An hour later Nanami was almost done, he had just opened the last box and found that it was only half full.
Gilbert, on the other hand, was just putting the glasses into his work, he clearly mastered his craft and seemed to have been doing it for a very long time.
And just as Nanami was about to ask for it, also because the frame looked very high-quality, three men came into the store. Immediately Gilbert stood up and wanted to ask them what they wanted, so they drew swords and threatened him.
"We want all your money," they hissed dangerously, one of them came to Nanami and held the blade under his nose.
"You keep quiet, blonde, otherwise I'll give you a new face," the man barked at him, slowly Nanami put the glasses aside and his look became very serious.
"I'm a poor man..." Gilbert wanted to appeal to the pity of the criminals, whereupon the greatest seized him by the collar and held the point of his sword to his throat.
"I don't care, you immediately get everything valuable out of your cash register and your safe" the guy hissed... the next moment his companion flew in. Nanami had disarmed the man in front of him in a flash and punched him that threw him at the other two. The tallest of them then had to let go of Gilbert, his two friends had flown against him, they quickly picked themselves up and stormed towards Nanami.
He was not allowed to fight the men in the shop, in the end all the glasses were broken.
So he received the first one with a kick that made him lose his sword, hurled him at his friends and all three of them flew out the door.
The one who got the kick was immediately unconscious and remained lying down, the other two jumped back to their feet. They didn't have the swords anymore, but one of them drew his pistol... an old-fashioned model, or perhaps quite modern for this world, Nanami knew her from old western movies and he also knew... the bullet flew slower than that of modern weapons.
The unarmed man came jumping, Nanami quickly analyzed his weak point and hit him directly in the kidney area when he arrived. The man screamed and collapsed, the other shot and Nanami was able to dodge the bullet.
Just as he had thought, slower and also a little less precise.
Especially when you've actually just been robbed in a store and have been beaten up instead.
The bullet hit the shop window behind him, which did not break, but a hole was created.
"You'll pay for that," Nanami announced ice-cold and disarmed the shooter, hitting him on the neck so that he screamed and could no longer stand on his feet. One was unconscious, two were lying on the floor screaming, Gilbert was standing behind him in the entrance of his shop and had a rifle in his hands.
Nanami started to search the three, found a few bills and a gold chain, all of which he brought to Gilbert, for the broken shop window.
"Thank you, boy," the surgeon marveled and put the rifle aside, put his hand on Nanami's shoulder:
"I thought I was lying beaten up again in my robbed shop. Although I have dhe bought a rifle, but against such a spontaneous attack..." he took a deep breath and then his legs went soft, Nanami led him to his chair and pushed him down on it.
Then he got Gilbert a glass of water from the next room.
When he returned, one criminal was still lying there, the other two were howling about their pain.
"I'd rather call the navy to remove the garbage on the street," Gilbert muttered and took out a... snail from under his counter!
Nanami froze for a short moment, the snail was clearly alive, but somehow there was a phone in her house, Gilbert picked up the phone and dialed a number, then he really called someone!
"Yes, this is Gilbert from the glasses shop" he explained matter-of-factly.
"I had another robbery, nothing happened to me, but the three guys are lying in front of the shop on the street. And just like the looks, they will still be there when you come to pick them up. Thank you." He hung up, gave the snail something to eat and put the chewing animal, with the big eyes, back in his counter.
What a crazy world!
Thoughtfully, Nanami turned his attention back to the glasses and while he sorted the rest, several men in white-blue uniforms with "Navy" written on them came and collected the criminals.
Was the navy something like a police force? And that would also speak for a world with islands, because only in such a world could the navy determine the laws.
A power whose center of gravity was on the sea.
"What are you going to do with your life now, boy," Gilbert suddenly wanted to know, he was still sitting there and calming down.
"That's why you came to Loguetown, to start a new life."
"Yes, but I don't know what this one will look like yet."
"With your combat skills, it wouldn't be bad if you try your luck at sea. You can really make a career there, not by helping old men with their work." Nanami sorted the last glasses and then put the boxes together so that they didn't take up so much space. Surely, Gilbert sent them back to his supplier so that they could be used again.
"I was happy to help, not just because of the glasses," he explained tonelessly and wanted to get out his money, but Gilbert stopped him.
"You saved my shop, and my life, I'll give you the glasses. Then maybe you'll think of me old man when you bathe in gold someday" he laughed happily and gave Nanami the glasses in a velvet bag, plus a cleaning cloth: "I wish you all the happiness in the world."
"Thank you... take care of yourself" he just nodded, put the glasses on his nose and pocketed the bag, now Kento Nanami was complete again... except for the wristwatch, but he had resolved never to work overtime again anyway.