Chapter 394 - Gran Tesoro 01.

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Third Person POV

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As the news continued to spread over the next few days in the New World, a ship emerged from the darkness of that night, displaying the Jolly Roger with the Straw Hat, approaching a large, brightly lit place that stood out due to its coloration.

This place was none other than the Gran Tesoro, a giant ship that housed an entire city made of gold, used for entertainment, where even world nobles would come to gamble and have fun.

However, this had been happening less frequently since the World Government restricted and warned about all those Tenryuubito who were captured leaving this place over a year ago, consequently killed.

Everything was occurring normally in this place today, as people continued to gamble and have fun. No one seemed to notice the ship approaching through the darkness of the sea that night, getting closer and closer to the ship.

Of course, the discussions about what was happening with Dressrosa were a hot topic there, with people wondering what the next moves of the Straw Hats would be, the shame that the World Government tried to hide as soon as the news of what happened with the government began to spread. Many were blaming the Shichibukai system and the government itself, while the revolutionaries also seemed interested in helping tarnish the government's image.

People talked about these events while gambling at the Gran Tesoro, but their time was mostly spent on games, after all, that's what they were there for.

In a large hall full of casinos, someone exclaimed, "I'm going to win this, Haha!" said a fat man playing cards, surrounded by women who were interested in his winnings.

The result of the game was revealed a moment later. "I told you we'd win!" he said excitedly, as he threw down his cards and obtained the result he desired, beginning to amass a mountain of chips to exchange for berries later.

In another area, a person didn't seem to have as much luck as the last one. She was now crying after losing her hand and all her chips. "No! Why all my savings?" She cried, while the dealer laughed.

Two men appeared at that moment. "You lost… looks like we'll have to take you to the boss for the debt you owe him after borrowing money." The security guards dragged her away as she continued to cry.

"Well, better luck next time, sir," the dealer mocked, watching the scene.

In another part of the ship, two people were arguing while a man wearing a crown was mocking them.

"I'm going to spend this money. I'm sure I can double it!"

"But, my king, you can't spend the Kingdom's treasury like this! It will bankrupt the entire country!" the minister tried to argue, almost begging.

"Don't you see that I'm going to make our Kingdom rich with this? Besides, if I lose, I'll just impose more taxes," he said with a confident and arrogant tone, while the minister could do nothing. The king was spending all the money they had accumulated in the Kingdom and would hardly be able to pay the tribute to Merry Geoise.

In another place, in a more private room, while all of this was happening throughout this golden, floating city on the high seas, a man watched everything with satisfaction, as this was the place where the owner of this entire money empire resided. Gildo Tesoro was sitting quietly, watching all the screens in front of him, which showed each of the rooms with their various games throughout his golden ship.

Although not entirely made of gold, this giant ship was mostly constructed from that material, making him a very wealthy man. And once again, he saw his wealth increasing that night, as he earned more money from gambling while others, who weren't as lucky, had to come to him to be enslaved on the ship.

This was his great fortune, one that even the Tenryuubito envied, but they could never take it from Tesoro. On the contrary, he took pleasure in rejecting those people he so despised, since although he couldn't touch those individuals, he amused himself in this way, showing those people that they couldn't buy everything.

"Well, it seems we'll have another quiet night, despite the New World being quite hectic lately..." a red-haired woman with a striking figure murmured beside Tesoro.

"Yes, but that's happening elsewhere, while we'll be getting richer here..." Tesoro commented with a smile.

"..." There was another woman on the other side, who remained silent.

At this moment, without anyone noticing, a group had entered, leaving their ship in the sea and quickly infiltrating the city through the air.

As soon as they landed, a woman with curly orange hair, wearing a dress and a feminine mask to hide her face, looked around with dollar signs in her eyes, as one might expect. "Money! Money! Money!" she exclaimed, as she excitedly observed all the games taking place in that location, with chips being exchanged constantly.

Lucy stood beside her, also excited, seeing those games as something quite fun, while Shirahoshi adjusted her dress to hide her tail. Hachi also wore glasses and an outfit that concealed all his arms to avoid drawing too much attention. Shirahoshi, Lucy, Nami, Vivi, Hachi—all of them were calmly observing the casino with interest, while all the women wore dresses and masks to conceal their identities.

"Hey, where's Luffy??" Lucy suddenly asked, and even Nami realized it.

"What? Where did he go?" she asked immediately.

"He slipped away a while ago without anyone noticing..." Vivi commented.

"And you let him? What if he's chasing after other women again?! You know he always comes back with a different one... that womanizer..." Nami complained.

"I didn't... but it wasn't me who saw him, it was Shirahoshi who told me..." Vivi replied with a sigh.

