Ben Beckman seemed to have just emerged from the Time Chamber, exhausted and drenched in sweat as he lay on a large rock nearby.
At that moment, a golden-purple light shone into Ben Beckman eyes. Frowning slightly, he immediately pulled out a Senzu Bean and popped it into his mouth, instantly revitalizing himself.
He then drew his flintlock pistol and aimed it at the golden-purple light.
Whitebeard slowly appeared before him.
"Ben Beckman, are you planning to attack me?" Whitebeard asked, stroking his beard.
"Oh, it's you, old man Whitebeard!" Ben Beckman, recognizing the familiar face, lazily lowered his gun and sat back down on the rock.
"You disrespectful brat! Where's that red-haired kid?" Whitebeard laughed heartily.
Ben Beckman pointed toward the Time Chamber. Whitebeard immediately understood and casually pushed the door open, stepping inside.
At that moment, Shanks swung his sword fiercely toward the entrance. Whitebeard frowned, and with a swift motion of his massive, razor-sharp Murakumogiri, he shattered the sword strike imbued with Conqueror's Haki.
"What the—it's just you, old man!" Shanks said, pouting slightly upon seeing Whitebeard.
"You guys attack without even checking who it is first!" Whitebeard was visibly annoyed, his anger flaring.
"I told them not to disturb me while I'm training, so anyone who enters isn't one of my crewmates. Might as well strike first and ask questions later!" Shanks shrugged, picking up a glass of wine and gulping it down.
"Why'd you suddenly show up, old man Whitebeard?" Shanks wiped his mouth after finishing the wine and sat cross-legged, asking casually.
"I was going to show you Pryce new invention, but I guess you're not interested. Never mind, I'll be on my way!" Whitebeard pretended to leave.
Hearing about Pryce new invention, Shanks immediately perked up.
"Wait, wait, wait! Old man Whitebeard—no, no, no! Captain Whitebeard, Captain Newgate, please stay!" Shanks quickly spoke in a more ingratiating tone.
"That's more like it!" Whitebeard snorted, stopping in his tracks with a smug expression.
Ben Beckman, who had been listening at the door, also walked in curiously.
"Captain Whitebeard, let's see Pryce new invention already!" Shanks urged impatiently.
After spending the past few days in the Time Chamber, Shanks had gained immense benefits. In his eyes, Pryce was nothing short of a genius! Now, any news about Pryce was of utmost importance to him.
In fact, one night after getting drunk, Shanks had even considered using a teleportation talisman to kidnap Pryce from the Whitebeard Pirates and force him to join his own crew.
If it weren't for Ben Beckman and Lucky Roo stopping him, he might have actually gone through with it!
Ben Beckman also pricked up his ears, clearly interested in the conversation.
Whitebeard chuckled as he pulled out a small stack of explosive tags and placed them in front of Red-Haired Shanks and Benn Beckman.
"This is the new invention by that kid, Pryce—explosive tags!" Whitebeard introduced with a grin.
"Explosive tags?" Shanks and Benn Beckman said in unison.
"Exactly, as the name suggests, these things can explode!" Whitebeard explained in detail. "And the most important thing is that the explosion damage is even higher than that of cannonballs! Just a light touch on the rune, and it will explode!"
"A masterpiece, truly a masterpiece!" Benn Beckman praised sincerely. "Such an unremarkable piece of paper actually has this kind of power! Pryce invention are truly incredible!"
"Talking about it is pointless—you have to try it yourself!" Whitebeard smirked, a hint of slyness in his smile.
Shanks was startled by this remark. He even thought to himself that Whitebeard was being unusually nice this time!
Whitebeard had come to tell him about pryce new invention right away, and now he was even letting him try it out! Maybe calling him "Old Man Whitebeard" or "Old Man" was a bit disrespectful!
As he thought this, Shanks prepared to walk over and reach for the explosive tags in Whitebeard hand. But that wasn't what Whitebeard meant!
In an instant, Whitebeard lightly tapped the rune in the center of the explosive talisman and threw it directly at Shanks.
Seeing the explosive tags fly toward him in an instant, Shanks' pupils contracted sharply.
"Damn old man, I knew I shouldn't have trusted you!" Shanks roared.
But Shanks, after all, made his living through physical combat, so his reflexes were naturally extraordinary! His left hand instantly became covered in black Armament Haki, and with lightning speed, he caught the explosive talisman mid-air.
Boom!
After the explosion, the talisman detonated right in Shanks' hand. He felt a slight tremor in his hand and then opened it to see only a faint white mark left behind.
"Not bad, you've been training well recently!" Whitebeard laughed heartily.
"Old man!" Red-Haired Shanks retorted.
"But the power is decent, though it might not be enough to harm strong opponents" Shanks said seriously, turning his head.
"Oh right, I forgot to tell you—these can be used multiple times at once!" Whitebeard added, smacking his forehead.
"They can be used multiple times at once?" Shanks said, somewhat surprised.
Indeed, for them, one or two, or even ten or twenty of these explosive tags might not cause any harm. But what if there were thousands or tens of thousands? The resulting power would definitely be something to reckon with!
"These must be incredibly expensive, right?" Shanks asked. "From my experience, the more refined something is, the higher the Price!"
Shanks couldn't help but exclaim from the side.
"This explosive tag isn't expensive, the cost is only 1,000 Berries per tags!" Whitebeard stroked his beard and said with a smile.
At these words, not only Shanks but even Benn Beckman, who had seen countless grand scenes, was stunned!
1,000 Berries? That's the Price of a radish!
Wait, it's even cheaper than a radish! When radish yields are low, they can cost over 10,000 Berries!
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