One Piece——

At the dining table, Sanji put down his wine glass. March 7th's words reminded him of the fairy tales he read as a child, but her reasoning was even more absurd than a fairy tale: "In March 7th's eyes, Luocha selling stellarons is like selling matches on the street?"

"But isn't Luocha a merchant?" Luffy, who was devouring his food, suddenly asked.

Usopp, standing nearby, shook his head, "'Merchant' is clearly just an identity he uses when he's out and about. Without a powerful backing with vast connections, how could an ordinary person get their hands on something so world-destroying?"

"Oh... but Luocha doesn't look like a bad guy?" Luffy said while struggling to chew the chicken leg in his mouth, "How should I put it? The feeling he gives off is..."

Luffy struggled to think of the right adjective, but the next second, Zoro, across the table, calmly took over the conversation: "...He's too calm."

"Just from his oddly styled sword, I can tell it's not a sword specialized for killing. If it were only used for killing, that sword would be too inefficient at taking lives."

Zoro raised his wine glass and took a big gulp, "Besides, can that Destruction Emissary really do business properly with people? Even if she doesn't want to reveal her identity due to her disguise, it would be simple for an Emissary to kill an ordinary person and just snatch the stellaron, right?"

Recalling the battle between Phantylia and Jing Yuan inside the Scalegorge Waterscape, Zoro felt a chill down his spine just from sensing a trace of her aura from outside Celestial Screen screen. It was indeed hard to imagine Phantylia, who could almost solo the General, calmly sitting down and trading a stellaron with someone.

"'Please, please, just let me see your boss?' Luocha immediately switched to an even more subservient tone."

"'For the sake of how much I'm begging you, please make an exception, please!'"

Welt (fake) held his head high, his tone carrying a hint of disdain and sarcasm, "Plenty of people beg me every day. Am I supposed to make an exception for all of them?"

(March 7th: "Looks like this trick won't work.")

(Star silently wiped its sweat: "Is Luocha really like that?")

(Welt shook his head: "The Luocha I remember would never beg anyone.")

Teyvat——

Mondstadt, Knights of Favonius.

"Huh? Why doesn't that trick work, Kaeya big brother?" In the Acting Grand Master's office, Klee looked at Kaeya with a puzzled expression. She often said things similar to what Luocha big brother said, and it almost always worked for her.

"Hmm, that question is very simple," Kaeya smiled slightly, pointing to the DodoCo plushie hanging behind little Klee.

"DodoCo's magic is with little Klee, but Luocha big brother doesn't have DodoCo, so naturally, it won't work."

"So that's it!" Klee instinctively hugged the DodoCo plushie tightly, "But I can lend DodoCo to Luocha big brother first, and he can return it to Klee after DodoCo's magic works!"

"Uh... little Klee, let's not do that."

Kaeya wiped the sweat from his forehead. Something like a stellaron, no matter how he looked at it, wasn't something that could be easily sold just by being subservient and using DodoCo's magic, right?

【After handing over the torn-off title page, Welt (fake)'s eyes widened instantly.】

【"This is... a recognition code?" Welt (fake)'s tone suddenly changed, and his eyes immediately showed a clearer respect, "It really is you. Please wait a moment, I'll go get the boss now."】

【"Take your time, I'm not in a hurry." Luocha was very satisfied with his respectful attitude.】

(March 7th: "Puar took the title page used for the meeting and went to notify his boss. Not long after, he saw a majestic figure walking towards him.")

【"Hmm... let me see the goods, Pom-Pom."】

【Luocha opened his eyes upon hearing this, but after looking around, he didn't see anyone nearby. Finally, he realized the voice was coming from at his feet.】

【This rumored boss... turned out to be Pom-Pom!】

【Truly... what a magnificent and majestic figure!】

("Such a cute boss..." Star couldn't help but stifle a laugh.)

"Pfft, this boss, the boss is also... Hahahahahahaha!"

Qiyana immediately laughed so hard she thought she would die, collapsing onto her seat, unable to straighten her back: "And, and what's with that name? Star Taro Boba, isn't that the name of a milk tea?"

"Milk tea is also tea, so it's reasonable for The Teahouse's boss to be milk tea, right?" Bronya explained from the side.

"...Oh, right."

But Bronya was also very curious: "But why isn't the boss Himeko? Doesn't Himeko look more majestic?"

"Miss Himeko is just Uncle Yang's colleague! If it were really Himeko, it would break the immersion!" Qiyana held up a finger, "The one who can be Uncle Yang's boss must be such a cute Pom-Pom! March 7th is a genius!"

(March 7th scratched her head, looking wronged: "Speaking of Uncle Yang's boss, only Pom-Pom came to mind...")

【Welt (fake) cleared his throat from the side and said seriously, "This is our boss, Star Taro Boba. Quickly bring out the goods for his esteemed eyes."】

【"Money first, goods second. You wouldn't misunderstand such a simple rule, would you?" Luocha said sternly, crossing his arms.】

【Pom-Pom glanced out of the corner of its eye at Welt (fake) beside it: "Puar, give him the money, Pom-Pom. How about it? Now are you willing to give me the goods, Pom-Pom?"

【Luocha extended his hands forward, and the angle of the light screen happened to block the goods he was trading.】

【"Be careful, this thing is very dangerous. Farewell."】

【After saying that, Luocha intended to turn and leave.】

【"Indeed, we won't meet again, Pom-Pom. Puar, kill him, Pom-Pom." Pom-Pom gave the command coldly, wearing a full behind-the-scenes villain expression. As the view pulled back, Puar, who had just been in Welt's form, had transformed in an instant into... a Golden Man!】

【"I thought the transaction went smoothly."】

【"You sold me such a dangerous thing, so we're accomplices, Pom-Pom. To keep the secret, I can only trouble you to keep your mouth shut forever, Pom-Pom."】

Gintama——

"That makes so much sense... No, no! It makes no sense at all, hey! How did a living person just turn into a Golden Man in an instant!? That's way too abrupt!" Shinpachi opened his eyes wide and started complaining.

"What's unreasonable about it? It's perfectly reasonable?" Sakata Gintoki, lying on the tatami mat, was picking his nose, then flicked it forward lightly with his index finger, "Besides, doesn't this kind of setting often appear in anime? Robots disguised as humans?"

"There was no build-up at all!" Shinpachi couldn't understand at all, "And is it really okay for such a cute character to say something like that? Hasn't it escalated into child exploitation? Wouldn't it be much more reasonable to make the boss look like Kafka?!"

"...Kafka, huh." Sakata Gintoki imagined it for a moment, "While it fits her character... it fits *too* well, which makes it seem out of place coming from March 7th. Let's just forget it."