Flevance Part-1/2

Flevance was a prosperous city, also known as White City. It was known for its Amber Lead mines, which was the reason for its prosperity and collapse. 

Nouva gazed around to check his location and found that he was in an alleyway. He quickly got to work while checking the system timer.

"There is plenty of time. I should take this time to buy some important essentials." Leaving the alleyway, Nouva noticed that the city was in a somewhat chaotic situation.

"Hurry, get him to the hospital, he's contracted the sickness!" A man wearing a viral mask with the assistance of another, quickly carried the man away on a stretcher. 

It wasn't just this man, there were many more people being shuttled away. Nouva sighed at the sight before walking down the street. 

"Such a nice city." The scenery was beautiful; there were clean streets. Houses and shops could be seen in almost every location. 

Nouva was soft-hearted towards the innocent and wished he could help these people. However, affecting the story too much could ruin his chances of getting the Devil Fruit.

Furthermore and most importantly, he was too weak to make a difference. Nouva wasn't against looking for kids to take with him.

Though it sounded manipulative, he wanted to turn these kids into pirates. Futuristically, Nouva wanted to turn them into his pirate fleet. 

"Hehe, for what's to come, how could they turn me away after finding out?" Nouva walked into a vegetable and fruit shop.

Grabbing a cart, he proceeded to load it up. After all, he had access to the Grow-Grow Fruit, which enhanced or immediately sprouted plants, fruits, vegetables, trees, etc. 

Nouva had more than enough since he had Six million berries on him. He filled up four carts of these things. He simply left some carts at the counter to grab another to continue the cycle.

The man behind the counter was stunned, could this kid buy all of these things? Nouva paid the toll before storing them away under his shocked gaze.

He could care less about them seeing these things. After storing up the food, he quickly left the shop.

What Nouva cared for the most about these fruit and vegetable were their seeds. The shop didn't have seeds for sale, but he could get them from some fruits and some vegetables. 

"I'll head to a seed shop after going to a clothing shop," Nouva asked for directions on such a shop.

The tall man pointed the way and gave detailed directions to the clothing shop. It took Nouva ten minutes to reach the place.

"This city is bigger than it looks in the show and in its pictures." On his way here, he continued to see people being taken away urgently.

"I guess the royal familiy has already evacuated the place because of what's to come." 

The clothing department store was massive, it even had 2 floors. Nouva didn't stand on ceremonies and immediately went to speak with the manager. 

"Child, is there something you need help finding?" The manager was a Fatman, he wore a white collared shirt and black formal suit pants.

"I want to buy everything in this store, so can you send everyone here away?" Nouva said bluntly.

"...."

"Hehe, kid, you didn't come here to make jokes, right? Go home, this isn't a place for you to play." The Fatman spoke calmly, but his expression displayed annoyance. 

Instead of explaining, Nouva waved his hand and a small pile of gold coins, bars, and gems appeared.

"WHAT?!" The assistant manager was the first to be shocked.

"How did you make a pile of treasures appear like that?" How can a kid who looked barely Five do these strange things?

He even had many treasures on him. This pile alone could buy everything here! The biggest question was, where did it come from—was this kid some sort of magician? 

"My dad's a merchant and he's tasked me to buy clothes from here. It's my first task and I can't fail, and yes, I have a few tricks I've learned." 

Nouva made up some lie, but the men believed it. They had no choice because any other answer wouldn't make sense to them.

In fact, if they knew the truth, it would probably destroy their reality in terms of logic.

"I-I understand..." The Fatman took and deep breath before turning toward the assistant manager.

"Escort everyone out of the store and tell them that someone has bought everything here." Turning to the treasures before him, he was delighted.

Not only was he the manager, he was the owner of this store. The place had been passed down to him by his father. 

"Yes, boss!" The assistant manager quickly left.

In his eyes, Nouva was a child being taught by his merchant father and this was a task given to him by the latter to complete. Something similar happened to him back in the day before he inherited this place. 

Nouva scanned the man and noticed a minor [Amber Lead Syndrome] breakout appearing on his skin.

"Oh, yeah, take this." Nouva handed the Fatman a small metal bottle.

"Hmm, what is it?" The Fatman inspected the bottle and found that there was liquid inside.

"It was something my dad wanted to give to you. He's seen you before, he also said after receiving this and the money, you should leave this city."

Nouva looked the man in the eyes and said gravely.

"Your dad has seen me?" The man had no idea what this liquid would do, so he inquired.

Nouva said he didn't know, but he said to drink it after leaving the place. After waiting for a bit, Nouva went out and took his clothes.

There were not only clothes but shoes, dresses, coats, underwear, etc. It took him just over half an hour to store everything.

After all, he had the help of the store workers since they were bringing him the stuff. Just like that, the store was emptied out.

Nouva had bought clothes, boots, coats, and underwear of every size. With a satisfied expression, he left for his next destination.

The Fatman was left flabbergasted, and so were his employees. Remembering what Nouva had said about leaving, he turned to his employees and signaled them to pack up. 

"This child's merchant father doesn't seem simple, let's see what happens." After seeing what Nouva could do, he had no choice but to acknowledge his eerie warning. 

Next, he visited a store that sold seeds, such as carrots, lettuce, and other vegetable and fruit seeds. He bought tons of spices and sauces as well. 

Nouva also went to a store where they sold beds, comforters, and pillows. This place was based on sleep, so they even sold lamps. 

This time, Nouva came inside with a sack of gold and gems and bought everything...again. Of course, the employees were looking at Nouva with incredulous expressions.

By this point, Nouva had already grown used to it, so he didn't flinch. He continued to visit many stores, with most, requiring him to ask for directions. 

Nouva bought different furniture sets, tons of toilet paper, and other bathroom essentials. He also decided to buy a large amount of cooking ingredients. 

Nouva noticed a man selling live chickens on the streets. He smiled as he seemed to have thought of something. 

"I'll buy all 30 chickens from you, sir." He came up to the old man and said with a smile.

"All of them?" With widened eyes, the old man continued. "I'll sell them all to you for ฿60,000 cash."

Nouva pulled out the ฿60,000 and bought the caged chickens. He placed them on the metal carriage he created. This carriage was being pulled by metal horses.

Chirp~

Cukoo~

The chickens kept making noise from the carriage cart, as Nouva sat outside where the coachmen usually sat. 

He controlled the horses this time and had them leave the city. Outside of the city was an abundant forest, after all, this was Swallow Island. There were other cities on this Island, White City was just one of them. 

Right as Nouva stopped, he saw a notification.

[Flevance will go into Quarantine in 6 hours!]

"Uh, oh, this is when things are gonna get ugly." Nouva stopped the carriage and walked into the forest.

"Alright, let's get to work." Afterward, Nouva created a long rectangular facility.

Inside this rectangular structure, he created rooms similar to jail cells on each side. 

"I'm gonna have to take people away, so to prevent them from fleeing, I have to do this." He had his reasons.

The reason was obvious. 

After creating many jail cells, Nouva created a jail guardsman and placed his chickens in a separate room. 

Returning to the city, he continued to buy the things he needed. Nouva even stole a few houses that were vacant because the owners were hospitalized. 

"This Devil Fruit is simply amazing, it's definitely a keeper." He was filled with reverence for this Devil Fruit, it was just too good. 

Afterward, Nouva just went back into the forest and slept in his rectangular structure. There was still plenty of time before things went left. 

Before going to sleep, he checked the time again before dozing off.