Amon pocketed the hundred thousand berries and told Igaram to pick a Jar.
Igaram crouched down and went through them slowly, touching each one. Even with his hands on them, the whole premise felt ridiculous. They were just Jars. Ordinary Jars. The idea that something valuable could be sitting inside still refused to settle in his head.
"This one."
He settled on a yellow one after a long deliberation.
"Cool."
Amon picked it up and held it out.
"Go ahead and smash it."
With everyone watching, Igaram brought it down hard. The Jar split with a dull crack, and two items dropped to the ground.
"Hmm. There really is something inside..."
Even Cobra looked faintly surprised.
Igaram scooped them up quickly. Cobra leaned in, and the two of them turned the items over in their hands for a while, getting nowhere.
"Uncle Igaram, you have to let Mr. Amon appraise them first," Vivi said from the side.
"Kwa!"
Karoo added his piece as well.
The two men straightened up looking mildly embarrassed at being corrected by a girl and a duck.
"It's fine," Amon said, still smiling. "Let me have a look."
Igaram handed them over.
Amon took them and ran them through the system.
[Black Rose Special Forces Summon Card]: From the awakening skill of the Launcher class in Dungeon Fighter Online. After use, summons a Black Rose Special Forces unit. The unit remains for thirty seconds and can be summoned once per day.
His eye twitched slightly.
Of all things, Dungeon Fighter Online.
He would need to test how strong the summoned unit was, but that could wait.
He moved on to the second item.
[Automatic Upside-Down Hair Washer]: Allows the user to wash their hair while upside down, saving water while washing faster and more cleanly.
Amon paused.
Fine. Perfectly fine.
The name alone was already absurd enough to need no further comment.
He looked up at the expectant faces around him and smiled.
"Igaram... Both of these are rare treasures."
"Rare treasures?"
"That's right. Let's start with this one."
He brought out the Automatic Upside-Down Hair Washer. As it unfolded to its full size, a ripple of startled reactions moved through the group. Whatever skepticism remained about the Jars being some kind of trick quietly lost ground. Cobra and the others leaned in a little closer.
"Mr. Amon, what is this? It looks so strange."
Vivi stepped forward and ran a hand along it, tilting her head. She had no idea what she was looking at.
With everyone's attention on him, Amon cleared his throat.
"This is called the Automatic Upside-Down Hair Washer. A truly excellent treasure."
"Automatic... upside-down... hair washer?"
The phrase sat in the air for a moment. Everyone just stared at him.
"That's right. One of the great inventions of a genius scientist. The function is exactly what it sounds like. Lie down on it, activate the switch, and it washes your hair for you. An absolute essential for travel, for daily life, for anyone who has hair."
"More importantly, it only needs water once. After each use, it automatically recycles and purifies the water. No refilling. No waste."
The reactions came before he even finished.
"It only needs water once?"
"And it washes your hair on its own?"
That landed exactly where he expected it to.
Water in Alabasta was not something anyone spent carelessly. Ordinary bathing had to be rationed. Washing hair was a luxury. A machine that did the work by itself and reused the water was tempting.
Amon nodded. "That's right. Try it now if you like. Who wants to go first?"
"I will."
Cobra spoke before anyone else had the chance.
"Your Majesty, that's hardly fair."
Igaram had wanted to volunteer himself, but Cobra had already committed.
"All right then. Lie down here."
Amon helped Cobra get into position, drew some rainwater in from outside, and switched the machine on.
The mechanism tilted Cobra slowly back under everyone's watchful eyes. Once his head lowered into the washing section, the water started flowing, followed by shampoo, and then a pair of mechanical arms extended out and began working through his hair.
They also started massaging his scalp.
The group went quiet.
This was far more sophisticated than any of them had anticipated.
Amon himself was mildly caught off guard. The system was popping great items. The head massage feature alone pushed the whole thing into genuinely ridiculous territory.
"So comfortable and relaxing..."
The mechanical arms kept working, steady and thorough, and Cobra let out a low sound of satisfaction before he could stop himself.
The others stood around him and watched with unconcealed envy.