poured a cup of tea and handed it to Chopper, saying, "Are you thirsty? Have some tea first."

Immediately, Chopper's fierce expression vanished, and he politely accepted the teacup with both hands, not forgetting to thank Yan before drinking it in a cute and obedient manner.

However, after taking a sip of tea, Chopper belatedly realized what was happening and looked up to find Yan looking at him with amusement.

Chopper, momentarily lacking confidence, began to defend himself, saying...

"I...I'm really not in my honest human form, I'm a user of the 'Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit Humanoid' ability."

Seeing Chopper's almost tearful expression, Yann spoke gently, "Okay, I understand, Chopper..."

After a pause, Yann pointed towards the attic and said.

"That's the room prepared for you. You can go and put your luggage down and rest for a while. You can start working tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Chopper breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "Yes, boss."

"Oh, right..."

Just as Chopper was walking up to the attic, Yann spoke up.

"There are some interesting medical books and some human research data files in your room. You can browse them at your leisure when you're not busy with the shop. This is one of the payments I promised to Dr. Doriel."

Chopper's eyes lit up immediately, and he felt that his boss seemed to be a good person.

"Thank you, boss."

Ya'en nodded, continued sipping his tea, and said, "Yes, go ahead."

As Chopper entered his room and began to peruse the medical books before him, he quickly realized that these books were absolutely the most valuable in the world.

As for those human research data files, Chopper's eyes widened, his face showing disbelief.

To Chopper, summarizing this level of human research data was simply a pipe dream; it was something that even dissecting thousands upon thousands of different human bodies wouldn't be enough to achieve.

As the thought crossed his mind grew increasingly unsettling, Chopper's fur stood on end again, and he muttered to himself.

"Boss...you really are terrifying..."

Immediately realizing his mistake, Chopper didn't dare to slack off and rushed downstairs to take over the operation of the weapon shop.

"Boss, how many Berries do these weapons cost?" Chopper asked, holding a small notebook in his hand, ready to write it down.

"Oh, whatever..."

Yann rolled over and said nonchalantly, leaving Chopper, who had just blinked, bewildered.

[Chapter 718. The Famous Sword - Snow Walk]

In fact, it wasn't that Yann was deliberately making things difficult for Chopper. Even Yann himself had no idea about the specific prices of the weapons in the shop, and he had no intention of making a fortune by running this weapon shop. So, he just let Chopper do whatever he wanted.

Over the next few days, Chopper, who had been anxious about how to entertain guests, gradually relaxed.

The most important reason is that, for weapon shops, the main customers, besides pirates, are bounty hunters.

However, in recent years, due to the outstanding business acumen of Smoker, the commander of the Loguetown naval base, the number of pirates daring to appear in Loguetown has decreased sharply, and naturally, there are not many guests.

Chopper, who secretly breathed a sigh of relief, spent his days sitting behind the counter, doing the ostensible work of minding the shop, but otherwise reading various medical books.

However, after several days of this, Chopper couldn't help but worry about Yann, wondering what would happen if the boss went bankrupt since there were still no customers.

Although Chopper showed no sign of anxiety towards Yann, aside from occasionally drinking tea in the shop, he usually just left the shop with his hands behind his back and seemed to be strolling around.

Finally, feeling somewhat guilty, Chopper bravely began trying to attract customers by standing in front of the weapon shop.

It has to be said that Chopper's cute and harmless appearance has an exceptionally strong appeal to women.

Whether it's elderly women, grandmothers, or innocent little girls passing by, they can't help but come up to tease Chopper, or even stuff him into their arms and rub him, completely ignoring Chopper's protests and the slogans promoting the weapon shop.

"hateful……"

As dusk fell and the number of people on the streets decreased significantly, Chopper, looking somewhat drained, said resentfully, "Those women have absolutely no intention of going into the store."

Just then, a figure stood in front of Chopper. Chopper looked up and saw that the woman in front of him had a katana hanging at her waist, and his eyes lit up.

"Um, are you looking to buy weapons?" Chopper perked up and greeted him warmly.

"what?"

Tashigi, who had only encountered a strange creature in Loguetown and was about to question it, was stunned. She never expected that this cute little thing could talk.

Chopper, on the other hand, enthusiastically grabbed Tashigi's hand and pulled her into the shop, then awkwardly tried to introduce the weapons in the shop, attempting to earn his boss's first profit.

"that……"

Tashigi interrupted Chopper somewhat embarrassedly, saying, "I already have Yoru Shigure as my sword, and I have no intention of changing it."

"what……"

Chopper's initial enthusiasm vanished instantly.

Seeing this, Tashigi inexplicably felt that she had hurt the young heart of this adorable creature, and couldn't help but comfort her.

"However, if your store has any famous swords, I'm willing to buy them."