"Husband said he was going somewhere first and then would join us," Shirahoshi calmly explained.

"Alright... let's continue exploring the place and wait for him..." Nami said finally, leading the group to another part of the city.

Meanwhile, Luffy, or rather, the man they were talking about, was no longer wearing his iconic straw hat to avoid drawing attention since everyone associated him with the hat. He now had loose, messy hair and wore sunglasses, dressed in a designer suit, looking like a business magnate. He walked through the area while some women looked at him with interest, attracted by his height and good looks, but he paid no mind as he continued until he found a roulette table where several people were playing and seemed excited.

At that moment, he approached the counter while a man, dressed in a waiter's suit, attended to him.

"How can I help you, sir?" the man asked calmly.

"I want you to exchange all of this for chips," Luffy said, making a briefcase appear from his pocket and placing it in front of the man. When he opened it, the man was shocked by the amount of money inside.

"Of course, I'll do that immediately," he said, rushing to serve this seemingly very important client as quickly as possible.

Luffy watched the man hand over a large number of chips to him, feeling satisfied as he stored them back in the briefcase. After closing the case, he walked through the area as if he owned the place, heading toward the location of the first game.

"We need one more player here! Any gentleman willing to join?" a man managing the game and bets exclaimed to the small crowd gathered there.

"Sure, why not?" Luffy immediately responded, adding a bit of Conqueror's Haki to his voice, causing all the people to instinctively make way for him. He quickly approached, standing out from everyone else.

"Hello, sir. It seems we have someone with presence here," the game manager couldn't help but notice, emphasizing his potential client as he always did. "Are you going to bet?"

"Of course. Why don't we start with 100,000,000 berries?" Luffy said, opening the briefcase and taking out a large stack of chips, surprising the man.

"It looks like we have someone with presence and quite a lot of wealth here," he said, smiling excitedly. 'It's going to be interesting to take this man's money,' he thought, while Luffy observed him, knowing the fool couldn't even hide his thoughts. Meanwhile, the people around were quickly surprised and excited to see this wealthy player.

"I bet on black 12," Luffy simply said.

"You seem confident in betting on a single number... but very well, let's bet. Anyone else want to place a bet?" the dealer asked immediately afterward.

People quickly started placing their chips as well. None of them bet 100,000,000, but each chose their number. There were also very wealthy individuals and even kings playing at that table.

As soon as the bets were finished, the roulette wheel began to spin. The ball quickly started bouncing around, indecisive about where to land, until finally, the speed of the roulette decreased, and the ball settled on a number, surprising everyone.

"Black 12! Incredible, he hit it directly!!" The dealer exclaimed.

"As you can see, I'm quite lucky," Luffy said calmly, winning all the chips on the table and lighting a cigarette, clearly pleased.

"I'll bet another 100,000,000 on red 17," he said. And once again, the process began. The roulette spun again until it stopped on another number, and it was none other than 17, just as he had said.

"Incredible, this young man is on point! Is it just luck? Will he keep this up all night?" someone murmured while Luffy smiled.

"That's amazing, sir. You're such a good player!" a woman said timidly beside him. "What's your name?" she asked, clearly interested in Luffy and his money.

"I'm just an ordinary gambler," Luffy replied indifferently, ignoring her as he continued playing. He had quickly glimpsed the future and knew exactly where the ball would land.

"I bet on red 31!" he declared, and immediately the roulette spun. Once again, he came out winning.

"This is incredible!" the dealer murmured, thinking he would be profiting from Luffy, but it turned out to be the opposite. At that moment, his hand touched something under the table, pressing a button.

Tesoro, who was still drinking in the monitoring room, glanced at the screen and saw the camera that was beeping.

"Well, it seems we have someone winning too much over there," he remarked. Tesoro watched Luffy play and win for the fourth time, draining the house's money more and more, but he didn't recognize him.

"This guy doesn't seem to be cheating, but somehow, he's hitting every single time. Something tells me he's not going to stop anytime soon," Tesoro said with a serious tone.

"Leave it to me, Tesoro-san," the red-haired woman beside him said. "Maybe I'll go and see what's happening."

"Go, Baccarat..." Tesoro replied, and the woman nodded.

"Alright, let's see if this guy's luck continues," she said with a hint of malice. As she left the room, her dress revealed a seductive figure as she walked out.

"Tesoro-san, may I go out to check on something?" the other woman suddenly asked, and Tesoro nodded to her in the end.

"Go," was all he said, not too interested in her. Carina followed outside after noticing a girl with orange hair on one of the other cameras and immediately recognized who she was.

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