"This place is called the best." Kratos says with a smile, speaking into a pay phone.
"Good. Then what do you want? What is this place called?" says the person on the other end.
"I said it's the best." Kratos responds, shaking his head in agitation.
"The world's greatest expert of weapons are not just going to give you a sword."
"So that's it, then? Why didn't you tell me that?" Kratos sighs, upset that this call is seemingly for naught.
"Because I didn't."
"So you're just being annoying? Don't you care about your customers?"
"No, I care about myself. If someone is talking to me, I will listen, but if you keep talking about this sword, I will not."
"Oh yeah? Well what if I don't listen to you?" Kratos retorts.
"I aren't care, not after what I've heard…"
"You know what? I could go find someone who I trust, but I would rather go find you." Kratos says conclusively, hanging up the phone. Kratos is currently on a mission to obtain a particular sword, but is running into an issue in that the so-called 'greatest expert of weapons' refuses to provide him with any such armament. Kratos searches the streets of the best for any alternative means of obtaining a sword, but just as his initial search indicated, nobody has set up that type of shop here, since the world's greatest expert of weapons is hogging all the business. As Kratos returns to the window behind which the world's greatest expert of weapons is currently situated, the expert eyes him from the other side, his signature weapon aimed at Kratos's earlobe.
"I just don't understand. Why are you so opposed to making a sword?" Kratos asks, after picking the pay phone back up and inserting several quarters.
"The sword is a weapon of primitive times." says the expert.
"Then it should be really easy for you to provide one!"
"No, it doesn't working like that."
"What, are you afraid that people will think lesser of you for it?"
"No, it's because sword bad."
"Well, can you at least tell me where I could get a sword, if not here?"
"Sword store." the expert keeps his weapon trained on Kratos from behind the thick window. "But not my store."
"Okay…where's the sword store? Last time I looked, the closest I found was the 's-word store'."
"Heehee, that is funny for sure."
"Just tell me where it is, I don't have time for this!" Kratos shouts, slamming his foot down in frustration.
"No, I have a business to walk."
Kratos punches the reinforced glass, and the expert fires off his weapon from the other side, piercing halfway through Kratos.
"I can't let you buy a sword, Karnos!" declares the expert.
"Well, you can't stop me, either!"
"I can't allow it. You mustn't."
Kratos punches the glass again, this time much more meekly, but it still enrages the expert just as much. The shadowy silhouette of the expert dips out from behind the window of the mobile weapon booth, and he comes out to confront Kratos personally. The expert smacks Kratos, leaving a distinct weapons-expert handprint on Kratos's ashy skin, which is likely to make any sword sellers refuse to offer him service. Kratos barges into the weapons booth to try and find any sort of sword-equivalent item, but not only does he not find anything, he accidentally loads a pistol and shoots himself, resulting in his unsummoning. Danny Super Smash, the one who had summoned Kratos to begin with, detects Kratos's failure and grows agitated. Danny has been trying to get this sword for some time now, but he's merely a teenager and not old enough to buy it himself, so he's been sending his summons to do it for him, or at least, he's been trying. Sick of having all of his summons turn up empty-handed, Danny decides to find this sword on his own, and checks his map of the best. To his surprise, there's a sword shop marked on the map, that his summons all somehow failed to notice. It's somewhat far away, but thanks to his Stand, Sk8er Boi, which takes the form of his roller skates, Danny is able to get to the shop in 38 flat. He looks up at the sign over the shop, and finds that someone seems to have drawn a large red hyphen between the "s" and "w" in "Sword Store".
"Hi welcome to the store, we've got a special program going on right now called Blades for AIDS. How can I help you?" says The Dirty Needle.
"Can I get a sword? Preferably one like this?" Danny shows a picture of the sword he wants.
"Yeah."
"Cool, thanks."
"Would you like to donate an extra 20% to help fund the spread of the HIV virus?"
"Sure." Danny hands over his mom's credit card, and for his generosity, he receives a little keychain in addition to a lengthy blade topped with a large stone, which is firmly stuck to it. Satisfied, Danny leaves the store, but just as he steps back onto the streets of the best, he gets a notification on his phone that the King of Speed has fallen ill. Danny goes to his favorite doxxing forum to find the King of Speed's exact whereabouts, and then heads to the local pharmacy.
"Welcome to Pharmac." says The Dirty Needle.
"Can I have a cure?" Danny asks. He didn't research the exact nature of the King of Speed's illness, but he's sure anything will do the trick.
"What kind?"
"One that can cure illnesses, preferably."
The Dirty Needle pulls out a massive pill from behind the counter.
"Cool, thanks." Danny picks up the pill with considerable effort.
"Keep the change." says The Dirty Needle as Danny leaves the pharmacy. Danny skates through the streets until he arrives at his destination: an amusement zone known as the 'Scabyrinth', which is a massive labyrinthian structure made of really rough concrete, notorious for scraping knees of those who traverse it without caution. Due to his rush, Danny scrapes himself many times as he skates through the Scabyrinth, until he sees the King of Speed, and presents to him the giant pill. However, the image of the King of Speed fades away, revealing that it was actually an afterimage of him left behind several hours earlier. Danny realizes that the real King of Speed could be anywhere at this point, and doesn't know where to look next, until he turns around and finds that the King of Speed is directly behind him. Danny presents the true King of Speed with the pill, and the King of Speed consumes it, growing three times in size and acquiring an edgy color palette. Only after this fact does Danny realize that the King was not at all sickly, meaning the illness was feigned from the start. The King of Speed, now the King of Edge, lets out a terrifying howl and begins to chase Danny, who quickly skates the other direction through the Scabyrinth. Thankfully, in changing forms, the King of Edge lost a great deal of speed, so Danny is actually able to outpace the beast, if only slightly. As Danny traverses the twisting and turning maze, the King of Edge stays hot on his heels, until Danny finally bursts out of the exit tunnel of the Scabyrinth, rocketing up into the sky with his skates. The King of Edge comes to a stop outside the exit, vowing to get Danny another day.